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Chapter 18 Surgery, Imperial Rule and Colonial Societies (1800–1930)
(2018)
The following chapter is concerned with the ways in which political, social
and cultural contexts shape the performance and perceptions of surgery, especially
under nineteenth-century colonial empires.
Chapter 18 Surgery, Imperial Rule and Colonial Societies (1800–1930)
(2018)
The following chapter is concerned with the ways in which political, social
and cultural contexts shape the performance and perceptions of surgery, especially
under nineteenth-century colonial empires.
A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age
(2024)
This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the digital innovations that have emerged in recent years for the circular built environment. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to ensure that both academic ...
A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age
(2024)
This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the digital innovations that have emerged in recent years for the circular built environment. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to ensure that both academic ...
Geostatistics Toronto 2021
(2023)
This open access book provides state-of-the-art theory and application in geostatistics. Geostatistics Toronto 2021 includes 28 short abstracts, 18 extended abstracts, and 7 full articles in the fields of geostatistical ...
Affe und Affekt
(2020)
Diese Open-Access-Publikation mit dem Titel "Affe und Affekt" untersucht anhand populärwissenschaftlicher Forschungsmemoiren die Form und Funktion von Emotionen, Affekten und Gefühlen in der Feldforschung mit Affen – und ...
Affe und Affekt
(2020)
Diese Open-Access-Publikation mit dem Titel "Affe und Affekt" untersucht anhand populärwissenschaftlicher Forschungsmemoiren die Form und Funktion von Emotionen, Affekten und Gefühlen in der Feldforschung mit Affen – und ...
Radlogistik
(2024)
Aus den Straßen europäischer Städte sind sie kaum noch wegzudenken: Lasten- und Transporträder. Im Personenverkehr sind sie für Einkäufe und Kindertransporte bereits Standard, ebenso im Kuriersegment sowie der Paketzustellung. ...
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(2023)
This open access book shows how the adoption of global justice, such as eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), has given rise to controversy, resistance, and transformation at the national, regional, and ...
Ground Anchors
(2024)
This open access book introduces a non-destructive vibration analysis method for calculating the internal tension force of tested tie rods. This method was formalized in 2003 and patented after two years of investigation, ...
Principles of Security and Trust
(2019)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Principles of Security and Trust, POST 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European ...
Principles of Security and Trust
(2019)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Principles of Security and Trust, POST 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European ...
Computer Aided Verification
(2023)
The open access proceedings set LNCS 13964, 13965, 13966 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2023, which was held in Paris, France, in July 2023. ...
Computer Aided Verification
(2023)
The open access proceedings set LNCS 13964, 13965, 13966 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2023, which was held in Paris, France, in July 2023. ...
Making Universities Matter
(2024)
In an era of rapid change and increasing societal demands, the role of universities as knowledge producers and catalysts for change has come under scrutiny. This open access book offers a fresh perspective on the significance ...
Making Universities Matter
(2024)
In an era of rapid change and increasing societal demands, the role of universities as knowledge producers and catalysts for change has come under scrutiny. This open access book offers a fresh perspective on the significance ...
Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe
(2020)
This open access book shows how the politics of migration affect community building in the 21st century, drawing on both retrogressive and progressive forms of mobilization. It elaborates theoretically and shows empirically ...
Nostalgia and Hope: Intersections between Politics of Culture, Welfare, and Migration in Europe
(2020)
This open access book shows how the politics of migration affect community building in the 21st century, drawing on both retrogressive and progressive forms of mobilization. It elaborates theoretically and shows empirically ...
Benefit/Cost-Driven Software Development
(2021)
This open access book presents a set of basic techniques for estimating the benefit of IT development projects and portfolios. It also offers methods for monitoring how much of that estimated benefit is being achieved ...
Benefit/Cost-Driven Software Development
(2021)
This open access book presents a set of basic techniques for estimating the benefit of IT development projects and portfolios. It also offers methods for monitoring how much of that estimated benefit is being achieved ...
Weather & Climate Services for the Energy Industry
(2018)
Climate Change; Climate Forecasting; Energy Industry; Climate Risk Management; Meteorology
Weather & Climate Services for the Energy Industry
(2018)
Climate Change; Climate Forecasting; Energy Industry; Climate Risk Management; Meteorology
Research, Ethics and Risk in the Authoritarian Field
(2018)
research ethics; authoritarian countries; research methodology; research in the authoritarian field; risk and field research; ethics and field research; authoritarianism; advice for field research; research ...
Research, Ethics and Risk in the Authoritarian Field
(2018)
research ethics; authoritarian countries; research methodology; research in the authoritarian field; risk and field research; ethics and field research; authoritarianism; advice for field research; research ...
The Educational Turn
(2023)
This open access book explores how educational researchers working at the edges of innovations in languages and literacies, leadership, assessment, social and cultural transformation, and pedagogies rethink the educational ...
Computation and the Humanities: Towards an Oral History of Digital Humanities
(2016)
user interfaces; human computer interaction; computers and society
Computation and the Humanities: Towards an Oral History of Digital Humanities
(2016)
user interfaces; human computer interaction; computers and society
Climate Risk in Africa
(2021)
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For ...
Climate Risk in Africa
(2021)
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For ...
Schools and Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2024)
This open access book provides an analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on diverse education systems, and of the results of the policies adopted to sustain educational opportunities. Through a series of diverse ...
Schools and Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2024)
This open access book provides an analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on diverse education systems, and of the results of the policies adopted to sustain educational opportunities. Through a series of diverse ...
Foundations of a Sociology of Canon Law
(2022)
This "Open Access" book investigates the legal reality of the church through a sociological lens and from the perspective of canon law studies, the discipline which researches the law and the legal structure of the Catholic ...
Foundations of a Sociology of Canon Law
(2022)
This "Open Access" book investigates the legal reality of the church through a sociological lens and from the perspective of canon law studies, the discipline which researches the law and the legal structure of the Catholic ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Sexuality Education
(2016)
This authoritative, state-of-the-art Handbook provides an authoritative overview of issues within sexuality education, coupled with ground-breaking discussion of emerging and unconventional insights in the field. With 32 ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Sexuality Education
(2016)
This authoritative, state-of-the-art Handbook provides an authoritative overview of issues within sexuality education, coupled with ground-breaking discussion of emerging and unconventional insights in the field. With 32 ...
Chapter 2 'Sex and History'
(2016)
The project responds to issues identified by the health
and education sector in the UK and internationally, particularly relating to
the widely attested difficulty for teachers of opening up conversations around
important ...
Chapter 2 'Sex and History'
(2016)
The project responds to issues identified by the health
and education sector in the UK and internationally, particularly relating to
the widely attested difficulty for teachers of opening up conversations around
important ...
Mental Health in Prisons
(2018)
This book examines how the prison environment, architecture and culture can affect mental health as well as determine both the type and delivery of mental health services. It also discusses how non-medical practices, such ...
Mental Health in Prisons
(2018)
This book examines how the prison environment, architecture and culture can affect mental health as well as determine both the type and delivery of mental health services. It also discusses how non-medical practices, such ...
NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020
(2021)
This open access volume surveys the state of the field to examine whether a fifth wave of deterrence theory is emerging. Bringing together insights from world-leading experts from three continents, the volume identifies ...
NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020
(2021)
This open access volume surveys the state of the field to examine whether a fifth wave of deterrence theory is emerging. Bringing together insights from world-leading experts from three continents, the volume identifies ...
Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas: Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice
(2017)
climate change; cities; society; biodiversity; mitigation; impact
Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas: Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice
(2017)
climate change; cities; society; biodiversity; mitigation; impact
The Future of Radioactive Waste Governance
(2023)
This Open Access book examines the radioactive waste management policies of ten European countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Most countries ...
Data Technology in Materials Modelling
(2021)
This open access book discusses advances in semantic interoperability for materials modelling, aiming at integrating data obtained from different methods and sources into common frameworks, and facilitating the development ...
Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2022)—The Belt and Road
(2024)
This open access book showcases the innovative practices of Big Earth Data methods through a collection of global comprehensive case studies to monitor and evaluate indicators for seven SDGs, i.e., zero hunger (SDG 2), ...
Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2022)—The Belt and Road
(2024)
This open access book showcases the innovative practices of Big Earth Data methods through a collection of global comprehensive case studies to monitor and evaluate indicators for seven SDGs, i.e., zero hunger (SDG 2), ...
Chapter 4 Obesity Is a Disease
(2022)
Obesity is a subcortical brain disease characterised by the pathognomonic symptoms of excessive hunger and/or reduced satiation after a meal. Distinct subtypes of obesity are recognised, although the rising incidence of ...
Mastering Endo-Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery
(2023)
This is an open access book. The book focuses mainly on the surgical technique, OR setup, equipments and devices necessary in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). It serves as a compendium of endolaparoscopic surgical procedures. ...
Personalentwicklung in Schulen als Führungsaufgabe
(2022)
Im Zuge schulischer Reformen wurden Aufgaben der Personalentwicklung von der Schulaufsicht an Schulen delegiert. Für die Verankerung von Personalentwicklungsaufgaben an Einzelschulen spielen rechtliche Regelungen eine ...
Re-Configurations
(2021)
This edited volume is an open access title and assembles both the historical consciousness and transformation of the MENA region in various disciplinary and topical facets. At the same time, it aims to go beyond the MENA ...
Re-Configurations
(2021)
This edited volume is an open access title and assembles both the historical consciousness and transformation of the MENA region in various disciplinary and topical facets. At the same time, it aims to go beyond the MENA ...
Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914
(2023)
This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of purity, health and cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries and their encounters with people in West Africa. By ...
Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914
(2023)
This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of purity, health and cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries and their encounters with people in West Africa. By ...
Die Wirtschaft im Wandel
(2021)
In diesem Open-Access-Sammelband fassen die besten Studierenden der Universität St. Gallen die wichtigsten Ergebnisse von ausgewählten Publikationen in führenden wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften zusammen. ...
Die Wirtschaft im Wandel
(2021)
In diesem Open-Access-Sammelband fassen die besten Studierenden der Universität St. Gallen die wichtigsten Ergebnisse von ausgewählten Publikationen in führenden wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften zusammen. ...
Entrepreneurial Strategy
(2021)
This open access book focuses on explaining differences amongst organizations regarding various attributes, forms, and outcomes. By focusing on the “how” of new venture creation and management to produce well-established ...
Entrepreneurial Strategy
(2021)
This open access book focuses on explaining differences amongst organizations regarding various attributes, forms, and outcomes. By focusing on the “how” of new venture creation and management to produce well-established ...
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe
(2023)
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that explore the relation between Samuel Beckett and catastrophe in terms of war, the Holocaust, nuclear disasters and ecological crisis. ...
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe
(2023)
Samuel Beckett and Catastrophe is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that explore the relation between Samuel Beckett and catastrophe in terms of war, the Holocaust, nuclear disasters and ecological crisis. ...
Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism across Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey
(2022)
What do struggles for women’s and LGBTI+ rights in Russia, Turkey and the Scandinavian countries have in common? And what can actors who struggle for rights and justice in these contexts learn from each other? Based on a ...
Der Beitrag des Design Thinking zur marktorientierten Unternehmensführung
(2022)
Iphigenie Leandra Kiefer untersucht in diesem Open-Access-Buch, welchen Beitrag die Implementierung von Design Thinking zur marktorientierten Unternehmensführung und zum Unternehmenserfolg leistet. Auf der Grundlage einer ...
Think Big, Start Small
(2017)
return on engineering; innovation management; Elektromobilität; Mobilitätslösung
Space–Time Conservation Element and Solution Element Method
(2023)
This open access book introduces the fundamentals of the space–time conservation element and solution element (CESE) method, which is a novel numerical approach for solving equations of physical conservation laws. It ...
The Pathway to Publishing: A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences
(2022)
Writing manuscripts is central to the advance of scientific knowledge. For an early career aspiring scientist, writing first author manuscripts is an opportunity to develop critical skills and to credential their expertise. ...
The Pathway to Publishing: A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences
(2022)
Writing manuscripts is central to the advance of scientific knowledge. For an early career aspiring scientist, writing first author manuscripts is an opportunity to develop critical skills and to credential their expertise. ...
NGOs als besondere Akteure der Interessenvermittlung
(2021)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch thematisiert Maximilian Schiffers die Rolle von NGOs als besondere Akteure der Interessenvermittlung. Als Leitfrage untersucht er, wie verschiedene Typen von NGOs im Rahmen politischer Prozesse ...
NGOs als besondere Akteure der Interessenvermittlung
(2021)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch thematisiert Maximilian Schiffers die Rolle von NGOs als besondere Akteure der Interessenvermittlung. Als Leitfrage untersucht er, wie verschiedene Typen von NGOs im Rahmen politischer Prozesse ...
Database Principles and Technologies – Based on Huawei GaussDB
(2023)
This open access book contains eight chapters that deal with database technologies, including the development history of database, database fundamentals, introduction to SQL syntax, classification of SQL syntax, database ...
Database Principles and Technologies – Based on Huawei GaussDB
(2023)
This open access book contains eight chapters that deal with database technologies, including the development history of database, database fundamentals, introduction to SQL syntax, classification of SQL syntax, database ...
Reliability and Validity of International Large-Scale Assessment
(2020)
This open access book describes and reviews the development of the quality control mechanisms and methodologies associated with IEA’s extensive program of educational research. A group of renowned international researchers, ...
Reliability and Validity of International Large-Scale Assessment
(2020)
This open access book describes and reviews the development of the quality control mechanisms and methodologies associated with IEA’s extensive program of educational research. A group of renowned international researchers, ...
Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences
(2014)
In this edited volume leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective ...
Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences
(2014)
In this edited volume leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective ...
Educational Perspectives on Mediality and Subjectivation
(2022)
This open access book examines the complex relationship between education, media and power. Exploring the entanglement of education media and power structures, the contributions use various examples and case studies to ...
The Essence of Software Engineering
(2018)
Software Engineering; Software Development; Software Processes; Software Architectures; Software Management
The Essence of Software Engineering
(2018)
Software Engineering; Software Development; Software Processes; Software Architectures; Software Management
Firm Competitive Advantage Through Relationship Management
(2021)
Relationship management (RM) is an essential part of business, but its success as a business model can be hard to measure, with some firms embracing a model that is truly relationship-orientated, while others claim to be ...
Novel Developments for Sustainable Hydropower
(2022)
This open access book presents (selected) new and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower. It offers unique insights into the challenges, practices and policies of hydropower developments across ...
Intercultural Dialogue in the European Education Policies
(2020)
This open access book analyses intercultural dialogue as a concept, policy and ideal in European education policy documentation. The core European transnational organizatons – the Council of Europe and the European Union ...
Formalizing the Shadow Economy in Serbia: Policy Measures and Growth Effects
(2015)
Economic Policy; Public Economics; Economic Growth; Econometrics; Development Economics; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Online Hate Speech in the European Union: A Discourse-Analytic Perspective
(2017)
hate speech research; discourse analysis of social media; corpus linguistics methods; C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project European Union; hate speech in reaction to news; racism in online comments forum; discourse analytic research
Sector-Based Action Against Corruption
(2024)
This open access book provides an accessible insight into how to tackle corruption in organisations and institutions. It explains how to recognise and analyse corruption issues, together with knowledge and advice on how ...
Foundations of Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems
(2020)
This open access book coherently gathers well-founded information on the fundamentals of and formalisms for modelling cyber-physical systems (CPS). Highlighting the cross-disciplinary nature of CPS modelling, it also serves ...
Foundations of Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems
(2020)
This open access book coherently gathers well-founded information on the fundamentals of and formalisms for modelling cyber-physical systems (CPS). Highlighting the cross-disciplinary nature of CPS modelling, it also serves ...
Designing Digital Work
(2019)
Combining theory, methodology and tools, this open access book illustrates how to guide innovation in today’s digitized business environment. Highlighting the importance of human knowledge and experience in implementing ...
Designing Digital Work
(2019)
Combining theory, methodology and tools, this open access book illustrates how to guide innovation in today’s digitized business environment. Highlighting the importance of human knowledge and experience in implementing ...
Personalentwicklung in Schulen als Führungsaufgabe
(2022)
Im Zuge schulischer Reformen wurden Aufgaben der Personalentwicklung von der Schulaufsicht an Schulen delegiert. Für die Verankerung von Personalentwicklungsaufgaben an Einzelschulen spielen rechtliche Regelungen eine ...
Towards an Emissions Trading System in Mexico: Rationale, Design and Connections with the Global Climate Agenda
(2022)
This Open Access book provides detailed information about the incoming Mexican Emissions Trading System, including an analysis on why the system was implemented, how the system was designed, how it operates, how it could ...
Towards an Emissions Trading System in Mexico: Rationale, Design and Connections with the Global Climate Agenda
(2022)
This Open Access book provides detailed information about the incoming Mexican Emissions Trading System, including an analysis on why the system was implemented, how the system was designed, how it operates, how it could ...
Ecological Risk Assessment for Chlorpyrifos in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in North America
(2014)
Ecotoxicology; Environmental Management; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Chlorpyrifos; Terrestrial systems; Aquatic systems; Ecological risk assessment
Ecological Risk Assessment for Chlorpyrifos in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in North America
(2014)
Ecotoxicology; Environmental Management; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Chlorpyrifos; Terrestrial systems; Aquatic systems; Ecological risk assessment
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Finance
(2022)
This open access book presents how cutting-edge digital technologies like Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain are set to disrupt the financial sector. The book illustrates how recent ...
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Finance
(2022)
This open access book presents how cutting-edge digital technologies like Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain are set to disrupt the financial sector. The book illustrates how recent ...
Maritime Mobilities in Anglophone Literature and Culture
(2023)
This open access edited collection explores various aspects of how oceanic im/ mobilities have been framed and articulated in the literary and cultural imagination. It covers the entanglements of maritime mobility and ...
Machine Learning and Its Application to Reacting Flows
(2023)
This open access book introduces and explains machine learning (ML) algorithms and techniques developed for statistical inferences on a complex process or system and their applications to simulations of chemically reacting ...
Chapter 6 Prevention
(2015)
This work contains updated and clinically relevant information about tuberculosis. It is aimed at providing a succinct overview of history and disease epidemiology, clinical presentation and the most recent scientific ...
Das EU-Beihilfeverbot im Steuerrecht
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Grenze zwischen der nationalen Autonomie auf dem Gebiet des Steuerrechts und dem Verbot staatlicher Beihilfen innerhalb des EU-Binnenmarkts untersucht. Unumstritten ist in der Rechtsprechung ...
Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World
(2018)
Attitudes towards diversity; International large-scale assessment; International Civic and Citizenship Study; ICCS; Comparative and international education; School segregation; Intergenerational transmission of ...
Stakeholder Engagement in a Sustainable Circular Economy
(2023)
The purpose of this open access edited collection is to discuss the role and importance of stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives. Developing and ...