Publications
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Survey-Welten
(2019)
Die Open-Access-Studie nimmt eine plurale Perspektive auf Survey-Qualität ein und untersucht empirisch unterschiedliche Logiken der Survey-Produktion. Wie aufgezeigt wird, gehen die vier identifizierten Survey-Welten mit ...
Affect and Mathematics Education
(2019)
This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 topic study group “Affect, beliefs and identity in mathematics education”, presents the latest trends in research in the area. Following an introduction and a survey chapter ...
Model-Driven Development and Operation of Multi-Cloud Applications
(2017)
Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Computational Intelligence
Elements of Robotics
(2017)
robotics; autonomous mobile robots; algorithms; Braitenberg creatures; decision making
Tensor Network Contractions
(2020)
Tensor network is a fundamental mathematical tool with a huge range of applications in physics, such as condensed matter physics, statistic physics, high energy physics, and quantum information sciences. This open access ...
Renewables for Energy Access and Sustainable Development in East Africa
(2019)
This short open access book investigates the role of renewable energy in East Africa to provide policy-relevant inputs for the achievement of a cost-effective electrification process in the region. For each country, the ...
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
(2019)
This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence. The LNCS 11427 and 11428 proceedings set constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, ...
Ethics Dumping: Case Studies from North-South Research Collaborations
(2018)
Global Research Ethics; Global Bioethics; North-South Collaborations; Exploitation Vulnerability; Research Governance; Double Standards in Research; Ethics Dumping Examples
Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality
(2020)
This open access collection offers a detailed mapping of recent Nordic literature and its different genres (fiction, poetry, and children’s literature) through the perspective of spatiality. Concentrating on contemporary ...
Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings
(2019)
The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of relevant sources of literature and user complaints that clearly demonstrate the ...
Economic Evaluation of Sustainable Development
(2019)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents methods to evaluate sustainable development using economic tools. The focus on sustainable development takes the reader beyond economic growth to ...
Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies
(2018)
This open access book provides insight into the implementation of Life Cycle approaches along the entire business value chain, supporting environmental, social and economic sustainability related to the development of ...
Public Health Ethics: Cases Spanning the Globe
(2016)
Public Health; Ethics
Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22-23, 2017, Proceedings
(2017)
collaboration; information systems; Linux; open access; open source software
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling: With Applications for the Social Sciences
(2018)
Agent-Based Modelling; ABM; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Computational social science; Social simulation; Population sciences
Report on Global Environmental Competitiveness (2013)
(2014)
Environmental Economics; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Green Development; Environmental Competitiveness; Environmental Coordination; Economy Transformation; Environmental Carrying; Environmental Management
Applying the Kaizen in Africa
(2018)
At present, how to develop industries is a burning issue in Africa, where population growth remains high and economic development has thus far failed to provide sufficient jobs for many, especially young people and women. ...
Energy Justice Across Borders
(2020)
Philosophy; Engineering ethics; Energy policy; Energy and state; Economic geography; Renewable energy resources; Sustainable development; Energy systems
Protest Movements in Asylum and Deportation
(2018)
Protest mobilization and outcome; Political participation; Emotions and social ties; Deportation nation; Refugees; Pro-migrant protest; Anti-migrant protest
Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries
(2020)
This open access book explores key issues and presents recent case studies in areas of importance for the transition to a circular model of development in emerging African countries that will minimize resource consumption ...
Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants
(2014)
Developmental Biology; Plant Sciences; Cell Biology
Theories in and of Mathematics Education
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching
Riverine Ecosystem Management: Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future
(2018)
Aquatic Ecology; Ecosystem Services; Environmental Management; Freshwater Science; River Restoration; Sustainable River Management; Water Pollution
Norwegian Shipping in the 20th Century
(2019)
Economics; Management science; Shipping
Handbook of Pathogens and Diseases in Cephalopods
(2019)
The aim of this open access book is to facilitate the identification and description of the different organs as well as pathogens and diseases affecting the most representative species of cephalopods focussed on Sepia ...
Theoretical and Practical Advances in Computer-based Educational Measurement
(2019)
This open access book presents a large number of innovations in the world of operational testing. It brings together different but related areas and provides insight in their possibilities, their advantages and drawbacks. ...
Energy Poverty
(2018)
EVALUATE is a multi-sited study, involving extensive research across a variety of cities and countries. Focusing primarily on four Central and
Eastern European cities (Budapest, Gdańsk, Prague and Skopje) the project
has ...
14th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM2019)
(2019)
This open access proceedings of the 14th International Council for Applied Mineralogy Congress (ICAM) in Belgorod, Russia cover a wide range of topics including applied mineralogy, advanced and construction materials, ore ...
Risk Communication for the Future
(2018)
The conventional approach to risk communication, based on a centralized and controlled model, has led to blatant failures in the management of recent safety related events. In parallel, several cases have proved that actors ...
Advances in Energy System Optimization
(2020)
The papers presented in this open access book address diverse challenges in decarbonizing energy systems, ranging from operational to investment planning problems, from market economics to technical and environmental ...
From War to Peace in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine
(2019)
This open access book focuses on the origins, consequences and aftermath of the 1995 and 1999 Western military interventions that led to the end of the most recent Balkan wars. Though challenging problems remain in Bosnia, ...
Statistical Population Genomics
(2020)
This open access volume presents state-of-the-art inference methods in population genomics, focusing on data analysis based on rigorous statistical techniques. After introducing general concepts related to the biology of ...
Vessel Health and Preservation: The Right Approach for Vascular Access
(2019)
This Open access book offers updated and revised information on vessel health and preservation (VHP), a model concept first published in poster form in 2008 and in JVA in 2012, which has received a great deal of attention, ...
Theory and Applications of Ordered Fuzzy Numbers: A Tribute to Professor Witold Kosiński
(2017)
fuzzy arithmetic; defuzzyfication; fuzzy prediction models; analysis; trend processing; uncertainty modeling; propagation of uncertainty; Kosinski’s fuzzy numbers
Beyond Safety Training: Embedding Safety in Professional Skills
(2017)
FonCSI; professionalization of safety; risk management
Variant Construction from Theoretical Foundation to Applications
(2019)
This open access book presents theoretical framework and sample applications of variant construction. The first part includes the components variant logic, variant measurements, and variant maps, while the second part ...
Medical Imaging Systems
(2018)
This open access book gives a complete and comprehensive introduction to the fields of medical imaging systems, as designed for a broad range of applications. The authors of the book first explain the foundations of system ...
International Reflections on the Netherlands Didactics of Mathematics
(2020)
This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 Thematic Afternoon on “European Didactic Traditions”, takes readers on a journey with mathematics education researchers, developers and educators in eighteen countries, who ...
Special Topics in Information Technology
(2020)
This open access book presents nine outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology has ...
Drones and the Creative Industry
(2018)
This open access, interdisciplinary book presents innovative strategies in the use of civil drones in the cultural and creative industry. Specially aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the book offers valuable ...