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Crisis Reporters, Emotions, and Technology
(2019)
This open access book explores the emotional labour of crisis reporters in an original style that combines fictional and factual narrative. Exploring how journalists make sense of their emotional experience and development ...
The Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Biscay
(2019)
This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it ...
Cyber Security
(2019)
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Annual Conference on Cyber Security, CNCERT 2018, held in Beijing, China, in August 2018. The 14 full papers presented were carefully ...
Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine
(2018)
Philosophy; Medicine—Philosophy; Epistemology
Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs and the Greening of Economies in Asia: Case Study Summaries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam
(2018)
Education for Sustainable Development; Green Growth; Green Jobs; Inclusive Growth; Equity in the Promotion of Economic Growth; Environmental Education; Green Economies
International Comparative Studies in Mathematics: Lessons for Improving Students’ Learning
(2016)
Mathematics Education; International and Comparative Education; Learning and Instruction
Trade Unions on YouTube
(2019)
This open access book investigates how trade unions representing different social classes use YouTube videos for renewal purposes. Information and communication technology has undoubtedly offered new opportunities for ...
Competition Authorities in South Eastern Europe
(2018)
This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of ...
Agency and Causal Explanation in Economics
(2020)
This open access book provides an exploration of the consequences of the ontological differences between natural and social objects (sometimes described as objects of nature and objects of thought) in the workings of causal ...
European Somalis' Post-Migration Movements
(2018)
Based on a qualitative study on migrants of Somali origin who have settled in Europe for at least a decade, this open access book offers a ground-breaking exploration of the idea of mobility, both empirically and theoretically. ...
Bridging Educational Leadership, Curriculum Theory and Didaktik: Non-affirmative Theory of Education
(2017)
curriculum; educational leadership; philosophy of education; Bildung
eIoT
(2019)
This open access book explores the collision between the sustainable energy transition and the Internet of Things (IoT). In that regard, this book’s arrival is timely. Not only is the Internet of Things for energy applications, ...
From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity
(2019)
This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management ...
Mercury Pollution in Minamata
(2018)
Methylmercury poisoning; Minamata disease; Methylmercury emission; Methylmercury intoxication; Pollution-related disease; Neurological syndrome; Chemical factory pollution; Chisso Corporation
Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era
(2019)
This open access book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series. This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the ...
Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation
(2019)
Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing ...
Tales of Research Misconduct: A Lacanian Diagnostics of Integrity Challenges in Science Novels
(2017)
research integrity; scientific misconduct; science novels; Lacanian psychoanalysis; continental philosophy; falsification; plagiarism; ethics
Innovations in Derivatives Markets: Fixed Income Modeling, Valuation Adjustments, Risk Management, and Regulation
(2016)
Quantitative Finance; Banking; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; Mathematical Modelling and Industrial Mathematics; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Financial Engineering
Bedeutsame Momente im Coaching
(2019)
Auf der Grundlage einer differenzierten Kritik an der aktuellen Coaching-Forschung wird in diesem Open-Access-Buch eine Landkarte für die künftige Ausrichtung der Coaching-Prozessforschung vorgestellt. Als weiteres Ergebnis ...
Disasters: Core Concepts and Ethical Theories
(2018)
This Open Access Book is the first to examine disasters from a multidisciplinary perspective. Justification of actions in the face of disasters requires recourse both to conceptual analysis and ethical traditions. Part 1 ...
Telecommunication Economics: Selected Results of the COST Action IS0605
(2012)
Computer Communication Networks; Communications Engineering, Networks; Computers and Society; Management of Computing and Information Systems
Principles of Security and Trust: 7th International Conference, POST 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14-20, 2018, Proceedings
(2018)
authentication; computer science; computer software selection and evaluation; cryptography; data privacy; formal logic; formal methods; formal specification; internet; privacy; program compilers; programming ...
Die Big-Data-Debatte
(2020)
In dieser Open-Access-Publikation analysieren die Autoren die öffentliche Debatte um Chancen und Risiken von Big Data und diskutieren die konkreten Implikationen in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen. In einer repräsentativen ...
Shaping Natural History and Settler Society
(2019)
This book explores the life and work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge ...
Fundamentals of Clinical Data Science
(2019)
This open access book comprehensively covers the fundamentals of clinical data science, focusing on data collection, modelling and clinical applications. Topics covered in the first section on data collection include: data ...
Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India
(2019)
This open access book examines the interactions between India’s economic development, agricultural production, and nutrition through the lens of a “Food Systems Approach (FSA).” The Indian growth story is a paradoxical ...
Paris Climate Agreement: Beacon of Hope
(2017)
Climate Change; Climate Change Management and Policy; Energy Economics
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems: 24th International Conference, TACAS 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part II
(2018)
computer architecture; computer software selection and evaluation; formal logic; formal methods; model checker; model checking; multi core processors; program compilers; programming languages; semantics; software ...
Gender Differences in Computer and Information Literacy
(2019)
This open access book presents a systematic investigation into internationally comparable data gathered in ICILS 2013. It identifies differences in female and male students’ use of, perceptions about, and proficiency in ...
Data and Text Processing for Health and Life Sciences
(2019)
This open access book is a step-by-step introduction on how shell scripting can help solve many of the data processing tasks that Health and Life specialists face everyday with minimal software dependencies. The examples ...
Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling: Approaches and Developments from German Speaking Countries
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Teaching; Learning and Instruction
Transdisziplinär und transformativ forschen: Eine Methodensammlung
(2018)
transdisziplinäre Forschung; transformative Forschung; partizipative Forschung; Reallabore; Realexperimente; Methodologie; Methodik; Methodensammlung; Co-Design und Co-Produktion; Partizipation; Nachhaltigkeitsforschung; ...
The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods
(2019)
This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western ...
Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching
Evolution, Monitoring and Predicting Models of Rockburst
(2018)
Load/unload response ratio predicting of rockburst; Three-dimensional reconstruction of fissured rock; Nonlinear dynamics evolution pattern of rock cracks; Bayesian model for predicting rockburst
The Hackable City
(2019)
This open access book presents a selection of the best contributions to the Digital Cities 9 Workshop held in Limerick in 2015, combining a number of the latest academic insights into new collaborative modes of city making ...
Collaborative Curriculum Design for Sustainable Innovation and Teacher Learning
(2019)
This open access book provides insight into what it takes to actively involve teachers in the curriculum design process. It examines different aspects of teacher involvement in collaborative curriculum design, with specific ...
Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures: 21st International Conference, FOSSACS 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14–20, 2018. Proceedings
(2018)
artificial intelligence; computer software; selection and evaluation; formal logic; graph theory; modal logic; petri nets; program compilers; programming language; semantics; separation logic; software engineering; ...
Design Science and Its Importance in the German Mathematics Educational Discussion
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching
Mobilities of the Highly Skilled towards Switzerland
(2019)
This open access book analyses the strategies of migration intermediaries from the public and private sectors in Switzerland to select, attract, and retain highly skilled migrants who represent value to them. It reveals ...