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The Making of Islamic Heritage
(2017)
diversity; architecture; culture; vulnerability; conservation
Conservation in Chilean Patagonia
(2023)
Chilean Patagonia, located at the southwestern tip of South America, is one of the last regions on earth where highly intact environments predominate. With a coastline that extends along some 100,000 km of fjords, channels, ...
Uprooting Bias in the Academy
(2022)
This open access book analyzes barriers to inclusion in academia and details ways to create a more diverse, inclusive environment. It describes the implementation of UC Davis ADVANCE, a grant program funded by the National ...
Social Democratic Parties and the Working Class
(2020)
This open access book carefully explores the relationship between social democracy and its working-class electorate in Western Europe. Relying on different indicators, it demonstrates an important transformation in the ...
Counter-Terrorism, Ethics and Technology
(2021)
This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of ...
Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics
(2020)
This open access report explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics and physics across grades four, eight and 12. Twenty years of ...
Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 3
(2023)
This book gathers contributions to the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project INDIMO (Inclusive Digital Mobility Solutions), its sister projects DIGNITY (Digital Transport in and for Society) and TRIPS (Transport Innovation for ...
Nordic Perspectives on the Discourse of Things
(2023)
This open access book deals with the role of written texts in an increasingly diverse and dynamic society, bringing together a series of studies anchored in the Scandinavian research tradition of sakprosa, which roughly ...
Space Business
(2024)
This book is an academic investigation of commercial activities of firms in the space related industries and those utilizing services provided by space technology firms. These firms and their activities are part of the ...
Stable Isotopes to Trace Migratory Birds and to Identify Harmful Diseases: An Introductory Guide
(2016)
Animal Ecology; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami
(2019)
This open access book is a novel contribution in two ways: It is a multi-disciplinary examination of the indigenous South Saami people in Fennoscandia, a social and cultural group that often is overlooked as it is a minority ...
Collapsing Structures and Public Mismanagement
(2022)
This open access book is about mismanagement of public agencies as a threat to life and limb. Collapsing bridges and buildings kill people and often leave many more injured. Such disasters do not happen out of the blue nor ...
Longer-Term Psychiatric Inpatient Care for Adolescents
(2022)
This open access book describes the theoretical underpinnings and operational aspects of delivering longer-term inpatient psychiatric care to adolescents experiencing severe, unremitting mental illness. The authorship is ...
Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch
(2022)
This Open Access book provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly developing esport phenomenon by examining one of its contemporary flagship titles, Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment 2016), through three central themes ...
Compendium for Early Career Researchers in Mathematics Education
(2019)
The purpose of this Open Access compendium, written by experienced researchers in mathematics education, is to serve as a resource for early career researchers in furthering their knowledge of the state of the field and ...
Freiheitseinschränkende Maßnahmen bei Menschen mit Demenz in professionellen Sorgebeziehungen
(2023)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch befasst sich kritisch mit der Anwendung freiheitseinschränkender Maßnahmen (FeM) bei Menschen mit Demenz in professionellen Sorgebeziehungen, die sowohl im Hinblick auf ihren vermeintlichen Nutzen ...
Sago Palm: Multiple Contributions to Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods
(2018)
Under-utilized food resource; Metroxylon sagu; Starch production; Sago palm forest; Sago sugar
Particle Polarization in High Energy Physics
(2023)
This open-access book addresses the following questions: how does the polarization of a particle, i.e., the angular momentum state in which it is produced, manifest itself in nature? What are the concepts and tools needed ...
Regularity of the One-phase Free Boundaries
(2023)
This open access book is an introduction to the regularity theory for free boundary problems. The focus is on the one-phase Bernoulli problem, which is of particular interest as it deeply influenced the development of the ...
Social Democratic Parties and the Working Class
(2020)
This open access book carefully explores the relationship between social democracy and its working-class electorate in Western Europe. Relying on different indicators, it demonstrates an important transformation in the ...
Psychometric Framework for Modeling Parental Involvement and Reading Literacy
(2015)
Assessment, Testing and Evaluation
Building an Inclusive, Green and Low-Carbon Economy
(2023)
This open access book introduces the major environmental green development issues from six major themes carbon neutrality, nature-based solution, watershed management and climate adaptation, BRI green development, sustainable ...
Critical Points for the Organisation of Test Performance Studies in Microbiology
(2022)
This open access book in the field of plant pest detection shows a constant demand in development and improvement of fast and reliable detection tools, especially for high-priority pests. This open access book describes ...
Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training
(2023)
The education of future entrepreneurs shapes how we will live in the future, and proper entrepreneurship education is thus of utmost importance. Entrepreneurship educators and researchers constantly renew tools, interventions, ...
Collapsing Structures and Public Mismanagement
(2022)
This open access book is about mismanagement of public agencies as a threat to life and limb. Collapsing bridges and buildings kill people and often leave many more injured. Such disasters do not happen out of the blue nor ...
Executing Magic in the Modern Era
(2017)
This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and ...
Scaling-up Higher Order Thinking
(2023)
This open access book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what leaders may do about this. Examining the case of system-wide reform ...
Taking Vulnerabilities to Labour Exploitation Seriously
(2024)
This open access book intends to contribute to the debate on migrant labour exploitation by exploring the extent to which the EU and the European countries provide a standard for protecting migrant workers. It moves from ...
Managing the Complexity of Critical Infrastructures
(2016)
Complexity; Simulation and Modeling; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Communications Engineering, Networks
Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature
(2023)
This open access book suggests new ways of reading nineteenth-century African American literature environmentally. Combining insights from ecocriticism, African American studies, and Foucauldian theory, Matthias Klestil ...
Secondary Analysis of Electronic Health Records
(2016)
Health Informatics; Ethics; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences
Foundations of Robotics
(2022)
This open access book introduces key concepts in robotics in an easy to understand language using an engaging project-based approach. It covers contemporary topics in robotics, providing an accessible entry point to ...
Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems
(2016)
Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Complex Systems; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Computer Applications
Secondary Analysis of Electronic Health Records
(2016)
Health Informatics; Ethics; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences
X Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy
(2024)
This open access volume contains the proceedings of the X Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy which was held from 13 to 17 June 2022 at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Since 2006 the series of the ...
Discursive Approaches to Politics in Malaysia
(2023)
This open access book examines Malaysian politics using a linguistic perspective. It explores how language serves to (de)legitimise governance, and its subsequent policies and activities in Malaysia. Grounded in discourse ...
Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance
(2013)
Political Science, general; Social Policy; Business Ethics; Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainable Development
Chapter 2 Athlete's Foot
(2013)
In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850–2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete’s foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection ...
Socioeconomic Segregation and Educational Inequality
(2024)
This open access book uses multiple IEA Assessments to examine the relationship between socioeconomic segregation between classrooms and student outcomes. By examining Socioeconomic status (SES) segregation between classrooms ...
Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance
(2013)
Political Science, general; Social Policy; Business Ethics; Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainable Development
Fashion Figures
(2017)
STEM careers; girls; preteen; YA; mathlete; fashionista; math; middle school
Evaluationsmethoden der Wissenschaftskommunikation
(2023)
Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch. Akteure und Fördergeber von Wissenschaftskommunikation beschäftigt zunehmend die Frage, welche Wirkungen von ihren Aktivitäten tatsächlich ausgehen und ob sie ihre Ziele damit eigentlich ...
Men's Experiences of Violence in Intimate Relationships
(2019)
This open access book draws on a broad study on violence against men, from both male and female partners in Norway, to contribute to the research on intimate partner violence. It identifies similarities in men's experiences ...
Flexitranstore
(2020)
This open access book comprises 10 high-level papers on research and innovation within the Flexitranstore Project that were presented at the FLEXITRANSTORE special session organized as part of the 21st International Symposium ...
Seed Science and Technology
(2023)
This open-access edited book is a collection of 17 chapters, synthesized primarily from the lectures delivered by eminent Indian and international experts during a series of capacity-building programmes organised in India ...
Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature
(2023)
This open access book suggests new ways of reading nineteenth-century African American literature environmentally. Combining insights from ecocriticism, African American studies, and Foucauldian theory, Matthias Klestil ...
Percolation Theory Using Python
(2024)
This course-based open access textbook delves into percolation theory, examining the physical properties of random media—materials characterized by varying sizes of holes and pores. The focus is on both the mathematical ...
Higher Education Reforms in Romania: Between the Bologna Process and National Challenges
(2015)
Higher Education; Educational Policy and Politics; International and Comparative Education; International higher education arena; Higher education reforms; UEFISCDI; Evidence-based policy making; Higher education ...
Pilot Society and the Energy Transition
(2021)
This open access book examines the role of pilot and demonstration projects as crucial devices for conducting innovation in the context of the energy transition. Bridging literature from sustainability transitions and ...
The International Bureau of Education (1925-1968)
(2024)
This open access book offers a critical analysis of the history of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) from its founding in 1925 to its integration into UNESCO in January 1969. Based on the conceptual and methodological ...
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
Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration
(2023)
This open access book provides an integrated overview of the challenges and resources of large-scale social housing estates in Europe and outlines possible interdisciplinary approaches and tools to promote their regeneration. ...
Living Well in a World Worth Living in for All
(2023)
This open access book is the first of a two-volume series focusing on how people are being enabled or constrained to live well in today’s world, and how to bring into reality a world worth living in for all. The chapters ...
Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Volume 1
(2023)
This is the first in a series of three volumes of proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC 2022) which was held by Chinese Nuclear Society. As one in the most important and influential conference ...
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops
(2020)
This open access book constitutes the 6 research workshops, the Agile Education and Training Track, the Doctoral Symposium, as well as a panel presented at XP 2020, the 21st International Conference on Agile Software ...
The Moral Implications of Human and Animal Vulnerability
(2023)
In this open access book, Angela K. Martin thoroughly addresses what human and animal vulnerability are, how and why they matter from a moral point of view, and how they compare to each other. By first defining universal ...
Nordic Perspectives on the Discourse of Things
(2023)
This open access book deals with the role of written texts in an increasingly diverse and dynamic society, bringing together a series of studies anchored in the Scandinavian research tradition of sakprosa, which roughly ...
The European Blood and Marrow Transplantation Textbook for Nurses
(2023)
This Open Access Second Edition textbook, endorsed by the EBMT, provides adult and pediatric nurses with a full and informative guide covering all aspects of transplant nursing including a new chapter dedicated to cellular ...
Wetlands and Water Framework Directive
(2015)
Environmental Science and Engineering; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Geoecology/Natural Processes
Genome Editing in Neurosciences
(2017)
CRISPR; genetic engineering; DNA; double-strand breaks; Parkinson's disease; Huntington's disease; Rett syndrome; muscular dystrophy
Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
(2015)
Earth System Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Baltic Sea; Environmental Impacts; Regional Climate Change; Regional Climate Projections
The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami
(2019)
This open access book is a novel contribution in two ways: It is a multi-disciplinary examination of the indigenous South Saami people in Fennoscandia, a social and cultural group that often is overlooked as it is a minority ...
Territory and Democratic Politics
(2024)
The book provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to concept of territory in the study of democratic politics. Territory plays a rather marginal role in the traditional conceptions of democracy that in many ways ...
Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean: The Untapped Potential for Marine Resources in the Anthropocene
(2017)
marine; freshwater; offshore engineering; water policy; governance
Compendium for Early Career Researchers in Mathematics Education
(2019)
The purpose of this Open Access compendium, written by experienced researchers in mathematics education, is to serve as a resource for early career researchers in furthering their knowledge of the state of the field and ...
Epistemische Autoritäten
(2024)
Das primäre Ziel dieses Open-Access-Buches besteht in der Entwicklung einer Theorie pluraler epistemischer Autoritäten. Epistemische Autoritäten spielen in unserer durch Spezialisierung geprägten und hochgradig arbeitsteilig ...
Proceedings of the Scientific-Practical Conference "Research and Development - 2016"
(2018)
talent management; sensor arrays; automatic speech recognition; dry separation technology; oil production; oil waste; laser technology
Proceedings of the Scientific-Practical Conference "Research and Development - 2016"
(2018)
talent management; sensor arrays; automatic speech recognition; dry separation technology; oil production; oil waste; laser technology
X-Ray Contrast Media: Overview, Use and Pharmaceutical Aspects
(2018)
X-Ray; Radiography; Imaging; Radiology
Introduction to Central Banking
(2021)
This open access book gives a concise introduction to the practical implementation of monetary policy by modern central banks. It describes the conventional instruments used in advanced economies and the unconventional ...
Datenreport Zivilgesellschaft
(2019)
Als Open Access Publikation bietet der Datenreport Zivilgesellschaft erstmals einen Überblick über Stand und Entwicklung von Zivilgesellschaft und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement in Deutschland auf verbindender Grundlage der ...
Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient
(2020)
This open access book is a unique resource for health professionals who are interested in understanding the philosophical foundations of their daily practice. It provides tools for untangling the motivations and rationality ...
Uprooting Bias in the Academy
(2022)
This open access book analyzes barriers to inclusion in academia and details ways to create a more diverse, inclusive environment. It describes the implementation of UC Davis ADVANCE, a grant program funded by the National ...
South-North Migration of EU Citizens in Times of Crisis
(2017)
Migration; Population Economics; European Law; Political Science
Value and the Humanities
(2020)
Tracing the shift from liberal to neoliberal education from the nineteenth century to the present day, this open access book provides a rich and previously underdeveloped narrative of value in higher education in England. ...
Proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Volume 1
(2023)
This is the first in a series of three volumes of proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC 2022) which was held by Chinese Nuclear Society. As one in the most important and influential conference ...
Building an Inclusive, Green and Low-Carbon Economy
(2023)
This open access book introduces the major environmental green development issues from six major themes carbon neutrality, nature-based solution, watershed management and climate adaptation, BRI green development, sustainable ...
A Millennial View of Spain’s Development
(2024)
This open access book presents the evolution of the Spanish economy over the past seven centuries since the end of the Reconquest and examines how much economic progress has Spain achieved, as well as its impact on living ...
Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
(2015)
Earth System Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Baltic Sea; Environmental Impacts; Regional Climate Change; Regional Climate Projections
The Ethics of Cybersecurity
(2020)
This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of papers that provide an integrative view on cybersecurity. It discusses theories, problems and solutions on the relevant ethical issues involved. This ...
Autonomous Driving
(2016)
automotive engineering; human-computer interaction; user interfaces; technology
Territory and Democratic Politics
(2024)
The book provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to concept of territory in the study of democratic politics. Territory plays a rather marginal role in the traditional conceptions of democracy that in many ways ...
Autonomous Driving
(2016)
automotive engineering; human-computer interaction; user interfaces; technology
Pragmatic Philanthropy
(2018)
Asian Philanthropy and Charitable Organizations; Social Investment in Asia; Social Delivery Organizations; Relationships and Philanthropy in Asia; Ultra-high Net-worth Individuals in Asia; How Social Investment Works ...
Climate Smart Agriculture: Building Resilience to Climate Change
(2017)
climate change; food security; agricultural development; adaptation
Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient
(2020)
This open access book is a unique resource for health professionals who are interested in understanding the philosophical foundations of their daily practice. It provides tools for untangling the motivations and rationality ...
Writing Manuals for the Masses
(2021)
This open access collection of essays examines the literary advice industry since its emergence in Anglo-American literary culture in the mid-nineteenth century within the context of the professionalization of the literary ...
Transnational Parties and Advocacy in European Integration
(2024)
This book analyses the role of Europarties in the deepening of integration and the debates on the future of Europe. It is guided by three fundamental research questions: What strategies do Europarties utilize to advance ...
Pilot Society and the Energy Transition
(2021)
This open access book examines the role of pilot and demonstration projects as crucial devices for conducting innovation in the context of the energy transition. Bridging literature from sustainability transitions and ...
South-North Migration of EU Citizens in Times of Crisis
(2017)
Migration; Population Economics; European Law; Political Science
Distributed Learning Ecosystems
(2023)
This open-access book is based on the observation that learning ecosystems are increasingly established in higher education institutions. However, an important aspect that is still missing is their interconnectedness. ...
Socioeconomic Segregation and Educational Inequality
(2024)
This open access book uses multiple IEA Assessments to examine the relationship between socioeconomic segregation between classrooms and student outcomes. By examining Socioeconomic status (SES) segregation between classrooms ...
Planning Cities in Africa
(2022)
This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with ...
Value and the Humanities
(2020)
Tracing the shift from liberal to neoliberal education from the nineteenth century to the present day, this open access book provides a rich and previously underdeveloped narrative of value in higher education in England. ...
Beyond Safety Training: Embedding Safety in Professional Skills
(2017)
FonCSI; professionalization of safety; risk management
Process Mining Handbook
(2022)
This is an open access book. This book comprises all the single courses given as part of the First Summer School on Process Mining, PMSS 2022, which was held in Aachen, Germany, during July 4-8, 2022. This volume contains ...
Process Mining Handbook
(2022)
This is an open access book. This book comprises all the single courses given as part of the First Summer School on Process Mining, PMSS 2022, which was held in Aachen, Germany, during July 4-8, 2022. This volume contains ...
Men's Experiences of Violence in Intimate Relationships
(2019)
This open access book draws on a broad study on violence against men, from both male and female partners in Norway, to contribute to the research on intimate partner violence. It identifies similarities in men's experiences ...
Stable Isotopes to Trace Migratory Birds and to Identify Harmful Diseases: An Introductory Guide
(2016)
Animal Ecology; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Flexitranstore
(2020)
This open access book comprises 10 high-level papers on research and innovation within the Flexitranstore Project that were presented at the FLEXITRANSTORE special session organized as part of the 21st International Symposium ...