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Recent Advances in Mathematics Textbook Research and Development
(2025)
This open-access book documents the issues and developments in mathematics textbook research as presented at the Fourth International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development (ICMT 4), held at Beijing ...
Das Potenzial von Marketing für eine ressourcenorientierte Transformation des Konsumsystems
(2023)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch klärt die Frage, ob Marketing einen essenziellen Beitrag leisten kann, um die Herausforderungen der gegenwärtigen Klima- und Vielfachkrise zu bewältigen. Louise I. H. Rieck untersucht das ...
Unzuverlässiges Erzählen
(2023)
Die einzelnen Studien dieser Open Access-Monographie (zu Werken u.a. von A. Andersch, Th. Bernhard, H. Böll, M. Frisch, G. Grass, H. Risse, A. Schmidt, O.F. Walter und G. Wohmann) geben in der Summe einen Überblick über ...
Climate Change and Safety in High-Risk Industries
(2024)
This open access book directs attention to the safety implications of disruptive, sustainability-driven changes in sociotechnical systems resulting from climate-change considerations in high-risk industries. It addresses ...
The 8th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering
(2024)
This open access book presents select contributions from the 8th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering (ICACMVE 2023), focusing on the recent advances and best practices of ...
Managing Elevated Risk: Global Liquidity, Capital Flows, and Macroprudential Policy - An Asian Perspective
(2015)
Finance/Investment/Banking; Economic Policy; Development Economics
Democratizing Risk Governance
(2023)
This open access book features contributions from a multidisciplinary team of leading and emerging scholars focused on democratization of risk assessment, management, and communication. The volume identifies and sheds light ...
Community Nursing Services in England
(2023)
This open access book provides an historical account of the ways in which community nursing services in England have been shaped by policy changes, from the inception of the NHS in 1948 to the present day. Focusing on ...
Anxiety as Vibration
(2024)
This open access book draws on the work of Deleuze and Guattari alongside Lacan and Freud to offer a radical psychosocial survey of the status of anxiety. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book examines key issues ...
Chapter 16 Surgery and Emotion
(2018)
In this chapter I have endeavoured to demonstrate the ways in which an
approach that takes the emotions seriously might nuance and complicate
our understandings of the history of pre-anaesthetic surgery. In general,
historians ...
Systemic Circular Economy Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composites
(2022)
This open access book provides an overview of the work undertaken within the FiberEUse project, which developed solutions enhancing the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added products, with a ...
Elimination of Infectious Diseases from the South-East Asia Region
(2021)
This book discusses the historical context, country experience, and best practices that led to eliminating infectious diseases from the WHO’s South-East Asia Region, such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yaws, trachoma, ...
Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy
(2016)
Agricultural Economics
Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
(2014)
Environment, general; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Environmental Economics; Social Policy
Moral Reasoning at Work
(2015)
Business and Management, Leadership and Strategy, Organisational Behaviour, Human Resources
Chapter Bibliography
(2015)
The study of early modern cancer is significant for our understanding of the period’s medical theory and practice. In many respects, cancer exemplifies the flexibility of early modern medical thought, which managed to ...
Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Modeling and Simulation, plus Econophysics Colloquium 2014
(2015)
Springer Proceedings in Complexity
Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After
(2023)
This is an open access book. This edited collection aims to document the effects of Covid-19 on film festivals and to theorize film festivals in the age of social distancing. To some extent, this crisis begs us to consider ...
Transforming Education for Sustainability
(2023)
This book investigates how educators and researchers in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts, connect concepts of sustainability to work in their fields of study and in the classrooms where they teach the next ...
Air Quality Integrated Assessment: A European Perspective
(2017)
air quality; air pollution; environmental analysis
The Business of Hope
(2023)
This open access book contributes to research on the ascendance of neoliberalism in Canada through the vantage point of professional fundraising in the 1990s and 2000s. Fifty high-ranking fundraisers from across Canada ...
Chapter 5 Special Cases
(2015)
Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This ...
Chapter Acknowledgements
(2015)
The study of early modern cancer is significant for our understanding of the period’s medical theory and practice. In many respects, cancer exemplifies the flexibility of early modern medical thought, which managed to ...
Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England
(2022)
This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century technological networks. ...
China-Africa Science, Technology and Innovation Collaboration
(2024)
This open access book brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore science, technology, and innovation cooperation between China and African countries by using different perspectives. The growing ...
Pflegefachpersonen als pflegende Angehörige
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch stehen Pflegefachpersonen im Zentrum, die zugleich pflegende Angehörige sind. Als professionell Pflegende verfügen sie über Fachwissen, pflegefachliche Kompetenzen und Kenntnisse zum Versorgungssystem. ...
Perceptions of the Independence of Judges in Europe
(2021)
This open access book is about the perception of the independence of the judiciary in Europe. Do citizens and judges see its independence in the same way? Do judges feel that their independence is respected by the users ...
Collider Physics within the Standard Model
(2017)
elementary particles; quantum field theory; string theory
National Spatial Planning in China
(2025)
This open access book conducts systematic and comprehensive research on urban spatial development problems in China from territorial perspectives, based on the scientific theory on human settlements environment. By integrating ...
Insights into the New Hydrogen Economy
(2025)
This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the future of the hydrogen industry. It builds upon insights gathered from a series of expert workshops and follow-on activity. International experts from various ...
Contemporary Irish Theatre
(2024)
This open access book is a new survey of theatre practices in Ireland from 1957 to the present. Part I: Histories, situates the theatrical activity of twentieth and twenty-first century Ireland within its social and political ...
Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England
(2015)
The study of early modern cancer is significant for our understanding of the period’s medical theory and practice. In many respects, cancer exemplifies the flexibility of early modern medical thought, which managed to ...
Digital Transformation of Learning Organizations
(2021)
This open access volume provides insight into how organizations change through the adoption of digital technologies. Opportunities and challenges for individuals as well as the organization are addressed. It features four ...
Chapter 5 Choreographing the Interdisciplinary
(2015)
This book offers a provocative account of interdisciplinary research across the neurosciences, social sciences and humanities. Setting itself against standard accounts of interdisciplinary 'integration,' and rooting itself ...
Surveying Human Vulnerabilities across the Life Course
(2016)
Sociology
New Wars and Old Plagues
(2023)
This Open Access book uses Mary Kaldor’s concept of “New Wars” to explore how ethnic conflict reshaped the social and environmental landscape of the Southern Caucuses following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It relies ...
Twitter als Basis wissenschaftlicher Studien: Eine Bewertung gängiger Erhebungs- und Analysemethoden der Twitter-Forschung
(2016)
social media; communication
Emerging Trends in International Development and Climate Policy
(2024)
This open access book delves into the considerable alignment of global sustainable development priorities between Germany and the Republic of Korea (hereafter referred to as Korea), despite their geographical separation. ...
Explorations in Archaeology and Philosophy
(2021)
This volume explores various themes at the intersection of archaeology and philosophy: inference and theory; interdisciplinary connections; cognition, language and normativity; and ethical issues. Showcasing this heterogeneity, ...
Spiritual Care & Existential Care interprofessionell
(2024)
Die Beiträge in diesem Buch bieten einen breitgefächerten Überblick und thematische Tiefenschärfung zu ethischen, rechtlichen und strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen von Spiritual / Existential Care: Vorgestellt werden ...
EU Cohesion Policy Implementation - Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities
(2023)
This open access book is the result of the 1st International Conference on Evaluating Challenges in the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy (EvEUCoP 2022). It presents the recent findings, sparks discussion, and reveals ...
The Nation Form in the Global Age
(2022)
This open access book argues that contrary to dominant approaches that view nationalism as unaffected by globalization or globalization undermining the nation-state, the contemporary world is actually marked by globalization ...
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
Measuring the Business Value of Cloud Computing
(2020)
The importance of demonstrating the value achieved from IT investments is long established in the Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS) literature. However, emerging technologies such as the ever-changing ...
Measuring the Business Value of Cloud Computing
(2020)
The importance of demonstrating the value achieved from IT investments is long established in the Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS) literature. However, emerging technologies such as the ever-changing ...
Energy Demand Challenges in Europe
(2019)
This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge of securing clean, affordable ...
Energy Demand Challenges in Europe
(2019)
This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge of securing clean, affordable ...
Alternating Current Field Measurement Technique for Detection and Measurement of Cracks in Structures
(2025)
This open access book serves as a comprehensive exploration of Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM), encompassing the foundational theory crucial for subsequent chapters, as well as the design and testing of ACFM ...
Alternating Current Field Measurement Technique for Detection and Measurement of Cracks in Structures
(2025)
This open access book serves as a comprehensive exploration of Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM), encompassing the foundational theory crucial for subsequent chapters, as well as the design and testing of ACFM ...
Chapter 5 Self-Harm as Self-Cutting: Inpatients and Internal Tension
(2015)
This book is the first account of self-harming behaviour in its proper historical and political context. The rise of self-cutting and overdosing in the 20th century is linked to the sweeping changes in mental and physical ...
Fading Foundations: Probability and the Regress Problem
(2017)
epistemic justification; infinite regress; epistemology; ethics; metaphysics; philosophy
Chapter 1 The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom
(2016)
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room ...
Chapter 1 The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom
(2016)
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room ...
The Elements of Big Data Value
(2021)
This open access book presents the foundations of the Big Data research and innovation ecosystem and the associated enablers that facilitate delivering value from data for business and society. It provides insights into ...
The Elements of Big Data Value
(2021)
This open access book presents the foundations of the Big Data research and innovation ecosystem and the associated enablers that facilitate delivering value from data for business and society. It provides insights into ...
The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016
(2017)
climate change; Arctic; vulnerability; environment; marine and terrestrial polar landscapes; indigenous knowledge; tourism
The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016
(2017)
climate change; Arctic; vulnerability; environment; marine and terrestrial polar landscapes; indigenous knowledge; tourism
The Restless Compendium
(2016)
This interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation and work. It draws together approaches from artists, literary scholars, psychologists, activists, ...
Ethics of Socioeconomics
(2024)
The book analyzes socioeconomic through the lens of a lawyer. In the past decade the world has witnessed some severe financial and economic crises, especially the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the crisis caused by the ...
Ethics of Socioeconomics
(2024)
The book analyzes socioeconomic through the lens of a lawyer. In the past decade the world has witnessed some severe financial and economic crises, especially the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the crisis caused by the ...
Industry 4.0 and the Road to Sustainable Steelmaking in Europe
(2024)
This open access book gathers original contributions focused on the transition of the European steel industry to Industry 4.0. It not only investigates how Industry 4.0 can enhance productivity, cost-saving, and sustainability ...
Industry 4.0 and the Road to Sustainable Steelmaking in Europe
(2024)
This open access book gathers original contributions focused on the transition of the European steel industry to Industry 4.0. It not only investigates how Industry 4.0 can enhance productivity, cost-saving, and sustainability ...
Depression im Alter – Eine Frage der Emotionsregulation
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch geht es um die Frage, ob Emotionsregulationsprobleme eine Bedeutung für die Depression im höheren Erwachsenenalter haben. Depressionen sind in dieser Altersgruppe weit verbreitet, werden aber ...
Depression im Alter – Eine Frage der Emotionsregulation
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch geht es um die Frage, ob Emotionsregulationsprobleme eine Bedeutung für die Depression im höheren Erwachsenenalter haben. Depressionen sind in dieser Altersgruppe weit verbreitet, werden aber ...
Stressbewältigung durch Pflegekräfte
(2022)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird das Thema Stressbewältigung von Pflegekräften konzeptionell und empirisch betrachtet. Arbeitsstress nimmt für die meisten Berufsgruppen zu und ist zu einer der häufigsten Ursachen für ...
Stressbewältigung durch Pflegekräfte
(2022)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird das Thema Stressbewältigung von Pflegekräften konzeptionell und empirisch betrachtet. Arbeitsstress nimmt für die meisten Berufsgruppen zu und ist zu einer der häufigsten Ursachen für ...
Transnational Entrepreneurship in South East Asia
(2020)
This open access book brings together narratives of inbound and outbound expatriate entrepreneurship in Japan to provide a comprehensive overview of international entrepreneurship in the region. Through in-depth interviews ...
Transnational Entrepreneurship in South East Asia
(2020)
This open access book brings together narratives of inbound and outbound expatriate entrepreneurship in Japan to provide a comprehensive overview of international entrepreneurship in the region. Through in-depth interviews ...
Hydraulic Structure and Hydrodynamics
(2025)
This open access book delves into discussions central to hydraulic structures and research in the realm of hydrodynamics. Hydraulic structures stand as pivotal components within civil engineering and construction, playing ...
New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research
(2015)
Social Policy, Politics and Economics of Welfare, Business and Management, Innovation, Sociology, Economic Sociology, Politics, Citizenship, Social Policy and Welfare
Narrating the Rule of Law
(2024)
This open access book deals with the backsliding of the rule of law in Poland and Hungary as one of the main problems of the EU. What began as a national phenomenon has become a general threat for the EU because the respect ...
Anti-fragile ICT Systems
(2016)
Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Information Systems and Communication Service; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Simulation and Modeling; anomaly detection, anti-fragility, cloud ...
MARE-WINT: New Materials and Reliability in Offshore Wind Turbine Technology
(2016)
renewable; green; energy; environment; law; policy
Euphorias in Gender, Sex and Sexuality Variations
(2023)
This Open Access book uses the concept of ‘euphoria’ to investigate when, why and how marginal gender, sex and sexuality groups have positive experiences of their diverse variations even within repressive and disordering ...
Automated Reasoning
(2024)
This two-volume set of LNAI 14739-14740 constitute the proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning, IJCAR 2024, held in Nancy, France, during July 3-6, 2024. The 39 full research papers ...
Political Leadership and Agricultural Transformation
(2024)
This open access book examines the impact of political leadership on agricultural transformation to understand why cases of successful agricultural transformation are so rare in the developing world. It highlights the ...
Chapter Bibliography
(2016)
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room ...
P.Y. Galperin's Development of Human Mental Activity
(2021)
This open access book introduces the legacy of Piotr Galperin to a wider audience of researchers, educators and psychologists. Previous translations of Galperin’s work present only some aspects of his conceptual thinking; ...
Stem Cells in Neuroendocrinology
(2016)
Neurosciences, Endocrinology
Chapter 7 An Experience Much Worse Than Rape
(2016)
It is the first monograph-length study of the force-feeding of hunger strikers in English, Irish and Northern Irish prisons. It examines ethical debates that arose throughout the twentieth century when governments authorised ...