Publications
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Aktives Altern im digitalen Zeitalter
(2022)
Altersgerechte Assistenzsysteme leisten einen wichtigen Beitrag, die Lebensumgebung mit intelligenter Technik gesundheitsfördernder und selbstbestimmt zu gestalten. Diverse Sensoren, Geräte und Dienste (z.B. Sturzmeldesysteme, ...
Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy
(2020)
This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills ...
The Fundamental Elements of Strategy
(2021)
This open access book clarifies confusions of strategy that have existed for nearly 40 years through the core thoughts of three fundamental elements. Unlike the traditional definition of strategy as "a plan to achieve a ...
Development Policies and Policy Processes in Africa
(2017)
economics; quantitative policy evaluation; Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP); poverty
Improving Potassium Recommendations for Agricultural Crops
(2021)
This open access book highlights concepts discussed at two international conferences that brought together world-renowned scientists to advance the science of potassium (K) recommendations for crops. There was general ...
Solving PDEs in Python
(2016)
This book offers a concise and gentle introduction to finite element programming in Python based on the popular FEniCS software library. Using a series of examples, including the Poisson equation, the equations of linear ...
Chapter 9 Moral Responsibility and the Justification of Policies to Preserve Antimicrobial Effectiveness
(2020)
Restrictive policies that limit antimicrobial consumption, including therapeutically
justified use, might be necessary to tackle the problem of antimicrobial
resistance. We argue that such policies would be ethically ...
A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945-1980
(2015)
This book is open access under a CC BY license and explores the under-researched history of male mental illness from the mid-twentieth century. It argues that statistics suggesting women have been more vulnerable to ...
The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine
(2021)
This open access book studies breath and breathing in literature and culture and provides crucial insights into the history of medicine, health and the emotions, the foundations of beliefs concerning body, spirit and world, ...
Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia
(2020)
This open access book presents up-to-date analyses of community-based approaches to sustainable resource management of SEPLS (socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes) in areas where a harmonious relationship ...
Ukraine’s Thorny Path to the EU
(2025)
This interdisciplinary book takes stock of Ukraine’s thorny European integration path in the last two decades. Engaging many Ukrainian academics and practitioners, the book seeks to offer a first-hand insight into how ...
Popularität und Relevanz in der Suche
(2022)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird mithilfe eines großangelegten Online-Experiments untersucht, wie sich die Anzeige von Zitationen oder Downloads auf die Relevanzbewertung in akademischen Suchsystemenauswirkt. Bei der Suche ...
Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return
(2018)
Aging migrants; Return and circulation migration; Migrant worker hostels in France; Social systems; Older North and West African men
Science of Fungi in Grapevine
(2025)
This open access book provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between fungi and grapevines, covering contemporary mycological classifications, pathogens, the mycobiome, endophytes, and mycorrhizae. Inspired ...
Phenomenology of Bioethics
(2021)
This book offers a unique description of how phenomenology can help professionals from medical, environmental and social fields to explore notions such as interaffectivity, empathy, epoche, reduction, and intersubjective ...
Chapter 6 Against Reciprocity
(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 ...
Towards a Digital Epistemology
(2021)
This Open Access book explores the concept of digital epistemology. In this context, the digital will not be understood as merely something that is linked to specific tools and objects, but rather as different modes of ...
The Japanese Banking Crisis
(2021)
This open access book provides a readable narrative of the bubbles and the banking crisis Japan experienced during the two decades between the late 1980s and the early 2000s. Japan, which was a leading competitor in the ...
Public Administration in Germany
(2021)
This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany’s public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, ...
Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850–2000
(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 ...