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Gesundheit – Konventionen – Digitalisierung
(2022)
Die Open Access Publikation nimmt die Mobilisierung von Gesundheit als Kategorie in den Fokus. Dem pragmatischen Zugang zu Digitalisierung und Gesundheit der Économie des Conventions folgend, wird situativ aufgezeigt, ...
Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing in International Equity Markets
(2021)
In this Open-Access-book three essays on empirical asset pricing in international equity markets are presented. Despite being of fundamental economic and scientific importance, international financial markets have remained ...
Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics
(2017)
climate vulnerability; urban resilience; climate change; adaptation; planning; environmental risk analysis; decision making; disaster risk reduction; tropical climate management
Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Bilanzierung von Kundenbeziehungen nach GoB im Vergleich zu IFRS
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch erfolgt eine normative Auseinandersetzung mit der Bilanzierung von immateriellen Vermögensgegenständen nach HGB im Vergleich zu der Bilanzierung immaterieller Vermögenswerte nach IFRS. Der ...
Children and Peace
(2020)
This open access book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and peace and approaches to ...
Professionelle Unterrichtswahrnehmung im sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachunterricht
(2024)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch bietet theoretische Grundlagen und praktische Beispiele zur Förderung der professionellen Unterrichtswahrnehmung von (angehenden) Lehrkräften im sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachunterricht. Im Fokus ...
From Melancholia to Depression
(2021)
This open access book maps a crucial but neglected chapter in the history of psychiatry: how was melancholia transformed in the nineteenth century from traditional melancholy madness into a modern biomedical mood disorder, ...
Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications
(2022)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022, held in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2022. The 36 regular ...
Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
(2023)
This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More ...
Forschendes Lernen
(2020)
Dieses Open Access Buch zeigt, dass Forschendes Lernen ein zentrales Schlagwort in der Bildungsdebatte der letzten Jahre ist. Mit diesem didaktischen Format steht im Fokus des Lernens nicht mehr die Reproduktion von Wissen, ...
Planar Maps, Random Walks and Circle Packing
(2020)
This open access book focuses on the interplay between random walks on planar maps and Koebe’s circle packing theorem. Further topics covered include electric networks, the He–Schramm theorem on infinite circle packings, ...
Öffentliche Mobilität
(2021)
Dieser Open Access Band fasst erstmals aktuelle neue Entwicklungen im Öffentlichen Verkehr zusammen und entwirft mit dem Konzept der Öffentlichen Mobilität die konkrete Vorstellung eines zukunftsfähigen Öffentlichen Verkehrs. ...
Credit Networks in The Preindustrial World
(2025)
This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to ...
Niederlassungen führen
(2023)
Niederlassungen sollten ganzheitlich geführt und gesteuert werden – andernfalls leiden Strategieumsetzung und Kommunikation. Die ganzheitliche Steuerung ist deshalb eine Governance-Aufgabe, die nicht nur im Pflichtenheft ...
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks
(2015)
Environmental Management
Photonic Neural Networks with Spatiotemporal Dynamics
(2024)
This open access book presents an overview of recent advances in photonic neural networks with spatiotemporal dynamics. The computing and implementation paradigms presented in this book are outcomes of interdisciplinary ...
Special Topics in Information Technology
(2022)
This open access book presents thirteen outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology ...
Long-Term Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests
(2020)
This open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over ...
Women in STEM in Higher Education
(2022)
This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the ...
NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2021
(2022)
This is open access volume of the NL ARMS offers an interdisciplinary view on the domain of Compliance and Integrity in International Military Trade (CIIMT), integrating defence economics, international law, arms export ...
Chapter 3 Mortar and Pestle or Cooking Vessel? When Archaeology Makes Progress Through Failed Analogies
(2021)
Most optimistic accounts of analogies in archaeology focus on cases
where analogies lead to accurate or well-supported interpretations of the past. This
chapter offers a complementary argument: analogies can also provide ...
World Archaeo-Geophysics
(2024)
This open access volume showcases the intersection of geophysics and archaeology on a global scale, emphasising the evolution and application of geophysical methods in archaeological research and cultural heritage management. ...
Children and Peace
(2020)
This open access book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and peace and approaches to ...
Performing Citizenship
(2019)
This open access book discusses how citizenship is performed today, mostly through the optic of the arts, in particular the performing arts, but also from the perspective of a wide range of academic disciplines such as ...
Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education
(2021)
As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies
(2021)
This open access handbook presents a multidisciplinary and multifaceted perspective on how the ‘digital’ is simultaneously changing Russia and the research methods scholars use to study Russia. It provides a critical update ...
Soziale Netzwerke und gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten
(2020)
In diesem Buch wird die Perspektive der soziologischen, psychologischen und gesundheitswissenschaftlichen Netzwerkforschung für die Erklärung des Zusammenhangs zwischen sozialen und gesundheitlichen Ungleichheiten fokussiert. ...
Cyber Security
(2022)
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th China Annual Conference on Cyber Security, CNCERT 2022, held in Beijing, China, in August 2022. The 17 papers presented were carefully reviewed and ...
DevOps for Digital Leaders
(2016)
DevOps; continuous delivery; software lifecycle; concurrent parallel testing; service management; ITIL; GRC; PaaS; containerization; API management; lean principles; technical debt; end-to-end automation; automation
Assessment in Mathematics Education: Large-Scale Assessment and Classroom Assessment
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching
Radiobiology Textbook
(2023)
This open access textbook focuses on the various aspects of radiobiology. The goal of radiobiological research is to better understand the effects of radiation exposure at the cellular and molecular levels in order to ...
Special Topics in Information Technology
(2022)
This open access book presents thirteen outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology ...
Photonic Neural Networks with Spatiotemporal Dynamics
(2024)
This open access book presents an overview of recent advances in photonic neural networks with spatiotemporal dynamics. The computing and implementation paradigms presented in this book are outcomes of interdisciplinary ...
Social Movements in 1980s Sweden
(2023)
This open access book discusses the emergence and development, and in some cases also the disappearance, of social movements and activism in Sweden during the 1980s. Its aim is to nuance and problematize the image of the ...
Women in STEM in Higher Education
(2022)
This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the ...
Chapter Introduction
(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 ...
Gesundheit – Konventionen – Digitalisierung
(2022)
Die Open Access Publikation nimmt die Mobilisierung von Gesundheit als Kategorie in den Fokus. Dem pragmatischen Zugang zu Digitalisierung und Gesundheit der Économie des Conventions folgend, wird situativ aufgezeigt, ...
Chapter 3 Mortar and Pestle or Cooking Vessel? When Archaeology Makes Progress Through Failed Analogies
(2021)
Most optimistic accounts of analogies in archaeology focus on cases
where analogies lead to accurate or well-supported interpretations of the past. This
chapter offers a complementary argument: analogies can also provide ...
Die Zukunft des MINT-Lernens – Band 1
(2023)
Dieser Open-Access-Sammelband stellt Perspektiven auf digitalen MINT-Unterricht und die Lehrkräftebildung der Zukunft dar. Auf Grundlage aktueller Forschungsergebnisse beantwortet er aktuelle Fragestellungen, etwa: Welche ...
Die Zukunft des MINT-Lernens – Band 1
(2023)
Dieser Open-Access-Sammelband stellt Perspektiven auf digitalen MINT-Unterricht und die Lehrkräftebildung der Zukunft dar. Auf Grundlage aktueller Forschungsergebnisse beantwortet er aktuelle Fragestellungen, etwa: Welche ...
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes in Bentonite Barrier Systems
(2024)
This book is open access book. The collaborative Pilot Project, titled “Comparison of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes in Bentonite Barrier Systems”, aims to investigate the fundamentals, conduct laboratory ...
Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education
(2021)
As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and ...
Designing Data Spaces
(2022)
This open access book provides a comprehensive view on data ecosystems and platform economics from methodical and technological foundations up to reports from practical implementations and applications in various industries. ...
Cyber Security
(2022)
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th China Annual Conference on Cyber Security, CNCERT 2022, held in Beijing, China, in August 2022. The 17 papers presented were carefully reviewed and ...
The Pandemic of Argumentation
(2022)
This open access book addresses communicative aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the epidemic of misinformation from the perspective of argumentation theory. Argumentation theory is uniquely placed to ...
Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
(2023)
This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More ...
Assessment in Mathematics Education: Large-Scale Assessment and Classroom Assessment
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching
Spatializing Language Studies
(2023)
This open access volume offers valuable new perspectives on the question of how mobility, locatedness and immersion in the physical world can enhance second language teaching and learning. It does so through a diverse array ...
Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity
(2020)
Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly ...
Clinical Pathways in Stroke Rehabilitation
(2021)
This open access book focuses on practical clinical problems that are frequently encountered in stroke rehabilitation. Consequences of diseases, e.g. impairments and activity limitations, are addressed in rehabilitation ...
Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks
(2015)
Environmental Management
Diseases of the Chest, Breast, Heart and Vessels 2019-2022
(2019)
This open access book focuses on diagnostic and interventional imaging of the chest, breast, heart, and vessels. It consists of a remarkable collection of contributions authored by internationally respected experts, featuring ...
Relational Anthropology for Contemporary Economics
(2022)
This open access book offers a multidisciplinary dialogue on relational anthropology in contemporary economics. A particular view of the human being is often assumed in economic models, but seldom acknowledged let alone ...
Social Movements in 1980s Sweden
(2023)
This open access book discusses the emergence and development, and in some cases also the disappearance, of social movements and activism in Sweden during the 1980s. Its aim is to nuance and problematize the image of the ...
Long-Term Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests
(2020)
This open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over ...
From Decoding Turbulence to Unveiling the Fingerprint of Climate Change
(2022)
This open access book serves as a reference for the key elements and their significance of Klaus Hasselmann's work on climate science and on ocean wave research, all based on a rigorous and deeply physical thinking. It ...
Chapter Introduction
(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 ...
Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Bilanzierung von Kundenbeziehungen nach GoB im Vergleich zu IFRS
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch erfolgt eine normative Auseinandersetzung mit der Bilanzierung von immateriellen Vermögensgegenständen nach HGB im Vergleich zu der Bilanzierung immaterieller Vermögenswerte nach IFRS. Der ...
Spatializing Language Studies
(2023)
This open access volume offers valuable new perspectives on the question of how mobility, locatedness and immersion in the physical world can enhance second language teaching and learning. It does so through a diverse array ...
Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Toward Social-Scientific Literacy and Engineering Resilience
(2015)
Nuclear Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; Social Sciences, general
Reflections on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Toward Social-Scientific Literacy and Engineering Resilience
(2015)
Nuclear Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; Social Sciences, general
Professionelle Unterrichtswahrnehmung im sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachunterricht
(2024)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch bietet theoretische Grundlagen und praktische Beispiele zur Förderung der professionellen Unterrichtswahrnehmung von (angehenden) Lehrkräften im sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachunterricht. Im Fokus ...
Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications
(2022)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022, held in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2022. The 36 regular ...
Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine
(2024)
This book guides its audience—which can range from novice users to experts— though a 55-chapter tour of Google Earth Engine. A sequenced and diverse set of lab materials, this is the product of more than a year of effort ...
Forschendes Lernen
(2020)
Dieses Open Access Buch zeigt, dass Forschendes Lernen ein zentrales Schlagwort in der Bildungsdebatte der letzten Jahre ist. Mit diesem didaktischen Format steht im Fokus des Lernens nicht mehr die Reproduktion von Wissen, ...
“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits”
(2022)
Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization of religion influenced the prosperity of countries in Europe ...
Magnetism and Accelerator-Based Light Sources
(2021)
This open access book collects the contributions of the seventh school on Magnetism and Synchrotron Radiation held in Mittelwihr, France, from 7 to 12 October 2018. It starts with an introduction to the physics of modern ...
First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life
(2024)
This open access book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the experiences of First in Family (FiF) or first-generation students in higher education. It draws upon narratives of students and their ...
Climate-Related Human Mobility in Asia and the Pacific
(2024)
This open access book critically examines the policies and practices related to climate-related human mobility in Asia-Pacific and the legal and policy protection framework for climatically displaced migrants (CDMs) through ...
Rescaling Sustainability Transitions
(2025)
This Open Access book explores sustainability transitions with a focus on their influence on the relationships between cores and peripheries, the rural and the urban, and the large and the small-scale. The societal changes ...
Practical Economics
(2017)
Comparative Politics; Political Economy; Public Administration; Macroeconomics; Economics; Finance; Economic Growth; Russian, Soviet, and East European History
Model-Based Engineering of Collaborative Embedded Systems
(2021)
This Open Access book presents the results of the "Collaborative Embedded Systems" (CrESt) project, aimed at adapting and complementing the methodology underlying modeling techniques developed to cope with the challenges ...
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions of Gases and Particles
(2014)
Earth System Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Climatology; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Chemical Exchanges; Biogeochemistry; COST 735; air-sea interface; Trace gases; SOLAS
Chapter 13 A Change of Heart: Animality, Power, and Black Posthuman Enhancement in Malorie Blackman’s Pig-Heart Boy
(2024)
As cardiac xenotransplantation moves from labs into hospitals, this chapter asks what Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel Pig-Heart Boy reveals about power, race, and identity in relation to the experimental therapy. ...
Musculoskeletal Diseases 2021-2024
(2021)
This open access book focuses on imaging of the musculoskeletal diseases. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by clinical as well as technological developments. The authors ...
Smittestopp − A Case Study on Digital Contact Tracing
(2022)
This open access book describes Smittestopp, the first Norwegian system for digital contact tracing of Covid-19 infections, which was developed in March and early April 2020. The system was deployed after five weeks of ...
Smittestopp − A Case Study on Digital Contact Tracing
(2022)
This open access book describes Smittestopp, the first Norwegian system for digital contact tracing of Covid-19 infections, which was developed in March and early April 2020. The system was deployed after five weeks of ...
Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches
(2018)
This open access book provides innovative methods and original applications of sequence analysis (SA) and related methods for analysing longitudinal data describing life trajectories such as professional careers, family ...
International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice
(2021)
This open access book offers essential information on values-based practice (VBP): the clinical skills involved, teamwork and person-centered care, links between values and evidence, and the importance of partnerships in ...
Chapter Conclusion: The Politics of Self-Harm: Social Setting and Self-Regulation
(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 ...
The Future of China’s Development and Globalization
(2024)
This is an open access book. As the world continues to recover from the fear and uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new set of challenges like increased geopolitical tensions and climate change have become increasingly ...
Metric Algebraic Geometry
(2024)
Metric algebraic geometry combines concepts from algebraic geometry and differential geometry. Building on classical foundations, it offers practical tools for the 21st century. Many applied problems center around metric ...
Education for Children with Disabilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2017)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents insights into the lived realities of children with disabilities in primary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It examines specific cultural and societal ...
Social Innovation in Higher Education
(2022)
This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry ...
Politics of (Dis)Integration
(2020)
This open access book explores how contemporary integration policies and practices are not just about migrants and minority groups becoming part of society but often also reflect deliberate attempts to undermine their ...
Climate of the Middle
(2022)
This Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a ...
Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung
(2019)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und ...
Climate of the Middle
(2022)
This Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a ...
Practical Economics
(2017)
Comparative Politics; Political Economy; Public Administration; Macroeconomics; Economics; Finance; Economic Growth; Russian, Soviet, and East European History
Networks in the Russian Market Economy
(2010)
If Russia has become a market economy, how does it function on a grassroots level? In addition to market mechanisms, what kinds of social and moral principles are at work in the new Russian economy? Is the 'Soviet legacy' ...
All-Optical Methods to Study Neuronal Function
(2023)
This open access volume provides an overview of the latest methods used to study neuronal function with all-optical experimental approaches, where light is used for both stimulation and monitoring of neuronal activity. The ...
Plant Selection for Bioretention Systems and Stormwater Treatment Practices
(2015)
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Hydrology/Water Resources; Urban Ecology
Uses of Technology in Upper Secondary Mathematics Education
(2017)
Mathematics Education; Educational Technology; Teaching and Teacher Education
Chapter 13 A Change of Heart: Animality, Power, and Black Posthuman Enhancement in Malorie Blackman’s Pig-Heart Boy
(2024)
As cardiac xenotransplantation moves from labs into hospitals, this chapter asks what Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel Pig-Heart Boy reveals about power, race, and identity in relation to the experimental therapy. ...
Musculoskeletal Diseases 2021-2024
(2021)
This open access book focuses on imaging of the musculoskeletal diseases. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by clinical as well as technological developments. The authors ...
Migration and Religion
(2023)
This open access book introduces research on migration and religion with the focus on migration to western European countries from the 1950s and onwards. The book is an in-depth presentation of the main research trends as ...
Computational Science – ICCS 2022
(2022)
The four-volume set LNCS 13350, 13351, 13352, and 13353 constitutes the proceedings of the 22ndt International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2022, held in London, UK, in June 2022.* The total of 175 full papers ...
Hizmet in Transitions
(2022)
In this open-access monograph, Paul Weller explores how the movement known as Hizmet (meaning “service”) is undergoing a period of transitions in Europe. Inspired by the teaching and practice of the Turkish Islamic scholar, ...
Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches
(2018)
This open access book provides innovative methods and original applications of sequence analysis (SA) and related methods for analysing longitudinal data describing life trajectories such as professional careers, family ...
Improving Interagency Collaboration, Innovation and Learning in Criminal Justice Systems
(2021)
This Open Access edited collection seeks to improve collaboration between criminal justice and welfare services in order to help prepare offenders for life after serving a prison sentence. It examines the potential tensions ...