Publications
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Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention
(2022)
This open access book focuses on the public health crisis of youth suicide and provides a review of current research and prevention practices. It addresses important topics, including suicide epidemiology, suicide risk ...
Post Un-Lock
(2023)
This open access book builds a framework that holds together numerous open issues in territorial planning: from the understanding of territorial, landscape, environmental and climatic dynamics to the analysis of local ...
Neuroaesthetics
(2024)
This open access neuroaesthetics textbook, the first in the world, is designed for teaching a semester module (14 meetings) to undergraduate/masters students from both the sciences and the humanities. Written in a style ...
The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Workplace
(2022)
This is an Open Access book. Hoping to incubate a unique idea about workplace design, Dr. Agustin Chevez walked in isolation for 42 days from Melbourne to Sydney. His pilgrimage delivered 34 Signposts, a collection of ...
Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights
(2021)
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally across diverse contexts, and outlines evidence-based strategies and best practices. Sex ...
Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation
(2024)
This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of increasingly precarious farmer ...
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge
(2021)
This open access book addresses three themes which have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) ...
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge
(2021)
This open access book addresses three themes which have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) ...
China's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategies and Pathways
(2022)
This open access book introduces a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive research on China's long-term low-carbon emission strategies and pathways. After comprehensively considering China’s own socioeconomic conditions, ...
A Practical Guide on Behaviour Change Support for Self-Managing Chronic Disease
(2023)
This open access book is a valuable resource for students in health and other professions and practicing professionals interested in supporting effective change in self-management behaviors in chronic disease, such as ...
Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation
(2024)
This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of increasingly precarious farmer ...
Programming Languages and Systems: 27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 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 architecture; computer software selection and evaluation; distributed computer systems; formal logic; formal model; java; model checking; processors; program compilers; program ...
Chapter 11 Understanding the Social Care Crisis in England Through Older People’s Lived Experiences
(2020)
The chapter’s focus is social care in England where responsibility for
the organisation and funding of care has shifted from the state to the individual.
It draws on a qualitative research project about the experiences ...
Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications
(2020)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2020, held in Leiden, The Netherlands, in September 2020. ...
Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models
(2016)
Computational Science and Engineering; software Engineering; Programming Techniques
Attitudes, Beliefs, Motivation and Identity in Mathematics Education: An Overview of the Field and Future Directions
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Educational Psychology
Listen and Design
(2024)
This open access book thoroughly investigates the domain of policy design tailored specifically for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with a central emphasis on harmonizing these policies with the preexisting ...
Safer Healthcare
(2016)
Health Administration; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Quality of Life Research; Practice and Hospital Management
A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse
(2015)
Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh ...
Systems and Innovation Research in Transition
(2024)
In the last decades it has become more and more imperative for our societies, and for decision makers in all areas of society, to understand the dynamics through which innovation systems develop and through which socio-technical ...
The Philosophy of Mathematics Education
(2016)
Mathematics Education, Philosophy of Education, Educational Philosophy
Neuroaesthetics
(2024)
This open access neuroaesthetics textbook, the first in the world, is designed for teaching a semester module (14 meetings) to undergraduate/masters students from both the sciences and the humanities. Written in a style ...
Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World: Albanian Migrants and Their Children in Europe
(2015)
Migration; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Sociology, general
Post-Truth Populism
(2024)
This open access book analyses the convergence between ‘post-truth’ political culture and the politics of populism. The premise is that there is an intrinsic link between post-truth discourse (referring to mis/disinformation, ...
Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications
(2020)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2020, held in Leiden, The Netherlands, in September 2020. ...
Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility
(2020)
"This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that ...
Wie Sprache dem Verstehen hilft
(2022)
Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch widmet sich den Desiderata, Design-Kriterien für sprachsensiblen Fachunterricht am Beispiel des Geographieunterrichts zu entwickeln sowie Erkenntnisse über dessen Wirksamkeit hinsichtlich ...
Programming Languages and Systems: 27th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 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 architecture; computer software selection and evaluation; distributed computer systems; formal logic; formal model; java; model checking; processors; program compilers; program ...
Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models
(2016)
Computational Science and Engineering; software Engineering; Programming Techniques
Measuring Gender Equality
(2023)
In this open access book, the editors explicitly address the issue of measuring gender equality. The book introduces readers to basic concepts of gender equality, equity and equal opportunities, then discusses measuring ...
Governance for Drought Resilience
(2016)
Climate Change Management and Policy; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management
A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse
(2015)
Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh ...
Party System Changes and Challenges to Democracy
(2024)
This open access book focuses on the nexus between “party system stability” and “democratic consolidation”, using Slovenia as a case study. Its findings are presented from a comparative perspective to illustrate the ...
Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights
(2021)
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally across diverse contexts, and outlines evidence-based strategies and best practices. Sex ...
Equity Policies in Global Higher Education
(2022)
This book discusses and analyses global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. Although the massification of higher education systems has facilitated the participation ...
Educational Processes, Decisions, and the Development of Competencies from Early Preschool Age to Adolescence
(2024)
The contributions to the open access volume are comprehensive summaries of important research findings from the two comprehensive interdisciplinary longitudinal studies BiKS-3-18 and BiKS-8-18 conducted by the research ...
Public Administration in Japan
(2024)
This open access book provides an authoritative overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Japan. Japan is one of the leading countries on the international stage, with a reputation for ...
Von Japan nach Deutschland
(2024)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird erstmals mithilfe einer qualitativen Studie in den fünf größten japanischen Communitys Deutschlands - Düsseldorf, München, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg - das Migrations- und ...
70 Years of Levothyroxine
(2021)
This open access book presents the history, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of levothyroxine, discussing its role in the thyroid pathophysiology of patients of various ages and during pregnancy. It also describes the ...
Understanding Energy Innovation
(2022)
This open access book uses smart grids to explore and better understand energy innovation, from a social science perspective. Understanding Energy Innovation has four core themes—networks, nodes, narratives and nostalgia—and ...