TOWARDS RESILIENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES :A CROSS-SECTORAL AND MULTI-DIS…

This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, and multidisciplinary perspective. The book facilitates a conversation across diverse disciplinary…

CLIMATE-SMART FORESTRY IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS

This open access book offers a cross-sectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climate-smart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensive analysis on forest issues, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. This book includes structured summaries of each chapter. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, CLIMO has brought togethe…

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS :EM…

This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights provided are presented with reference to the relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs), hoping that scientists, technicians and decision makers will find them as a valid suppo…

POLIO ACROSS THE IRON CURTAIN :HUNGARY'S COLD WAR WITH AN EPIDEMIC

By the end of the 1950s, Hungary became an unlikely leader in what we now call global health. Only three years after Soviet tanks crushed the revolution of 1956, Hungary became one of the first countries to introduce the Sabin vaccine into its national vaccination programme. This immunization campaign was built on years of scientific collaboration between East and West, in which scientists, spe…

MONETARY AUTHORITIES :CAPITALISM AND DECOLONIZATION IN THE AMERICAN COLONIAL …

Allan E. S. Lumba explores how the United States used monetary policy and banking systems to justify racial and class hierarchies, enforce capitalist exploitation, and counter movements for decolonization in the American colonial Philippines.

IMPROVING ONCOLOGY WORLDWIDE :EDUCATION, CLINICAL RESEARCH AND GLOBAL CANCER …

This open access book describes strategies and experiences of highly skilled professionals in improving oncology care worldwide. The book is structured into three main sections with several chapters each, reflecting the authors' individual, real-life experiences. It explores ways to improve oncology education and scientific training, how to set up and run a clinical research facility ethically…

ASSESSMENT OF CANCER SCREENING :A PRIMER

Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control in the United States, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data eludes many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This open access primer rectifies that situation by teaching readers, in simple language and with straightforward examples, why and how the population-level cancer burden changes when screening is im…

ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND SEMI-AUTOMATED TRUCK PLATOONING

This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project “Connecting Austria,” illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort cons…

ADVANCED MODELLING WITH THE MATLAB RESERVOIR SIMULATION TOOLBOX (MRST)

Many leading experts contribute to this follow-up to An Introduction to Reservoir Simulation using MATLAB/GNU Octave: User Guide for the MATLAB Reservoir Simulation Toolbox (MRST). It introduces more advanced functionality that has been recently added to the open-source MRST software. It is however a self-contained introduction to a variety of modern numerical methods for simulating multiphase …

EARLY MODERN HERBALS AND THE BOOK TRADE :ENGLISH STATIONERS AND THE COMMODIFI…

Between 1525 and 1640, a remarkable phenomenon occurred in the world of print: England saw the production of more than two dozen editions identified by their imprints or by contemporaries as 'herbals'. Sarah Neville explains how this genre grew from a series of tiny anonymous octavos to authoritative folio tomes with thousands of woodcuts, and how these curious works quickly became valuable com…

3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

The family of technologies collectively known as additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, and often called 3D-printing technologies, is rapidly revolutionizing industrial production. AM’s potential to produce intricate and customized parts starting from a digital 3D model makes it one of the main pillars for the forthcoming Industry 4.0. Thanks to its advantages over traditional manufacturin…

AI IN LEARNING :DESIGNING THE FUTURE

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is predicted to radically change teaching and learning in both schools and industry causing radical disruption of work. AI can support well-being initiatives and lifelong learning but educational institutions and companies need to take the changing technology into account. Moving towards AI supported by digital tools requires a dramatic shift in the concept of learn…

PENGETAHUAN BAHAN MAKANAN TERNAK

Pengetahuan bahan makanan ternak merupakan salah satu ilmu yang harus dimiliki oleh mahasiswa peternakan. Ilmu pengetahuan bahan makanan ternak menjadi dasar dalam melakukan evaluasi kualitas makanan ternak. Oleh karena itu, buku ini dapat menjadi salah satu media pendukung yang tepat bagi mahasiswa ataupun khalayak yang ingin mempelajari dasar-dasar dalam mengetahui bahan makanan ternak sebelu…

PENGEMBANGAN DAN IMPLEMENTASI TEKNOLOGI IRIGASI HEMAT AIR

Sebagai negara agraris, sektor pertanian dan perkebunan menjadi salah satu sektor yang sangat vital di Indonesia. Oleh karena itu, manajemen air dan sistem pengairan untuk kepentingan agraris harus mendapat perhatian yang lebih mengingat pasokan air yang seringkali mengalami defisit dan kelangkaan. Inovasi teknologi dan efisiensi sistem irigasi menjadi ujung tombak keberhasilan industri pertani…

RANTAI PASOK PANGAN BERKELANJUTAN DENGAN PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI INDUSTRI 4.0

Tersedianya beraneka ragam pangan yang aman, terjangkau, dan bergizi merupakan ciri masyarakat yang sejahtera. Namun, populasi yang terus bertambah membuat tekanan pada pasokan pangan sehingga diperlukan teknologi digital dalam sistem rantai pasok pangan agar menjadi lebih terintegrasi secara global. Selain itu, karena terintegrasi secara global, penting untuk memastikan bahwa pasokan pangan da…

MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

This open access book focuses on the molecular mechanism of congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, offering new insights into the development of pulmonary circulation and the ductus arteriosus. It describes in detail the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and morphogenesis of the heart, lungs and ductus arteriosus, covering a range of topics such as gene functions, g…

JEJAK PERJALANAN TEKNOLOGI NUKLIR :DARI KONSEP ATOMOS HINGGA TRAKTAT NONPROLI…

Buku ini mengupas sepenggal kisah bagian awal perjalanan teknologi nuklir. Pembahasannya dimulai dari perjalanan sejarah upaya manusia memburu atom. Pembaca akan dibawa untuk mengenali atom beserta fenomena-fenomena fisika yang dapat terjadi di dalamnya. Selanjutnya pembaca akan diperkenalkan dengan sejarah awal kelahiran teknologi nuklir hingga situasi politik dunia yang mendorong lahirnya sen…

CENDANA DAN GAHARU TERAKHIR

Orlin Ara Atanau, si murid baru dari Sumba mengajak teman-temannya mencari Cendana dan Gaharu yang sudah langka. Mereka menjelajah tanah di bawah angin, mengikuti jalur rempah yang pada berabad-abad lalu dilakukan oleh para pelaut. Akankah mereka menemukan rajanya parfum ini?

MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHY VOLUME 2

The main purpose of this book is to focus on the computational complexity theory of lattice ciphers, especially the reduction principle of Ajtai, in order to fill the gap that post-quantum ciphers focus on the implementation of encryption and decryption algorithms, but the theoretical proof is insufficient. In Chapter 3, Chapter 4 and Chapter 6, author introduces the theory and technology of LW…

TRADISI PERLINDUNGAN SOSIAL PENCEGAHAN STUNTING

Buku ini mengulas tentang pengasuhan keluarga, makanan, dan tradisi pencipta sehat di tiga wilayah Sulawesi Tenggara. Sekalipun masyarakatnya berada pada keadaan miskin dan tradisional namun tetap mengedepankan pengasuhan keluarga di atas segalanya. Semua pola pengasuhan, pengarusutamaan menu makanan, dan tradisi pencipta sehat terhadap kelompok prioritas benar-benar tampak pada keluarga khusus…

SIMULA SPRINGERBRIEFS ON COMPUTING

This open access volume presents a novel computational framework for understanding how collections of excitable cells work. The key approach in the text is to model excitable tissue by representing the individual cells constituting the tissue. This is in stark contrast to the common approach where homogenization is used to develop models where the cells are not explicitly present. The approach …

TRANSACTION COST MANAGEMENT :STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES FOR A GLOBAL OPEN ECONOMY

All organizations, institutions, business processes, markets and strategies have one aim in common: the reduction of transaction costs. This aim is pursued relentlessly in practice, and has been perceived to bring about drastic changes, especially in the recent global market and the cyber economy. This book analyzes and describes “transactions” as a model, on the basis of which organization…

CITA RASA KULINER DI BALIK KEINDAHAN LABUAN BAJO

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THE ROLE OF INDICATORS IN DECISIONS OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

There are thousands of indicators produced to understand and govern our societies. Studies about the way indicators are used in technological innovation are significantly rare, despite the centrality of these decisions to promote growth in our technology-intensive civilization. This book presents what is known and what was discovered in a doctoral research, which analysed innovative business le…

MANAGEMENT BY MISSIONS

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xxv; 156 PG; ill.

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ADVANCED STATISTICAL MODELING, FORECASTING, AND FAULT DETECTION IN RENEWABLE …

Fault detection, control, and forecasting have a vital role in renewable energy systems (Photovoltaics (PV) and wind turbines (WTs)) to improve their productivity, ef?ciency, and safety, and to avoid expensive maintenance. For instance, the main crucial and challenging issue in solar and wind energy production is the volatility of intermittent power generation due mainly to weather conditions. …

THE PLASTON CONCEPT :PLASTIC DEFORMATION IN STRUCTURAL MATERIALS

This open access book presents the novel concept of plaston, which accounts for the high ductility or large plastic deformation of emerging high-performance structural materials, including bulk nanostructured metals, hetero-nanostructured materials, metallic glasses, intermetallics, and ceramics. The book describes simulation results of the collective atomic motion associated with plaston, by c…

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN ASIA :THEORY, MODELS AND PRACTICE

In the absence of a widely accepted and common definition of social enterprise (SE), a large research project, the ""International Comparative Social Enterprise Models"" (ICSEM) Project, was carried out over a five-year period; it involved more than 200 researchers from 55 countries and relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the SE phenomenon. This strategy made it possible to take into acco…

HONEY BEE COLONY HEALTH

This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers investigating the status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline, providing a basis for establishing management methods that maintain colony health. Integrating discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder, the chapters provide information on the new microsporidian Nosema ceranae pathogens, the current status of the parasitic b…

WATER-FILTERED INFRARED A (WIRA) IRRADIATION

The aim of this open access book is to provide a unique, timely, critical and comprehensive compilation of more than 30 years of robust international experimental and clinical research related to the basic science and therapeutic application of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) and hyperthermia in oncology, psychiatry (depression), musculoskeletal disorders, dermatology, infectiology, and surger…

SUSTAINABILITY IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS:TALENT MANAGEMENT, MARKET ENTRY STRA…

In a context best characterized by uncertainty and volatility, it is necessary to rethink the key concepts and assumptions underpinning the broad debate on international business. In brief, the world is more interconnected than ever, yet—as the cases of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine confirm—supply chains are not immune to developments in politics and society. Other factors weigh in on the…

WEARABLE SENSORS APPLIED IN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS

Recent advances in electronics have led to sensors whose sizes and weights are such that they can be placed on living systems without impairing their natural motion and habits. They may be worn on the body as accessories or as part of the clothing and enable personalized mobile information processing. Wearable sensors open the way for a nonintrusive and continuous monitoring of body orientation…

RESHAPING FOOD SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND HEALTH IN THE EASTERN MEDITER…

This detailed and comprehensive study examines nutrition and health in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, presenting the six game-changing food systems actions proposed by the WHO and the progress of their implementation in the region. The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is a particularly complex place to study: an area of economic contrasts with changing diet…

REMOTE SENSING IN APPLICATIONS OF GEOINFORMATION

Remote sensing, especially from satellites, is a source of invaluable data which can be used to generate synoptic information for virtually all parts of the Earth, including the atmosphere, land, and ocean. In the last few decades, such data have evolved as a basis for accurate information about the Earth, leading to a wealth of geoscientific analysis focusing on diverse applications. Geoinform…

WHITE GOLD :THE COMMERCIALISATION OF RICE FARMING IN THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN

This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their…

FEMALE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP :CHALLENGING BOUNDARIES AND REFRAMING GENDER A…

Das Zusammenspiel von Unternehmertum, Gender, Nachhaltigkeit und insbesondere der sozialen Dimension ist komplex und unterschätzt. Diese Studie analysiert Social Entrepreneurship durch eine Gender-Linse und stellt deutsche Sozialunternehmerinnen und ihre politischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Kontexte dar. Im Rahmen eines deskriptiven qualitativen Forschungsdesigns wurden eine Sekundäranalys…

BODIES IN BALANCE :THE ART OF TIBETAN MEDICINE

2015 Best Art Book Accolade, ICAS Book Prize in the Humanities Category Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine is the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the triangular relationship among the Tibetan art and science of healing (Sowa Rigpa), Buddhism, and arts and crafts. This book is dedicated to the history, theory, and practice of Tibetan medicine, a unique and compl…

SOIL EROSION AND CARBON DYNAMICS

The most complete, nonpartisan source of information on this hot agronomic topic available today, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between sedimentologists and soil scientists and agronomists over whether the effects of soil erosion on carbon and atmospheric CO2 is beneficial or destructive. Divided into four sections, it offers data on how soil…

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOUNDATIONS:THE ROLE OF DESIGN SCIENCE

This volume presents papers from the fourth biennial Information Systems Foundation Workshop, held at The Australian National University in Canberra from 2–3 October, 2008. The focus of the workshop was, as for the others in the series, the foundations of Information Systems as an academic discipline. The emphasis in this workshop was on the movement known as ‘Design Science’ and its impo…

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS :IMPROVING STATE-OF-THE-ART MANAG…

This open access book is supported by the European Atherosclerosis Society Association (EAS). This follow-up edition of the well-received Handbook volume 'Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs' reflects the state-of-the-art and most recent developments in atherosclerosis research. Outstanding international experts give a comprehensive overview of the field covering topics, such as improving the trea…

CORPORATE MEMORY :RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE AGE

Corporate memory' is the body of information that an organization needs to keep for re-use. It is the active and historical information that an organization has that is worth sharing, managing and preserving to enable it to function effectively. This book is aimed at records managers and archivists, who are responsible for maintaining and managing information within an organization. It describe…

MICROSCALE TESTING IN AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY :ADVANCES, TECHNIQUES, AND PRACTICE

Bioassays are among the ecotoxicologist's most effective weapons in the evaluation of water quality and the assessment of ecological impacts of effluents, chemicals, discharges, and emissions on the aquatic environment. Information on these assessment aids is needed throughout the international scientific and environmental management community. This comprehensive reference provides an excellent…

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ONCOLOGY DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT

There exists a profound conflict at the heart of oncology drug development. The efficiency of the drug development process is falling, leading to higher costs per approved drug, at the same time personalised medicine is limiting the target market of each new medicine. Even as the global economic burden of cancer increases, the current paradigm in drug development is unsustainable. In this book,…

PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH IN AFRICA

This open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy from an African perspective, covering essential topics such as the location and centrality of social sciences in relation to public policy, leadership, methodology, institutions…

WOHNEN UND GESUNDHEIT IM ALTER

Vor dem Hintergrund der demographischen Entwicklung unserer Gesellschaft nimmt der Open-Access-Sammelband die Wohnsituation älterer Menschen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der gesundheitlichen Situation in den Blick. Lebensqualität, Wohlbefinden, Teilhabe sowie Autonomie und Selbstbestimmung älterer Menschen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt.

DYNAMICS IN LOGISTICS :TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY LOGISTICS RESEA…

This open access book highlights the interdisciplinary aspects of logistics research. Featuring empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented articles, it addresses the modelling, planning, optimization and control of processes. Chiefly focusing on supply chains, logistics networks, production systems, and systems and facilities for material flows, the respective contributions combine resear…

THE HANDBOOK OF SALUTOGENESIS

This in-depth survey of salutogenesis shows the breadth and strengths of this innovative perspective on health promotion, health care, and wellness. Background and historical chapters trace the development of the salutogenic model of health, and flesh out the central concepts, most notably generalized resistance resources and the sense of coherence, that differentiate it from pathogenesis. From…

UNDERSTANDING STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING AS SPORT COACHING :BRIDGING THE BIOPH…

Contemporary strength and conditioning coaching is, for the most part, informed by the exercise sciences, with little engagement being made with sociocultural and pedagogical perspectives which have emerged in sports coaching research over the last two decades. In Understanding Strength and Conditioning as Sport Coaching: Bridging the Biophysical, Pedagogical and Sociocultural Foundations of Pr…

COMPACT MODELS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN :CONVENTIONAL TRANSISTORS AND BE…

Compact Models for Integrated Circuit Design: Conventional Transistors and Beyond provides a modern treatise on compact models for circuit computer-aided design (CAD). Written by an author with more than 25 years of industry experience in semiconductor processes, devices, and circuit CAD, and more than 10 years of academic experience in teaching compact modeling courses, this first-of-its-kind …

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNOLOGY : BOOK 1 FUNDAMENTALS

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