Off-Canon pleasures - a case study and a perspective

The inclusion of works in a canonical list creates a large body of exclusions. But among these neglected works there are not a few that nevertheless are worth reading. Literary worth is not necessarily aesthetic impeccability. A literary work recommends itself by a high degree of artistic achievement with elbowroom for historical importance. The present study focuses on Leo Rosten’s immigrati…

Informatics in the Future

Introduction This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This volume discusses the prospects and evolution of informatics (or computer science), which has become the operating system of our world, and is today seen as the science of the information society. Its artifacts change the world and its methods have an impact on how we think about and perceive the world. Classical computer s…

Mathematics of Economics and Business

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Culture^2: Theorizing Theory for the Twenty-First Century, Vol. 1

How to do cultural studies in the twenty-first century? This essay collection is not a handbook, encyclopedia, or a »state of the field« compendium. Instead, it is a reflexive exercise in cultural studies, featuring fifteen accessible essays on a selection of critical key works published since 2000. The contributors aim to provide readers with a fresh and engaging look at recent criticism, ex…

Mathematics of Economics and Business

For all students who wish to understand current economic and business literature, knowledge of mathematical methods has become a prerequisite. Clear and concise, with precise definitions and theorems, Werner and Sotskov cover all the major topics required to gain a firm grounding in this subject including sequences, series, applications in finance, functions, differentiations, differentials and…

Chapter 1 Student voices on social exclusion in general primary schools

Advocates of inclusive education argue that the social inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN) increases when they are educated with typically developing peers. However, research indicates that this is not apparent for all students with SEN. Students with social, emotional and behavioural diffi culties (SEBD) are often socially excluded. To understand the situation of these s…

Betrieblicher Einsatz von Absolventen zweijähriger Ausbildungsberufe

Kfz-Betriebe bilden in zweijährigen Ausbildungsberufen aus, stellen aber diese Fachkräfte häufig nicht ein. Die Dissertation untersucht die Gründe für das widersprüchliche Verhalten der Betriebe am Beispiel der Ausbildung zum Kfz-Servicemechaniker/in. Die Ergebnisse dieser empirischen Untersuchung können auch auf andere zweijährige Ausbildungsberufe übertragen werden. Die Studie lie…

Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting

Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied…

Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems

What are the causes and consequences of species diversity in forested ecosystems, and how is this species diversity being affected by rapid environmental and climatic change, movement of invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores into new biogeographic regions, and expanding human populations and associated shifts in land-use patterns? In this Special Issue of Forests, we explore these questions fo…

Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting

Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied…