Discursive Approaches to Politics in Malaysia

This open access book examines Malaysian politics using a linguistic perspective. It explores how language serves to (de)legitimise governance, and its subsequent policies and activities in Malaysia. Grounded in discourse studies, this edited volume presents research on the discourses produced by and on Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional from 2008 to 2020, studying how pol…

The gender-sensitive university : a contradiction in terms?

Universitas yang Sensitif Gender mengeksplorasi kekuatan yang ada yang menjadi kendala dalam mendorong universitas yang peka gender, yang meliputi munculnya gerakan sayap kanan yang berupaya menumbangkan kemajuan menuju kesetaraan gender dan manajerialisme yang mendorong korporatisme yang merayap. Buku ini menunjukkan bahwa kesadaran akan kesetaraan gender dan kepekaan gender sangat penting unt…

Pandemics, public health, and the regulation of borders: lessons from Covid-19

This book examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has engendered a new and challenging environment in which borders drawn around people, places, and social structures have hardened and new ones have emerged. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, borders closed or became unwelcoming at the international, national, sub-national, and local levels. Debate persists as to whether those countries an…

Geometric Challenges in Isogeometric Analysis

This book collects selected contributions presented at the INdAM Workshop "Geometric Challenges in Isogeometric Analysis", held in Rome, Italy on January 27-31, 2020. It gives an overview of the forefront research on splines and their efficient use in isogeometric methods for the discretization of differential problems over complex and trimmed geometries. A variety of research topics in this co…

Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation…

This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and the German Science Foundation research unit DASIM (Denitrification in Agricultural Soils: In…

Digital Health Care in Taiwan

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The Claims of The Jews to an Equality of Rights, Illustrated in a Series of L…

The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Rights is a compelling collection of letters by Isaac Leeser addressed to the editor of the Philadelphia Gazette, advocating for the civil rights and social equality of Jewish individuals in America. In these letters, Leeser articulates the historical and moral justifications for granting Jews equal treatment under the law, emphasizing their contribution…

Thought Power Developed in Pupils

Thought Power Developed in Pupils is an insightful exploration of the potential of young minds to harness and enhance their cognitive abilities. The work focuses on practical methods and strategies designed to cultivate critical thinking, creativity, and mental discipline among students. It emphasizes the importance of fostering an environment that encourages inquiry, reflection, and independen…

Putting PIRLS to Use in Classrooms Across the Globe

This open access book provides teachers with approaches to strengthen reading comprehension instruction based on scientific research and evidence-based didactic principles. In this volume, the Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS) framework is used to inform teachers about the skills and knowledge that students need to comprehend certain texts. The book gives practical guidance on how…

Data Assimilation Fundamentals

This open-access textbook's significant contribution is the unified derivation of data-assimilation techniques from a common fundamental and optimal starting point, namely Bayes' theorem. Unique for this book is the "top-down" derivation of the assimilation methods. It starts from Bayes theorem and gradually introduces the assumptions and approximations needed to arrive at today's popular data-…