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Chapter 37 Global Ageing and Health
Ageing populations pose some of the foremost global challenges of this century. Drawing on an international pool of scholars, this cutting-edge Handbook surveys the micro, macro and institutional aspects of the economics of ageing. Structured in seven parts, the volume addresses a broad range of themes, including health economics, labour economics, pensions and social security, generational acc…
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Bismarck's Institutions
The decline in birth rates in advanced economies is not a new phenomenon. Between 1880 and 1900 birth rates dropped from 5.5 children per woman to 2.5 children per woman. A further decline from 2.5 to 1.5 or even 1.3 children took much longer - about 80 years. One of the most apparent causes is, however, widely ignored. Beatrice Scheubel tries to fill this gap. According to the so-called Social…
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Chapter 30 The Role of Participants in Online Privacy Research Ethical and P…
Online privacy research considers the determinants, dimensions, and consequences of information disclosure on the internet. In this endeavor, researchers often are interested in uncovering personal and potentially sensitive details about media use and (privacy-related) attitudes and behavior. This focus raises a number of ethical questions that researchers need to address. Ethical questions rel…
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Chapter 10 Balance on Every Ledger
This chapter illustrates the core environmental values of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) people on the Pacific coast of Canada to explore how they manifest in the traditional management of coastal natural resources. The authors’ survey of environmental values is based on the authentic knowledge of Chief Adam Dick, a co-author of the chapter. The chapter argues that talking about Indigenous Kn…
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Assessment of Physical Fitness and Training Effect in Individual Sports
Physical fitness is the basis for the success of players in sports, and its monitoring makes it possible to assess the effectiveness of training and identify possible errors. During training, thanks to the use of control results, these activities are modified, which better prepares players for competition. This Special Issue, entitled "Assessment of Physical Fitness and the Effect of Training i…
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Application of Nanotechnology in Food Science and Food Microbiology
Nanoteknologi adalah disiplin ilmu yang berkembang pesat dan telah menghasilkan kemajuan signifikan baik dalam penelitian fundamental maupun aplikasi industri, menawarkan manfaat besar bagi masyarakat. Sebagai bidang yang baru muncul dan dinamis, nanoteknologi memungkinkan pendekatan inovatif di berbagai domain ilmiah. Meskipun aplikasi awal nanoteknologi terutama berfokus pada ilmu material, i…
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A Stage of Emancipation; Change and Progress at the Dublin Gate Theatre
Sebagaimana ditegaskan oleh urgensi gerakan Waking The Feminists, panggung teater Irlandia merupakan ruang krusial bagi artikulasi emansipasi sosial. Kumpulan esai ini membedah sejarah yang selama ini terpinggirkan dengan merefleksikan peran emansipatoris Dublin Gate Theatre (didirikan tahun 1928) dalam pembentukan budaya dan masyarakat Irlandia. Sejak awal, para pendiri Gate—Hilton Edwards d…
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An Annotated Bibliography of Chinese Painting Catalogues and Related Texts
The student of Chinese painting must from time to time consult John C. Ferguson's Li-tai chu-lu hua mu, an index to Chinese paintings recorded in Chinese catalogues. The catalogues in which the paintings are compiled are of equal interest: their compilers, the date of their compilation, their scope, their derivation, their merits and shortcomings, and so on. An Annotated Bibliography of Chines…
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AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Signalling
Starting from a kinase of interest, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has gone far beyond an average biomolecule. Being expressed in all mammalian cell types and probably having a counterpart in every eukaryotic cell, AMPK has attracted interest in virtually all areas of biological research. Structural and biophysical insights have greatly contributed to a molecular understanding of this kina…
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 27 (2021)
Launched in 1991, the Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major internationally-refereed yearbook dedicated to international legal issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. It is published under the auspices of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) in collaboration with DILA-Korea, the Secretariat of DILA, in South Korea. When it was launched, the…
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