This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is t…
This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is t…
erzeit wachsen im Zuge der Digitalisierung und durch das Aufkommen neuer Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien die Datenbestände weltweit exponentiell an. Diese Daten erlangen eine immer wichtigere Rolle als Wirtschaftsgut. Als Grundlage neuer Dienstleistungen und Produkte stellen sie die zentrale Ressource der Datenwirtschaft dar. Jedoch wird das in ihnen liegende Wertschöpfungsp…
Buku ini memperkenalkan QPLEX, sebuah kerangka komputasi yang kuat yang dirancang untuk memodelkan dan menganalisis sistem stokastik non-stasioner dengan ruang keadaan yang besar. Metodologi ini unggul dalam menghasilkan distribusi kinerja sistem secara cepat dan akurat seiring waktu, menawarkan alat yang kokoh untuk memahami dinamika sistem tersebut. QPLEX mengatasi kutukan dimensionalitas den…
Who or what makes innovation spread? Ten case-studies from Greco-Roman Antiquity and the early modern period address human and non-human agency in innovation. Was Erasmus the ‘superspreader’ of the use of New Ancient Greek? How did a special type of clamp contribute to architectural innovation in Delphi? What agents helped diffuse a new festival culture in the eastern parts of the Roman emp…
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. We must find new and innovative ways of conceptualizing transboundary energy issues, of embedding concerns of ethics or justice into energy policy, and of operationalizing response to them. This book stems from the emergent gap; the need for comparative approaches to energy justice, and for those that consider ethical traditions that go beyon…
This open access book offers in depth knowledge on the challenges and opportunities offered by the inclusion of minority teachers in mainstream educational settings from an international perspective. It aims to be a unique and important contribution for scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners considering the complexities brought about by global trends into national/local educational systems …
This concise bibliography on South-African Languages and Linguistics was compiled on the occasion of the 20th International Congress of Linguists in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2018. The selection of titles is drawn from the Linguistic Bibliography and gives an overview of scholarship on South African language studies over the past 10 years. The introduction written by Menán du Plessis (Stel…
This concise bibliography on Sign Languages was compiled on the occasion of the 20th International Congress of Linguists in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2018. The selection of titles is drawn from the Linguistic Bibliography and gives an overview of scholarship on Sign language over the past 10 years. The introduction is by Myriam Vermeerbergen (KU Leuven & Stellenbosch University) and Anna-Le…