Chapter 5 Bringing pedagogy in line : Globalizing nationally programmed instr…

The first decades after World War II are characterized by an earnest optimism about planning progress and by a fundamental belief in the potential for social and cultural improvement through technical innovation in general and through education in particular. This persuasion manifested itself in the development of tremendous energy sources, numerous technical aids to facilitate daily (house) wo…

Chapter 5 Alchemy, potency, imagination : Paracelsus’s theories of poison

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Chapter 5 Ageism in applying digital technology in healthcare Implications f…

Digital technology is perceived as a solution to meet the ‘challenges’ of ageing and promote independent and healthy ageing. This approach, often driven by policy makers, is leading to the vast development of a so-called ‘Age-tech’ market, mainly focused on healthcare technologies. Despite the potential positive outcomes, adoption and actual use of digital healthcare technologies are of…

Chapter 5 A Comprehensive Smart Energy Management Strategy for TVPP, CVPP, an…

This book provides a general overview of virtual power plants (VPP) as a key technology in future energy communities and active distribution and transmission networks for managing distributed energy resources, providing local and global services, and facilitating market participation of small-scale managing distributed energy resources and prosumers. The book also aims at describing some practi…

Chapter 5 Women and Minority Expatriates

There has been several decades of research on why women are under-represented in the expatriate population, but it is only in the past few years that research has begun to focus on issues with members from other diverse groups and how they fit into the expatriate picture. This chapter’s authors spotlight gender, age, race, religion and sexual orientation diversity. They point out, however, th…

Chapter 4 The Oceanography and Marine Ecology of Ningaloo, A World Heritage Area

The Ningaloo coast of north-western Australia (eastern Indian Ocean) hosts one of the world’s longest and most extensive fringing coral reef systems, along with globally-significant abundances of large marine fauna such as whale sharks. These characteristics — which have contributed to its inscription on the World Heritage list — exist because of the unique climatic, geomorphologic and oc…

Chapter 4 The Newfoundland and Labrador Anti-Sealing Movement Experience

Chapter 4 explores how activism against seal hunting devolved into cultural violence against sealers, their families and communities in Newfoundland and Labrador. Drawing on archival research from the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, in additional to supplementary interview, this chapter illustrates how the Newfoundland and Labrador experiences …

Chapter 4 The mechanisms of social care reform

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Approaches to Disaster Management; Examining the Implications of Hazards, Eme…

Pendekatan Manajemen Bencana berkaitan dengan isu-isu manajemen bencana yang kritis. Sepuluh laporan penelitian asli oleh para sarjana internasional yang berpusat pada manajemen bencana disusun menjadi tiga bidang umum bahaya dan manajemen bencana. Bagian pertama mencakup diskusi tentang perspektif tentang kerentanan dan pendekatan mitigasi yang berkembang. Bagian kedua menyoroti pendekatan unt…

Income packaging and social safety nets for low-income families with children…

The welfare regimes in East Asia are traditionally characterized as productivist, where social policies are subordinated to economic development goals. However, many studies have suggested that welfare approaches adopted by East Asian countries cannot be understood as a homogeneous regime