This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically r…
This volume collects the recent progress in cellulose-based hydrogels, including gels prepared from natural cellulose and its derivatives, cellulose graft co-polymers, and composite gels based on cellulose, covering key aspects of cellulose-based hydrogels, including design, characterization, as well as application-focused research.
The limits of solid solutions and thermal deformations in the L-alanine–L-serine (L-ala–L-ser) amino acid system have been determined. Thirteen amino acid mixtures with various proportions of the components L-ser/L-ala were studied using powder X-ray diffraction techniques
Karakter stereotip yang mempromosikan pandangan dunia Nazi telah digunakan kembali oleh penulis anti-fasis di Jerman Weimar, argumen Dagmar C.G. Lorenz. Ini adalah buku pertama yang menelusuri karakter Nazi melalui sastra Jerman dan Austria. Hingga kekalahan Reich Ketiga, sastra pro-Nazi didistribusikan secara luas. Namun, setelah perang, publikasi Nazi ditekan atau bahkan dilarang, dan penulis…
alpine species; chromosome number; Irano-Turanian region; biogeography; rapid radiation; Veronica; endemism; morphometrics; image analysis; molecular analysis; niche similarity; nomenclature; Magnoliaceae; chloroplast genome; phylogenomics; intergeneric relationship; Crassula; Crassulaceae; plastome; codon usage; codon aversion; DNA barcoding; evolutionary rates; phylogeny; Adonanthe; molecular…
In 1692, Newton wrote: "That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action or force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters any competent faculty of thinking …
Fashion is an integral part of popular culture, closely intertwined with tales, magazines, photography, cinema, television, music and sports...up to the emergence of dedicated exhibitions and museums. Fashion is undergoing a major digital transformation: garments and apparels are presented and sold online, and fashion trends and styles are launched, discussed and negotiated mainly in the digit…
This open access book provides an in-depth look into the background of rule of law problems and the open defiance of EU law in East Central European countries. Current illiberal trends and anti-EU politics have the potential to undermine mutual trust between member states and fundamentally change the EU. It is therefore crucial to understand their domestic causes, context conditions, specific p…
Gleichwertige Lebensverhältnisse zu gewährleisten, ist in Deutschland ein rechtlich verankertes Ziel. Dieses Open-Access-Buch analysiert, welche Aspekte Menschen wichtig sind, wenn es um ein gutes Leben geht, mit welchen Orten oder Regionen sie ihre Lebensverhältnisse vergleichen und was ihnen politisch sinnvoll erscheint, um etwas für gleichwertige Lebensverhältnisse zu tun. Zugleich erku…