This open access book addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health on the experiences of older workers. Bringing together an international team of scholars, it tackles issues as gender, health status and job/ occupational characteristics that structure the capacity and outcomes associated with working longer. The volume starts wi…
Germany is considered a lauded land of music: outstanding composers, celebrated performers and famous orchestras exert great international appeal. Since the 19th century, the foundation of this reputation has been the broad mass of musicians who sat in orchestra pits, played in ensembles for dances or provided the musical background in silent movie theatres. Martin Rempe traces their lives and …
Buku ini membahas baik teori maupun aplikasi praktis dari data yang memperbaiki diri sendiri, yang umumnya dikenal sebagai kode perbaikan kesalahan. Aplikasi yang disertakan menunjukkan pentingnya kode-kode ini dalam berbagai teknologi sehari-hari, dari smartphone hingga komunikasi dan transaksi yang aman. Ditulis dalam gaya yang mudah dipahami, buku ini menyajikan dua puluh lima tahun peneliti…
Buku ini mencakup prinsip dan standar praktik penelitian yang baik (Good Research Practices, GRP) dalam penelitian laboratorium terkait obat-obatan, toksikologi, dan biomedis sebelum uji klinis dilakukan. Selain itu buku ini diterbitkan di bawah lisensi CC BY 4.0 dalam seri buku yang terindeks buku pegangan farmakologi eksperimental yang dipublikasikan, memberikan informasi terkini tentang prak…
iese Einleitung behandelt zwei grundlegende Fragen. Zunächst erörtert sie, warum es ein Handbuch zu Außenpolitik Österreichs braucht, worin also die Beweggründe für dieses Handbuch liegen und welche Ziele und Zielgruppen es erreichen soll. Danach geht die Einleitung auf die Frage ein, wie sich die Außenpolitik Österreichs wissenschaftlich durchdringen lässt. Dabei beschäftigt …
Arnold Geulincx (1624-1669) is a key figure in the history of ideas, whose concepts have been seen as precursors to those developed by Spinoza, Malebranche, Leibniz and Kant. His Ethics presents a treatment of virtue from the standpoint of occasionalist metaphysics. The great Irish writer Samuel Beckett stated that Geulincx, with his emphasis on the powerlessness and ignorance of the human con…
olicies are crucial in determining and improving the state of our environment. Policies set goals (including targets, indicators and time frames) while policy instruments are the specific means or measures to translate the policy intent into action (Jacob et al. 2019). In discussions on the sustainability of hydropower production, knowledge of the currently existing regulations at different…
This open access book on straw management aims to provide a wide array of options for rice straw management that are potentially more sustainable, environmental, and profitable compared to current practice. The book is authored by expert researchers, engineers and innovators working on a range of straw management options with case studies from Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia. The book i…
Diese Open-Access-Publikation handelt von Digitalisierungsprojekten in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen. Es werden Forschungsergebnisse und Praxisbeobachtungen in Beiträgen, Interviews und Handouts von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern präsentiert.
In this open access book, Angela K. Martin thoroughly addresses what human and animal vulnerability are, how and why they matter from a moral point of view, and how they compare to each other. By first defining universal and situational human vulnerability, Martin lays the groundwork for investigating whether sentient nonhuman animals can also qualify as vulnerable beings. She then takes a clos…