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Cellular dialogues in the holobiont
ABSTRACT This book examines how the growing knowledge of the huge range of protist-, animal-, and plant-bacterial interactions, whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses, is fundamentally altering our understanding of biology. The establishment and maintenance of these interactions and their contributions to the health and survival of all partners relies on continuous cell-to-cell com…
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- 9780429277375
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- 314 p
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Aggression in pornography: myths and realities
ABSTRACT Aggression in Pornography focusses on the issue of violence in mainstream pornography and examines what we know, what we think we know, and what are some surprising research findings and insights about the place of violence within pornography today. The authors first review the modern pornography industry, theoretical claims about pornography as violence, and the ways in which aggr…
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- 9780429276125
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- 152 p
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Relations between immigration and integration policies in Europe: challenges,…
ABSTRACT Written from a pan-European perspective, this book examines the decision-making processes in immigration and integration policies in Europe across decades, focusing on several key moments of Europe’s postwar history. The analysis of factors taken into consideration by states in key moments of immigration policy (re)formulation shows that Europe is moving away from rational, econo…
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- 9780429263736
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- 248 p
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Ibsen and degeneration: familial decay and the fall of civilization
Henrik Ibsen’s plays were written at a critical juncture in late-19th-century European culture. Appearing at a time when notions of evolution and heredity were commonplace themes in literature and the arts, Ibsenian drama highlights the creative potential offered by contemporary evolutionary thought. In his plays, Ibsen explores variations on the theme of degeneration, imagining how families …
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- 9781003470731
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Feeling Political
Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people’s political engagement and its …
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- Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
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- XIX, 390
Recent Advances in Industrial and Applied Mathematics
This open access book contains review papers authored by thirteen plenary invited speakers to the 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Valencia, July 15-19, 2019). Written by top-level scientists recognized worldwide, the scientific contributions cover a wide range of cutting-edge topics of industrial and applied mathematics: mathematical modeling, industrial and en…
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- SEMA SIMAI Springer Series
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- XXXIX, 249
Selbstbestimmung, Privatheit und Datenschutz
In diesem Open-Access-Sammelband werden die aktuelle Herausforderungen für Privatheit und Datenschutz aufgezeigt, die durch die zunehmende Digitalisierung entstehen. Die Beitragsautoren analysieren, wie diese durch Governancemechanismen adressiert werden können. Als Alternative zu einem rein profitorientierten Digitalkapitalismus bzw. Digitalautoritarismus wird für einen eigenständigen euro…
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- DuD-Fachbeiträge
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- XXIX, 508
Europeans and the media: between global and local
This book investigates the relationship between the process of Europeanization – the expected rise of a common culture – and the role played by the media in the different regions. Drawing on a comparative model, the analysis is structured around frameworks related to the action of the media in shaping national identities; to the world-system theory, based on the hierarchization of geogra…
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- 9781003468936
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Assessment of Cancer Screening
Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control in the United States, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data eludes many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This open access primer rectifies that situation by teaching readers, in simple language and with straightforward examples, why and how the population-level cancer burden changes when screening is im…
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- XX, 123
Krankenhaus-Report 2022
Der Krankenhaus-Report, der jährlich als Buch und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, greift 2022 das Schwerpunktthema „Patientenversorgung während der Pandemie“ auf. Die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie haben auch 2021 die Diskussionen zur stationären Versorgung zentral geprägt. Im Fokus stehen weiterhin Fragen rund um die Versorgung von Erkrankten mit und ohne Covid-19 sowi…
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- XXIII, 430
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