This open access book presents outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in IT systems. The doctoral studies program in IT at Politecnico di Milano emphasizes this interdisc…
This open access book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics (1968-2018). This is the fourth volume of the first oral history about people with intellectual disabilities in the world and the first oral history of persons with disabilities in China. This book also includes stories from teachers, coaches, school principals, parent leaders, coworkers, and volunteers. They share …
This open access book presents the Coal remains the primary energy source in China, with an estimated total coal reserve of 59 trillion tons at depths of less than 2000 meters. Among these, over 50% lie at depths exceeding 1000 meters, primarily distributed in central and eastern China. Deep coal mining has become the new norm for the coal industry’s development and resource exploitation. To …
In diesem Open-Access-Buch entwickelt Julian Sehmer einen Ansatz, mit dem sich die (Re)Produktion von sozialen Normen und ethisch-normativen Ordnungen und deren Bedeutung in sozialpädagogischen Praxen rekonstruieren lassen. Die Analysen verbinden dabei reflexive Limitierungsanalysen der Forschungspraxis mit einer ethnographischen Untersuchung einer sozialpädagogischen Handlungspraxis im Kinde…
Dieses Open-Access-Buch stellt das politische Interesse und seine Sozialisation im Kindesalter ins Zentrum des Forschungsinteresses. Bereits vor mehr als 50 Jahren hat die frühe politische Sozialisationsforschung gezeigt, dass schon (junge) Kinder über politische Einstellungen und Orientierungen verfügen. Dennoch sind diese bis heute nur wenig erforscht. Insbesondere das politische Interesse…
The space age dawned in 1957 with the successful orbiting of Sputnik by the Soviet Union, and it surged forward with the Apollo moon landings, ushering in the era of satellites and deep space probes. This situation in which space business relied on space science probes, space shuttle flights, and satellite launches largely persisted until the decentralization of space exploration began…
Die Beratung in sozialrechtlichen Angelegenheiten ist kein neues Phänomen, sondern existiert solange wie es das Sozialrecht gibt. Mit der Novellierung des Rechtsberatungsrechts im Jahre 2008 ist sie erstmals auf eine rechtlich sichere Grundlage gestellt worden. Zugleich hat der Gesetzgeber mit der Reformierung anerkannt, dass die Beratung für das Funktionieren des Sozialsystems unverzich…
Sonic design, understood as the activity of intentionally creating sound events, encompasses both musical craftsmanship and analytic reflection. It may include technologies for sound synthesis and processing, as well as traditional methods for sound generation by musical instruments or the human voice, and also principles of orchestration. Common to many instances of sonic design, is havin…
This open access book explores how polycrises not only generate new forms of inequality and social exclusion but also inspire new political activism, solidarity, and citizenship. It examines how social movement organizations frame their responses to exclusionary policies and regimes, and sheds light on their strategies for mobilization. By focusing on contemporary movements and their framing of…
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures, FOSSACS 2025, which took place in Hamilton, Canada, during May 2025, held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025. The 19 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selec…