Human Challenge Studies in Endemic Settings: Ethical and Regulatory Issues

This open access book provides an extensive review of ethical and regulatory issues related to human infection challenge studies, with a particular focus on the expansion of this type of research into endemic settings and/or low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Human challenge studies (HCS) involve the intentional infection of research participants, and this type of research is rapidly inc…

Implementing Responsible Research and Innovation: Organisational and National…

This open access book offers a unique and practically oriented study of organisational and national conditions for implementing Responsible Research Innovation (RRI) policies and practices. It gives the reader a thorough understanding of the different aspects of RRI, and of barriers and drivers of implementation of RRI related policies. It shows how different organisational and national context…

A beautiful collection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, minia…

Goethe, Joh. Wolfg. v. Dichter, geb. Frankfurt a. M. 1749, gest. Weimar 1832. L. s. Jena 22. Febr. 1797. 1 S. 8. Frs. 100.— Eigenhandige Unterschrift: „Goethe" auf einem Brief e, in dem er die Absendung eines „kleinen Aufsatzes iiber die Grundlage zu einer architektonischen Bibliothek" anzeigt. 34 Grillparzer, Franz, osterr. Dramatiker, geb. in Wien 1791, gest. das. 1872. Doc. a. s.…

Proceedings of PIANC Smart Rivers 2022 Green Waterways and Sustainable Navig…

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 10th PIANC Smart Rivers Conference (Smart Rivers 2022). The work focuses on novel techniques for inland waterways and navigation structures. The contents make valuable contributions to academic researchers, engineers in the industry, and regulators of aviation authorities. As well, readers will encounter new ideas for realizing Green Waterw…

Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century

This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Empirische Analyse sozialer Probleme

Arbeitslosigkeit, Drogenmissbrauch, Obdachlosigkeit, familiäre Gewalt, Umweltzerstörung, Onlinesucht usw. Keine dieser kollektiven Notlagen – sei sie für die Betroffenen auch noch so bedrückend – erlangt von ‚sich aus‘ öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit und politische Anerkennung. Vielen durchaus kritisierbaren Lebenslagen gelingt dies erst spät oder überhaupt nicht. Warum dies so ist un…

Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century

This book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Glob…

Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-29286-7

Collation

Springer Cham

Series Title

5 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

Call Number

XVII, 329

Sustainable Resource Development in the 21st Century

This is an open access book. This edited volume discusses topics in environmental economics with a focus on sustainability, conservation, and responsible resource management. Written in memory of Peter Berck, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, the chapters expand upon his insights about the connections between human activities and the …

The Wheat Genome

This open access book provides the first comprehensive coverage of the wheat genome sequence since the publication of the draft and reference sequences for bread wheat and durum wheat. It presents an overview and all aspects of the gold standard sequence of the bread wheat genome, IWGSC RefSeq v1.0 and its subsequent improvements through 2022 (IWGSC RefSeq v2.1), as well as the sequencing of mu…