From the early phases of modern missions, Christian missionaries supported many humanitarian activities, mostly framed as subservient to the preaching of Christianity. This anthology contributes to a historically grounded understanding of the complex relationship between Christian missions and the roots of humanitarianism and its contemporary uses in a Middle Eastern context. Contributions focu…
This is an open access book. It gathers revised and selected contributions to the 7th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2025, held on March 13–14, 2025, in Aveiro, Portugal, reporting on innovative research aimed at improving the lives of people with dementia, their loved ones, and their caregivers. This edition addresses the theme of ethics + aesthetics in design. Ethics emphasize justice, advo…
This open access book documents the critical thinking and political actions that generated one of the world’s most progressive national constitutions, presented to the Chilean public in 2022. Although that text was ultimately rejected in a national referendum, it drew on decades of diverse environmental, political, Indigenous, and community organizing and contained concepts and goals at the f…
This Open Access book addresses the need for rehabilitation services for people impacted by Major Limb Loss in Low and Middle Income Countries. It focuses on a Complex Intervention study in Uganda supporting the provision of affordable and accessible prosthetic services in a public referral hospital. The book demonstrates the impact that overwhelming dependency on overseas support has had on se…
This open access book provides practical guidance for understanding the new treaty adopted in June 2023 that will change the way biodiversity is governed in about two thirds of the oceans known as areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyon…
This is an open access book. Decide Better: Open and Interoperable Local Digital Twins explores the transformative potential of Local Digital Twins (LDTs) in urban governance. The book begins by introducing the concept of LDTs, which create digital replicas of cities or regions, combining real-time data and simulations to inform decision-making. It highlights how LDTs can enhance urban manag…
Buku ini menawarkan tinjauan terkini tentang pemahaman kita saat ini mengenai perubahan iklim di Laut Utara dan area sekitarnya, serta dampaknya terhadap ekosistem dan sektor-sektor sosial-ekonomi. Buku ini memberikan penilaian mendetail tentang perubahan iklim berdasarkan karya ilmiah yang diterbitkan dan disusun oleh para ahli internasional independen dari disiplin ilmu terkait iklim seperti …
Buku ini adalah pembaruan dari penilaian BACC pertama, yang diterbitkan pada tahun 2008. Ini menawarkan temuan ilmiah baru dan terkini dalam penelitian iklim regional untuk cekungan Laut Baltik. Ini termasuk perubahan iklim sejak glasiasi terakhir (sekitar 12.000 tahun yang lalu), perubahan di masa lalu baru-baru ini (200 tahun terakhir), proyeksi iklim hingga tahun 2100 menggunakan model iklim…
Buku ini membahas tentang keragaman filogenetik sebagai pendekatan untuk mengurangi kehilangan keanekaragaman hayati di periode kepunahan massal ini. Bab-bab dalam bagian pertama membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan seperti cara kita menghargai keragaman filogenetik di antara kriteria lain untuk konservasi keanekaragaman hayati; pilihan ukuran; hilangnya keragaman filogenetik akibat kepunahan; pentin…
Buku akses terbuka ini menunjukkan bagaimana menggunakan analisis sensitivitas dalam demografi. Ini menyajikan metode baru untuk individu, kohort, dan populasi, dengan aplikasi untuk manusia, hewan lain, dan tumbuhan. Analisis didasarkan pada formulasi matriks dari model populasi yang diklasifikasikan berdasarkan usia, tahap, dan multistate. Metode disajikan untuk kasus linier dan nonlinier, de…