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A Cultural History of Twin Beds
A Cultural History of Twin Beds challenges our most ingrained assumptions about intimacy, sexuality, domesticity and hygiene by tracing the rise and fall of twin beds as a popular sleeping arrangement for married couples between 1870 and 1970. Modern preconceptions of the twin bed revolve around their use by couples who have no desire to sleep in the same bed space. Yet, for the best part of a …
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- 9781003084327
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Diversity nutzen und annehmen
Das Open-Access-Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über relevante psychologische Konzepte des Diversity Managements. Das Buch stellt verschiedene Forschungsarbeiten vor, die Wechselwirkungen und Einflussvariablen von Diversity Bewusstsein, Einstellungen und Kompetenzen bei Personen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund im Studium, bei Mitarbeitenden und bei Führungskräften untersuchen. D…
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- 978-3-658-35326-1
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- XIII, 400
How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It
Since 1960, two-thirds of very large governmental projects in Nigeria have not only failed, but been abandoned mid-course. This presents a bigger failure rate than mega projects elsewhere, and yet there is no available data or analysis to help us understand the reasons behind such failures. This book provides an authoritative examination into why very large projects in Nigeria have failed so ba…
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- 978-3-030-96474-0
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- XVIII, 240
Cultural Representations of Gender Vulnerability and Resistance
This Open Access book considers the cultural representation of gender violence, vulnerability and resistance with a focus on the transnational dimension of our contemporary visual and literary cultures in English. Contributors address concepts such as vulnerability, resilience, precarity and resistance in the Anglophone world through an analysis of memoirs, films, TV series, and crime and liter…
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- 978-3-030-95508-3
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- Thinking Gender in Transnational Times
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- XVI, 233
Computational Physiology
This open access volume compiles student reports from the 2021 Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology. Interested readers will find herein a number of modern approaches to modeling excitable tissue. This should provide a framework for tools available to model subcellular and tissue-level physiology across scales and scientific questions. In June through August of 2021, Simula held …
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- 978-3-031-05164-7
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- Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing
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- XI, 109
Ausbildungsqualitäten – andersartig, aber gleichwertig?
Am Beispiel zweier konkurrierender allgemein- und berufsbildender Gesundheitsausbildungen - die Fachmittelschule mit Berufsfeld Gesundheit und die berufliche Erstausbildung Fachfrau/-mann Gesundheit - zeigt diese Open Access Studie, wie Qualität von Bildung sozial konstruiert wird. Die Ergebnisse veranschaulichen die Andersartigkeit der Lehr- und Wissenskulturen und tragen damit zur Erklärung…
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- 978-3-658-36353-6
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- Soziologie der Konventionen
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- XXIV, 347
Jesuit and English Experiences at the Mughal Court, c. 1580–1615
This open access book reconstructs and examines a crucial episode of Anglo-Iberian diplomatic rivalry: the clash between the Portuguese-sponsored Jesuit missionaries and the English East India Company (EIC) at the Mughal court between 1580 and 1615. This 35-year period includes the launch of the first Jesuit mission to Akbar’s court in 1580 and the preparation of the royal embassy led by Sir …
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- 978-3-030-96588-4
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- New Transculturalisms, 1400–1800
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- IX, 257
Optimierung der Tragfähigkeit von Zahnwellenverbindungen
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird gezeigt, dass die Tragfähigkeit evolventisch basierter Zahnwellenverbindungen auf geradezu revolutionäre Art und Weise gesteigert werden kann, wenn für ihre Realisierung nicht das System zur Bezugsprofilgenerierung der [DIN 5480], sondern das in dieser Dissertation neu entwickelte, hoch innovative System zur Profilgenerierung zugrunde gelegt wird. Mit ihm werd…
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- 978-3-658-36961-3
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- CXXIII, 833
Water-filtered Infrared A (wIRA) Irradiation
The aim of this open access book is to provide a unique, timely, critical and comprehensive compilation of more than 30 years of robust international experimental and clinical research related to the basic science and therapeutic application of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) and hyperthermia in oncology, psychiatry (depression), musculoskeletal disorders, dermatology, infectiology, and surger…
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- XXV, 292
Demographic and Family Transition in Southeast Asia
This open access book presents the trends and patterns of demographic and family changes from all eleven countries in the region for the past 50 years. The rich data are coupled with historical, cultural and policy background to facilitate an understanding of the changes that families in Southeast Asia have been going through. The book is structured into two parts. Part A includes three se…
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- 978-3-030-85679-3
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- XIII, 112
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