This book engages in a constructive, practical debate on the nature and effects of uncertainty in global politics. International contributors explore the processes associated with different forms of uncertainty in the context of environmental issues, diplomacy and international negotiations, and conflict and security. From the collapse of the Soviet Union to the 1997 and 2008 financial crises t…
This edited volume explores how indigenous knowledges and practices can be instrumental in improving literacy outcomes and teacher development practices in Ethiopia, aiding children’s long-term reading, and learning outcomes. The chapters present research from a collaborative project between Ethiopia and Norway and demonstrate how students can be supported to think pragmatically, learn cri…
This edited volume addresses the environments that exacerbate, exclude, and stigmatise those living with dementia to explore designs and processes that can optimise well-being and independence. Featuring the voices and opinions of people with dementia, the chapters showcase individual homes, special dementia facilities, different forms of care homes, and public spaces, from landscape to urba…
There is a need to reduce energy consumption for space cooling and heating via energy efficient solutions/technologies for implementation in the buildings. Thermal energy storage regulates indoor temperature, shifting the peak load to the off-peak hours and reducing the energy need for space cooling and heating. This book presents the most recent advances related to the thermal energy storage s…
The long-term consequences of COVID-19 have been tough for children around the world, but even more so for young children already in humanitarian crisis, whether due to conflict, natural disasters, or economic and political upheaval. This book investigates how organizations around the world responded to these dual challenges, identifying solutions, and learning opportunities to help to suppo…
Buku ini membahas tren dalam pengembangan novel Igbo dari pendahulunya dalam pertunjukan lisan, melalui kemunculan novel pertama yang diterbitkan, Omenuko, pada tahun 1933 oleh Pita Nwana, hingga novel Igbo kontemporer. Dengan mendefinisikan "sastra Igbo" sebagai sastra dalam bahasa Igbo, dan "novel Igbo" sebagai novel yang ditulis dalam bahasa Igbo, penulis berpendapat bahwa sastra lisan dan t…
This Open Access book combines philosophical and historical analysis of various forms of alternatives to mechanism and mechanistic explanation, focusing on the 19th century to the present. It addresses vitalism, organicism and responses to materialism and its relevance to current biological science. In doing so, it promotes dialogue and discussion about the historical and philosophical importan…
This open access book introduces and explains machine learning (ML) algorithms and techniques developed for statistical inferences on a complex process or system and their applications to simulations of chemically reacting turbulent flows. These two fields, ML and turbulent combustion, have large body of work and knowledge on their own, and this book brings them together and explain the comp…
Buku ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana kesetaraan gender, bagian utama dari imajinasi Nordik, digunakan dalam komunikasi politik negara-negara Nordik. Analisis yang disajikan bergerak melampaui citra dan wacana konvensional tentang keramahan gender dan perempuan Nordik dengan menyelidiki secara kritis bagaimana dan sejauh mana kesetaraan gender melayani pencitraan bangsa di wilayah Nordik. Pencitraa…
This Open Access book compiles the findings of the Scientific Group of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 and its research partners. The Scientific Group was an independent group of 28 food systems scientists from all over the world with a mandate from the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. The chapters provide science- and research-based, state-of-the-art, solution-ori…