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Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama: Experiential Approaches for Group T…
This open access book outlines the intersections between social work and the methods of sociometry and psychodrama. Different sections offer essential practice wisdom for both trauma-focused and trauma-informed experiential work for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. This text enriches the understanding of various action-based approaches and highlights how to enliven social wo…
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Decision Science for Future Earth: Theory and Practice
This open access book provides a theoretical framework and case studies on decision science for regional sustainability by integrating the natural and social sciences. The cases discussed include solution-oriented transdisciplinary studies on the environment, disasters, health, governance and human cooperation. Based on these case studies and comprehensive reviews of relevant works, including l…
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- 978-981-15-8632-3
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Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation…
This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and the German Science Foundation research unit DASIM (Denitrification in Agricultural Soils: In…
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Public Administration in Germany
This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany’s public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, Länder and local levels of government as well as on current reform activities of the public sector. It examines the key institutional features of German public administration…
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Expatriates und freiwilliges Engagement in der Schweiz: Eine qualitative Anal…
Mario Störkle untersucht in diesem Open-Access-Buch das freiwillige Engagement von Expatriates in der Schweiz. Sein Untersuchungsraum ist dabei der Kanton Zug. Ein Kanton, dessen gesellschaftliches Leben in den letzten Jahren stark von Expatriates geprägt wurde. Der Autor betrachtet im Rahmen einer qualitativ-rekonstruktiven Studie die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven auf das Engagement von Exp…
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Zusammenwirken von natürlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz
Dieses Open Access Buch erläutert, wie das Zusammenwirken von Menschen, Tieren und Pflanzen einerseits und Maschinen andererseits mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung und durch das Zusammenwirken von natürlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz zukünftig aussehen wird und inwieweit sich Umfang und Intensität der neuen Synergien bestimmen lassen. Die hohe Komplexität der weitgefächerten Themat…
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Swiss Democracy: Possible Solutions to Conflict in Multicultural Societies
This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy. It particularly explains the institutions of federalism and consensus government through political power sharing. In this new edition, the authors also address several important changes and challenges that have affected Swiss democracy, including the country's relationship …
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Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including …
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Building Better Interfaces for Remote Autonomous Systems: An Introduction for…
This 'Open Access' SpringerBrief provides foundational knowledge for designing autonomous, asynchronous systems and explains aspects of users relevant to designing for these systems, introduces principles for user-centered design, and prepares readers for more advanced and specific readings. It provides context and the implications for design choices made during the design and development of th…
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Security of Ubiquitous Computing Systems: Selected Topics
The chapters in this open access book arise out of the EU Cost Action project Cryptacus, the objective of which was to improve and adapt existent cryptanalysis methodologies and tools to the ubiquitous computing framework. The cryptanalysis implemented lies along four axes: cryptographic models, cryptanalysis of building blocks, hardware and software security engineering, and security assessmen…
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