This open access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical materials, this book focuses on Qian Xuesen’s years of seeking knowledge from his birth in 1911 to his return to China in 1955 and describes how he grows into a world-known scientist from the aspect…
Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.Im Zentrum des Bands steht die gesundheitsförderliche Gestaltung flexibler Dienstleistungsarbeit. Am Beispiel von technischen, d. h. agilen IT-Services und sozialen, d. h. ambulanten hauswirtschaftlichen Diensten werden Belastungskonstellationen und Gesundheitsressourcen von Beschäftigten im Umgang mit Flexibilitätsanforderungen analysiert. Zugleich werden betri…
Male-dominated law and legal knowledge essentially characterized the whole of pre-modern history in that the patriarchy represented the axis of social relations in both the private and public spheres. Indeed, modern and even contemporary law still have embedded elements of patriarchal heritage, even in the secular modern legal systems of Western developed countries, either within the content of…
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…
This open access book examines Malaysian politics using a linguistic perspective. It explores how language serves to (de)legitimise governance, and its subsequent policies and activities in Malaysia. Grounded in discourse studies, this edited volume presents research on the discourses produced by and on Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional from 2008 to 2020, studying how pol…
Dengan mengutarakan perubahan minat terhadap seni Korea dan menawarkan cara baru untuk memahami bias yang memulai dan memengaruhi koleksinya, buku ini menelusuri kebangkitan pasar seni Korea modern dari periode pembentukannya pada tahun 1870-an hingga puncaknya dan penurunan berikutnya pada tahun 1930-an. Pembahasannya berpusat pada pengumpulan keramik seladon Koryŏ saat keramik tersebut menja…