Filter by
COVID-19
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the associated COVID-19 pandemic, is perhaps the greatest threat to life, and lifestyles, the world has known in more than a century. The scholarship included here provides critical insights into the institutional responses, communal consequences, cultural adaptations, and social politics that lie at the heart of this pandemic. This volume maps out the ways in which th…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Power and Influence of Economists
Economists occupy leading positions in many different sectors including central and private banks, multinational corporations, the state and the media, as well as serving as policy consultants on everything from health to the environment and security. Power and Influence of Economists explores the interconnected relationship between power, knowledge and influence which has led economics to be b…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Exploring the Narratives and Agency of Children with Migrant Backgrounds with…
This edited volume presents the results of a European research project – ‘CHILD-UP’ (Children Hybrid Integration: Learning Dialogue as a way of Upgrading Policies of Participation), which analyses the hybrid integration of children with migration backgrounds into schools across Europe. Using qualitative data and theoretical foundations obtained through interviews and focus groups, the …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Validation of Alternative Methods for Toxicity Testing
This book provides information on best practices and new thinking regarding the validation of alternative methods for toxicity testing. It covers the validation of experimental and computational methods and integrated approaches to testing and assessment. Validation strategies are discussed for methods employing the latest technologies such as tissue-on-a-chip systems, stem cells and transcript…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-33826-2
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Validating Neuro-Computational Models of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
This book is a collection of articles by leading researchers working at the cutting edge of neuro-computational modelling of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Each article contains model validation techniques used in the context of the specific problem being studied. Validation is essential for neuro-inspired computational models to become useful tools in the understanding and treatmen…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-20037-8
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Live, Die, Buy, Eat
Live, Die, Buy, Eat. These words represent a chain of events which today is disconnected. In the past few years, controversies around meat have arisen around industrialization and globalization of meat production, often pivoting around health, environmental issues, and animal welfare. Although meat increasingly figures as a problem, most consumers’ knowledge of animal husbandry and meat produ…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Dynamic Sustainabilities
Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become central practical, political and moral challenges of our times. These must be met in a world of rapid, interconnected change in environments, societies and economies, and globalised, fragmented governance arrangements. Yet despite growing international…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Making Change Happen : Black and White Activists talk to Kevin Cook about Abo…
This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics. There were struggles, triumphs and defeats around land rights, community control of organisations, national coalitions and the international movement for Indigenous rights. The cha…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921666742
- Collation
- 448p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 303.484
The Australian Continent: A Geophysical Synthesis
The Australian Continent: A Geophysical Synthesis is designed to provide a summary of the character of the Australian continent through the extensive information available at the continental scale, as a contribution to the understanding of Australia's lithospheric architecture and its evolution.The results build on the extensive databases assembled at Geoscience Australia, particularly for pote…
- Edition
- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760462468
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 550 KEN a
Uranium - Past and Future Challenges Proceedings of the 7th International Co…
This book is the collection of papers from the latest International Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Conference (UMH VII) held in September 2014, in Freiberg, Germany. It is divided to five sessions: Uranium Mining, Uranium and Phosphates, Clean-up technologies for water and soil. Uranium and daughter nuclides and basic research and modeling. Each session covers a wide range of related topic and…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-11059-2
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography