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The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access. The increasing capacity of digital networks and computing power, together with the resulting connectivity and availability of “big data”, are impacting financial systems worldwide with rapidly advancing deep-learning algorithms and distributed ledger technologies. They transform the structure and performance o…
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The Vortex and The Jet
This open access book is an introduction for the lay reader to understand the basics of flight. The exposure is to the mysteries of lift generation by wings and the basic function of the jet propulsion engine. The text relies on simple descriptions of the physics of air flow without unduly involving mathematics. The text is richly illustrated with sketches and photographs to enrich verbal descr…
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Teilhabeforschung – Konturen eines neuen Forschungsfeldes
Teilhabeforschung untersucht die Lebenslagen von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen und Behinderungen unter den normativen Perspektiven von Inklusion und gleichberechtigter Teilhabe. Sie berücksichtigt, dass sich die deutschsprachige Forschung zum komplexen Phänomen der Beeinträchtigung und Behinderung über die Jahre stark ausdifferenziert hat und mittlerweile unterschiedliche Disziplinen und…
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- X, 544
Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Lati…
This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the …
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Insurance Distribution Directive : A Legal Analysis
This open access volume of the AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation offers the first comprehensive legal and regulatory analysis of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). The IDD came into force on 1 October 2018 and regulates the distribution of insurance products in the EU. The book examines the main changes accompanying the IDD and analyses its impact on insurance…
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Guardians of Public Value : How Public Organisations Become and Remain Instit…
This open access book presents case studies of twelve organisations which the public have come to view as institutions. From the BBC to Doctors Without Borders, from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra to CERN, this volume examines how some organisations rise to prominence and remain in high public esteem through changing and challenging times. It builds upon the scholarly tradition of instit…
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Transnational Solidarity in Times of Crises : Citizen Organisations and Colle…
This open access collection is devoted to an in-depth, qualitative analysis of practices of cross-national solidarity in response to the current political and social crises, from citizens’ initiatives to networks of cooperation among civil society actors
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Digitalisierung souverän gestalten : Innovative Impulse im Maschinenbau
Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY 4.0 Lizenz. Wie können wir die digitale Transformation in der Wirtschaft bewältigen und dabei die Souveränität von allen Beteiligten fördern? Dieser Frage widmet sich der Band des Instituts für Innovation und Technik (iit) zum gleichnamigen Symposium mit dem Titel „Digitalisierung souverän gestalten – Innovative Impuls…
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- 978-3-662-62376-3
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Sozioanalyse in der pädagogischen Arbeit : Ansätze und Möglichkeiten zur B…
Sabrina Rutter zeigt in dieser Open-Access-Publikation auf, inwiefern handlungsleitende Orientierungen von Lehrkräften in der Schule ungleichheitsrelevant werden und mit habitus- und milieuspezifischen Logiken zusammenhängen. Ansätze und Möglichkeiten der Ungleichheitsreduzierung werden auf Grundlage des Sozioanalysekonzeptes von Pierre Bourdieu diskutiert. Die Autorin liefert wichtige Hinw…
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Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms : Building an…
This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of develo…
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