Traces of Contact in the Lexicon : Austronesian and Papuan Studies

What can the languages spoken today tell us about the history of their speakers? This question is crucial in insular Southeast Asia and New Guinea, where thousands of languages are spoken, but written historical records and archaeological evidence is yet lacking in most regions. While the region has a long history of contact through trade, marriage exchanges, and cultural-political dominance, d…

European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies

This volume presents the major outcomes of the third edition of the Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers Conference (FOHE-BPRC 3) which was held on 27-29 November 2017. It acknowledges the importance of a continued dialogue between researchers and decision-makers and benefits from the experience already acquired, this way enabling the higher education community to bring it…

Sustainability Standards and Global Governance : Experiences of Emerging Econ…

This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being u…

Clinical Text Mining : Secondary Use of Electronic Patient Records

This open access book describes the results of natural language processing and machine learning methods applied to clinical text from electronic patient records. It is divided into twelve chapters. Chapters 1-4 discuss the history and background of the original paper-based patient records, their purpose, and how they are written and structured. These initial chapters do not require any tec…

Inklusives Wachstum und wirtschaftliche Sicherheit : Erkenntnisse ökonomisch…

Diese Open Access Buch geht den Fragen nach, wie inklusives Wachstum und wirtschaftliche Sicherheit entstehen, welche Rahmenbedingungen der Staat setzen und welche Reformen er auf den Weg bringen muss und wie sich wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen auswirken. Die besten Studierenden der Universität St. Gallen fassen prägnant und verständlich wichtige Ergebnisse der ökonomischen Spitzenforschu…

Strengthening European Mobility Policy : Governance Recommendations from Inno…

This open access book showcases innovative collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to benefit European mobility policy. Each chapter has been researched by a team encompassing both social and technical expertise. The book presents nine policy recommendations aimed at enhancing mobility and logistics…

World Christianity : Methodological Considerations

World Christianity publications proliferate but the issue of methodology has received little attention. World Christianity: Methodological Considerations addresses this lacuna and explores the methodological ramifications of the World Christianity turn. In twelve chapters scholars from various academic backgrounds (anthropology, religious studies, history, missiology, intercultural studies, the…

State and Revolution in Finland

Now available in Open Access thanks to the support of the University of Helsinki. By analysing the experience of Finland, Risto Alapuro shows how upheavals in powerful countries shape the internal politics of smaller countries. This linkage, a...See More

Covid-19 Containment Policies in Europe

This open access book examines the diverse strategies implemented by national and local European governments to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than focus on individual national case studies, it brings together leading scholars and policymakers to analyse the wide range of containment policies utilised across the continent at various levels of government. In doing so, the volume assesses …

Business Model Innovation : Game Changers and Contemporary Issues

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