A world of water: Rain, rivers and seas in Southeast Asian histories

Water, in its many guises, has always played a powerful role in shaping Southeast Asian histories, cultures, societies and economies. This volume, the rewritten results of an international workshop, with participants from eight countries, contains thirteen essays, representing a broad range of approaches to the study of Southeast Asia with water as the central theme. As it was exposed to the se…

A Wise and Discerning Mind: Essays in Honor of Burke O. Long

An edited volume of essays dealing with the Hebrew Bible and its cultural environment.

A Wise and Discerning Mind: Essays in Honor of Burke O. Long

An edited volume of essays dealing with the Hebrew Bible and its cultural environment.

A Wise and Discerning Mind

This is an edited volume of essays dealing with the Hebrew Bible and its cultural environment.

A Transition to Sustainable Housing

This open access book explores the environmental, social, and financial challenges of housing provision, and the urgent need for a sustainable housing transition. The authors explore how market failures have impacted the scaling up of sustainable housing and the various policy attempts to address this. Going beyond an environmental focus, the book explores a range of housing-related challenges …

(Pushing) the Limits of Neuroplasticity Induced by Adult Language Acquisition

Most adults attempt to learn a second or even third language at some point in their life. Since language exposure is one of the most intense cognitive training regimes one can encounter, it is not surprising that previous research has shown that multilingualism can induce profound change in the brain or ‘neuroplasticity’.What remains unclear is the scope of such adult language learning indu…

“We’re better, connected”

How to improve science teacher effectiveness? In order to find answers to this question a first step in this study is a close observation and critical reflection on the level of science teacher training courses. During an international science teacher training course, which had been previously developed in a three-year European project (CAT4U), informal conversations of the participants were re…

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Viability of UNCLOS amid Emerging Global Maritime Challenges

This open access book assesses UNCLOS' resilience and vitality as a legal framework for addressing emerging global maritime challenges. Against the backdrop of a number of emerging global maritime challenges, including the rise of sea levels and the maintenance of maritime safety and connectivity, the preservation of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the promotion o…

Verhaltensökonomische Aspekte bei Entscheidungen = Theorie und experimentell…

In diesem Open-Access-Buch werden Analyseergebnisse komplexer Abwägungsentscheidungen vorgestellt. Insbesondere werden verhaltensökonomische Aspekte wie Muster vorhersehbarer und doch hartnäckiger Fehlentscheidungen berücksichtigt. Zunächst wird ein Newsvendor-typisches, jedoch besser generalisierbares Entscheidungsproblem vorgestellt. Das Anwendungsbeispiel ist der Aufbau von Recyclingkap…