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Magnetism and Accelerator-Based Light Sources: Proceedings of the 7th Interna…
This open access book collects the contributions of the seventh school on Magnetism and Synchrotron Radiation held in Mittelwihr, France, from 7 to 12 October 2018. It starts with an introduction to the physics of modern X-ray sources followed by a general overview of magnetism. Next, light / matter interaction in the X-ray range is covered with emphasis on different types of angular dependence…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-64623-3
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- XIX, 208
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Lifelong Learning, Young Adults and the Challenges of Disadvantage in Europe
This open access book challenges international policy ‘groupthink’ about lifelong learning. Adult learning – too long a servant of business competitiveness – should be reimagined as central to democratic society. Young adults, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, engage more in education and training, and learn more day-to-day at work, if provision is democratically organised and …
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- 9783031141096
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- XXXVIII, 467 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe: Comparative Case Studies
This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in educat…
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- 1
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- 9783030964542
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- XIX, 248 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Critical Points for the Organisation of Test Performance Studies in Microbiol…
This open access book in the field of plant pest detection shows a constant demand in development and improvement of fast and reliable detection tools, especially for high-priority pests. This open access book describes and summarizes the whole process of the organization of test performance study (TPS) for these tools. The outcome of TPS, obtained through the evaluation of the performance of o…
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- 978-3-030-99811-0
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- XIV, 97
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- Plant Pathology in the 21st Century (ICPP, volume 12)
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- 570 CRI
Making Universities Matter : Collaboration, Engagement, Impact
In an era of rapid change and increasing societal demands, the role of universities as knowledge producers and catalysts for change has come under scrutiny. This open access book offers a fresh perspective on the significance of universities in society, shedding light on how their knowledge can truly matter beyond academia. Drawing upon insightful inquiries from both the Swedish and internat…
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- 9783031487996
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- V, 232
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- Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (ITKM)
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- 370 MAK
Social Innovation in Higher Education : Landscape, Practices, and Opportunities
This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional di…
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- 978-3-030-84044-0
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- X, 313
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- Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (ITKM)
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- 370 SOC
Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Person-Centered Healthcare
This open access book establishes a dialog among the medical and intelligent system domains for igniting transition toward a sustainable and cost-effective healthcare. The Person-Centered Care (PCC) positions a person in the center of a healthcare system, instead of defining a patient as a set of diagnoses and treatment episodes. The PCC-based conceptual background triggers enhanced application…
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- 978-3-030-79353-1
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- XIV, 250
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- Intelligent Systems Reference Library (ISRL, volume 205)
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- 001 INT
Exploring Islamic Social Work : Between Community and the Common Good
This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it explores, on the one hand, the discourse that provides religious legitimisation to social work activities and, on the other hand, case studies of practical fields of Islamic social work including educati…
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- 978-3-030-95880-0
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- XII, 284
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- Muslims in Global Societies Series (MGSS, volume 9)
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- 297 EXP
Natural Computing and Beyond : Winter School Hakodate 2011, Hakodate, Japan, …
This book contains the joint proceedings of the Winter School of Hakodate (WSH) 2011 held in Hakodate, Japan, March 15–16, 2011, and the 6th International Workshop on Natural Computing (6th IWNC) held in Tokyo, Japan, March 28–30, 2012, organized by the Special Interest Group of Natural Computing (SIG-NAC), the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI). This volume compiles refere…
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- 978-4-431-54394-7
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- XII, 155
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- Proceedings in Information and Communications Technology (PICT, volume 6)
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- 001 NAT
Urban Planning Against Poverty : How to Think and Do Better Cities in the Glo…
This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, all…
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- 978-3-030-28419-0
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- VIII, 214
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- Future City (FUCI, volume 14)
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- 307 BOL u
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