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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This open-access book is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning fields of higher education development and higher education internationalization as it empirically examines the impact of the study abroad experiences of faculty members on individual and institutional development. The research and its outcomes presented here utilize results from a large-scale survey and interviews of faculty at ten leading universities in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The analyses show that the study abroad experiences of faculty members impact not only improvements in research quality and development of educational programs but also serve as the foundation for international activities at the university, crucially important in today's higher education landscape. On the other hand, the research reveals the rapid development of higher education at the local and regional levels including the development of graduate programs for faculty training in the home country leading to increasing rates of study abroad within Southeast Asia. Through the analyses presented, this book offers a new understanding of higher education development and internationalization in Southeast Asia by examining the impact of study abroad on the academic profession, higher education institutions and the higher education sector.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The proceedings set CCIS 2593 until CCIS 2596 constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Processing and Network Provisioning, ICIPNP 2024, which took place in Qingdao, China, during November 8-10, 2024.The 153 full papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 277 submissions. They deal with up to date research ranging from information and signal processing and network provisioning to computer communications and network applications. 508 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book explains that the essence of music lies in intangible mental realms. While vibrations generate sound, and sound forms music, music represents something far beyond mere phenomena a higher form of expression. This book describes how vibrations are transmitted to the human ear, stirring emotions and ultimately moving the soul. This complex process defies full comprehension. Nevertheless, humanity has long sought to uncover the secrets of music and sound, striving since ancient times to objectively interpret them. This book begins by exploring this endeavor as both a way of observing phenomena and attempting to understand the world, posing the following questions: How have we interpreted music and sound throughout history What origins have we ascribed to music and sound How have we analyzed sound phenomena with different technologies up to the present day Throughout history, scholars have observed and analyzed music and sound from different perspectives, initially seeking to understand sound through numerical frameworks and later employing scientific experimentation to analyze it more precisely. The observations and theories discovered along the way have established a rich body of knowledge, enabling us to accurately understand sound phenomena through mathematics and science. This book emphasizes that the artistic domain of music and the scientifically analyzed realm of sound are bound in an inseparable, symbiotic relationship. It argues that those who truly wish to understand music must acquire knowledge of sound. The quality of sound (La qualité du Son), as this book demonstrates, plays a crucial role in shaping the emotional impact of music, with listeners experiences varying significantly based on sound quality. In some respects, sound itself may play an even more important role than any other aspect in forming music. Ultimately, this book provides foundational knowledge of music and sound from diverse perspectives while explaining their connections within the historical contexts of music and science. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The proceedings set CCIS 2593 until CCIS 2596 constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Processing and Network Provisioning, ICIPNP 2024, which took place in Qingdao, China, during November 8-10, 2024.The 153 full papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 277 submissions. They deal with up to date research ranging from information and signal processing and network provisioning to computer communications and network applications.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book explains that the essence of music lies in intangible mental realms. While vibrations generate sound, and sound forms music, music represents something far beyond mere phenomenaa higher form of expression. This book describes how vibrations are transmitted to the human ear, stirring emotions and ultimately moving the soul. This complex process defies full comprehension. Nevertheless, humanity has long sought to uncover the secrets of music and sound, striving since ancient times to objectively interpret them. This book begins by exploring this endeavor as both a way of observing phenomena and attempting to understand the world, posing the following questions: How have we interpreted music and sound throughout history What origins have we ascribed to music and sound How have we analyzed sound phenomena with different technologies up to the present day Throughout history, scholars have observed and analyzed music and sound from different perspectives, initially seeking to understand sound through numerical frameworks and later employing scientific experimentation to analyze it more precisely. The observations and theories discovered along the way have established a rich body of knowledge, enabling us to accurately understand sound phenomena through mathematics and science. This book emphasizes that the artistic domain of music and the scientifically analyzed realm of sound are bound in an inseparable, symbiotic relationship. It argues that those who truly wish to understand music must acquire knowledge of sound. The quality of sound (La qualité du Son), as this book demonstrates, plays a crucial role in shaping the emotional impact of music, with listeners' experiences varying significantly based on sound quality. In some respects, sound itself may play an even more important role than any other aspect in forming music. Ultimately, this book provides foundational knowledge of music and sound from diverse perspectives while explaining their connections within the historical contexts of music and science.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book offers a systematic analysis of key business challenges, including risk mitigation through first principles thinking, the transformation of traditional manufacturing, the impact of genetic bias on strategy, and the relationship between urbanization and individual success. By recognizing patterns, leveraging proven models, and fostering adaptability, companies can better navigate disruptions and achieve sustainable growth. This book serves as a valuable resource for those looking to refine their strategic thinking and organizational development skills.What sets this book apart is its interdisciplinary approach, integrating evolutionary theory, economics, and management strategies to provide a deeper understanding of market competition and business adaptation. It offers a practical framework for navigating today s dynamic business landscape, making it an essential resource for professionals, entrepreneurs, and students alike.This book not only delivers key insights into surviving and thriving in hyper-competitive markets but also serves as a valuable guide for anyone looking to refine their strategic decision-making and organizational development skills.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book offers readers a comprehensive overview of the Chinese educational modernization process, during which thousands of Chinese students studied overseas to find solutions for the reform of feudal education. The led to significant educational modernization between 1860 and 1940. Five topics are covered: the reasons Chinese students studied overseas; the three vital transmissions of the overseas study trend during these 80 years; returning students and the establishment and development of modern Chinese education science; overseas students and Chinese modern educational reform; and returning students and the establishment and development of the modern Chinese higher education system. The book is of interest to high school students, undergraduates and graduates in the fields of Chinese modern history and culture, Chinese educational modernization and modern Chinese education reform.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second CCF Intelligent Vehicles Symposium onIntelligent Vehicles, CCF CIVS 2024, held in Wuhan, China, during October 19 20, 2024.The 31 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers contained in these proceedings address challenging issues in autonomous driving, lidar, radar, camera, LLM, battery, motor, electronic control, charging technology, sensing, location, HD Maps, navigation, prediction, planning, control, security, vehicular networking and communication, as well as the fundamentals and applications of computing.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book examines the socio-economic integration of skilled, racialized immigrants in Canada. Although many arrive with advanced education and professional credentials, they often face significant barriers to securing meaningful employment and career advancement. Central to the book are three interrelated areas of inquiry: (a) deskilling and downward mobility, (b) structural inequality in the labor market, and (c) the gendered dimensions of deskilling. Drawing on primary data, the book investigates how the Canadian labor market continues to reproduce systemic inequalities despite its rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. It offers policy recommendations to advance employment equity, gender justice, and inclusion of immigrants in the workforce. This book is a vital resource for students, scholars, and practitioners and is especially well-suited for graduate courses in the humanities and social sciences, including labor studies, sociology, social work, migration studies, and gender studies.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This edited volume comprehensively explores narrative survival in Indigenous film and literature, forging a literary and transitional approach to native writing. It navigates the evolution of Indigenous voices, spanning the oral tradition and literary forms from colonial times to the present. It covers a range of issues related to indigenous inequalities and diversities in film and literature. With chapters from global perspectives, including North America, Canada, New Zealand, and South Asia, it ensures an inclusive exploration of indigenous narratives. The diverse chapters address topics such as the aboriginal experience, residential school legacy, the invisible nation of Algonquins, tribal songs, decolonial futures, caste, survival narrative, trauma, and other marginalized groups such as low castes, linguistic minorities, and Adivasis (tribals). The book focuses on innovative concepts to understand the study of a particular indigenous group in isolation from others and more than the conventional comparative study of different indigenous groups. It deals with the challenges of achieving local indigenous rights and identities. It is a valuable resource for social science and humanities scholars, particularly for indigenous scholars, development professionals and administrators interested in the issues related to social diversity and indigeneity in a global setting.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores the history of the Medieval Maritime Silk Route between the 4th and 17th Centuries CE as a dynamic network that facilitated extensive commercial exchange and profound cultural, political, and religious interactions across Eurasia and beyond. It examines how trade routes connected regions such as China, India, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe, creating early forms of globalization driven by mutual economic interests.Chapters delve into the ethnographic impact of diasporic communities, the transmission of architectural styles, navigational and maritime innovations, religious interactions, and linguistic and culinary traditions. This book also examines how political developments, including the policies of regional powers, played a crucial role in sustaining the network, and how the arrival of European colonial powers transformed its nature through monopoly and militarized trade. It provides an in-depth analysis of key maritime hubs, the role of technological advancements in navigation, and the socio-economic impacts of maritime trade on local communities. By integrating diverse perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the Medieval Maritime Silk Route s significance in shaping early global interactions.This book is a must-read for those exploring the history of the medieval Maritime Silk Route. It serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, students, and readers with a keen interest in maritime history, transregional cultural exchange, and pre-modern globalization.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This monograph utilises the case of cross-border bank crisis management in ASEAN to illustrate the challenges posed by the financial trilemma the inherent tension between financial stability, national sovereignty, and financial integration. It provides an in-depth analysis of both legal and non-legal mechanisms employed by ASEAN member states and argues that existing frameworks remain insufficient for withstanding future financial crises. Structured across six chapters, the monograph covers key areas including the role of law in the financial trilemma, cross-border banking supervision, bank resolution regimes, deposit insurance systems, and public assistance and fiscal backstops. It concludes with seven policy recommendations aimed at guiding ASEAN toward a more robust framework for mitigating systemic risk and minimising the financial trilemma. The monograph also examines the European Union s legal tools for cross-border bank crisis management, offering comparative insights into both the strengths and limitations of legal mechanisms in practice.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides systematical exhibitions of grabbing coordination opportunities for energy management in low-carbon power systems in terms of the transmission level, distribution level, and interactions with heterogeneous energy flows. Particularly, this book focuses on coordinated energy management for low-carbon power systems from a resource aggregation perspective which can be plug-and-play in practice with higher effectiveness. This book starts with introducing resource aggregation techniques with specific attention to the transmission level, distribution level, and interactions with heterogeneous energy flows. Moreover, this book incorporates renewable uncertainties into the previous resource aggregation techniques for comparison and further discussions. After that, this book introduces various applications in the operations and planning of low-carbon power systems. This book is intended for graduate students, researchers, and professionals who are interested in energy management of low-carbon power systems, and can also be offered as an encouragement to operators and engineers to employ this coordinated kind of energy management techniques.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book falls within the field of urban transportation planning and design, with a particular focus on urban railway alignment optimization. It delves into the background, challenges, and objective functions and constraints (including cost, environmental impact, and risk) of urban railway alignment design. Furthermore, it presents system reliability modeling approaches for assessing the reliability of parallel railway lines. Additionally, the book emphasizes GIS-based methods for land use analysis and automatic demolition area calculation, as well as the Bayesian Sustainable Intelligent Framework for Enhancing Parallel Railway Reliability, which integrates system reliability analysis, the two-dimensional finite element method, and the Bayesian neural network surrogate model. Lastly, it covers the optimization of railway alignment using approximate dynamic programming, introducing a bi-objective approximate fine-grained optimization model that considers both construction cost and construction risk adjacent to existing operating railways.This book encompasses not only the theoretical foundations of urban railway alignment optimization but also provide detailed case studies of practical applications. These methods and techniques are significant for enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and economy of urban railway systems, making them highly valuable to professionals involved in urban transportation planning, design, and construction. Combining theoretical analysis with practical applications, it provides abundant illustrations and tables to elucidate complex concepts and methods, employs novel presentation styles, such as case studies to demonstrate the practical application of theories, and may include instructional elements like step-by-step guides or practical suggestions to help readers better understand and apply the knowledge.By reading this book, readers can gain insights into the latest methods and techniques in urban railway alignment optimization and learn how to apply them in their work, thereby improving the overall performance and sustainability of urban railway systems. The primary target audience of this book is researchers, practitioners, and students involved in urban transportation planning, design, and construction. Whether for beginners seeking to delve into the field of urban railway alignment optimization or for professionals looking to update their knowledge base, this book is an invaluable resource.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth exploration of the latest advancements in omics technologies and their practical applications across environmental science, agriculture, healthcare, and biotechnology. Covering key topics such as metagenomics for identifying beneficial microbes, bioremediation for environmental cleanup, bacteriophages, proteomics, epigenomics, and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, the book provides valuable insights into cutting-edge tools and methodologies. It also delves into next-generation sequencing, biosensor technology, bioinformatics tools, mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, as well as emerging fields like nutrigenomics and microarrays technology. With clear explanations and practical perspectives, this authoritative resource is ideal for students, researchers, and professionals striving to stay abreast of innovations in life sciences and contribute to the rapidly evolving landscape of omics sciences.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book covers the significance of hydrogen in relation to energy transition, climate action, and sustainable development. And the unique aspect of this book is its comprehensive examination of the entire value chain of environmentally friendly hydrogen energy. It covers topics such as the following: the role of hydrogen in the energy transition and the goal of net zero emissions by 2050; the infrastructures involved in producing, storing, distributing, and using hydrogen; the process of converting hydrogen into chemicals and fuels; hydrogen safety, certification, and standards; and policies and strategies with regard to capacity building, energy security, and energy connectivity. Because hydrogen can address both energy and environmental issues, this value chain has recently come under scrutiny. Additionally, the book covers the significance of hydrogen in relation to energy transition, climate action, and sustainable development. As the world's economy moves away from carbon pollution, hydrogen will play a crucial role. Integrating hydrogen into several industrial sectors, including power, transportation, industry, and residential and commercial buildings, requires enhanced safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness at every stage of the value chain.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This collection explores relevant pedagogical and sociolinguistic topics in the teaching and learning of Persian as a foreign and second language. Owing to the dearth of research in many areas pertaining to the teaching and learning of Persian, this handbook provides empirically-supported insights into various aspects of these areas. While the literature on teaching and learning Persian is growing, the field lacks a cohesive collection on Persian as a foreign/second language. The book addresses issues pertaining to the standardization and validation of teaching and assessment methods, which remain under-explored in the contexts of teaching and learning Persian. It also covers the teaching of Persian pragmatics, the use of corpora, as well as a range of different areas within linguistics, including phonetics, prosody, and historical linguistics. This comprehensive collection contributes substantially to the scientific study of many aspects of teaching and learning Persian which have been neglected for decades. A must-have text in Persian language pedagogy and Persian sociolinguistics, it an essential book for those in teaching and learning in Persian language programs worldwide. 854 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This collection explores relevant pedagogical and sociolinguistic topics in the teaching and learning of Persian as a foreign and second language. Owing to the dearth of research in many areas pertaining to the teaching and learning of Persian, this handbook provides empirically-supported insights into various aspects of these areas. While the literature on teaching and learning Persian is growing, the field lacks a cohesive collection on Persian as a foreign/second language. The book addresses issues pertaining to the standardization and validation of teaching and assessment methods, which remain under-explored in the contexts of teaching and learning Persian. It also covers the teaching of Persian pragmatics, the use of corpora, as well as a range of different areas within linguistics, including phonetics, prosody, and historical linguistics. This comprehensive collection contributes substantially to the scientific study of many aspects of teaching and learning Persian which have been neglected for decades. A must-have text in Persian language pedagogy and Persian sociolinguistics, it an essential book for those in teaching and learning in Persian language programs worldwide. 854 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This collection explores relevant pedagogical and sociolinguistic topics in the teaching and learning of Persian as a foreign and second language. Owing to the dearth of research in many areas pertaining to the teaching and learning of Persian, this handbook provides empirically-supported insights into various aspects of these areas. While the literature on teaching and learning Persian is growing, the field lacks a cohesive collection on Persian as a foreign/second language. The book addresses issues pertaining to the standardization and validation of teaching and assessment methods, which remain under-explored in the contexts of teaching and learning Persian. It also covers the teaching of Persian pragmatics, the use of corpora, as well as a range of different areas within linguistics, including phonetics, prosody, and historical linguistics. This comprehensive collection contributes substantially to the scientific study of many aspects of teaching and learning Persian which have been neglected for decades. A must-have text in Persian language pedagogy and Persian sociolinguistics, it an essential book for those in teaching and learning in Persian language programs worldwide.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book introduces external factors such as loads and constraints into the theory of configurational vulnerability, thereby overcoming the classical theory's inability to account for external influences. Stability is a governing factor in the design of single-layer gridshells, becoming increasingly critical as the span grows. However, current design methodologies address stability primarily through post-design verification, which severs the intrinsic link between member design and overall structural stability. This disjointed approach leads to iterative cycles of design and verification, reducing efficiency. Concurrently, advances in industrialized construction have spurred the development of numerous innovative joints tailored for prefabricated construction. These joints are neither ideally rigid nor ideally hinged. Yet, prevailing design methods and stability verification processes still assume ideal rigid connections, failing to incorporate the mechanical properties of joints and thereby constraining the adoption and application of these new designs. This integration provides a novel perspective on instability mechanisms. Based on the instability mechanisms of gridshells, a stability optimization model is developed under the rigid joint assumption. Due to the large number of variables involved in the optimization model, conventional algorithms often prove inadequate. To address this, the study enhances the standard genetic algorithm by replacing its random mutation mechanism with a directed mutation mechanism, significantly improving search efficiency. The improved algorithm efficiently solves large-scale stability optimization problems for single-layer gridshells, as validated using three gridshells of varying scales and two constructed examples. To expand the forms of gridshell joints, the study employs advanced topology optimization techniques to enhance rotational stiffness. Simultaneously, the study integrates the requirements of prefabricated construction by designing a universal connection interface capable of accommodating members from diverse orientations. This effort culminates in the development of novel joint designs for spatial grid structures that are both mechanically efficient and construction-friendly. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book introduces various, easily understandable examples of fluids encountered in daily life. It describes the characteristics of these fluids, starting from a cup of coffee, a familiar small-scale fluid, to the vast ocean one of the largest-scale fluids on Earth. Understanding the principles of fluids and their motion has long been complex and challenging. However, grasping these fundamentals opens doors to deeper exploration and discovery. This book engages middle and high school students, undergraduates, and curious readers in exploring the ocean s vast possibilities. Cartoons and simple language make the concepts more accessible, helping readers not only understand fluids but also gain valuable safety insights related to the ocean. 172 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book describes the process of making the major breakthrough in the study of animal self-awareness using fish. The discovery led by the author s team, proving the mirror self-recognition ability of fish, is vividly documented as they share the process of making, testing and verifying hypotheses and developing further hypotheses. The clear experimental results demonstrate the remarkable self-awareness in animals, overturning the conventional view and providing a key to understanding the origin of human self-awareness.Starting from the current understanding of fish brains, individual recognition by its face, the following chapters introduce the series of the authors research projects designed to understand mirror self-recognition (MSR) in animals. The sequence of the research into fish s MSR is documented, including how it started, the failures and successes, and the struggles. Additional tests carried out in response to various criticisms of the work have led to a re-examination of the research methods used prior to the author s work. The book then addresses the question of exactly when and how some fish recognize themselves in a mirror, exploring the self-awareness and the mind , in other word Eureka moment in fish. This book points out and overturns the contradictions in conventional wisdom based on anthropocentrism and hypotheses about the evolution of self-awareness, proposing a new hypothesis that the self-awareness of humans and fish will be homologous. The book takes readers on an engaging exploration of the scientific experiments and the remarkable discovery of animal intelligence. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book foregrounds socioecological stewardship in urban spaces. It demonstrates how activities like gardening and participating in events that spark ecological learning foster a sense of place, social connections, and lively neighbourhoods. Offering case studies from Sydney, Australia, it presents an innovative, interdisciplinary, place-based design research methodology. This approach combines ethnography to examine people-place-environment relationships with design's potential for creating change through artefacts and initiatives like maps, curated walks, and workshops. The book contributes to methodological debates by showcasing how visual communication and socially engaged practices strengthen ethnographic understandings of society, culture, and the environment. The authors show that these practices connect everyday environmental actions to broader contexts, such as making cities liveable during climate change, aligning with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.Neighbourhood Ecologiesoffers key insights for scholars and students of urban sociology, human geography, anthropology, design studies, and social movement studies interested in how critical environmental issues become grounded in local contexts. 159 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers a comparative analysis of municipal service delivery in four major Bangladeshi cities: Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, and Rajshahi. Using the SERVQUAL model, it evaluates service quality through five dimensions Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, and Empathy providing a detailed understanding of citizen satisfaction in varied urban settings.The book s strength lies in its comparative framework, which examines the distinct challenges and governance structures of each city. This analysis identifies common issues while uncovering unique dynamics, enabling a thorough exploration of service delivery systems. It highlights effective practices and areas for improvement, fostering a balanced view of urban governance.Key municipal services such as street lighting, waste management, water supply, sewerage systems, and birth registration are assessed in detail. By focusing on practical reforms and innovations, the book bridges academic research with real-world application, offering actionable insights for policymakers, urban planners, and practitioners.With its emphasis on practical solutions and comparative insights, this book is an essential resource for those involved in urban development. It provides valuable lessons for enhancing service quality and citizen satisfaction, contributing to more effective governance in developing countries. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open-access book is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning fields of higher education development and higher education internationalization as it empirically examines the impact of the study abroad experiences of faculty members on individual and institutional development. The research and its outcomes presented here utilize results from a large-scale survey and interviews of faculty at ten leading universities in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The analyses show that the study abroad experiences of faculty members impact not only improvements in research quality and development of educational programs but also serve as the foundation for international activities at the university, crucially important in today's higher education landscape. On the other hand, the research reveals the rapid development of higher education at the local and regional levels including the development of graduate programs for faculty training in the home country leading to increasing rates of study abroad within Southeast Asia. Through the analyses presented, this book offers a new understanding of higher education development and internationalization in Southeast Asia by examining the impact of study abroad on the academic profession, higher education institutions and the higher education sector. 316 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a call to action for housing recovery policymakers and practitioners to leverage foresight and planning capacities to achieve long-term resilience. For human societies to thrive in a rapidly changing climate and uncertain future, it is essential to learn about factors that can catalyse systemic change through disaster recovery processes. This book identifies key factors in housing recovery that meets housing rights of the most vulnerable, as well as help leapfrog to resilience strengthening of housing, its residents and institutions. To capture diverse experiences of stakeholders in various economies, socio-cultural, technical and political contexts, the authors draw from six cases of post-disaster housing reconstruction and rehabilitation projects from larger recovery programs, from three Asian countries - India, Thailand and Japan. This book identifies both unique and common findings. It is an essential resource for disaster recovery and housing practitioners, policymakers, students and researchers. 189 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is about organizational citizenship behaviour in human service organizations. Organizational citizenship behavior is a relatively new construct that has generated interest not only among the researchers but also policy makers, and it is considered to be a strong predictor of organizational effectiveness. One of the main objectives of this book is to explain organizational citizenship behaviour from a psychometric viewpoint, in context of human service organizations. Considering the recommendations put forth by various authors of books written on organizational citizenship behaviour, there is an urgent need for a book that explains organizational citizenship behaviour from the perspective of human service organizations. It is hoped that the book will serve as a foundational resource for researchers working for the welfare of human service organizations, especially those functioning in the Asian region. 75 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the concept of employee engagement, which is crucial for a company's success, as it is closely linked to job satisfaction and employee morale. Engaged workers tend to be more productive, efficient, and committed to the values and objectives of the company. Artificial intelligence plays a significant role in HR analytics, particularly in automating tedious tasks like data collection and organization from multiple sources. AI-driven employee engagement software can analyze employee feedback, surveys, and social media posts to capture the overall sentiment of the workforce. This allows HR teams to gain insights into employee experiences and perceptions, uncover areas for improvement, and address any issues that require attention. By leveraging past data and employing machine learning algorithms, AI enables HR professionals to predict turnover rates, forecast employee engagement levels, and identify potential flight risks. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is not only about the history of mathematics, but also by telling the story of some of the most distinctive personalities in the history of mathematics, it goes on to reveal the various strange treasures, bright flowers and hidden passions of the mathematical kingdom. Some of these mathematicians were thinkers, writers, poets, musicians, painters, politicians, judges, soldiers, clerks, young men of society or even prisoners. The mathematical world constructed by these geniuses is exquisite, and a walk in such a world not only expands our mathematical horizons and imagination, but also raises our humanistic cultivation to a higher level.Written for general audience, this book will be of interest to anyone who's studied mathematics in university or even high school, while also benefiting researchers in mathematics and the humanities.The readers will also enjoy reading the beautiful and simple language of all the articles and interviews. 221 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Open Access book provides a comprehensive and multi-layered understanding of the development of Adriatic Sea nautical cartography from its beginnings in the late Middle Ages to the implementation of geodetic and hydrographic surveys in the early nineteenth century. During the early modern period, the importance of nautical charts exceeded mere navigational purpose as they also became a medium for conveying an extensive array of socioeconomic information and messages. The authors examine how the geographical characteristics and social elements of the Adriatic Sea and its surroundings were observed, understood, and cartographically represented in accordance with contemporary scientific, technological, socioeconomic, cultural, or political frameworks using various phenomenological viewpoints and methodological techniques. Since the Adriatic Sea has historically functioned as a smaller-scale version of the Mediterranean, its contents transcend its geographical boundaries and are also broadly applicable to other Mediterranean regions. 264 pp. Englisch.