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Bridging Transcultural Divides: Asian Languages and Cultures in Global Higher…
This volume presents the diverse approaches and achievements of scholars of Asian cultures and languages in today’s global academy. Recent vast increases in student numbers and ethnic diversity have created pressing challenges for a higher education which engages with contemporary concerns for Asian societies as well as for Asian students involved in Western education. This collection of scho…
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- Vol.5
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- 978-3-319-58650-2
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- v, 286p. ; ill.
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- -
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- LB2806.15 ULJ b
Global warming in local discourses : how communities around the world
Global news on anthropogenic climate change is shaped by international politics, scientific reports, and voices from transnational protest movements. This timely volume asks how local communities engage with these transnational discourses. The chapters in this volume present a range of compelling case studies drawn from a broad cross-section of local communities around the world, reflecting div…
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- -
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- 9781800641259
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- xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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- -
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- 363.73874 BRÜ g
Global pathways to education : cultural spheres, networks, and international …
In this open access volume, the editors identify the trajectories and patterns displayed by education systems and investigate the causes of change from a global and historical perspective. The contributors argue that the emergence and development of education systems can be traced back to inherent national factors, as well as to the international diffusion of ideas. The research prese…
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- -
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- 9783030788858
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- xxxiii, 318 p.: ill.; - cm
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- -
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- 370.1 GLO g
Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city
Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city examines how urban health and wellbeing are shaped by migration, mobility, racism, sanitation and gender. Adopting a global focus, spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the essays in this volume bring together a wide selection of voices that explore the interface between social, medical and natural sciences. This interdisci…
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- -
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- 9781526150943
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- xiii, 233 p
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Knowledge for Governance
This open access book focuses on theoretical and empirical intersections between governance, knowledge and space from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions elucidate how knowledge is a prerequisite as well as a driver of governance efficacy, and conversely, how governance affects the creation and use of knowledge and innovation in geographical context. Scholars from the fields of …
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- 9783030471507
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- 320 KNO k
The palgrave handbook of positive education
This open access handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the growing field of positive education, featuring a broad range of theoretical, applied, and practice-focused chapters from leading international experts. It demonstrates how positive education offers an approach to understanding learning that blends academic study with life skills such as self-awareness, emotion regulation, health…
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- -
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- 9783030645373
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- xxviii, 777 p.; ill
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- -
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- 150.1988 THE t
International perspectives in values-based mental health practice : case stud…
This open access book offers essential information on values-based practice (VBP): the clinical skills involved, teamwork and person-centered care, links between values and evidence, and the importance of partnerships in shared decision-making. Different cultures have different values; for example, partnership in decision-making looks very different, from the highly individualized perspective o…
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- -
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- 9783030478520
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- xviii, 436p. : ill.
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- -
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- 616.89 INT i
Fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern C…
Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancien…
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- -
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- 9783110714333
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- VI, 338 p.
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- Volume 20 in the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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- 098.3 FAK f
Water and earthquakes
This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination. Although the effect…
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- -
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- 9783030643089
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- xvi, 387p. : ill.
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- -
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- 551.22 WAN w
Data science for economics and finance : methodologies and applications
This open access book covers the use of data science, including advanced machine learning, big data analytics, Semantic Web technologies, natural language processing, social media analysis, time series analysis, among others, for applications in economics and finance. In addition, it shows some successful applications of advanced data science solutions used to extract new knowledge from data in…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030668914
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- xiv, 355p. : ill.
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- -
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- 006.312 DAT d
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