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Education and learning for sustainable futures: 50 Years of Learning for Envi…
Responding to growing interest in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and global concern over climate change, this volume provides an analysis of how our understanding of the relationship between environment and education has evolved during the past 50 years. Spanning from the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment through to the present day, chapters examine whether our a…
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- 9781003467007
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- xvi, 118 p. : ill.
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- 304.2071 MAC e
Performance Measurement, Reporting, Obstacles and Accountability : Recent Tre…
This monograph identifies the ways that ‘politics’ enters into the creation of performance measurement systems, the selection of the official and unofficial aims of such systems, the selection of performance criteria and measures, the interpretation of findings, the responses to such findings and the implications of performance reporting for the accountability of both politicians and public…
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- 9781920942793
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- 658.3125.THO
Sex work, health, and human rights : global inequities, challenges, and oppor…
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally across diverse contexts, and outlines evidence-based strategies and best practices. Sex workers face severe health and social inequities, largely as the result of structural factors including punitive and criminalized legal environments, stigma, and social an…
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- 9783030641719
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- XXIII, 263 p
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- 306.74 SHI s
Safety for Particle Accelerators
The use of non-standard technologies such as superconductivity, cryogenics and radiofrequency pose challenges for the safe operation of accelerator facilities that cannot be addressed using only best practice from occupational safety in conventional industry. This book introduces readers to different occupational safety issues at accelerator facilities and is directed to managers, scientists, t…
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- 9783030570316
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- 148 p. :ill
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- 539.720289 THO s
Product Development within Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Legal Risk : E…
This open-access-book synthesizes a supportive developer checklist considering sustainable Team and agile Project Management in the challenge of Artificial Intelligence and limits of image recognition. The study bases on technical, ethical, and legal requirements with examples concerning autonomous vehicles. As the first of its kind, it analyzes all reported car accidents state wide (1.28 milli…
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- 9783658342937
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- xlii, 248 p.
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- 629.2 PRO T
Turkey, Migration And The EU: Potentials, Challenges And Opportunities
In the context of Turkey's accession to the EU, the issue of potential migration from Turkey and its impact upon European labor markets became one of the concerns of the EU, considering Turkey's growing population and young labor force. In 2011, half a century after the bi-lateral agreement between Turkey and Germany on labor recruitment in 1961, migration plays a key role in relations of Turke…
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Do Exclusionary Rules Ensure a Fair Trial? : A Comparative Perspective on Evi…
This open access publication discusses exclusionary rules in different criminal justice systems. It is based on the findings of a research project in comparative law with a focus on the question of whether or not a fair trial can be secured through evidence exclusion. Part I explains the legal framework in which exclusionary rules function in six legal systems: Germany, Switzerland, People’s …
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- 9783030125202
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- xv, 389 p.
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- 347.062 DOE S
Anisotropy across fields and scales
This open access book focuses on processing, modeling, and visualization of anisotropy information...
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- 1
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- 9783030562151
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- x, 280 p. : ill.
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- Mathematics and Visualization
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- 004 EVR a
The value & purpose of management education : looking back and thinking forwa…
Without a doubt, business schools have been a success story in higher education over the last 50 years (the period of EFMD’s existence). Even so, they have come under scrutiny, and attack, over their academic legitimacy and value proposition for business and society. In this book, drawn from a special issue of Global Focus, the EFMD has selected around 25 of the best, most thoughtful short pa…
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- 9781003261889
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- 212 p.
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- 658 VAL v
Universities and regional engagement : from the exceptional to the everyday
The study of universities’ role in regional engagement has traditionally been focusing on exceptional cases. This book presents a reconceptualision which embraces its underlying complexity, and proposes a roadmap for a renewed research agenda. Starting from the grassroots level of universities’ "everyday" engagements, the book delves into the manifold ways in which university knowledge agen…
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- 9781003150299
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- xiv, 246 p. : ill.
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- 378.103 IAK u
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