Filter by
Charting spiritual care : the emerging role of chaplaincy records in global h…
This open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland), the United States, Canada, and Australia, this edited collection provides an overview of different charting practices and expe…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030470708
- Collation
- xv, 232p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 259.4 CHA c
The geopolitics of the global energy transition
The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries. This open access book, written by leading energy…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030390662
- Collation
- xxv, 381p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 327 GEO g
All in the mix: race, class and school choice
All in the mix: class, race and school choice considers how parents choose secondary schools for their children and makes an important intervention into debates on school choice and education. The book examines how parents talk about race, religion and class – in the process of choosing. It also explores how parents’ own racialised and classed positions, as well as their experience of educa…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781526139306
- Collation
- vi, 184p.; 23 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.117 BYR a
Social competence of teachers and students: the case study of Belgium and Lit…
In this study is presented a theoretical concept of social competence and practical quantitative international research conducted in Belgium and Lithuania. Comparative analysis of research was done between Belgium and Lithuania students and teachers’ in communication and cooperation skills. In this study is presented detailed investigations.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789955127918
- Collation
- 160p.: ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 371.102 GED s
Synchronized factories : Latin America and the Caribbean in the era of global…
The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation. Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involves 43 suppliers located in 135 locations around the globe. There are many ex…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319099910
- Collation
- xiv, 141p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 658.5 SYN s
Multiculturalism and conflict reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific : migration,…
This book is open access under a CC BY license. This edited collection focuses on theories, language and migration in relation to multiculturalism in Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Each chapter aims to provide alternative understandings to current conflicts that have arisen due to immigration and policies related to education, politics, language, work, citizenship and identity.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781137403605
- Collation
- xiv, 237p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.80095 MUL m
Global business strategy : multinational corporations venturing into emerging…
This book presents theories and case studies for corporations in developed nations, including Japan, for designing strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize threats in business expansion into developing nations. The case studies featured here focus on Asia, including China and India, and use examples of Japanese manufacturers. Five case studies are provided, including Hitachi Construct…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9784431554684
- Collation
- xvii, 259p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 658.18 MOT g
Contemporary bioethics : Islamic perspective
This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s specia…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319184289
- Collation
- xv, 267p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 297.542 AL c
The Law in the Information and Risk Society
The information and risk society poses a new challenge for the law in all its fragments. Modern media communication and technologies increase people’s prosperity while stating new risks with not uncommonly devastating crisis-potential: The banking crisis, the safety net for the euro zone and the nuclear incident in Fukushima are only the latest forms of those specific modern common dangers wh…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783863950125
- Collation
- xi, 170p: ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 349.43 LAW l
Religious individualisation : historical dimensions and comparative perspectives
This volume brings together key findings of the research project ‘Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective’ at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies. Combining a wide range of disciplinary approaches, methods and theories, the volume assembles over 50 contributions that explore and compare processes of religious individualisation in Asia, the Mediterrane…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783110580853
- Collation
- XIV, 1416 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 204.4 REL r
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography