Springer berlin springer feb 2027 (22 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This fourth edition has been substantially rewritten to highlight how you can now benefit from using AI as a support tool for writing research papers.The book contains easy-to-follow guidelines and tips, with examples taken from published and unpublished papers. Detailed advice is given on how to write titles and decide what to include in the Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Conclusions.You will also learn how to: identify your readers (human and AI) and the journal style highlight your unique claims and contribution structure paragraphs and avoid synonyms for keywords prompt AI with context and constraints use AI to edit your draft manuscript and then simulate a peer review mitigate AI hallucinations and homogenizationAdrian Wallwork is the author of more than 50 English Language Teaching (ELT) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from around 60 countries to write papers and prepare conference presentations with and without the use of LLMs.Anna Southern has edited around 2000 scientific papers for top universities and research centers. Her career includes EFL teaching, health project management (South London Health Authority, UN Gambia, British Council), and publications in scientific journals, along with four co-authored books for the BBC. 258 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Rural areas suffer from inadequate infrastructures, low web connection, lack of human capital, and skill gaps, which severely limit their ability to engage fully with the digital transition. To address these pressing barriers, it is necessary to rethink an approach to innovation that cannot be linear but should be characterised by flows of information and knowledge exchanges involving relations within all actors in the territory. This open access contributed volume explores how innovation is reshaping rural agriculture through multi-actor interactions among farmers, cooperatives, institutions, researchers, businesses, and rural communities. Through empirical case studies developed within European and national research projects, the volume examines how these actors collaboratively navigate digital and green transitions, negotiate governance arrangements, and co-create knowledge and innovation within diverse territorial contexts.Chapters investigate rural innovation ecosystems through themes such as digitalisation, Living Labs, Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), governance, social learning, sustainability transitions, and collaborative innovation processes. Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, the contributions explore how innovation emerges through experimentation, negotiation, and interactions between local knowledge, technologies, institutions, and policy frameworks. Particular attention is given to multi-actor networks and governance mechanisms that support more inclusive and sustainable rural transitions. It will be of great interest to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners working on rural development, agricultural innovation, sustainability, and digital transition. 437 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides a comprehensive and practice-oriented exploration of accountability for artificial intelligence (AI) in policing and security, offering both conceptual foundations and actionable guidance for responsible AI deployment. As law enforcement agencies increasingly adopt AI technologies to combat serious crimes such as terrorism, organized crime, and child sexual exploitation, the need for transparent, ethical, and accountable use becomes critical. This volume brings together leading experts to define AI accountability, outline its legal and societal mandates, and present best practices and toolsfor achieving accountabilityacross AI design, governance, and organizational processes. Through detailed case studies and practical frameworks, the book equips practitioners, policymakers, and developers with the knowledge and resources to assess, evidence, and uphold accountability in AI systemsused in policing and safety applications.This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited accessProvides a comprehensive look at AI accountability in policing and security contextsOffers a practical toolkit for assessing and implementing AI accountability in real-world settingsCombines conceptual depth with case studies across major crime areas for applied relevance 345 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study is part of the collaborative graduate research project, 'The Art of Requesting', conducted within the English Department at Leibniz University Hannover. Drawing on Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory, it is a modified replication of Blum-Kulka's (1987) study on indirectness and politeness in requests. The study examines how speakers of American English perceive indirectness and politeness across six different request strategies in a range of contextualised scenarios. These scenarios vary systematically in terms of power and social distance, enabling an investigation into how these contextual factors influence perceptions of indirectness and politeness. The study also considers the influence of age and gender on these perceptions. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research examines how students at the German Jordanian University (GJU) imagine their futures, particularly in the context of the German Year program, which involves a semester abroad and an internship in Germany. Since young adults -and especially youth in Jordan s crisis-affected region - are underrepresented in future-oriented studies, the project fills an important gap. Using a one-year, multi-sited ethnographic case study, it explores how students negotiate and reshape their imagined futures over time and across borders. The study introduces the concept of doing future, emphasizing that the future is not a distant horizon but an ongoing, everyday practice actively shaped by individuals within social structures. 269 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -How do cells keep time For decades, biological timekeeping has been understood through the lens of master clocks: the CDK Cyclin oscillator that drives the cell division cycle and the circadian clock that aligns physiology with the day night cycle. Yet recent discoveries are reshaping this view. Cellular time control is now emerging as a phenomenon governed not solely by such master clocks, but by coupled networks of otherwise independent timing mechanisms dedicated to specific cellular events.This book introduces and defines the emerging concept ofautonomous clocks: cellular timing systems that can be entrained by canonical cell-cycle or circadian programs, yet retain the ability to operate independently to time and execute specific biological events. These autonomous clocks are increasingly recognized across organelle biogenesis, transcription, cytoskeletal remodeling, redox metabolism, proteostasis, immunity, nuclear organization, and even cytoplasmic division independent of nuclei and classical cell-cycle control. Together, they reveal a rich temporal architecture of the cell one in which subcellular processes are not merely passive outputs of master clocks but are governed by dedicated oscillators that act as autonomous timing systems.Bringing together leading voices in cell biology, physiology, synthetic biology, biophysics, and mathematical biology, this volume offers the first comprehensive account of autonomous clocks as a unifying framework for biological time control. The chapters span foundational discoveries in autonomous transcriptional, cytoskeletal, redox, proteostasis, immune, and otherwise sub-cellular timing systems, while also exploring how these autonomous cycles couple to broader cellular rhythms, how they may be engineered synthetically, and how their principles can be understood through theory and computation. By synthesizing a decade of rapidly expanding discoveries, this book challenges long-standing textbook models of cellular timekeeping and opens new conceptual ground for understanding how cells coordinate physiology, maintain temporal order, and preserve function when canonical clocks are slowed, suspended, or silenced.Biological Time Control: Autonomous Clocks in Cellular Organization, Dynamics, and Functionis an essential resource for students, researchers, and scholars interested in biolo 168 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book addresses a critical and real challenge faced by transplant programs in emerging health systems on how to expand deceased organ donation, particularly donation circulatory death (DCD), in settings where resources are limited but patient need is overwhelming. It speaks directly to clinicians and administrators who confront the daily gap between organ demand and availability and offers practical, experience-driven solutions for building DCD programs that are ethical, transparent, and clinically sound. The book focuses on implementation rather than theory, guiding readers through consent pathways, ICU coordination, clinical workflows, legal safeguards, and outcome monitoring, all grounded in the realities of the healthcare system in India. By sharing clinician-led strategies and system-level solutions, it answers a fundamental question: how can deceased donation be expanded responsibly without eroding public trust or clinical standards This book is especially relevant for transplant physician, transplant surgeons, intensivists, administrators, policymakers, and organ donation coordinators seeking to strengthen deceased donation ecosystems. It offers a pragmatic roadmap for integrating DCD into existing programs, making transplantation more equitable, sustainable, and accessible within emerging health systems. 361 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines whether Canada s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as a largely classic transitional justice mechanism has been capable of producing meaningful change beyond symbolic recognition. It asks how truth-telling, public acknowledgement of wrongdoing, and recommendations for reform translate into concrete political, legal, and societal transformation, and where the structural limits of this approach become visible.Canada constitutes an exceptional case for such an inquiry: unlike many contexts in which transitional justice is studied, it is a consolidated democracy with long-standing state institutions and a strong rule-of-law self-image. Against this backdrop, the dissertation analyses the TRC s mandate, procedures, and Calls to Action, as well as patterns of implementation and non-implementation across political and institutional arenas. The study highlights the interaction between state actors, public discourse, and Indigenous agency, tracing how commitments to reconciliation are enabled, constrained, or deflected within established democratic structures.Building on these findings, the book refines how reconciliation can be assessed empirically and normatively and identifies the conditions under which transitional justice tools can contribute to deeper, longer-term change in democratic settings. It also engages the broader debate on whether and when more transformative approaches are required, drawing implications for future. 310 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This bookexplores how poverty is not merely a socio-economic condition but also a faultline in the Caribbean's social imaginary, one that is constantly reconfigured through narrative literature. Drawing on Martha Nussbaum's capability approach and Slavoj Zizek's concept of the parallax, the author analyses works by Achy Obejas, Diana McCaulay, Kei Miller, Junot Díaz, Edwidge Danticat, and Mischa Berlinski to reveal how Caribbean writers challenge and reshape global narratives of poverty.By examining the interplay of literary modes, thematic concerns, and textual ethics, this study uncovers how poverty narratives resist simplistic representations, asking readers to engage with the complexity and agency of those often marginalised in both fiction and society.Faultlines in the Imaginary argues that by bridging the gap between poverty research and literary analysis, fresh insights emerge into how literature can redefine how we understand poverty in a globalised world. 392 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the struggle against smog in Malopolska, a province in the EU member state Poland. Although there is extensive literature on pollution, the perspective offered by the social sciences is rarely used to address this critical issue.Pursuing a socio-legal approach, the book examines the social and political processes behind the implementation of parts of the EU s anti-air pollution policies and regulations. The case of Malopolska is particularly interesting for two reasons. First, because the region and its capital, Kraków were once confronted with severe smog, which led to the premature deaths of thousands of citizens. Despite the tremendous scale of the problem, public awareness remained surprisingly low. Second, because in the 2010s, a massive social movement emerged that pressured the local government to introduce two pioneering measures: a total ban on coal and wood heating in Kraków, and a gradual ban on inefficient furnaces in the rest of the region.The book provides a detailed account of these processes and assesses the effectiveness of the attendant measures, thereby contributing to the broader literature on effective tools for cleaner air. It offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in addressing complex societal challenges through the law, and for all agencies involved in combating environmental issues, especially through the social sciences insights it shares. 215 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers a philosophically precise account of what artificial intelligence cannot provide in education. Beginning from the premise of a fully optimized AI school that exceeds human institutions across all measurable domains, Khen Lampert identifies a constitutive absence: the event through which a child comes to matter to a particular other. He terms this event enworlding and distinguishes it from empathy or affirmation as a condition for the emergence of subjectivity. Drawing on phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, the book argues that such encounters require finitude, vulnerability, and the capacity to be affected-conditions unavailable to artificial systems. Situating contemporary AI within a longer genealogy of the 'ego-less' servant, Lampert reframes debates on educational technology as fundamentally ontological and political, challenging prevailing assumptions about care, relationality, and the aims of education. Against this background the book develops its constructive answer, generative mentorship: the educational encounter in which an adult's finite, non-demanding presence generates a child's sense of mattering to a particular other-a model no artificial system can instantiate, and no education can do without. 193 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book continues the discussion from Volume I on how accounting practices are influenced by cultural, social, economic, legal, technological, and institutional contexts across different countries and organizations. Its central subject is the relationship between accounting practices and the cultural, institutional, social, economic, and technological environments in which accounting operates. The book examines how accounting is not merely a technical process but a social practice shaped by organizational norms, professional values, regulations, and cultural expectations. This perspective is consistent with major accounting research that views accounting as a social and institutional practice rather than only a system of measurement.The book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of how accounting functions as a social, organizational, and cultural practice, enabling them to interpret financial information more critically, make better professional decisions, and adapt to evolving global and technological changes in the accounting profession. 390 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Forty years after the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the establishment of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the legal regime anchoring pivotal mandates and responsibilities in support of the sustainable management of the resources of the seabed beyond national jurisdictions (called the Area ) is facing unprecedented challenges. As global interest in seabed mineral resources intensifies, so do unilateral interpretations of treaty obligations, posing a threat to the foundational principles of UNCLOS and the thin consensus-base supporting it. This book critically examines how diverging expectations pertaining to the management of the Area and its resources, living or not, influence the implementation of UNCLOS provisions and intersect with some emerging threats, exploring how such political and operational factors affect the role and mandate of ISA and how convergence amongst key actors could be reached in pursuit of the benefit of the common heritage of humankind.The legal regime for access to and regulation of seabed exploration and exploitation in the Area, once seen as a pioneering framework for ocean governance, now stands at a crossroads. The growing pressure for resource exploitation, coupled with divergent interpretations of treaty obligations, risks undermining the legal and ethical underpinnings of the sustainable management of the international seabed area. By situating the ISA within contemporary debates on international law and sustainable development, this book offers an authoritative perspective on the regime s future relevance and resilience. 458 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on computer vision methodologies and technical solutions for advanced control systems, with an emphasis on Generative AI and intelligent paradigms. Contributions include Automated Measurement Techniques in Dental Research, Multimodal Modeling of Surgical Wounds with Massive Bleeding, Image-Based Re-Identification of Wild Animals with Advanced Generative Learning for Data Augmentation, Frequency-Spatial Method for Camouflaged Object Segmentation, Forecasting the Technical Object State Based on Image Processing Methods and Adaptive Neural Network Models, Digital Image Processing Methods for Non-Invasive Monitoring of the Condition of Steel and Reinforced Concrete Structures and V-SLAM with Deep Spatio-Temporal Modeling Based on Vision Transformer for Edge Platforms. 179 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book brings together researchers from different fields who are using intersectionality as an analytical lens to deconstruct, reflect, define, redefine, empower, (dis)empower, and critically discern the impetus of socio-cultural phenomena in everyday life. Since its initiation, intersectionality has developed into a theoretical research paradigm that aims to comprehend how different social identities interact and define societal power hierarchies. As it is concerned in its foundation with issues of power and injustice, intersectionality is a powerful theoretical framework to make visible the systems of oppression that uphold power hierarchies and organise society as a result of which many intriguing new research questions and analyses have been generated. This book uses intersectionality as a theoretical framework which posits that social identity categories, including but not limited to race, gender, class, age, religion, and sexual orientation are intricately linked, and concurrently generate experiences of privilege and marginalisation. It seeks to provide contemporary notions of intersectionality while staying true to its core values. This book also strengthens and extends the original Black Feminist perspective to include intersectional nuances in spaces outside of the United States, while also reclaiming and grounding methodological and epistemological notions in Black Feminist thought. It serves as a useful resource for administrators, scholars, academics, and practitioners in interdisciplinary fields (including STEM, education, business, and similar disciplines). Additionally, the focus of this book supports a transdisciplinary perspective that will engage members of the wider community who have an interest in intersectionality. 443 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides a novel, structured approach that brings digitalisation and sustainability together within a single decision-support framework. It explores how manufacturing SMEs can navigate the twin transition by identifying the critical success factors that drive transformation and by introducing a comprehensive Twin Transition Maturity Model that allows organisations to assess both their current and desired levels of development.Industry is entering a new era in which digital transformation and sustainability are no longer separate ambitions but must progress together. For manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), this dual challenge, known as the twin transition, has become essential for competitiveness, resilience and long-term viability. Yet most existing research and practical frameworks treat digitalisation and sustainability as independent transformation processes, offering limited guidance on how SMEs can manage them simultaneously.Going beyond traditional maturity assessments, this book presents an ontology-enabled prescriptive approach that transforms evaluation results into tailored, step-by-step improvement pathways. Conceptual frameworks, visual models and structured tables help clarify complex relationships, while a web-based decision-support tool demonstrates how the proposed approach can be implemented in practice.By bridging theory and application, this book offers a practical roadmap for managing digital and sustainable transformation together. It provides valuable insights for SME managers, policymakers, consultants and researchers interested in sustainable manufacturing, digital transformation and innovation in industrial systems. 303 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the intersection of cutting-edge technologies and environmental science to provide a comprehensive overview of how nanotechnology and machine learning can be harnessed for monitoring, preventing, and controlling pollution, offering actionable insights for researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders. It specifically provides the latest advancements in air and noise pollution monitoring and mitigation technologies to support sustainable practices and inform policy support for sustainable environmental measures. The book will be helpful to researchers, policy makers and students of the technological, environmental and economic aspects of air and noise pollution, as well as NGOs, consultants and industries incorporating nanotechnology and AI in sustainable environmental management. 538 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers a process-chain perspective on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) and Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) for Ti-6Al-4V, focusing on how defect characteristics govern high cycle fatigue and mechanical performance. It shows how productivity-driven strategies, such as hull-bulk and in-situ shelling, can be implemented achieving industrial standards.The research examines how LPBF parameters define the initial defect state, and how HIP modifies these defects depending on their size, shape, and connectivity. By separating and then conceptually integrating printing and post-processing, it provides an understanding of the mechanisms linking process parameters, defect evolution, and mechanical performance. Particular emphasis is placed on the trade-off between productivity and quality, the limitations of common qualification metrics such defect population.Further, this work addresses a key industrial problem: how to increase LPBF productivity and when HIP can effectively compensate for process-induced defects. It provides researchers and engineers with a framework for optimizing LPBF and HIP together, based on defects characterization.This book is intended for researchers, doctoral students, and industrial engineers working in additive manufacturing, materials processing, and fatigue-critical applications of Ti-6Al-4V. 183 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book comprehensively reviews biomacromolecular crystallization across experimentation and modelling and, together with its companion volume 'Fundamentals of Biomacromolecular Crystallization: Insights into Thermodynamics and Kinetics', offers a quantitative-oriented perspective, from thermodynamics and kinetics fundamentals to scalable continuous processes. Divided into 3 sections, the book begins with an overview of reported crystallizers for biomolecular crystallization experimentation, followed by a discussion about the use of process analytical technology (PAT) for the development of biomolecular crystallization. In the 3rd part of the book, readers will learn about the modelling of biomolecular crystallization processes. Expert contributors cover topics such as biomolecular crystallization in microfluidic devices, continuous crystallization platforms, in-situ online spectroscopy and light scattering techniques, and mathematical modelling applied for biomolecular crystallization. Particular attention is given to the recent developments in biomolecular crystallization modelling, including advancements in AI and ML.This book serves as a valuable resource for designing and performing successful biomolecular crystallization experiments. Given its breadth, it appeals to scholars and researchers from both academia and industry, working in the field of biomolecular crystallization across several study areas, such as biochemistry, engineering, and biotechnology, among others. 418 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Palgrave Handbook of Criminality, Corruption and Violence brings together 38 contributions from scholars around the world examining the complex and interconnected issues of crime, corruption, violence, and insecurity. Covering topics including gender and violence, social justice, organised crime, security challenges, terrorism, religion, radicalisation, and social cohesion, the volume offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the social, political, cultural, and institutional dimensions of these phenomena. Together, the chapters provide a broad understanding of how criminality and violence are experienced, governed, and contested across diverse global contexts. 727 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Der Themenschwerpunkt des Jahrbuchs Naturen Kulturen in StadtRegionen knüpft an die anhaltenden inter- und transdisziplinären Debatten über Naturkonzepte und -gestaltungen an. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wie sich Vorstellungen von Natur und Kultur in urbanen und regionalen Kontexten gegenseitig durchdringen, herausfordern oder neu konfigurieren. Damit greift der Band die Forderung nach einer Auflösung dualistisch verstandener Entitäten auf hin zu einem Denken in relationalen, prozesshaften Zusammenhängen von Naturen und Kulturen , das ökologische, soziale und räumliche Dimensionen miteinander verschränkt.Der Band versteht sich zugleich als Einladung zur theoretischen Reflexion räumlicher Kategorien im Spiegel von Naturen Kulturen. Er fragt nach den Möglichkeiten einer integrativen Perspektive auf städtisch-regionale Entwicklungen jenseits dichotomer Denk- und Handlungsmuster. 219 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das Jahrbuch derControlling & Management Review bündelt alle sechs Ausgaben der Zeitschrift aus 2024.DieControlling & Management Reviewist nicht nur die älteste, sondern auch die meistzitierte praxisorientierte Fachzeitschrift für Controlling. Bis 2012 erschien sie unter dem TitelZeitschrift für Controlling & Management (ZfCM).Der Herausgeber ermöglicht der Leserschaft eine ganzheitliche Information über das Controlling und relevante Aspekte der Unternehmenssteuerung. Er wagt einen Spagat zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis, zwischen Forschung und Anwendung, zwischen Sichtweisen von Akademikern und Managern.Die Controlling & Management Reviewlenkt konsequent den Blick auch in andere Teilbereiche der Finanzfunktion, um kurz und prägnant über relevante Entwicklungen in den Bereichen Accounting und Reporting, IT und Analytics, Management, Finanzen und Strategie zu informieren. Deutsch.…