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    Elimination of Infectious Diseases from the South-East Asia Region : Keeping the Promise (2022)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Keywords: Communicable diseases Prevention ; Health planning ; Diseases ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editor -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 A Historic Paradigm Shift in Communicable Diseases in South-East Asia: From Control to Elimination -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Disease Elimination as a Goal-The Early Years -- 1.3 Disease Elimination and the Push for Universal Health Coverage -- 1.4 Elimination in the South-East Asia Region -- 1.5 The Way Forward -- References -- 2 Thailand: Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 The Process -- 2.2.1 The Initial years -- 2.2.2 Reducing Costs -- 2.2.3 Moving Towards Elimination -- 2.3 Other Factors for Success -- 2.4 Maintenance of Validation -- References -- 3 Yaws: Freeing Young Children in India from an Old Scourge -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Disease of the Young -- 3.3 India's Approach to Yaws Elimination -- 3.4 Challenges Faced by India in Its Efforts to Eliminate Yaws -- 3.5 Yaws Elimination in India: Key Elements of Success -- 3.6 The Road Ahead: Lessons Learned -- References -- 4 The Maldives: A Long Battle to Banish Malaria -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Challenges Faced in Eliminating Malaria -- 4.3 The Maldives' Approach to Malaria Elimination: Long Road -- 4.4 Key Elements of Success -- 4.5 Moving Forward: Lessons Learnt -- References -- 5 Unburdening the Poor: Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in the Maldives -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Blueprint for Elimination -- 5.3 Overcoming Challenges to Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis -- 5.4 Long Campaign to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis -- 5.5 Key Elements of Success -- 5.6 Moving Forward: Lessons Learnt -- References -- 6 Sri Lanka: Long Battle to Eliminate Malaria -- 6.1 Background -- 6.2 Malaria in Sri Lanka -- 6.3 A Century of Malaria Control -- 6.4 Challenges to Malaria Control -- 6.5 Elements of Success -- 6.6 Lessons Learnt -- 6.7 Challenges Ahead.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (133 pages)
    ISBN: 9789811655661
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Public Health Ser.
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    DDC: 381
    Language: English
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    The Reshaping of China's Industry Chains (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Scale Matters: Industry Chain Restructuring Amid Deglobalization -- 1.1 Deglobalization: History Has Not Come to an End -- 1.2 Spatial Economy: The World is Not Flat -- 1.3 Non-Neutrality of Technology: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Security -- 1.4 Economies of Scale: China's New Advantage -- 1.5 Return of Industrial Policy: New Wine in an Old Bottle -- 2 Overview of the Industry Chain: From Efficiency to Security -- 2.1 The "Efficiency First" Principle of Industry Chains -- 2.1.1 Division of Labor and Transactions Are at the Core of Industry Chains, Value Chains, and Supply Chains -- 2.1.2 Efficiency of Industry Chains: Transaction Costs, Geographical Factors, and Economies of Scale -- 2.1.3 International Configuration of Industry Chains: Comparative Advantages, Economies of Scale, and Multinational Corporations -- 2.2 Globalization and Deglobalization -- 2.2.1 China Becomes the World's Factory by Improving Efficiency -- 2.2.2 China-US Cooperation is the Main Thread of Globalization -- 2.2.3 Deglobalization: China and the US Shift From Cooperation to Competition -- 2.3 Industry Chain Security Concerns: Controlling the Loss of Efficiency -- 2.3.1 Industry Chain Security: Understanding From Different Perspectives of Companies and Governments -- 2.3.2 Coping with Security Challenges From Rising Geopolitical Risks With a National Innovation System -- 2.3.3 Orderly Competition Between China and the US: Controlling Efficiency Losses From Deglobalization -- 3 New Advantages in Economies of Scale Amid Deglobalization -- 3.1 Economies of Scale Could Become an Important Source of Economic Growth in China -- 3.2 Theoretical Origins and Functions of Large Countries' Scale Advantages -- 3.2.1 Economies of Scale and Scope Together Constitute Large Countries' Scale Advantages.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (375 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819716470
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    Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Bribery and Other Serious Investor Misconduct in Asian International Arbitration -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Investor-State Arbitration Disputes Implicating Corruption -- 1.3 Arbitral Tribunals' Approaches to Dealing with Corruption -- 1.3.1 The 'Zero Tolerance' Approach -- 1.3.2 The 'Closer Look' Approach -- 1.3.3 The 'It Depends' Approach -- 1.4 Limited Research on 'Asian' Views on Corruption and Investment Arbitration -- 1.5 Developing Asian Perspectives on Corruption and Illegality in Investment Arbitration -- 1.6 Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Part I The Economic Context of Corruption and Investment -- 2 Does Corruption Hinder Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Asia and Beyond? The Grabbing Versus the Helping Hand Revisited -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Economic Cost of Corruption -- 2.3 Review of the Empirical Literature on Corruption -- 2.3.1 The Corruption and Investment Debate -- 2.3.2 What Do the Data Tell Us? -- 2.3.3 Empirical Analysis -- 2.4 Discussion of the Results -- 2.4.1 The Corruption-Growth-FDI Relationship -- 2.4.2 Digging Deeper: Is the Corruption-Growth-FDI Relationship Non-linear? -- 2.4.3 The Corruption-FDI Relationship -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Appendix: Sample of Asian Countries -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Effect of Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment at the Regional Level: A Positive or Negative Relationship? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Corruption and FDI: A Controversial Relationship -- 3.3 Empirical Model and Estimations -- 3.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix: Descriptive Statistics for Table 3.2 -- Notes -- References -- Part II General Legal Issues from the Interface of Corruption, Illegality and Investment Arbitration.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (463 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819993031
    Series Statement: Asia in Transition Series v.22
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    Human-Centered Services Computing for Smart Cities : IEICE Monograph (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Service Composition for Smart Cities -- Consistent and Quality-Aware Service Composition in Smart Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Service Composition in Cyber Space -- 2.1 Background Around 2010 -- 2.2 Different Quality Aspects in Service Selection -- 2.3 Self-Adaptive Network-Aware Service Selection -- 2.4 Consistency in Service Selection -- 2.5 Service Selection in Cloud Computing -- 3 Service Composition in Physical Space -- 3.1 Background Around 2015 -- 3.2 EU-Japan Smart City Projects -- 3.3 Consistency in Physical Service Composition -- 3.4 Verification Framework -- 3.5 Runtime Adaptation -- 4 Retrospective Discussion -- 4.1 Services Computing -- 4.2 Impact on the Author -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Designing and Analyzing Human-in-the-Loop Service Compositions -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Approach -- 1.3 Structure of This Chapter -- 2 Human-in-the-Loop Service Composition -- 2.1 A Language Service Composition Example -- 2.2 Composition of Web Services and Human Activities -- 3 Empirical Study on Human-in-the-Loop Translation Services -- 3.1 Experiment Design -- 3.2 Experiment Results -- 3.3 Discussion -- 4 Human-in-the-Loop Service Design for Supporting Real-World Multilingual Activities -- 4.1 Designing Composite Services for Real-World Applications -- 4.2 Service Design Process -- 4.3 Experiment, Result and Analysis -- 5 Analyzing Crowdsourcing Workflow Models -- 5.1 Crowdsourcing Workflows -- 5.2 Modeling Iterative and Parallel Processes -- 5.3 Workflow Optimization -- 5.4 Implementing Crowdsourcing Workflow Models -- 6 Related Work -- 6.1 Human Activities in Service Composition -- 6.2 User-Centered Composite Service Design -- 6.3 Crowdsourcing Workflow Models -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Human-Machine Collaboration for a Multilingual Service Platform.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (311 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819707799
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    Proceedings of the 10th Hydrogen Technology Convention, Volume 1 : WHTC 2023, 22-26 May, Foshan, China (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (511 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819986316
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Physics Series v.393
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31281950
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    Diffusionics : Diffusion Process Controlled by Diffusion Metamaterials (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (348 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819704873
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    Umkämpfte Zivilgesellschaft : mit menschenrechtsorientierter Gemeinwesenarbeit gegen Ideologien der Ungleichwertigkeit (2021)
    Leverkusen-Opladen : Verlag Barbara Budrich
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Hochschulschrift ; Faschismus
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter -- Cover -- Friedemann Bringt: Umkämpfte Zivilgesellschaft. Mit menschenrechtsorientierter Gemeinwesenarbeit gegen Ideologien der Ungleichwertigkeit -- Geleitwort (Silvia Staub-Bernasconi) -- Inhalt -- Einleitung -- 1 Zentrale wissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Arbeit -- 1.1 Politikwissenschaftliche Gegenstandsbeschreibung: Rechtsextremismus -- 1.1.1 Die Unbrauchbarkeit der Rand-Mitte-Dichotomie für die theoretische Fundierung von Gemeinwesenarbeit gegen Ideologien der Ungleichwertigkeit -- 1.1.2 Multidimensionale Analyse extrem rechter Orientierungen -- 1.2 Sozialwissenschaftliche Gegenstandsbeschreibung: Gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit -- 1.2.1 Desintegration und Verlustangst -- 1.2.2 Das Modell der Gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit -- 1.2.3 Innere Zusammenhänge im Modell der Gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit -- 1.2.4 Forschungsergebnisse zur Gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit in Sachsen -- 1.2.5 Reproduktion menschenfeindlicher Einstellungen und Unterbrechungsmöglichkeiten -- 1.3 Sozialraumbezug in der Forschung zur Gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit: Projekt Sozialraumanalysen zum Zusammenleben vor Ort -- 1.4 Kritik zu Theorie und Forschung der Gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit -- 1.5 Theoretische Grundlagen sozialräumlicher Demokratieförderung -- 1.5.1 Demokratie in Gefahr -- 1.5.2 Die Rolle der Zivilgesellschaft für eine lebendige demokratische Kultur -- 1.5.3 Zivilgesellschaft als gelebter Verfassungsschutz - demokratietheoretische Perspektiven für gelingende Gemeinwesenarbeit -- 2 Verortung sozialprofessioneller Demokratiearbeit im Sozialraum -- 2.1 Die Sozialraumtheorie bei Pierre Bourdieu -- 2.1.1 Kapitalformen -- 2.1.2 Der Sozialraum als Schichtungsmodell soziokultureller Milieus -- 2.1.3 Habitus -- 2.2 Die System-Lebenswelt-Differenzierung bei Habermas -- 2.3 Sozialraumtheorie der Chicago School.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (302 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9783847416838
    Series Statement: Soziale Arbeit und Menschenrechte Ser. v.4
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    DDC: 370
    Language: German
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    Political Leadership Between Democracy and Authoritarianism : Comparative and Historical Perspectives (2022)
    Leverkusen-Opladen : Verlag Barbara Budrich
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    Keywords: Political leadership ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: Frontmatter -- Cover -- Jerzy J. Wiatr: Political Leadership Between Democracy and Authoritarianism. Comparative and Historical Perspectives -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The essence of leadership -- 1. Philosophy of history: determinism versus activism -- 2. Leader's personality: a psychological interpretation -- 3. Ethics of leadership -- Chapter Two: A typology of political leadership -- 1. Max Weber's pure types of legitimate rule -- 2. Controversies over the charismatic leadership -- Chapter Three: Democracy and political leadership -- 1. Leaders and citizens in democracy -- 2. Presidential leadership -- 3. Leadership in parliamentary systems -- 4. Democratic leadership and party systems -- 5. Conservatives, reformers, and nation-builders -- Chapter Four: Autocratic leaders in modern times -- 1. A typology of non-democratic regimes -- 2. The men on horseback -- 3. Totalitarian and authoritarian party leaders -- Chapter Five: Political leadership in the transition to democracy -- 1. Alternative explanations of transition -- 2. Modes of extrication from non-democratic regimes -- 3. Different outcomes: democracies or renewed authoritarianism -- 4. Democratic consolidation: the importance of leadership -- 5. Dilemmas of transformative leadership -- Chapter Six: New authoritarianism and political leadership -- 1. Nationalist populism in the 21st century -- a) Russia -- b) Belarus -- c) Turkey -- d) Hungary -- e) Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia -- f) Poland -- 2. New and old authoritarianism: similaritiesand differences -- 3. New authoritarianism and the post-communist heritage -- 4. Political leadership in new authoritarianism -- Conclusions -- Backmatter -- References -- Keywords -- About the author -- Back cover.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (206 pages)
    ISBN: 9783847417996
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6854283
    URL: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9783847425380.pdf
    DDC: 303.34
    Language: English
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    Cultivating Teacher Resilience : International Approaches, Applications and Impact (2020)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part IFoundations -- 1 Cultivating Teacher Resilience: Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Section 1: Foundations -- 1.3 Section 2: Implementation and Applications -- 1.4 Section 3: Future Directions -- 1.5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 2 Understanding and Examining Teacher Resilience from Multiple Perspectives -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Person-Focused Perspectives -- 2.3 Process-Focused Perspectives -- 2.4 Context-Focused Perspectives -- 2.5 System-Focused Perspectives -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 A BRiTE Journey: 2013-2019 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Preparing Resilient Pre-service Teachers for the Classroom -- 3.3 The BRiTE Project: 2013-2016 -- 3.3.1 Building the BRiTE Framework -- 3.3.2 Designing the Online Learning Experience -- 3.4 Module Evaluation -- 3.5 Module Implementation: Options for Teacher Educators -- 3.6 Website Usage 2015-2020 -- 3.7 Staying BRiTE: 2016-2018 -- 3.8 A BRiTE Future? -- References -- Part IIImplementation and Applications -- 4 Building Resilience for Early Years Teachers -- 4.1 Quality Early Childhood Education and Care and the Role of the Educator -- 4.2 Fostering Resilience and Growth in the Early Childhood Profession -- 4.3 The Early Years at the University of Wollongong -- 4.4 Contextualising BRiTE to the Early Childhood Educational Context -- 4.4.1 Mapping Against the EYLF -- 4.4.2 Mapping Against the NQS -- 4.4.3 Mapping BRiTE to the Bachelor of Education: The Early Years Degree -- 4.4.4 Embedding BRiTE as a Developmental Progression -- 4.5 Feedback and Findings on Impact of BRiTE -- References -- 5 Thinking Dispositions for Teaching: Enabling and Supporting Resilience in Context -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Enabling and Supporting Resilience in Context: Dispositions and Learning to Teach.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (312 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789811559631
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