“…The contributions have resulted in enhanced activity regarding the prediction of FGM properties and global structural responses, which are of great importance when considering the potential applications of FGM structures. …”

“…The innovative application areas of the book include algorithm development and implementation, accuracy assessment, scaling issues (local–regional–global biomass mapping), and the integration of microwaves (i.e. …”

“…'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. …”

“…Indeed, reliance on these four crops may also mean we are one global plant disease outbreak away from major famine. …”

“…The research for this book was made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Terence McNamee is Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars, based in South Africa. …”

“…It discusses the meaning, importance and the legacy of Klein’s ideas today and in the future, within an international, global context. Presenting extended versions of the talks at the Thematic Afternoon at ICME-13, the book shows that many of Klein’s ideas can be reinterpreted in the context of the current situation, and offers tips and advice for dealing with current problems in teacher education and teaching mathematics in secondary schools. …”

“…Mora McLean is Co-Adjutant in the Office of the Chancellor and Office of Globally Engaged Experiential Learning at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA…”

“…‘More cosmopolitan, more lively, more global’ is how the China Daily summed up the year 2016 in China. …”

“…This Open Access book, building on research initiated by scholars from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development (CHGD) and ICOMOS Netherlands, presents multidisciplinary research that connects water to heritage. …”

“…This prompted members of the Global Intensive Care working group of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU, Bangkok, Thailand) - among which the Editors – to develop with an international group of experts a comprehensive set of recommendations for the management of sepsis in resource-limited settings. …”

“…As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South. This richly illustrated study offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city's physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighbourhoods and the social identities being forged within them. …”

“…The book discusses whether global economic, political or social processes have restricted the ability of advanced capitalist countries to control migration. …”

“…The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends in the distribution of formal schooling in national populations. …”

“…Intensified relations between communities in different parts of the world have only highlighted the need for understanding and managing phenomena on a variety of geographic scales. From global warming to credit crunch, and from epidemics to terrorism, causes and solutions are sought on local, regional, national as well as inter-continental levels. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chemistry and Chemical Education as a Bridge to Peace -- “Jeopardy” in the Inorganic Classroom - Teaching Descriptive Chemistry Using a Television Game Show Format -- Teaching Thermodynamic Relations Using a Story and Two-Dimensional Cartesian Coordinate System -- Heralding Calamity of Global Warming and Chemistry Role Through a Chorus -- Using the Arts and Computer Animation to Make Chemistry Accessible to All in the Twenty-First Century -- Chemical Potential from the Beginning -- The Chemistry of Carbenes and Their Metal Complexes: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment -- SATL, Learning Theory, and the Physiology of Learning -- A Rubric to Guide Curriculum Development of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Focus on Inquiry -- Investigating the Effectiveness of Computer Simulations in the Teaching of “Atomic Structure and Bonding” -- Networked Learning for an Online Coastal Zone Management Module -- Moodle in Teacher Training -- SIA@SFU (Science in Action at Simon Fraser University) -- Context and Chemistry Going Dutch? …”

“…This book examines teaching and learning in Chinese societies and advances understanding of ‘the Chinese learner’ in changing global contexts. Given the burgeoning research in this area, pedagogical shifts from knowledge transmission to knowledge construction to knowledge creation, wide-ranging social, economic and technological advances, and changes in educational policy, Revisiting the Chinese Learner is a timely endeavor. …”

“…One key measure of a country’s status in the world is the literacy of its people; at the same time, global migration has led to increased interest in bilingualism and foreign language learning as topics of research. …”

“…Long before the advent of the global economy, foreign goods were transported, traded, and exchanged through myriad means, over short and long distances. …”

“…Its empirical scope, stretching from Western Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa, is deliberately wide to stress the global character of the sanitation challenge that we all face. …”

“…This book provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the print news media’s struggle for survival. …”