“…However, they are usually reduced to the role of informants and not actively taking part as co-partners. For the first time, this anthology gives an overview of courses in which service users and students share their experiences and work together on the same level using gapmending methods. …”

“…In addition, he was actively involved in the founding of Hamburg University, which is why he was also a member of the first board of trustees of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation. …”

“…This book, consisting of 15 chapters gathered in 3 sections, written by authors actively involved in the area of spin label/probe technique. …”

“…The book presents case studies focused on new design for special parts using the principles of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), strategies that minimize the defects in design and manufacturing applications, special devices produced to replace human activity, multiple criteria analysis to evaluate engineering solutions, and the advantages of using the additive manufacturing technology to design the next generation of complex parts, in different engineering fields…”

“…Biosorption of nutrients and pollutants has been used in sewage treatment since the discovery of the activated sludge process. It is a passive uptake process by which pollutants are adsorbed on the surface of cell walls and/or dissolved in structures of microorganism cells that are present in sludge. …”

“…River catchments and reservoirs play a central role in water security, food supply, flood risk management, hydropower generation, and ecosystem services; however, they are now under increasing pressure from population growth, economic activities, and changing climate means and extremes in many parts of the world. …”

“…The six chapters of the book cover a wide range of interesting issues related to modeling, vibration control, parameter identification, active vehicle suspensions, tuned vibration absorbers, electronically controlled wind energy conversion systems, and other relevant case studies…”

“…The main goal of this book is to present the current research activities in the field of nanocrystals and nanostructures covering issues regarding new synthesis methods, self-assembly strategies, characterization techniques, properties, and applications. …”

“…The chapters of the book show physical and chemical properties of radon and radon progeny; concentration, emanation, and transport of radon in ambient environments; detection of radon and radon progeny in different environments; passive and active radon measurement techniques; and calibration of a dosimeter for the detection of radon. …”

“…Motion tracking is observed by a hand-tracking system for surgical training, an approach based on detection of dangerous situation by the prediction of moving objects, an approach based on human motion detection results and preliminary environmental information to build a long-term context model to describe and predict human activities, and a review about multispeaker tracking on different modalities. …”

“…Cities and all the activities carried out in an urban environment significantly influence climate change causes but, at the same time, they are greatly affected by them. …”

“…He also highlighted, in his activities, a strong orientation towards political change and the socio-economic development of a backward periphery…”

“…We invite you to participate in setting an agenda for how we can work together to create an internet that truly puts people first. …”

“…This project is carried out within the research activities of the Centro de Literatura Portuguesa (CLP), of the University of Coimbra. …”

“…It controls the autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrine function, circadian and circannual rhythms, somatic activities, and behavior, and is situated at the borders between the brain and the body and the brain and the soul, meeting points for mind and body. …”

“…A learner-centred curriculum provides space for the learner to be actively involved in knowledge production and learning. …”

“…Soil contamination has severely increased over the last decades, mainly due to petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, pesticides, lead and other heavy metals from industrial wastes and human activities. The critical point regarding contaminated soil monitoring is the intrinsic difficulty in defining fixed monitoring variables and indicators as the establishment of any a priori criterion and threshold for soil quality can be still considered subjective. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Young and Susanne Böse - Successful Leadership in Schools Serving Disadvantaged Communities in Germany and the USA Pierre Tulowitzki, Marcus Pietsch and James Spillane - Leadership for Learning in Germany and the US: Commonalities and Differences Barbara Muslic, Jonathan Supovitz and Harm Kuper - Distributed Leadership in Schools: German and American Perspectives II. …”

“…This book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to the country's history as a petro-state. …”

“…They are specialised in a wide variety of space-time contexts, including regions within Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and periods from antiquity to the 21st century." …”