“…Renewable energies are becoming a must to counteract the consequences of the global warming. …”

“…Global energy context has become more and more complex in the last decades; the raising prices of fuels together with economic crisis, new international environmental and energy policies that are forcing companies. …”

“…Since these assumptions influence history teaching, it is necessary for teachers to reconsider their epistemological concepts and approaches while training to become a history teacher. The present study analyses the effects of teacher training on Swiss-German prospective history teachers’ epistemological beliefs, as well as on their assumptions about learning and teaching by applying quantitative methods of survey analysis. …”

“…This volume brings together a number of case studies that explore how some knowledge in cultural contact zones becomes transient, evanescent, and ephemeral. The essays examine various aspects of cultural, especially colonial, epistemic exchanges, placing special emphasis on the fate of those knowledges that are not easily appropriated by or translated from one cultural sphere into another and thus remain at the margins of cross-cultural exchanges. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Qualitative longitudinal research in family sociology / Laura Bernardi -- 8. Families from a network perspective / Gil Viry and Andreas Herz -- Part IV. …”

“…he Augustinian Monastery of Neustift, founded in 1142, houses 92 medieval manuscripts in its collection today; these have now become accessible through the work of an interdisciplinary team of experts, in accordance with the guidelines of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. …”

“…By combining it with other data, we are moving closer to becoming a transparent citizen. In the context of these challenges, the freedom of the individual is at stake. …”

“…Ageing populations and rising skill demands have heightened expectations that higher education systems will widen their offer of continuing education and training (CET) for adults aiming to renew or augment their skills at an advanced level. CET is becoming increasingly important for maintaining a highly skilled workforce also in Germany, and particularly in the state of Brandenburg. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Working out what you want to achieve from your presentation -- Phase 2: Design: Write your presentation -- 3. …”

“…The scientific community is increasingly being called upon to provide evidence and advice to government policy-makers across a range of issues, from short-term public health emergencies through to longer-term challenges, such as population ageing or climate change. …”

“…"Online platforms support so many of our daily activities that we have become dependent on them in our personal and professional lives. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Roside -- -State-owned enterprises and their domestic financial base: two keys to financing our low-carbon future by P. Benoit -- From deregulation to decarbonisation of the electricity sector by M. …”

“…Efforts to enhance adaptation actions and increase resilience are thus expected to play a key role in the post-2020 climate agreement to be agreed at COP21 in December 2015. This paper explores how the 2015 agreement can help to foster enhanced policies and co-ordinate planning for greater resilience and adaptation capabilities at the national level. …”

“…Parents, students, the public and those who run education systems need to know whether children are acquiring the necessary skills and knowledge to become tomorrow's citizens and to continue learning throughout life. …”

“…Provisions for ambition and dynamism are included in the procedures framing NDMCs, namely common, regular communications and the requirement that NDMCs become more ambitious over time. Several multilateral processes are also proposed, which might influence the ambition of NDMCs in terms of their content and implementation. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Context for labour migration in Sweden -- Migration to Sweden -- The evolution of Swedish labour migration policy -- Bedömning och rekommendationer -- -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Assessment and Recommendations -- Evaluating the new Swedish labour migration policy -- Drawing lessons from Sweden's labour migration policy -- Abbreviations -- Characteristics of labour market tests in different countries -- Application forms for Swedish work permits and offers of employment -- STATIV database -- Shortage occupation list for in-country changes in Sweden (1 April 2011) -- Supplementary tables on occupations in Sweden -- Impact of the Swedish policy reform…”

“…Bioenergy, including biofuels, could become a substantial tool for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, locally and globally, possibly providing a large fraction of global primary energy supply by 2020. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acronyms and abbreviations -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- The growing human and financial cost of dementia -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- Towards a cure for dementia -- The role of big data in driving global co-operation and innovation in dementia research -- Improving the lives of people living with dementia…”

“…Given the growing participation of emerging economies in this sector, further involvement of emerging economies in these arrangements is likely to become more important to facilitate trade and globalisation of R&D…”

“…This responsiveness appears to have become stronger after the floating of the real in 1999. …”