Social and Behavioral Sciences
Regeneration of Abandoned Spaces: A New Design Approach
Sep 2024
Book
Our urban landscapes are filled with "leftovers" - abandoned buildings and unused spaces remnants of industrial decline and societal transformations. Regeneration of Abandoned Spaces: A New Design Approach investigates how design and architecture can revitalize these neglected areas transforming them into dynamic livable environments.This book is organized into three parts each providing a comprehensive framework for addressing this m Read More
Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Common Mental Health Disorders in Pakistan
Sep 2024
Book
Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Common Mental Health Disorders in Pakistan offers a comprehensive overview of practical psychotherapy in a Pakistani cultural context. The authors aim to bridge knowledge gaps for practitioners who may be familiar with conventional methodologies and want to understand the subject from a regional perspective. The content includes seven meticulously written and referenced c Read More
IInd International Conference "Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023"
Apr 2024
Book
Alla Zharinova
Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine is dedicated to contemporary scientific communication and the technological transformations driving open science policy principles. The conference explores the transformative journey of Ukraine's scientific community towards embracing open science principles amidst geopolitical challenges. It focuses on the implementation of the National Plan for Open Science and Ukraine's alignment with European standards Read More
Young Voices Unheard: Children's Views from Scotland and Greece on Education
Sep 2023
Book
Young Voices Unheard: Children's Views from Scotland and Greece on Education is a compelling exploration of the perspectives of five to six-year-old children in Greece and Scotland regarding various aspects of their school experiences and their awareness of children's rights. This enlightening book aims to uncover which rights children prioritize and value most in their educational environment shedding light on critical issues related to their schooling.The book Read More
Digital Economy, Sustainability and International Economic Law
Apr 2023
Book
Lei Zhang,
Xiaowen Tan and
Pinguang Ying
This volume reviews issues that address the interconnection between digital economy sustainability and international economic law. It covers a range of topics including renewables subsidies AI and corporate governance digital currency dispute resolution and new developments in trade law. The selection of chapters intends to illustrate how the digital economic sustainable development goals and arrangements could influence and potentially shape int Read More
A Critical Understanding of Artificial Intelligence: A Phenomenological Foundation
Feb 2023
Book
Artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed as one of the technological advances that will reshape modern societies and their relations. While the design and deployment of systems that continually adapt hold the promise of far-reaching positive change they simultaneously pose significant risks especially to already vulnerable people.This work explores the meaning of AI and the important role of critical understanding and its phenomenological foundation in sh Read More
An Integrated Geophysical and Geotechnical Assessment of Hazards Around the Abu Serga Church
Sep 2021
Book
The Abu Serga Church is one of the oldest known Coptic churches in Egypt with a history of almost 1700 years. This reference work presents a comprehensive geotechnical and geophysical survey of the vicinity of the Abu Serga Church. The book details the information of the survey using classical and modern methods of geotechnical engineering while keeping contemporary issues faced by site investigators in view. Chapters provide the dat Read More
Older Women: Current and Future Challenges of Professionals with an Aging Population
Oct 2016
Book
Teresa Kilbane and
Marcia Spira
Older Women: Current and Future Challenges of Professionals With An Aging Population is about older women and the unique challenges they face now and in coming decades. Elderly women face problems that require response from multiple service providers in the social welfare health care and legal sectors. Due to the complexity of the various issues and the multi-systemic responses required to address these problems among diverse groups an interdi Read More
Xenotropism and the Awakening of Literary Expatriatism through Writing Memoirs
Aug 2016
Book
Although there have been many discussions about challenges faced by individuals going through East to West migrations there are few literary accounts about those moving from the West to the East. Yet these migrations are becoming more frequent now due to advances in technology and the fact that a writer’s work can now involve an increasingly global audience. One way of expressing these challenges is through writing memoirs.Xenotropism a Read More
The Psychology of Cinematic Popular Culture and Educators' Reflective Practices
Dec 2013
Book
This e-book presents a crucial work in the systematic study of educators' cinematic reflections and to what extent could these be interpreted in terms of the theoretical framework of Habermas's domains of reflection and discursive acts. The chapters in this volume altogether describe important theoretical developments data analysis and significant findings about the importance of popular film in pedagogy. The topics in this book present an explorato Read More
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