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Character, responsibility, and well-being: influences on mental health and co…
Character can be defined as self-aware knowledge that helps the individual to set goals, values and ethical principles (Cloninger, 2004). This meta-cognitive dimension of human personality involves ‘Theory of Mind’, and is positively related to measures of well-being, mental health, and constructive behavior patterns. Research from at least three different fields, cultural (Shweder, Much, M…
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- 9782889198221
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- 138 p.; 22 cm.
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- 155.2 ARC c
Disrupting finance : finTech and strategy in the 21st century
This open access Pivot demonstrates how a variety of technologies act as innovation catalysts within the banking and financial services sector. Traditional banks and financial services are under increasing competition from global IT companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and PayPal whilst facing pressure from investors to reduce costs, increase agility and improve customer retention. Technolog…
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- 9783030023300
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- xxv, 175p. : ill.
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- 332.10285 DIS d
Data-driven policy impact evaluation : how access to microdata is transformin…
In the light of better and more detailed administrative databases, this open access book provides statistical tools for evaluating the effects of public policies advocated by governments and public institutions. Experts from academia, national statistics offices and various research centers present modern econometric methods for an efficient data-driven policy evaluation and monitoring, assess …
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- 9783319784618
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- xii, 346p. : ill.
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- 320.6 DAT d
Worlds in miniature : contemplating miniaturisation in global material culture
Miniaturisation is the creation of small objects that resemble larger ones, usually, but not always, for purposes different to those of the larger original object. Worlds in Miniature brings together researchers working across various regions, time periods and disciplines to explore the subject of miniaturisation as a material culture technique. It offers original contribution to the field of m…
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- 9781787356481
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- 206 p.
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- 306.46 DAV w
Good research practice in non-clinical pharmacology and biomedicine
This open access book, published under a CC BY 4.0 license in the Pubmed indexed book series Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, provides up-to-date information on best practice to improve experimental design and quality of research in non-clinical pharmacology and biomedicine.
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- 9783030336561
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- x, 423p. : ill.
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- 614.35 GOO g
Materiality of writing in early Mesopotamia
This volume presents recent research on the relationship between the material format of text-bearing artefacts, the texts they carry, and their genre. The essays cover a vast period, from the counting stones of the late 4th millennium BCE to the time of the Great Hittite Kingdom in the 2nd millennium BCE. The breadth of substantive focus allows new insights of relevance to scholars in both Anci…
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- 9783110459630
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- VI, 301 p.
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- Materiale Textkulturen
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- 411.7 BAL m
Introduction to a Future Way of Thought on Marx and Heidegger
"Technologists only change the world in various ways in generalized indifference; the point is to think the world and interpret the changes in its unfathomability, to perceive and experience the difference binding being to the nothing." Anticipating the age of planetary technology Kostas Axelos, a Greek-French philosopher, approaches the technological question in this book, first published in 1…
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- 9783957960054
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- 183p.
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- 193 INT i
The social metabolism of Spanish agriculture, 1900–2008 : the mediterranean…
This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social Metabolism, combining Social Metabolis…
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- 9783030209001
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- xix, 281p. : ill.
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- 630.946 SOC s
International cooperation for enhancing nuclear safety, security, safeguards …
This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and nonproliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. Current challenges are discussed and attempts made to identify possible solutions and future improvements, considering …
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- 9783030429133
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- xxxviii, 222p. : ill.
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- 621.4835 INT i
Ethnicity as a political resource
How is ethnicity viewed by scholars of different academic disciplines? Can its emergences be compared in various regions of the world? How can it be conceptualized with specific reference to distinct historical periods? This book shows in a uniquely and innovative way the broad range of approaches to the political uses of ethnicity, both in contemporary settings and from a historical perspectiv…
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- 9783839430132
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- 260 p.; 22 cm.
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- 306 ETH e
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