Social Exclusion in Later Life Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The intersection of ageing and social exclusion. Part I: Economic Exclusion -- Chapter 2. …”
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The Heterogeneity of Cancer Metabolism

Table of Contents: “…The metabolic interplay between cancer and other diseases -- Diabetes and Cancer: the Epidemiological and Metabolic Associations -- Bridging the Metabolic Parallels between Neurological Diseases and Cancer -- Metabolic Intersection of Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases: Opportunities for Cancer Therapy -- Index.…”
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Higher Education in Romania: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities

Table of Contents: “…-- Measuring Students' Perception of COVID-19 Impact on Higher Education Through the National Student Survey in Romania -- Romanian Universities: The Use of Educational Marketing to Strengthen Internationalization of Higher Education -- How to Cope With GDPR for Graduate Tracking: A Discussion at the Intersection of Law and Policy and Two Solutions -- Losing Ground: Romanian Higher Education Since 2006 in Comparative Perspective -- Performance-Based Funding - The Romanian Experience of the Last Five Years (2016-2020) -- Competitive Funding for Institutional Development. …”
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Case Studies in Community Psychology Practice A Global Lens by Palmer, Geraldine L., Rogers, Todd L., Viola, Judah, Engel, Maronica

Table of Contents: “…Showing up and Standing with: An Intersectional Approach to a Participatory Evaluation of a Housing First Program -- IV. …”
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Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control /

Table of Contents: “…Christoph Scheiner's The Eye, that is, The Foundation of Optics (1619): The Role of Contrived Experience at the Intersection of Psychology and Mathematics (Tawrin Baker) -- Chapter 3. …”
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Algorithms and Data Structures With Applications to Graphics and Geometry by Nievergelt, Jurg, Hinrichs, Klaus

Table of Contents: “…Plane-sweep: a general-purpose algorithm for two-dimensional problems illustrated using line segment intersection -- 26. The closest pair…”
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Horizons of Phenomenology Essays on the State of the Field and Its Applications /

Table of Contents: “…Phenomenology at the Intersection of Gender and Race -- Chapter 11.The Phenomenology of Zozobra: Mexican and Latinx Philosophers on (Not) Being at Home in the World -- Chapter 12. …”
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Migration and Pandemics Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception /

Table of Contents: “…Pandemic Shock Absorbers: Domestic Workers' Activism at the Intersection of Immigrants' and Workers' Rights (Anna Rosińska and Elizabeth Pellerito) -- 8. …”
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Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River

Table of Contents: “…We Need One Natural River for the Next Genera-tion": Intersectional Feminism and the Nujiang Dams Campaign in China -- 9.Local Context, National Law: The Rights of Karen People on the Salween River in Thailand -- 10.An Ethnobotanical Survey in Shan State, Myanmar: Where Thanlwin Biodiversity, Health, and Deforestation Meet -- 11.Not Only Anti-dam: Simplistic Rendering of Complex Salween Communities in their Negotiation for Development in Thailand -- 12.Powers of Access: Impacts on Resource Users and Researchers in Myanmar's Shan State -- 13.Fisheries and Socio-economic Change in the Thanlwin River Estuary in Mon and Kayin State, Myanmar -- 14.The Impact of Land cover changes on socio-economic conditions in Bawlakhe District, Kayah State -- 15.Local Knowledge and Rangeland Protection on the Tibetan Plateau: Lessons for Conservation and Co-management of the Upper Nu-Salween and Yellow River Watersheds -- 16.Future Trajectories: Five Short Concluding Reflections.…”
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Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- II Theories and Foundations: Ethics, Urban agriculture, and Planning -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 3 The Food System: A Stranger to the Planning Field -- Chapter 4 From Theory to Practice: Reflections from planning practice -- Chapter 5 Urban agriculture: linking ethics and food -- Chapter 6 The Intersection of Planning, Urban Agriculture, and Food Justice -- Chapter 7 Systems thinking -- III Practical Ethics: Urban Agriculture in US Cities -- Chapter 8 Urban agriculture practice (National/Big Picture) -- Chapter 9 Experience from Detroit and Cleveland -- Chapter 10 Experience from Buffalo (North east) -- Chapter 11 Urban Agriculture as Public Good: Experience from Philly and Chicago -- Chapter 12 Experience from West (Las Cruces -- Chapter 13 Experience from South (Albany, GA) -- Chapter 14 NYC -- Chapter 15 Experience from Michigan county -- IV Public Policy Responses to Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 16 Public PolicyResponse (National/Big Picture) -- Chapter 17 Baltimore -- Chapter 18 Denver -- Chapter 19 Austin -- Chapter 20 Minneapolis -- Chapter 21 Seattle -- Chapter 22 Madison -- Chapter 23 The Relational Infrastructure of Food Systems Planning and Policy Development -- V Pedagogy of Capacity-Building through Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 24 UA as a Locus for Pedagogy -- Chapter 25 Studio-based education -- Chapter 26 Distance-based education -- Chapter 27 Community-university partnerships -- Chapter 28 Pedagogy of Urban Agriculture -- V Directions for the Future -- Chapter 29 From the outside in: European perspectives -- Chapter 30 Comparison of US-Global South -- Chapter 31 Conclusion: Ideas for the Future -- Bibliography.…”
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Managing Protected Areas People and Places /

Table of Contents: “…The Virtual Wild: Exploring the Intersection of Virtual Reality and Natural Environments.…”
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OER A Field Guide for Academic Librarians by Wesolek, Andrew, Lashley, Jonathan, Langley, Anne

Table of Contents: “…-- Section 2: The Pedagogical Implications of OER -- From Textbook Affordability to Transformative Pedagogy: Growing an OER Community -- Creating Opportunities in Open Education: An Exploration of the Intersections of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication -- Experiential Learning and Open Education: Partnering with Students to Evaluate OER Accessibility -- Course Material Decisions and Factors: Unpacking the Opaque Box -- An Open Athenaeum: Creating an Institutional Home for Open Pedagogy -- Section 3: OER Advocacy, Partnerships, Sustainability, and Student Engagement -- Open Partnerships: Identifying and Recruiting Allies for Open Educational Resources Initiatives -- Getting to Know You: How We Turned Community Knowledge into Open Advocacy -- Advancing Access for First-Generation College Students: OER Advocacy at UT San Antonio -- Student-Driven OER: Championing the Student Voice in Campus-Wide Efforts -- From Conversation to Cultural Change: Strategies for Connecting with Students and Faculty to Promote OER Adoption -- Making the Connections: The Role of Professional Development in Advocating for OER -- Advocacy in OER: A Statewide Strategy for Building a Sustainable Library Effort -- Interinstitutional Collaborations to Forge Intracampus Connections: A Case Study from the Duke Endowment Libraries -- Section 4: Library-Supported Adoption and Creation Programs -- Seeking Alternatives to High-Cost Textbooks: Six Years of The Open Education Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst -- From Start-Up to Adolescence: University of Oklahoma's OER Efforts -- A Grassroots Approach to OER Adoption: The University of Saskatchewan Experience -- Bringing OER to the Liberal Arts: An Innovative Grant Program -- Transforming Publishing with a Little Help From Our Friends: Supporting an Open Textbook Pilot Project with Friends of the Libraries Grant Funding -- Closing Reflections…”
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Introduction to Digital Humanism A Textbook /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Background -- Humanism and Enlightenment -- Philosophical Foundations of Digital Humanism -- Evolution of Computing -- The Digital Revolution in a Historical Perspective -- The Social Responsibilities of Scientists and Technologists in the Digital Age -- "Digital transformation through the lens of intersectional gender research Challenges and needs for action -- No Digital Citizens Without Digital Humanisms -- Digital Transformation, Digital Humanism - What Needs to Be Done -- Part 2: Digital Humanism- a System's View -- A Short Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Methods, Success Stories, and Current Limitations -- Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: Comprehensible, Transparent, Correctable -- ARE WE IN CONTROL? …”
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Teacher Education in the Nordic Region Challenges and Opportunities /

Table of Contents: “…; Baldur Sigurðsson, Amalía Björnsdóttir & Thurídur Jóna Jóhannsdóttir -- Chapter 8 Teacher education in the Faroe Islands; Hans Harryson -- Chapter 9 Teacher education in Greenland; Lars Demant-Poort & Eyvind Elstad -- Chapter 10 The long road to Sámi teacher education; Eyvind Elstad -- Part III: Crossnational and comparative studies of teacher education -- Chapter 11 Nordic student teachers' evaluation of educational theory, subject didactics, practice training, time-on-task and turnover intentions; Eyvind Elstad, Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen & Are Turmo -- Chapter 12 Bringing a global teacher education model to Scandinavia: Examining Teach First in Norway; Katrine Nesje -- Chapter 13 Teacher education: How transnational and national policymaking intersects and remakes Nordic collaboration; John Benedicto Krejsler -- Chapter 14 Teacher education of the future: Trends and possible scenarios in the Nordic context; Eyvind Elstad.…”
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Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Historical and Theoretical Considerations -- Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Transcending Coexistence to Potentiate Coevolution -- Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality in Historical Perspective -- On the Integration of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Logical, Normative, and Methodological Questions -- Virtues in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Theories of Health and Well-Being Germane to a Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Meaning as a Framework for Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religiousness and Spirituality -- Part II: Methodological Considerations -- Measurement at the Intersection of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Methodological Diversity in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Part III: Cultural Considerations -- Cultural Considerations in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Positive Psychology and Christianity -- Positive Psychology and Judaism -- Living the Good Life: An Islamic Perspective on Positive Psychology -- Positive Psychology and Hinduism -- Positive Psychology and Buddhism -- "Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Europe, Non-U.S. …”
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To Be a Minority Teacher in a Foreign Culture Empirical Evidence from an International Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…A critical auto-ethnography of a Latina teacher in USA: Ethnic, cultural and academic teacher identity negotiations and the intersections between them. .…”
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The Future of Consumption How Technology, Sustainability and Wellbeing will Transform Retail and Customer Experience /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Future of Consumption, Kristina Bäckström, Carys Egan-Wyer & Emma Samsioe -- Part 1 - Technology -- The Intersection of Sustainability and Technology in the Context of the Digital Marketplace, Hela Hassen & Precious Akponah -- Smart Signage: Toward a Transformative Model that Effectively Generates Consumer-Product Relationships, Franklin Velasco & Hanna Marriott -- Into the Metaverse: Technological Advances Shaping the Future of Consumer and Retail Marketing, Hossain Shahriar -- Consumer Trust and Platformised Retail Personalisation, Stefan Larsson & Kashyap Haresamudram -- Friend or foe? …”
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A First Course in Linear Algebra by Kuttler, Ken

Table of Contents: “…1 Systems of Equations -- 1.1 Systems of Equations, Geometry -- 1.2 Systems Of Equations, Algebraic Procedures -- 2 Matrices -- 2.1 Matrix Arithmetic -- 2.2 LU Factorization -- 3 Determinants -- 3.1 Basic Techniques and Properties -- 3.2 Applications of the Determinant -- 4 R^n -- 4.1 Vectors in R^n -- 4.2 Algebra in R^n -- 4.3 Geometric Meaning of Vector Addition -- 4.4 Length of a Vector -- 4.5 Geometric Meaning of Scalar Multiplication -- 4.6 Parametric Lines -- 4.7 The Dot Product -- 4.8 Planes in R^n -- 4.9 The Cross Product -- 4.10 Spanning, Linear Independence and Basis in R^n -- 4.11 Orthogonality and the Gram Schmidt Process -- 4.12 Applications -- 5 Linear Transformations -- 5.1 Linear Transformations -- 5.2 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation I -- 5.3 Properties of Linear Transformations -- 5.4 Special Linear Transformations in R^2 -- 5.5 One to One and Onto Transformations -- 5.6 Isomorphisms -- 5.7 The Kernel And Image Of A Linear Map -- 5.8 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation II -- 5.9 The General Solution of a Linear System -- 6 Complex Numbers -- 6.1 Complex Numbers -- 6.2 Polar Form -- 6.3 Roots of Complex Numbers -- 6.4 The Quadratic Formula -- 7 Spectral Theory -- 7.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a Matrix -- 7.2 Diagonalization -- 7.3 Applications of Spectral Theory -- 7.4 Orthogonality -- 8 Some Curvilinear Coordinate Systems -- 8.1 Polar Coordinates and Polar Graphs -- 8.2 Spherical and Cylindrical Coordinates -- 9 Vector Spaces -- 9.1 Algebraic Considerations -- 9.2 Spanning Sets -- 9.3 Linear Independence -- 9.4 Subspaces and Basis -- 9.5 Sums and Intersections -- 9.6 Linear Transformations -- 9.7 Isomorphisms -- 9.8 The Kernel And Image Of A Linear Map -- 9.9 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation -- A Some Prerequisite Topics -- A.1 Sets and Set Notation -- A.2 Well Ordering and Induction -- B Selected Exercise Answers…”
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The Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality

Table of Contents: “…Gendered Migration in the Global South: An Intersectional Perspective on Inequality -- 19. Haitian Migration and Structural Racism in Brazil -- 20. …”
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Geographies of the University

Table of Contents: “…The Example of Ghana and Cameroon (Julia Boger) -- Part IV: Localization, Globalization and Regional Integration of Universities -- Chapter 13: The University in its Place: Thinking in and Beyond Globalization (Allan Cochrane ) -- Chapter 14: The University Unbound: How Roots and Routes Intersect (Jane Kenway) -- Chapter 15: International Education Hubs (Jane Knight) -- Chapter 16: The Nonmetropolitan University's Regional Engagement in the African Context: TheCase of Cameroon (Eike W. …”
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