Search Results - "globalization"

Academic Flying and the Means of Communication

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 7: Exceptionalism and evasion: how scholars reason about air travel -- Chapter 8: Academic aeromobility in the global periphery -- Chapter 9: The virus and the elephant in the room: knowledge, emotions and a pandemic - drivers to reducing flying in academia -- Chapter 10: Decarbonising academia's flyout culture -- Chapter 11: Aeromobilities and academic work -- Chapter 12: Means and meanings of research collaboration in the face of a suffering earth: a landscape of questions -- Chapter 13: Academic air travel cultures: a framework for reducing academic flying. .…”
Link to Metadata

The Educational Turn Rethinking the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education /

Table of Contents: “…Neo-liberalism: higher education policy shifts and post digital responses -- 10. Global mobility: possibilities, opportunities and challenges in a Covid-19 world -- 11. …”
Link to Metadata

The Fundamentals of Healthcare Administration Navigating Challenges and Coordinating Care by Hamilton, Whitney N., Howell, Dorothy J., Jordan, Melissa

Table of Contents: “…Overview of Healthcare Organizations -- Chapter 1: Healthcare Organizations -- Chapter 2: Overview of Healthcare Management -- Chapter 3: Healthcare Technology and Information Strategies -- Chapter 4: Emerging Trends in Healthcare Organizations and Their Managerial Implications -- Part II: Leadership -- Chapter 5: The Convergence of Leaders and Managers -- Chapter 6: Building a Foundation in Leadership and Management Theory -- Chapter 7: The Role of Leaders and Managers in Establishing Organizational Ethics -- Chapter 8: Core Leadership and Managerial Processes -- Part III: Organizational Behavior and Models -- Chapter 9: Organizational Theory and Behavior Practices in Healthcare: Examining the Three Lenses of the Healthcare Industry -- Chapter 10: Analysis of Organizational Models -- Part IV: Organizational Culture Performance and Change -- Chapter 11: Eliminating Health Disparities in Healthcare Organizations through Cultural Proficiency -- Chapter 12: Organizational Culture in Healthcare -- Chapter 13: Organizational Performance -- Chapter 14: Managing Organizational Change -- Chapter 15: Organizational Challenges from a Global Perspective…”
Access online version

Ray Tracing Gems High-Quality and Real-Time Rendering with DXR and Other APIs /

Table of Contents: “…Interactive Light Map and Irradiance Volume Preview in Frostbite -- Chapter 24. Real-Time Global Illumination with Photon Mapping -- Chapter 25. …”
Link to Metadata

Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk

Table of Contents: “…Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Human milk surveys on persistent organic pollutants from a historical perspective -- Chapter 2 Overview of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies and their link to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants -- Chapter 3 The Stockholm Convention, Global Monitoring Plan and its implementation in regional and global monitoring reports -- Part II Analytical methods and quality control -- Chapter 4 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans -- Chapter 5 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals -- Chapter 6 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: polybrominated diphenylethers, hexabromocyclododecanes, chlorinated paraffins and polychlorinated naphthalenes -- Part III WHO/UNEP-coordinated exposure studies 2000-2019: results of chlorinated and brominated POPs and discussion -- Chapter 7 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans -- Chapter 8 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals -- Chapter 9 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polybrominated substances (PBDE, HBCDD, PBB 153, PBDD/PBDF) -- Chapter 10 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of chlorinated paraffins -- Chapter 11 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polychlorinated naphthalenes -- Part IV Assessments -- Chapter 12 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 1: polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans -- Chapter 13 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 2: DDT, beta-HCH and HCB -- Chapter 14 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 3: perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- Chapter 15 Risk-benefit analysis for the breastfed infant based on the WHO- and UNEP human milk surveys for dioxin-like compounds -- Part V Summary, conclusions and outlook -- Chapter 16 Overall conclusions and key messages of the WHO/UNEP-coordinated human milk studies on persistent organic pollutants -- Chapter 17 Outlook (towards future studies on human milk).…”
Link to Metadata

Digital Entrepreneurship Impact on Business and Society /

Table of Contents: “…PART 1: Characteristics of Digital Entrepreneurs -- Developing a digital entrepreneurial mindset for data-driven, cloud-enabled, platform-centric business activities: Practical implications and the impact on society -- Unleashing the creativity of entrepreneurs with digital technologies -- Digital entrepreneurship and agile methods in a hackathon case study -- PART 2: Perspectives on Digital Business Models -- Business model development and validation in digital entrepreneurship -- Development and validation of platform businesses in digital entrepreneurship -- Blockchain as an approach for secure data storage on digital consulting platforms -- Artificial intelligence-enhanced business models for digital entrepreneurs -- PART 3: Settings/Contexts of Mobilising Digital Entrepreneurship -- The role of an entrepreneurial mindset in digital transformation: A case study of the Estonian Business School -- Digitalcreativity: Upgrading creativity in digital business -- Corporate digital entrepreneurship: Leveraging the industrial Internet of things and emerging technologies -- New sources of entrepreneurial finance -- Digital intrapreneurship: The corporate solution to a rapid digitalisation -- PART 4: Global Environments and Digital Entrepreneurship -- Pursuing international opportunities in a digitally-enabled world -- Challenges and opportunities for digital entrepreneurship in developing countries -- Digital entrepreneurship for the 'decade of action'.…”
Link to Metadata

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1 A brief history of marine litter research -- Part 2 Abiotic aspects of marine litter pollution -- Global distribution, composition and abundance of marine litter -- Persistence of plastic litter in the oceans -- Part 3 Biological implications of marine litter -- Deleterious effects of litter on marine life -- The complex mixture, fate and toxicity of chemicals associated with plastic debris in the marine environment -- Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector -- Part 4 Micro plastics -- Micro plastics in the marine environment: sources, consequences and solutions -- Methodology used for the detection and identification of micro plastics - a critical appraisal -- Sources and pathways of micro plastics to habitats -- Micro plastics in the marine environment: distribution, interactions and effects -- Modeling the role of micro plastics in bioaccumulation of organic chemicals to marine aquatic organisms. …”
Link to Metadata

Enabling Asia to Stabilise the Climate

Table of Contents: “…Transition to a low carbon future in China towards 2°C Global target -- 3. India's GHG Emission Reduction and Sustainable Development -- 4. 80% reduction scenario in Japan -- 5. …”
Link to Metadata

Principles of Marketing by Gomez Albrecht, Maria, Green, Mark, Hoffman, Linda

Table of Contents: “…Marketing Research and Market Intelligence -- Chapter 7. Marketing in a Global Environment -- Chapter 8. Marketing in a Diverse Marketplace -- Unit 3. …”
Access online version

The Digital Playbook A Practitioner's Guide to Smart, Connected Products and Solutions with AIoT /

Table of Contents: “…Quality Management -- 31. AIoT in a Global, High-volume Manufacturing Network -- 32. Drone-based facade inspection -- 33. …”
Link to Metadata

The Suez Canal: Past Lessons and Future Challenges

Table of Contents: “…W. Dietrich) -- 5. The Global Oil Market and the Status of the Suez Canal (Yossi Mann) -- 6. …”
Link to Metadata

Conservation in Chilean Patagonia Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportunities, and Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia -- Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems -- Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia -- Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management -- Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia -- Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation -- Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management -- Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges -- Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems -- Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests -- Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia -- Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia -- Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia -- A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia -- Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change -- Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia -- Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends -- Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.…”
Link to Metadata

Cultural Heritage in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…An analysis of the changes currently taking place: the digital and the global dimension and local cultures -- Interdisciplinary collaborations in the creation of digital dance and performance: A critical examination -- Sound archives accessibility -- Technology and public access to cultural heritage: the Italian experience on IT for public historical archives -- Intellectual Property Rights and Photography: an Eternal Golden Braid -- Part II: Mediated and unmediated heritage -- A case study of an inclusive museum. …”
Link to Metadata

Happiness is the Wrong Metric A Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism / by Etzioni, Amitai

Table of Contents: “…Moral triage -- Part V: A global dimension -- Chapter 12. Talking with the Muslim world -- Chapter 13. …”
Link to Metadata

University and School Collaborations during a Pandemic Sustaining Educational Opportunity and Reinventing Education /

Table of Contents: “…Higher education responses to the global pandemic of 2020 -- Chapter 2: Fundação Getulio Vargas' Efforts to Improve Basic Education before, during and after the Pandemic -- Chapter 3. …”
Link to Metadata

Good Research Practice in Non-Clinical Pharmacology and Biomedicine

Table of Contents: “…A reckless guide to P-values: Local evidence, global errors -- 14. Electronic Lab Notebooks and Experimental Design Assistants -- 15. …”
Link to Metadata

Migration Research in a Digitized World Using Innovative Technology to Tackle Methodological Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…Assessing Transnational Human Mobility on a Global Scale -- Chapter 10. Google Trends as a Tool for Public Opinion Research: An Illustration of the Perceived Threats of Immigration -- Chapter 11. …”
Link to Metadata

Migration in Southeast Asia IMISCOE Regional Reader /

Table of Contents: “…Labour Migration and Exclusive State amidst the Global Pandemic of COVID-19 -- Chapter 10. Accounting for Children's Agency and Resilience in Independent Child Migration in Southeast Asia -- Part III: Forced Migration in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 11. …”
Link to Metadata

Hybrid Investigative Journalism

Table of Contents: “…Part I -- Chapter 1 Hybrid Investigative Journalism During Times of Crisis, Maria Konow-Lund, Michelle Park and Saba Bebawi -- Part II -- Chapter 2 Making Investigative Journalism in a Hybrid Manner, Maria Konow-Lund and Michelle Park -- Chapter 3 Bristol Cable - A Local Hybrid Organisation, Maria Konow-Lund -- Chapter 4 The Bureau Local - A Hybrid Network for Local Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Michelle Park and Maria Konow-Lund -- Chapter 5 The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism - A Hybrid Nonprofit Funding Model, Michelle Park and Maria Konow-Lund -- Chapter 6 A Hybrid Investigative Ecology, Maria Konow-Lund and Michelle Park -- Part III -- Chapter 7 Global Investigative Collaboration, Maria Konow-Lund and Saba Bebawi -- Chapter 8 How a COVID-19 Live Tracker Led to Innovation in Investigative Journalism, Maria Konow-Lund and Jenny Wiik -- Chapter 9 How COVID-19 Affected the Practice of Investigative Journalism in Norway and China, Maria Konow-Lund, Lin Pan and Eva-Karin Olsson Gardell -- Chapter 10 Toward a Hybrid Future for Investigative Journalism, Maria Konow-Lund, Michelle Park, Saba Bebawi.…”
Link to Metadata

Volcanic Unrest From Science to Society /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 - Overview on volcanic unrest -- Significance of unrest -- Past experiences -- Part 2 - Geophysical and geochemical insights on unrest and precursory activity -- Volcano Seismology: detecting unrest in wiggly lines -- Volcano geodesy and multiparameter investigations -- Volcanic gases and low temperature volcanic fluids -- MONITORING CAPACITY: obvious and hidden problems -- Part 3 - Magma dynamics: Lessons from experiments and models -- Storage and ascent of magma -- Magma rejuvenation: Insights from numerical models -- Crystals, bubbles and melt: critical conduit processes revealed by numerical models -- Interaction between magma and hydrothermal system -- The magma laboratory: Constraining unrest mechanisms -- From unrest to eruption: Conditions for phreatic vs. magmatic activity -- Geochemical and isotopic investigations in the light of unrest -- Magma mixing as a prelude to unrest -- Part 4 - Bridging the gap between science and decision-making -- Legal governance -- A Warner paper incl Cost benefit -- Recognizing and tracking volcanic unrest: a probabilistic approach -- Probabilistic tools for hazard assessment and risk management -- Deterministic vs. probabilistic forecasts -- Perspective on global practices of communication and decision-makers' needs -- Social resilience and compliance during unrest crises -- Outreach and education -- Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises - guidance for future exercises -- Glossary -- INDEX.…”
Link to Metadata