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Contextualised open educational practices Towards student agency and self-directed learning

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Open educational practices for self-directed learning: An open educational resources fellowship as a case study -- Chapter 2: Multilingual digital education for social justice through localised self-directed open educational practices in South Africa -- Chapter 3: What open educational resources’ incorporation in education might contribute including implications for self-directed learning -- Chapter 4: Multilingual philosophy glossaries: Steps towards socially just pedagogical praxis -- Chapter 5: Designing an open educational resource as part of a technology-enhanced practice environment developing the oral interactional competence of beginner language learners -- Chapter 6: Decolonising the journalism curriculum through co-creating an OER textbook with students -- Chapter 7: Stories students tell about their learning experiences creating open educational resources in a music education module -- Chapter 8: Second-year health students’ perspectives on developing open educational resources -- Chapter 9: An open educational resource as a tool to create awareness around infectious diseases: A focus on the human immunodeficiency virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus -- Chapter 10: How decolonial practices can assist with researching open educational resources and developing open legal pedagogies from a South African perspective -- References -- Index…”
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The European Higher Education Area Between Critical Reflections and Future Policies /

Table of Contents: “…Internationalisation of Higher Education - What Can Research Add to the Policy Debate? [Overview Paper]. …”
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Teaching Mathematics at Secondary Level by Gardiner, Tony

Table of Contents: “…I. Background: Why focus on Key Stage 3 -- II. The general advice in the Key Stage 3 programme of study -- 1. …”
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Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

Table of Contents: “…The Need for Looking Far Back in Time When Predicting Future Mortality Trends: Tommy Bengtsson -- SECTION 2. …”
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Queering Asylum in Europe Legal and Social Experiences of Seeking International Protection on grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity / by Danisi, Carmelo, Dustin, Moira, Ferreira, Nuno, Held, Nina

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Contextualising SOGI asylum research -- Chapter 1. Why sexual orientation and gender identity asylum? …”
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Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis Improving State-of-the-Art Management and Search for Novel Targets /

Table of Contents: “…Diet, Life Style, Smoking -- Blood Pressure Lowering -- Glycemic Control in Diabetes -- LDL-Cholesterol Lowering -- Antithrombotic Therapy (Platelet Inhibition, Anti-coagulation) -- Triglyceride Rich Lipoproteins -- HDL -- Lipoprotein(a) -- Obesity, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Metabolic Syndrome -- Nutraceuticals / Functional Food -- Adipose Tissue (WAT, BAT) -- Microbiota and Cardiometabolic Disease -- SMCs, Matrix -- Immune Modulation -- NETs and Neutrophils -- Genomic Strategies Towards Identification of Novel Therapeutic Targets -- Non Coding RNAs -- Metabolomics, Lipidomics -- Epigenomics.…”
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Vaccines, Medicines and COVID-19 How Can WHO Be Given a Stronger Voice? / by Velásquez, Germán

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: COVID-19 Vaccines: Between Ethics, Health and Economics -- Chapter 2: Medicines and Intellectual Property: 10 Years of the WHO Global Strategy -- Chapter 3: Re-thinking Global and Local Manufacturing of Medical Products After COVID-19 -- Chapter 4: Rethinking R&D for Pharmaceutical Products After the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Shock -- Chapter 5: Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines and Vaccines -- Chapter 6: The World Health Organization Reforms in the Time of COVID-19 -- Epilogue.…”
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Old Ways for New Days Indigenous Survival and Agency in Climate Changed Times / by Nursey-Bray, Melissa, Palmer, Robert, Chischilly, Ann Marie, Rist, Phil, Yin, Lun

Table of Contents: “…Chapter1: Introducing Indigenous peoples and climate change -- Chapter2: Responding to climate change: why does it matter? The Impacts of Climate Change -- Chapter3: Indigenous adaptation - Not passive victims -- Chapter4: Tribal Capacity Building and Adaptation Planning: The United States -- Chapter5: Ethnic Minorities, Traditional Livelihood and Climate Change in China -- Chapter6: Do not forget the dreaming: Communicating climate change and adaptation, insights from Australia -- Chapter7: Old Ways for New Days.…”
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The Vortex and The Jet A Journey into the Beauty and Mystery of Flight / by Decher, Reiner

Table of Contents: “…How and why does a wing generate lift? -- The bound vortex -- Frictionless air cannot provide lift: a paradox -- Drag, a nightmare or a challenge, depending on your point of view -- Pressure: The Bernoulli principle and flow energy conservation -- Pressure, pressure, it's all about pressure! …”
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Comprehensive Musicianship, A Practical Resource by Harlow, Randall, Peyton, Heather, Schwabe, Jonathan Clarke, Swilley, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…About the Contributors -- Introduction -- Why Study Music Theory -- Chapter 1: Basics of Rhythm and Meter -- Chapter 2: Basics of Pitch -- Chapter 3: Scales and Modes -- Chapter 4: Intervals -- Chapter 5: Introduction to Chords -- Chapter 6: Functional Harmony -- Chapter 7: Melody -- Chapter 8: Melodic Form -- Chapter 9: Introduction to Counterpoint -- Chapter 10: Voice Leading in Harmonic Progressions -- Chapter 11: Harmonizing a Melody -- Music Theory Workbook -- Sight Singing and Aural Training Supplement…”
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Acceleration and Cultural Change Dialogues from an Overheated World / by Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, Visentin, Martina

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to overheating approach: an Ariadne's thread for the readers -- First conversation: vulnerabilities and opportunities in a pandemic society -- Second conversation: diversity and globalisation -- Thirds conversation: the new diversities -- Fourth conversation: climate change under overheating lens -- Fifth conversation: days of rage -- Sixth conversation: temporalities regimes in a platform society -- Seventh conversation: fast vs slow academic. Why go on this road? -- Eighth conversation: youth in an overheating world -- Ninth conversation: sociology, anthropology and the world -- Tenth conversation: overheating approach after Covid 19 -- Conclusions. …”
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Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands Between Economy, Public Health, and Ideology / by Willemsen, Marc C.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Dutch tobacco control policy from the 1950s to the present -- Chapter 3 The tempo of Dutch tobacco control policy -- Chapter 4 The national policy environment -- Chapter 5 Making tobacco control policy work: rules of the game -- Chapter 6 The international context: EU and WHO -- Chapter 7 Scientific evidence and policy learning -- Chapter 8 Tobacco industry influence -- Chapter 9 The tobacco control coalition -- Chapter 10 Problem identification and agenda setting -- Chapter 11 Conclusions.…”
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Building with Nature & Beyond Principles for designing nature based engineering solutions by Slinger, Jill H.

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Engineering - Building with Nature -- Chapter 1: Building with Nature: An Issue of Trade-offs -- Chapter 2: Engineering Design Principles -- Chapter 3: Ecological Design Principles -- Chapter 4: Integrated BwN Design -- Chapter 5: Assessing BwN Design -- Part II: Beyond Engineering - Building With Nature -- Chapter 6: Why Beyond Engineering? -- Chapter 7: Stakeholder Analysis & Mapping -- Chapter 8: Cooperative Game Theory -- Chapter 9: Social Design Theory -- Chapter 10: Towards Building Coalition…”
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The Emigrant Communities of Latvia National Identity, Transnational Belonging, and Diaspora Politics /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Rita Kaša and Inta Mieriņa -- Part I Contemporary Latvian Migration: An Integrated Approach to Surveying Emigrants Worldwide: Inta Mieriņa -- Emigration from Latvia: A Brief History and Driving Forces in the 21st Century: Mihails Hazans -- The Complex Identities of Latvians Abroad: What Shapes a Migrant's Sense of Belonging?: Ilze Koroļeva -- Latvian Migrants in Foreign Labour Markets: Job Placement and Discrimination: Aivars Tabuns -- PART II Case Studies on Transnational and National Belonging of Migrants: Latvian Migrants in Great Britain: 'The Great Departure', Transnational Identity and Long Distance Belonging: Mārtiņš Kaprāns -- Growing Up to Belong Transnationally: Parent Perceptions on Identity Formation among Latvian Emigrant Children in England: Daiga Kamerāde and Ieva Skubiņa -- Manoeuvring in between: Mapping out the Transnational Identity of Russian-speaking Latvians in Sweden and Great Britain: Iveta Jurkane-Hobein and Evija Kļave -- Cultural and Media Identity among Latvian Migrants in Germany: Laura Sūna -- Latvian Emigrants in the United States: Different Waves, Different Identities?…”
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Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality

Table of Contents: “…The Poetics of Blank Spaces and Intervals in Selected Works of Elisabeth Rynell -- 9. What Have They Done to My Song? Recycled Language in Monika Fagerholm's The American Girl -- Part IV Is This a Possible Space? …”
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Cultural Convergence The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960 /

Table of Contents: “…The Internationalist Dramaturgy of Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir; Joan FitzPatrick Dean (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA) and Radvan Markus (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) -- 3. …”
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Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…1 Launching a Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-National Conversation on Engaged Fatherhood -- 2 The Role of Fathers in Child and Family Health -- 3 The Impact of Father's Health on Reproductive and Infant Health and Development -- 4 The Impact of Fatherhood on Men's Health and Development -- 5 Steps in Developing a Public Health Surveillance System for Fathers -- 6 Fatherhood and Reproductive Health in the Antenatal Period: From Men's Voices to Clinical Practice -- 7 Fathers and Family Leave Policies: What Public Policy Can Do to Support Families -- 8 Individual Parental Leave for Fathers - Promoting Gender Equality in Norway -- 9 How do Men Talk about Taking Parental Leave? …”
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Adaptive Peacebuilding A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century /

Table of Contents: “…- Youssef Mahmoud -- 4 Experiencing Adaptive Actions Within a Complex Peacebuilding Framework: The Colombian Case - Lina Penagos -- 5 Adaptive Peacebuilding in Mozambique: Examples of Localized International Non-Governmental Organizations (L-INGOs) in a Complex and Uncertain Environment - Rui Saraiva -- 6 Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH): Impartiality and an Adaptive Peacebuilding Approach in Structural Asymmetry - Ryoji Tateyama -- 7 The Challenges and Effects of Externally Driven and Locally Driven Peacebuilding Approaches in a Complex Context: A Case Study of the Syrian Conflict - Ako Muto -- 8 Accommodating Incomplete DDR, Security Sector Development, andVeterans' Issues to Peacebuilding Efforts: National Responses, Suco, and Local Security in Timor-Leste - Yukako Tanaka-Sakabe -- 9 China's Peacebuilding in South Sudan: "Top-down" Adaptation and Its Effectiveness - Miwa Hirono -- 10 The Role of Adaptive Peacebuilding in Japan's Assistance of the Mindanao Peace Process in the Philippines - Miyoko Taniguchi -- 11 Conclusions. What Have We Learned About Adaptive Peacebuilding from Comparing Determined-Design with Context-Specific Peacebuilding Experiences? …”
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Conservation of Contemporary Art Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the Volume -- Part I Theorizing Conservation as a Reflective Practice -- Artworks in Art Museums -- Doing Ethics in Practice: SBMK Platform Meetings -- Part II The Identity of the Art Object -- The Enfolding Object of Conservation: Artwork Identity, Authenticity, and Documentation -- When Old Was New: Rethinking Traditional and Contemporary Art and Their Paradigms of Care -- Languages of Conservation: A Comparison between Internet-based Art and Built Heritage -- No Longer Artwork -- Part III Professional Roles and Identities: Conservators, Curators, and Artists -- Visible Issues. …”
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Companion to European Heritage Revivals

Table of Contents: “…Europe and the Frankish Heritage in One of its Heartlands: Alsace; Linde Egberts -- Chapter 3: Battlefield of Histories: Competition over Authenticity and Heritage in an Urban Region in Eastern Netherlands; Linde Egberts -- PART II: REVIVAL TOOLS -- Chapter 4: Strategies for a Heritage Revival in the Digital Age; Jasper Visser -- Chapter 5: Using Games to Mediate History; Connie Veugen -- Chapter 6: "This is Clearly Bullshit": Some Views about History on Television; Mijke Pol -- Chapter 7: Lost Cities, Exotic Travel and Digging up the World: Historical Feature Films as a Means of Enhancing Appreciation of our Archaeological Heritage; Nina Schucker and Jan van Helt -- Chapter 8: When the Past Comes to Life: Historical Reenactment; Peter van der Plaetsen -- Chapter 9: Visualisation of Place and Landscape; Joske Houtkamp, Arnoud de Boer and Henk Kramer -- Chapter 10: From Preservation to Managing Change: Using Spatial Development as a Heritage Revival Tool; Felix van Veldhoven -- Chapter 11: Europe is a Journey: The European Cultural Route as an Instrument for Heritage Revival; Minke Walda -- PART III: CONCEPTS -- Chapter 12: Conceptual Fuel for Reviving the Past: Creating a Heritage Revival in Today's Europe; Linde Egberts.…”
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