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“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” - Jason Garcia Portilla - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” - Jason Garcia Portilla - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Part I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Research Setting.- Part II: Conceptual Framework.- 3. The Outcome (Criterion Variables).- 4. Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A).- 5. Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories Explaining Prosperity Differences (B), (C), (D), (E).- Part III: Theoretical Foundations.- 6. Corruption and Religion (A), (B), (1).- 7. Prosperity and Religion (A), (B), (1).- 8. Institutions, Corruption/Prosperity, and Religion (A), (B), (D), (1), (3), (6).- 9. Education, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2).- 10. Culture, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2).- 11. Language and Religion.- 12. Environment/Geography and Prosperity/Transparency (E), (4), (7).- Part IV: Research Paradigms, Methodology, and Research Design.- 13. Applied Research Paradigms.- 14. Methodology.- Part V: Empirical Results.- 15. Component 1 (Macro): Quantitative (Regression) Analysis.- 16. Component 2 (Meso): Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).- Part VI: Component 3 (Micro).- 17. Case Selection Criteria, Methods, and Data Treatment.- 18. a) Switzerland: Extreme Positive Case Study (Worldwide).- 19. b) Uruguay: Extreme Positive Case Study (Latin America).- 20. c) Cuba: A Sui Generis Case Study (Communist proxy).- 21. d) Colombia: Extreme Negative Case Study.- 22. Summary Overview of the Four Case Studies.- Part VII: Discussion and Conclusions.- 23. Integrative Conclusions.- 24. Other Considerations.- 25. Concluding Remarks.

DKK 349.00
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Germans in the Antarctic - Cornelia Ludecke - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Germans in the Antarctic - Cornelia Ludecke - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

While science was usually at the forefront of German Antarctic expeditions, research into the Southern Polar region always had a political or economic component, whether it was about resource use or securing areas of influence. Cornelia Ludecke presents the course of the three German Antarctic expeditions from 1901-03, 1911-12 and 1938/39 with their partly dramatic turns and twists and provides insights into everyday life under extreme conditions.She also evaluates unpublished material from the archives and private estates of the expedition members. She looks at the expeditions from a scientific and political point of view and also deals with the myths associated with the "Schwabenland" expedition during the National Socialist era. Finally, the author describes German south polar research after World War II, which took different paths in the German Democratic Republic and in the Federal Republic of Germany, and gives an outlook on future research. For the first time, this book presents the history of the Germans in Antarctica in a factual and informative way for the general public. With numerous pictures, some of which have never been published before.

DKK 318.00
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Gender, Crime and Justice - Lizzie Seal - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Gender, Crime and Justice - Lizzie Seal - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This textbook takes a gender inclusive and intersectional feminist approach to examining key topics related to gender, crime and justice. It provides an overview and critical discussion of contemporary issues and research in this area suitable for use in undergraduate and postgraduate degree modules. A key feature of the book is its use of films, television series and documentaries to illustrate the concepts and findings from criminological research on gender, crime and justice. After outlining the meaning of gender and the perspective of intersectional feminism, it has chapters focused on interpersonal and sexual violence, sex work and the night-time economy, street crime, crimes of the powerful, policing and the courts, prison and community penalties and a final chapter on extreme punishment and abolitionist futures. It speaks to students and academics in criminology, sociology and gender studies.

DKK 334.00
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A Rumor about the Jews - Stephen Eric Bronner - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

A Rumor about the Jews - Stephen Eric Bronner - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

In its portrayal of Judaism as a worldwide conspiracy dedicated to the destruction of Christian civilization, the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion remains one of the most infamous documents ever written. Despite being proven a crude forgery, the pamphlet managed to pervade twentieth-century thinking, often being twisted to suit its handlers'' purposes, and to justify the most extreme persecution of the Jews. In A Rumor About the Jews , Stephen Eric Bronner provides a history of this notorious fabrication-one which has renewed salience in a "post truth" society dominated by "fake news"-and explores its influence on right-wing movements throughout the twentieth century and the ongoing appeal of bigotry. This new edition of Bronner''s 2000 classic (described by Kirkus as "the best short book on anti-Semitism") expands the arguments of the first edition, bringing the work up to date in a new political context.

DKK 260.00
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Germans in the Antarctic - Cornelia Ludecke - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Germans in the Antarctic - Cornelia Ludecke - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

While science was usually at the forefront of German Antarctic expeditions, research into the Southern Polar region always had a political or economic component, whether it was about resource use or securing areas of influence. Cornelia Ludecke presents the course of the three German Antarctic expeditions from 1901-03, 1911-12 and 1938/39 with their partly dramatic turns and twists and provides insights into everyday life under extreme conditions.She also evaluates unpublished material from the archives and private estates of the expedition members. She looks at the expeditions from a scientific and political point of view and also deals with the myths associated with the "Schwabenland" expedition during the National Socialist era. Finally, the author describes German south polar research after World War II, which took different paths in the German Democratic Republic and in the Federal Republic of Germany, and gives an outlook on future research. For the first time, this book presents the history of the Germans in Antarctica in a factual and informative way for the general public. With numerous pictures, some of which have never been published before.

DKK 349.00
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Where Does Violence Come From? - Bernhard Bogerts - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Where Does Violence Come From? - Bernhard Bogerts - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Where does violence come from? How can people do such things? These are often the first questions that arise when we witness violence in the in the media or in real life. This book provides comprehensive answers by combining the explanatory approaches from criminology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, brain research, genetics, pedagogy, historical sciences, and justice into a big, exciting, and comprehensible picture - in an entertaining way with current, state-of-the art science(s). Multiple case studies are presented that show us the frightening diversity of human violence: acts of violence by individual perpetrators; violence between groups; riots and tumults by gangs and hooligans; violent ethnic and religious conflicts; extreme violence in the form of amok and terror; and up to armed conflicts, pogroms, and genocide. Last but not least, the knowledge gained from this book can help answer another big question: how can violence be contained or even prevented? From the contents: - How and where does violence originate in our brain? - Why has a tendency towards violence become established as part of our behavioural repertoire in the development of humankind? - What influences on personality development can lead to violent characters? - How often is violence the product of a pathological psyche? Do genes play a role? - Which social constellations contribute? - What are the causes of rampage and terror? - What is known about the relationship between religion and violence?

DKK 264.00
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The Fatal Species - Andrew Y. Glikson - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

The Fatal Species - Andrew Y. Glikson - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book presents a history which is nearing its nadir, where a species of warlike primates is destroying the delicate web of life perceived by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species, committing a war against nature and the fastest mass extinction in the history of nature, with global temperatures incinerating the biosphere by several degrees Celsius, within a lifetime. Despite of this knowledge, Homo "sapiens" is proceeding to transfer every accessible molecule of carbon from the Earth crust to the atmosphere and hydrosphere, an auto-da-fe ensues of the terrestrial biosphere. As amplifying feedbacks to global warming-including fires, methane release, ice melt, and warming oceans-are intensifying, at a pace exceeding any recorded in the geological past, societies are pouring their remaining resources into wars. These include likely nuclear wars triggered by arsenals many thousands of missiles strong, posing an equal threat to human existence and that of many other species. Humans, having mastered fire, which allowed them to survive the extreme ice ages, have emerged in the current interglacial as major civilizations coupled with major bloodsheds, called "war", engulfing multitudes of innocent yet betrayed humans. Long suffering from illusions of omnipotence and omniscience, paranoid fears, a warlike mindset, aggression toward the animals and disrespect of females, coupled with artistic excellence and technical brilliance, humans have become victims to a tragic conflict between the mind and the heart, with fatal consequences.

DKK 318.00
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Financing the Green New Deal - Robert C. Hockett - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Financing the Green New Deal - Robert C. Hockett - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Climate scientists have determined that we must act now to prevent an irreversible and catastrophic climatic tipping point, beyond which neither our own nor many other species can be assumed likely to survive. On the way to that bleak ending, moreover, extreme socio-economic injustice and associated political breakdown-now well underway in nations already hard-hit by environmental crisis-can be expected to hasten as well. The time has thus come to plan carefully, thoroughly, and on a scale commensurate with the crisis we face. This book, written by one of the key architects of the Green New Deal and prefaced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''s former Chief of Staff, indicates how to structure Green New Deal finance in a manner that advances the cross-cutting goals of maximum financial and economic inclusion, maximally democratic decision-making, and an appropriate division of roles both among all levels of government and among public and private sector decision-makers. Integrating into one complete and coherent financial architecture such bold ideas as a ''People''s Fed,'' an interdepartmental National Investment Council, integrated state and regional public banks, a Democratic Digital Dollar and digital Taxpayer Savings and Transaction Accounts made part of the monetary policy transmission belt, and an economy-wide Price Stabilization Fund, this book is critical reading for policymakers and citizens looking for a fresh path forward towards a revived and sustainable, progressive and productive America.

DKK 264.00
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Smart(er) Investing - Elisabetta Basilico - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Smart(er) Investing - Elisabetta Basilico - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book identifies and discusses the most successful investing practices with an emphasis on the academic articles that produced them and why this research led to popular adoption and growth in $AUM. Investors are bombarded with ideas and prescriptions for successful investing every day. Given the steady stream of information on stock tips, sector timing, asset allocation, etc., how do investors decide? How do they judge the quality and reliability of the investment advice they are given on a day-to-day basis? This book identifies which academic articles turned investment ideas were the most innovative and influential in the practice of investment management. Each article is discussed in terms of the asset management process: strategy, portfolio construction, portfolio implementation, and risk management. Some examples of topics covered are factor investing, the extreme growth of trading instruments like Exchange Traded Funds, multi-asset investing, socially responsible investing, big data, and artificial intelligence. This book analyzes a curated selection of peer-reviewed academic articles identified among those published by the scientific investment community. The book briefly describes each of the articles, how and why each one changed the way we think about investing in that specific asset class, and provides insights as to the nuts and bolts of how to take full advantage of this successful investment idea. It is as timely as it is informative and will help each investor to focus on the most successful strategies, ideas, and implementation that provide the basis for the efficient accumulation and management of wealth.

DKK 267.00
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Technologies and Applications for Big Data Value - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Technologies and Applications for Big Data Value - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Technologies and Applications for Big Data Value.- Part I: Technologies and Methods.- Trade-Offs and Challenges of Serverless Data Analytics.- Big Data and AI Pipeline Framework: Technology Analysis from a Benchmarking Perspective.- An Elastic Software Architecture for Extreme-Scale Big Data Analytics.- Privacy-Preserving Technologies for Trusted Data Spaces.- Leveraging Data-Driven Infrastructure Management to Facilitate AIOps for Big Data Applications and Operations.- Leveraging High-Performance Computing and Cloud Computing with Unified Big-DataWorkflows: The LEXIS Project.- Part II: Processes and Applications.- The DeepHealth Toolkit: A Key European Free and Open-Source Software for Deep Learning and Computer Vision Ready to Exploit Heterogeneous HPC and Cloud Architectures.- Applying AI to Manage Acute and Chronic Clinical Condition.- 3D Human Big Data Exchange Between the Healthcare and Garment Sectors.- Using a Legal Knowledge Graph for Multilingual Compliance Services in Labor Law, Contract Management, and Geothermal Energy.- Big Data Analytics in the Banking Sector: Guidelines and Lessons Learned from the CaixaBank Case.- Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics for the Maintenance of Industrial Machinery with Hybrid and Cognitive Digital Twins.- Big Data Analytics in the Manufacturing Sector: Guidelines and Lessons Learned Through the Centro Ricerche FIAT (CRF) Case.- Next-Generation Big Data-Driven Factory 4.0 Operations and Optimization: The Boost 4.0 Experience.- Big Data-Driven Industry 4.0 Service Engineering Large-Scale Trials: The Boost 4.0 Experience.- Model-Based Engineering and Semantic Interoperability for Trusted Digital Twins Big Data Connection Across the Product Lifecycle.- A Data Science Pipeline for Big Linked Earth Observation Data.- Towards Cognitive Ports of the Futures.- Distributed Big Data Analytics in a Smart City.- Processing Big Data in Motion: Core Components and System Architectures with Applications to the Maritime Domain.- Knowledge Modeling and Incident Analysis for Special Cargo.

DKK 349.00
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Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights provided are presented with reference to the relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs), hoping that scientists, technicians and decision makers will find them as a valid support to face future sustainability challenges. Indeed, the fast evolution of our society often falls short in properly taking into consideration its relationship with the environment, which is not only the primary source of any resource and the sink of all the wastes we generate throughout our activities, but also the cause of most of the loading and constraints applied to structures and infrastructures. The lack of a proper consideration of the relationship between the needs of both the society and the environment may lead to strong disequilibria, generating a large amount of threats for arobust, resilient and continuous development. In this perspective, the SDGs set by the United Nations represent the criteria to revise our development model, towards the ability to conjugate different needs to build a safe relation between anthropic activities and the environment. Civil and Environmental Engineering plays a relevant role in providing methods, approaches, risk and impact assessments, as well as technologies, to fulfil the SDGs. Research in these fields may in fact provide technical knowledge and tools to support decision makers and technicians in: (i) planning mitigation and adaptation actions to climate change, extreme weather, earthquakes, drought, flooding and other natural disasters; (ii) designing efficient and sustainable strategies for resources exploitation, minimizing the impact and the unequal distributions; (iii) increasing the safety of structures and infrastructures under exceptional loadings and against the deterioration due to their lifecycle; (iv) adopting a holistic risk management approach and appropriate technologies to reduce pollution and environment deterioration, which increase vulnerability; (v) providing a safe drinking water and sanitation system to protect human health.

DKK 260.00
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