Young Stellar Objects (YSO) Evolution -- Outflow, Infall, and Rotation in High-Mass Star Forming Regions -- MERLIN and Puschino Observations of H2O Masers in Outer Galactic SFR S128N -- Observing Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Regions -- Evidence for Co-Propagation of 4765- and 1720-MHz OH Masers in Star-Forming Regions -- Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Regions: Theoretical Aspects -- VLBI Wa…
Analytical Chemistry -- Toxic Metals -- Organic Pollutants -- Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds -- Pesticides -- Green Chemistry -- Ecotoxicology.Environmental chemistry is a new, fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems. Applying this knowledge to current environmental issues leads to the remediation of environmental media…
Introduction: Alfred Tarski’s Philosophical Background in the Context of His 1933 Definition of Truth -- The Notion of the Truth Bearer -- Descriptive Psychology: The Theory of Judgement as the Theory of Cognition and Knowledge -- Judgement, Psychology, and Language -- The Ontology of Judgement -- Reism -- The Objectivity of Truth -- Ontologism, Abstract Objects and Nominalism -- Brentanism a…
Preface: Mapping the Terrain of Identity-Work Research -- Part I: On Conceptualising Academic Identities Work -- From Professional Educational Values to the Satisfaction of Psychological Needs – A Sequence of Ideas -- Forging Academic Identities from within: Lessons from the Ancient World -- A Labour of Love? Curiosity, Alienation and the Constitution of Academic Character -- The Mechanics of…
Natural and Multimodal Interactivity Engineering - Directions and Needs -- Natural and Multimodal Interactivity Engineering - Directions and Needs -- Making Dialogues More Natural: Empirical Work and Applied Theory -- Social Dialongue with Embodied Conversational Agents -- A First Experiment in Engagement for Human-Robot Interaction in Hosting Activities -- Annotation and Analysis of Multimodal…
This volume addresses questions that lie at the core of research into education. It examines the way in which the institutional embeddedness and the social and ethnic composition of students affect educational performance, skill formation, and behavioral outcomes. It discusses the manner in which educational institutions accomplish social integration. It poses the question of whether they can r…
Sampling, Recruiting and Fieldwork Management -- Longitudinal Measurement of Educational Processes: Surveys and Constructs -- Longitudinal Measurement of Skills: Competence Testing -- Assessing Data Quality -- Data Management, Coding, Dissemination and User Support.This book addresses a broad array of pressing challenges of longitudinal surveys and provides innovative solutions to methodologica…
Introductory Chapter -- An Introduction to Human-Centered Software Engineering -- Principles, Myths and Challenges -- Key Principles for User-Centred Systems Design -- HCI, Usability and Software Engineering Integration: Present and Future -- Surveying the Solitudes: An Investigation into the Relationships between Human Computer Interaction and Software Engineering in Practice -- Convergence or…
Why Agility Now? -- Agility in Fours: IT Diffusion, IT Infrastructures, IT Development, and Business -- Information Technology Diffusion Research: An Interim Balance -- Agility in Information Systems Development: A Three-Tiered Framework -- Agile IT Diffusion -- Navigating Software Process Improvement Projects -- Mapping Social Networks in Software Process Improvement: An Action Research Study …
Keynesian and Monetarist Views on the German Unemployment Problem -- The Rational Expectations Revolution -- Monetary Policy in the New Keynesian Model -- Introducing Nonlinearities into the New Keynesian Model -- Revisiting the Natural Rate Hypothesis -- Concluding Remarks.Having the high unemployment in Germany in mind, this book discusses how macroeconomic theory has evolved over the past fo…