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This open-access volume consists of papers presented at the conference “Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges”, held in Berlin, 5–6 October 2023, as well as of additional contributions. The...
This groundbreaking open access volume introduces eco-social contracts as a bold and actionable vision for addressing the major, interconnected crises of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, rising inequality, and the erosion of public trust and democratic...
This open-access book is a practical and accessible guide for students, early-career researchers, and technical staff who need to collect environmental data but lack formal training in meteorology, physics, or instrumentation. Whether you're setting up a rural weather...
This open access book explores the complementarity of hydropower with new energy sources such as solar and wind in the global energy transition. It analyzes the technological advantages, environmental impacts, and economic potential of combining hydropower and new...
This open access monograph presents the results of a study aimed at finding an answer to a perennial, yet notably topical, question in the philosophy of science, namely, “What is life?'' The authors contend that existing approaches to studying living systems...
This is an open access book. Probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk assessment (abbreviated as PTHA and PTRA, respectively) has evolved quickly over the past 10 to 15 years and now forms the basis of many risk mitigation efforts. Methods are largely based on those used...
This open access book examines the historical development of the concept of the virtual particle, from the first prominent appearance of virtual entities in quantum physics in the Bohr-Kramers-Slater (BKS) theory (1924) to the most common representation of virtual...
This is an open access book. This conference encompasses a broad spectrum of topics in fisheries and aquaculture, including aquaculture practices for sustainable production, fish diseases and health management, biodiversity and conservation of aquatic ecosystems,...
Biological invasions are one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. While Japanese knotweed and tiger mosquito are invasive species that are well known to the public, the same could not be said for the American blue crab and the green Algae Caulerpa in...
This open access book explores the fundamental workings of the Sun, unraveling the mysteries of solar structure, neutrino emissions, and the profound interplay between solar physics, nuclear reactions, and neutrino properties. Dive into the intricate world of...
This is an open access book. International Student Conference on Earth and Environmental Research (ISCEER) is an annual program hosted by Universitas Komputer Indonesia (UNIKOM). ISCEER aims to share students' ideas and current researches in the areas of Earth,...
This open access book unites experts from a range of social-science disciplines. It provides a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary overview of how to study recreational fishers as coupled social-ecological system, presenting unique methodological insights for...
This is an open access book. 2025 2nd International Symposium on Agricultural Engineering and Biology is a prestigious gathering of experts, researchers, and practitioners in agricultural engineering and biology.This three-day symposium will take place in Kuala Lumpur,...
This open access book offers a comprehensive and systematic debate on the key concepts and areas of application of the philosophy of science for machine learning. The current landscape of the debate about the epistemic and methodological challenges raised by machine...
This is an open access book. Organized by the Departement of Culinary and Fashion Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, the International Conference on Innovation in Food Science, Culinary Art, and Fashion Technology (INNOFATEC) will be held on September 1-2,...
This open access book examines deforestation process and proposes sustainable changes for specific Amazonian cities in the state of Rondônia.This state, located in the southwestern region of the Brazilian Amazon, presents a fascinating case for implementing...
This open-access book aims to formulate the history-matching problem consistently and present state-of-the-art ensemble solution methods. The content aims to help practitioners in the field understand the properties of ensemble methods better when used to history-match...
This open-access book presents innovative applications of Big Earth Data through a set of comprehensive case studies conducted in China. The studies demonstrate how advanced data methods can be employed to monitor and evaluate indicators for seven Sustainable...
This open access book explores the contributions of anthroposophy to sustainable development, addressing a key research gap. It examines the anthroposophical worldview, providing an integral and holistic perspective on the relationship between humanity and the earth. By...
This open access book underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, framed within a broader trans-disciplinary perspective, to move from conventional urban development to nature-positive cities and planning. It is therefore fundamental to assess urban...
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