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This open access book explores the complex relationship between siloed operations and performance, focussing on high-consequence sectors such as safety-critical industries and healthcare. It asks why silos form and analyses their benefits and disadvantages for social...
This is an open access book. With the continuous advancement of globalization and informatization, language and culture, as an important part of human society, play a vital role in global social, economic, political and cultural exchanges. At the same time, the...
The "open access" double carbon target has been one of the most important motivations and goals for China's social and economic development. Building is one of the most important sector for achieving energy savings and emission reductions. This book focuses on...
This open access book examines how Piedmont, in early modern Italy, developed silk production into a distinctive system of technological and social innovation. It explores the ways in which this fragile yet economically significant material shaped regional strategies of...
This open access book draws on unique ethnographic fieldwork carried out in four Quebec mental health courtrooms to examine the role courts play in the organization and implementation of psychiatric coercion. It provides a much-needed critical and empirical...
This is an open access book.2026 6th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2026) will be held in Beijing, China from April 24 to 26, 2026. Enterprise management is the general term for a series of functions such as...
Whilst women’s representation in sciences is on the rise, this increase is not of the same scope across all academic fields, such as mathematics or computer science. In addition, the proportion of women decreases at higher levels of the academic hierarchy. The...
This open access book challenges the conventional idea of organizational learning by emphasizing the importance of intentional forgetting alongside information retention. It explores how intentional forgetting can free up cognitive, organizational, and technological...
This open access book provides the latest fundamental and practical advances in reducing the built environment’s carbon footprint based on a collection of papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Net-Zero Civil Infrastructures: Innovations in...
This open access book offers an elaboration on foodways as both a geographical concept and an area of study that recognizes local food systems as essential to social justice and long-term sustainability. Approaching food through the lens of foodways provides an...
This is an open access book. Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of Palembang will hold an international scientific seminar in transport and engineering science, namely The 5th International Conference Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of...
Europe used to be an agenda-setter at the global level but is now on the backfoot, facing rising populism internally as well as pressures from Russia, China, Turkey, and the U.S. that are undermining the European Union's cohesion and international influence. In The...
This book is open access Risk has evolved into one of the defining characteristics of modern civilization. Almost every day, we are consumed with analyzing, debating, or avoiding a wide range of hazards. It is a fundamental concept for corporations and organizations, as...
This Open Access book starts with a thought-provoking question: are citizens in modern democracies becoming more like fans? With the growing fluidity of political identities and the rise of non-ideological political leaders presented as celebrities, it is worth...
This open access book provides a detailed overview of the current research landscape in assembly, handling, and industrial robotics, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the latest advancements and challenges in these fields. It is an essential resource for...
In this open access volume, interested readers will find a number of modern approaches to modeling excitable tissue applied to current open research questions in the field via student reports from the 2024 and 2025 Simula Summer School in Computational Physiology...
This is an open access book. Proceedings of the International Conference on Conceptualizing Legal Framework and Policies for Domestic Animal and Wildlife Conservation: Issues and Challenges in Hybrid Mode (ICAR 2026)
This open access book is an innovative and comprehensive scientific resource for academics, practitioners, policymakers, educators, and advocates working in environmental law, climate justice, ocean governance, and sustainability. Its interdisciplinary approach offers...
This open access book offers one of the first comprehensive safety assessments of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), also called cellulose nanofibers—a key class of nanocellulose distinguished by their high strength, light weight, and potential to replace...
This open access volume presents the select peer-reviewed papers of the 6th International Conference on Public Management and Intelligent Society (PMIS 2026).
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