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Seven Classical Perspectives for Islam and Science
This book examines how seven major classical Islamic thinkers, from Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī to Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyya, developed distinctive metaphysical and theological worldviews that continue to shape how Muslims might engage questions of science and religion today. Each thinker represents a…
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Advancing Gender Equality in Research Organisations
Advancing Gender Equality in Research Organisations: Key Factors for Success examines how organisational gender equality can be effectively designed, implemented, and evaluated in European universities and research institutions. Drawing on the most comprehensive study to date of gender equality…
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Die Verwilderung einer Insel in Zeiten des Aussterbens
Eine mehr als menschliche Geschichte der ersten Naturschutzinsel Afrikas. Eine Insel vermeintlich unberührter Natur inmitten eines ökologischen Katastrophengebiets: Während der Viktoriasee weithin als mahnendes Beispiel für die Zerstörung von Biodiversität durch die Ansiedlung invasiver Arten gilt…
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In fremden Häusern
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erlebte Polen eine radikale Transformation seines Regimes, eine Neuausrichtung seiner Grenzen und eine Umsiedlung der Bevölkerung. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Ereignisse infolge internationaler Abkommen erzählt das Buch die ambivalente Geschichte von polnischen und…
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Mapping the Digital Humanities
Wie lässt sich die Geschichte eines Wissenschaftszweiges digital vermessen? Diese Frage stellt sich heute angesichts der rasanten Digitalisierung der Forschung mit neuer Dringlichkeit. Die Digital Humanities (DH) haben sich auch in Deutschland zu einem produktiven Forschungsfeld entwickelt – doch…
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Keikareiden kähertäjät
Wigmakers and Hairdressers in Northern Europe, c. 1650–1850 From the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, wigmakers and hairdressers were at the heart of a fashion-driven and socially influential trade. Across Northern Europe, the creation, styling, and maintenance of wigs engaged…
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Verformungsmechanismen lamellarer Werkstoffe anhand mikromechanischer und mikrotribologischer Charakterisierung
In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Verformungsmechanismen lamellarer Werkstoffe anhand von mikromechanischen Versuchsmethoden untersucht. Es werden Ermüdungsversuche an bimodalen, lamellaren Werkstoffen aus dem ARB- sowie PED-Prozess durchgeführt. Beide Herstellungsrouten zeigen einen…
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La traduzione giuridico-istituzionale come veicolo di chiarezza. Un’indagine sull’italiano delle leggi federali svizzere
Italian, alongside German, French and Romansh, is an official language of the Swiss Confederation. Given its minority status, federal institutional texts in Italian are almost always the result of translation. This volume examines the Italian language used in federal laws, analysing it from the…
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Dağların Efendileri: Doğu Karadeniz Hayvancılık ve Çobanlık Kültürü
Following the emergence of folklore as an academic discipline in Turkey, intensive collection efforts were undertaken to gather material for this field. These efforts, which began during the final years of the Ottoman Empire, continued in a systematic manner during the Republican era; as a result…
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The Grand Duchy of Finland
Three recurring themes dominate the Grand Duchy of Finland’s historical image. First, it is used as shorthand for Finland’s status as a modern autonomous state within the Russian Empire. Second, seen from a longer perspective covering the Swedish period, scholarly works tend to present it as an…
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Teaching the Words of the Prophet
Was ist die Relevanz und Funktion des islamischen Überlieferungsgutes für die religiöse Bildung und Lebensgestaltung? Eine plausible und fachwissenschaftlich begründete Theorie des Lehrens und Lernens von Islam und seinen Quellen zu entwickeln, ist derzeit eine grundlegende Aufgabe der islamischen…
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Chapter Dall’inutile all’impegno: nodi e percorsi negli scritti dell’alpinismo contemporaneo
The paper traces the evolution of certain ethical and aesthetic issues within mountaineering literature, from the assertion of the practice’s uselessness in the 1960s to the more recent ecological commitment, with a particular focus on Nuovo Mattino.
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The Mean in Budgeting
This open access book systematically applies the philosophy of the Golden Mean to interpret the public budgeting process, policies, and reforms in contemporary China, within the framework of Commentary on The Doctrine of the Mean by Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty. By…
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Cultiver la nature et reconnaître l’altérité : des concepts voyageurs
« Cultiver la nature » et « reconnaître l’altérité » constituent les fils rouges discutés dans cet ouvrage qui porte sur les sciences de l’enfance et les transferts de réformes pédagogiques. Il embrasse les 19e et 20e siècles dans des espaces défiant les frontières culturelles : de la Chine à…
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Experimental Design for Data Science and Engineering
Theory, experiments, computation, and data are considered as the four pillars of science and engineering. Experimental Design for Data Science and Engineering describes efficient statistical methods for making the experiments cheaper and computations faster for extracting valuable information from…
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Two-level system hyperpolarization with a quantum Szilard engine
By implementing a quantum Szilard engine, we show that a superconducting granular aluminum fluxonium qubit is coupled weakly to a two-level system (TLS) environment of unknown physical origin. Since the TLSs are much longer lived than the qubit, non-exponential relaxation and non-Poissonian quantum…
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Women Read. Differently?
This volume challenges traditional views of women’s engagement with text in late-medieval convents, moving beyond the idea of passive reception to highlight their active and creative use of writing. It explores diverse literary activities, such as reading aloud, singing, redacting, translating, and…
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Place-space Methodologies
Place-space Methodologies extends the concepts of place-space and feminist materialist relational time into transdisciplinary philosophy and practice. Drawing from empirical data obtained during extensive research projects, including doctoral study, the book explores the dynamics of English Early…
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Media Matters: Towards New Safeguards for Their Democratic Functions
This is an Open access Book. In this report, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) examines how the changing media system influences Dutch democracy. The ability of the media to fulfil their democratic functions is under threat. Analyses show that there is more information…
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Reimagining Employment Dispute Resolution and Enforcement
This open access book examines the evolution of employment tribunals from a speedy, informal process to a system marked by delays and significant financial and human costs. Resolving disputes in the workplace is difficult, expensive and emotionally charged. The current system is broken but what is…
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