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Kritische Theorie, Philosophische Anthropologie, Logischer Empirismus
No full textWie ist das Verhältnis von Kritischer Theorie, Philosophischer Anthropologie und Logischem Empirismus zu bestimmen? Diese bislang wenig untersuchte Frage steht im Mittelpunkt des Bandes, der entgegen der gängigen Betonung von Gegensätzen historische Berührungspunkte und gemeinsame Ansätze ins Zentrum rückt. Die 18 Beiträge analysieren in vier Sektionen die interdisziplinären Verflechtungen sowie die philosophischen Gemeinsamkeiten und Differenzen: I. Gemeinsame Ursprünge und geteilte Wege, II. Kooperation und Konfrontation von Kritischer Theorie und Logischem Empirismus, III. Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede von Kritischer Theorie und Philosophischer Anthropologie, IV. Annäherungen von Logischem Empirismus und Philosophischer Anthropologie
Academic Coaching in Modern Online Education
No full textIn modern online education, academic coaching is a critical support system for student success. As virtual learning environments expand, the role of academic coaches becomes important in bridging the gap between course content and student engagement. By providing personalized guidance and accountability, academic coaching empowers learners to navigate the challenges of online education and achieve long-term academic and personal goals
Prediction and Evaluation of Hardened Concrete Strength
Full text linkThis open access book monitors the development of the temperature field within concrete structures and, based on the Arrhenius equation, constructs F-P maturity equations applicable to different temperature ranges. It investigates the impact of hydration rate on the strength prediction method of the maturity equation. Furthermore, the book employs artificial neural network theory to improve the accuracy of early concrete strength predictions, optimizing the neural network model to develop a more precise and widely applicable prediction model. An intelligent program is developed using MATLAB, facilitating rapid strength prediction and assessment on construction sites using measured parameters
The First African Conference on High Energy Physics
No full textThis open access book compiles the proceedings of the inaugural African Conference on High Energy Physics (ACHEP), which took place in Rabat and Kenitra, Morocco, from October 23 to 27, 2023. The conference brought together specialized scientists in the field of High Energy Physics (HEP) from universities and research institutes worldwide to discuss current developments, new trends, results, and perspectives. The primary goal of ACHEP meetings is to encourage young African researchers and HEP experts to express and discuss new ideas. The conference proceedings are organized into nine areas with the following titles: Electroweak and Higgs Physics Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter Searches Strong Interaction and Hadron Physics Education and Outreach in Africa Physics Beyond the Standard Model Detectors and Future Experimental Facilities Quark and Lepton Flavor Physics Heavy Ions This book is designed to cater to a diverse audience, ranging from PhD students and early-career researchers to seasoned academics. It is tailored for individuals with a background or interest in the field of HEP, encompassing both theoretical and experimental physicists, as well as researchers from related disciplines such as particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology
Corporate Social Responsibility in Football Associations
No full textThis Open Access book examines how football’s governing bodies translate their public CSR commitments into everyday practice. Focusing on UEFA, the German Football Association (DFB) and a representative regional federation, it traces CSR from continental headquarters to local grassroots, revealing where lofty pledges of sustainability, diversity and community engagement prosper—and where they falter. Drawing on fourteen semi-structured interviews with senior officials and practitioners, the study exposes a persistent gap between externally promoted initiatives and the internal processes that should sustain them. It shows that CSR only achieves lasting impact when it is embedded in strategic planning, aligned with core football operations and subjected to rigorous monitoring. By presenting a grounded framework and practical guideline for associations at every tier, the author offers both scholars and decision-makers a roadmap for moving beyond performative gestures towards genuinely responsible governance in the world’s most influential sport
Frontiers of Combining Systems
No full textThis open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Frontiers of Combining Systems, FroCoS 2025, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, during September 29–October 1, 2025. The 21 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Description logics; beyond classical logic; satisfiability modulo theories; term rewrite systems; theorem proving; specific reasoning procedures; and proof checking
Voting and Eligibility Age in Sweden, 1866-1921
No full textThis open access book explores the background to the electoral reforms of 1907-1921 in Sweden, when the voting age was raised from 21 years to 23 for the second chamber and the municipalities, and to 27 for the county councils and the first chamber. This increase in voting ages was unique in an international context. Previous research and contemporary conservative and liberal rhetoric argued that the increase in the voting age was socially and politically neutral. This book questions that view. The liberal and conservative parties launched universal suffrage reforms and raised the voting age to exclude the young, unestablished and unmarried parts of the population. The ambition was to limit the increasing political influence of the cities and the working class. A higher voting and eligibility age would limit the negative effects of universal suffrage. The changes were also an effect of the tension between town and country and the consequence of a long-term demographic transformation with profound effects on the social and pollical structure of the nation
Science and the Other
No full textModern science has given us the superpowers that have brought about the 'Anthropocene', but unfortunately not the wisdom to face its existential challenges. We cannot afford to dismiss potentially useful knowledge on mere ideological grounds without due assessment. Science and the Other is an in-depth exploration of what hinders us from engaging in cross-fertilising pluriversal dialogue. The book examines how scientific universalism naturalises the exploitation of both human and non-human nature. Other(-ed) knowledge practices are marginalised and excluded from scientific discourse on the presumption that they are incompatible with scientific evidence. However, an in-depth comparative analysis of the marginalised views and practices of the Brazilian Potiguara nation shows that their cosmology is not contradicted by scientific evidence, and hence a constructive dialogue should be possible. Furthermore, the use of radically different metaphors paints a different picture of 'reality', allowing onto-epistemic shifts and opening up new horizons towards alternative futures beyond the scope of modern/colonial metaphysics. This is an open access book
Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research
No full textThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. This edited collection brings academics, researchers and practitioners/public from a range of subject and discipline areas together with a view to providing insight into critical concerns and innovative practices on the process of developing and delivering Public Involvement and Community Engagement (PICE work) in a range of research settings. Delivering powerful reflections and insights from professional groups, marginalised communities and people with lived experience as research partners/participants each chapter will present from “real life” illustrative practice examples and each will engage in a sympathetic critical appraisal of a concern or innovation. Chapters will also provide methodological, theoretical and practice insight into the process of PICE work and each will explore the implications and lessons that can be learned in and across different subject and discipline areas. It is important to recognize here that this is a collection of work that will call for intuitive and informed professional practice that creates space for individuals to reflect on their own practice (involvement) and how they consider, conceptualise, learn, manoeuvre, and position themselves in relation to “doing PICE work”. Bridging a lack of knowledge and concern about the more critical and innovative aspects of PICE work in relation to representation, epistemic injustice, positionality, ethically informed and sustainable practice, this is pioneering reading for those who are interested in or concerned with the ever-pertinent issue of public involvement and community engagement in applied research practice