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No full textThis open access book serves to spur further development of Islamic economic and financial concepts and practices, particularly in terms of Islamic social-public finance and Islamic monetary policy support. The book has a number of objectives across different aspects. From an academic perspective, the book aims to foster frontier thinking and concepts that advance scientific ideas and teaching materials relating to the Islamic financial system, particularly the role of Islamic social-public finance and Islamic monetary economics. From a policy perspective, the book explores and develops discussions that support public policy innovation, thereby providing comprehensive understanding of policy theories and practices in the Islamic financial system. From a practical perspective, the book is expected to contribute by increasing knowledge and understanding concerning the application and scope of the Islamic economic system. This will confer various benefits to the readers
Handbook of Children and Screens
No full textThis open access handbook synthesizes the current research about the impacts of digital media on children across development. Drawing on the expertise of scientists and researchers as well as clinicians and practitioners, the book summarizes research through interdisciplinary expert reviews. First, it addresses the cognitive, physical, mental, and psychosocial impacts on infants, children, and adolescents. Next, the book explores how media influences relationships, family, culture, and society. Finally, it examines the impacts of specific digital domains pertinent to youth, including education technology, video gaming, and emerging technologies. Chapters employ a parallel structure, including background on the topic, summary of the current state of the research, future research directions, and recommendations for relevant stakeholders. The volume examines the timely issue of optimal child development in an increasingly digital age, offering innovative approaches to establish a solid and robust scientific foundation for this field of study as well as evidence-based action for adults who support positive youth development. Key areas of coverage include: • Cognition and brain development. • Physical and mental health. • Problematic uses of the internet. • Race. • Gender and sexuality. • Parenting in the digital age. • Cyberbullying and digital cruelty. • Media policy. The Handbook of Children and Screens is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, educators, and related professionals in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, social work, public health, epidemiology, neuroscience, human development and family studies, social psychology, sociology, and communication. This is an open access book
Mietwohnung oder Eigenheim?
No full textDie Wohnung ist der Ort, an dem wir die längste Zeit unseres Lebens verbringen. Je nach Wohnverhältnissen hält die Wohnung spezifische Erfahrungs-, Prägungs- und Ermöglichungsräume bereit. Aus einer ungleichheitssoziologischen Perspektive sensibilisiert das Buch für den Wohneigentumsstatus – ob Menschen zur Miete oder im Eigentum leben – als vergessene Ungleichheitsdeterminante. Mit einem Fokus auf wohnstatusassoziierte Haltungen (Mentalitäten) und Handlungen (politische Beteiligung) wird theoretisch argumentiert und empirisch gezeigt: Der Wohnstatus ist ein Erklärungsfaktor sozialer Ungleichheit, dem mehr als nur eine ökonomische Ungleichheitsdynamik innewohnt
Chapter 9 Corporate Office, Corporate Irresponsibility and the Constitutive Vicariousness of Corporate Power
No full textThis book elaborates and interrogates the idea of evil corporations from a diverse range of disciplines. There has long been awareness of systemic harms inflicted by corporations, but this awareness has rarely led to any effective legal means to prevent and/or respond adequately to them. Lawyers and legal theorists appear to be stuck asking the same questions, and giving the same ineffective answers. Part of the problem, this book maintains, is the relative lack of theoretical interrogation into the nature of corporations as responsible, moral agents. To break this stasis, this book draws upon philosophies of wickedness in order to ask whether or not corporations are, or can be, evil. With contributions from a range of different disciplines, including law, cultural theory, theology, and philosophy, it offers a novel account of how and why corporate wrongs are caused, whilst exploring the extent to which the legal system itself facilitates such wrongdoing. The book targets a broad international audience with research interests in corporate crime. This will be of particular interest to those within the legal discipline, including corporate law, criminal law, corporate crime and law and humanities scholars
The Samaritan Pentateuch
No full textThis new translation into English seeks to introduce the reader to the character of the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, while emphasising the fundamental differences between it and the Masoretic version. The translation is based on a grammatical analysis of each and every word in the text according to its oral pronunciation, informed by examination of the Samaritan translations into Aramaic and Arabic as well as other Samaritan and non-Samaritan sources. One of the most ancient and important Samaritan manuscripts of the Pentateuch, MS Nablus 6, copied in 1204 CE, serves to represent the Samaritan version. The English translation is placed in the left-hand column of each page, while the Samaritan original is displayed in the right-hand column. For the reader’s convenience, differences between the Samaritan and Masoretic versions are marked in red. In addition to translating the Hebrew text and highlighting the differences between it and the Masoretic text, each difference is explained in a brief note in an apparatus at the bottom of the page. Where expansion is appropriate, the reader is referred to extended notes at the end of the edition
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
No full textThis book explores the remarkable potential of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures, one of the most versatile materials in nanotechnology, notable for their wide bandgap, high exciton binding energy, and adaptable surface chemistry. It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in ZnO research, focusing on their synthesis, properties, and diverse applications across key scientific and industrial fields. Readers will discover how ZnO nanostructures are revolutionizing environmental science with sustainable pollution control solutions, advancing biomedicine through innovative drug delivery systems and diagnostics, and enhancing agriculture by improving crop yield and quality. The book also delves into the precision engineering of ZnO for cutting-edge sensors and electronic devices while exploring bioinspired approaches to designing nanomaterials with tailored functionalities. With its multidisciplinary scope, this volume serves as an essential resource for researchers, academics, and professionals, offering valuable insights into the transformative role of ZnO nanoparticles in addressing today’s scientific and technological challenges
Freedom and Borders
No full textThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.
Firmly anchored in contemporary political issues, Freedom and Borders: A Theory of Citizenship for the Age of Globalization delves into the history and theory of citizenship to illustrate its meaning and function, and how its transformative powers have the capacity to overcome contemporary challenges.
Showcasing the dynamics between citizenship, rights, and the state, Dario Mazzola addresses several crucial issues in political theory, including the integration between national and global citizenship, as well as peace, equality, and freedom. Combining perspectives from mainstream Anglo-Analytic philosophy with other viewpoints, chapters connect sources from a variety of disciplines and philosophical schools to weigh in on the ongoing debate over the positive and negative aspects of globalization, as well as their implications for the newly emergent global citizen.
Offering the benefits of a systematic, philosophical encounter between cultures and scholarships which have yet to converge on this topic,Freedom and Borders: A Theory of Citizenship for the Age of Globalization presents a unique and original theory of citizenship, producing a provocative read for the expert and an impassioned introduction for the student with an interest in citizenship studies
Spracherleben und Identität
No full textDie Sprachenvielfalt des Schweizer Kantons Graubünden zeigt sich nicht nur in den drei angestammten Sprachen Italienisch, Rätoromanisch und Deutsch. Sabrina Sala beleuchtet erstmals die komplexe Mehrsprachigkeit der Region vor dem Hintergrund zahlreicher Dialekte und Migrationssprachen. Sie konzentriert sich vor allem auf das Spracherleben mehrsprachiger junger Erwachsener aus dem italienischsprachigen Teil Graubündens und zeigt auf, wie Sprache Identitäten formt sowie widersprüchliche und wandelbare Mehrfachzugehörigkeiten hervorbringt. Das vielfältige Wechselspiel zwischen Sprache(n), Bildungsverläufen und Identitätskonstruktionen eröffnet so neue Einsichten in die sprachlich-kulturelle Realität junger Menschen aus Graubünden
Romanian Management Theory and Practice
No full textThis open access book provides the current research on the features of Romanian management theory and practices. It explores Romania’s position in the global supply chain; Romanian firm’s contributions to the new global economy; and the processes and effect of internationalization and digitization on the Romanian economy. Romanian management practices, similar with other Eastern European nations, has a unique development. In the late 19th and early 20th century, they were an integral part of western management thinking. However, with the forced adoption of a communist political system and the nationalization of the Romanian economy, the managerial systems were recalibrated to replace profit maximizing objectives with social objectives yielding mixed results. Since the revolution of 1989 and the integration into NATO and the European Union, Romanian management systems are once again an integral part of the global economy. As the COVID-19 crisis revealed the limitations of globalization and the overreliance on Asian suppliers, Romania, along with the rest of Eastern Europe will continue to be integrated into the global economy and become a dependable alternative to Asian suppliers. This is an open access book
Why We Worry
No full textSomething must have changed in society. We weren’t always this worried. Not always caught up in disastrous scenarios in our minds. What is this nagging voice in our head? Why won’t it stop, and why are we so fixated on it? In Why We Worry, Roland Paulsen paints a broad picture of the cultural variations and historical evolution of anxiety. Through this lens, he invites readers to explore the paradox of how material wealth has enriched our lives in every aspect except one: our mental well-being. This book offers empirically grounded insights into the sociological underpinnings of issues relating to worry. As such, it is suitable for undergraduate students in psychology, sociology, and medicine – and anyone who has ever been trapped in rumination