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Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses (2018)
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Alimohammadisagvand, B. (2018). Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses. Helsinki: Aalto University

Demand response control algorithms assist in shifting a part of the electricity demand of building from periods of high demand and price towards periods of lower price. Without demand response, also the grid operators must rely on and use expensive a... Read More about Influence of demand response actions on thermal comfort and electricity cost for residential houses.

Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject' (2018)
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Vanheule, S., Hook, D., & Neill, C. (Eds.). (2018). Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject'. London/New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429459221

The Écrits was Jacques Lacan’s single most important text, a landmark in psychoanalysis which epitomized his aim of returning to Freud via structural linguistics, philosophy and literature. Reading Lacan’s Écrits is the first extensive set of comment... Read More about Reading Lacan's Ecrits: From 'Signification of the Phallus' to 'Metaphor of the Subject'.

GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems (2018)
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Gobeo, A., Fowler, C., & Buchanan, B. (2018). GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems. River Publishers

The General Data Protection Regulation is the latest, and one of the most stringent, regulations regarding Data Protection to be passed into law by the European Union. Fundamentally, it aims to protect the Rights and Freedoms of all the individuals i... Read More about GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems.

Sound Design (2018)
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McGregor, I. (2018). Sound Design

This book explores the underlying principles of sound design for linear and interactive media, and specifically how they apply to theatre. The focus of the text is about how to design effective sound so that audiences' experiences are as close as pos... Read More about Sound Design.

Tourism Management: An Introduction (2018)
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Inkson, C., & Minnaert, L. (2018). Tourism Management: An Introduction. (2nd edn). SAGE Publications

An introductory text that gives its reader a strong understanding of the dimensions of tourism, the industries of which it is comprised, the issues that affect its success, and the management of its impact on destination economies, environments and c... Read More about Tourism Management: An Introduction.

Gender and Choice after Socialism (2018)
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Attwood, L., Schimpfössl, E., & Yusupova, M. (Eds.). (2018). Gender and Choice after Socialism. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73661-7

The end of socialism in the Soviet Union and its satellite states ushered in a new era of choice. Yet the idea that people are really free to live as they choose turns out to be problematic. Personal choice is limited by a range of factors such as a... Read More about Gender and Choice after Socialism.

Questions of culture in autoethnography (2018)
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Stanley, P., & Vass, G. (Eds.). (2018). Questions of culture in autoethnography. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315178738

Autoethnography allows researchers to make sense of the ‘ethno’ – the cultural – by studying their own experiences – the ‘auto’. It links the self to the cultural, allowing for an inductive grounding of theoretical insight into researchers' lived exp... Read More about Questions of culture in autoethnography.

Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. (2018)
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Allardyce, S., & Yates, P. (2018). Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press

‘At a time when a better-informed picture about the realities of child sexual abuse is urgently needed, this book provides a vital part of this complex jigsaw’ from the Foreword by Professor Simon Hackett. Approximately one third of child sexual a... Read More about Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour..

Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation (2018)
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Pomponi, F., De Wolf, C., & Moncaster, A. (Eds.). (2018). Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72796-7

This book provides a single-source reference for whole life embodied impacts of buildings. The comprehensive and persuasive text, written by over 50 invited experts from across the world, offers an indispensable resource both to newcomers and to est... Read More about Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation.

Networks of International Trade and Investment: Understanding globalisation through the lens of network analysis (2018)
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Gorgoni, S., Amighini, A., & Smith, M. (Eds.). (2018). Networks of International Trade and Investment: Understanding globalisation through the lens of network analysis. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press

In recent decades, the international economy has witnessed fundamental changes in the way manufacturing is organised: products are no longer manufactured in their entirety in a single location. Instead, the production process is often split across a... Read More about Networks of International Trade and Investment: Understanding globalisation through the lens of network analysis.

Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: understanding metadata and its use (2018)
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Haynes, D. (2018). Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: understanding metadata and its use. (2nd edition). Facet Publishing

PART I: Metadata concepts Part I introduces the concepts that underpin metadata, starting with an historical perspective. In Chapter 1 some examples of metadata that people come across in their daily life are demonstrated along with some altern... Read More about Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: understanding metadata and its use.

Accounting for Sustainability: Asia Pacific Perspectives (2018)
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Lee, K., & Schaltegger, S. (Eds.). (2018). Accounting for Sustainability: Asia Pacific Perspectives. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70899-7

Addresses the research-practice gap in the sustainability accounting and reporting field between academic researches and corporate practices Provides rich insights of different cultural and industrial cases in the Asia-Pacific region Of... Read More about Accounting for Sustainability: Asia Pacific Perspectives.

Mass Timber - an introduction to solid laminate timber systems (2018)
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Hairstans, R. (2018). Mass Timber - an introduction to solid laminate timber systems. https://www.arcamedia.co.uk/product-page/mass-timber-an-introduction-to-solid-timber-laminate-systems: Arcamedia Ltd

The past two decades have witnessed an extraordinary upsurge in the use of mass timber products and systems in construction - a global phenomenon driven by greater emphasis on the sustainable use of renewable resources and by significant technologica... Read More about Mass Timber - an introduction to solid laminate timber systems.

The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing Performance (2018)
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Papadimitriou, D., Baltag, D., & Surubaru, N. (Eds.). (2018). The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing Performance. Abingdon / New York: Routledge

The role of the European Union (EU) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and its ‘near abroad’ has attracted much scholarly attention over the past few years. Notwithstanding the successes of the EU’s eastwards enlargement, the ‘transfor... Read More about The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing Performance.

Beyond Logarithms & Bones: A short history of John Napier and his legacy (2017)
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Seath, G. (2017). Beyond Logarithms & Bones: A short history of John Napier and his legacy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

The purpose of this book is to provide a very short, historical account of the life and legacy of John Napier (1550-1617) and has been produced in support of a wider programme of activities to commemorate 400 years since his death.

Shared Value in SMEs: Evidence from Europe (2017)
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Berberich, R. (2017). Shared Value in SMEs: Evidence from Europe. Independently published

Master Thesis in Strategic Project Management concerning 'Shared Value in SMEs'. Shared Value, as a new concept in CSR aims to offer a route to social responsibility that not only 'does good' but is also financially beneficial for the originator.

Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times. Fighting Inequality Through Capability Oriented Policy (2017)
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H. Otto, V. Egdell, J. Bonvin, & R. Atzmüller (Eds.), (2017). Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times. Fighting Inequality Through Capability Oriented Policy

Following the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This book evaluate... Read More about Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times. Fighting Inequality Through Capability Oriented Policy.

Shadowplay (2017)
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Lam, L. (2017). Shadowplay. (1). London, UK: Pan MacMillan

Micah Grey almost died when he fled the circus with Drystan - now he and the ex-clown seek to outrun disaster. Drystan persuades his old friend Jasper Maske, a once-renowned magician, to take them in. But when he agrees to teach them his trade, Maske... Read More about Shadowplay.