Nieuwe titels (36)
Een overzicht van nieuwe studieboeken die relevant zijn binnen het hoger onderwijs.
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Mapping the Territorial Scope of EU Law
2024 || Hardcover || Wessel Geursen || Eleven international publishing
With globalisation, digitisation, more cross-border movement of persons and multinational businesses, events and cases have increasingly become transnational. Conversely, with the current geopolitical climate, the increase of migration and the recent pandemics, borders have regained importance. These developments raise questions about the territorial scope of legislation. In this book, 28 mechanisms have been identified which influence the territorial scope of EU law. With those mechanisms, t...
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Civilised digitalisation
The foundations of and a guide to the ethical creation and use of digital products
2024 || Paperback || Leon Dohmen || Mijnmanagementboek.nl || met inkijkexemplaar
In a world where technologies permeate our lives, the urgent question arises: how can we shape our digital society without undermining the foundations of civilisation? The theoretical and practical concepts of 'Civilised Digitalisation' and humanity by design merge into a revolutionary approach to curb abuse and violations. At a time when technological progress goes hand in hand with moral responsibility, this book reveals the blueprint for a world where humanity is and remains in charge in t...
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Getting to Grips with Grammar
A Shortcut to English Grammar
2024 || Paperback || Nadine Van den Eynden Morpeth e.a. || Maklu, Uitgever
Is it possible to master the basics of English grammar and to learn how to build correct complex sentences without drowning in too much abstract theory?The authors of this book believe it is. Getting to Grips with Grammar offers you the tools to do so.The book provides insight into the building blocks of English grammar and into the various word categories. It explains complex matters such as the tenses and modality in a transparent way and it shows you how to make your syntax more sophistica...
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EDF Data Literacy Professional Courseware
2024 || Paperback || Michel Dekker || Van Haren Publishing
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Corporate Governance from Startup to Scale-up
2024 || Paperback || Luc Sterckx || Leuven University Press
Good governance is essential to the success of start-ups and scale-ups. In this book, Luc Sterckx, an expert in internal governance and general management, provides firsthand advice on how early-stage companies can be governed in an efficient and workable manner, regardless of their limited financial resources. The book combines legal and regulatory information with practical advice on implementation, including guidance on how to set priorities. As a company transitions from a startup to a sc...
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Artificial Insights
Understanding the Dynamics of AI and Machine Learning
2024 || Paperback || Jerome Knight || Bookmundo.pt
In the rapidly evolving world of technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) stand out as two of the most influential and transformative forces. This comprehensive guide explores the application of AI and ML across key sectors such as healthcare, finance, retail, and automotive, providing a deep dive into how these technologies are revolutionizing practices, from enhancing medical diagnostics to driving autonomous vehicles and beyond.
The book not only explores practica...
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Landscapes of Trade
Towards sustainable spatial planning for the logistics complex in the Netherlands
2024 || Paperback || Merten Nefs || TU Delft
By combining different perspectives and methods of empirical research, this PhD thesis generates multi-disciplinary insights into the rise of the logistics complex and its planning discourse whilst focusing specifically on XXL distribution centres (DCs) in the Netherlands. Since the 1980s, the building footprint of this complex has increased fourfold, to approximately 80 million square metres, generating a new large-scale landscape type: Landscapes of Trade. The research addresses urgent i...
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Daily Mobility in Metropolitan Areas
The case of higher education students and urban spatial development in the Valparaiso Metropolitan Area
2024 || Paperback || Marcela Soto || TU Delft
This study seeks to understand the interrelationship between daily mobility and the spatial structure of an emerging metropolitan urban system. It is concerned with the daily mobility of a specific group of inhabitants, higher education students, living in a contemporary metropolis and experiencing urban living. The study’s main aim is to better understand aspects of this complex urban spatial structure through the students’ lives and through their daily mobility to explore specific urban...
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Aspects of the United Kingdom
British History, Culture and Society for Learners of English
Paperback || Francis O'Brien || Hogeschool Rotterdam
Aspects of the United Kingdom offers students of English and EFL teachers essential information about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Readers will learn about the history and cultures of the nations of the British Isles and see how they have helped shaped the country today. There is also a focus on contemporary Britain, offering the student an understanding of hot-topic issues in the UK.
Topics covered are:
- Cultures and Identities of the nations of the United Kingdom
- Peoples of the ...
Infancy
The Development of the Whole Child
2024 || Paperback || Lisa M. Oakes e.a. || SAGE
Topically organized and written in a conversational tone, Infancy: The Development of the Whole Child unites cutting-edge theories and research to illustrate the development of the whole child from birth to age three.