The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficie…
Uniting the usually distinct areas of particle physics and quantum field theory, gravity and general relativity, this expansive and comprehensive textbook of fundamental and theoretical physics describes the quest to consolidate the elementary particles that are the basic building blocks of nature. Designed for advanced undergraduates and graduate students and abounding in worked examples and d…
This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level …
Fighting for a Living investigates the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe over the last 500 years. It does so on the basis of a wide range of case studies taken from Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East and Asia. The novelty of "Fighting for a Living" is that it is not military history in the tradit…
In his day, Raphael Cilento was one of the most prominent and controversial figures in Australian medicine. As a senior medical officer in the Commonwealth and Queensland governments, he was an active participant in public health reform during the inter-war years and is best known for his vocal engagement with public discourse on the relationship between hygiene, race and Australian nationhood.…
Sadar kawasan adalah usaha, ikhtiar untuk memperkenalkan gunung-gunung, hutan, dan totalitas alam beserta aturan dan ketentuan pada umumnya agar masyarakat dapat mengenal dan mengetahui alam, yang pada akhirnya bisa mencintai alam sebagai sumber hidup dan kehidupan. Untuk itu, diharapkan dengan sendirinya muncul kesadaran untuk menjaga keutuhan alam. Buku ini selain membahas relasi konsep kawas…
Buku ini tidak hanya semata membahas tentang adat Sumba, akan tetapi tentang pengaruh kekuasaan “tradisional” maupun “modern” pada sebuah daerah yang relatif jauh dari pusat pemerintahan “modern”. Sebagian besar fokus bahasan dalam buku ini menganalisis peran birokrasi pemerintahan dan kebijakan nasional yang difokuskan pada peran masyarakat lokal khususnya elite lokal. Semoga buk…
Rickettsioses merupakan salah satu penyakit tular vektor yang kurang menjadi perhatian karena gejalanya tidak spesifik pada fase awal penyakit sehingga sulit dibedakan dengan infeksi lain dan keterbatasan sarana dan prasarana laboratorium untuk konfirmasi diagnosis. Di Indonesia, rickettsioses belum dimasukkan sebagai diagnosis banding untuk deteksi infeksi penyakit lainnya, seperti infeksi den…
This book is an integration of keynote speeches, lectures, and related teaching materials during the five years of the "Central Bank Policy Mix: Issues, Challenges and Policy Responses" flagship program of the BI Institute, the learning and research centre of Bank Indonesia. The book examines the interactions among central bank policies including monetary policy, exchange rate policy, macroprud…
While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. However, a gradual and fundamental shift in the practice of academics is taking place. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effec…