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Bringing together scholars from the exact sciences as well as those from the humanities and social sciences, this collection of papers asks the contributors to explain how they approach their research and seeks to find common ground between both groups. All aspects of the scientific enterprise are covered, from hypothesis testing and theory formation to the search for money, grants, and subsidies and even to competition with other teams. Attem...

Ideal for policymakers, journalists, academics, and researchers, this review of European practices in the evaluation of safety and crime-prevention policies--ranging from mere incantation to highly sophisticated techniques--offers a methodological discussion of the uses of evaluative research in criminology and sociology. Estimating policy impact and revealing the controversial conditions required for evaluation, the volume examines the differ...

Devoted to the doctorates being awarded to young researchers and professors associated with the Faculty Association of Design Sciences at the University College of Antwerp, this journal covers a wide range of topics, including architecture, urban planning, interior architecture, conservation of monuments and sites, and product development. The doctoral theses are presented according to these topics and exemplify research and achievements under...

Case studies are used extensively as teaching tools at schools of law, medicine, and business administration, and this reference argues that architectural training should also include more reading and writing of case studies. Noting that scientific concepts and questions of design are the first priority in architecture, the discussion recommends adding case studies to the curriculum as a practical--rather than theoretical--tool for documenting...

Focusing on strategy, architecture, and design, this concise guide explores all the techniques, methodologies, and activities of business information management. Concentrating on the architecture and development of information systems, the guide discusses governance with CobiT and operational management with ITIL. Also included is an evaluation of costs and benefits of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) as well as a calculation ...

With expert insights on the challenging task of crafting inclusive, competitive, and culturally diverse European media and communications policy, this collection confronts issues unique to the current era of convergence. Displaying how the media and the information-communications-technology sectors have begun to converge, this carefully researched study considers how previously distinct policies set in place to oversee each are overlapping to ...

With items from the 17th congress of the International Association of the History of Glass, this collection showcases the work of scholars from all over the world. In addition to numerous contributions on the use, manufacture, and trade of glass in the Antique period, the importance of glass in more recent historical periods is dealt with in detail. Finally, apart from contributions on stained glass, glass decoration, and the use of enameling,...

Comparing the various practices that measure and study crime throughout Europe, this study on victimization and insecurity surveys the successes and shortcomings of different practice zones in Europe. Combining data from the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, this useful collection provides valuable information for public policy and crime prevention. A better understanding of crime and its patterns throughout Eur...

Explaining the innovative, radical, and aggressive approaches towards a more effective and efficient public health care, this definitive guide wraps up the series of seminars, workshops, and publications from CROSSTALKS--Vrije Universiteit Brussel's university and industry network that aims to bridge the gap between the academic and industrial world. This account examines the information gathered from 2005 to 2008 and discusses the contemporar...

Analyzing the relationship between federalism and European integration - specifically the impact of Europeanization on the three European Union member states that are constitutionally federal, this study explores ideas of hierarchy and interdependence alongside current problems manifested in historic governmental structure.

Belgium is currently facing its most serious political crisis since the nation achieved its independence in 1831. The land is threatening to disintegrate under the strain of a long-standing ¿nationalities¿ problem. On the one hand there is Flanders, which wishes to see the further division of the country. On the other hand there is Wallonia, which wants to preserve the status quo. In between them stands the Brussels capital city region, whose ...

Bringing together investors, business owners, energy providers, policy makers, researchers, and individuals, this compilation showcases the winning projects of the European Union's 100 Energy Efficiency project. Providing solutions to energy conservation--both from the ground up and the top down--these featured winners take a cross-disciplinary approach and cover topics such as laboratory science, mathematics, funding, utopian building design,...

Twenty researchers and scientists from 13 different European countries join forces to offer their insights into the development of the Information Society in their respective countries. These experts provide analyses regarding issues of technological absorption, economic growth, and cohesion across the enlarged European Union. This volume shows that the history of Information Society in these countries has mainly been about catching up under h...