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    The British Sitcom Spinoff Film (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031412226
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 273 p. 21 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
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    Keywords: Television broadcasting. ; Motion pictures ; Comedy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Precursors and Pioneers: 1940-1960 -- Chapter 3 - The ‘Golden Age’: 1969-1980. Part 1: Racists, Romans and Randy Busmen -- Chapter 4 - The ‘Golden Age’: 1969-1980. Part 2: Soldiers, Shopping and Sexual Frustration -- Chapter 5 – Revival and Revisionism: 1986-2007. Part 1: Global Destruction and Domination -- Chapter 6 – Revival and Revisionism: 2007-2021. Part 2: Schools, Legacies and Mockumentaries -- Chapter 7 – Conclusion.
    Abstract: Stephen Glynn has produced a terrific book on British TV sitcom spinoff films. He writes clearly and concisely and with a demonstrable passion for the subject. He pulls off the difficult trick of bringing an impressive breadth of knowledge to this material while also communicating it in helpful and often amusing ways. -Paul Newland, University of Worcester This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms. Regularly maligned as the nadir of British film production and marginalised as a last resort for the financially-bereft industry during the 1970s, this study demonstrates that the sitcom spinoff film has instead been a persistent and important presence in British cinema from the 1940s to the present day, and includes works with distinct artistic merit. Alongside an investigation of the economic imperative underpinning these productions, i.e. the exploitation of a proven product with a ready-made audience, it is argued that, with a longevity stretching from Arthur Askey and his wartime Band Waggon (1940) to the crew of Kurupt FM and their recent People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021), the British sitcom spinoff can be interpreted as following a full generic ‘life cycle’. Starting with the ‘formative’ stage where works from Hi Gang! (1941) to I Only Arsked! (1958) establish the genre’s characteristics, the spinoff genre moves to its ‘classic’ stage where, secure for form and content, it enjoys considerable popular success with films like Till Death Us Do Part (1969), On the Buses (1971), The Likely Lads (1976) and Rising Damp (1980); the genre’s revival since the late-1990s reveals a more ‘parodic’ final stage, with films like The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) adopting a consciously self-reflective mode. It is also posited that the sitcom spinoff film is a viable source for social history, with the often-stereotypical re-presentations of characters and events an ideological metonym for the concerns of wider British society, notably in issues of class, race, gender and sexuality. Stephen Glynn lectures in Film and Television at De Montfort University, UK. He has published widely on British cinema and genre and previous volumes for Palgrave include The British Pop Music Film (2013), The British School Film (2016) and The British Football Film (2018).
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    Fictional Worlds and the Political Imagination (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031520266
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 374 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Aesthetics. ; Political science ; Literature
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Occasions for Reflection on Political Possibility -- Part I. Relations Between Literary and Political Writing -- 2. J. M. Coetzee’s Fictional Ethics, Christian Howard-Sukhil -- 3. Never Out of Style: On the Critique of Literary Devices in Political Philosophy, Charlie van Veen and Catherine M. Robb -- 4. The Transpolitical Role of Poetry according to Joseph Brodsky and Seamus Heaney, Lewis Fallis -- 5. The Antagonism of Thomas Carlyle’s Romanticism and John Rawls’s Rationalism on Social and Distributive Justice, Brian Wolfel -- II. Political Psychology Depicted -- 6. Boredom as a Propositional Attitude: Reading Alberto Moravia with Hegel, Eliza Starbuck Little -- 7. Beyond Tyranny: Ethical Imagination, Erotic Education, and Justice in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, Dustin Gish -- 8. Mimetic Rivalry and the Scapegoat Mechanism in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Sina Movaghati.-III. Power, Violence, Resistance: Overt and Subtle, Physical and Symbolic -- 9. “Command me, Confessor": Violence, Power, and Ethics within Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series, Benjamin Carpenter -- 10. Leontius in Vietnam: The Aesthetics of Violence in Michael Herr’s Dispatches, Luke Sayers -- 11. African Scarification and Slavery: from Anthropology to Allegory, Michael Janis -- 12.Flaubert and Marx on 1848, Divya Menon -- IV. Outward Corruption, Inner Corrosion, Aesthetic Redemption -- 13. Platonic Corruption in The Handmaid’s Tale, Andy Lamey -- 14. Michael Corleone, Truly Unregulated Capitalist: The Godfather II as Political Allegory and Ethical Catastrophe, Garry L. Hagberg -- 15. Retheorizing the Aristotelians’ Catharsis: The Role of Memories in Narrating and Purging Emotions, Shilpi Saxena and Diksha Sharma -- 16. The Philosopher at the Gate of the Word: A Study of Simone Weil’s Transformative Literature, Caprioglio Panizza and Philip Wilson.
    Abstract: There has been a steady stream of articles written on the relations between political thought and the interpretation of literature, but there remains a need for a book that both introduces and significantly contributes to the field – particularly one that shows in detail how we can think more freely and creatively about political possibilities by reading and reflecting on politically significant literature. This volume offers analytically acute and culturally rich ways of understanding how it is that we can productively think philosophically about political literature and what kind of distinctive conceptual progress we can make by doing so. Given the extremely widespread interest in political issues, this volume will strike resonant chords far and wide, while offering something that has not been done quite in this way and for which the time certainly seems right. Garry L. Hagberg is the James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bard College, USA and Editor of the journal Philosophy and Literature. Author of four books and editor of nine volumes, he is presently completing a new book, Consciousness Portrayed: Seven Case Studies in Philosophical Literature.
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    Advanced Information Networking and Applications : Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Volume 1 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031578403
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 452 p. 270 illus., 228 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 199
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Game Theory-Based Efficient Message Forwarding Scheme for Opportunistic Networks -- Improved UCB MAB-Based Algorithm for Relay Selection in Cooperative Narrowband PLC Communication -- Mutual-Visibility in Fibonacci Cubes -- Evaluation of the Trust Zone Model with the Information Flow Control -- PRVC: A Novel Vehicular Ad-hoc Network Caching based on Pre-trained Reinforcement Learning -- ElasticWISP-NG: Towards Dynamic Resource Provisioning for WISP Access Networks -- BBR-R: Improving BBR's RTT Fairness by Dynamically Adjusting Delay Detection Intervals -- Reducing Signaling Overhead in 5G Mobile Network for IoT Device Mobility -- On Network Design and Planning 2.0 for Optical-computing-enabled Networks -- DEAR: DRL Empowered Actor-critic ScheduleR for Multipath QUIC Under 5G/B5G hybrid networks -- Integrated Vehicle Access Protocol with Priority-Based Messaging for VANETs -- Adaptive Cost-Reward Scheduling for Optimizing Radio Utilization and Frequency Numerology Efficiency in B5G New Radio Networking -- Speed Control for Autonomous Vehicular Platoon -- A Comparison Study of a Fuzzy-based Simulation System and Testbed for Selection of Radio Access Technologies in 5G Wireless Networks -- A Distributed Approach for Autonomous Landmine Detection Using Multi-UAVs.
    Abstract: Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuations are emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnection problems. To fulfill their large range of applications different kinds of networks need to collaborate and wired and next generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. This volume covers the theory, design and applications of computer networks, distributed computing and information systems. The aim of the volume “Advanced Information Networking and Applications” is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57840-3
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    Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing : Volume 17 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031563881
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(Approx. 215 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1153
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Software engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Develop a System to Analyze Logs of a Given System Using Machine Learning -- Study on Locality, Fairness, and Optimal Resource Allocation in Cluster Scheduling -- Digital word-of-mouth and purchase intention. An empirical study in millennial female and consumers -- Alignment of Business Process and Information System Models through Explicit Traceability -- An Assessment of Fintech for Open Banking: Data Security and Privacy Strategies from the Perspective of Fintech Users.
    Abstract: This book reports state-of-the-art results in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing. This edited book presents original papers on both theory and practice. It addresses foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56388-1
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    Traditional Indian Virtue Ethics for Today : An East-West Dialogue (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031479724
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 312 p. 6 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Comparative East-West Philosophy
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    Keywords: Philosophy. ; Ethics. ; Hindu philosophy.
    Abstract: 1: Introduction -- PART I: World Philosophy -- 2: Indian Philosophy and World Philosophy -- 3: Questioning Buddhism on the Way to World Philosophy -- PART II: Traditional Views reformulated -- 4: Tagore’s Philosophy of Man: Reconciling Opposing Forces -- 5: Virtue Ethics in Swami Vivekananda: A Novel Perspective on Vedanta -- .6: Sri Aurobindo’s Metaphysics of Morals in the Model of Virtue Ethics -- PART III: Virtue Ethics for Current Application -- 7: An Environmental Ethics for Today – Structured on the Indian Virtue Ethics Model -- 8: Business Leadership and Virtue Ethics in the 21st Century: Framing Barton through Tagore’s Lens -- 9: Ethical Message of the Mahabharata in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis -- 10: Introducing Virtue Ethics in the Business Management Curriculum -- 11: Kautilya’s Virtue Ethics-based Economics vs. Modern Economics -- PART IV: Indian Virtue Ethics for Theory Building Today -- 12: Why Virtue Ethics Comes Closest to Indian Moral Praxis -- 13: Scienceand Virtue Ethics -- 14: Emotion Concepts for Virtue Theory: From Aesthetic to Epistemic and Moral -- 15: The Challenge to Being Virtuous: Solution Cues from the Mahabharata -- 16:Epilogue.
    Abstract: Working in the tradition of world philosophy, this book puts Western virtue ethics in conversation with traditional Indian philosophies. The book begins with a contribution from Michael Slote on ‘World Philosophy: The Importance of India,’ which is followed by contributions covering metaethical topics such as the relationship between Western virtue ethics and various Indian philosophical traditions, and applied topics such as environmental ethics, business ethics, ethics and science, and moral psychology. Contributors include scholars working in both North America and India. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47972-4
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    Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking in Islam : Theory and Practice (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031539275
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(Approx. 240 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History
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    Keywords: Islam ; Islam ; Islam and culture. ; Islam and the social sciences. ; Islamic sociology. ; Peace.
    Abstract: 1. Studies on Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking -- 2. Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Arabian Society Before The Advent Of Islam -- 3. Conceptual and Theoretical Framework Of Islamic Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking -- 4. The Role of Sunnah In Conflict Resolution And Peacemaking -- 5. Formation of Collective Moral Conscience and Building A Moral Community -- 6. Historical Insights into Conflict Resolution: Lessons From Early Islamic Era -- 7. Revisiting the Tapestry of Islamic Conflict Resolution and Contemporary Relevance.
    Abstract: The book explores Islamic perspectives on conflict resolution and peacemaking, catering to both scholars and general readers interested in understanding the role of Islam in promoting harmony and resolving disputes. It delves into key topics such as the principles of Islamic conflict resolution, historical examples of peaceful resolutions, and contemporary challenges faced by Muslim societies. By addressing these topics, the book aims to provide insight into Islamic teachings and practices that can contribute to building bridges and fostering peace in diverse contexts. The book is important and relevant due to the increasing need for understanding and promoting peaceful resolutions in today's world, particularly in regions influenced by Islam. It offers a comprehensive examination of the principles and methods of conflict resolution within an Islamic framework, shedding light on the rich history of peacemaking within Muslim societies. By highlighting Islamic perspectives on peace, the book aims to bridge cultural divides and foster dialogue, promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of the contributions Islam can make to conflict resolution. The book seeks to address the prevalent misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding Islam's approach to conflict resolution. It aims to challenge the notion that Islam is inherently associated with violence or lack of peaceful solutions. By presenting authentic Islamic teachings and historical examples of peaceful resolutions, the book endeavours to contribute to a more nuanced and accurate understanding of Islam's role in promoting conflict resolution and peacemaking. It offers readers an opportunity to explore Islamic perspectives on resolving conflicts, encouraging dialogue, and cultivating a more peaceful world. H. Sadik Kirazli holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research spans broadly Islamic politics and conflict resolution, Muslim societies, and the issues related to Muslims in other socio-political contexts. both in thought and practice.
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    A History of Pew Renting in the Church of England (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031544279
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(Approx. 270 p.)
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    Keywords: Anglican Communion. ; Religion
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. ‘That Woman that Shall Succeed Her’: Formal Pew-Renting up to 1818 -- 3. ‘Free from Tractarian Error’; Formal Pew-Renting Churches after 1818 -- 4. ‘Drive-A-Good-Bargain’: The Mechanics of Formal Pew-Renting Since 1818 -- 5. ‘Cobblers and Rat-Catchers’: Formal Pew-Renters -- 6. ‘Pew-Opener’s Muscle’: Informal Pew-renting and Pew-Openers -- 7. ‘The Morphine Velvet, Lavender-Kid-Glove School of Theology’: Private Pew-letting -- 8. ‘To Hinder Such Abomination’: Supporters and Opponents -- 9. ‘Seats We So Seldom Use’: Formal Pew-Renting’s Demise. 10. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book is a comprehensive study of the history of pew-renting in the church of England, from the first known rented sittings in the fifteenth century to the system’s collapse in the twentieth. The book’s significance is partly its originality; no book and very few articles or portions of books have appeared solely on pew-renting since the nineteenth century, and even those of that time were not histories – they were polemical works that generally attacked pew-renting on religious grounds. This work encompasses the distinction between formal letting of seats – which involved the methodical letting of sittings by church authorities with set rents – and informal pew-letting, in which congregants tipped pew-openers and sidesmen for favourable seats for one service. It also details the concomitant difficulties and hindrances encountered by churches and renters, the means of setting the rents and collecting the proceeds, the types of congregants who rented pews, the controversy the practice provoked, and the deception and bending – and sometimes outright breaking – of the applicable law. J.C. Bennett received his PhD in History from the University of Birmingham in 2011. He has currently an appellate attorney in Texas, USA.
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    Robert Rosen and Relational System Theory: An Overview (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031511165
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 148 p. 84 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Anticipation Science 8
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    Keywords: Biology ; Mathematical logic. ; Biological models. ; Philosophy.
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Category Theory -- 3. The Modeling Relation in Science -- 4. Relational Models -- 5. Simple Systems and Complex Systems -- 6. Anticipatory Systems -- 7. (M, R) – Systems -- 8. The Realization Problem -- Appendix: J. S. Hofmeyr’s (F, A) – Systems -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book focuses on Robert Rosen’s contributions to relational system theory, which is the science of organization and function. This science was originally developed by Nicolas Rashevsky, and further developed by Rashevsky’s student Robert Rosen, and continues to be developed by Rosen’s student A. H. Louie amongst others. Due to its revolutionary character, it is often misunderstood, and to some, controversial. The formal and conceptual setting for Rosen’s relational system theory is category theory. Rosen was the first to apply category theory to scientific problems, outside of pure mathematics, and the first to think about science from the point of view of category theory. To better understand the work of Rosen, this book provides an overview of his theory of modeling, complexity, anticipation, and organism. It presents the foundations of this science and the philosophical motivations behind it along with conceptual clarification and historical context in order to present Rosen’s ideas to a wider audience.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51116-5
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    Syntactic Networks—Kernel Memory Approach (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031573125
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 129 p. 31 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1157
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Review of the Two Existing Artificial Neural Network Models – Multilayer Perceptron and Probabilistic Neural Networks -- Beyond the Original PNN Model – Kernel Memory for Modeling Various Neural Pattern Processing Mechanism -- Modules within the Artificial Mind System and Their Interactions Relevant to Language Pattern Processing -- Concept Formation.
    Abstract: This book proposes a novel connectionist approach to a challenging topic of language modeling within the context of kernel memory and artificial mind system, both proposed previously by the author in the very first volume of the series, Artificial Mind System—Kernel Memory Approach: Studies in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 1. The present volume focuses on how syntactic structures of language are modeled in terms of the respective composite connectionist architectures, each embracing both the nonsymbolic and symbolic parts. These two parts are developed via inter-module processes within the artificial mind system and eventually integrated under a unified framework of kernel memory. The data representation by the networks embodied within the kernel memory principle is essentially local, unlike conventional artificial neural network models such as the pervasive multilayer perceptron-based neural networks. With this locality principle, kernel memory inherently bears many attractive features, such as topologically unconstrained network formation, straightforward network growing, shrinking, and reconfiguration, no requirement of arduous iterative parameter tuning, construction of transparent and hierarchical data structures, and multimodal and temporal data processing via the network representation. Exploiting these multifacet properties of kernel memory with interweaving the notion of inter-module processing within the artificial mind system provides coherent accounts for concept formation and how various linguistic phenomena, viz. word compoundings, morphologies, and multiword constructions, are modeled. The description is then extended to more intricate network models of context-dependent lexical network and syntactic-oriented processing, the latter being the central theme of the present study, and further to those representing a hybrid of nonverbal and verbal thinking, and semantic and pragmatic aspects of sentential meaning. The book is intended for general readers engaging in various areas of study in cognitive science, computer science, engineering, linguistics, philosophy, psycholinguistics, and psychology.
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    New Horizons for Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Metaheuristics (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031556845
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 434 p. 153 illus., 114 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1149
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book contains a collection of papers focused on hybrid intelligent systems based on soft computing techniques. In this book, new horizons on the theoretical developments of fuzzy logic, neural networks and optimization algorithms are envisioned. In addition, the abovementioned methods are discussed in application areas such as control and robotics, pattern recognition, medical diagnosis, decision-making, prediction and optimization of complex problems. There are a group of papers with the main theme of type-1, type-2 and type-3 fuzzy systems, which basically consists of papers that propose new concepts and algorithms based on type-1, type-2 and type-3 fuzzy logic and their applications. There is also a group of papers that offer theoretical concepts and applications of meta-heuristics in different areas. Another group of papers outlines diverse applications of hybrid intelligent systems in real problems. There are also a group papers that present theory and practice of neural networks in different applications. Finally, there are papers that offer theory and practice of optimization and evolutionary algorithms in different application areas.
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    Sustainable Manufacturing Practices in the Textiles and Fashion Sector (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031513626 , 3031513622
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 326 Seiten) , 122 illus., 102 illus. in color.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
    Series Statement: Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Sustainability ; Environmental chemistry ; Refuse and refuse disposal ; Sustainability ; Environmental Chemistry ; Waste Management/Waste Technology
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51362-6
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    Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031485244
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 202 p. 10 illus., 6 illus. in color)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024
    Series Statement: Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society
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    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Cultural Studies ; Science and Technology Studies ; Social Economy ; Economic Development, Innovation and Growth ; Sustainability ; Culture / Study and teaching ; Science / Social aspects ; Welfare economics ; Economic development ; Sustainability
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48524-4
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    Sustainability in Business Education, Research and Practices (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031559969
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 322 p. 32 illus., 28 illus. in color)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
    Series Statement: World Sustainability Series
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Sustainability ; Management Education ; Social Economy ; Sustainability ; Executives / Training of ; Welfare economics
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55996-9
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    Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 458 p. 338 illus., 280 illus. in color)
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    Keywords: Sustainability ; Urban Policy ; Urban Ecology ; Sustainability ; Urban policy ; Urban ecology (Biology)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47794-2
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    Sustainable and Green Technologies for Water and Environmental Management (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 277 p. 93 illus., 83 illus. in color)
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    Keywords: Sustainability ; Water ; Environmental Management ; Green Chemistry ; Environmental Monitoring ; Sustainability ; Water ; Hydrology ; Environmental management ; Green chemistry ; Environmental monitoring
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52419-6
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    River Systems of West Bengal : Water and Environments (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVI, 180 p. 28 illus., 25 illus. in color)
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Human Geography ; Water ; Environmental Monitoring ; Pollution ; Earth System Sciences ; Human geography ; Water ; Hydrology ; Environmental monitoring ; Pollution ; Physical geography
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53480-5
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    Sustainable Energy Transition : Circular Economy and Sustainable Financing for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVII, 324 Seiten) , 1 illus.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kandpal, Vinay Sustainable Energy Transition
    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Sustainability ; Energy policy ; Energy and state ; Environmental economics ; Environmental sciences Social aspects ; Social sciences ; Sustainability ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management ; Environmental Economics ; Environmental Social Sciences ; Society
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52943-6
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    Beyond the Garden : Sustainable and Inclusive Green Urban Spaces (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 185 p. 59 illus., 50 illus. in color)
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Sustainability ; Ecology ; Human Geography ; Cities, Countries, Regions ; Biodiversity ; Sustainability ; Ecology  ; Human geography ; Architecture ; Biodiversity
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50567-6
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    Addressing the Climate Crisis in the Indian Himalayas : Can Traditional Ecological Knowledge Help? (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031500978
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 311 p. 45 illus., 44 illus. in color)
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Environmental Social Sciences ; Society ; Climate Change Ecology ; Environmental Management ; Sustainability ; Environmental sciences / Social aspects ; Social sciences ; Bioclimatology ; Environmental management ; Sustainability
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50097-8
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    Plant Mutagenesis : Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Landscapes (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 217 p. 25 illus., 18 illus. in color)
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    Series Statement: Sustainable Landscape Planning and Natural Resources Management, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Sustainability ; Agriculture ; Food Science ; Sustainability ; Agriculture ; Food science
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50729-8
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    Innovation, Quality and Sustainability for a Resilient Circular Economy : The Role of Commodity Science, Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031552069
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 391 p. 51 illus., 34 illus. in color)
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    Keywords: Sustainability ; Environmental Management ; Social Economy ; Water ; Waste Management/Waste Technology ; Sustainability ; Environmental management ; Welfare economics ; Water ; Hydrology ; Refuse and refuse disposal
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55206-9
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    Silence, Space and Absence in Conrad's Works : Western and Non-Western Worlds (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031449109
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 113 p.)
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    Keywords: European literature. ; Literature, Modern ; Literature
    Abstract: This book considers the relationship between sound and silence in the works of Joseph Conrad, along with their ties to Western and non-Western space. Throughout Conrad’s works, a pattern emerges where Western space is associated with sound and non-Western space is associated with silence; similarly, Western space is portrayed as full of objects and activity, whereas non-Western space is portrayed as empty. As these tales progress, though, Conrad’s characters embark on transformational journeys that cause them to reassess the world they live in and sometimes even the nature of the universe. These journeys invariably occur through encountering non-Western space, and during the course of these journeys, the dichotomy between Western space, perceived as replete with sound and activity, and non-Western space, empty of such, blurs such that the fullness of the West is revealed to be simply a surface hiding the emptiness beneath. In the end, both Western and non-Western space are revealed to be absences, as the absence of sound becomes a correlative for the emptiness of space and the emptiness of space becomes a metonym for the cosmological emptiness of nothingness. John G. Peters is University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, USA. His books include Joseph Conrad's Critical Reception, The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad, Conrad and Impressionism, Historical Guide to Joseph Conrad, Conrad's Drama, Joseph Conrad: Contemporary Reviews (volume 2), and the Norton critical edition of Conrad's The Secret Sharer and Other Stories.
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    Researching with Proximity : Relational methodologies for the Anthropocene (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031395000 , 303139500X
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 215 Seiten) , 32 illus., 22 illus. in color.
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    Series Statement: Arctic Encounters
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Environmental sciences Social aspects ; Human geography ; Human ecology ; Civilization History ; Ethnology ; Environmental Social Sciences ; Human Geography ; Environmental Anthropology ; Cultural History ; Sociocultural Anthropology
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39500-0
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    Simplex Society : How to Humanize (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031411151 , 3031411153
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 320 Seiten) , 28 illus.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stroeken, Koen Simplex Society
    DDC: 301.01
    Keywords: Philosophical anthropology ; Anthropology ; Ethnology ; Structuralism ; Anthropological Theory ; Sociocultural Anthropology ; Structuralism
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41115-1
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    Children in Custody Disputes : Matching Legal Proceedings to Problems (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031463013
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 221 p. 1 illus.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Children in custody disputes
    Keywords: Law and the social sciences. ; Community development. ; Social service. ; Juvenile delinquents. ; Social psychiatry. ; International law. ; Family policy. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kind ; Familie ; Elterliche Sorge ; Recht ; Familiengericht
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Matching legal proceedings to the problem in custody disputes -- Chapter 2. Children’s health matters in custody conflicts – What do we know? -- Chapter 3. Nordic family mediation: towards a system of differentiated services? -- Chapter 4. Custody disputes from a socio-legal perspective -- Chapter 5. Children’s participation and perspectives in family disputes -- Chapter 6. Mapping paths to family justice: Resolving family disputes involving children in neoliberal times -- Chapter 7. Out-of-court Custody Dispute Resolution in Sweden – A Journey without Destination -- Chapter 8. Children’s health matters in custody conflicts: Best interest of the child and decisions on health matters -- Chapter 9. Challenges when family conflicts meet the law – A proactive approach -- 10. Beyond the Horizon: Matching Legal Proceedings to the Problem in Custody Disputes.
    Abstract: This open access book explores how legal proceedings in and out-of-court can be matched to the complex problems underlying disputes concerning child custody, residence and contact between parents. It focusses in particular on Nordic experiences of in and out-of-court mechanisms as means of resolving custody disputes. The contributors are internationally renowned and experienced researchers from the legal, psychological, and sociological fields who provide empirical as well as legal perspectives. They examine central legal, ethical and knowledge-based dilemmas in custody dispute proceedings. The findings speak to an international audience and suggest ways how to best realize the interests of the child. It transcends disciplinary, institutional, and jurisdictional boundaries in search of new knowledge. Anna Kaldal is a professor of procedural law and head of subject at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm university, Sweden. Her main field of research is evidential law and children in legal proceedings, especially children in custody cases, criminal cases and child protection cases. She is one of the founders of the Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child. Agnes Hellner is a senior lecturer in procedural law at the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research focuses on access to justice, comparative procedural law and constitutional law dimensions of procedural law, such as the relationship between the courts and the legislature. Titti Mattsson is a professor of public law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on legal, ethical and human rights issues within national social welfare systems, including children's rights. Mattsson is heading the Health Law Research Centre at Lund University.
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    Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights : Regulation, Professionals, and Citizens (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031466373
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 226 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
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    Keywords: Law and the social sciences. ; Welfare state. ; Administrative law. ; Law ; Human rights.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: transformations of european welfare states and social rights (stine piilgaard porner nielsen & ole hammerslev) -- Part I: State Regulation, Transformation of State egulation, And Agents Acting on Behalf of The State -- Chapter 2. Claim and blame – how welfare law institutionalises deservingness (tobias eule) -- Chapter 3. What is the function of welfare law today? Consequences of the work-line polic (inger-johanne sand) -- Chapter 4. The penal voluntary sector’s role in the nordic welfare states: a shadow state?(annette olesen, maija helminen & emy bäcklin) -- Part II: Encounters Between Welfare Professionals And Citizens -- Chapter 5. A double helix: the intertwined history of the marginalisation of welfare clients and their activist lawyers and advisers in the transformation of the welfare state in england and wales (pete sanderson & hilary sommerlad) -- Chapter 6. The paradoxical reality of welfare professionals: encounters between welfare professionals and citizens within social security in the netherlands (paulien de winter) -- Chapter 7. Asylum case adjudication in sweden, country of origin information and epistemic violence (martin joormann) -- Part III: Citizens’ Mobilisation of Social Rights -- Chapter 8. Access to justice and social rights for victims of trafficking and labour exploitation in sweden (isabel schoultz polina) -- Chapter 9. Welfare clients’ relational legal consciousness: an empirical perspective from the netherland (marc hertogh) -- Chapter 10. Youth homelessness in the danish welfare state: how do young persons in homelessness mobilise rights?(stine piilgaard porner nielsen & ole hammerslev) -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: transformations of european welfare states and social right (stine piilgaard porner nielsen & ole hammerslev).
    Abstract: This open access edited book investigates European social rights in practice from socio-legal perspectives. It brings together fourteen socio-legal scholars, representing Nordic and Western European countries, who analyse different aspects pertaining to European social rights, namely the regulation of social rights, encounters between welfare professionals and citizens, and citizens’ mobilisation of social rights. These three different aspects from the structure for the sections in the anthology, each analysing transformations related to regulation, encounters and rights mobilisation. The book contributes to the existing literature as it focuses on interdependent transformations on macro, meso and micro levels which are key for understanding processes and contexts related to European social rights in practice. It speaks particularly to academics in sociology of law and/or regulation. Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen is Postdoc in the Department of Law at University of Southern Denmark. Ole Hammerslev is Professor of Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden.
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    We had the Watches. They had the Time : A Witness Account of the War in Afghanistan (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 221 p. 15 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: Renewing the American Narrative
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    Keywords: Ethnology ; Culture. ; Middle East ; Peace.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Training for COIN (counterinsurgency) -- Chapter 3: What We Leave Behind and What We Take to War -- Chapter 4: Going Downrange -- Chapter 5: Going Way Downrange -- Chapter 6: Band of Brothers and Sisters -- Chapter 7: Women On and Off the FOB -- Chapter 8: Sex on the FOB (forward operating base) -- Chapter 9: Under Western Eyes -- Chapter 10: Who tells stories on deployment? -- Chapter 11: The Burning of a Quran -- Chapter 12: Coming Home.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the war in Afghanistan. In 2010 and 2011, the author took a leave from her faculty position at the University of California, Irvine to train and then deploy as a cultural advisor with two U.S. Army combat units in Afghanistan. Her account begins with the U.S. Army’s four-month training program for cultural advisors, follows her deployment, much of it on missions to remote and volatile areas far from brigade headquarters, and concludes with her uneasy return home. She examines the everyday lives of Americans sent to conduct a war of counterinsurgency, including their sexual exploits on base, their superstitions, even the heroic accounts that military contractors recount in their personal stories of past wars, stories that are sometimes a little too good to be true. In turn, she explores the views of ordinary Afghans to this American occupation. Carol Burke is Professor Emerita in English at UC Irvine, and Visiting Scholar in University of North Carolina’s Program in Peace, War and Defense. She combines her ethnographic skills as a folklorist with her interest in literary journalism. Publications include Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight, a study of military culture; Women’s Visions, a book that explores accounts of the supernatural and the uncanny exchanged by women in prison; The Creative Process (coauthored with Molly Tinsley), a creative writing text; Plain Talk and Back in Those Days, collections of family folklore--the latter coauthored with Martin Light; and Close Quarters, a collection of poems. Articles have appeared in magazines like The Nation and The New Republic as well as scholarly journals and collections. Before joining the faculty at UCI in 2004, Professor Burke taught courses in literary journalism at Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins Universities.
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    From Automated to Autonomous Driving : A Transnational Research History on Pioneers, Artifacts and Technological Change (1950-2000) (2024)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 307 p. 73 illus., 43 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 70
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    Keywords: Science ; Robotics. ; Automotive engineering. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Computer vision.
    Abstract: Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. History of the research on vehicle automation in the United States -- Chapter 3. History of the research on vehicle automation in Japan -- Chapter 4. History of the research on vehicle automation in Europe -- Chapter 5. Findings of the inquiry -- Chapter 6. Timeline with firsts, milestones and shifts -- Index.
    Abstract: This book presents the most important milestones of the research on automated and autonomous driving in the United States, Japan and Europe throughout five decades (1950-2000). Drawing on sources from the automotive industry, electrical engineering, the robotics and AI-domain and military institutions, it retraces the transition from the guidance-cable approach to vehicle-based sensor and vision systems. Giving a detailed overview of the technical concepts, artefacts, research vehicles and robots, the book presents the transnational engineering efforts that started long before Silicon Valley entered the field. In addition, the book also uniquely details the role of the military in the domain of vehicle automation. This all ensures the book is of great interest to historians of technology, practitioners in engineering disciplines, scholars working in mobility studies, journalists, and political decision makers.
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    Driving Digital Transformation in Developing Nations : Case Studies (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031545733
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVI, 167 p. 2 illus.)
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    Keywords: Development economics. ; Technological innovations. ; Economic development ; Development economics ; Policy for digital transformation ; Economics of innovation ; Economic Policy ; Nagy Hanna
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Aims and motivations -- Chapter 3: A first integrated transformation project: e-Sri Lanka -- Chapter 4: Transforming government -- Chapter 5: Transforming sectors: The health case -- Chapter 6: Transforming cities: Smart cities -- Chapter 7: Learning from pioneering country experiences -- Chapter 8: Impactful transformation and digital dividends -- Chapter 9: Diagnosing and managing digital ecosystems -- Chapter 10: A learning journey for countries and practitioners.
    Abstract: "If an author were to attempt combining a love story of development practice and a scholarly text on digital transformation, this would be it.” —Luci Abrahams, Director, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand “Nagy Hanna had to build the infrastructure within the World Bank and in Sri Lanka to realize the goal of digitally-enabled development. He helped us fashion the vision for e-Sri Lanka, build a new national ICT Agency, get Bank financing and facilitate implementation of a pioneering digital transformation program. As a dedicated internationalist, Hanna ably argued the case of his client in the context of a difficult environment. A tightrope walk act between client and donor, which he balanced admirably.” —Eran Wickramaratne, MP. Founding Chair ICT Agency & Former Minister of Finance, Sri Lanka This book provides detailed insight into what governments and institutions can do to drive digital transformation in a nation pursuing economic development. Drawing on real-world case studies and practical advice, the book breaks down digital transformation of public services, healthcare, and the move toward smart cities. Synthesizing publicly available information, the book captures how the World Bank transformed its response to the digital revolution in several nations. Nagy K. Hanna takes readers through the pioneering export strategy of software services in India’s and Sri Lanka’s first integrated digital transformation program. The resulting book is a guide for policymakers, development economists, and change-makers seeking new ways to harness the power of digital technologies to promote inclusive and sustainable development. Nagy K. Hanna advises countries and aid agencies on economic development and digital transformation programs. For more than three decades, he held senior positions in operations and strategic functions at the World Bank. Hanna was the World Bank's first senior advisor focused on digital economy. He was Visiting Professor at University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, as well as Senior Fellow and Board Member at the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies. He is Cofounder of People-Centered Internet, a global forum for inclusive digital transformation. He teaches and advises on digital leadership. Hanna has published extensively on digital leadership and national digital strategies.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54573-3
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    Sustainability Reporting : Conception, International Approaches and Double Materiality in Action (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031584497
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 185 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance
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    Keywords: Financial statements. ; Accounting. ; Sustainability. ; Sustainability Reporting ; Non-financial Disclosure ; Materiality ; Accounting ; International standards
    Abstract: Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2. International evolution of non-financial disclosure and sustainability reporting -- CHAPTER 3. Non-financial disclosure and sustainability reporting: a Systematic Literature Review -- CHAPTER 4. Materiality in sustainability reporting -- Chapter 5: CONCLUSION. Future development and directions for sustainability reporting.
    Abstract: The book provides a comprehensive exploration of the the evolution in sustainability reporting and non-financial disclosure from three perspectives: regulatory, literary, and empirical. First, the book discusses the variety of frameworks and standards, normative sources, and regulatory initiatives aimed at promoting and standardizing sustainability reporting at the international level. Second, the book offers a systematic review of academic literature on sustainability reporting and non-financial disclosure. Third, the book examines the concept of materiality in sustainability reporting and provides an empirical analysis of the quantity and quality of materiality disclosures in sustainability reporting across the globe. The book concludes by discussing future directions for developments in sustainability reporting research and practice, and is relevant to academics, practitioners, and students interested in the intersection of sustainability, corporate reporting, and corporate finance. Chiara Mio is a Full Professor of Accounting and Sustainability Reporting at the Venice School of Management - Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. As Chairman of Crédit Agricole FriulAdria from 2014 to 2022, she was the first woman in Italy to chair a commercial bank. Marisa Agostini is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Corporate Reporting at the Venice School of Management - Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, where she has taught accounting since 2009. She obtained her PhD in Business in 2012 after a research period at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas in Austin, USA. Francesco Scarpa is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Sustainability Reporting at the Venice School of Management - Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Business & Law at the University of Bergamo in 2021 after a visiting research period at the School of Management of the University of Bath, UK.
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    Mevlevi Manuscripts, 1268–c. 1400 : A Study of the Sources (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031483677
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 160 p. 10 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Middle East ; Islam ; Cultural property. ; Archaeology.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- 2 The Manuscript Sources -- 3 Texts and Intellectual Interests -- 4 Scribes, Patrons and Readers -- 5 Locations of Manuscript Production -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Appendices.
    Abstract: “This important study of Mevlevi manuscripts is an outstanding piece of scholarship, based on a close examination of numerous often neglected manuscript sources. It sheds new light not just on the manuscripts themselves, but also the early Mevlevi community – its artists, artisans, and patrons, and their intellectual interests. It makes a significant contribution both to art historical scholarship and to the growing field of Islamic manuscript studies, and will be required reading for anyone interested in medieval Anatolia or Sufism.” —Professor A. C. S. Peacock, University of St Andrews, UK This book provides a detailed and carefully researched catalogue of over 140 manuscripts related to the Mevlevi Sufis in their formative period during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It also offers an in-depth and rigorous analysis of the manuscript material, which reveals much about the role of manuscripts in early Mevlevi life, the identity of disciples who were scribes and manuscript owners, and the geographical spread of the Sufi group. The Mevlevi Sufis were one of the most important and prominent socio-religious groups to emerge in late medieval Anatolia, following the Mongol conquests of the 1240s. Sometimes known colloquially as the ‘whirling dervishes,’ the Mevlevis became particularly powerful under Ottoman rule in the early modern period, even counting some sultans as their disciples. However, there is still much to learn about their earliest days, following the death of their ‘patron saint’ Jalal al-Din Rumi in 1273. Rumi is of course also notable as the author of the Masnavi, an extensive work of Sufi poetry written in rhyming couplets that is the core of Mevlevi ritual and learning. Beyond Mevlevi circles, Rumi remains very popular today as a ‘mystic’ poet. This study sheds new light on the intellectual culture of his time. Cailah Jackson is a Research Associate of the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford and former Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
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    Ethnographic Discourses on Women and Islam in Turkey : A Critical Reading (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031508752
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 305 p. 590 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe
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    Keywords: Europe ; Social history. ; Women
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Studying Muslim Women in Ethnographic Discourse—A Background -- Chapter 2. Paradigms, Approaches, Issues, Challenges -- Chapter 3. Islam and the Traditional Gender Hierarchy: 1983–1992 -- Chapter 4. Approaching the New Islamist Women: 1994–2006 -- Chapter 5. Women in the AKP Years, 2007–2021: Conservative Politics and Neoliberalism -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides a meta-reading of how ethnographic discourses on women and Islam in Turkey have changed since their emergence in 1983. It analyses the published ethnographic works in three discursive periods and shows that paradigm shifts in social sciences, processes of neo-liberal globalization and globalization of Islamism as well as political, social, cultural and economic transformations at the local level shape these periods. As an exceptional example of modernization in the Middle East and the post-imperial states in South-East Europe, Turkey has been experiencing tensions between Islamic beliefs and practices and Westernization and secularization processes. Countless aspects of Muslim women’s lives appear as symbols and indicators in this society like in many other Muslim majority societies and to scholars of gender and women’s studies in discussing the faith-based patriarchy. Thus, this book exhibits the necessity of developing a critical perspective on ethnographic representations of Muslim women in Turkey. Petek Onur is an assistant professor at University of Copenhagen, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. She was a Marie-Curie fellow at the same department in 2020-2022 and postdoctoral researcher at Europa-Universität Flensburg, Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies in 2023-2024. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50875-2
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    Economic Development in the Digital Age (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031545696
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 156 p. 5 illus.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave pivot
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    Keywords: Development economics. ; Technological innovations. ; Economic development ; Development economics ; Economics of innovation ; Economic of technology and innovation ; Nagy Hanna ; Economic policy
    Abstract: Introduction -- the global, technological and institutional contexts -- Motivation -- Early Engagements -- Responding to the Digital Revolutions -- Examining World Bank Digital Strategies -- Advocacy for Digital Transformation -- Digital Strategy for Aid Agencies.
    Abstract: “Nagy Hanna exposes the challenges of making technology an effective tool for development, while confronting vested interests that seek to sustain the status quo, both in client governments and internally within the Bank. At the heart of the book is a powerful commitment to learning and using technology to change lives for the better.” —Tim Kelly, Lead Digital Development Specialist, World Bank “As a thought leader, Hanna has accumulated decades of on-the-ground experience pioneering digital transformation projects in economies around the world, the subject of several of his important books. In this culminating and highly-readable volume, he pulls those experiences together, sets them in the context of his life-long career with the Bank, and raises vital questions for every aid agency as we move deeper into the 21st century.” —Nigel Cameron, President Emeritus, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies In this book, Nagy K. Hanna offers a holistic framework that economists and policymakers can use to examine and drive digital transformation. The book offers detailed analyses into development policies, and organizational processes governing digital transformation learning and practice and highlights the reforms needed in countries and aid agencies to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The author offers insight to help reform major aid agencies within the economic development space. The resulting text reimagines the future of development economics. Nagy K. Hanna advises countries and aid agencies on development economics and digital transformation programs. For more than three decades, he held senior positions in operations and strategic functions at the World Bank. Hanna was the World Bank's first senior advisor focused on digital economy. He was Visiting Professor at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as Senior Fellow and Board Member at the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies. He is Cofounder of People-Centered Internet, a global forum for inclusive digital transformation. Hanna has published extensively on digital leadership and national digital strategies.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54569-6
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    American Diplomacy’s Public Dimension : Practitioners as Change Agents in Foreign Relations (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031389177
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 481 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; America ; Public Diplomacy ; Diplomatie ; Internationale Politik ; Politische Kommunikation ; Mitarbeiter ; Praxis ; Geschichte ; USA
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I Precursors and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Colonial Era Foundations -- Chapter 2. Turning Points in a New Nation -- Chapter 3. Framing Practitioner Communities -- Part II, 20th Century Practitioners -- Chapter 4. Borrowing from Civil Society, 1917-1947 -- Chapter 5. Foreign Service – Building a Foundation, 1948-1970 -- Chapter 6. Foreign Service – Transforming Diplomacy, 1970-1990 -- Chapter 7. Cultural Diplomats -- Chapter 8. International Broadcasters -- Chapter 9. Soldiers -- Chapter 10. Covert Operatives and Front Groups -- Chapter 11. Democracy Builders -- Chapter 12. Presidential Aides -- Part III 21st Century US Diplomacy -- Chapter 13. Reinvention and Fragmentation -- Chapter 14. A Failure to Communicate? -- Chapter 15. Drivers of Change -- Chapter 16. What Happens Now? -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
    Abstract: This book tells the story of how innovative and rival practitioner communities have shaped American diplomacy’s public dimension. It is the fi rst book to frame U.S. public diplomacy in the broad sweep of American diplomatic practice from the early colonial period to the present. “…not only original but also potentially fi eld shifting. This is not simply another good book on American public diplomacy: it will be the book on American public diplomacy.” —Professor Geoffrey Wiseman, DePaul University, U.S.A “American Diplomacy’s Public Dimension, a masterful historical overview of American diplomatic communication, provides fi rst-time insight into the evolution of U.S. public diplomacy from the colonial era to the present day. This book also offers a nuanced assessment of contemporary public diplomacy practices in the face of rapid technological transformation and increasingly ‘societized’ diplomatic engagement. An exceptional blend of public diplomacy scholarship and deep institutional knowledge, this major work will appeal to diplomatic practitioners, professors, and policymakers.” — Vivian S. Walker, Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy “Gregory thinks like an academic while seeing public diplomacy through the lens of the work of the men and women who have put fl esh on the bones of U.S. public diplomacy policies… This book is steeped in deep knowledge and his exceptional dedication to getting our understanding of public diplomacy right.” —Professor Jan Melissen, Editor-in-Chief, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Bruce Gregory taught graduate and undergraduate courses on public diplomacy at Georgetown University and George Washington University for 17 years. Prior to that, his 33-year government career included positions at the Department of State, U.S. Information Agency, 13 years as executive director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and three years on the faculty of the National War College. Publications include peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, public policy reports, and a bimonthly literature review. P.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38917-7
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    YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2023 : Law and the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031558320
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 359 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2023
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    Keywords: Information technology ; Mass media ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Introduction by Eduardo Gil Pedro and Andreas Moberg -- Part I: AI Regulation in the EU – The Future Interplay between Frameworks by Béatrice Schutte -- The AI Act’s Research Exemption: A Mechanism for Regulatory Arbitrage? by Liane Colonna -- Part II: Governance of AI or Governance by AI: Limits, New Threats, and Unnegotiable Principles by Migle Laukyte -- A Horizontal Meta-effect? Theorizing Human Rights in the AI Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by Mika Viljanen -- Everybody Wants to Rule the World. The Relevance of the Rule of Law for Private Law, in the Context of Algorithmic Profiling of Online Users by Silvia Carretta -- AI and Automation by Claes Granmar -- Part III: Algorithmic Hiring Systems: Implications and Recommendations for Organisations and Policymakers by Jason D. Schloetzer and Kyoko Yoshinaga -- AI Gender Biases in Women’s Healthcare: Perspectives from the United Kingdom and the European Legal Space by Pin Lean Lau -- The Role of AI in Mental Health Applications and Liability by Petra Müllerová -- Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and Public Procurement by Isabel Gallego Córcoles -- AI and Sensitive Personal Data under the Law Enforcement Directive – Between Operational Efficiency and Legal Necessity by Markus Naarttijärvi.
    Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to radically transform our society. It may lead to a massive increase in the capabilities of humankind and allow us to address some of our most intractable challenges. It may also entail profound disruption to structures and processes that have sustained our society over centuries. These developments present a unique challenge to the socio-economic constitutional arrangements which govern our world at national, regional and international level. The deployment of increasingly powerful AI systems, able to function with increasing degree of autonomy, has led to concerns over loss of human control of important societal processes, over the disruption of existing economic, social and legal relationships, and over the empowerment of some societal actors at the expense of others, together with the entrenchment of situations of domination or discrimination. It has also made increasingly clear how tremendous the potential benefits, that these technologies may bring, are to those who successfully develop and deploy them. There is therefore great pressure on governments, international institutions, public authorities, civil society organisations, industry bodies and individual firms to introduce or adapt mechanisms and structures that will avoid the potentially negative outcomes of AI and achieve the positive ones. These mechanisms and structures, which have been given the umbrella term ‘AI governance’, cover a wide range of approaches, from individual firms introducing ethical principles which they volunteer to abide by, to the European Union legislating an AI Act, which will prohibit certain types of AI applications and impose binding obligations on AI developers and deployers. The fast pace of innovation in the development of AI technologies is mirrored by the fast pace of development of the emerging field of AI governance, where traditional legislation by public bodies is complemented with more innovative approaches, such ashybrid and adaptive governance, ethical alignment, governance by design and the creation of regulatory sandboxes. The chapter “AI and Sensitive Personal Data Under the Law Enforcement Directive: Between Operational Efficiency and Legal Necessity” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. .
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    Good Practices and New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies : WorldCIST 2024, Volume 1 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031602153
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 228 p. 73 illus., 66 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 985
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: An Overview on the Use of Machine Learning Algorithms for Identifying Anomalies in Industrial Valves -- Framework for Real-time Predictive Maintenance supported by Big Data Technologies -- Emotional evaluation on open-ended responses with transformer models -- Big data analytics in the supply chain: a bibliometric review of scholarly research from 2012 to 2023 -- Human-machine interface based on electromyographic (EMG) signals aimed at limb rehabilitation for diabetic patients -- Incidence assessment of diabetes by delegation in the United Mexican States applying the multilayer perceptron neural network -- Exploiting Physarum-inspired Vacant Particle Transport Model to Redesign an Enterprise Network -- SIMULATION OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS FOR THE CITY OF MACAS USING MATLAB DRIVING SCENARIO DESIGN APP.
    Abstract: This book is composed by a selection of articles from the 12th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'24), held between 26 and 28 of March 2024, at Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main and distinctive topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human-Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers and Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; and N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications. The primary market of this book are postgraduates and researchers in Information Systems and Technologies field. The secondary market are undergraduates and professionals as well in Information Systems and Technologies field.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60215-3
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    The Theory of the Four Stages of Liberation in Pāli Literature (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 347 p.)
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    Keywords: Buddhism. ; Religion and sociology. ; Religions.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Stage of Stream-Entry -- 3. The Stage of Non-returning -- 4. The Stage of Arahantship -- 5. The Four Stages as a Collective Set in the Pāli Nikāyas -- 6. Development of the Sub-stages -- 7. The Four Stages in the Context of the Liberating Experience of the Buddha and the Early Buddhist Disciples -- 8. The Theory of the Four Stages with Regard to Socio-religious Contexts -- 9. The Four Stages Forming an Integrated Soteriological Path Scheme in Pāli Abhidhamma and Pāli Commentarial Literature -- 10. The Four Stages Exalted to Peak of Spiritual Attainment in Pāli Abhidhamma and Pāli Commentarial Literature -- 11. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book investigates the origins and development of the theory of four stages of liberation in Pāli literature. This theory is an important soteriological cartography in early Buddhism, particularly Theravāda Buddhism. Amrita Nanda challenges the traditional interpretation of the four stages by recognizing the impact of the changing socio-religious factors on the theory’s origins and subsequent development. Based primarily on the Pali literary sources, this study utilizes sometimes-overlooked aspects of these texts. This book first traces the origins of each stage individually; then, it traces the formation of the theory and its subsequent development. Amrita Nanda is a lecturer at the Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong.
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    Grounding in Medieval Philosophy (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 333 p. 2 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action 14
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; Philosophy, Medieval. ; Philosophy, Modern.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Grounding Then and Now (Magali Roques) -- 2. Ontological Priority and Grounding in Aristotle’s Categories (Riin Sirkel) -- 3. Grounding and Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics (Petter Sandstad) -- 4. Ground in Avicenna’s Logic (Paul Thom) -- 5. Abelard on Grounding in Ontology and Logic (Christopher J. Martin) -- 6. Grounding Medieval Consequence (Jacob W. Archambault) -- 7. Does a Stone Make Itself Heavy? A Thirteenth-Century Problem about the Causation of Proper and Inseparable Accidents (Simona Vucu) -- 8. Ockham on Priority and Posteriority (JT Paasch) -- 9. William of Ockham on Essential Dependence and Causation (Magali Roques) -- 10. The Incoherence of Ockham’s Ethics (Thomas M. Ward) -- 11. Up in the Air: Buridan’s Principled Rejection of Grounding (Calvin G. Normore) -- 12. Valid on Formal Grounds (Mikko Yrjönsuuri) -- 13. Two Kinds of Grounding? Suárez on Natural Resultance and Foundation (Stephan Schmid) -- 14. Some Work for a Theory of Grounding? (Ricki Bliss).
    Abstract: This book offers a selection of 13 case studies on how the notion of grounding helps illuminate philosophical discussions of our past with a special focus on debates of the Middle Ages. It thereby makes not only the case that the notion of grounding, which has become so widely debated in analytic metaphysics, has a long and venerable tradition, but also shows that this tradition has a lot to teach to contemporary philosophers of grounding. This is because the historical authors discussed in this volume – that is, Aristotle, Fazang, Boethius, Avicenna, Abelard, Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, Buridan, Suárez, Leibniz, and others – suggested different types of non-efficient-causal explanations which are to be carefully distinguished. This volume illustrates how philosophy and history of philosophy can be mutually illuminating by showing that the terminology developed in the contemporary debate about grounding can help reconstruct philosophical discussions from Antiquity up to the Early Modern Period, and that these very discussions enrich, and in part challenge the contemporary debate about grounding. In this vein, it is an important reading for everyone interested in the history of grounding and the philosophical insights that this history might have left to us.
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    Advances in Haptics and Virtual Reality : Proceedings of 2023 International Conference on Haptics and Virtual Reality (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 201 p. 101 illus., 90 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Engineering mathematics.
    Abstract: This book collects selected papers from the 2023 International Conference on Haptics and Virtual Reality (ICHVR 2023), held during December 15–17, 2023. ICHVR 2023 is organized by Southeast University (SEU), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and co-organized by the International Association of Electrical, Electronic and Energy Engineering (IAEEEE). This book gathers together latest findings and insightful ideas from innovative academics and experts in the field of Haptics, Virtual Reality, Human–Computer Interaction, Computer Vision, Computer Arts, Mobile Intelligent Device and Artificial Intelligent Algorithm. This book serves as a valuable resource for staying up-to-date with the state of the art in Haptics and Virtual Reality and serves as a catalyst for further advancements and innovation in these fields, which will provide unique perspectives for readers consisting of professionals, scientists, practitioners, researchers, and graduate students.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56521-2
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    Liberal Constitutionalism and its Contemporary Challenges (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 194 p. 5 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Law ; Law ; Constitutional law.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I -- Is the American Form of Government a Democracy? Signs of Systemic Oligarchy in Direct and Representative Democracy -- Truth Matters: Factual Accuracy, Theoretic Rationality, and the Legitimacy of Political Decision-Making -- Learning How to Read: Legal Hermeneutics -- Deference without Virtue: A Concern for Common Good Constitutionalism -- Dworkinian Protestantism, Civil Disobedience, and Democratic Citizenship -- Constructive Interpretation, Democracy, and the Protestant Attitude -- Part II -- Structural Injustices in the Educational System, Inequality, and its Effects on Democracy -- The Black Scare -- Representative Democracy, the Right to Vote and the Weighting of Votes -- The Importance of Condorcet Consistency in Preserving Democracy -- Comprehensive Pluralism, Liberalism, and Religious Liberty.
    Abstract: The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in education, access to medical treatment in a pandemic, and the media. Motivated to ascertain how democracy is threatened by a variety contemporary challenges, the authors examine core aspects of law, representative democracy, and constitutionalism to shed light on worrisome contemporary phenomena such as social media-driven conspiracy theories, unequal access to education and medical treatment, among other topics.
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    Challenges of the Technological Mind : Between Philosophy and Technology (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031553332
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 190 p. 8 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science
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    Keywords: Technology ; Philosophy of mind. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: PARTI: Echoes of technological mind -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Is artificial intelligence intelligent? -- 3. Anthropomorphizing and trusting social robots -- 4. What neurohacking can tell us about the mind. Cybercrime, mind upload and the Artificial Extended Mind -- 5. On Neuroenhancement: Between bioethics and biotechnology -- PARTII: Challenging mind: Between Cognition and Art -- 6. Consciousness, Theory, and Mental Appearance -- 7. Theoretical virtues of cognitive extension -- 8. Hypnotic AI. The Altered States of Media Matter -- 9. The Digital Playful River, a River Out of Eden. How the internet shaped my planetary perception. -- 10. The mind, embodiment and technology: Experience, aesthetic sensibility and production of meaning.
    Abstract: This book presents a set of texts that reflect different approaches to the relationship between mind and technology. In today’s increasingly technological world, a myriad of different and dizzying challenges face humanity: the ever-closer relationship between man and machine, the exponential development of Artificial Intelligence, man's relationship with virtual worlds, the relationship with new realities such as the neuro potentiation of his capacities, the appearance of robots in everyday life, and so on. In this volume, renowned world specialists explore these concerns, and discuss limitations and possible problems surrounding the interaction of man and machine. The book provides a well-researched, thought-provoking analysis of the need to rethink the theory of the mind, proposing relevant answers to pressing questions and raising new questions that need to be considered. Paulo Alexandre e Castro is a full member of the Institute for Philosophical Studies atthe University of Coimbra, Portugal, and visiting professor at the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55333-2
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    Applied Artificial Intelligence 2: Medicine, Biology, Chemistry, Financial, Games, Engineering : The Second Serbian International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (SICAAI) (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031608407
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 250 p. 90 illus., 74 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 999
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Machine learning.
    Abstract: The book Applied Artificial Intelligence 2: Medicine, Biology, Chemistry, Financial, Games, Engineering is providing exceptional chapters of the state-of-the-art research knowledge and results on the innovative theories, methodology and applications of artificial intelligence and its sub-domain like deep learning, machine learning in different areas such as medicine, economy, education, law, smart city, government, industry etc. Innovative research ideas on how to solve problems using artificial intelligence, both in R&D and real-time applications are presented. Chapters describe the advanced prototypes, systems, methodologies, tools and techniques and general survey papers, which indicate future directions. These Chapters are extended papers from the Second Serbian International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (SICAAI), which was held in Kragujevac, Serbia, on May 19-20, 2023.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60840-7
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    Proceedings of MSR-RoManSy 2024 : Combined IFToMM Symposium of RoManSy and USCToMM Symposium on Mechanical Systems and Robotics (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031606182
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 246 p. 150 illus., 117 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Mechanisms and Machine Science 159
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Manufactures. ; Human-machine systems.
    Abstract: Kinematic analysis of a novel actuation redundant 3-DOF parallel manipulator base on parallelogram-linkage -- Accelerating Robotics Test and Evaluation with a Streamlined Simulation Process -- Large deflection model for spatial flexure elements supporting helix compliant stages -- EWA: a single size self-adapting upper limb exoskeleton without adjustment -- A Compliant PneuNets Linear Actuator with Large Off-axis Stiffness -- Quasi-Periodic Shape-Morphing Mechanism Array Based on Penrose Tiles -- Controlling Autonomous Robots: Metareasoning, Adjustable Autonomy, and Competence-Aware Systems -- Biped Robot Terrain Adaptability Based on Improved SAC Algorithm -- Global Reorientation of a Free-Fall Multibody System using Reconstruction Loss-based Deep Learning Method -- Performance Evaluation of a Variable Stiffness Joint Based on Electromagnetic Force Attraction -- A New 3R1T Parallel Robot with Remote Centre of Motion for Minimally Invasive Surgery -- Defining a workspace without singular configurations of 3-PRRS type tripod -- UAV Obstacle Mapping for Multi-UGV Exploration and Mapping -- Virtual and Physical Prototyping of the 4-DOF Delta-Type Parallel Robot based on the Criteria of Closeness to Singularity -- A real-time algorithm for computing the tension force in a suspended elastic sagging cable -- Reconfigurable Parallel Walking Mechanisms for Interaction With the Environment -- Design of a Robotic Rowboat -- Constructing Kinematic Confidence Regions With Double Quaternions -- Design and Implementation of a Control System Architecture for a Hexapod Walking Machine.
    Abstract: This book gathers the latest fundamental research contributions, innovations, and applications in the field of design and analysis of complex robotic mechanical systems, machines, and mechanisms, as presented by leading researchers at the combined IFToMM Symposium of RoManSy and USCToMM Symposium on Mechanical Systems and Robotics (MSR-RoManSy), held in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, on May 22–25, 2024. It covers highly diverse topics, including soft, wearable, and origami robotic systems; applications to walking, flying, climbing, underground, swimming, and space systems; human rehabilitation and performance augmentation; design and analysis of mechanisms and machines; human–robot collaborative systems; service robotics; mechanical systems and robotics education; and the commercialization of mechanical systems and robotics. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting and impactful research results that will inspire novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary research collaborations among researchers from around the globe.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60618-2
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    Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance : Banks, Instruments, and the Role of Women (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031452222
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 285 p. 37 illus., 30 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance
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    Keywords: Financial services industry. ; Business enterprises ; Macroeconomics. ; Industrial policy. ; ESG performance ; sustainable finance ; ESG ; banking ; sustainable bonds ; gender gap in finance ; financial regulation ; sustainable development goals ; social impact ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction.-Part 1. Debating ESG Financial Topics. Chapter 2. Sustainability literature orientation: Evidence from finance academic research -- Chapter 3. First assessment of EU Taxonomy regulation for Italian banks -- Chapter 4. Sustainable finance: A Quest for Value from ICO -- Part 2 - ESG Instruments and Sectors. Chapter 5.A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Finance -- Chapter 6. Exploring the Shades of Green Premium: A Matching Approach -- Chapter 7. Sustainable finance for maritime development. a critical analysis of green bonds in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan -- Part 3 – Governance and the Role of Women. Chapter 8. Are women the panacea? Exploring the Direction of Socially Responsible Commitment -- Chapter 9. Social Sustainability in Equity Crowdfunding: the role of women in the platforms' Boards.
    Abstract: This book showcases cutting-edge research on a variety of themes related to sustainable and impact investments. It sheds light, theoretically and empirically, on three particular contemporary challenges for sustainable finance: shifts in banking toward prioritizing sustainable growth, the rapid evolution of sustainable bonds, and the growing role of women in sustainable finance. The first section of the book explores the benefits for banks and the financial industry from integrating sustainable finance into their business processes, as well as the role banks play in allocating resources toward a decarbonized economy. Chapters discuss risk reduction and the reputational boost for banks, as well as assessing the impact of new regulation frameworks targeted at sustainable growth. The second part examines sustainable financial products, with a focus on green bonds, and discusses how they can be used for long-term financing for sustainable projects, encourage accountability and transparency, stimulate market growth, manage risk, and benefit the environment and society more broadly. The final section of the book takes an internal look at sustainable finance and addresses the significant role that women play, helping to develop more creative and practical solutions, serving as role models, and increasing involvement in the financial sector. Combining academic analysis with practical examples from the industry, this book is useful to students and researchers working in sustainable finance, banking, and financial regulation. Mario La Torre is Full Professor of Sustainable Finance and Impact Banking at the Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome. Mario carries out research in banking, financial intermediaries and financial markets, impact finance and ethical finance, and finance for the culture and media industry. He is Author and Co-author of many international books and papers. He is Editor of the series Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. Sabrina Leo is Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Sapienza University of Rome. She is Lecturer in Bank Account Strategies and Performance and Digital Banking and Economics of Financial Intermediaries. Her recent research has been focusing on innovation in the payment system and the impact of technologies in the financial system.
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    Unsettling Theologies : Memory, Identity, and Place (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031461217
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 245 p. 13 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Postcolonialism and Religions
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    Keywords: Theology. ; Liberation theology. ; Christianity and culture. ; Philosophy. ; Postcolonialism.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- Part I Unsettling Whiteness -- 2 Jesus Christ, Once Was a Savage! Selective Memory, Staged Identity, and Stolen Spaces -- 3 ‘The Poor Bugger Has Suffered Enough’: Vernon Ah Kee, Warwick Thornton, and the Unmaking of a White Jesus -- 4 Unsettling Jesus Christ: Indigenous and Settler Christologies in the Aftermath of Colonisation -- 5 Unsettling Theologies Means Unsettling Theological Institutions! -- Part II Dismantling Colonial Systems -- 6 Uncovering the Mat: Restorative Justice for the Dawn Raids? -- 7 ‘It’s Giving … Colonization’: Challenges to Mental Resilience for Diasporic Christian Pacific Youth -- 8 Unsettling Providential Partnership: A Critical Examination of Robert Maunsell and George Grey’s Partnership in Māori Education -- 9 Spiritualities of Belonging and Intercultural Politics in Australia -- 10 To Conquer and Subdue: An Ecological Reading of Wilderness in Jeremiah 17:5–8 and Beyond -- Part III Un-silencing Alter-Native Theologies -- 11 Taught to Fish but Still Starving: Unsettling Theological Hermeneutics in Oceania -- 12 Archives: From Places of Silence and Silencing to Places of Regeneration -- 13 Beyond the Tautologa: Tu(akoi) from a Geopolitical Lens -- 14 Unsettling Economies: A Moana Account(ing).
    Abstract: How can we understand and respond to past and present entanglements of Christianity with colonisation? What kinds of theological perspectives and approaches are needed in the wake of colonisation and its impact? Unsettling Theologies includes responses to these questions from Aboriginal, Māori, Pasifika, and White scholars. Brian Fiu Kolia is Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at Malua Theological College and an ordained minister of the Congregational Christian Church, Samoa. He grew up in Australia and Samoa and his roots go back to the villages of Sili Savaii, Satapuala, Tufutafoe, and Faleaseela. Michael Mawson is the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at the University of Auckland/ Waipapa Taumata Rau. He is a Pākehā New Zealander with Scottish and English ancestry.
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    Information Systems in Accounting and Finance : A European Perspective (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031485862
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVII, 622 p. 94 illus.)
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    Keywords: Accounting. ; Financial risk management. ; Auditing. ; accounting information systems ; systems thinking ; information and communication technology ; information systems and database management ; e-commerce and the virtual economy ; risk management ; internal control and systems security ; accounting information systems audit
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Information systems in accounting and finance: an introduction -- Chapter 2: Systems thinking -- Chapter 3: Control ... by design -- Chapter 4: Accounting information systems and the information age -- Chapter 5: Networking… creating connections -- Chapter 6: Information management and data processing -- Chapter 7: Internal control and accounting information systems security -- Chapter 8: Accounting information systems: a cyclical perspective -- Chapter 9: Accounting information systems: transaction processing cycles (i) -- Chapter 10: Accounting information systems: transaction processing cycles (ii) -- Chapter 11: Information technology and the virtual world -- Chapter 12: Risk exposure: fraud, cyber terrorism, and computer crime -- Chapter 13: Accounting information systems audit -- Chapter 14: Accounting information systems development.
    Abstract: This textbook will offer an introductory insight into the nature, role, and context of accounting information systems. It will explore how companies integrate a range of technologies into their accounting information systems to assist in the management and control of organisational resources and the maximisation of shareholder wealth. This introductory text, aimed primarily at undergraduate students on specialist accounting-related academic programmes including degrees in Accounting and Accounting and Finance, explores the practical and technical aspects of accounting information systems and considers the social, political, and economic pressures that continue to shape the very nature of such accounting information systems with a practical user-orientated perspective. Each chapter will contain learning objectives, examples, references, further reading, and self-review questions. Tony Boczko is a lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Hull, UK, in the Faculty of Law, Business and Politics. He has undertaken consultancies for a range of UK organisations, presented academic papers at national and international conferences, and authored/co-authored textbooks on accounting, finance, and accounting information systems.
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    The Ethics of Nonfiction : Rhetoric, Ethos, and Identity (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031391866
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 208 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Creative nonfiction. ; Creative writing. ; Language and languages ; Rhetoric. ; Literature ; Poststructuralism.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Making Truth Claims -- Chapter 3: Critiquing Habit, Habitus, and Modernity -- Chapter 4: Fighting Narration -- Chapter 5: Shifting Roles, Mimesis, Sustaining Community -- Chapter 6: Critiquing and Claiming Memory -- Chapter 7: Making Confessions -- Chapter 8: Reflecting on Self as Other -- Chapter 9: Situating Scenes -- Chapter 10: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book explores issues of identity, ethics and epistemology that arise around the writing and reception of creative nonfiction. It examines a range of different nonfiction forms – including the personal essay and memoir – and ethical questions that arise in relation to them, such as truth claims, the confessional mode, counter-narratives. Drawing on the ideas of Bakhtin, Nietzsche and Foucault; examples from creative non-fiction writers such as Strayed and Knausgaard; and the founding principles of the originators of the genre, Seneca, Augustine and Montaigne, Jensen argues that a limited conception of nonfiction leads to a limited view of its ethics. Writing about the truth in an authentic way is more important than ever before – and essential to this is the creation of the ethical subject. George H. Jensen is Professor Emeritus with the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. His recent books include Some of the Words Are Theirs: A Memoir of an Alcoholic Family (2000), Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous: A Rhetorical Analysis (2000), and Identities Across Texts (2002).
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    Contradictory Muslims in the Literature of Medieval Iberian Christians (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031450655
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 227 p.)
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    Series Statement: The New Middle Ages
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    Keywords: Literature, Medieval. ; Europe ; Religion ; Islam ; Philosophy, Medieval.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction. Friendly Chivalrous Enemies: Contradiction, Stereotypes, and Colonialism in the Representations of Muslims by Medieval Christians -- Chapter 2. Indispensable Enemies, Subjects, and Friends: The Political Instrumentalization of Muslims in the Cantar de mio Cid -- Chapter 3. The Learned Conquerors and Their Muslims: Intercultural Conflict and Collaboration in the Cantigas de Santa Maria and the Llibre dels fets -- Chapter 4. From Great Muslim Heroes to Good Christian Subjects: Converting the Legend of the Seven Infantes of Lara -- Chapter 5. Across the Mediterranean and Beyond: Fighting Islam by Embracing Muslims in Tirant lo Blanch -- Chapter 6. An Empire of Faith and Its Infidels: Portuguese Colonialism and Muslims, According to Os Lusíadas and Its Sources -- Chapter 7. Conclusion. Christian Supremacy and Contradictory Non-Christians Beyond Muslims and Iberia.
    Abstract: This book argues that literary and historiographical works written by Iberian Christians between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries promoted contradictory representations of Muslims in order to advocate for their colonization through the affirmation of Christian supremacy. Ambivalent depictions of cultural difference are essential for colonizers to promote their own superiority, as explained by postcolonial critics and observed in medieval and early modern texts in Castilian, Catalan, and Portuguese, such as the Cantar de mio Cid, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Llibre dels fets, Estoria de España, Crónica geral de 1344, Tirant lo Blanch, and Os Lusíadas. In all these works, the contradictions of Muslim enemies, allies, and subjects allow Christian leaders to prevail and profit through their opposition and collaboration with them. Such colonial dynamics of simultaneous belligerence and assimilation determined the ways in which Portugal, Spain, and later European powers interacted with non-Christians in Africa, Asia, and even the Americas.
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    Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy : Questioning the Mission Economy (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031491962
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 331 p. 14 illus.)
    Series Statement: International Studies in Entrepreneurship 56
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    Keywords: Technological innovations. ; Economic policy. ; Political science. ; Moonshot policies ; Mission-oriented policy ; Innovation stimulation ; Innovation policy ; European Union ; Economic turbulences ; Economic growth ; Policy debate ; Welfare-oriented policies ; Failed missions ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part 1: Introductory Chapter: 1. Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy -- Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives -- 2. State and Markets: Not Whether But How -- 3. Engineering Is Not Entrepreneurship -- 4. A Behavioral Economics Perspective on the Entrepreneurial State and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy -- 5. Innovationism and the New Public Intellectuals -- Part III: Empirical Evidence -- 6. Analyzing the Effectiveness of State-Guided Innovation -- 7. A Case Study on DARPA: An Exemplar for Government Strategic Structuring to Foster Innovation? -- 8. The State of the Entrepreneurial State: Empirical Evidence of Mission-Led Innovation Projects around the Globe -- 9. When “What Works” Does Not Work: The United States’ Mission to End Homelessness -- 10. The Cost of Missions: The Case of Shipbuilding in Brazil -- 11. You Can’t Develop What You Don’t Know: The Realities and Limitations of Foreign Aid Missions -- 12. A Public Choice Perspective on Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies and the Behavior of Government Agencies -- 13. Learning from Overrated Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies: Seven Takeaways -- Part IV: Alternative Paths -- 14. The Entrepreneurial State Cannot Deliver without an Entrepreneurial Society -- 15. How Thinking Carefully About Evolution and Morality Can Overcome the Siren Song of Central Planning -- 16. R&D Tax Incentives as an Alternative to Targeted R&D Subsidies -- 17. Bottom-Up Policies Trump Top-Down Missions.
    Abstract: This open access book raises some central questions: Do we need moonshot policies to spur innovation and economic growth? What are the risks associated with such policies? Economic turbulence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and mounting environmental concerns have paved the way for a renaissance of targeted industrial policy. In particular, the idea that society should be organized around large missions is gaining momentum among high-income economies. However, the authors and editors of this volume contend that this shift has occurred without much critical examination, especially as the European Union has adopted these ideas, and Western economies are now increasingly organizing toward the achievement of large, state-formulated goals. Recognizing the urgent need for continued scholarly attention to question notions of the mission economy, more than 20 scholars discuss the dangers of top-down/vertical approaches to industrial policy and draw attention to the progress of independent enterprise, entrepreneurialism, and market solutions in a sound economy and society. By critically examining mission-oriented innovation policies, using theoretical perspectives and empirical investigations, the book highlights both the mechanisms behind failed missions and alternative approaches. This is a must-read for policy researchers and policymakers alike.
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    When Robots Hug (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 96 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Science and Fiction
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Fiction. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Telecommunication. ; User interfaces (Computer systems). ; Human-computer interaction. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems).
    Abstract: Introduction -- The DARPA Dilemma -- Scattered Avatars -- Topsy Turing -- Fractured Memories -- Artificial Neurogenesis -- The Assimilation -- The Collective Singing the ‘I Can’t Decrypt Them’ Blues -- SANDI’s Environment -- Chatbot Lydia -- Asimov’s Failure -- The Hackers get Hacked -- Dangerous Liaisons -- SANDI’s Dilemma -- Dead. Yet Alive -- Answers at Last -- Preparing to Bring them Home -- The Collection Process -- The Final Preparations -- The Integration Begins -- The Integration of MAXWELL -- The Integration of ISAAC -- The Integration of SANDI -- The Integration of ELYSE -- When Robots Hug -- The Science Behind the Novel -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: By 2027, it had been seven years since the scientists’ sea-changing research on artificial psychology and robotics. The work debuted around the same time as Large Language Model Chatbots, and the power of the integration of the two technologies put many industries in a tailspin. The commercial and defense industries especially were still scrambling to regulate their use in research and universities. The sought-after scientists signed with DARPA to build reliable and secure AI entities, but the agency grew fearful of the technology’s power and ultimately decided it was too dangerous to bring to market and demanded the scientists destroy the work. The researchers couldn’t bring themselves to discard 20 years of research, so instead sent the entities to various research labs around the world. But unbeknownst to them, each AI-entity embraced its new home, growing, adapting, evolving, and ultimately connecting beyond what the researchers could envision. In the end, as the scientists catch up to each one, they realize the entities have discovered a very human means of interacting: the power of physical contact; and not physical contact between humans and technology, but physical contact between robotic entities. And with this discovery, the entities join forces to only grow stronger. This development ushers in a new paradigm where the difference between AI-entities and human entities becomes less and less discernible. All the AI and robotic science featured in the book is real; the story line is fictional, but with how fast innovation moves, it’s not hard to envision.
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    Jack Lindsay : Writer, Romantic, Revolutionary (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031396465
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 402 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature ; Creative nonfiction. ; Literature, Modern
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- 2 Early years, the 1920s; and William Blake -- 3 The 1930s; and John Bunyan -- 4 The 1940s; and Charles Dickens -- 5 The 1950s; and George Meredith -- 6 The 1960s – mid 1970s; and William Morris -- 7 The late 1970s – 1990; and William Blake, revisited -- 8 Conclusion.
    Abstract: “In what is undoubtedly a landmark work, Cranny-Francis has found a cogent and immensely satisfying line through Lindsay’s life and writing. It provides welcome access to Lindsay-fications of five great writers, which will provoke and inspire readers to reassess those writers’ works. I can think of no one better placed to tell Lindsay's story, and Lindsay's story is an important one to tell.” — Henry Stead, University of St Andrews, UK This book offers an in-depth analysis of the work of prolific writer, activist and publisher, Jack Lindsay (1900-1990). It maps the development of his ideas across the twentieth century by reference to the five British writers about whom he published major studies: William Blake, John Bunyan, Charles Dickens, George Meredith and William Morris. At the same time it maps the formation through the twentieth-century of Left cultural politics, which Lindsay repeatedly anticipated in areas such as the fundamental interconnectedness of human beings and the natural world, the formative role of culture in both social and individual being, the crucial role of the senses in embodied being and the rejection of mind/body dualism. Through his analysis Lindsay foretold both the social alienation and the environmental degradation that characterise the beginning of the twenty-first century, while his interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary analysis provide models for how we might address these critical concerns. Anne Cranny-Francis is Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She is known for her work in feminist and gender studies, cultural literacy, popular culture studies, and studies of embodiment, the senses (particularly touch) and human-technology engagement.
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    Matrilineal, Matriarchal, and Matrifocal Islam : The World of Women-Centric Islam (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031517495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 319 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History
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    Keywords: Islam ; Islam ; Religion and sociology. ; Sex. ; Anthropology of religion.
    Abstract: Part I South and Southeast Asia -- Matrifocal, Matrilineal, or Matriarchal? Cultural Resilience and Vulnerability Among the Matrilineal and Muslim Minangkabau in Indonesia -- Adat Perpatih in Malaysia: Nature, History, Practice, and Contemporary Issues -- Cultural and Social Integrations in Matrilineal, Matriarchal, Matrifocal Muslim Communities of South India -- Part II Northeast Asia -- Affective Matrivocality and Women’s Voices: A History of Muslim Women Writers in China -- Matriarchal Family Structure in Korea’s Jeju Island and its Implications for the Muslim Community in Korea -- The Maternal Initiative Role in the Japanese Muslim Community: Japanese Muslim Wives as Mediators Between Muslim Immigrants and Japanese Society -- Part III Africa -- Muslim Family Under Portuguese Rule: Sharı ̄ʿa and Matrilineal Custom in Colonial Coastal Northern Mozambique (ca. 1900–1974) -- Asante Nkramo and Fantse Nkramo: Unravelling the Paradox of Islam and Matriliny in Ghana -- Part IV Andalusia and Americas -- The Tuareg, from Arabia to Americas -- The Origins of Andalusian Muslim Matrilineal Systems.
    Abstract: Around the world, Islamic cultures have developed distinctive matrilineal, matrifocal, matrilocal, or matriarchal natures as a result of how they have been practised by integrated and indigenised Muslim communities. In matrilineal descent systems, in contrast to the more common mosaic of patrilineal patterns, children belong to the mother’s ancestry group. Matrilineal Muslims therefore follow a social system in which people are identified with their mother's lineage, and the inheritance of property as well as succession are transferred through the matriline. This volume focuses on matrilineal, matrifocal and matriarchal Muslims and their unique folk natures, integrated social structures, adopted legal systems, and so on. It provides a unique perspective for understanding global Muslim communities that have succeeded in integrating the matrilineal tenets of local practices with religion, adhering to essential Islamic values in a way that makes traditional women-centred cultures acceptable to mainstream Islam. Abbas Panakkal, The School of History, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom. Nasr M Arif, Visiting Professor, University of St Andrews, UK and Professor of political science, University of Cairo, Egypt.
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    Trump and Hitler : A Comparative Study in Lying (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031518331
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 340 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Language and languages ; Rhetoric. ; World politics. ; Pragmatics.
    Abstract: 1: Self-Staging: Aura and Appearance -- 2: Corruption and Money -- 3: Enemies, Scapegoats, and Conspiracy Theories -- 4: The Establishment, the Elite, and the Experts -- 5: Identity and Negative Myths -- 6: Leadership Style -- 7: Speeches, Lies, and Narrative (Un-)Truth.
    Abstract: “This is a fascinating comparative study. Well written and well researched. I’d thoroughly recommend it”. -Frank McDonough, author of Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party and The Hitler Years “This thought-provoking book lets us see Trump as a leader in the authoritarian tradition and reminds us that the playbook Hitler used did not vanish after 1945”. -Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen “By comparing the underlying commonalities between Hitler and Trump, de Berg a way to decode the sway charismatic leaders have on their followers across the ages”. -Peter Pomerantsev, author of How to Win an Information War: Sefton Delmer, the Genius Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler This book compares Trump and Hitler as political performance artists. It explores their populist self-staging and rhetorical strategies and explains how they connected with their respective audiences. It also analyses the two men’s character, work ethic, and management style. In addition, the book addresses seemingly peripheral issues like the reasons behind Hitler’s toothbrush moustache and Trump’s hairstyle. By demystifying Hitler and Trump, the author throws new light on both of them received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award and has been translated into three European languages as well as Chinese. Henk de Berg is Professor of German at the University of Sheffield, UK. His previous books include Freud’s Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies, which received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1
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    Lifestyle and Livelihood Changes Among Formerly Nomadic Peoples : Entrepreneurship, Diversity and Urbanisation (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031511424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 338 p. 185 illus., 159 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Ethnic and Indigenous Business Studies
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Race. ; Diversity in the workplace. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Philosophy. ; Management.
    Abstract: Part I: Africa -- 1. Declining grazing lands and climate change are forcing Maasai to diversify their livelihoods: Antecedents of Maasai entrepreneurial motivations and socioeconomic change -- 2. Herders who fish: Findings from pastoral and agropastoral communities in Kenya and South Sudan -- 3. Did Boru, Moshe Schwartz, Shaher El-Meccawi and Michael Kam: Borana cattle pastoralists in southern Ethiopia are diversifying their livelihoods by cultivating land and raising camels -- Part II: Middle East -- 4. From nomads to agro-pastoralists to urbanites -- 5. The nomad entrepreneurs of Iran: The history, major nomads, entrepreneurial activities, and challenges -- Part III: South Asia – Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh -- 6. Land as a golden tent-peg: Settlement and change among nomads in northern Afghanistan -- 7. Challenges to transhumant pastoralism due to socio-economic and ecological changes in Nepal's high mountains -- 8. Mobility to Sedentarisation: Pastoralism from colonial to post-colonial period in Uttarakhand Himalaya (India) -- 9. The Bede community- A nomadic group in Bangladesh -- Part IV: East Asia - China and Mongolia -- 10. Centralisation of livestock and grassland management through cooperatives in Tibetan pastoral areas of Qinghai, People’s Republic of China -- 11. Transformation from nomadic to sedentary livestock production in Inner Mongolia -- 12. Mongolia’s pastoral nomadism in transition: Putting case studies on socioecological feedbacks and socioeconomic forcing into a conceptual framework -- Part V: Arctic Region -- 13. Mechanisms for the positive transformation of the Arctic indigenous peoples from traditional nomadic reindeer herders to a more settled lifestyle -- 14. Snowmobile revolution and sedentarization of reindeer-herding nomads in the Kola Peninsula and Bolshezemelskaya tundra, northern European Russia -- 15. The Inuit – from igloos and tents and nomadic subsistence hunting and fishing to permanent settlements and heated homes.
    Abstract: Contemporary policymakers, as their predecessors, continue to view nomadic people as a weak minority, and their way of life and raising livestock as a backward and inefficient paradigm. Wherever nomads are not the dominant group, the trend to settle them continues even today as in the past. This book describes the changes forced upon formerly nomadic groups and how they still attempt to maintain their traditional, social, and cultural practices in their new settings. The book deals with the several modes of livelihood of these communities, including entrepreneurship, and demonstrates the impact of investment-oriented urbanization policies leading to eviction from ancestral lands, and hurdles for nomadic mobility, ultimately threatening their survival. The book illustrates how some groups like the Borana and the Maasai practice livelihood diversity and raise productive livestock, and how other groups migrate to urban centers in search of employment and remit money to family members left in the rural areas. The book aims to raise awareness among the research community, especially those who work on regional and demographic labor policies. It helps in understanding why society needs to help build business and livelihood strategies without harming the values of nomadic groups.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51142-4
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    International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD'2023) : Advanced Intelligent Systems on Energy, Environment and Agriculture, Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031542886
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 295 p. 153 illus., 25 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 931
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Economic development. ; Environmental sciences ; Agriculture.
    Abstract: This book is a comprehensive compilation of groundbreaking insights stemming from the esteemed International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD'2023), hosted at Cadi Ayyad University Morocco. Focused on the crucial themes of energy, environment, agriculture, and industry, this book captures the essence of transformative discussions and cutting-edge research that unfolded during the conference. Within these pages, readers are invited to explore the intricate world of intelligent systems, where innovation converges to tackle the key challenges of sustainability. The book immerses its audience in a wealth of knowledge that deeply represents the latest advancements shaping the future landscape. Diverse topics are intricately woven into the fabric of this discourse, covering AI-driven solutions designed for energy optimization, environmental sustainability, precision agriculture, and intelligent industry applications. Each contribution serves as a testament to the collaborative efforts of researchers, practitioners, and experts who gathered to drive innovation at the intersection of intelligent systems and sustainable development. Crafted as an invaluable resource, 'Advancements in Intelligent Systems: AI2SD'2023 Proceedings‘ caters to a diverse readership eager to delve into the forefront of trends and developments emerging from the crossroads of advanced intelligent systems in energy, environment, agriculture, and industry. Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, or enthusiast, unlock the transformative potential inherent in these innovative domains.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54288-6
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    Information Technology and Systems : ICITS 2024, Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031542565
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 481 p. 146 illus., 116 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 933
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: Efficiency Evaluation of Mobile Vision Transformers -- Online shopping experience: The case of Zara -- Virtual reality as a tool for the reconstruction and dissemination of Cuenca's cultural heritage: cases of the "Puente Roto" bridge and the "Cornelio Merchán" building -- Lextutor program as a tool to teach ESL vocabulary -- Study on Stereo AI Based Zed-2i Camera -- Systematic review of motion sensors and their energy efficiency -- Technical and business risk management in software startups -- The Impact of Insufficient Organisational Change Management on Enterprise Resource Planning Benefits: A South African Case Study -- Infrastructure overlays and digital chimeras: keys for reading information infrastructures -- Handover Analysis of Mobile Cellular Network in a Populated City -- The Development of an Architecture using Traditional and Modern Recursive Neural Networks and Natural Language Processing to Increase the Accuracy of Response on Client Doubts Related to Public Services -- A Systematic Mapping Study on the Use and Development of Research Software.
    Abstract: This book is composed by the papers written in English and accepted for presentation and discussion at The 2024 International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS'24), held at Universidad de La Frontera, in Temuco, Chile, between the 24th and the 26th of January 2024. ICIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent findings and innovations, current trends, professional experiences, and challenges of modern information technology and systems research, together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are information and knowledge management; organizational models and information systems; software and systems modeling; software systems, architectures, applications and tools; multimedia systems and applications; computer networks, mobility and pervasive systems; intelligent and decision support systems; big data analytics and applications; human–computer interaction; ethics, computers & security; health informatics; information technologies in education, and Media, Applied Technology and Communication. The primary markets of this book are postgraduates and researchers in Information Systems and Technologies domains. The secondary markets are undergraduates and professionals as well in Information Systems and Technologies domains.
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    Presidential Impeachment in Latin America : A Matter of Law or Politics? (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031441882
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 378 p. 26 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Constitutional law. ; Law ; Law ; Comparative government.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Impeachment in History and Thought -- Impeachment in Latin America -- Legal Aspects of Impeachment in Comparison -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book pursues a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to assess presidential impeachments in Latin America. Mixing methodologies from legal studies and political science, it provides a novel and comprehensive assessment of some of the most controversial questions regarding the constitutional function of impeachment and its place in the theory of government. Presidential impeachments have become frequent in Latin America, yet they are still largely misunderstood by legal practitioners and the general public. As such, impeachments frequently provide for heated and polarizing debates. The misunderstandings stem from skewed expectations arising from different theories of government, legal interpretation, and presidential impeachment. The empirical evidence and arguments presented here will help to find common ground on these topics and pacify some latent tensions in society and academia. In addition, the book’s case studies cover cases that have been rarely or incompletely addressed in the literature. Some cover events so recent that they have never been analyzed elsewhere. The book proposes reconsidering certain assumptions made about systems of government, which are based on skewed expectations of impeachments. It also draws on new evidence to re-examine existing impeachment theories and develop new ones. By doing so, it offers valuable insights that may guide lawmakers to redesign their own systems, optimizing them to achieve certain goals. It will also acquaint legal practitioners with the strategies of prosecution, defense, and decision-making in connection with impeachments.
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    Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy 2022 : Technical, Economic and Legal Framework (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031418730
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 292 p. 51 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy - Technical, Economic and Legal Framework 2
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    Keywords: Environmental law, International. ; Mining engineering. ; Climatology. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state.
    Abstract: Thermodynamics,conservation, and transformation: a conceptual model of sustainability in the mining industry -- A Case Study on the Application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources on the Piampaludo Titanium Deposits -- A Sustainability Approach to Optimize the Closure of Continuous Surface Lignite Mines -- Lifecycle of Mine Water -- The German Federal Constitutional Court’s climate-decision and consequences for raw materials supply -- Climate change and the extraterritorial reach of the state duty to protect -- Corporate Climate Liability Clean Energy Transition in Africa's Mining Sector: A Rapid Reflection -- Ventilation on Demand in Brazilian underground mines: current situation and perspectives .-Sustainable activities assessment through Conceptual Sieving method: Case studies in Colombian mining -- The Mongolian Raw Materials Industry -- The importance of Sustainability Criteria for the Professional Education of Geo-engineers and the Role of Academic Institutions.
    Abstract: This book covers several aspects of the application of Sustainable Development Goals to mining related subjects. The included works range from methods to assess and implement sustainability to discussions of legal impacts and relations as well as technological developments and outlooks. First, the challenges and opportunities of clean energy transition in the African mining sector are described. With regard to the assessment of sustainable developments, this book includes the applications of the sieving method, the concept of thermodynamics and the United Nations Framework Classification to mining projects and case studies. The implementation of Sustainable Development Goals into academic project work and education of geo-engineers is covered as well. The legal topics contain discussions of corporate climate liabilities and extraterritorial legal responsibilities as well as an analysis of the impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court's climate decision. Important mining aspects and technological developments like proactive water management, sustainable approaches to mine closure and implementation of ventilation on demand in underground mines are described. In addition, the state and potential of the Mongolian raw materials industry is covered. The Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy Yearbook is not only aimed at researchers and professionals, but at all who want to get an overview of current important technical and legal topics in this field.
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    Bidirectional Comparison of Nominal Sets : Asymmetry of Proximity (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031530968
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 206 p. 51 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1140
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Engineering mathematics.
    Abstract: Introduction and main assumptions -- Issues of asymmetry of data proximity -- Matching between ordinary sets -- Matching between sets with binary coding -- Matching between multisets -- Matching between fuzzy sets -- Matching between intuitionistic fuzzy sets -- Summary and perspectives.
    Abstract: The authors propose a novel measure of proximity between two sets of nominal elements. This measure describes the changes in the first set after adding the second set or changes in the second set after adding the first set. It is crucial to note that this measure is not symmetric, it means that the perturbation of the first set on the second set can be different than the perturbation of the opposition direction. The introduced set impact measure allows for the direct treatment of objects described by nominal-valued attributes. The ordinary sets, multisets, fuzzy sets, and the intuitionistic fuzzy sets are considered. The book is intended for data science professionals, philosophers as well as cognitive psychologists, who struggle with practical problems in which asymmetry of proximity of objects cannot be neglected. The use of the proposed measures of perturbation between compared objects can be very important in data mining or in exploration of Internet resources.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53096-8
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    Artificial Intelligence of Things for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031534331
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 388 p. 105 illus., 92 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 192
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Environmental sciences ; Engineering
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Reconsidering a Sustainable Future through Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) in the Context of Circular Economy (Georgios Lampropoulos, Harjinder Rahanu, Elli Georgiadou, Dimitrios Siakas, and Kerstin Siakas) -- Chapter 2. The Digital Paradigm: Unraveling the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (Hanane Thamik, Juan David Figueroa Cabrera, and Jiang Wu) -- Chapter 3. The role of the Artificial Intelligence of Things in Energy Poverty alleviation (Ascensión López Vargas, Agapito Ledezma-Espino, and Araceli Sanchis-de-Miguel) -- Chapter 4. AIoT-Enabled Smart Grids: Advancing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Integration (Fadele Ayotunde Alaba, Usman Sani, Emmanuel Gbenga Dada, and Baydaa Hashim Mohammed) -- Chapter 5. Achieving SDGs using AI Techniques and Digital Twins for Nuclear Power Plants: A Review (Kousik Barik, Sanjay Misra, and Harald P-J Thunem) -- Chapter 6. Carbon and Decarbonization Disclosure: Role of Responsible Innovation in Adoption of Artificial Intelligence of Things towards SDGs (Assunta Di Vaio, Anum Zaffar, and Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente) -- Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (Fadele Ayotunde Alaba, Abayomi Jegede, Usman Sani, and Emmanuel Gbenga Dada) -- Chapter 8. AIoT-Enabled Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Disease Management: Advancing SDGs through Graph Attention Neural Networks (Muhammad Bello Kusharki and Bilkisu Larai Muhammad-Bello) -- Chapter 9. Sustainable Healthcare 5.0: Integration of IoT and Blockchain Technology with Federated Learning Model for Securing Healthcare Data (Arudra Vamshikrishnaa, Dharavath Ramesha, Rahul Mishraa, and Nazeeruddin Mojammadb) -- Chapter 10. IoT-Enabled Machine Learning for Enhanced Diagnosis of Diabetes and Heart Disease in Resource-Limited Settings (John Abubakar, Aghedo Emmanuel Odianose, and Omolola Faith Ademola), etc.
    Abstract: This book covers various topics and trends regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and their applications in society, industry, and environment for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) suggested by the United Nations. Additionally, it discusses their advancements and fusion as well as the realization of Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). The book aims to provide an overview and recent research into the fusion, integration, advancements, and impact of these technologies in the context of SDGs achievement. The topics include the applications of AI, IoT, big data, AI-based and IoT-based cloud computing, machine learning and deep learning techniques, and blockchain among others for achieving SDGs. It also presents findings and discussions on potential application domains, addresses open issues and challenges, offers solutions, and provides suggestions for future research for achieving SDGs. The chapters are clustered, according to particular SDGs or areas of focus, into: i) the realization of AIoT for SDGs, ii) the role of AIoT in achieving society and wellbeing-related SDGs, iii) the fulfillment of industrial sectors, infrastructure, and economy-related SDGs through AIoT, and iv) the use of AIoT to aid natural resources and environment-related SDGs. The book assists researchers, practitioners, professionals, and academicians of various scientific fields in exploring and better understanding these state-of-the-art technologies, their advancements, impact, future potentials and benefits, and their role in successfully achieving SDGs. The book: · Offers an in-depth overview of AIoT for achieving SDGs. · Presents the fusion of AI and IoT for bringing a significant change in everyday life and fulfilling SDGs. · Highlights innovative solutions and results of AIoT integration in several domains for achieving SDGs. · Showcases the influence of AIoT on promoting and improving sustainability in the context of SDGs. · Discusses the issues, benefits, solutions, and impact of AIoT in society, industry, and environment for achieving SDGs.
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    Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031444821
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 189 p.)
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    Series Statement: Literary Disability Studies
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; Performing arts. ; Theater. ; Games. ; People with disabilities
    Abstract: 1. Introduction Other Worlds, Other Selves: Moving Beyond Escapism -- 2. ‘Everyone’s a Composite’: Rethinking Three of Cyberpunk’s Overlooked Women Writers as Posthumanists -- 3. The Performing Wiggin Siblings: Reading Ender’s Game through Disability Theory -- 4. The Threat of Silence in Mark Alpert’s Dystopian Simulation -- From Memes to Comics: Virtual Embodiment in Visual Rhetoric -- 5. The Player and the Avatar: Performing as Other -- 6. Learning Through Play: An Inclusive Pedagogy for the 21st Century -- 7. Conclusion The Augmented Self: Rethinking Virtual Simulation and Disability.
    Abstract: Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives considers the relationship between disability identity and simulation activities (ranging from traditional gameplay to more revolutionary technology) in contemporary science fiction. Anelise Haukaas applies posthumanist theory to an examination of disability identity in a variety of science fiction texts: adult novels, young adult literature and comics, as well as ethnographic research with gamers. Haukaas argues that instead of being a means of escapism, simulated experiences are a valuable tool for cultivating self-acceptance and promoting empathy. Through increasingly accessible technology and innovative gameplay, traditional hierarchies are dismantled, and different ways of being are both explored and validated. Ultimately, the book aims to expand our understandings of disability, performance, and self-creation in significant ways by exploring the boundless selves that the simulated environments in these texts allow. Anelise Haukaas is an Assistant Professor of English at the College of Coastal Georgia, USA, as well as the faculty advisor of Seaswells, the art and literary magazine. Her research interests include genre fiction, disability studies, folklore and mythology, popular culture, and new media.
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    Management of Sport Organizations at the Crossroad of Responsibility and Sustainability : Perceptions, Practices, and Prospects Around the World (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031524899
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 196 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Sports Economics, Management and Policy 25
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    Keywords: Industries. ; Sports ; Business ethics. ; Management. ; Sustainability. ; responsible sport management ; sustainability ; SDGs ; corporate social responsibility ; event management ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Belgium -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Ecuator -- Finland -- Germany -- Japan -- Newzealand -- South Korea -- Spain.-Sweden -- Switzerland -- Thegambia -- Discussion.
    Abstract: This edited volume evaluates how sport organizations in the public, private, and non-profit sectors define responsible management and sustainability and what these mean in their daily operations. Using country-specific cases, the chapters provide an empirical investigation of sport organizations in each sector, analyzing managerial decisions and policies through a sustainability lens. All chapters are structured in the same way, providing a truly comparative approach. Offering insights for scholars interested in responsibility and sustainability in different context, this volume will be important to undergraduate and postgraduate sport management, event management, sport science, and sport study programs around the globe.
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    Big Data and Data Science Engineering : Volume 6 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031533853
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 198 p. 41 illus., 31 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1139
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Big data.
    Abstract: A Study on the Factors Influencing the Intention to Use MyData Service -- A Study on the Intention to Use the Urban Air Mobility Passenger Transportation Service -- A Study on the Integration of Endpoint Security Service Operations Management - Focusing on Cloud Services -- A Study on the Factors Affecting the Korean Financial Institution’s Switching Intention to Open Source Software - Focused on System Software -- A Study on the Intention to Utilize Overseas Developers through Offshoring - Using the Value-Acceptance Model (VAM) -- The Role of Co-creation Experience and Switching Cost in the Relationship between Service Recovery and Customer Loyalty -- A Comprehensive Analysis of Security Measures for MyData in South Korea Based on AHP -- A Study on the Factors Influencing the Performance of Korea Venture Capital Funds -- A Research on Factors Influencing the Survival of Small Businesses: Focusing on Franchise Convenience Stores -- A Study on Purchase Intention for Innovative Products: Focusing on Oxygen-generating Air Purifiers -- The Impact of Company's ESG Activities on Corporate Reputation -- The Impact of ESG Activities in Midsize Manufacturing Companies on Purchase Intentions: Focusing on the Mediating Roles of Corporate Reputation, Brand Image, and Perceived Quality -- A Study on the Intention to Utilize Overseas Developers through Offshoring Approach and Strategy for Economic Cooperation between South and North Korea Using the Value-Acceptance Model (VAM) - Based on the Case Study of the Kaesong Industrial Complex -- A Study on the Intention to Use Home Network Services -- A Study on the Impact of Green Patent Data on ESG Environment Indicators. .
    Abstract: The book reports state-of-the-art results in Big Data and Data Science Engineering in both printed and electronic form. Studies in Computation Intelligence (SCI) has grown into the most comprehensive computational intelligence research forum available in the world. This book publishes original papers on both theory and practice that address foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53385-3
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    The Preface to Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception: A Re-Introduction (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031513299
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 104 p.)
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    Keywords: Continental Philosophy. ; Phenomenology . ; Philosophy
    Abstract: 1: Introduction -- 2: Facts And Essences -- 3: Intentionality -- 4: The Incomplete Reduction -- 5: Phenomenology And Non-Phenomenology -- 6: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a critical re-appraisal of what is perhaps Merleau-Ponty’s most widely read text, the Preface to his Phenomenology of Perception. Although open and enigmatic text, the Preface is still often used to introduce phenomenology in general and Merleau-Ponty’s work specifically to students, scholars in disciplines other than philosophy, and art practitioners. Taking advantage of the fact that many of his course notes have been posthumously published in the last few decades, this book situates the Preface to the Phenomenology of Perception in the context of Merleau-Ponty's later work and shows how it contains many of the threads on which Merleau-Ponty would later pull. In doing so, the book chapters elaborate key themes in the Preface: “Phenomenology and its Paradoxes,” “Phenomenology and its Method,” “Phenomenology and its Incompletion,” “Phenomenology and Non-Phenomenology." Readers will learn about the radicality of Merleau-Ponty’s early articulation of phenomenology, how much it already suggests the profound transformation of phenomenology usually associated with his more mature work. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51329-9
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    A First Course in Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Dynamical Systems, and Biomathematics : Theory and Applications (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031504921
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 315 p. 120 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 432
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Biomathematics. ; Biometry.
    Abstract: Fuzzy Sets Theory and Uncertainty in Mathematical Modeling -- The Extension Principle of Zadeh and Fuzzy Numbers -- Fuzzy Relations -- Notions of Fuzzy Logic -- Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems -- Fuzzy Relational Equations and Approximation -- Measure, Integrals and Fuzzy Events -- Fuzzy Dynamical Systems.
    Abstract: This book provides an essential introduction to the field of dynamical models. Starting from classical theories such as set theory and probability, it allows readers to draw near to the fuzzy case. On one hand, the book equips readers with a fundamental understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of fuzzy sets and fuzzy dynamical systems. On the other, it presents some concepts of derivatives, integrals and differential equations applied to the context of fuzzy functions. Each of the major topics is accompanied by examples, worked-out exercises, and exercises to be completed. Moreover, many applications to real problems are presented, mainly in biomathematics where the so-called p-fuzzy systems play an important role. The book has been developed on the basis of the authors’ lectures to university students and is accordingly primarily intended as a textbook for both upper-level undergraduates and graduates in applied mathematics, statistics, and engineering. It also offers a valuable resource for practitioners such as mathematical consultants and modelers, and for researchers alike, as it may provide both groups with new ideas and inspirations for projects in the fields of fuzzy logic and biomathematics. This thoroughly updated second edition includes a new chapter on fuzzy optimization, which also presents an application in carbon markets analysis and modeling.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50492-1
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    Philosophy, Cognition and Pragmatics (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031501098
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 293 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology 34
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    Keywords: Pragmatics. ; Philosophy. ; Linguistics. ; Cognitive science. ; Logic.
    Abstract: Pt. 1 - Philosophical approaches.-Chapter 1. Wayne Davis. “Cheap Propositions”.-Chapter 2. Alessandro Capone. “On the distinction between reference and referential presupposition”.-Chapter 3. Nathan Salmón. “Synonymy” -- Chapter 4. Nathan Salmón. “Sleeping Beauty: Awakenings, Chance, Secrets, and Video”.-Chapter 5. Grace G. Campbell. “Situated Agency and Constitutive Moral Luck”.-Chapter 6. Richard Warner. “Pragmatics and Semantics: Grice 1968, Schiffer 2015, Schiffer 1972”.-Chapter 7. Denis Delfitto (Corresponding Author) and Maria Vender. “Puzzling data, beautiful computations: A new analysis of when ‘or’ means ‘and’”.-Chapter 8. Dennis Kurzon. “FAILED DIRECTIVES and FATAL COMMISSIVES. Speech act analysis of Oscar Wilde’s Salome.-Pt. 2 - Inferential and cognitive pragmatics.-Chapter 9. Paola Radici Colace. “For a definition of hyperbola on the scene of ancient Greek theater: situations and lexicon” -- Chapter 10. Keith Allan. “The semantics and pragmatics of names and naming” -- Chapter11. Luigi Pavone. “An inscriptional account for mixed quotation” -- Chapter 12. Louise Cumming. “Cognitive Aspects of Pragmatics Disorders” -- Chapter 13. Caterina Scianna. “Irony as a complex social phenomenon”.-Chapter 14. Roberto Graci. “Exploring the neurological substrates of pragmatics: insights from neuroscience”.-Chapter 15. Daniele Panizza. “Presuppositions in indirect reports: a window into the semantics/pragmatics interface”.
    Abstract: This book contains essential contributions to enrich and broaden the application field of pragmatics. It provides an example of how the fruitful reflections and refined conceptual distinctions born in the philosophical field can find a practical application in addressing social, cognitive, clinical, and psychological problems. Its chapters address, from different points of view, the relationship between pragmatic linguistics and philosophy, and outline the possible application of pragmatic theories to different domains. Developed during the third Pragmasophia international conference, whose name is derived from the Greek terms πρᾶγμα (action, fact) and σοϕία (knowledge, science), the book aligns itself with its aim to study human actions and activities and how they take shape through language. But ‘Pragma’ and ‘Sophia’ also signal another purpose: highlighting the importance of creating links between empirical investigations on language use, and more traditional philosophical approaches. In this reading, ‘Pragma’ represents the experimental goal devoted to analysing and interpreting language facts. In contrast, the term ‘Sophia’ recalls the original vocation of past philosophers to pursue an ideal of ‘pure knowledge’, disconnected from any practical-economic interest. While maintaining the conference's original purpose of encouraging productive comparisons between different approaches, the book consists of two sections: first, on philosophical approaches, recalls more theoretical aspects (closer to the term ‘Sophia’); the second, ‘Inferential and Cognitive Pragmatics,’ addresses more practical issues affecting domains such as Greek literature, pragmatic disorders, dictionary entries, and speech analysis. The reader, whether in linguists, philosophy or psychology, obtains a complete overview of the most advanced current research lines, both theoretical and empirical, and thus contributes to broadening the scope of pragmatics.
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    Human Minds and Cultures (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031564482
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 196 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Philosophy of mind. ; Culture ; Science
    Abstract: Preface -- Dedication -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Sanjit Chakraborty) -- Chapter 2. Thoughts on Morality and Culture (Jan Narveson) -- Chapter 3. Values and Cultures (Harry J Gensler) -- Chapter 4. Clashes of Culture (Michael Smith) -- Chapter 5. Hatred – Why Do Such Nice People Do Such Awful Things? (Michael Ruse) -- Chapter 6. Neoliberalism, Globalization and Discrimination in the 21st Century: Issues, Challenges and Limitations of Habermas’ Reason-based Theory of Liberal Democracy in Current Times (Deborah Poff) -- Chapter 7. Legal Emotions: Why Affect Matters for Law (Antara Halder) -- Chapter 8. The Epistemic Argument for Hedonism (Neil Sinhababu) -- Chapter 9. The Interpreting Mind and Meaning-Formation: A Relational Critique of Lyotard … and Ricœur (Gerald Cipriani) -- Chapter 10. Recurring Dilemmas on Other Minds (Sanjit Chakraborty).
    Abstract: This book puts forward a harmonious analysis of similarities and differences between two concepts—human minds and cultures—and strives for a multicultural spectrum of philosophical explorations that could assist them in pondering the striking pursuit of envisaging human minds and cultures as an essential appraisal of philosophy and the social sciences. The book hinges on a theoretical understanding of the indispensable liaison between the dichotomy of minds and objectivity residing in semantic-ontological conjectures. The ethnographic sense of cultures confines the scope of cultural scientism, an evolutionary paradigm on the functionalist turn, where one could enthral the cultural phenomenon from the contentment of the conflict of scientific quandaries. Hence, cultural relativism concedes that cultures have some descriptive contents, like customs, beliefs, moral codes, other minds, etc., that are followed by an individual or a group of people. However, the notion of societal semiotics embarks on the ‘semiotic conception of culture’ that deploys modernity and values centred on ethical conjectures. Human Minds and Cultures conspicuously attune the cultural edifice of moral minds and cope with the enduring prospects of ethics, genders, laws, and socio-political affairs. Essential reading for anyone with a sparkling interest in human minds and cultures.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-56448-2
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    Advances in Information and Communication Technology : Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference ICTA 2023, Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031508189
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXII, 459 p. 225 illus., 199 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 848
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Engineering
    Abstract: A combination of Active Learning and Deep Learning for improving breast cancer prediction -- A Novel Arm Bone Fracture Detection Using Deep Learning -- A systematic review of Artificial Intelligence in Geographic Information Systems -- Build an effective system for container code recognition -- Building an Efficient Retriever System with Limited Resources -- Deep Learning based Coconut Fruit Maturity Classification -- Enhanced prediction of mRNA subcellular localization using a novel ensemble learning and hybrid approach.
    Abstract: This book contains four keynote abstracts and 83 best peer-reviewed papers selected from the 179 submissions at the 2nd International Conference on Advances in ICT (ICTA 2023), which share research results and practical applications in ICT research and education. Technological changes and digital transformation that have taken place over the past decade have had significant impacts on all economic and social sectors. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in general and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular have driven socio-economic growth. The topics cover all ICT-related areas and their contributions to socio-economic development, focusing on the most advanced technologies, such as AI. Researchers and practitioners in academia and industry use the books as a valuable reference for their research activities, teaching, learning, and advancing current technologies. The Conference is hosted by Thai Nguyen University of Information and Communication Technology (ICTU).
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50818-9
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    Management, Tourism and Smart Technologies : ICMTT 2023 Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031437335
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 396 p. 69 illus., 50 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 774
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Engineering
    Abstract: Impact of Logistics Training on Freight Transportation Companies in Bogotá -- Acceptance Sampling of Vegetables and Legumes in Units based on the Military Standard (MIL-STD 105E) -- Assessing the Impact of Dry Ports to the Supply Chain Safety and Security -- Factors that influence the quality of customer service in telecommunications companies -- After the hiking tour: walkers' behaviour -- Analysis of citizen satisfaction in municipal services -- The Ecotourism Landscape of Qatar -- Natural Parks image: an analysis of Tripadvisor reviews.
    Abstract: This book presents advances in the research of various entities in the world, which are working on the application of technology or management in tourism. Indeed, one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic was tourism, likewise one of the post-pandemic effects is the rapid recovery of the sector, but more importantly is the great innovation that has occurred in marketing strategies for tourism using technology and applying management strategies not only to be more profitable but to have the best customer satisfaction. The book is aimed at the general public that seeks to innovate, learn from lessons learned and establish a knowledge base in mechanisms that apply technology or management in tourism, with the aim of improving the experience of all those involved in the business chain. This compendium aims to share all those great experiences and researches in the areas of: Managements, Tourism, Marketing strategies in Management, Tourism and Technology, Technology, Applied Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Business Administration, Cloud Computing, Educational Management, Finance, Insurance and Services Management, Health Tourism, Human Resource Management, Information Systems Planning and Management, Information Technologies in Tourism, Internet Technology, Knowledge Management, Management of Supply Chain and Logistics, Marketing Innovation, Robotics, Strategic Management Innovation, Sustainability Management, Technical Economy Management, Technical Innovation and Management, Technology in Tourism and Tourist Experience, Tourism Industry and Ecology, Tourism Management, a total of 77 research projects and many spaces and relationships between researchers to collaborate in the advancement of science are presented.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43733-5
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    Computational Intelligence and Mathematics for Tackling Complex Problems 5 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031469794
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 147 p. 33 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1127
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Mathematics
    Abstract: Additional notes on heterogeneous concept-forming operators -- On the measure of inconsistency of fuzzy relation equations -- Efficiency of fuzzy rough set decision algorithms -- Use of Fuzzy Time Series to generate linguistic descriptions of noise pollution -- A Novel Fingerprint Identification Fuzzy System Using a Center-Distance Weighted Local Binary Pattern -- Global Sensitivity Analysis and Low Magnitude Pruning for Convolutional Neural Networks Reduction in ImageNet based on Transfer Learning State of the Art Models -- Generalized linearity of aggregation and related functions -- A preliminary study between semicopulas and other algebraic structures -- Closure theory of semirings-valued fuzzy sets.
    Abstract: This book is focused on connecting two interesting research areas, mathematics and computational intelligence, by means of appealing contributions devoted to give solutions to different challenges of the current technological age. It continues the collection of articles dealing with the important and efficient combination of these both areas, with a stress of fuzzy systems and fuzzy logic. It also includes relevant papers on the development and application of mathematics, artificial intelligence, and automatic reasoning tools to Digital Forensics, which have been developed within the framework of the COST Action DigForASP-CA17124 (digforasp.uca.es).
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46979-4
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    Inclusive Smart Museums : Engaging Neurodiverse Audiences and Enhancing Cultural Heritage (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031436154
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 248 p. 31 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Cultural property. ; Medicine and the humanities.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: I Introduction -- Chapter 2: Storytelling -- Chapter 3: Inclusivity & Environment -- Chapter 4: Gamification -- Chapter 5: Immersive Technologies -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Future Directions for Neuro-Inclusivity in Museums and Heritage Sites.
    Abstract: James Hutson is Professor and Department Head of Art History and Visual Culture, and Lead XR Disruptor, at Lindenwood University, USA. Piper Hutson is a Corporate Art Curator and Adjunct Professor at Lindenwood University, USA. This book delves into the significant and timely intersection of cultural heritage, neurodiversity, and smart museums, exploring how various immersive techniques can create more inclusive and engaging heritage experiences for neurodiverse audiences. By focusing on these three aspects, the book aims to contribute significantly to the fields of cultural heritage, neuro-inclusivity, and smart museums, offering practical solutions and examples for heritage professionals and researchers. The book highlights the importance of preserving and enhancing cultural heritage by incorporating immersive technologies and inclusive practices that cater to the needs of neurodiverse audiences. It emphasizes the need for museums and heritage sites to be more inclusive and accessible for neurodivergent individuals, showcasing best practices and innovative techniques to engage this audience effectively. .
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    Culture Wars and Horror Movies : Gender Debates in Post-2010’s US Horror Cinema (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031532788
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 224 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Film genres. ; Gender identity in mass media. ; Motion pictures, American.
    Abstract: Part I: Female Bodies/Disposable Bodies -- 1. “Woke Gal Gone Bad: Gender Trouble and Populism in Ready or Not (2019) and Wrong Turn (2021)” Eduardo Valls Oyarzun -- 2 “Moral Waste in the Key of Horror: The Perfection (2018) and the #MeToo Movement Onscreen "Noelia Gregorio-Fernández -- 3. “Rape Culture, Horror, Genre Hybridization and Feminist Reception in Jennifer’s Body (2009) and Promising Young Woman (2020)” Asier Gil Vázquez -- 4. “The Culture that Can’t Anymore: Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) as Pilgrimage of a Traumatized Society”Marta Brkljačić -- 5. “Universal Darkness: A Transnational Perspective on Social Horror”Elena Furlanetto._Part II: Female as Creation Force Revisited -- 6. “Mother! Nature: Creation, Apocalypse, Climate Skepticism, and Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! (2017)” Zachary Ingle -- 7. “Monsters, Women, and Magic: Intersecting Hierarchies of Gender and Religion in The Witch (2015)” Cristina Casado Presa -- 8. “Nature and Horror: An Ecocritical Reading of Take Shelter (2011)” Nisa Harika Güzel Köşker._Part III: Gender(ed) Anxieties -- 9. “The Masculinities of Neo-Confederate Cultural Warfare in Antebellum (2020)” Juan José Arroyo-Paniagua and Steven McClain -- 10. “Gaslighting, Entrapping, and Trauma: Notes on #MeToo Horror Films” Todd K._Platts -- 11. “Aging as a Trope in American Horror Movies: From The Children of the Corn (1984) to The Visit (2015)” Marta Miquel-Baldellou.-12. “Searching for ‘The Final Girl’: We Are What We Are (2013), Missing Testimonials, and Media Invisibility of Missing and Murdered Mexican Indigenous Women” Mayra Ramales.
    Abstract: “The interweaving of gender and horror serves as an unsettling lens through which current socio-cultural and political upheavals can be read. The present publication offers a kaleidoscopic analysis of our contemporary moment through an array of films, with each one shedding light on the transgressions, fears, and traumas still inscribed on the gendered body. This is a must-read volume that turns its attention to film-captured corporeal violence that marks the 21st century.” Tatiani G. Rapatzikou- Associate Professor, Department of American Literature and Culture (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece). EAAS Secretary General 2014-2022. “Culture Wars and Horror Movies is an excellent survey of contemporary horror cinema within its various political and cultural contexts. Uniformly insightful, the essays gathered here illuminate much of what horror since the millennium is about. Highly recommended.” Barry Keith Grant- Professor Emeritus of Film Studies and Popular Culture (Brock University). Author of The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film. Navigating a polarized society in their representation of social values, twenty-first-century horror films critically frame conflicting and divisive ideological issues. Culture Wars and Horror Movies: Gender Debates in post-2010 US Horror Cinema analyses the ways in which these “culture wars” make their way into gender, focusing on the post-2010 US context and its fundamental political divisions. Approaching these topics from feminist and postfeminist theories to ecocritical views, this volume explores how contemporary horror movies engage with the current context of “culture wars.” Noelia Gregorio-Fernández is an Associate Professor of American Studies at the International University of La Rioja, Spain. She was a visiting scholar at the CSER at Columbia University, New York (USA), and is the author of The Rebel of Chicano Cinema: Robert Rodriguez in the Transnational Era (2020). Carmen M. Méndez-García is an Associate Professor of American Literature at the Department of English Studies, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Current research and teaching interests include twentieth and twenty-first-century U.S. literature, postmodernism and contemporary fiction, the Countercultures in the U.S., Spatial studies, Gender studies, and Medical Humanities.
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    The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031482519
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 131 p. 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Art ; Art, Modern ; Medicine and the humanities. ; People with disabilities
    Abstract: Introduction: Curating this Collection -- Chapter 1: Disarming Venus -- Chapter 2: Sculpting Body Ideals -- Chapter 3: Performing Amputation -- Chapter 4: Staring Back and Forth: The Photographs of Kevin Connolly -- Chapter 5: Cripping Aesthetics: The Work of Persimmon Blackbridge -- Chapter 6: Watching One’s Back: Self-Portraits of Disabled Women’s Backs as Provocative and Protective -- Conclusion: Looking Forward.
    Abstract: 'An enlightening collection of work exploring the intersection between art and disability. Millett-Gallant’s writing illuminates the transformative power of perspective and its ability to challenge and redefine social norms.' Kevin Michael Connolly 'The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art has for more than a decade been the primary, indispensable resource for thinking about the myriad ways that disability is represented by contemporary artists. This second edition updates and extends Ann Millett-Gallant’s groundbreaking text.' Robert McRuer, author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (2006) Operating from the position that disability offers "an opportunity for alternative and unique insights," Ann Millett-Gallant presents readers with engaging analyses of the work of Mary Duffy, Marc Quinn, Joel-Peter Witkin, Kevin Connolly, Persimmon Blackbridge, Sandie Yi, and others, which challenges prevailing stereotypes and assumptions about corporeal difference. This long-awaited revision and extension of Millet-Gallant's groundbreaking The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art (2010) is a must-read for anyone interested in art and disability. Keri Watson, Co-editor, The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability (2022) The second edition offers an essential update to the foundational first edition, The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art. Featuring updated chapters and case studies, this second edition will not only expand on the first edition but will bring a new focus to contemporary disabled artists and their embodied, multimedia work. Ann Millett-Gallant, PhD is Senior Lecturer for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Her online courses combine art history, visual culture, disability studies, and women’s and gender studies, and her books include The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art; Re-Membering: Putting Mind and Body Back Together Following Traumatic Brain Injury; and the coedited volumes Disability and Art History and Disability and Art History: From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century. Millett-Gallant’s artworks have been displayed at universities and galleries in North Carolina. Her website is annmg.com.
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    American Football and the American Way of War : The Gridiron and the Battlefield (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031553455
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 182 p. 26 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; International relations. ; Diplomacy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2.The American Military and Football -- Chapter 3 International Relations Theory -- Chapter 4. Strategic Theory -- Chapter 5. Football and U.S. Military Strategy -- Chapter 6. Levels of War -- Chapter 7.Operations and the Principles of War -- Chapter 8. Application of Joint Doctrine and Joint Functions -- Chapter 9. Design, Planning, and Problem Solving -- Chapter 10. Revolution, Innovation, and Adaptation -- Chapter 11. Civil-Military Relations -- Chapter 12. The Similarities -- Chapter 13. The Differences -- Chapter 14. Conclusion / Epilogue -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book provides the reader with a history on the linkages between American Football and the American Way of War. It provides concise summaries of aspects of tactics, operations, and strategy, as well as international relations theory using football as a metaphor to simplify the concepts. International relations theory and military strategy tend to be complicated subjects often explained with jargon that puts the average reader to sleep. A book about war and foreign policy explained through football analogies and comparisons is designed to liven the topic and explain various military theories, strategies, and concepts. War and football tend to dominate national media. War is often a topic of debate from the highest levels of government to local bars and coffeehouses. Football is the monolith of sports that blankets sports television and radio throughout the year. This book provides the reader an understanding of how military professionals formulate and execute strategy in an easily understandable manner. Daniel Sukman is an Army Strategist who served as the Chief of Strategy Development on the Joint Staff”.
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    Managing Environmental Risks through Insurance : Legal and Economic Aspects (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031476020
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 404 p. 8 illus.)
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    Series Statement: AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation 9
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Environmental Law. ; Law ; Contracts. ; Common law. ; Commercial law. ; Environmental law, International.
    Abstract: Law and environment. Prevention, control, responsibility -- Global Governance of the Environment and implications for the Insurance Industry -- Environmental liabilities and Insurance Law in the EU -- Environmental Liabilities and Insurance Law in the United Kingdom -- Managing Environmental Risk through Insurance: China -- Environmental Liabilities and Insurance Law in the United States -- Environmental Civil Liability In The Mercosur Region South America -- Environmental insurance product -- Prevention in environmental insurance -- Loss adjustment in the environmental insurance and the role of the loss adjuster -- Waste insurance -- Underwriting Environmental Risks for Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) Coverage: Challenges and Best Practices Forward -- Liability for environmental damage in aviation -- Liability for environmental damage in outer space and its insurance -- Liability for pollution damage to the marine environment.
    Abstract: This book identifies the role of insurance in a comprehensive system for managing environmental risks at the local, regional and global level. National and international legal instruments regulating environmental protection, especially aspects like pollution, are not precisely reflected in insurance concepts intended to cover environmental risks. As such, there is a need to identify environmental risks and to propose a taxonomy of environmental risks for various types of insurance coverage. The authors refer to the issues of liability in environmental protection, the scope of insurance coverage and comment on specific issues the importance of which has been noticed by the legislator or insurance practice. The book examines these issues horizontally and vertically from various standpoints, focusing on insurance as a means of managing environmental risks. In this regard, it mainly concentrates on (1) identifying and analyzing environmental risks and methods for managing them via private and public instruments, and (2) insuring these risks. The book is intended for all those interested in the field of insurance and environmental risk regimes, including lawyers, academics and legal professionals.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47602-0
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    Advanced Information Networking and Applications : Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Volume 5 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031579318
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 513 p. 198 illus., 160 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 203
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Application of Soft Computing Techniques for Clustering in VANETs: A Survey -- EarlyStage Diabetes Risk Detection Using Comparison Of Xgboost, Lightgbm, And Catboost Algorithms -- Blockchain Based Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for Wildlife Monitoring -- Research on Screw Detection Using Artificial Intelligence Technology -- An Efficient Method for Lung Cancer Image Segmentation and Nodule Type Classification Using Deep Learning Algorithms -- Targeted and Automatic Deep Neural Networks Optimization for Edge Computing -- Edge to Cloud Network Function Offloading in the ADAPTO Framework -- DEFEDGE: Threat-driven Security Testing and Proactive Defense Identification for Edge-Cloud Systems -- Swarmchestrate: Towards a Fully Decentralised Framework for Orchestrating Applications in the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum -- REDRAW: FedeRatED leaRning for humAn Wellbeing -- Greening AI: A Framework for Energy-Aware Resource Allocation of ML Training Jobs with Performance Guarantees -- Optimization of University Services through Cloud-Edge Integration: Study of a use case at the University of Naples Federico II -- Distributed Collaborative AR on Cloud Continuum: a Case Study for Cultural Heritage -- Survey on Reference Architecture for Cloud Continuum and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) in 5G Networks -- Elastic Autoscaling for Distributed Workflows in MEC Networks.
    Abstract: This book covers the theory, design and applications of computer networks, distributed computing and information systems. Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low-power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuations is emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnection problems. To fulfill their large range of applications, different kinds of networks need to collaborate and wired and next-generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high-performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. This book aims to provide the latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57931-8
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    Advanced Information Networking and Applications : Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Volume 4 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031579165
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 485 p. 178 illus., 141 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 202
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The Deployment of E-Learning Application as a Web Service in a Cloud Broker Architecture -- CarbonApp: Blockchain Enabled Carbon Offset Project Management -- Investigating the Impact of Congestion Control Algorithms on Edge-Cloud Continuum -- Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy-based System for Assessment of Relationship Trust -- BarongTrace: A Malware Event Log Dataset for Linux -- Specifying SSI over EAP: Towards an Even Better Eduroam in the Future -- FastSGX: A Message-passing based Runtime for SGX -- Leveraging Chat-Based Large Vision-Language Models for Multimodal Out-of-Context Detection -- Enhancing the 5G-AKA Protocol with Post-Quantum Digital Signature Method -- SoK: Directions and Issues in Formal Verification of Payment Protocols -- PCPR: Plaintext Compression and Plaintext Reconstruction for Reducing Memory Consumption on Homomorphically Encrypted CNN -- Design and Performance Evaluation of a Two-stage Detection of DDoS Attacks Using a Trigger with a Feature on Riemannian Manifolds -- Discovering Personally Identifiable Information in Textual Data - A Case Study with Automated Concatenation of Embeddings -- Towards User-Oriented Steganography -- AI-based Cybersecurity Systems.
    Abstract: The aim of the book is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods, and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications. Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution, and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence, and actuations is emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure, and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnection problems. To fulfill their large range of applications different kinds of networks need to collaborate and wired and next-generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high-performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. This book covers the theory, design, and applications of computer networks, distributed computing, and information systems.
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    Road Traffic Analysis, Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031514494
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 125 p. 36 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 877
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering.
    Abstract: Development of a camera-based parking monitoring system with an automatic parking spot identification -- Energy-efficient radio platforms for implementation of nodes of sensor networks -- A heuristic approach to assess the performance efficiency of road intersections in urban environments from the resilience perspective -- The ecological footprint of embedded rail structures -- Vectors of development of mountain tricycles.
    Abstract: This book presents many valuable tips for making decisions related to road traffic in transport networks. The knowledge base in practical examples, as well as the decision support systems described in this volume, finds interest among people who face the daily challenge of searching for advanced solutions and practical applications in road traffic engineering. The publication is therefore addressed to local authorities related to the planning and development of development strategies for selected areas with regard to transport (both in the urban and regional dimension) and to representatives of business and industry, as people directly involved in the implementation of traffic engineering solutions. The tips contained in individual sections of the publication allow to look at a given problem in an advanced way and facilitate the selection of the appropriate strategy (among others, in relation to the heuristic approach to assessing the performance efficiency of road intersections in urban environments from the resilience perspective, modeling the distribution of transport pollutants in a naturally ventilated road tunnel, development of a camera-based parking monitoring system with an automatic parking spot identification). In turn, due to a new approach to theoretical models (including, inter alia, problems with the safety of passengers at tram stops or energy-efficient radio platforms for the implementation of nodes of sensor networks), the publication also interests scientists and researchers carrying out research in this area. The publication entitled "Road Traffic Analysis, Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions" contains selected papers submitted to and presented at the 19th “Transport Systems. Theory and Practice” Scientific and Technical Conference organized by the Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics at the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering at the Silesian University of Technology. The conference took place on September 18–19, 2023, in Katowice (Poland).
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    Towards a Hybrid, Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education : Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031526671
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 502 p. 143 illus., 116 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 900
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Education
    Abstract: A Use Cases Driven Design of a Virtual Anatomy -- ADDIE Implementation When Teaching Professional Foreign Language Online in Technological University -- Gamification as a Key Factor for Students' Motivation in EFL Classrooms -- Gamification As An Essential Factor For Developing Management Skills -- The Formation of a Virtual Educational Environment as an Element in the System of Improving the Digital Competences of Teachers -- Approaches To Foreign Language Teaching To Future Engineer-Teachers In The Context Of Digitalization And Distance Learning.
    Abstract: This book contains papers in the fields of educational virtual environments, future of education, project-based learning (PBL), and digital education strategy and engineering pedagogy. The authors currently witnessing a significant transformation in the development of education on all levels and especially in post-secondary education. To face these challenges, higher education must find innovative and effective ways to respond in a proper way. The pandemic period left us with profound changes in the way we teach and learn, including the massive use of new means of communication, such as videoconferencing and other technological tools. Moreover, the current explosion of artificial intelligence tools, mainly used by students, is challenging teaching practices maintained for centuries. Scientifically based statements as well as excellent best practice examples are absolutely necessary. The 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), which took place in Madrid, Spain, between September 26 and 30, 2023, was the perfect place where current trends in higher education were presented and discussed. Since its beginning in 1998, this conference has been devoted to new approaches in learning with a focus on collaborative learning in higher education. Nowadays, the ICL conferences are a forum of the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in learning and engineering pedagogy. In this way, the authors try to bridge the gap between ‘pure’ scientific research and the everyday work of educators. Interested readership includes policy makers, academics, educators, researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, schoolteachers, learning industry, further and continuing education lecturers, etc.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52667-1
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    Critical Authoethnography and Écriture Feminine : Writing with Hélène Cixous (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031400513
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 179 p. 13 illus.)
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    Keywords: Literature ; Feminism and literature. ; Continental Philosophy. ; Sex.
    Abstract: 1: Introduction: Digging, Unburying and Going to Writing School -- 2: Writing Myself Back Together -- 3: The School of the Dead and My Mother: A Story of Hunger -- 4: Finding a Language of My Own: Journeying to the School of the Dead with Cixous -- 5: The Narcissist Never Leaves, Only Dies: An Autoethno-graphic Account inspired by Cixous -- 6: Your Dreambody Must be Heard—Writing Trauma in the School of Dreams -- 7: The Fatal Blow: “Who are I­­­?” A Feminist Autoethnographer’s Encounter with Cixous -- 8: This Writing Chatters, Just Like a Dream: The Ragged Vitality of Teeth and Memory Loss -- 9: Learning Cixous’ Écriture Feminine Through the Flow of Words and Blood -- 10: Metis and Cixous—Cunning Resistance, Bodily Intelligence and Allies -- 11: Denying the Penis: Bringing Women to Writing [With/in and] Through Doc-toral Supervision -- 12: Writing Australian Gardens to Cross Borders Between the Online and Offline Worlds -- Inter-View. .
    Abstract: The project offers a collection of new interdisciplinary critical autoethnographic engagements with Hélène Cixous écriture feminine and work Three steps on the ladder of writing. Critical autoethnography shares a reciprocal, and inter-animating relationship with Hélène Cixous’ écriture feminine (“feminine writing”), and in this collection authors explore that inter-animation by explicitly engaging with Three steps on the ladder of writing. Three steps is a poetic, insightful, and ultimately moving reflection on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for writing: The School of the Dead—the notion that something or someone must die in order for good writing to be born; The School of Dreams—the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration and output; and The School of Roots—the importance of depth in the 'nether realms' in all aspects of writing. Topics covered include: ways Cixous’ work can address the need for loss and reparation in writing critical autoethnography, how Cixous’ writing “makes our body speak” through concepts of birth and the body in, through and of critical autoethnography, whether writing in this way recast and reform prevailing orders of domination and oppression, and how Cixous’ writing around the ethics of loving and giving translates into response-able and non-violent forms of critical autoethnography in relation to otherness and difference. In this collection, we invite you to “Let us go to the school of [critical autoethnographic] writing” (Cixous, 1993, p. 3) with the work of Hélène Cixous, and speak in a different way and through a different medium of academic language, in an approach that reveals the tensions, the paradoxes, the pains and the pleasures of writing with critical autoethnography in the contemporary university.
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    International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2023) : Advanced Intelligent Systems on Digital Health Technology, Volume 1 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031523885
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 478 p. 198 illus., 147 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 904
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Environmental sciences
    Abstract: This book encapsulates the innovative discussions held during the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD'2023), which took place at Mohammed 6 University of Sciences and Health Casablanca, Morocco. This book delves into the multifaceted realm of advanced intelligent systems, specifically focusing on digital health technology. The book offers a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge research and breakthroughs in this dynamic field, providing a holistic perspective on the latest advancements. Within these pages, you will find papers covering an array of captivating topics, including AI-driven diagnostics, wearable health devices, predictive analytics in health care, and much more. Each contribution delves into the synergy of intelligent systems and digital health, showcasing how these technologies intertwine to shape the future of healthcare. Designed for researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts alike, this book serves as an invaluable resource for staying updated on the latest trends and developments in the intersection of advanced intelligent systems and digital health technology. Whether you are seeking to broaden your knowledge or seeking practical insights, this book caters to a diverse readership eager to harness the potential of these innovative domains.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52388-5
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    Human Flourishing, Spiritual Awakening and Cultural Renewal : Personal and Communal Challenges (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031557071
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 122 p.)
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    Keywords: Religion ; Social sciences ; Philosophy of mind. ; Self.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Ethos as Spiritual Dimension of Human Person -- 3. Do We Really Want a World Lacking of Silence– and Humanity? -- 4. Cinematic Time as a Spiritual Memory: Tarkovsky and Kierkegaard -- 5. Language and its Cultural Future -- 6. Albert Schweitzer´s Philosophy of Culture and Spiritual Awakening -- 7. Ortega y Gasset and the Bigotry of Culture -- 8. Actuality of Spirituality in the Paradigm of Human Flourishing -- 9. Cultural Evolution of Human Self-Awareness.
    Abstract: This book seeks to generate a theoretical and a reflective framework to re-connect people with culture and spirituality. It seeks to recreate important links between these domains to provide interpretative, foundational, and ethical perspectives. It is distinctive in that it focusses on the challenges that humanity is facing at a cultural, social, moral, and spiritual level. It provides a philosophical understanding of humanity from a humanistic and multidisciplinary perspective (encompassing ethics, language, art/cinema, political, cultural and gender approaches) and offers a variety of ways of how we can rethink our culture and our society for the future. Catalina Elena Dobre has a PhD in Philosophy and is National Researcher and Professor at University Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Rafael García Pavón has a PhD in Philosophy and is National Researcher, Professor and Coordinator of Research Area in University El Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico. Francisco Díaz Estrada has a PhD in the Humanities and is National Researcher and Associate Dean of Research in School of Humanities and Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey University, Mexico.
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    Resolving Disagreements : A Semantic and Epistemological Inquiry (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031504112
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 211 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
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    Keywords: Knowledge, Theory of. ; Religion
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Epistemological Relevance of Disagreement -- Chapter 3. Disagreement and Meaning -- Chapter 4. Disagreement and Belief I: Puzzles About Disagreement -- Chapter 5. Disagreement and Belief II: Managing the Puzzles -- Chapter 6. Disagreement from the Radical Interpreter’s Point of View -- Chapter 7. Interpretation, Meaning, and Disagreement -- Chapter 8. Disagreement in Religion.
    Abstract: This book examines how the semantics and metaphysics of disagreement affect the epistemology of disagreement. It thus broadens the philosophical discourse by relating the epistemological discussion of (peer) disagreement to inquiries into the nature of disagreement and disagreeing. By doing this, it paints a new picture of the epistemological situation evoked by disagreement: To the same extent that an interpersonal dispute undermines the justification of the disputing persons’ beliefs, it also presents an obstacle to interpersonal understanding. This follows from the nature of meaning, belief and communication, rightly understood. In demonstrating the relevance of this to philosophical reflections on peer disagreement and resolution of disagreement, the book addresses arguably the most contentious kind of disagreement, namely, religious disagreement. It shows that apparent disagreement in religion suggests that the dialog partners might not have reached sufficient mutual understanding. This has important ramifications for the rationally right conduct in the face of religious disagreement, and for the possibility of rational resolution of religious disputes. Åke Wahlberg is a post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer in philosophy at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His main research interests are in the fields of philosophy of language, philosophy of religion and ethics. .
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    Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research in the Development of Agriculture in the Far East (AFE-2022) : Agricultural Cyber-Physical Systems, Volume 1 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031379789
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXIX, 1403 p. 348 illus., 247 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 733
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems). ; Agriculture.
    Abstract: The scope of this book is cyber-physical systems used for the sustainable development and productivity of the agricultural sector. The book contains proceedings of the conference “Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research in the Development of Agriculture in the Far East” (AFE-2022, Tashkent, Uzbekistan). The results of research in the following areas are presented here: software-as-a-service solutions for orchard management, ICT components of Smart Agriculture (SA), farm management platforms, yield monitoring and estimation, IoTs in farming, water management, and smart agriculture machines. The book contains information on the latest technologies in precision agriculture, including real-time technology and big data analytics, fertilizer and sprayer controllers, robotics, variable rate irrigation, networks and remote sensing technologies, etc. The research results presented in the book help in making the right decisions about the allocation of resources in agricultural systems.
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    Innovations in Biomedical Engineering 2023 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031523823
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 258 p. 146 illus., 114 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 875
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Biomedical engineering. ; Medical informatics.
    Abstract: This book presents a collection of scientific articles on recent research on innovations in biomedical engineering. Articles are divided into two chapters covering broad areas of experimental research and biomedical engineering, engineering of biomaterials as well as informatics and modelling in biomedical engineering. Given its scope, it offers a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers, and students alike. The topics include not only theoretical considerations but also practical applications of research conducted in cooperation between engineers, doctors, and physiotherapists. .
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    Information Systems and Technologies : WorldCIST 2023, Volume 2 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031456459
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 681 p. 194 illus., 140 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 800
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: Knowledge discovery in wikidata with machine learning in graph -- Topic Modelling for Detecting Reactions to Science Communication on Social Networks -- Pragmatic Statistics: Likert-Type Questionnaires Processing -- The influence of knowing the source of information on reader’s perceptions. An exploratory study on Twitter -- Knowledge Management: A new business success factor in companies in southern Peru -- Relationship Between Subjective Wellbeing and Prosocial Activities (Ecuadorian Case) -- The data repositories in agriculture. A preliminary investigation -- Towards a KOS to Manage and Retrieve Legal Data -- Experimental Analyses of Temporal Activity-Sequencing Anomalies in Process Mining -- Supervised Machine Learning Based Anomaly Detection in Online Social Networks.
    Abstract: This book is composed of a selection of articles from the 11st World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, held between 4 and 5 of April 2023, at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, in Pisa, Italy. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences, and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main and distinctive topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications, and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility, and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human–Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers, and Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; and N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.
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    New Perspectives in Software Engineering (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031505904
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 410 p. 136 illus., 103 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1135
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Software engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The goal of this book is to provide a broad understanding on the New Perspectives in Software Engineering research. The advancement of computers, and mobile devices, among others, has led to the creation of new areas of knowledge to improve the operation and application of software in any sector, allowing many previously unimaginable activities. In this context, the evolution of software and its applications has created new domains of interest, emerging New Perspectives of Software Engineering for these new areas of knowledge such as: DevOps, Industry 4.0, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Gamification, Cybersecurity, Telecommunications, Health Technologies, Energy Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Robot control, among others. This book is used in different domains in which a broad scope of audience is interested: software engineers, analyst, project management, consultant, academics and researchers in the field both in universities and business schools, information technology directors and managers, and quality managers and directors. Finally, the book contents are also useful for Ph.D. students, master’s, and undergraduate students of IT-related degrees such as Computer Science and Information Systems.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50590-4
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    Homo Curator: Towards the Ethics of Consumption (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031517006
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 200 p. 15 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Virtues and Economics 8
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    Keywords: Business ethics. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Philosophy.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: From gluttony and avarice to moderation and virtue -- Chapter 1. Blessed are the Gentle (Joshtrom Kureethadam) -- Chapter 2. Avarice in post-modern society (Stefano Zamagni) -- Chapter 3. What is Enough (Margaret Atkins) -- Chapter 4. Buddhism and the Right Consumption (Laszlo Zsolnai) -- Chapter 5. Good consumption in the perspective of Thomistic Personalism (Laura Baritz) -- Part II : Is mainstream economics to blame? -- Chapter 6. Political Economy, Moral Reasoning and Global Warming (David Rose) -- Chapter 7. A Critical Approach to Critiquing Economics (Geoffrey Brennan, Hayden Wilkinson) -- Chapter 8. Response from Peter Róna -- Chapter 9. Economics and three faces of prudence (Edward Skidelsky) -- Part III: Way forward -- Chapter 10. Social Trust, Virtue, and Market Coordination (Dominic Burbidge) -- Chapter 11. A Deeper Humanity: The Family as the School of an Inclusive Economy (Joseph Rice) -- Chapter 12. A radically new way to tune compound interest and its implications (Eors Szathmary).
    Abstract: This book explores the under-researched sources of the consumerist culture and the environmental damage it has brought about. The book is an outcome of the symposium on “The Ethics of Consumption” organised and hosted by the Las Casas Institute at the Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford as part of its Economics as a Moral Science Programme. It takes on two contemporary problems: the human weakness and capacity for wrong-doing, and the failure of modern economic theory to account for the moral character of human behaviour and its implicit encouragement of gluttonous life-styles. In a time when grand political schemes are proposed to revive sustainability of global economy, the authors of the papers collected in this book highlight the need for moral renewal without which the most revolutionary structural reforms are bound to fail at producing the desired outcome. Topics of the book include the meaning and sources of avarice, the attempt to define what is enough, exploration of philosophical and theological perspectives which can serve as building blocks for the ethics of consumption. This makes the book of great interest to a broad readership of economists, social scientists and philosophers.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51700-6
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    The Zimdancehall Revolution : Critical Perspectives (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031418549
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 350 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Popular music. ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Popular Culture.
    Abstract: 1: Introduction and Background -- 2: Zimdancehall's Pre-History and Roots -- 3: Zimdancehall and Youth Culture -- 4: The Zimdancehall Underground and Youth Resistance from the Margins -- 5: Zimdancehall Music and the Voices of Zimbabwean Youth -- 6: Say Their Name: Zimdancehall Chanters & the Politics of Representation -- 7: Zimdancehall and The State -- 8: Zimdancehall and Everyday Urbanism -- 9. Zimdancehall's Elite Capture -- 10: Soul Jah Love's Necropolitianism -- 11: Soul Jah Love and Representations of Orphanhood and Motherhood in Zimdancehall -- 12: Soul Jah Love and the Ambivalent Representation of Women in Zimdancehall -- 13: Feminist Zimdancehall's Subversion of Women's Objectification -- 14: Religion and Spirituality in Zimdancehall -- 15: Zimdancehall and Afrofuturism -- 16: Zimdancehall's Future.
    Abstract: Zimdancehall is a musical movement in Zimbabwe that has grown significantly since 2010. The Zimdancehall Revolution brings together critical essays on various aspects of Zimdancehall culture by scholars from diverse disciplines. Traditionally, music critics and senior academics have not taken Zimdancehall seriously, regarding it as vulgar, transient, bubble gum, lacking depth, and in short, a fad. There were also allegations that the lyrics influenced factionalism, incited violence and glorified drug use and unbridled promiscuity among the youth. This book affords this movement the protracted intellectual engagement that it deserves and argues that Zimdancehall is more than just a musical genre but an everyday culture, a way of life. The genre’s close association with the ghetto is telling and enables critics to look at it as a social movement, a revolution, or a raw, petulant and raging disturbance of peace by those who live their lives on the margins. It is, thus, a violent irruption onto the public space by marginalised young people whose presence as artistes creating art from the margins, simultaneously as victims and agents, circulating in a geography that escapes the limits of nationalist ideological and physical territory, in a way subverts communitarian prescriptions and allows young people entry into the world, albeit in a painful, tumultuous and violent way. The essays range from the mapping of the genre’s historical development to theoretical interventions in understanding the genre and its relationship with various aspects of the Zimbabwean society like politics, gender, religion, language, dance, cultural values and other genres.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41854-9
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    Climate Change in Regional Perspective : European Union and Latin American Initiatives, Challenges, and Solutions (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031493294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 190 p. 10 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: United Nations University Series on Regionalism 27
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    Keywords: Regionalism. ; Environmental policy. ; International economic relations. ; Power resources. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Part I –Regional cooperation on Climate Change -- Chapter 2- The EU in a multi-speed, multi-dimensional regime -- Chapter 3- Climate Change cooperation in Latin American regionalism -- Chapter 4- Brazilian perspectives on Climate Change -- Chapter 5-Climate Change in the Interregional Relations between the EU and LAC -- Chapter 6 Fostering a dynamic EU-CELAC cooperation in the area of climate change -- Part II- Financing Green Economy -- Chapter 7-Transformation to low carbon economy, role of development banks in EU and Latin America -- Chapter 8-Fixing rising price paths for fossil energy - basis of a “green growth” without rebound effects -- Chapter 9- Climate Change: policies to manage its macroeconomic and financial effects -- Part III - New green solutions to Climate Change -- Chapter 10- Greening EU's Common Agricultural Policy -- Chapter 11- Climate change and the Digitalization of the Agrofood Sector: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 12- Myths and pitfallsof green solutions -- Chapter 13- Building Climate-Resilient Food Systems -- Chapter 14- The international circuits of disavowal of the climate crisis -- Chapter 15-Conclusions.
    Abstract: This Open Access book addresses climate change in Europe and Latin America from a comparative regionalism studies (CRS) perspective. Written by an international team of scholars and experts, chapters critically analyze proposals for mitigating climate change while contributing to the mutual understanding about the issues at stake across regions. The book is divided into three main sections. In the first section, authors discuss EU and Latin American cooperation, negotiations, and perspectives on climate change, exploring their agendas, the interests and key challenges at the global, regional and interregional levels. The second section focuses on the challenges to finance development and a greener economy. The third section explores new green solutions to climate change in the agriculture sector and initiatives such as nature-based solutions to climate change and best practices. Providing policy oriented solutions for combatting regional climate change at a critical juncture, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of international relations, international law, and environmental politics, as well as public officials and climate change activists.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49329-4
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    The Economic and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic : Romania in a European Context (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031477805
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 334 p. 113 illus., 108 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Economic development. ; Labor economics. ; International business enterprises. ; Economic history. ; Pandemic ; Financial crisis ; European Union ; Sustainable development ; New normal ; Foreign trade ; Labor market participation ; Vulnerable groups ; Employment ; Society ; Romania ; Green jobs ; Digital transformation ; Policy ; Gender ; SMEs ; Remote work ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Preliminary Comments. A Scientometric Dimension of the Economic and Social Impact of Covid-19 -- Chapter 2. Another Crisis, Different Responses? – Determinants of Crisis and Mixt Impact on Economic Development. A Comparative Approach of the Eu Countries -- Chapter 3. Digital Transformation. Challenges and Limits for the New Normal -- Chapter 4. Thinking Beyond Covid-19: What’s Next for Romanian SMES? -- Chapter 5. Distortions and Gains in the Foreign Trade Activity During the Post-pandemic Era -- Chapter 6. Tax Burden During the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Challenges -- Chapter 7. The (Post)pandemic Employment Model -- Chapter 8. The Impact of the Pandemic on the Participation in the Labour Market of Vulnerable Groups: Women, Young People, the Elderly, Self-employed Workers -- Chapter 9. Propensity for Migration of Healthcare Professionals: Push-pull Factors Analysis -- Chapter 10. Features of the Policies Adopted for the Mitigation of the Pandemic Recession Impact on the LabourMarket Operation -- Chapter 11. The Impact of Covid-19 on the Healthcare Labour Market in European Countries and Romania in Particular -- Chapter 12. Issues Regarding the Management of Hazardous Medical Waste During the Covid-19 Crisis in Romania -- Chapter 13. Conclusions – Looking Forward - Main Challenges and Limits.
    Abstract: This volume examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market and the business environment in the European Union (EU), with a specific focus on Romania, the least developed country in the EU. The book emphasizes the need to rethink recovery models and suggests a new normal based on the pillars of economic, climatic, and social resilience. Is proposed the redefinition the policies’ mix that will allow fundamental changes in development, focused also on social and societal profit, the redefinition of productivity and environmental performance of businesses, and the rebalancing of work and leisure life. The COVID-19 crisis not only accelerated the digital transformation of society but also reconfigured the coordinates of economic development by prioritizing sustainable development for all, based on green jobs as a starting point for business innovation and decent jobs for active social protection. Following this approach, the contributions discuss selected issues with importance to the development of society in the post-pandemic world. The book is of interest to students, scholars and researchers in economics, business, management and political science, as well as to policy makers and practitioners, for a better understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market and the business environment in European Union.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47780-5
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    Animals as Experiencing Entities : Theories and Historical Narratives (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031464560
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 300 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
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    Keywords: Animal welfare ; Animal culture. ; Human ecology ; Philosophy of nature.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: ‘caught with ourselves in the net of life and time’ -- Part I. Animals as Experiencing Entities, Theories and Perspectives -- 2. Je suis, Je suis – I am, I follow: Formation of Animal Individual and Cultural Selves -- 3. Pain in Context: Indicators and Expressions of Animal Pain -- 4. Critical Animal Historiography, Experiential Subjectivity and Animal Standpoint Theory -- 5. Sensing Life: Intersections of Animal and Sensory Histories -- Part II. Animals’ Experiences in Narratives and History -- 6. History According To Cattle -- 7. A Historiography of Great Animal Massacres -- 8. From French Guinea to Florida: Chimpanzees as Multi-Purpose Objects of Research (1920s-1940s) -- 9. Animals And Colonial Indian Archives: Locating Nonhuman Agency and Subjectivities -- 10. Law Through the Eyes of Animals -- 11. Stolen Children of the Endless Night. A Critical Account of the Lives of British PitPonies.
    Abstract: “In an era when the collective human footprint threatens not only the future of other species, but our own, we need a radical reassessment of our place in the pantheon of life. Specifically, we need a rebuke of anthropocentrism. This book— with contributions from a variety of academic disciplines—delivers.” —Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows and Super Fly “Science clearly shows that numerous nonhuman animals are sentient, feeling beings who care about their own well-being and quality of life along with that of their family and friends. For decades we’ve known that animals’ inner lives are complex, rich, and deep, and this book makes the inarguable case that it’s high time to use what we know on their behalf.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals This volume explores the experiences of those with little or no power—usually, although not exclusively, animals. The theme of animals as experiencing entities is what links the chapters and characterises the volume. Broadly each author in this volume contributes in one of two ways. The first group, in Section 1, theoretically engages animal subjectivity, animal experiences, and ways in which these are to some extent accessible and knowable to humans. The second group of authors, in Section 2, offer narrative accounts about specific animals or groups of animals and explore to some extent their subjective historical experiences. In summary, the first section diversely theorises about animal experiences, while the second section’s authors assume animals’ subjective experiences and construct narratives that take into account how animals might have subjectively experienced historical phenomena. Michael Glover is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a member of the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Les Mitchell is a Research Fellow at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State. He is also a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46456-0
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    Emerging Research in Intelligent Systems : Proceedings of the CIT 2023 Volume 1 (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031522550
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 354 p. 150 illus., 133 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 902
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems). ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Proposal design of an autonomous photovoltaic plant on potentially liquefiable soil in the isolated rural community of Agua Fría, Ecuador -- Seismic design considerations for the installation of photovoltaic systems on flat reinforced concrete roofs: A case study in Ecuador -- A brief guide to the implementation of lean tools in the Ecuadorian context -- Analytical study of the behavior of tubular elements reinforced with natural fibers under dynamic loads -- Landstorfer antenna structure shaping based on parameterized parallel curves -- Solving the generation and transmission capacity expansion planning framework modeling the AC power flow problem and incorporating reactive compensation devices -- Reconstruction of the boundary condition of the convection–diffusion–reaction equation with automatic selection of the step length -- Assessing carbon capture, transport, and storage processes: A critical review -- Antenna densification in non-uniform linear and planar arrays -- Greinacher rectifier evaluation for WiFi band energy harvesting -- Experimental measurement of potential energy in stairways with hydraulic damping systems -- Vulnerability characteristics of wetlands in the Guaranda wasteland, central Ecuador – Implications of long-term sustainability -- Climate variability and its effect on flood risk through dynamic modeling in the Quigushuaycu stream -- Network Neutrality policies in the 5G South American market -- Evaluation of the internal temperature and hours of thermal discomfort produced by sunshine: Study of a hot dry climate -- Review of biomass and biopolymers synthesized in Ecuador -- Solar energy conversion systems thermal management applying constructal theory: a comparative analysis -- Quantification of the decrease of droplets expelled from the human respiratory tract during expiratory activities when using masks -- Impacts of park-and-ride systems on vehicle emissions in intermediate cities -- Machine learning regressors in forecasting mechanical properties in advanced manufacturing processes -- Comparative evaluation of performance efficiency in terms of temporal behavior and resource utilization, according to the ISO/IEC 25010 model, in a web application developed with Angular, React.js, and Vue.js -- Prediction models of oral diseases: A systematic review of the literature -- How can personal knowledge graphs contribute to precision nutrition? -- Interactive e-Books in mathematics learning: A systematic mapping study.
    Abstract: This book covers different aspects of advances in research, technological development, and innovation results in artificial intelligence, computational modeling, electrical, electronics, telecommunication, data communications, defense engineering, innovation, technology and society, managing technology and sustained innovation, business development, security and cryptography, and software engineering. In addition, the volume focuses on research results focused on finding innovative solutions in intelligent systems concerning the topics mentioned above, which are developed in national and international postgraduate programs and associated research groups and networks. This book interests the industry, teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers working in intelligent systems, security and defense, and technological, human, and administrative sciences. .
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52255-0
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    Fieldwork in Social Work : A Practical Guide (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 277 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Social work education. ; Social psychiatry. ; Social service.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Work -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Fieldwork in Social Work -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Fieldwork in Social Work -- Chapter 4: Field Assignments and Duties in Social Work Field Practice -- Chapter 5: Culturally Responsive Diversity in Social Work Field Practice -- Chapter 6: Developing Professional Skills in Social Work Field Practice -- Chapter 7: Assessing and Planning for Agency-Level Field Practice in Social Work -- Chapter 8: Implementation and Intervention in Field Practice at the Agency Level -- Chapter 9: Data Collection for Field Reports in Social Work Practice -- Chapter 10: Navigating Field Settings and Agency Dynamics -- Chapter 11: Working Within Systems: Applications of Assessment Planning Interventions -- Chapter 12: Supervision of Fieldwork Students -- Chapter 13: Challenges and Opportunities in Fieldwork Practice -- Chapter 14: Fieldwork Report Writing Format -- Chapter 15: Reflective Practice and Learning in Fieldwork -- Chapter 16: Concluding and Future Directions in Social Work Field Practice.
    Abstract: This book is an essential resource meticulously designed for social work field placements. It offers students a structured pathway through the intricacies of real-world social work, equipping them with invaluable guidance, knowledge, and practical tools for success. Beginning with foundational concepts such as the meanings and scope of social work, the text progresses seamlessly into specialized topics like data collection, supervision, and challenges in fieldwork practices. Addressing critical aspects of social work field practice, the book delves into the significance of fieldwork, setting clear objectives, ethical considerations, and the roles and responsibilities of social workers. It navigates through diverse assignments and duties, emphasizing ethical dimensions, adaptability, client-centered approaches, and the integration of technology. Chapters on culturally responsive practices and professional skill development underscore essential competencies for effective interventions. With a global perspective, the book integrates examples and case studies from various countries, providing a comprehensive understanding of social work in diverse contexts. Additionally, it includes discussions on agency-level field practice, collaborative goal setting, evidence-based practices, and technology integration, reflecting the evolving landscape of social work and preparing students for contemporary challenges. Emphasis on reflective practice, learning, and report writing enhances students' skills for the transition from field placement to professional practice. Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide serves as an indispensable tool for both students and practitioners, empowering them to navigate the complexities of social work practice with confidence. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate social work students, it offers essential companionship throughout their fieldwork journey. Social work educators, field instructors, and supervisors will also find value in its structured framework for teaching, guiding, and supporting students. With its global perspective and coverage of emerging trends, the book remains a valuable resource for practitioners seeking to stay updated with the latest developments in the field.
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    European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Order : European Strategic Autonomy Through Differentiated Integration (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 133 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: The European Union in International Affairs
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    Keywords: Europe ; Political planning. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Integration ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Staatensystem ; Internationale Organisation ; Entwicklung ; Politisches Mandat
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual framework -- 3. A differentiated European defence architecture in the making -- 4. EU (rope) and regional resilience -- 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: “The successive crises the EU has undergone, notably with the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have highlighted dramatically how European security includes while spans well beyond defence. Picking up from this cue, this book masterfully expands the notion of European strategic autonomy across different areas while highlighting its fundamental compatibility with the goal of building stronger partnerships beyond the EU’s borders.” — Nathalie Tocci, director at IAI in Rome “European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Context is a timely and thought-provoking contribution to the discourse on European strategic autonomy. Rieker and Giske go beyond conventional notions of defence to highlight the pressing need to address the growing risk of hybrid threats. With meticulous research and a nuanced understanding of contemporary debates on European integration and security, this volume presents a comprehensive approach to fleshing out European strategic autonomy. A must-read for policymakers, academic experts and anyone interested in understanding Europe’s evolving role on the international stage.” — Mark Leonard, director of ECFR “Rieker and Giske provide an innovative analysis of how external differentiation can help improve EU actorness and security. This is the first study that systematically brings together two core issues in European integration: external differentiation and strategic autonomy. Building on a broad empirical basis, the book makes an important contribution to current political and academic discussions on Europe’s foreign and security policy.” — Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor, ETH Zurich This is an open access book. Over the past decade, the global geopolitical context has changed significantly, with a geopolitical power shift and a more assertive Russia and China. With the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, European security has been put on high alert. The implications of the Russian military invasion are many and difficult to grasp in full. But the need for greater European strategic autonomy appears increasingly evident. But how can this be achieved in the short run? A common answer to this question is that it is impossible or that this can only be achieved in the long run, if at all. The aim of this book is to present a different perspective. It aims at showing that it should be possible to make the most out of the current European system if we adjust our understanding of how it works. The book argues that strategic autonomy may be reached—also in the short run—if differentiated integration (DI) is seen as an asset rather than a challenge. While the EU remains the core in such a system (together with NATO in the military domain), there is a multitude of other (bilateral and minilateral) regional and sub-regional integration processes that need to be considered to get the full idea of how a more differentiated European strategic autonomy can be achieved. This book starts by presenting a theoretical framework for how to study European actorness beyond the EU (ch.2), then this framework is applied both to understand Europe as a global actor (ch. 3), Europe as an actor in security and defence (ch. 4) and Europe as a regional actor (ch. 5). Pernille Rieker holds a position as a research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a part-time full professor at the Inland University College (INN). Rieker is part of NUPI's research group on security and defence and is responsible for NUPI's Center for European Studies (NCE). Furthermore, she is the co-editor of the Scandinavian journal for international studies, 'Internasjonal Politikk'. Mathilde E. Giske is a Ph.D. candidate, Department for Political studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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    Social Accountability Initiatives in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon : Civic Innovation in the Arab World After 2011 (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 210 p. 6 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: EADI Global Development Series
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Middle East ; Africa ; Demokratisierung ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Politische Beteiligung ; Gemeindeverwaltung ; Politische Mobilisierung ; Marokko ; Tunesien ; Libanon
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Accountability in review -- 3. Social Accountability in Morocco -- 4. Social Accountability in Tunisia -- 5. Social Accountability in Lebanon -- 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This Open Access Pivot represents the first extensive exploration of social accountability within the Arab world following the 2011 Arab uprisings. Drawing on insights from development studies, comparative politics, and Middle East studies, the authors explore the evolution of accountability as a governance concept, review theories on social accountability’s role in improving public service delivery, and categorize types of social accountability initiatives, highlighting respective strengths and weaknesses. Detailed country chapters provide a solid basis for the comparative approach which reveals major variations in meanings of accountability, mobilization strategies, and official responses, rooted in the specific sociopolitical contexts of each country. Moreover, the book analyzes the influence of political and economic elites as well as the nature of popular mobilisation on accountability dynamics in the region. The authors conclude by discerning differences and commonalities across cases and offer recommendations for policymakers, donors, and practitioners seeking to enhance the effectiveness of social accountability initiatives. They address challenges such as the lack of enforcement mechanisms, the difficulty of scaling up initiatives, and the ambiguous effects of international interventions. This pioneering Pivot fills a significant void in the study of social accountability in the MENA region and provides a compelling framework for future research and policy design, making it an indispensable resource for experts and scholars. Ward Vloeberghs is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Erasmus University College Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where he serves as Head of the Social and Behavioural Sciences Department. He researches (Arab) elites through their symbolic and material articulations of power. Sylvia I. Bergh is Associate Professor in Development Management and Governance at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Senior Researcher at the Research Group Multilevel Regulation and the Centre of Expertise on Global and Inclusive Learning at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She has published widely on state-society relations in the MENA region. .
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    Energy Regulation in Africa : Dynamics, Challenges, and Opportunities (2024)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 633 p. 99 illus., 87 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Applied ethics. ; Economics. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Energy Regulation ; Energy Policy ; Energy Transition ; Africa's Energy ; Power Sector Reform ; Energy and Gender ; Energy Institutions ; Regulatory Institutions ; Renewable Energy ; Energy Access ; Energy Stakeholder management ; Performance of utilities ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Political Economy of Energy Regulation in Africa -- Chapter 1. The dynamics of energy regulation in Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 2. Africa’s Transition to Cleaner Energy: Regulatory imperatives and Governance Dynamics (Sidique Gawusu) -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Electricity Sector Regulation in Africa: A Comparative Analysis (Crispin Bobio) -- Chapter 4. The political economy of the next wave of power sector reforms in Africa: evidence from Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Namibia (Christine Juta) -- Chapter 5. Legal and Regulatory Pathways for Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy Access and Energy Transition Agenda (Ivie Ehanmo) -- Chapter 6. Policy framework and regulations to promote clean energy and energy transition in ECOWAS countries (Charly Gatete) -- Chapter 7. Effective regulation and the energy transition in Zambia (Naa Adjekai Adjei) -- Chapter 8. The rationale of Economic Regulations: Theoretical Review (Haliru Dikko) -- Chapter 9. Power Sector Regulation in Africa in an Energy Transition Era (Pauline Anaman) -- Chapter 10. Role and Challenges of The African Energy Regulator in The Midst of Global Economic Storm (Benjamin Ashitey Armah) -- Chapter 11. Regulating Public utilities within a crisis’s situation in Africa (Etutu Mawondo Shalman) -- Chapter 12. The Electricity Tariff and Utility Performance: Evidence from Ghana, Uganda and Namibia Electricity Market (Jeffrey Baiden) -- Part II. Regional Electricity Markets Development -- Chapter 13. Major challenges in Africa in the development of competitive electricity markets. An analysis of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Market (Charly Gatete) -- Chapter 14. Regional Power Trade in Africa: The Different Institutional and Regulatory Models of African Power Pools (Mohamed A. Eltahir Elabbas) -- Chapter 15. An outlook on a Future-Proof Regulated Cross-Border Electricity Market in Africa (Oghosa Erhahon) -- Chapter 16. Cross-border power trading model for SSA; Challenges andopportunities of operationalizing power pools in Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 17. Competitiveness and sustainability of electricity markets in the ECOWAS region: evolution of reforms, regulations challenges and markets integration (Charly Gatete) -- Part III. Emerging Technologies and the Energy Transition -- Chapter 18. Energy-Related Climate Change Reportage in Africa: Has the Media Gotten It Right? (Maame Esi Eshun) -- Chapter 19. Effect of fossil fuel subsidies on renewable energy transition in sub-Saharan African countries (Souleymane Diallo) -- Chapter 20. The Gains and Pains of the Energy Transition. A perspective on Sub Saharan Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 21. Willingness to Change to Electric Cars: Is the Ghanaian Consumer Ready? (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 22. Economic power and the transition to renewables in South Africa (Sumayya Goga) -- Chapter 23. An analysis of imported clean cooking technologies. Implications for policy development in Ghana (Crispin Bobio) -- Chapter 24. Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel; Domestic Natural Gas Production and Energy Security in Ghana (Paul Minsung Gyeng) -- Part IV. Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector -- Chapter 25. Putting Gender on the Corporate Agenda in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Industry (Phil Faanu) -- Chapter 26. The impact of gender, culture and other African traits in cooperating with energy regulators (Dominic Kwesi Eduah) -- Chapter 27. Imperatives for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Sector Regulation In Africa (Ifeyinwa Ikeonu) -- Part V. Concluding Chapter -- Chapter 28. The future of energy regulation in Africa (Charly Gatete).
    Abstract: This book analyzes the political economy governing energy regulation across the African continent. Presenting case studies that span diverse energy sectors and countries, it provides an overview of their complex political and regulatory frameworks. The book explores emerging technologies and energy markets, highlighting Africa’s preparedness for the energy transition, and sheds light on the pivotal role of cross-border energy trade with regard to energy access. Further, it examines regulators’ influence within regional power pools, as well as their contribution to gender mainstreaming in the energy sector, addressing vital social issues. This book is divided into five parts, the first of which focuses on the political economy of energy regulation. The second part discusses emerging technologies and climate change issues, while the third examines regional energy markets, and regional institutional collaboration. The fourth part features contributions on gender mainstreaming, while part five rounds up the coverage. The book will be of interest to policymakers and investors in Africa, as well as scholars interested in energy regulation and economics.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52677-0
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    The Enhancement of the Italian Territory : Alternative Financial Strategies for Small Municipalities (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031540561
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 85 p. 42 illus., 37 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: PoliMI SpringerBriefs
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    Keywords: Urban economics. ; Real estate business. ; Urban policy. ; Civic Crowdfunding ; Real Estate ; Public Administration ; Urban Regeneration ; Public Private Partnership
    Abstract: 1. Between Competition and Cooperation: The Enhancement of the City and the Territory -- 2. Measurement and Comparison of the Efficiency of the Permits Concession Processes of the Italian Municipalities -- 3. Alternative Strategies and Financial Instruments for the Enhancement of the Territory -- 4. Civic Crowdfunding and the Small Italian Municipalities.
    Abstract: This book presents some alternative models and financial instruments for the enhancement of public properties and urban regeneration operations. Set against the backdrop of the current scenario of competition between cities to attract investments (but also of cooperation in front of challenges posed by sustainable development issues), the book describes the role played by Public Administrations through the measurement and comparison of their efficiency in the bureaucratic procedures in the field of real estate and their knowledge and use of some alternative financial tools, particularly civic crowdfunding. Following a brief overview of public-private partnership, the book highlights the potentialities of civic crowdfunding for the enhancement of public real estate assets in the Italian territory, related to small municipalities, also including some case studies. These good practices prove civic crowdfunding a useful tool not only to finance and implement public interest initiatives, but also to transparently and directly involve citizens.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54056-1
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    Quantum Technology for Economists (2024)
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    ISBN: 9783031507809
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 134 p. 30 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Finance. ; Financial engineering. ; Computer science. ; Mathematics ; Social sciences ; Quantum States ; Oracles ; Quantum Fintech ; Quantum Money Schemes ; Quantum Dynamics ; Quantum Computing ; Monte Carlo Simulations ; Quantum Measurement ; Quantum Circuits ; Quantum Algorithms
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Preliminaries -- Chapter 3. Quantum Algorithms -- Chapter 4. Quantum Financial Technology.
    Abstract: This book offers an introduction to quantum technology that is specifically tailored to economists, students of economics, and professionals in the financial and payments industries. The book reviews quantum speedups that have been identified for algorithms used to solve and estimate economic models, including function approximation, linear systems analysis, graphical modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, matrix inversion, principal component analysis, linear regression, dynamic programming, interpolation, numerical differentiation, and true random number generation. It also provides an overview of quantum financial technology and its potential applications in economics and finance. Written by an interdisciplinary team with backgrounds in economics, computer science, and physics, this book offers a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners who want to understand the implications and possibilities of quantum technology for the field of economics.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50780-9
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    Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film (2024)
    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
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    ISBN: 9783031533495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 217 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; America ; Sex.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- 2 Studies of masculinities: an introduction -- 3 Poststructuralism and the «dissolution» of masculine identity -- 4 Masculinity as representation -- 5 Boys don’t cry? Masculinity and the politics of emotion -- 6 Dangerous liaisons? Friendships between men in Western history and culture -- 7 Masculinity as violence? Cultural and literary re-visions -- 8 Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the construction of hegemonic masculinity as well as its representations in literature, culture, and film. Although white heterosexual masculinity continues to be the dominant model, it remains, paradoxically, largely invisible in gender terms. While the first three chapters thus offer introductory theoretical perspectives on the latest research on white masculinities, the following chapters concentrate on applying masculinity theory to the analysis of both social constructions and cultural (i.e. literary and film) representations of men’s emotions (with a special focus on new fatherhood models), friendships between men, as well as gender-based violence. Josep M. Armengol is Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. His recent (co-)edited collections include Alternative Masculinities for a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), Masculinities and Literary Studies: Intersections and New Directions (2017) and Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53349-5
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