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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    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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  • 2
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031219634
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 232 p. 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Journalism.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Why study news? The democratic role of news -- 3. Understanding influences on the production of news -- 4. Routines and practices: studying the making of news -- 5. Journalism norms, values, and role perceptions -- 6. Journalism ethics -- 7. The news organisation -- 8. News audiences -- 9. News sources -- 10. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides readers with the understanding required to analyse the range of key factors that shape the production of news, and to assess their implications for the role of news and journalism in democracy. It brings existing research together under the umbrella of a central organising framework to explore how news and its production is shaped by a multiplicity of factors including the norms, values, role perceptions and ethics associated with journalism as a profession, the role of news sources, the changing character and significance of news audiences, the aims and objectives of news organisations, and the political, economic and social contexts within which news is produced. Exploring these factors in depth, using examples, and considering the changing conditions of news production, the chapters chart significant changes, challenges, and responses to provide the essential background for understanding the consequences of current transformations for the democratic qualities of news. Julie Firmstone is Professor of Journalism and Political Communication at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds, UK. Her teaching and research explore a range of issues in the intersection between journalism, the news media, politics, and democratic engagement. She has published widely on the role of news and journalism in local democracy; journalism standards, press ethics and regulation; editorial journalism at newspapers; and communication about the European Union. .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031356643
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 388 Seiten) , Diagramme, Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Studies in Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Technology ; Information technology. ; Stadt ; Konzeption ; Stadtentwicklung ; Klimaänderung ; Umweltfaktor ; Soziales Feld ; Einflussgröße ; Stadtplanung ; Governance ; Smart cities ; Climate Change ; Ecology ; Smart Governance ; Energy transition ; ICT ; smart mobility ; sustainability ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Innovation and Smart Cities Research: A Review and Future Directions -- 2. The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies in driving smart cities -- 3. Finance and economic return of smart city projects -- 4. Cities transformation and benefits of Smart Cities -- 5. Cities: the new form of international environmental governance -- 6. Smart Energy Cities: The Role of Behavioral Interventions in Reducing Electricity Demand in Buildings in Principality of Monaco -- 7. Back to the future: tapping into ancient knowledge toward human centered smart cities -- 8. Environmental retrofitting, a mandate for NEZ livable and sustainable GCC cities -- 9. A comprehensive smart system for social housing -- 10. Smart Modelling for Greener Urban Environments: The Digital Twin of the City of Imola -- 11. MUST-B: a multi-agent model to envisage the future challenges of sustainable urban development -- 12. A Systematic Literature Review on an Expansion of Transit-Oriented Development’s Station Areas -- 13. Ergonomics of access: a new, broad and inclusive vision to better understand the links between the urban context on the conditions of access, accessibility and appropriation of resources of daily life in active modes -- 14. Mobility hubs, an innovative concept for a sustainable urban mobility? State of the art, guidelines and assessments of two European experiences -- 15. Micromobility in urban areas: Evaluation of several scenarios with respect to detailed characteristics of the city -- 16. Smart Cities initiatives and perspectives in emerging economies -- 17. Data driven urban management for Saudi cities: Practices, challenges, and opportunities -- 18. Smart Cities: GCC and Kuwait Experience -- 19. Smart Cities from an Indian Perspective: Evolving Ambitions and Incorporating Sustainable Practices.
    Abstract: This open access book discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial, governmental and ecological transformation. The book covers a wide range of topics, with a view towards providing empirical evidence of the benefits of smart cities as well as practical frameworks for smart city initiatives. Topics discussed include: smart city transition pillars, innovation for smart and sustainable cities design and implementation, smart city governance, smart mobility within cities, and smart cities in emerging economies. This volume will be of use to students and researchers interested in resource economics, energy economics, sustainability, ICT, and governance, as well as policymakers working on smart city initiatives.
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  • 4
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031389023
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 256 p. 6 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: New Directions in Book History
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    Keywords: Economics and literature. ; Printing. ; Publishers and publishing. ; Books ; Literature, Modern
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Coffee-table Books: Seriously? -- Chapter 3 What’s in a Name? -- Chapter 4 A New Book-buying Market -- Chapter 5 More Than Meets the Eye -- Chapter 6 David Brower: An American Environmental Publisher -- Chapter 7 Paul Hamlyn: Britain’s Publishing Mould Breaker -- Chapter 8 Lloyd O’Neil: Australia in Colour -- Chapter 9 Conclusion.
    Abstract: The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World argues that coffee-table books appeared and became popular in the post-war era at the convergence of three important developments: advances in full colour printing technology, social change, and publishing entrepreneurism and innovation. Examining the coffee-table book through a book history lens acknowledges their significant contribution to post-war visual culture and illustrated publishing. Focussing on post-war America, Great Britain, and Australia during the “golden age” era of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, this history of the coffee-table book takes an interdisciplinary approach to put the coffee-table book in context in regards to materiality, format, printing, status, and genre.
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031390241
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 104 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Sociology ; Ethnology. ; Asia
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Central Asian Research Setting. An Introduction (Jasmin Dall’Agnola) -- Part I. Epistemic and Methodological Uncertainty -- Chapter 2. Making Sense of Central Asia: Sources of Epistemic Uncertainty (Aziz Elmuradov) -- Chapter 3. Pitfalls and Promise for Public Opinion Research in Central Asia (Kasiet Ysmanova) -- Chapter 4. ‘Swiping Right’ – The Ethics of Using Tinder as a Recruitment Tool in the Field (Paolo Sorbello) -- Part II. Beyond ‘Outsiders’ and ‘Locals’ -- Chapter 5. The Power of a Multi-layered Identity in Central Asian Research (Gulzhanat Gafu) -- Chapter 6. Being Afghani, French and not Soviet, Along the Border Between Tajikistan and Afghanistan (Mélanie Sadozaï) -- Chapter 7. A Stranger in the Village: Anti-Blackness in the Field (Alexa Kurmanov) -- Part III. Doing Research in Closed Contexts -- Chapter 8. Safety, Security, and Self-Censorship as Survival Strategies (Aijan Sharshenova) -- Chapter 9. Navigating Academic Repression in Central Asia (Ruslan Norov) -- Chapter 10. Performative Heterosexuality: A Gay Researcher Doing Fieldwork in Central Asia (Marius Honig) -- Chapter 11. From Romantic Advances to Cyberstalking in the Field (Jasmin Dall’Agnola).
    Abstract: This open access book explores some of the struggles and challenges that researchers and practitioners face when conducting research in the Central Asian research setting. Written for scholars still in the planning stages of their research, it addresses key questions, including: How shall we problematize and reconceptualize the concept of positionality through lenses of local voices from the region? How does practitioners’ and scholars’ positionality contribute to their experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and access to the field? How do scholars navigate issues of personal safety and mental well-being in the more closely monitored societies of Central Asia? The book includes contributors from both Central Asia and Western countries, paying particular attention to the ways researchers’ subjectivity shape how they are received in the region, which, in turn, influences how they write about and disseminate their research. In featuring an even greater variety of voices, this book fills an important gap in the literature on field research and knowledge production in and on Central Asia.
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  • 6
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031418082
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 262 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
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    Keywords: Motion picture plays, European. ; Motion pictures
    Abstract: 1.European Scenes of Crime: Peripheries at the Centre -- 2.The Double Marginality of Peripheral Locations -- 3.Nordic Noir and Arctic Peripherality in Northern Europe -- 4.Mediterranean Noir and Nordic Peripheries in Southern Europe -- 5.Country Noir and Rural Peripheries in Western Europe -- 6.Eastern Noir and the Borderscapes of Eastern Europe -- 7.Brit Noir and the Hinterlands of the British Isles -- 8.Conclusion: Negotiating European Peripheries in TV Crime Series.
    Abstract: This book is a comprehensive study of peripheral locations in contemporary European TV crime series. Ambitiously, it covers the complete geography of Europe, and offers a nuanced image of a changing, dynamic, and unfinished continent. The chapters include analyses of the practical, creative approach to producing crime series in European peripheries and rural areas, evaluating a continent marked by an internal crisis between urban and rural Europe. The study includes readings of crime series such as Shetland, Bitter Daisies, Trom, Pagan Peak, and The Border, but presents such representative cases within broader tendencies on the European TV market, including challenges from streaming services, the influence of Nordic Noir, and changes within the cognitive geography of Europe. The authors position peripheral European crime series in a complex relationship between universal appeal and local recognisability and offer a comprehensive theoretical approach to the aesthetics of peripherality. Grounded in desktop production studies, the book presents an original scholarly approach to analysing European crime series from a continental point of view. Despite local differences, the spatio-generic orientations scrutinized in the book – Nordic Noir, Mediterranean Noir, Country Noir, Eastern Noir, and Brit Noir – show remarkable aesthetic similarities in series from territories otherwise normally unconnected in television production. Consequently, television crime series reveal a common tongue and voice for dialogue on a continent in a deepening crisis. Kim Toft Hansen is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Media Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the co-author of Locating Nordic Noir: From Beck to The Bridge (2017), the co-editor of European Television Crime Drama and Beyond (2018) and has written extensively on Nordic and European television crime series. Valentina Re is Full Professor of Film and Media Studies at Link Campus University, Italy. She is the editor of Streaming media. Distribuzione, circolazione, accesso (2017) and the PI of the research project The Atlas of Italian “Giallo”: Media History and Popular Culture (1954-2020), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (2022-25). .
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031393891
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 389 p. 14 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment
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    Keywords: Ecocriticism. ; Poetry. ; Communication in the environmental sciences. ; Human ecology
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropocene Poetry -- 3. ‘The World in a Glance’: Ted Hughes, Anthropocene Scales and Environmental Cosmopolitanism -- 4. Seamus Heaney’s Environmental Poetry: Conservation Causes, Deep Time, Shifting Scales and Climate Change -- 5. Alice Oswald: Voyaging in Anthropocene Waters -- 6. Pascale Petit: Entanglement, Animals and the ‘Anthropocene Extinction’ -- 7. Kei Miller: Ecopoetics of Relation, Resistance and Grief -- 8. Seasonal Disturbances: Environment, Migration, Science and an Anthropocene Poetics of Relation in Karen McCarthy Woolf’s Work -- 9. Coda: Everyday poems from the anthropocene and the Anthropocene Issue.
    Abstract: Anthropocene Poetry: Place, Environment and Planet argues that the idea of the Anthropocene is inspiring new possibilities for poetry. It can also change the way we read and interpret poems. If environmental poetry was once viewed as linked to place, this book shows how poets are now grappling with environmental issues from the local to the planetary: climate change and the extinction crisis, nuclear weapons and waste, plastic pollution and the petroleum industry. This book intervenes in debates about culture and science, traditional poetic form and experimental ecopoetics, to show how poets are collaborating with environmental scientists and joining environmental activist movements to respond to this time of crisis. From the canonical work of Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, to award-winning poets Alice Oswald, Pascale Petit, Kei Miller, and Karen McCarthy Woolf, this book explores major figures from the past alongside acclaimed contemporary voices. It reveals Seamus Heaney’s support for conservation causes and Ted Hughes’s astonishingly forward-thinking research on climate change; it discusses how Pascale Petit has given poetry to Extinction Rebellion and how Karen McCarthy Woolf set sail with scientists to write about plastic pollution. This book deploys research on five poetry archives in the UK, USA and Ireland, and the author’s insider insights into the commissioning processes and collaborative methods that shaped important contemporary poetry publications. Anthropocene Poetry finds that environmental poetry is flourishing in the face of ecological devastation. Such poetry speaks of the anxieties and dilemmas of our age, and searches for paths towards resilience and resistance.
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  • 8
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031389689
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 333 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 33
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    Keywords: Biology ; Life sciences.
    Abstract: Part 1: Historical and Conceptual Foundations -- ‘Organization’: Its Conceptual History, Definition and Relationship to Other Fundamental Biological Concepts -- Varieties of Organicism – A Metacritique? -- Organization as Presupposition? On the Epistemological Implications in the Attitudinal Stance -- ‘Dogmatic’ vs ‘Legitimate’ Organicism: Organization as Explanans and Explanandum in Biology -- Does Organicism Really Need Organization? -- Part2: Origins of Life -- A Structuralist Revival for Studies on the Origins of Life and Developmental Evolution -- On the Evolutionary Development of Biological Organization from Complex Prebiotic Chemistry -- Development -- An Organizational View on Development, with a Focus on Life Cycles -- Modelling Mammary Organogenesis from Biological First Principles: Cells and Organization of Constraints -- Part 4: Evolution -- Extended Heredity and the Return of Organizational Thinking in Evolutionary Biology -- Collaboration and the Evolution of Biological Complexity: An Organizational Perspective -- Organisms: Between a Kantian Approach and a Liberal Approach -- Part 5: Ecology -- Individuating Ecosystems by Ascribing Functions to their Parts -- Ecological Functions and Environmental Ethics -- Part 6: Theoretical Biology -- Studying Functional Organization with Systems Theory -- Organizational Principles of Autonomy -- On Taking an Organizational Approach to Cognition -- Biological Organization at the Crossroads between Conservation and Innovation.
    Abstract: This open access book assesses the prospects of (re)adopting organization as a pivotal concept in biology. It shows how organization can nourish biological thinking and practice, by reconnecting with the idea of biology as the science of organized systems. The book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of the characterizations and uses of the concept of organization in both biological science and philosophy of biology. It also deals with a variety of themes – including evolution, organogenesis, heredity, cognition and ecology – with respect to which the concept of organization can guide the elaboration of original models and new experimental protocols. It will be of interest to biologists and scholars working in philosophy of science alike. .
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    ISBN: 9783031413636
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 305 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Governing police stops across Europe
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    Keywords: Criminology. ; Public administration. ; Human rights. ; Critical criminology. ; Crime ; Political sociology. ; Arrêt et fouille par palpation - Europe ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Polizei ; Kontrolle
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Police Stops: a comparative perspective on governance -- Chapter 2: Stop in the name of the law: the legal regulation of police stops in Europe -- Chapter 3: Internal Governance of police stops: an unresolvable challenge? -- Chapter 4: External accountability: the limited influence of oversight bodies on the governance of police stops -- Chapter 5: Civil oversight practices in Europe: exploring the impact of civil movement against police stops -- Chapter 6: Legal remedies for victims of unlawful police stops: European and domestic contexts -- Chapter 7: The role of data in enhancing the governance of Police Stops in Europe -- Chapter 8: The possibilities and pitfalls of the use of accountability technologies in the governance of police stops -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: the three levels of governance of police stops.
    Abstract: "Governing Police Stops Across Europe should be essential reading for all those involved in police governance, scrutiny, and practice.” --Gill Imery, former Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary Scotland This book takes a critical and comparative approach to the analysis of the governance of police stops across Europe. It draws on an EU COST Action research network on Police Stops which engaged academics and practitioners from 29 countries to better understand the practice of police stops. It begins by examining how police stops are defined and the various legal rules and levels of accountability afforded. The chapters are arranged by theme to focus on a core aspect of the governance of police stops. These include: legal frameworks and police discretion; internal governance; external accountability and civilian oversight; possibilities for legal recourse; and the different roles of data and technology. Each compares the distinct approaches evident across Europe, often employing case studies. The book adopts a critical approach, acknowledging governance as contested and involving diverse (state, non-state and supranational) actors. It considers implications for policing in a rapidly changing environment globally. Elizabeth Aston is Professor of Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and the Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Sofie De Kimpe is full time Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium and was Chair of the EU COST Action on Police Stops. János Fazekas is Associate Professor at ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary. He was co-leader of the Governance Working Group of the EU COST Action on Police Stops. Genevieve Lennon is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Strathclyde, UK. She was co-leader of the Governance Working Group of the EU COST Action Police Stops. Mike Rowe is Lecturer in Public Sector Management at the University of Liverpool, UK, and was Vice Chair of the EU COST Action on Police Stops.
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    ISBN: 9783031369032
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 278 p. 45 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Experimental Film and Artists’ Moving Image
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    Keywords: Experimental films. ; Arts. ; Photography.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Social Consideration, Communication, Observation: From Sculpture to Film and Photography -- Chapter 2 Ethnographic, Structuralist and Real-Time Filmmaking -- Chapter 3 Images of People at Work -- Chapter 4 Education, Participation, and the Making of the Subject -- Chapter 5 Social Activism.
    Abstract: The Videography of Darcy Lange is a critical monograph of a pivotal figure in early analogue video. Trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art, Lange developed a socially engaged video practice with remarkable studies of people at work in industrial, farming, and teaching contexts that drew from conceptual art, social documentary and structuralist filmmaking. Lange saw in portable video a democratic tool for communication and social transformation, continuing the legacy of the revolutionary avant-garde projects that merged art with social life and turned audiences into producers. This book follows Lange's trajectory from his early observational studies to the crisis of representation and socially engaged video and activism, as it is shaped by, and resists, the artistic, cultural and political preoccupations of the 1970s and 1980s. It strikes a balance between being a monographic account providing a close analysis of Lange's oeuvre and drawing from unpublished archival materials—a sort of catalogue raisonné—whilst maintaining a breadth with theoretical discourses around the themes of labour and class, education, and indigenous struggles central to his work. The book's frameworks of Conceptual Art, structuralist and ethnographic film theory, social documentary and the critique of representation, video as social practice and the notion of 'feedback', participatory socially engaged art and postcolonial and indigenous theory,—expand our understanding of video outside the predominant structuralist tendencies. Lange's transnational and nomadic career introduces notions of alterity and challenges nationalistic accounts that excluded him in the past. Mercedes Vicente is a curator, writer, and researcher. She is Associate Lecturer in Critical and Contextual Studies at the London Metropolitan University and was a lecturer at Royal College of Art, UK. She has held museum positions as interim Director of Education and Public Programmes at Whitechapel Gallery in London, Curator of Contemporary Art and Darcy Lange Curator-at Large at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand, and Research Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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    ISBN: 9783031401572
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 261 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
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    Keywords: European literature ; Drama. ; Literature
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- 2 The Majesty of Kingship: Spectacular and Sacred Sovereign Power -- 3 “The Bloody Proclamation to Escape”: Edgar and Romantic Outlawry -- 4 Dividing Between Daughters -- 5 Lear’s Redemption -- 6 Conclusion: Lear’s Shadow, Office Today -- Index.
    Abstract: This book advances five original readings of Shakespeare's King Lear, influenced by Giorgio Agamben, but tempered by primary research into Jacobean literature, law, religion, and philosophy. To grasp Lear’s encounter between politics and identity, the play demands a wider understanding of the religious influence on political thought. As Lear himself realises, sovereignty is an extreme, glamorous example of a deeper category: sacred office. Lear also shows duty intersecting with a hierarchy of bastards, outlaws, women, waifs, and monks. This book introduces concepts like petit treason, civil death, and waivery into political theological studies, complicating Agamben’s models. Goneril’s treason shows the sovereign’s consort and children are consecrated lives too. Lear’s crisis of "self-knowing" stages a landmark critique of office. The promise of his poignant speech before the prison is foreclosed by Shakespeare's invention: an officer dutifully murdering Cordelia. This book’s conclusion, through Hannah Arendt, reconsiders Lear’s persistent association with the Holocaust. Dr Alexander Thom is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of English, University of Leeds, UK. His postdoctoral research focuses on the displaced in English Renaissance drama. This book is based on his Midlands3Cities AHRC doctorate, which was awarded in 2020 by the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783031454141
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 226 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: European literature ; Theater. ; Drama.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction: The Praxis and Scope of Applied Shakespeare.-Part I The Challenges of Applied Shakespeare as a Transformative Encounter.-2 Shakespeare as the Ultimate Form of Cultural Success,Individual Healing, and Personal Development.-3 Shakespeare and Cultural Exclusion.-4 Shakespeare and Universalisation.-5 Subverting a Universally and Culturally Biased Shakespeare.-Part II Prison Shakespeare.-6 The History of Prison Theatre.-7 The History of Shakespeare in Prison -- 8 Shakespeare’s Prison, Prison Shakespeare: A Renaissance Reading of Shakespeare’s Prisons in Measure for Measure.-9 Shakespeare’s Criminals, Criminal Shakespeare: A Renaissance Reading of Shakespeare and the Criminal Mind in Macbeth.-10 ESC: A Case Study .-Part III Disabled Shakespeare .-11 The History of Disability Theatre.-12 The History of Shakespeare and Disability Theatre.-13 Shakespeare’s Disabled, Disabled Shakespeare: A Renaissance Reading of Shakespeare and Disability in Henry VI Part Two and Three and Richard III .-14 Blue Apple Theatre Company: A Case Study.-Part IV Therapeutic Shakespeare.-15 The History of Theatre and Therapy.-16 The History of Shakespeare and Therapy .-17 Shakespeare’s Therapy, Therapeutic Shakespeare: A Renaissance Reading of Shakespeare and Therapy in Hamlet.-18 The Combat Veteran Players: A Case Study -- Part V Conclusion.-19 Suggestions for Further Research.-20 Concluding Statement.
    Abstract: This book speaks to those interested in where and why Shakespeare’s work is used to capture the transformative intentions of different areas of Applied Theatre practice (Prison, Disability, Therapy), representing a foundational study which considers subsequent histories and potential challenges when engaging with Shakespeare’s work. This is grounded in a case study analysis of three salient British Theatre Companies: The Education Shakespeare Company (prison), the Blue Apple Theatre Company (Disability), and the Combat Veteran Players (therapy). Adelle Hulsmeier is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader at the University of Sunderland, UK, where she has taught since 2011. She manages an award winning (CATE) collaborative relationship with Northumbria Police and leads an academic partnership with Live Theatre, Newcastle. She continues to embed the notion of social change as an integral part of teaching and learning.
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    ISBN: 9783031441882
    Language: English
    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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    ISBN: 9783031418730
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 292 p. 51 illus.)
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    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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    ISBN: 9783031239229
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 423 p. 100 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Music ; Feminism. ; Feminist theory. ; Communication and traffic. ; Philosophy. ; Postcolonialism.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: The 'Post-Feminist' Moment in Contemporary Classical Music; Lina Kouvaras -- Part 1: Activist Musical Projects and Intersectional C ollaborations -- 2. Borrowing from the Bard: Ruler of the Hive; Melody Eotvos -- 3. Letters to Clara: A Contemporary Composer's Homage to a Women Pioneer; Natalie Williams -- 4. Carnivals of Voice, Musical Playgrounds: Music from Text in Works of Andree Greenwell; Andree Greenwell -- 5. Holding, Handling, Moulding and Setting the Inner Thoughts of Another in Hidden Thoughts; Katy Abbott -- 6. Walking the Line: Emancipating the Complex Female Voice in Recent Operas; Missy Mazzoli -- 7. Democracy and Collective Composition; Cathy Milliken -- 8.Harmonia Mundi: Creating a New Work of Music Theatre to speak to the Current World Chaos; Judith Clingan -- 9. Blocking Out Noise: Metamorphosis and Identity in the Recent Chamber Music of Vivian Fung; Vivian Fung -- 10. An overview of My Compositional Practice and Collaborations into China; Rachel Walker -- 11. Luck, Grief, Hospitality: Re-Routing Power Relationships in Music; Liza Lim -- 12. In Search of the Artistic Moment: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and 'The Space Between' from an Australian Screen -- Composer's Perspective; Yantra De Vilder -- Part 2: Philosophical and Phenomenological Dimensions of Time -- 13. Finding Time, Finding Space: An Autoethnography of Compositional Praxis; Christine mcCombe -- 14. A Compositional Life in Time: The Recent Operas of Elena Kats-Chernin; Elena Kats-Chernin -- 15. Einstein's Dream: At the Threshold between Science and Art; Cindy McTee -- 16. The Pendulum Process: Point of Balance; Mary Finsterer -- 17. Gravity and Gravitas: Time, Passion, and Inevitability in the Music of Shulamit Ran; Shulamit Ran -- 18. Low Frequency as Concept in the Music of Cat Hope; Cat Hope -- 19. A Drone Opera Recast: Threat, Allure, Promise; Susan Frykberg -- Part 3: Music Awakenings: Reflecting Back, Projecting Forward -- 20: Composing the Rolls-Royce: A Composer's Adventures in Orchestral Composition; Maria Grenfell -- 21.Finding a Reason: A Composer's Pathway Forged through Social Justice Advocacy; Kathleen McGuire -- 22.'I'm A Type Triple-A Composer!' Augusta Read Thomas -- 23. How My Music is Made: 'Tantot Libre, Tantot Recherche'; Nicola LeFanu -- 25. The Mirror: A Novel in Reflections; Lera Auerbach -- 26.Sometimes Dreams do Come True: Thea Musgrave's Exploration of Dramatic-Abstract Forms in her Instrumental Music; -- 27. My Awakening as a Composer: No Adjective; Judith Lang, Zaimont -- 28. Epilogue.
    Abstract: This edited volume presents 27 original essays by living composers from all around the globe, reflecting on the creation of their music. Coterminous to the recent worldwide resurgence in feminist focus, the distinctive feature of this collection is the “snapshots” of creative processes and conceptualizing on the part of women who write music, writing in the present day, from prominent early-career composers to major figures, from a range of ethnic backgrounds in the contemporary music field. The chapters step into the juncture point at which feminism finds itself: as binary conceptions of gender are being dissolved, with critiques of the attendant gender-based historical generalizations of composers, and with the growing awareness of the rightful place of First Nations' cultural voices, the contributors explore what, actually, is being composed by women, and what they think about their world. The needs that this book serves are acutely felt: despite recent social gains, and sector initiatives and programs encouraging and presenting the work of women who compose music, their works are yet to receive commensurate exposure with that of their male counterparts. In its multi-pronged, direct response to this dire situation, this vibrant volume highlights established as well as emerging women composers on the international stage; reveals myriad issues around feminism, as broadly conceived; and gives insights, from the composers' own voices, on the inner workings of their composition process. The volume thus presents a contemporary moment in time across the generations and within developments in musical composition. With its unique insights, this book is essential for academics and practitioners interested in the illuminations of the current working landscape for creative women. Linda Kouvaras is a professor at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, the University of Melbourne, Australia. Natalie Williams’ most recent academic posting was as Interim Dean at the School of Music, Art and Theatre, North Park University, Chicago, United States of America. Maria Grenfell is an associate professor at the School of Creative Arts and Media at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
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    ISBN: 9783031474606
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 229 p. 35 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Communication in organizations. ; User interfaces (Computer systems). ; Human-computer interaction.
    Abstract: Introduction to Integral Communication -- The Power of Integral Networking -- Integral Communication Framework: Mapping, Tagging and Digital Identity -- Perspective of Integral Communication: The IoT Ecosystem.
    Abstract: This book explains how taxonomy can be used to describe and connect social actors in an integral way. Integral communication refers to a specific way of open information exchange which uses all qualities and preferences of subjects in conversation and allows anonymous feedback exchange, which enhances trust, learning and development. The role of integral communication is to promote perceptiveness, collaboration, personal development, and organizational learning among all the actors involved. In this book, the authors propose a new original way of digital communication that uses tags and their metadata to describe qualities and preferences of a particular node in the network. Although most social networks, sharing platforms and e-government frameworks are already applying taxonomies and social tagging to define user identity, none of them is focused on tags exclusively, while within an integral communication framework they represent the basic element of user definition and networking. In addition, other social platforms rarely allow anonymous feedback exchange, and they are usually not focused on the personal development of their end-users. Aside from helping actors present their attributes and preferences, integral communication promotes teamwork, sustainability, trust, organisational learning, and personalized communication with AI machines. After reading this book, readers will learn how to harness the power of integral networking and understand why anonymous feedback is a critical element for learning and development. Ozren Rafajac is an assistant professor at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, where he teaches e-business and cloud computing and a professor at the Polytechnic of Rijeka, Croatia, where he teaches sales management, HR management, business communications and digital marketing. He has worked on several EU-funded projects. His research interests focus on HR management, organisational intelligence, e-collaboration, communication, tourism, organisational development and leadership. Alen Jakupović is a professor at the Polytechnic of Rijeka, Croatia, where he teaches several courses in programming and project design. His scientific and professional interests include metrics and methods for information systems development, artificial intelligence, intelligent systems development, information and business systems dependability and ICT in education.
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    ISBN: 9783031157981
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 280 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Performing arts. ; Theater. ; Motion picture acting. ; Actors. ; Popular Culture.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Social Body and Its Transformations -- 3. The Romance of Talent -- 4. Character as a Zombie Concept -- 5. Acting and Technology -- 6. The Search for Work -- 7. The Vicissitudes of Persona -- 8. The Star as a Digital Beneficiary. 9. Conclusion: The Condition of Para-Stardom.
    Abstract: This book examines how the persistent and deepening casualization and precarity of acting work, coupled with market pressures, has affected the ways in which actors are trained in the US and UK. It reviews the existing state of training, looking at various theories of what the actor does, debates about casting, and the impact of reality television and social media. In the increasing effort to find ways to overcome the precarious labour market for actors and other performers, the traditional emphasis on theatrical character has been replaced by the celebration of the persona – a public image of the performer as a personal brand. As a result, a physiocratic elite, that literally incorporates the collective labour of cultural workers into the star or celebrity body, has formed. This book explores how the star or celebrity’s appearance and comportment are positioned as the rule of nature, formed and abiding outside capitalism as a mode of production. This book will be of interest to those studying theatre studies and performance, contemporary stardom and celebrity and the impact of technology on the formation of identity. Barry King is Professor of Communications at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is the author (with Sean Cubitt, Harriet Margolies and Thierry Jutel) of Studying the Event Film: The Lord of the Rings (Manchester University Press, 2008) and Taking Fame to market: Essays on the prehistory and post-history of Hollywood stardom ( Palgrave, 2014). He is on the editorial board of Celebrity Studies and Palgrave Communications and is a project reviewer for the Australian Research Council. King has published a substantial number of articles that explore the relationships been popular culture, celebrity and stardom and digital media. His other publications focus on creative labour, semiotic determinism, the sociology of acting and performance and the New Zealand Cultural industries.
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    ISBN: 9783031410611
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 519 p. 13 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
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    Keywords: Corrections. ; Punishment. ; Criminology. ; Crime ; Human rights. ; Social policy.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- PART I: Prison Officer Interpretations and Performances of Power and Authority -- 2. The moral value of authority: Reflections on the work of prison officers -- 3. Ukrainian prison officers and their power -- 4. French prison officers’ legal socialization: ‘The law, yes; prisoners’ rights, no’ -- 5. Proxy governance in (post) colonial prisons: When prison officers delegate power to prisoners -- PART II: Prison Officer Identities and Workplace Cultures -- 6. Dirty work and beyond: Representations of Prison Officers in Prison Films -- 7. “It’s a very clannish type of job”: Entitativity and identity in prison officers’ occupational cultures and identities -- 8. ‘Friendly but not friends’ or ‘Never trust the bastards’? Staff-prisoner interaction styles in Australia and Norway. 9. “It is important to be a prison officer and have trade union back up”: Exploring trade union membership within the Scottish Prison Service -- 10. The prison officer in post-soviet Russia -- PART III: Implications of Prison Policy and Management for the Role of Prison Officers -- 11. “Prison officers should be treated fairly”: Perceptions and experiences of fairness among prison officers in Ghana -- 12. Do risk-reducing measures only reduce risk? Prison officer work with risk-reducing measures in the imprisonment of a high-risk prisoner -- 13. Farewell to exceptionalism: An analysis of Swedish prisons officers’ attitudes towards prison policy, organisation, and their occupational role in 2009 and 2019 -- 14. The role of prison officers in transforming prisoners’ lives in Hong Kong -- 15. Locating Prison Officers in the prison reforms discourse: Insights from India -- PART IV: Working Conditions and Prison Officer Well-Being -- 16. The well-being of correctional officers in Canada -- 17. Fear and perceived risk among correctional officers -- 18. Prison Officers and their Work Routine in Brazilian Prisons -- 19. Conclusion: Towards a new research agenda to analyse the contemporary prison officer role.
    Abstract: “This collection is the kick-start to the kind of important global discussion that is needed.” — Frank J. Porporino, Criminal Justice Consultant; ICPA Group Chair, Research and Development Network “This outstanding collection shines the spotlight on the most overlooked, but surely most important professionals in the ‘correctional’ equation.” —Shadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology; author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild their Lives This edited collection brings together academics, lawyers, civil servants, and researchers working in the human rights NGO sector, to explore the work and role of prison officers around the world. Each chapter offers a distinctive perspective on the work of prison officers within localised socio-economic and criminal justice contexts, to provide a unique overview and insight into the realities and complexities of the role through accessible scholarly interpretations of their work. The aim of the book is to advance knowledge and understanding of the crucial role that prison officers occupy within carceral systems. The collection has widespread applicability with relevance beyond academia into criminal justice practice and policy internationally. Helen Arnold is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of East Anglia, UK. Matthew Maycock is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Monash University, Australia. Rosemary Ricciardelli is Professor and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness at the Fisheries and Marine Institute at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
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    ISBN: 9783031425592
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 301 p. 99 illus., 71 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Information storage and retrieval systems. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Quantitative research.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction to Session-Based Recommender Systems -- 2. Deep Learning Overview -- 3. Deep Discriminative Session-Based Recommender Systems -- 4. Deep Generative Session-Based Recommender Systems -- 5. Hybrid/Advanced Session-Based Recommender Systems -- 6. Learning to Rank in Session-Based Recommender Systems.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the widespread use of deep neural networks and their various techniques in session-based recommender systems (SBRS). It presents the success of using deep learning techniques in many SBRS applications from different perspectives. For this purpose, the concepts and fundamentals of SBRS are fully elaborated, and different deep learning techniques focusing on the development of SBRS are studied. The book is well-modularized, and each chapter can be read in a stand-alone manner based on individual interests and needs. In the first chapter of the book, definitions and concepts related to SBRS are reviewed, and a taxonomy of different SBRS approaches is presented, where the characteristics and applications of each class are discussed separately. The second chapter starts with the basic concepts of deep learning and the characteristics of each model. Then, each deep learning model, along with its architecture and mathematical foundations, is introduced. Next, chapter 3 analyses different approaches of deep discriminative models in session-based recommender systems. In the fourth chapter, session-based recommender systems that benefit from deep generative neural networks are discussed. Subsequently, chapter 5 discusses session-based recommender systems using advanced/hybrid deep learning models. Eventually, chapter 6 reviews different learning-to-rank methods focusing on information retrieval and recommender system domains. Finally, the results of the investigations and findings from the research review conducted throughout the book are presented in a conclusive summary. This book aims at researchers who intend to use deep learning models to solve the challenges related to SBRS. The target audience includes researchers entering the field, graduate students specializing in recommender systems, web data mining, information retrieval, or machine/deep learning, and advanced industry developers working on recommender systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031490743
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 133 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Economics. ; Identity politics. ; Political sociology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Classical Liberalism against Populism -- Chapter 2: Populism - defining characteristics -- Chapter 3: A Threat to Liberty, Free Markets, and the Open Society -- Chapter 4: Explaining Populism -- Chapter 5: The Populist Divisive, Activist Ideas -- Chapter 6: The Classical Liberal Ideas, Predicaments, and Potentials -- Chapter 7: Expose the Populist Strategies and Consequences -- Chapter 8: Defend and Develop the Liberal Institutions -- Chapter 9: Advance a Liberal Politics of Identity -- Chapter 10: Develop Liberal Statecraft -- Chapter 11: A Classical Liberal Revival.
    Abstract: “One cannot fight the collectivistic identity politics of populism with cost-benefit studies and policy analysis alone. As Nils Karlson argues in his riveting, essential book, the arts, and the humanities, “emotions. . . ethos . . . narratives,” are necessary to save us from 1984 in 2024.” ---Deirdre McCloskey, Professor emerita of Economics, History, English, And Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA "Classical liberalism is better than populism, flat out. Nils Karlson will tell you why, both for the US and Sweden, and for the broader world." ---Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA This open access book by Nils Karlson explores the strategies used by left- and right-wing populists to make populism intelligible, recognizable, and contestable. It presents a synthesized explanatory model for how populists promote autocratization through the deliberate polarization of society. It traces the ideational roots of the core populist ideas and shows that these ideas form a collectivistic identity politics. Karlson argues that to fight back requires the revival of liberalism itself by defending and developing the liberal institutions, the liberal spirit, liberal narratives, and liberal statecraft. The book also presents and discusses an extensive list of counterstrategies against populism. Written within the tradition of political theory and institutional economics, this book uses a wide variety of sources, including results and analyses from social psychology, ethics, law, and history. Nils Karlson is the founder and former CEO of the Ratio Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. .
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    ISBN: 9783031463457
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 203 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
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    Keywords: Literature. ; Prose literature. ; Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; Comparative literature.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction: Mourning as a Resistance Trope: Trauma, History and Memory in Indian Ocean Life Writing - Esther Pujolràs-Noguer & Felicity Hand -- Part I: Mourning Memoirs -- 2 The Ectopic Insider: Exploring the Interstices of Travel Writing, Memory and History in M.G. Vassanji’s And Home Was Kariakoo - Esther Pujolràs-Noguer -- 3 Of Father and Son: The Configuration of the Trauma of Return in Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family - Esther Pujolràs-Noguer -- Part II: Female Resilience -- 4 Rhizomatic Perennials: Resilience and Survival in Kenyan Asian Memoirs - Felicity Hand -- 5 ‘Learning to wear a sari is a rite of passage’: Shailja Patel’s Inventory of the Migrant Body in Migritude - Esther Pujolràs-Noguer -- Part III: Indian Ocean Crossing -- 6 Transoceanic Connections, Past and Present. Lindsey Collen’s The Indian Ocean as a Unifying Force: A Memoir - Felicity Hand -- 7 Banyans Behind Bars: Three South African Indian Memoirs - Felicity Hand.
    Abstract: This volume examines a selection of life writing in English by authors from the South West Indian Ocean, namely South Africa, East Africa, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. The two motifs that run through the chapters – mourning and resilience – are theoretical frameworks that have so far not been brought into conversation in this way. The combination of trauma studies and autobiographical analysis sharpens the focus of the discussions on Indian Ocean life writing, privileging an Indian Ocean imaginary that is transnational and cross-oceanic in its orientation and pointing to networks of connections that transcend the nation state, which is often the origin of trauma in the first place. Filling a gap in Indian Ocean studies in its close readings of trauma and resilience, the book also broadens perspectives on postcolonial life writing since little attention has been paid so far to Indian Ocean autobiographical literary products. By the same token, the volume also enriches the field of Indian Ocean literary studies by incorporating life writing as an aesthetic strategy which helps to configure Indian Ocean subjectivities. Esther Pujolràs-Noguer is a Serra-Húnter Fellow in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Lleida, Spain. She teaches postcolonial literature and culture, gender studies and poetry in English. She is a poet and uses creative writing as a therapeutic tool to help people overcome traumas related to gender violence and forced displacements. She is the co-director with Felicity Hand of the research group Ratnakara, which explores the literatures and cultures of the South West Indian Ocean. Felicity Hand is Honorary Professor in the English Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
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    ISBN: 9783031505393
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 259 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Human rights. ; Indigenous peoples ; Cultural property. ; Indians of South America Legal status, laws, etc ; Indians of South America Government relations
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- 2 The legal framework of consultation with indigenous peoples -- 3 Assessing consultation with indigenous peoples in the Inter-American System of Human Rights -- 4 Assessing consultation with indigenous peoples in Brazil -- 5 Assessing the application of consultation and indigenous peoples’ Protocols -- 6 Towards efficacy: Between the legal uncertainty of the requirement of consultation and its most adequate application for Brazil -- 7 Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a novel perspective on consultation with indigenous peoples in projects of natural resource exploitation. Engaging with current debates in international law, the study introduces a multi-dimensional perspective on consultation understood to include self-determination and cultural rights. It analyzes evidence from several countries across the Americas and Africa and presents an original and in-depth case study of Brazil. The book assesses judicial and legislative cases, drawing on relevant literature, international treaties and supplementary information gained from expert interviews. This supports the work’s broader objective to explore legal facts as well as to evaluate the empirical evidence in light of theoretical considerations. It thereby expands the understanding of consultation as a right under national legal systems and considers practical ways on how to enforce domestic redress for avoiding legal indeterminacy. The conclusions of the analysis contribute to not only a better understanding of the subject matter but also showcase ways of how to improve the realities on the ground. The book puts forward a range of recommendations directed at national authorities, international organizations, development lenders and civil society to help improve the unsatisfactory present circumstances. The intended audience encompasses legal scholars, students, practitioners and journalists, as well as anyone interested in research on the realization of indigenous peoples’ rights and the role of international law in the 21st century. .
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    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).
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    ISBN: 9783031492266
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 141 p. 30 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries
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    Keywords: Playwriting. ; Dramatists. ; Theater ; Artificial intelligence. ; Technology
    Abstract: Chapter One: Bernard Shaw, Automata, Robots and Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter Two: Shaw and Automata -- Chapter Three: Shaw and Robots -- Chapter Four: Shaw and Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter Five: Artificial Intelligence as a Partner in Shaw Studies -- Chapter Six: The Way Forward: Shaw and Artificial Intelligence.
    Abstract: This project is the first to explore how Bernard Shaw intersects constructively with automata, robots and artificial intelligence (AI). Shaw was born in the golden age of the automaton. His Bible on the Life Force and Creative Evolution, Back to Methuselah, was written when Karel and Josef Čapek coined the word “robot.” Shaw’s life ran in parallel with the rise of AI, and the big names in AI were his contemporaries. Moreover, empirical analyses of Shavian texts and images using AI uncovers possibilities for new interpretations, demonstrating how future renditions of his works may make use of these advanced technologies to broaden Shaw’s audience, readership and scholarship. Kay Li is an established Shaw scholar and Adjunct Professor in the Department of English at University of Toronto, Canada. She is one of the founding members of the International Shaw Society, is the Project Leader of the SAGITTARIUS–ORION Digitizing Project on Bernard Shaw funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Arts and Artificial Intelligence project funded by Canadian Heritage. Her books include Bernard Shaw and China: Cross-Cultural Encounters (2007) and Bernard Shaw’s Bridges to Chinese Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). Kay has also published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, especially in SHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies. .
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    ISBN: 9783031492860
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 123 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Gothic
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    Keywords: Fiction. ; Goth culture (Subculture). ; Audiences. ; Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; America
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Reading Austen-Vampire Mashups -- 2. To Kiss or Kill? Austen’s Vampire-Slaying Heroines -- 3. Trouble in Paradise: Pride and Prejudice as Vampire Romance -- 4. Eternally Yours: Jane Austen as Vampire -- 5. Conclusion: An Unlikely Confluence.
    Abstract: Jane Austen and Vampires is the first book to investigate the literary convergence of Jane Austen and vampires in Austen fanfic after the success of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight (2005) and Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009). It asks how the shifting cultural values of Austen and the vampire have aligned, and what their connection might mean for their respective contemporary legacies. It also makes a case for reading “low brow” Austen fanfic attentively, as a way to gain meaningful insight directly from Austen fans into the tensions and anxieties surrounding contemporary notions of love, sex, femininity, and Austen’s modern currency. Offering close readings of Austen’s vampire-slaying heroines, vampiric retellings of Pride and Prejudice, and the transformation of Austen herself into a vampire, this book reveals Austen-vampire mashups as messy, complex entanglements that creatively and self-reflexively interrogate modern fantasies of vampire romance. By its unique intersection of Jane Austen with the vampire, the Gothic, fan culture and popular romance, Jane Austen and Vampires adds a new chapter to the history of Austen’s reception, for fans, students and scholars alike.
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    ISBN: 9783031445958
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 268 p. 8 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
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    Keywords: Motion picture plays, European. ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Motion picture industry. ; Television broadcasting.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: European film consumption, representation, and identity -- 2. The transnational viewership of European film: markets, audiences, and policies -- 3. Euro-million mainstream films: large audiences, limited diversity or insights -- 4. Euro-million arthouse films: diverse and insightful stories, niche audiences -- 5. Euro-million middlebrow films: insightful stories, varied audiences, limited diversity. 6. The transnational impact of European film: perceptions, identity, and other effects -- 7. Conclusion: limited unity and diversity -- Index.
    Abstract: “This study, based on a wealth of original research, analyses the production, circulation and reception of European films since 2005, considering their impact on broader cultural and social issues, notably the vexed question of what constitutes a European identity. Throughout, the author tests various theorisations and conceptual frameworks against the empirical evidence he has unearthed. His carefully considered interpretation will be widely welcomed as an important contribution to understanding European cinema.” - Andrew Spicer, Professor of Cultural Production, University of the West of England Bristol, UK This book explores how audiences in contemporary Europe engage with films from other European countries. It draws on admissions data, surveys, and focus group discussions to explain why viewers are attracted to particular European films and genres, including action-adventures, family films, biopics, period dramas, thrillers, comedies, and romances. It also examines how these films are produced and distributed, how they represent Europe, and how they affect audiences. Case-studies range from mainstream movies like Skyfall, Taken, and Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia, to more middlebrow and arthouse titles, such as The Lives of Others, Volver, Coco Before Chanel, Love Is All You Need, Intouchables, The Angels’ Share, Ida, The Hunt, and Blue Is the Warmest Colour. The study shows that watching European films can contribute to people’s understandings of other countries and make them feel more European. However, this is limited by the strong preference for Anglo-American action-adventures that offer few insights into the realities of European life. The book discusses what these findings mean for the European film industry, cultural policy, and scholarship on transnational and European cinema. It also considers how surveys, focus groups, databases and other methods that go beyond traditional textual analysis can offer new insights into our understanding of film. Huw D. Jones is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. He previously worked on ‘Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens’ (MeCETES), a collaborative project on European film and television drama, funded by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA). .
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    ISBN: 9783031484575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 316 p. 55 illus., 37 illus. in color.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The ESG framework and the energy industry
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Business enterprises ; Economics ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental ; Social and Governance ; Corporate finance ; Economic Incentives for ESG Activities ; Market-Based Policies for ESG Activities ; Financial markets ; Financial risks ; Corporate governance ; Behavioral finance ; Energy financing ; Energy markets ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (James Thewissen) -- Part I. Energy Resources and ESG Criteria: Demand and Supply Issues -- Chapter 2. The Causal Relationship Between ESG and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Panel of Commonwealth Independent States (Nermin Yasar Baskaraagac) -- Chapter 3. Macroeconomic Determinants of Energy Poverty in Türkiye (Goktug Sahin) -- Chapter 4. Towards Economic Growth Without CO2 Emissions: the Case of Türkiye (Wietze Lise) -- Chapter 5. The Natural Gas War between Europe and Russia after the Invasion of Ukraine (Mehmet Baha) -- Part II. Market-Based Policies for ESG Activities in the Energy Sector -- Chapter 6. ESG Performances of Energy Companies in OECD Countries: A Clustering Approach (Cem Menten) -- Chapter 7. The Impact of Renewable Energy Incentives on Carbon Prices in the USA (Esin Hilal Çoşkun) -- Chapter 8. Static and Dynamic Connectedness between Green Bonds and Clean Energy Markets (Ayşe Nur Şahinler) -- Chapter 9. Do Green Bonds Improve the Stock and Environmental Performance of Energy Firms? International Evidence (Mehmet Baha Karan) -- Part III. Dealing with ESG Issues: Creating Corporate Value -- Chapter 10. Resilience in Power Generation: Two Case Studies from Turkey (Fatih Avcı) -- Chapter 11. The Effect of Environmental Scores on Financial Performance in the European Region (Gizem Arı) -- Chapter 12. The Impact of Executive Pay Gap on Environmental and Social Performance in the Energy Sector: Worldwide Evidence (Deniz Kartal) -- Chapter 13. Sector and Country Effects of Carbon Reduction on Firm Performance (Robin van Emous).
    Abstract: This book contributes to a better understanding of the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles for corporate value in the energy industry. In particular, it analyzes how the energy industry is achieving this shift in response to government regulations and how it is addressing specific ESG issues. It discusses various economic incentives and market-based policies for ESG activities in the energy sector and highlights how energy firms are using environmental, social and governance initiatives to create value. In turn, the book demonstrates how ESG principles can be implemented while considering various economic and corporate issues, such as financial markets, financial risks, asset pricing, value at risk, capital structure, capital budgeting, corporate (re)structuring, corporate governance, behavioral finance, financial performance, asset pricing, cost control, financial accounting, fiscal issues, institutions, governance, and legal aspects. Accordingly, it will appeal to scholars of economics, finance, and energy policy, and to anyone interested in the implementation of ESG principles in the energy industry. This is the ninth book in a series organized by the Centre for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI). In this book, CEVI collaborates with the Hacettepe University Energy Markets Research and Application Center (Ankara, Turkey). The previous volumes in the series were: Financial Aspects in Energy (2011), Energy Economics and Financial Markets (2012), Perspectives on Energy Risk (2014), Energy Technology and Valuation Issues (2015), Energy and Finance (2016), Energy Economy, Finance and Geostrategy (2018), Financial Implications of Regulations in the Energy Industry (2020) and Applied Operations Research and Financial Modelling in Energy (2021).
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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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    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.
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    ISBN: 9783031430091
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 342 p. 244 illus., 171 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1117
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Machine learning.
    Abstract: Effect of Social Networking Advertisements (SNAs) On Attitudes and Purchase Intention towards Brand Products -- Design of Optimal Waste Management System using IOT and Machine Learning Technique in Educational institutions -- An enhanced Woelfel Image Noise Filter -- PAPR and SER Performance Analysis of OFDMA and SCFDMA -- VLSI Implementation of an 8051 Microcontroller using VHDL and Re- corrective Measure using AI -- A survey of Internet of Things frameworks for crowd management system.
    Abstract: This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of cognitive intelligence and AI-enabled IoT ecosystem and machine learning, capable of recognizing the object pattern in complex and large data sets. A remarkable success has been experienced in the last decade by emulating the brain–computer interface. It presents the applied cognitive science methods and AI-enabled technologies that have played a vital role at the core of practical solutions for a wide scope of tasks between handheld apps and industrial process control, autonomous vehicles, IoT, intelligent learning environment, game theory, human computer interaction, environmental policies, life sciences, playing computer games, computational theory, and engineering development. The book contains contents highlighting artificial neural networks that are analogous to the networks of neurons that comprise the brain and have given computers the ability to distinguish an image of a cat from one of a coconut, to spot pedestrians with enough accuracy to direct a self-driving car, and to recognize and respond to the spoken word. The chapters in this book focus on audiences interested in artificial intelligence, machine learning, fuzzy, cognitive and neurofuzzy-inspired computational systems, their theories, mechanisms, and architecture, which underline human and animal behavior, and their application to conscious and intelligent systems. In the current version, it focuses on the successful implementation and step-by-step execution and explanation of practical applications of the domain. It also offers a wide range of inspiring and interesting cutting-edge contributions on applications of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science such as healthcare products, AI-enabled IoT, gaming, medical, and engineering. Overall, this book provides valuable information on effective, cutting-edge techniques, and approaches for students, researchers, practitioners, and academics in the field of machine learning and cognitive science. Furthermore, the purpose of this book is to address the interests of a broad spectrum of practitioners, students, and researchers, who are interested in applying machine learning and cognitive science methods in their respective domains.
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    ISBN: 9783031400674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 264 p. 206 illus., 202 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Popular music. ; Service industries.
    Abstract: Section One: Record -- 1. An Introduction to How Sound Works -- 2. Speakers -- 3. Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) -- 4. Digital -- 5. Hardware -- 6. Gain Staging -- 7. Microphones -- 8. Phase -- 9. Room Acoustics -- 10. Recording Tips -- Section Two: Mix -- 11. Equalisers (Eq) -- 12. Dynamics -- 13. Effects -- 14. Subgroups -- 15. Monitoring in Mono -- 16. Mid-Side Processing -- 17. Transients -- 18. Panning -- 19. Plosives -- 20. Zero Crossing and Crossfades -- 21. Mixing Tips -- Section Three: Master -- 22. What is Mastering -- 23. Prepare Your Track for Mastering -- 24. Mastering Tools -- 25. Dither -- 26. Metering -- 27. Mastering Your Song – Things to Consider.
    Abstract: This textbook is a practical guide to achieving professional-level audio productions using digital audio workstations. It contains 27 chapters divided into three sections, with specially devised diagrams and audio examples throughout. Aimed at students of all levels of experience and written in an easy-to-understand way, this book simplifies complex jargon, widening its appeal to non-academic creatives and is designed to accelerate the learning of professional audio processes and tools (software and hardware).The reader can work through the book from beginning to end or dip into a relevant section whenever required, enabling it to serve as both a step by step guide and an ongoing reference manual. The book is also a useful aid for lecturers and teachers of audio production, recording, mixing and mastering engineering. Simon Duggal is an award-winning producer/composer who has been producing, writing, recording, editing and mixing music for more than 30 years. He has made records for many top international artists including: Shania Twain, Maxi Priest, Erasure, Apache Indian, Janet Kaye, Errol Reid (China Black), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Beat, Luciano, Desmond Dekker, Dillinger and many more. Duggal has composed music for adverts for companies including: Pepsi, Intel, Toshiba, Etisalat, Etihad and composed title and incidental music for a BAFTA winning UK TV drama. He is also an MA specialist mentor at the British and Irish Modern Music University in Birmingham, UK. Paul Rogers is the Course Leader for Postgraduate Studies at the British and Irish modern Music University in Birmingham, UK, and a seasoned music industry veteran. He holds a PhD in music composition from Goldsmiths (UK).
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    ISBN: 9783031526671
    Language: English
    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.
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    ISBN: 9783031475719
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 227 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Journalism. ; Communication in economic development. ; Diplomacy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Australia’s voice in the Indo-Pacific: why transnational broadcasts are vital -- Chapter 2 The Indo Pacific's broadcast landscape, its strategic, military value -- Chapter 3 Distribution via Shortwave, Satellites and Social Media -- Chapter 4 Broadcast Voices in the Indo-Pacific -- Chapter 5 The rise of China’s international broadcasting services -- Chapter 6 Diplomacy, propaganda, and journalism in the digital landscape -- Chapter 7 Social and mobile media in times of disaster -- Chapter 8 Fact-checking and Verification: The changing role of professional journalists -- Chapter 9 A case study of media tensions in the Solomon Islands, China and Australia -- Chapter 10 The Future and Funding of Transnational Broadcasting and Soft Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific.
    Abstract: “This book makes a significant contribution to knowledge about media in the Indo-Pacific, a region where trustworthy information is fundamental to securing peace inside and beyond the boundary. Wake and her fellow authors examine how the many different news ecosystems are facing the challenges brought about by social media, propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation.” —Prof Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland “Almost every Australian knows about the ABC, and has an opinion about it. Far fewer know much about the ABC’s role to broadcast into countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Wake is an expert in this field who is able to draw on her experience working at the ABC and buttress it with reflection and scholarship. She has brought together a team of leading contributors to explore the urgent need to adequately fund international broadcasting.” —Prof Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo-Pacific brings together research spanning journalism, broadcast and political science to interrogate the issues arising from a rapidly changing global political and broadcast environment. This book asks: Why is there increasing interest in the provision of English-language media in the Indo-Pacific from countries like China? What are the implications for the traditional providers of foreign-produced news such as the Australia Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation? What now is the role of social media in the creation of broadcast journalism, and why is there panic in diplomatic circles about some of the journalism that originates from broadcasters in China and Russia? The result is a book that offers an insight into a rapidly transforming media landscape, the changing state of international relations, and the rise of new powers. Alexandra Wake is an Associate Professor in Journalism in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia. She is the elected President of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia. Before becoming an academic, she worked as a senior journalist and editor with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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    ISBN: 9783031321344
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 277 p. 46 illus., 36 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture
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    Keywords: Adaptation (Literary, artistic, etc.). ; Arts. ; Culture
    Abstract: INTRODUCTION.-PART 1: INTERACTIONS AND EXPANDED FIELDS -- CHAPTER 1 Dave McKean: “One plus one equals three” -- CHAPTER 2 Kate Newell: “Illustration and Adaptation in the Balbussos’ Pride and Prejudice (2013) and The Handmaid’s Tale (2012)” -- CHAPTER 3 Kamilla Elliott, “Ad-app-tive illustration: Alice for the iPad”.-PART 2: AFTERLIVES -- CHAPTER 4 Nathalie Collé, “‘[T]o mix colours for painters’ and illustrate and adapt Gulliver’s Travels worldwide: street murals, adaptability and transmediality” -- CHAPTER 5Ann Lewis, “Adapting Novel Illustration for the Almanac: Text/Image Relations in Chodowiecki’s Illustrations for Rousseau’s Julie” -- CHAPTER 6 Chris Louttit, “‘Alternative Dickens’: The Graphic Adaptation of the Inimitable in The New Yorker”.-PART 3: BEYOND ILLUSTRATION -- CHAPTER 7David Pinho Barros, “Drawing from Ozu: An intermedial consideration on clear line illustrations based on clear line film frames” -- CHAPTER 8 Julie LeBlanc, “Ekphrasis, illustration and adaptation: Annie Ernaux’s intermedial autobiographic and photographic production” -- CHAPTER 9Hélène Martinelli, “The ‘Great Image-Maker’ or the animation of illustrations in Karel Zeman’s Deadly Invention”.-PART 4: ILLUSTRATION AND TRANSCULTURAL ADAPTATION -- CHAPTER 10 Carol Adlam, “The Bobrov Affair: Creating a Graphic Novel Adaptation of a ‘Lost’ Russian-Empire Crime Novel” -- CHAPTER 11 Xavier Giudicelli, “Adapting, Translating, Illustrating: French Ballads of Reading Gaol in Word and Image” -- CHAPTER 12 Miriam Vieira, “What if the Grimms had been born in Brazil? The case of (illustrated) adaptations” -- CHAPTER 13 Camila Augusta Pires de Figueiredo: “The transcultural adaptation of The Little Prince to Brazilian cordel literature”.
    Abstract: This collection examines the relationship between illustration and adaptation from an intermedial and transcultural perspective. It aims to foster a dialogue between two fields that co-exist without necessarily acknowledging advances in each other’s domains, providing an argument for defining illustration as a form of adaptation, as well as an intermedial practice that redefines what we mean by adaptation. The volume embraces both a specific and an extended definition of illustration that accounts for its inclusion among the web of adaptive practices that developed with the rise of new media and intermediality. The contributors explore how crossovers may contribute to reappraise their objects, and rely on a transmedial and interdisciplinary corpus exploring the boundaries between illustration and other media such as texts, graphic novels, comics, theatre, film and mobile applications. Arguably adaptation, like intermediality, is an umbrella term that covers a variety of practices and products, and both of them have been shaped by intense debates over their boundaries and internal definitions. Illustration belongs to each of these areas, and this volume proposes insight into how illustration not only relates to adaptation and intermediality but how each field is redefined, enriched and also challenged by such interactions. Shannon Wells-Lassagne has worked extensively on film and television adaptation. She is the author of Television and Serial Adaptation, and the editor of Adapting Margaret Atwood (Palgrave), Adapting Endings, as well as of special issues of The Journal of Screenwriting, Interfaces, and TV/Series, Screen and Series. Sophie Aymes works on intermediality, modernist book history and illustration in 20th-century Britain. She has co-edited several word-and-image journal issues (inInterfaces and Image [&] Narrative), volumes on illustration (series Book Practices and Textual Itineraries), and a collection on Art and Science in Word and Image.
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    ISBN: 9783031381805
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 347 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law.
    Abstract: Introduction: Convergence and divergence in times of crisis -- Part I: Conceptual and theoretical perspectives -- Terminology -- The concept of legal convergence -- Resisting legal convergence -- Part II: Thematic and jurisdictional case studies 1: private law -- Bankruptcy law in the United States -- Labour law in the United Kingdom -- Consumer law in Ghana -- Family and child law in Chile -- Contract law in Germany -- Part III: Thematic and jurisdictional case studies 2: public law -- Environmental law in China -- Healthcare law in Denmark -- Immigration law in Russia -- Social rights in Australia -- Part IV: Convergence and divergence in context -- Harmonisation and European integration in times of crisis -- International judicial cooperation in times of crisis -- The influence of binding international instruments on domestic laws in times of crisis -- The role of soft law in times of crisis -- Part V: Concluding comments -- Conclusion: Are legal systems converging or diverging?.
    Abstract: This book focuses on two main aspects: legal convergence and crises. Despite the abundance of literature on legal convergence over the years, the question of whether legal systems are converging or diverging remains unanswered. This book provides a valuable contribution to questions concerning comparative law, legal convergence, and legal transplants by examining them through the lens of crises. Crises challenge countries’ legal systems and prompt institutional responses to tackle perceived shortcomings in the law. The crises witnessed by the world over the last two decades have highlighted two seemingly contradictory tendencies: (i) increased cooperation and a natural phenomenon of legal convergence as states find common solutions to common problems; (ii) a preference for state-centric solutions, which prioritise domestic interests; rejection of supranational standards and harmonisation efforts; and protection of domestic sovereignty. This book aims to determine whether, in times of crisis, foreign laws, rules, and concepts can transcend countries’ domestic legal systems, or whether states’ responses to crises lead to legal divergence and disintegration. Unlike traditional studies on convergence, this edited volume takes an international and cross-thematic approach, with chapters focusing on how legislation in selected jurisdictions has responded to crises. Therefore, the book’s originality lies in its truly global nature, with chapters and authors surveying jurisdictions in Africa, North and South America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The breadth of legal areas covered, with a mix of private and public law, also add to its uniqueness. From Russia to Germany and from bankruptcy law to environmental law, the book examines whether, as a result of crises, policy and legal responses have adopted, copied, or implemented features, policies, principles and/or rules from other legal systems (convergence), or have departed from existing legal norms, adopting policies and rules that differ from those of other countries (divergence).
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    ISBN: 9783031514975
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 564 p. 244 illus., 227 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics 28
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: This book of the SPAR series contains 39 scientific articles presented in the Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems conference organized in November 28–30, 2022, in Montbéliard, France. The contributions are covering a broad scope of topics within distributed robotics including mobile sensor networks, unmanned aerial vehicles, multi-agent systems, algorithms for multi-robot systems, modular robots, swarm robotics, and reinforcement learning or deep learning applied to multi-robot systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031462931
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXVII, 419 p. 27 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series
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    Keywords: Business. ; Africa. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Technological innovations. ; SDG 9 ; innovation ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; sustainable development ; infrastructure ; sustainability ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Capacities as Facilitators of Sustainable Development in sub-Saharan Africa’s Informal Economy Ibidunni, A.S.; Ogundana, O.M.; and Olokundun, M.A. -- Section One: Sub-Saharan Africa’s Informal Entrepreneurship Ecosystem -- Chapter 2. Jump On The Bandwagon: Finding Our Place in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Discourse Oladele, S.; Adigun, O.; and Laosebikan, J. -- Chapter 3: Small and Medium Enterprises Sustainability Strategies beyond the Periods of Environmental Shocks: Evidence from a Developing Economy Agbi, B.D. and Ibidunni, A.S. . – Chapter 4: Motivating entrepreneurial activities to achieve sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa Onoshakpor, C. and Ogundana, O.M. -- Chapter 5: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Role of Telecom Multinationals in Achieving SDG 9 in Developing Economies Umoru, U; Udie, J. A; and Udeozor, V. -- Section Two: Innovations in Entrepreneurship Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 6: Towards an Integrative Model of Innovative Entrepreneurship Education for Institutional Sustainability Ogbari, M.E.; Chima, G.U.K.; Olanrewaju, F.O.; Olokundun, M.A.; and Ufua, D.E. -- Chapter 7: Informality in Africa In Relation To Sustainable Development Goals and 9: Framework For Innovation And Sustainable Industrialization Amuda, M.O.H. -- Chapter 8: Transportation and Economic Development: Advancing Technological Innovation and Sustainability in the Transportation Sector of a Developing Nation Olowogbon, T.S.; Fakayode, S.B.; and Adebisi, L.O. -- Chapter 9: Drivers of Eco-Innovation among Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria Popoola, O.A. and Popoola, G.O. -- Chapter 10: Open Innovation across The Innovation Value Chain: An African Perspective Mdaka, L. E. and Longweni, M. -- Chapter 11: Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Institutions on Innovative Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan African Countries Olarinde, M.O. and Auta, S. -- Section Three: Economic Impact of Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 12: Microfinance as a Vehicle for Zero Poverty and Gender Equality in Nigeria Ude, D.K. -- Chapter 13: Financial Inclusion and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa Region Achugamonu, B.U.; Akintola, A.F.; Owolabi, F.; and Isibor, A. -- Chapter 14: Adaptiveness of MSMEs during Times of Environmental Disruption: Exploratory Study of Capabilities-Based Insights from Nigeria Ibidunni, A.S.; Ayeni, A.A.W.; and Otokiti, B. -- Chapter 15: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: A Leadership Framework Opute, A.P.; Irene, B.O.; Jawad, C.; and Agupusi, P. -- Chapter 16: Conclusion: Informal Economy as a Springboard for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development in sub-Saharan Africa Ibidunni, A.S.; Ogundana, O.M.; and Olokundun, M.A.
    Abstract: This edited collection aims to demystify the interconnectedness between the factors and actors involved with innovation and entrepreneurship development in sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) informal economy. This is set against the backdrop of a rising population and decreasing opportunities for white collar jobs, as well as the continent’s limited access to resources. Exposing the underlying motivations in Africa’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, particularly in the informal sector, the editors argue that there is a significant knowledge gap, which this book seeks to fill. It concerns institutionalization, motivational factors, the harnessing of innovative potentials of Africa’s informal sector entrepreneurs and their supporting role in achieving a more sustainable African region. By identifying patterns of domesticating entrepreneurship theories and showcasing the latest research, the book covers a wide array of topics discussing a multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective to entrepreneurship theory and practices in Africa. In this way it contributes to the goals of SDG 9 (Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation) in Africa. Ayodotun Stephen Ibidunni is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Business Administration Department at Chrisland University, Nigeria. His research interests are Strategic Management, Operations Management, and Entrepreneurship in developing economies. Oyedele Martins Ogundana, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University UK, specializes in Entrepreneurship, Venture Growth, & International Business. Notably, he has received awards for his contributions, holds the position of Associate Editor, and is a regular reviewer for top academic journals. Maxwell Ayodele Olokundun is a researcher and member of faculty in the department of business management at Covenant University. He holds a PhD with specialisation in Business and Entrepreneurship. Maxwell is a start-up coach and an entrepreneurship consultant for firms in the retail and oil and gas sector. .
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    ISBN: 9783031493904
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 330 p. 84 illus., 69 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 846
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: This book presents various models and approaches, specific proposals, and recommendations on a whole range of areas for smart cities' development. This book proposes to look at the problem through a broad overview of all elements of a smart city as a single system: smart governance, smart buildings, smart transportation, smart tourism destinations, smart economy, and smart environment. The book is intended for both young and experienced scientists who want to get acquainted with the latest trends and data for using them in their research.
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    ISBN: 9783031475085
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 670 p. 268 illus., 225 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 1453
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Towards Reinforcement Learning for Non-Stationary Environments -- Detection of Cyberbullying on Social Media Platforms using Machine Learning -- The Changing Landscape of Machine Learning: A Comparative Analysis of Centralized Machine Learning, Distributed Machine Learning and Federated Machine Learning -- Privacy and Security Landscape of Metaverse -- Strategies to Apply Genetic Programming Directly to the Traveling Salesman Problem -- A Comparative Analysis of GPT-3 and BERT Models for Text-based Emotion Recognition: Performance, Efficiency, and Robustness -- An Intrusion Detection System using the XGBoost Algorithm for SDVN -- Hybridizing L´evy Flights and Cartesian Genetic Programming for Learning Swarm-based Optimization -- An Evaluation of Handwriting Digit Recognition using Multilayer SAM Spiking Neural Network -- Towards Accurate Rainfall Volume Prediction: An Initial Approach with Deep Learning, Advanced Feature Selection, Parameter Optimisation, and Ensemble Techniques for Time-Series Forecasting.
    Abstract: This book comprises the papers presented at the 22nd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2023), held at Aston University, Birmingham, the UK, during 6 to 8 September 2023. UKCI is the flagship AI conference of the UK and Europe held annually. In UKCI 2023, a total of 63 papers were received from 11 countries including the UK, India, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, Italy, Thailand, Turkey, Jordan and Saudi Arabia; of these, 50 were accepted for presentation. The review process was rigorous, wherein three reviews were provided for all papers, with some having four reviews. This book highlights the latest research developments in computational intelligence and its applications. It covers both conventional and advanced techniques in fuzzy systems, neural networks, evolutionary computation, machine learning, deep learning, federated learning, data mining, cognitive computing, intelligent robotics, optimization methods, hybrid methods, and applications of computational intelligence. The book offers a valuable reference guide for readers with expertise in computational intelligence or who are seeking a comprehensive and timely review of the latest trends in computational intelligence. Special emphasis is placed on novel methods and their use in a wide range of application areas, updating both academics and professionals on the state of the art.
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    ISBN: 9783031534454
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 595 p. 208 illus., 189 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1136
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering. ; Multiagent systems.
    Abstract: Part I: Digital Twins and Software Implementation in Smart Manufacturing -- An architecture to integrate digital twins and machine learning operations -- Digital twin for decision-support: an insight into the integration of simulation models into digital twin architectures -- Modular Architecture for Embedded Digital Twin: Application to Assistive Technologies Design -- Data acquisition system for developing digital twin solutions: a practical guide -- Digital twin based augmented reality concept for no-code robotics -- Holonic Systems for Traceability in Fruit Supply Chains -- Part II: Resilience and Decision-making in Smart Healthcare Systems -- Exploration of (De-)centralising Scheduling in an Emergency Department -- Risk Assessment for Digital Twins applied in Systems Medicine.
    Abstract: The scientific theme of the book is “Sustainability for the digital manufacturing era” which is focused on how the technological enablers of digital systems drive the sustainability for products, processes, manufacturing, and logistics systems in the industry of the future. The book’s chapters describe sustainability drivers specific to the technological advances that motivate, encourage, and engage the economic, social, and environmental aspects within intelligent manufacturing and logistics systems. The novelty of this approach consists in extending the economic sustainability of digital manufacturing with the ethical perspective at human social scale. The general scope of the book is to foster innovation in smart and sustainable manufacturing and logistics systems and in this context to promote concepts, methods, and solutions for the digital transformation of manufacturing through service orientation in holonic and agent-based control with distributed intelligence. The book’s readership is comprised of researchers and engineers working in the value chain of products and processes, who develop digital control solutions in the “Industry of the Future” vision. The book is also addressed to master’s and Ph.D. students enrolled in Engineering Sciences programs.
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    ISBN: 9783031498497
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 551 p. 16 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics 54
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels
    Keywords: Panel ; Big Data ; Ökonometrie ; Theorie ; Econometrics. ; Game theory. ; Statistics . ; Social sciences ; Quantitative research. ; Panel data ; Multi-dimensional data ; Multi-dimensional panels ; Econometric modeling ; Big Data ; Estimation ; Hypothesis testing ; Regression ; Spatial panels ; Partially penalized regression ; Econometrics of panel data ; Health economics ; Machine Learning ; Gravity Models ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Fixed Effects Models -- When and How Much Do Fixed Effects Matter?- Random Effects Models -- Estimation of Sparse Variance-Covariance Matrix -- Models with Endogenous Regressors -- Dynamic Models and Reciprocity -- Random Coefficients Models -- Nonparametric Models with Random Effects -- Nonparametric Models with Fixed Effects -- Multi-dimensional Panels in Quantile Regression Models -- Multi-dimensional Models for Spatial Panels -- The Econometrics of Gravity Models in International Trade -- Modelling Housing Using Multi-dimensional Panel Data -- Modelling Migration -- Multi-dimensional Panels in Health Economics with an Application on Antibiotic Consumption -- Can Machine Learning Beat Gravity in Flow Prediction?
    Abstract: This book presents the econometric foundations and applications of multi-dimensional panels, including modern methods of big data analysis. In light of the big data revolution and the emergence of higher dimensional panel data sets, it provides new results to synthesize existing knowledge on the field. The first, theoretical part of the volume is providing the econometric foundations to deal with these new high-dimensional panel data sets. It not only synthesizes our current knowledge, but mostly, presents new research results. The second empirical part of the book provides insight into the most relevant applications in this area. These chapters are a mixture of surveys and new results, always focusing on the econometric problems and feasible solutions. This second extended and revised edition provides an update of all existent chapters to reflect on new developments in the area as well as several new chapters on topics such as machine learning, nonparametric models, networks, and multi-dimensional panels in health economics. The book serves as a standard reference work, a textbook for graduate students in economics, and a source of background material for professionals conducting empirical studies.
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    ISBN: 9783031475009
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 317 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als 500 Years of Christianity and the global Filipino/a
    Keywords: Theology. ; Religions. ; East Asia. ; Religion ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Southeast Asia ; Asian history ; Asiatische Geschichte ; Christentum ; Christian theology ; Christianity ; Cultural studies ; Geschichte der Religion ; HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia ; History of religion ; Kulturwissenschaften ; Oriental religions ; Ostasiatische Religionen ; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General ; RELIGION / Christianity / General ; RELIGION / Christianity / History ; RELIGION / Eastern ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; Theologie ; Philippinen ; Philippines
    Abstract: 1 Philippine Christianity: 500 Years of Resistance and Accommodation -- 2 Indigenization as Appropriation (What Being Baptized Could Have Meant for the Natives of Cebu in 1521) -- 3 The Double Truth of (Colonial) Mission -- 4 Rethinking Encounters and Re-imagining Muslim-Christian Relations in Post-colonial Philippines -- 5 The Glocal Filipins and the Pasyon Through the Lens of Ethnicity -- 6 An Independent Catholic, Nationalist People’s Movement: The Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independent Church) -- 7 Philippine, Independent and International: The Relationship Between—the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and the Old Catholic Churches -- 8 Indigenous Inculturation: A Hermeneutics of Serendipity -- 9 Decolonizing the Diaspora through the Center for Babaylan Studies -- 10 Back from the Crocodile’s Belly: Christian Formation Meets Indigenous Resurrection Redux -- 11 The Ygollotes’ Pudong and the Insurrection of the Reeds In the Post-Human Commune -- 12 Introducing Jeepney Hermeneutics: Reading the Bible as Canaanites -- 13 Inang Diyos, Inang Bayan: The Virgin Mary and Filipino Identity -- 14 Bangon Na, Pinays Rise Up: Reclaiming Pinay Power Dismantled by a Christian Colonial Past and Present -- 15 Re-Baptizing Spirit in Land and Ancestry: An Approach for Un-Doing Christian Colonialism -- 16 Toward Reclaiming the Wisdom of our Forebears: Nature and Environment from a Filipino Perspective.
    Abstract: The year 2021 marked the five-hundredth anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines. With over 90% of the Filipin@s (Filipino/as) in the country and more than eight million around the world identifying as Christian, they are a significant force reshaping global Christianity. The fifth centenary called for celebration, reflection, and critique. This book represents the voices of theologians in the Philippines, the United States, Australia, and around the world examining Christianity in the Philippines through a postcolonial theological lens that suggests the desire to go beyond the colonial in all its contemporary manifestations. Part 1, “Rethinking the Encounters,” focuses on introducing the context of Christianity’s arrival in the archipelago and its effect on its peoples. Part 2, “Reappropriation, Resistance, and Decolonization,” grapples with the enduring presence of coloniality in Filipinreligious practices. It also celebrates the ways Christianity has been critically and creatively reimagined. Cristina Lledo Gomez is the Presentation Sisters Lecturer at BBI-The Australian Institute of Theological Education (BBI-TAITE) and a Research Fellow for the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University, Australia. Her role at BBI-TAITE is directed toward promoting women’s spiritualities, feminist theologies, and ecotheologies. Agnes M. Brazal is a Full Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Education at De La Salle University Manila, The Philippines, former President of DaKaTeo (Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines), and author/editor of eleven books that include A Theology of Southeast Asia: Liberation-Postcolonial Ethics in the Philippines (2019). Ma. Marilou S. Ibita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Education at De La Salle University, The Philippines, and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Her research centers around biblical literature and Jewish-Christian dialogue.
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    ISBN: 9783031517419
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 367 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 7th ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Corrections. ; Punishment. ; Counseling.
    Abstract: Part I. -- 1. The Scope and Purposes of Correctional Treatment -- 2. Applying Restorative Justice Models in the Correctional Process -- 3. The Criminal Justice System in Transition: Assisting Victims of Crime -- Part II. The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment -- 4. Continuity and Change in the Roles of Correctional Personnel -- 5. Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Diversion and Formal Processing -- 6. Diverting Special Categories of Offenders to Community Treatment Programs -- 7. The Functions of Classification and Assessment Models in Correctional Treatment -- 8. Community-Based Sanctions: Probation and Post-release Supervision -- 9. Community Residential Treatment and Institutional Treatment -- Part III. Treatment Models Used in Corrections -- 10. The Interview: A Basic Tool Used in Correctional Counseling and Treatment -- 11. Behavior Modification Programs Used in Corrections -- 12. Group Counseling in Corrections -- 13. Brief Therapy and Crisis Intervention -- 14. Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Used in Correctional Treatment -- 15. Future Perspectives on Counseling and Treatment of Criminal and Delinquent Offenders.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the effective methods used in the criminal justice system in the United States to counsel and treat offenders. This new edition outlines innovative approaches to counselling and treatment that focus on recent developments that present new challenges to those practitioners engaged in counselling and treating of criminal and delinquent offenders. The volume is broken down into three sections: Correctional Counseling and Treatment: Past and Present The Diverse Roles of Counselors in Correctional Treatment Treatment Methods Used in Corrections In each section, the chapters address the role of legislation on the corrections process and how it impacts diverse populations of correctional facilities, including juvenile offenders; those with mental illness, addiction and substance abuse problems, or physical and mental disabilities; and homeless populations. Featuring interviews with correctional practitioners, discussion questions, case studies, and application tools, this volume is ideal for advanced undergraduate and early graduate-level students taking for courses in correctional treatment, correctional rehabilitation, or community corrections.
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    ISBN: 9783031499272
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXV, 218 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Law of the sea. ; International law. ; Aeronautics ; Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; Comparative law. ; Information technology ; Mass media
    Abstract: Introduction and Overview of the Book -- Abilities of UAS, Historical Expansion and Integration Challenges into Civil Aviation -- International Air Law Response to Challenges in UAS Regulation -- Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework For Regulation of UAS in the United States Of America (USA) -- Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework For Regulation of UAS in South Africa -- Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework For UAS in Kenya -- Synthesis of Outcomes Regarding Integration of UAS into Civil Aviation in the US, South Africa and Kenya -- Conclusion, Recommendations and Way Forward.
    Abstract: This book evaluates how the legal, institutional and policy frameworks for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the United States, South Africa and Kenya have addressed the current needs and challenges involved in these systems’ operation and integration into regulatory frameworks for civil aviation. It shows how the three states have developed their own constitutional frameworks, legislation, regulations, policies and strategic plans to address the challenges that emanate from integrating UAS into the civil aviation airspace. The book details the three countries’ integration experiences, investigating the extent to which existing international regulatory frameworks address the various concerns, and identifies the common thread that runs through UAS regulation, as well as each country’s unique issues and path to integration. Recognizing that the approach for integration of UAS into civil aviation needs to be gradual and pragmatic, the book recommends scaling up institutional capacity, coordination and funding, and intensifying regional efforts to redefine and support UAS integration.
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    ISBN: 9783031472695
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 264 p. 169 illus., 148 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 810
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Biped walking with robots and exoskeletons: Marching towards bionic gait -- Multibody dynamics with contact-impact events: Roots, models and applications -- Human-like bipedal locomotion -- Analysis of the influence of human exposure to risk and ESG as motivators for the implementation of climbing and mobile robots -- Multidimensional map: A conceptual design tool to develop robots for power lines -- Mobility strategy of multi-limbed climbing robots for asteroid exploration.
    Abstract: CLAWAR 2023 is the 26th International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots and Mobile Machine Support Technologies. The conference is organized by CLAWAR Association in collaboration with the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, during October 2–4, 2023. This book provides the latest research and development findings and state-of-the-art insights into the mobile robotics and associated technologies in a diverse range of application scenarios, within the framework of “Synergetic Cooperation Between Robots and Humans”. The topics covered include climbing and inspection robots, education in robotics and robotics in education, hybrid and convertible UAVs, legged robots, multibody systems and mechanism design in robotics, planning and control, robotic navigation, robotics and neurotechnologies for healthcare improvements, and simulation and digital twins in robotic applications. The intended readership includes participants of CLAWAR 2023 conference, worldwide researchers, scientists, and educators in the areas of robotics and related topics. The book is also a good source for courses in robotics and automation, control engineering, mechanical engineering, and mechatronics.
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    ISBN: 9783031511752
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 352 p. 30 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Evolutionary economics. ; Institutional economics. ; Economic development. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; institutional inertia ; institutional change ; organizational inertia ; economic growth ; displacement ; layering ; drift ; conversion ; path-dependency ; economic growth ; development ; institutional-organizational nexus ; Douglas North
    Abstract: I. Concepts, Types, Causes, and Effects -- Inertia: resistance and endurance -- An Introduction to Institutional Inertia: Concept, Types and Causes -- The Origin of Development, Critical Juncture, and Institutional Inertia -- Context, Institutional Inertia and Development -- Inertia in Informal Institutions: Concepts, and Effects -- II. Cognitive Inertia -- The Roots of Cognitive Inertia: An Introduction to Institutional Changes -- Cognitive Inertia as a Fundamental Cause of Institutional Inertia -- III. Organizational Inertia -- Overview of Institutional–Organization Inertia Nexus -- Internal Empowerment Dynamics of Organizational Inertia Management -- IV. Trade, Energy and Environments -- Trade and Institutional Inertia -- The Transition to Sustainable -- Energy and Institutional Inertia -- Legitimacy, Institutional Inertia, and Climate Change -- V. Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Early Entrepreneurship Entry and Institutional Rigidities in Emerging Market Economies: Evidence from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor -- Inertia, Innovation Failures, And Learning from Innovation Failures: Some Insights from MSEs in an Emerging Market Economy .
    Abstract: This edited volume explores the concept of institutional inertia and its relationship to economic growth and development. Including insights from experts across disciplines, chapters identify the types, causes and effects—both positive and negative—of institutional inertia. By questioning the types of institutional inertia that improve economic performance and impact the effectiveness of the state, as well as studying their role in the dynamics of institutional change, the volume attempts to trace and understand the different evolutionary paths of societies. Bridging important research gaps, this volume will be of use to students, researchers, and practitioners of institutional and evolutionary economics, development economics, management, and organizational theory.
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    ISBN: 9783031412110
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 259 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Metaphysics. ; Science
    Abstract: Introduction -- Michael Polanyi and the Post-Critical Approach to Philosophy -- Polanyi’s Copernican Realism: Content, Reception, and Relation to Three Contemporary Realisms -- From Epistemology to Metaphysics -- The Material and the Immaterial in a Post-Critical Platonist Metaphysics -- Aristotle, Plato, and Polanyi on Access to Forms -- Post-Critical Platonism -- Conclusion./.
    Abstract: “A provocative interpretation of such Polanyian ideas as fields, ordering principles, and comprehensive entities which re-energize Plato’s notion of the Forms.” —Walter Gulick, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Humanities and Religious Studies, Montana State University Billings “Some of the most intellectually exciting work in Polanyi studies. It promises to have an important impact beyond most all that has gone before. It makes plain how Polanyi fits into the history of metaphysics and it enables us to see beyond Polanyi's own shortcomings and lacunae qua philosopher, resolving many of the long-standing controversies among Polanyi scholars.” —Dale Cannon, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy & Religious Studies, Western Oregon University This book tells the story of how the Platonic vision of Michael Polanyi – the Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher – bridges the gap between speculative metaphysics and scientific practice, thus making sense of the broad swathe of human experience in a phenomenologically satisfying fashion. The central proposal is that Polanyi is a Platonist due to his affirmation of the ontological status of abstract objects, with particular focus placed on the question of uninstantiated universals. The book engages contemporary, speculative realists from both continental and analytic traditions as it introduces Polanyi’s influential epistemology and unpacks the fascinating metaphysics implied thereby. It then proceeds to develop Polanyi’s rather unsystematic metaphysics into a coherent, post-critical Platonism which incorporates his well-known theory of tacit knowledge, thus achieving something akin to the ancient Neoplatonic synthesis of Plato and Aristotle in our contemporary, scientific context. Martin E. Turkis II is a philosopher, teacher, and musician residing in San Francisco. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy with honors from the University of Navarra. His interests include political economy, virtue ethics, and philosophy of education. He is an associate editor of the journal Tradition and Discovery.
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    ISBN: 9783031491962
    Language: English
    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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    ISBN: 9783031513183
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 206 p. 22 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Finance. ; History. ; Economic history. ; Islam ; Finance, Public. ; cash waqfs ; Islamic Finance ; Ottoman Cash Waqf Contracts ; Ottoman financial insitutions ; Ottoman Empire ; sustainable economic development ; Qatari banking system ; private and public banks ; Banking ; role of Islamic finance in global finance ; Islamic financial institutions ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Ottoman cash waqf contracts and the transactions from the 15th to 19th centuries: a source for the new cash waqf fintech contract model and sdgs -- Chapter 3. Ottoman practices of zakat (obligatory alms): a tax or charity? -- Chapter 4. Nano entrepreneurship and saving-based finance concept in waqf literature: a systematic review and future research direction -- Chapter 5. Effects of cash waqfs on sustainable economic development in the balkans during the early modern period -- Chapter 6. Philanthropy in ottoman rumelia: cash waqfs from four provinces -- Chapter 7. From the periphery to a global player: historical evolution of the qatari banking sector -- chapter 8. From private bankers to public banks in the kingdom of naples (15th – 17th c.) -- Chapter 9. Tracing the connections of transnational financial players with a peripheral country: some evidence from the south of italy over the first globalization -- Chapter 10. From the dutch to british hegemonies: what were the differences? -- chapter 11. Conclusion .
    Abstract: The edited collection offers a comprehensive and intricate exploration of Ottoman cash waqfs, extending its scope from the early modern era to the onset of the twentieth century. It delves into the historical evolution of these private Islamic financial institutions, shedding light on their enduring influence and drawing insightful parallels with both contemporary Middle Eastern and European financial systems. Leveraging newly uncovered data spanning various regions of the Ottoman Empire, this work scrutinizes the dynamic functions of waqfs, revealing their significant imprint on today's financial paradigms. It advances existing scholarship by employing quantitative methodologies and systematic analysis of these emergent datasets, facilitating a sophisticated, longitudinal study of cash waqfs within the broader spectrum of historical interest rate trends and global credit markets. The chapters trace the transformation of waqfs from entities primarily holding immovable assets to those managing movable assets (cash waqfs), delineating their role in generating revenue for diverse purposes. These encompass funding state debts, fostering infrastructure development, and extending microcredit to economically marginalized segments of society. Additionally, the book explores the challenges and failures encountered in the transition of financial institutions during the Ottoman era, particularly in the context of the emergence of large public banks. The concluding segment of the book offers a comparative analysis of financial systems across various countries, including the shift from private to public banking in Italy, and contemplates the potential applicability of waqf models in contemporary microcredit initiatives and sustainable development strategies. This volume will appeal to scholars of financial history, economic history, Ottoman studies, and Islamic finance. Mehmet Bulut is a Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business and Management at Istanbul Zaim University, Türkiye. Bora Altay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Türkiye. Cem Korkut is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Türkiye. .
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    ISBN: 9783031535499
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 463 p. 220 illus., 157 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 909
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Software engineering.
    Abstract: An Artificial Intelligence-based Concept and Survey for Personalized Learning in schools in the Republic of Bulgaria -- 0/1 1-D bin packing problem solved by a recent nature-inspired optimizer -- Orca predator algorithm for feature selection -- Skeleton Detection Using MediaPipe as a Tool for Musculoskeletal Disorders Analysis -- Pipeline leakage detection via Extreme Seeking Entropy -- Secure Data Transmission Scheme in Wireless Sensor Network Resisting Unknown Lethal Threats -- Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Task Offloading in Multi-access Edge Computing for Marine IoT -- Information and Communication Skills for Higher Learners Competence Model -- Smart solution for public lighting in the municipality -- A Review Paper On Biometric Authentication And Geospatial Data – Case of Zambia.
    Abstract: This book presents cutting-edge research and methodologies in software engineering, specifically focusing on systems and network systems. It showcases novel development approaches and network system optimizations, highlighting the field's dynamic evolution. The book is designed for experts, scholars, and professionals, offering insights and tools crucial for advancing the software engineering landscape. Its diverse content makes it an invaluable resource for seasoned professionals and those new to the field, inspiring and enriching readers' understanding of software engineering's future directions.
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    ISBN: 9783031523823
    Language: English
    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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    ISBN: 9783031456510
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 454 p. 124 illus., 108 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 802
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: Twitter News Networks: the Story of Portugal and the Philippines -- Multidimensional and Multilingual Emotional Analysis -- Explaining Wikipedia page similarity using network science -- ESG in advertising narratives: Case analysis of Golden Lion winning campaigns at Cannes 2022 -- The digitalization of the event industry – mobile and internet applications as a tool to improve event communication and experiences: A case study of a French event app start-up -- A Digital Marketing Plan for a Pateo House in Alentejo -- Integrating online and offline distribution strategies – a Portuguese case study -- The city makes its mark in a review on digital communication and citizenship -- The Influence of In-store Music on the Consumer's Shopping Experience -- Marketing Plan for an Online Business: A Case Study.
    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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    ISBN: 9783031456459
    Language: English
    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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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031384899
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXIII, 553 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Global Financial Markets
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    Keywords: Internationaler Kredit ; Kreditgeschäft ; Kreditmarkt ; Vertragsrecht ; Unternehmensfinanzierung ; Financial services industry. ; International economic relations. ; Finance ; Loans, Foreign Law and legislation ; Commercial loans Law and legislation ; Loans, Foreign Law and legislation ; Commercial loans Law and legislation ; LMA ; Loan Market Association ; market disruption ; LIBOR: Wheatley review ; Basel 3' CRD IV ; FATCA ; tax gross up ; syndicated loans ; capital adequacy ; bank funding ; interest rates ; project finance ; asset finance ; corporate finance ; title financing ; quasi security ; compulsory prepayment ; investments and securities ; Kreditvertrag ; Kreditgeschäft ; Kreditrecht
    Abstract: Introduction -- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS -- 1. Definitions and Interpretation -- 2. The Facility -- 3. Utilization -- 4. Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation -- 5. Costs of Utilization -- 6. Additional Payment Obligations -- PART II: GUARANTEE, REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT -- 7. Guarantee -- 8. Representations, Undertakings, and Events of Default -- PART III: BOILERPLATE AND SCHEDULES -- 9. Changes to Parties -- 10. The Finance Parties -- 11. Administration -- 12. Governing Law and Enforcement -- 13. Schedules -- Appendix A: English Law Concepts.
    Abstract: Since publication of the first edition in 2005, The International Loan Documentation Handbook has been an essential reference for lenders, their advisers and their customers, providing a practical and comprehensive review of the terms of international loan documentation. The book guides the reader, step by step, clause by clause, through the loan agreement, from start to finish. It gives detailed explanations of the purpose and commercial implications of each clause and highlights those clauses which have the biggest commercial impact. For each key clause, the text discusses some common negotiation points from the point of view of both borrower and lender. It also alerts readers to big picture issues: such as scope, flexibility, control, and syndicate democracy, as well as to pitfalls to watch out for, such as uncapitalised definitions, conflicting provisions and the role of Defaults and Events of Default. By explaining the structure and purpose of the various clauses, it equips readers with the tools to review the documents strategically and to navigate easily between the different provisions so as to follow key themes and to spot any commercial implications with ease. This definitive resource on international loan documentation, now in its third edition, provides a practical and comprehensive review of the terms of international loan agreements for bankers and lawyers at all levels of experience involved in international lending. This edition has been substantially expanded and updated to reflect significant changes since the previous edition including Brexit, post LIBOR interest options and the rise of ESG and sustainability linked loans, and includes English law concepts and a glossary of terms. Sue Wright is a well-known teacher of international loan documentation. Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1981 and practicing international finance at Norton Rose for 16 years (8 as a partner), Sue has taught loan documentation to generations of bankers, borrowers and lawyers on the hugely popular courses which she has run for Euromoney since 1995 and via her online training website at www.suewrightonline.com.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031510670
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 185 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Law, Governance and Technology Series 64
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    Keywords: Information technology ; Mass media ; Artificial intelligence. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Part I Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Development -- An Assessment of the Role of Artificial Intelligence on Sustainable Development Goals -- Sustainable Growth and the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Improving the Circular Economy -- Part II Blockchain for Sustainable Development: the Potential of Tokenization -- Token, Tokenization and Sustainable Development -- Tokenization of the creative industries: the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability -- Part III The Green Digital Transformation: Legal Issues -- The Importance of a Global Legal Framework and Digital Technologies in Combating Climate Change -- Green Finance in the EU and Russia: Legal Frameworks and Opportunities of Digitalisation -- Part IV Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies -- Fast Internet as a Prerequisite for Sustainable and Resilient Development: Network expansion measures and extension of user rights -- The Right to Education in a Digital Era -- Part V Challenges in achieving SDG 16 -- Corporations and the global backlash over privacy: too big to regulate? -- E-justice in Russia.
    Abstract: Digital technologies are playing a growing role in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are both a tool both for achieving developmental outcomes and a driver of change. However, the use of digital technologies also entails certain legal challenges. The purpose of this book is to highlight these challenges and suggest solutions. Written by leading researchers from six countries, who analyse legislative solutions from around the world, it includes chapters on the benefits of asset tokenisation, the role of artificial intelligence in achieving sustainable development, legal issues in the green digital transformation, and human rights in a digital world. Through a mixture of fundamental analysis and real-world examples, readers will learn how emerging digital technologies can help achieve various SDGs and what legal challenges arise from their application. This important resource will be of interest to academics, government and legal officials whose work involves the legal regulation of the introduction and use of new digital technologies, as well as sustainable development challenges. Legal experts engaged in the design of new legal infrastructures during the current phase of digital, climatic and social transformation in private, public and social organizations will also find it useful.
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031455759
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 291 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 109
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Human rights. ; Civil rights. ; European communities.
    Abstract: Introduction -- The problem and its scale: Privacy invasions of Pakistani media -- The concept of the right to privacy -- Right to privacy and freedom of expression in the Constitution of Pakistan -- Reconciling the freedom of expression with the right to privacy: Protecting private life from media invasions under the ECHR -- Privacy protection in ECHR member states: Germany and the United Kingdom -- Recommendations: A privacy law for Pakistan.
    Abstract: This book focuses on devising a comprehensive protective mechanism for the right to privacy in Pakistan. It argues that the existing legal regime lacks an effective remedy for victims of privacy violations and emphasizes the need for comprehensive legislation to safeguard this crucial right. Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, the book thoroughly explores the issue of media intrusions into people’s privacy through thematic media content analysis and highlights the significant impacts of these intrusions on victims’ lives. In the process, the book addresses various conceptual aspects, their relevance, and their implications for privacy-related disputes during adjudication. Recognizing that theoretical underpinnings alone may not be sufficient to create a legal regime “from scratch,” it explores the enforcement of the right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as interpreted and enforced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The book subsequently goes beyond exploring international law by analyzing the impact of media-and-privacy cases on privacy protection in two major member states: Germany (a civil law jurisdiction) and the United Kingdom (a common law jurisdiction). Drawing upon these conceptual and comparative legal deliberations and findings, the book provides concrete guidelines for a new privacy law in Pakistan.
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    ISBN: 9783031503818
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 1048 p. 375 illus., 275 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1130
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Neural networks (Computer science).
    Abstract: The book focuses on original approaches intended to support the development of biologically inspired cognitive architectures. It bridges together different disciplines, including artificial intelligence, linguistics, neuro- and social sciences, psychology and philosophy of mind, among others. The chapters are based on contributions presented at the 2023 Annual International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence (the 14th Annual Meeting of the BICA Society, BICA*AI 2023), organized in collaboration with the University of Ningbo and held on October 13-15, 2023, in Ningbo, China. The book discusses emerging methods, theories and ideas towards the realization of general-purpose humanlike artificial intelligence or fostering a better understanding of the ways the human mind works. It provides engineers, mathematicians, psychologists, computer scientists and other experts with a timely snapshot of recent research and a source of inspiration for future developments in the broadly intended areas of artificial intelligence and biological inspiration.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031128639
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 192 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Literatures of the Americas
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    Keywords: America ; Comparative literature. ; Literature ; Feminism and literature. ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Psychic trauma.
    Abstract: Chapter 1– Introduction: Cicatrix Poetics: Chicana Literary Trauma Studies -- Chapter 2 – La Malogra and Liberating La Mujer Sufrida in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God -- Chapter 3 – La Chingada and “The Silent Lloronas” in Lucha Corpi’s Black Widow’s Wardrobe -- Chapter 4 – Coyolxauhqui and Coming of Age in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street -- Chapter 5– Survival Scars and Solidarity in Emma Pérez’s Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory -- Chapter 6 – Conclusion: Beyond Survival.
    Abstract: This book explores how Chicana literature often represents gender violence while simultaneously presenting strategies of survival in response. Adrianna M. Santos aims to contribute to a broader conversation concerning the intersections between Chicana literature and decolonial trauma theory, one which questions the colonial matrix of power and the universality of Western knowledge. Santos argues that Chicana survival narratives arise out of colonial wounds and form scars that both mark and protect the violated body. Cicatrix Poetics, Trauma and Healing in the Literary Borderlands proposes a “cicatrix poetics” that makes bold gestures toward healing and narrative/storytelling as survival. The book contends that the cicatrix fashioned through artistic expression is a necessary component for Chicana communities—not just to survive, but to thrive. The books presents several case studies that examine transformative narrativity and by theorizing the texts as survival narratives, social protest works that bring attention to violence and erasure, the chapters explore how literature can be an effective catalyst for both social change and personal transformation, an orientation towards freedom, liberation through love. Adrianna M. Santos is Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University–San Antonio, USA, and advisor of the Mexican American Student Association. She has published in Aztlán, Chicana/Latina Studies, Shakespeare Bulletin and Latina Critical Feminism and is co-editor of The Bard in the Borderlands, and El Mundo Zurdo 8. .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031461385
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 349 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International criminal law. ; Humanitarian law. ; International law. ; Human rights. ; International organization.
    Abstract: 1 The Definition of International Crime -- 2 The Preconditions for the International Criminal Court to Exercise its Jurisdiction -- 3 The Crime of Genocide and the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction -- 4 Crimes Against Humanity Under the ICC’s Jurisdiction -- 5 The ICC’s Jurisdiction Over War Crimes -- 6 The Crime of Aggression: The Birth of a Crime -- 7 Immunities Under Art. 27 ICCRSt and the ICC’s Jurisdiction -- 8 The ICC’s Jurisdiction Following a Security Council’s Referral of a Situation Concerning Citizens of States Non-Parties to the ICC: the Situation in Sudan and Libya (Art. 25 UN Charter & 13(b) ICCRSt) -- 9 The Awakening Hypothesis of the Complementarity Principle -- 10 Ecocide: The Emergence of a New Crime within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court? -- 11 Lethal Autonomous Weapons, Drones and Robots: to what extent their usage infringes upon established principles of international criminal law? -- 12 Cyber warfare: international criminal law in the digital era.
    Abstract: This book embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and elucidates the three foundational aspects of its jurisdiction as laid out in the Rome Statute: the preconditions for exercising jurisdiction (Article 12 ICCRSt), its substantive competence regarding core crimes (Articles 5-8bis ICCRSt), and the principle of complementarity (Article 17§1(a) ICCRSt). This principle, crucial to understanding the ICC’s ‘ultimate jurisdiction’, is invoked only when a State Party demonstrates an inability or unwillingness to genuinely undertake investigation or prosecution. The book further probes the ‘negative preconditions’ of the Court’s jurisdiction, in particular, immunities (Article 27 ICCRSt) and exceptions through Security Council referrals (Articles 13(b) and 15 ICCRSt). Intended for students, scholars, and practitioners alike, this second edition offers invaluable insights into the ICC’s jurisdiction, making a notable contribution to the existing literature. Importantly, it also navigates emerging fields of international criminal law, addressing topical and thought-provoking subjects such as ecocide, cyber warfare, automated lethal weapons, artificial intelligence, and the legal complexities arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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    ISBN: 9783031467714
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 244 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Law & Geoeconomics 2
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    Keywords: International law. ; Trade regulation. ; Commercial law. ; European Economic Community.
    Abstract: The EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation – Why, What and How? by Lena Hornkohl -- Economic Sanctions as an Instrument of Foreign Investment Control by Tamás Szabados -- Balance of Payments-Related Restrictions on the Freedom of Investment by Claus Zimmermann -- Next-level Screening? The Case of Outbound Investment Screening by Jonas Fechter -- Determining the Role of FDI Screening in International Investment Law by Kilian Wagner -- States’ Shareholding as a Tool of Investment Control in Strategically Important Companies: Any Consequences for International Responsibility? by Bartosz Soloch -- Screening Authorities in the EU: Considerations on Governance, Powers, and Accountability by Jacques Bourgeois and Alessandra Moroni -- The Evolving Concept of National Security and Foreign Investment Screening Procedures with Particular Reference to the Italian Regime by Maria Rosaria Mauro -- National Security and Essential Security Interests in CJEU Jurisprudence by Marek Jaśkowski.
    Abstract: This second volume of highly topical two-volume set “The Investment Weapon” continues to present pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control. This second volumes shifts the focus from the policy context to the legal and regulatory aspects of investment controls, specifically from an international, transnational, and comparative law perspective. The topics range from control of subsidized investments to non-national security related investment controls and alternatives to investment screening.
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    ISBN: 9783031473470
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 587 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Law and Visual Jurisprudence 12
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Cultural property.
    Abstract: Introduction. Venturing to Find New Approaches to Heritage in Peril for the 21st Century -- Part I. Cultural Heritage Between Theory, the Past, and the Future -- Ruins as Cultural Heritage. Ethical and Aesthetic Considerations -- Finding the Intangible: Contested Cityscapes, Inclusive Cultural Heritage Determinations, Balancing Stakeholder Interests… Is Urban Property Law Up to the Challenge? -- Should Heritage be Preserved? Examining Contention Over Confederate Monument Removal -- Ruins and Heritages, the Great Mutation of China’s Diplomacy in its Encounter with Europe in the 19th Century -- Cultural Heritage Law and NaturalCultural Paradigms within the Sustainable Development Discourse -- Adopting a Holistic Approach to Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention -- Cultural Heritage and the Conservation and Insecurity Paradigms: International Law in the Pursuit of Social Cohesion -- NFT and Blockchain Technology for a Sustainable Future of Cultural Heritage -- The Virtual Museum: How Technology and Virtual Reality may Help Protect and Promote Cultural Heritage -- The Two Most Important 21st Century Disputes in Cultural Heritage Law -- Part II. Heritage Issues in Times of War and Conflict -- The Protection of Cultural Property in the Case of Armed Conflict: The State of Current and Future Developments in Military Doctrine -- Military Necessity as an Exception in the Context of Cultural Heritage Protection: Exploring the Role Played by the Proportionality Principle -- Cultural Heritage as a Neutral Party: The Role of Neutrality in the Protection of Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict -- Mens Rea in International Criminal Law: A Look at Eichmann’s Responsibility in the Light of Kant and Arendt -- Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of War: A Study of the Gravity of Protection Rules vs the Weight of Violations -- To Break Their Will to Fight: The Weaponization of Heritage in Modern Irregular Warfare -- Heritage in War: International Criminal Responsibility for the Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict -- Destruction of Natural and Cultural Heritage during the Armed Conflicts: An International Law Perspective -- Facing Heritage Protection in Armed Conflicts, International Institutions and Civil Society -- Armed Non-State Actors and Cultural Heritage Protection under IHL -- Cultural Heritage and International Security through the role of ANSAs -- Part III. Heritage Issues in Times of Peace and Stability -- Law, Vague Legal Terms and Clothing as Everyday Culture -- Eat the Rich: A Rethinking of the Heritage-Crime-Development Nexus -- Mainstreaming Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage: The Role and Issues Surrounding of Relevant Global Governance Actors -- The Legal Process of Transformation: Exploring the Interactive Relationship between Cultural Heritage and Geographical Indications (GIs) -- Gender, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and Intellectual Property: Exploring Women’s Empowerment and Cultural Production in Zambia -- Folk Art and Stylized Folk Art from the Perspective of Intellectual Property Law. Analysis of the Example of Two Polish Folk Song and Dance Ensembles, ‘Mazowsze’ and ‘Śląsk’ -- Part IV. Heritage as a Right: From the Fight for Preserving the Past to the Questions of Restitution -- Shrouds of Silence: Dismantling of the Heritage Sites of Middle Eastern Minorities as de facto Erasure of History -- The Consequences of Violence against Women and Children in Armed Conflicts for their Intangible Cultural Heritage. A Diachronic Perspective of Universal Rights of Women -- Cultural Heritage: A Critical Element of the Right to Education and the Right to Identity of Children in Armed Conflict -- Legal Obstacles to Claims for Restitution of Cultural Objects Removed as Spoils of War -- Cultural Heritage Law in the Dock: Protecting Cultural Objects in Un-recognized States and Governments -- Cultural Treasures and their Place of Origin: Crimean Treasures return to Kyiv -- Performing Special Protection: Cultural Heritage in PostWar Kosovo -- Conclusions. Heritage in War and Peace -- Afterword. Return to the First Seminar: Protecting an Invaluable Heritage. The Egyptian Case.
    Abstract: This edited collection, which brings together nearly fifty authors from across the globe and various disciplines, makes a valuable contribution to the field of conservation, covering a wide range of topics regarding the protection of heritage in times of war and peace. Uniquely linking the two typically separate perspectives, the book builds on the wealth of discussions that took place during the 2021 and 2022 installments of the international “Heritage in War and Peace” Seminars held in Rome and Montréal, respectively. Issues explored in the volume include but are not limited to questions surrounding the protection of contentious heritages, unsustainability of the current dichotomic cultural/natural heritage protection frameworks, digitalization of heritage, place of heritage in military conflicts, use of heritage by armed non-state actors, indigenous peoples’ relationships with heritage, the intersection of intellectual property (IP) law and heritage, human rights matters linked to heritage protection, and the latest case studies surrounding restitution. Given its scope, the book will be of particular interest not only to practitioners and conservation specialists but also to academics and students in the broader social sciences and humanities, and to all those who hope to preserve our heritage for future generations.
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    ISBN: 9783031535529
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 460 p. 247 illus., 157 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 910
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Software engineering.
    Abstract: Interpretable Rules with a Simplified Data Representation - a Case Study with the EMBER dataset -- Spatial econometric models: the pursuit of an accurate spatial structure with an application to labor market -- Use of Neighborhood-based Bridge Node Centrality Tuple for Preferential Vaccination of Nodes to Reduce the Number of Infected Nodes in a Complex Real-World Network -- Social Media Applications’ Privacy Policies for facilitating Digital Living -- Modeling the Alienability of an Electronic Document -- Particular Analysis of Regression Effect Sizes Applied on Big Data Set -- Foreign Languages Teaching Technologies and Methods in Traditional and Distance Forms of Learning -- Application of Fuzzy Logic for Evaluating Student Learning Outcomes in E-Learning -- The meaning of business and software architecture in the enterprise architecture -- Research of the Correlation Between the Results of Detection the Liveliness of a Face and its Identification by Facial Recognition Systems -- Profit Prediction Model for Steel Enterprises Based on Input and Output Prices.
    Abstract: These proceedings offer an insightful exploration of integrating data analytics in system engineering. This book highlights the essential role of data in driving innovation, optimizing processes, and solving complex challenges in the field. Targeted at industry professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts, this book serves as a comprehensive resource, providing actionable insights and showcasing transformative applications of data in engineering. It is a must-read for anyone keen on understanding and participating in the ongoing evolution of system engineering in our data-centric world.
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    ISBN: 9783031538544
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 91 p. 38 illus., 35 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Big Data 146
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Data protection. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Big data.
    Abstract: Artificial neural networks -- Initialization of weights values in neural networks -- Convolution neural networks -- Application of artificial intelligence methods in profiling of computer network users -- Profiling users using the random forest algorithm -- Convolutional networks in user profiling -- User profiling using recurrent-convolutional networks -- Detection of network traffic anomalies using OC-NN.
    Abstract: The book explores how modern technologies, including artificial intelligence and neural networks, are being used to enhance cybersecurity. In today's world, the development of the Internet is nothing short of transformative, affecting every aspect of our lives. Ensuring the safety of its users is a paramount concern, and it requires a diverse set of disciplines to address. Researchers from various fields, including IT, mathematics, psychology, and medicine, are collectively working to tackle this interdisciplinary challenge. The significance of this issue has been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many aspects of our lives into the digital realm, from online payments to remote work and education. This shift brought new security challenges, with data privacy and system integrity taking center stage. It delves into the intricacies of Big Data by having to analyze an immense volume of network traffic data that can only be effectively analyzed with specialized tools. Real-time threat detection is critical, and the book sheds light on cutting-edge approaches to achieving this goal. The content of the book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to IT system security, from user and system profiling to preventing data leaks and defending against phishing attacks. Additionally, innovative concepts such as “glial networks” are introduced, offering new ways to interpret knowledge stored in convolutional networks. These solutions are not limited to security alone; they have applications across various domains. The book highlights the advantages of these cutting-edge approaches over existing methods, demonstrating their relevance to large corporations, public institutions, schools, small businesses, and households. In a world where security threats are constantly evolving, this book is a valuable resource for understanding the dynamic landscape of network security and the role of artificial intelligence in safeguarding our digital ecosystems.
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    ISBN: 9783031516818
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIII, 912 p. 129 illus., 87 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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    Keywords: Dynamisches Gleichgewicht ; Allgemeines Gleichgewicht ; Agentenbasierte Modellierung ; CGE-Modell ; Theorie ; Economics ; Econometrics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Economic development. ; Computer science. ; Equilibrium (Economics) Mathematical models ; Economics, Mathematical ; Business Cycles ; Computational Economics ; Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling ; General Equilibrium ; General Equilibrium Modeling ; Growth Theory ; Heterogeneous Agents ; Stochastic Rational Expectations Economies ; Agents ; Growth Model ; Ramsey Model ; Perturbation Methods ; Heterogenous Agent Models ; Monetary and Fiscal Policy ; MATLAB ; GAUSS ; Python ; Lehrbuch ; Dynamische Makroökonomie ; Allgemeines Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Dynamische Makroökonomie ; Allgemeines Gleichgewichtsmodell
    Abstract: Part I: Representative Agent Models: Basic Models -- Perturbation Methods: Framework and Tools -- Perturbation Methods: Solutions -- Perturbation Methods: Model Evaluation and Applications -- Weighted Residuals Methods -- Simulation-Based Methods -- Discrete State Space Value Function Iteration -- Part II: Heterogenous Agent Models: Computation of Stationary Distributions -- Dynamics of the Distribution Function -- Overlapping Generations Models with Perfect Foresight -- OLG Models with Uncertainty -- Part III: Numerical Methods: Linear Algebra -- Function Approximation -- Differentiation and Integration -- Nonlinear Equations and Optimization -- Difference Equations and Stochastic Processes.
    Abstract: Contemporary macroeconomics is built upon microeconomic principles, with its most recent advance featuring dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models. The textbook by Heer and Maußner acquaints readers with the essential computational techniques required to tackle these models and employ them for quantitative analysis. This third edition maintains the structure of the second, dividing the content into three separate parts dedicated to representative agent models, heterogeneous agent models, and numerical methods. At the same time, every chapter has been revised and two entirely new chapters have been added. The updated content reflects the latest advances in both numerical methods and their applications in macroeconomics, spanning areas like business-cycle analysis, economic growth theory, distributional economics, monetary and fiscal policy. The two new chapters delve into advanced techniques, including higher-order perturbation, weighted residual methods, and solutions to high-dimensional nonlinear problems. In addition, the authors present further insights from macroeconomic theory, complemented by practical applications like the Smolyak algorithm, Gorman aggregation, rare disaster models and dynamic Laffer curves. Lastly, the new edition places special emphasis on practical implementation across various programming languages; accordingly, its accompanying web page offers examples of computer code for languages such as MATLAB®, GAUSS, Fortran, Julia and Python. "This book does not only an excellent job in explaining the existing tools, but it also teaches the reader on how to write his/her own programs and it provides the reader with the tools to help advance the state of the art of dynamic macroeconomics." Wouter J. Den Haan, London School of Economics ”... provides the reader with exactly the necessary computational tools to solve the dynamic general equilibrium models macroeconomists care about. It is therefore the perfect complement to Stokey, Lucas and Prescott's and Sargent and Ljungqvist's theoretical treatment of modern macroeconomics." Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania.
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    ISBN: 9783031517532
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 150 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Ethics. ; Political science ; Philosophy of nature. ; Climatology.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction to collective and shared responsibility for climate change -- 2. Calling all collective agents -- 3. Responsibility as members -- 4. Shared social orientation and responsibility as constituents -- 5. Carbon inequality and direct responsibility -- 6.Why we need ethical arguments to set good climate policies.
    Abstract: "In this innovative book, Hormio effectively argues for an 'all hands on deck' approach to assigning climate change responsibility to a wider array of agents than is typically recognized, making the case that ethical analysis matters for complex policy problems like climate change.” —Steve Vanderheiden, Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA "By interweaving philosophical argument with real-world examples, Säde Hormio makes an important contribution to debates about collective responsibility for climate change." —Stephanie Collins, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Monash University, Australia This book proposes that it is not only states and international bodies that have a responsibility to take action toward mitigating climate change. Other collective agents, such as corporations, need to also come onboard. Additionally, the book argues that climate change is not solely a problem for collective agents, but also for individuals, as they are members of collectives and groups of several kinds. Therefore, framing climate change responsibility exclusively from either the collective or the individual perspective leaves out something crucial: how we all are influenced by the collectives we belong to and how, in turn, collectives are influenced by individuals. The focus of the book is on areas of climate change responsibility that are often left out of the picture or get too little attention in climate ethics, such as carbon inequality within countries. But why should any theoretical arguments about normative issues matter when we have a real-life climate crisis on our hands? Säde Hormio argues that ethical arguments have an important role in setting climate policy: they can highlight what values are at stake and help ground normative arguments in public deliberations. Säde Hormio is an Academy Research Fellow in Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. She is also affiliated with the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. Her research focuses on shared and collective responsibility.
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    ISBN: 9783031511608
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 122 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Journalism. ; Neurosciences. ; Emotions.
    Abstract: Chapter 1-Neurosciences of communication: a multidisciplinary approach -- Chapter 2- Methodology and procedures -- Chapter 3- What our data tells -- Chapter 4- Discussion: the psychophysiological impact of journalism -- Chapter 5- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book explores the impact of news and literary journalism on human cognition and emotion. Providing an innovative analysis of psycho-physiological measures, including emotional response, perception of pain, and changes in heartbeat, Nery seeks to understand how readers react to journalistic texts. There is a growing enthusiasm in the search for understanding the processing of information, with some already arguing for the establishment of the neuroscience of communication as a new discipline. By combing neuroscience methods with communication research studies, specifically journalistic research and theory, Nery offers us a unique way of exploring and thinking about news, literary journalism, and the brain. Isabel Nery is an award-winning journalist and researcher, with a PhD in Communication Studies. Her previous works include: ‘Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen’, biography, ‘The 5 Men Who Changed Portugal Forever’, crossed biographies, ‘The Prisoners’, reportage, and ‘Assault to Parliament', about the Portuguese political transition to democracy.
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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.
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    ISBN: 9783031530159
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 257 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 29
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    Keywords: Political science ; Ethics. ; Political science. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: Framing algorithmic democracy -- Chapter 1. The democratic drift -- Part II: Ethical and political challenges of Algorithmic Democracy -- Chapter 2. The Second Age of Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 3. The virtual politician: on algorithm-based political decision-making -- Chapter 4. Digital twins: on algorithm-based political participation -- Chapter 5. Platformization: the dangers of the artificial public sphere -- Chapter 6. Moral learning by algorithms: the possibility of developing morally intelligent technology -- Chapter 7. The metaverse: building a digital hyper-economy -- Part III: Against algorithmic democracy: scope and ethical-discursive perspectives for an expansion of deliberative democracy -- Chapter 8. Artificial ethics: on the automation of morality -- Chapter 9. Critique of algorithmic reason -- Chapter 10: Dialogic digital ethics: from explicability to participation -- Chapter 11: Civil society: an ethical framework for algorithmic democracy -- Chapter 12. Institutional design for an embedded algorithmic democracy -- Index.
    Abstract: Based on a deliberative democracy, this book uses a hermeneutic-critical methodology to study bibliographical sources and practical issues in order to analyse the possibilities, limits and consequences of the digital transformation of democracy. Drawing on a two-way democracy, the aim of this book is intended as an aid for thinking through viable alternatives to the current state of democracy with regard to its ethical foundations and the moral knowledge implicit in or assumed by the way we perceive and understand democracy. It is intended to stimulate reflection and discussion on the basis that, by addressing what we understand as democracy, we can inevitably influence the reality known as democracy. Democracy’s evident regression in today’s world makes this all too apparent: it has become a hostage to all kinds of autocracies and technopopulisms, which are supported to a greater or lesser extent by the current algorithmic revolution.
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    ISBN: 9783031512629
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 295 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
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    Keywords: Economics ; Feminist economics. ; Economics. ; Women ; gender equality ; classical liberalism ; separate spheres doctrine ; political economy and gender ; feminist economics ; labour ; home economics ; marriage theory
    Abstract: PART I: Escaping the doctrine of the separate spheres (1700s-early 1900s). The economists’ points of view -- Chapter 1: Educated women as an asset to society: the role of classical liberal tradition in modern Europe -- Chapter 2: Women and the job market in Victorian England and Progressive America -- Chapter 3: Women’s new path towards the public sphere -- Part II: The doctrine of the separate spheres between rebirth and rejection (1920s- early 2000s). Marriage theory in economics -- Chapter 4: Reviving the doctrine of separate spheres: the new home economics -- Chapter 5: Feminist economics and the doctrine of the separate spheres.
    Abstract: This book delves into the doctrine of separate spheres within the history of economic thought. The concept of separate spheres emerged in philosophy and has consistently been incorporated by various disciplines. This book stands as the first comprehensive exploration of how this doctrine was embraced, adapted, and contested by economists engaged in gender issues and marriage theory. Spanning the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, it illuminates the evolution of the drive for gender equality—rooted primarily in the tradition of classical liberalism—across the landscape of economic ideas and theories. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers interested in the intricate history of the interconnections among between economic thought, feminism, gender studies, and cultural studies. Giandomenica Becchio is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS), University of Torino, Italy. Her research encompasses the history of economic thought, with a specific emphasis on gender issues, as well as the methodology of economics and the classical liberal tradition within political economy.
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    ISBN: 9783031548130
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 521 p. 232 illus., 45 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 934
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Software engineering.
    Abstract: An Artificial Intelligence-based Concept and Survey for Personalized Learning in schools in the Republic of Bulgaria -- 0/1 1-D bin packing problem solved by a recent nature-inspired optimizer -- Orca predator algorithm for feature selection -- Skeleton Detection Using MediaPipe as a Tool for Musculoskeletal Disorders Analysis -- Pipeline leakage detection via Extreme Seeking Entropy -- Secure Data Transmission Scheme in Wireless Sensor Network Resisting Unknown Lethal Threats -- Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Task Offloading in Multi-access Edge Computing for Marine IoT -- Information and Communication Skills for Higher Learners Competence Model -- Smart solution for public lighting in the municipality -- A Review Paper On Biometric Authentication And Geospatial Data – Case of Zambia.
    Abstract: This book presents cutting-edge research and methodologies in software engineering, specifically focusing on systems and network systems. It showcases novel development approaches and network system optimizations, highlighting the field's dynamic evolution. The book is designed for experts, scholars, and professionals, offering insights and tools crucial for advancing the software engineering landscape. Its diverse content makes it an invaluable resource for seasoned professionals and those new to the field, inspiring and enriching readers' understanding of software engineering's future directions.
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    ISBN: 9783031542350
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 479 p. 162 illus., 129 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 932
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: Detection of fake news using Machine Learning -- Water_Quality_Stat_Analysis -- Customer Segmentation in Online Retail using K-means Clustering Classification and Principal Component Biplot -- Covid interactive query answering using a data cube -- Influence of Indoor Conditions on Sick Building Syndrome: A Data-Driven Investigation -- Análisis de un sistema de horarios como propuesta para la generación automática usando Machine Learning -- Taxonomy of Malicious URL Detection Techniques -- Unmanned Aerial Systems: A Systematic Literature Review -- Vulnerability Analysis - Business Case -- Information security vulnerabilities using steganography as the art of hiding information -- Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity: Use Cases and Country Perspective -- Analysis of Plaintext Features in DoH Traffic for DGA Domains Detection -- Cybersecurity for higher education institutions: general strategy vision -- Ethics and AI in Higher Education: A Study on Students' Perceptions.
    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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    ISBN: 9783031464324
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 334 p. 212 illus., 161 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 792
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Engineering ; Machine learning.
    Abstract: Key Factors of Business Sustainability: Analysis of Human Resources’ Versus Business Performance in Case of Serbian Companies -- Robot Movement Programming and Simulation Generation for Pick and Place Materials in ABB Robot Studio -- Bucket Wheel Excavator Reliability Improvement by use of Probabilistic Approach and Fault-Tree Analysis -- Risk Management of Foreign Trade Financing of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- CAD/CAM Approach to Automation of the Production Process -- Bookshelf Scanning Mechanism with Arduino Control -- Development of a Method for Testing Temperature Distribution During 3D Printing of Specimens with Application in Aerospace Industry -- Determination of Compression Response for Various Dried Vegetables -- Energy Efficiency in Serbia: Challenges and Opportunities.
    Abstract: The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the International Conference of Experimental and Numerical Investigations and New Technologies (CNNTech2023) held at Zlatibor, Serbia from 4th July to 7th July 2023. The book discusses various industrial, engineering and scientific applications of engineering techniques. Researchers from academia and industry present their original work and exchange ideas, experiences, information, techniques, applications and innovations in mechanical engineering, materials science, chemical and process engineering, experimental techniques, numerical methods and new technologies.
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    ISBN: 9783031514104
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXIV, 258 p. 298 illus., 251 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Interior architecture. ; Building materials. ; Architecture ; Engineering design.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Planning Concept -- Chapter 2. Circulation Concept.-Chapter 3. Three-dimensional Concept. Chapter 4.Construction Concept. Chapter 5. Material Concept -- Chapter 6. Colour Concept.-Chapter 7. Lighting Concept -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index.
    Abstract: This book introduces interior design as a conceptual way of thinking, which is about ideas and how they are formulated. Now in its second edition, the book is enlarged to include topical subjects such as artificial intelligence, sustainability and climate change. The book prepares designers to focus on each concept independently as much as possible, whilst acknowledging relative connections without unwarranted influences unfairly dictating a conceptual bias, and is about that part of the design process called conceptual analysis. The major themes of this second edition of Interior Design: Conceptual Basis are the seven concepts of planning, circulation, 3D, construction, materials, colour and lighting, which cover the entire spectrum of a designer’s activity. It is assumed that the site, location, building and orientation as well as the client’s brief of activities and needs have been digested and analysed to provide the data upon which the design process can begin. Designed as a highly visual illustrative book, as the interior design medium demands, the hands-on creative process of designing is detailed with original drawn illustrations. Concentrating on the conceptual process of designing interiors, and defining what these concepts are, this book helps the designer to organise his/her process of designing and to sharpen the links between the various skill bases necessary to do the job. This book is stimulating for students and instructors alike and is aimed at any student who maybe majoring in interior design, interior architecture, architecture, design thinking or furniture design. It is also useful reference for students of design management and design leadership. .
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    ISBN: 9783031534140
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 260 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Language and languages ; Multilingualism. ; Digital media.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Making The Case For Change -- Chapter 2: Historical Teaching Approaches -- Chapter 3: The Scientific Period -- Chapter 4: The Communicative Period -- Chapter 5: Communicative Language Teaching -- Chapter 6: Other Communicative Approaches -- Chapter 7: The Lexical Approach -- PART II: Establishing a Theoretical Basis -- Chapter 8: First Language Acquisition -- Chapter 9: Foundations -- Chapter 10: Usage-Based Linguistics -- Chapter 11: Empirical Research -- PART III: Designing A Blueprint For Change -- Chapter 12: Principles -- Chapter 13: Materials Design -- Chapter 14: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book proposes an innovative pedagogical approach, Usage-Based Second Language Instruction, which continues the tradition of challenges to existing paradigms such as Steven Krashen's Natural Approach, and Michael Lewis' Lexical Approach. It begins by analysing historical teaching methods to make the case for change. The author argues that Communicative Language Teaching lacks a theory of learning and overemphasises spoken production as a result. The book then examines theories of first language acquisition to establish a theoretical basis for change. It finds that usage-based theories offer a highly plausible account of language learning. The author sets out six principles to guide the application of usage-based theory to second language learning. The book will be of particular interest to students and researchers of Applied Linguistics and Language Education. Ian Pemberton has been teaching English for over thirty years, beginning in Japan. After returning to the UK, he completed a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading before a brief stint teaching ESOL and then moving into EAP teaching. He also has extensive experience in preparing students for IELTS examinations.
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    ISBN: 9783031484650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 571 p. 256 illus., 202 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 837
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Sustainability in Internet of Things: Insights & Scope -- Machine Learning in Finance Case of Credit Scoring -- Prediction of coefficient of friction and wear rate of Stellite 6 coatings manufactured by LMD using Machine Learning -- Predicting Future Sales: A Machine Learning Algorithm Showdown -- A detailed study on the Game of Life -- A decision-making model for selecting solutions and improvement actions using fuzzy logic -- Sensored Brushless DC motor control based on an Artificial Neural Network controller -- A Machine Learning Based Approach to Analyze the Relationship Between Process Variables and Process Alarms -- Improving the Resolution of Images using Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks -- Three Levels of Security Including Scrambling, Encryption and Embedding Data as Row in Cover Image with DNA Reference Sequence.
    Abstract: This book is to provide a comprehensive reference for professionals in the field of data science and applications: artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, and blockchain. In summary, this book is expected to function as a helpful resource and manual, enabling readers to navigate the intricate domain of artificial intelligence, the Internet of things (IoT), and blockchain in smart environments. This book covers many topics related to integrating AI, IoT, blockchain, and smart environments. It begins by laying a solid foundation, introducing each technology's fundamental concepts and principles. Subsequent chapters explore applications and real-world use cases, demonstrating how AI, IoT, and blockchain can effectively address critical challenges within data science and applications.
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    ISBN: 9783031426025
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Social Work
    Keywords: Social service. ; Social work education. ; Sex. ; Peace. ; Social psychiatry. ; Sociology. ; Social groups.
    Abstract: This reference work collates academic discourses and practices around family, gender, and violence in social work. A huge body of discourse is available that categorizes and labels acts of violence, and correspondingly practices that pin blame/responsibility for the violence. These have led to evolution of intervention strategies to resolve or address the violence. Some explanations foreground systemic causes; others look at person-centric causes. The two views bring forth the fundamental ontological divide of structuralism and individualism. The question for social workers to debate is what to factor in while working with families experiencing violence and conflict. What amongst the person, the agency, or the structure needs to be addressed to understand the experience of families in conflict and violence? Are these positions supplementary, complementary, or to be understood reflexively? With the inclusion of new families, the parochial understanding of families has long been dislodged and given way to newer, radical, and contextual understanding of families. Similarly, different people, agencies, and states understand violence and conflict differently. Gender, too, has moved from the binaries of male and female to the LGBTQ orientations. The book positions the ontological premise on which the epistemological practise is located. Simply put, the person-centric ontology on families and violence epistemologically finds understanding in agency-based approaches in individual agency, whereas the structure-based approaches find the experience of families and violence in society, state, and the world order. The contributors locate their work around identification, definition, an intervention or empirical study, policy analysis, historical evolution of concepts, and ontological and paradigmatic debates to position their individual chapters. Families and Gendered Violence andConflict: Pan-Continent Reach provides a paradigmatic prism for practice for social workers who are equipped to interpret context differently. The differing and competing paradigmatic lenses cannot be mediated, resolved, or addressed, but they definitely can be understood and debated to provide a 360-degree lens on the issues of families in violence in the gendered context. The reference work is a useful resource for social work practitioners, educators, academicians, researchers, and other development professionals.
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    ISBN: 9783031553493
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 254 p. 134 illus., 96 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 942
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Development and Application of Information Systems for Planning Production Activities of an Industrial Company -- Fuzzy Decision-Making Problems for Controlling Operating Modes of Technological Systems and Methods for Solving Them -- Information System for Managing Material Remuneration of Teachers and Its Analytical Potential by Example of Bauman Moscow State Technical University -- Intra System Links Dynamics as a Cause of Development Cyclicity: The Simplest Equations -- Improving the Sustainability and Safety of the City Transport System through the Application of Computer Modeling -- Development of Software for the Analysis of Socio-Economic Indicators based on Neural Networks -- Estimation of the Cost of Developing a Digital Twin using Virtual Reality Technologies in the Metallurgical Industry -- Formation of Artificial Collective Intelligence based on the Theory of Active Systems -- Nonlinear Modeling of the Population State of Gregarious Locusts -- Designing the Architecture of a Multi-Agent City Management System using Advanced Object-Oriented Modeling.
    Abstract: This book covers the III International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital and Information Technologies in Economics and Management" (DITEM2023) which was held on November 21–23, 2023. The conference addressed issues of networks and systems related to the use of information technologies in economics and management of various sectors. A distinctive feature of the conference is that it featured presentations by authors from China, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Oman, Kazakhstan and Russia. Researchers from different countries presented the process of transition to new information technologies of various network and system structures and sectors. The conference made it possible to develop new scientific recommendations on the use of information, computer, digital and intellectual technologies and networks in industry and fields of activity that can be useful to state and regional authorities, international and supranational organizations, the scientific and professional community.
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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.
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    ISBN: 9783031499456
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 300 p. 17 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Continental Philosophy. ; Aesthetics. ; Literature
    Abstract: Part I Theoretical Advances in the Pulsatile Imaginary and Disimagination -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 States Of Image: Elan, Pulsion, Rapt, Rupture, Caesura and Syncopation -- Part II Emergences – Resurgences. Pulsatile Flow -- Chapter 3 Emergences and Resurgences: Notes on the Unformed in Conversation with Henri Michaux -- Chapter 4 Pulsatile Choreography: Rhythm, (Dis)Enchantment, and Disimagination in Premodern Dance -- Chapter 5 Passing and Flowing: Rhythmical Entanglements of Writing, Painting and Knitting in Virginia Woolf and Berthe Morisot -- Chapter 6 Confusion at Sea: The Return to Water -- Part III Tearing Mimesis – Ways Of Disimagination And Re-Incarnation Of Image -- Chapter 7 Incarnation and Déchirure; Annunciation and Crucifixion -- Chapter 8 Painting Matter and Trace. Reflections on Horia Bernea’s art -- Chapter 9 Rite of Spring – Rite of Disimagination: An Inquiry into the Pulsatile Imaginary of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre -- Chapter 10 Kneading dreams: Material imagination and agency in performative clay works -- Part IV Vibrant Mimesis, New Materialism, And Otherness -- Chapter 11 Vibrant Mimesis: New Materialism to Mimetic Studies -- Chapter 12 Motor of Darkness: On the Cartographic Visual Drive of Anthropocene Culture -- Chapter 13 A Venture into the realm of the nonhuman - or how artistic performative methods can propose a practice of exchanging knowledge with matter.
    Abstract: Phenomenology, New Materialism, and Advances In the Pulsatile Imaginary: Rites Of Disimagination brings together scholars from art history and image theory, literary studies and philosophy. Chapters of this volume engage with the overarching theme of imagination as a pulsatile force embedded in words, images, and all imaginative modes of instantiation of the work of art in their elemental aspects, expressed in visual arts, and literature, as well as bodily schemata of choreographic and musical performances. The papers employ contrasting and complementing methods from literary studies and image theory, especially phenomenology and new materialism, such as G. Bachelard and M. Merleau-Ponty, G. Bataille, J. Kristeva, P. Lacoue-Labarthe and J. Sallis, G. Didi-Huberman, H. Belting and A. Warburg, J. Bennett and Jason M. Wirth, as well as performance studies. Chapters in this volume inquire into the imaginative forces that disrupt and disinhibit the traditional habits of imagination to create pulsatile imaginaries, i.e., a dynamic process of “emergence-resurgence” of image manifested in the act of creation and in perception. This process does not properly imply a destruction of image, but rather a withdrawal of image from the realm of representation to give way to new images and new imaginative experiences. The newly coined term “rite of disimagination” points out to this operation, consecutively implying imagining and disimaging that both denies, as well as validates image – it valorizes matter. The affirmation of the materiality of image is “the re-incarnation of image.” Nicoletta Isar is Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). She is author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and the books XOPÓΣ: The Dance of Adam. The Making of Byzantine Chorography (2011) and Elemental Chorology, Vignettes Imaginales (2020).
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    ISBN: 9783031493867
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 373 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature ; Literature ; Knowledge, Theory of.
    Abstract: 1: Introduction (Davor Beganović, Zrinka Božić, Andrea Milanko, and Ivana Perica) -- PART I: SYNECDOCHIC PROCEDURES -- 2: Analytical vs Synthetic Theories in 1920s Russia (Aage A. Hansen-Löve) -- 3: The Leopard in the Temple: Svetozar Petrović and the Zagreb School (Predrag Brebanović) -- 4: An Analysis of Cultural Icons: A Synecdochic Procedure (Dagmar Burkhart) -- 5: The Points of No Return: The Avant-Garde and the Institutional Crisis (Marina Protrka Štimec) -- PART II: PROCEDURES OF ACCOUNTABILITY -- 6: Inter-esse: Narrative, Theory, and the Stakes of Literature (Tomislav Brlek) -- 7: Studying Literary Multilingualism, Revisiting National Philology: Post-Imperial East-Central European Literature as a Testing Ground (Stijn Vervaet) -- 8: The Rhetoric of the Unsayable (Renate Lachmann) -- 9: Reading the Cultural Trauma: Újvidék Raid (Nevena Daković) -- PART III: PROCEDURES OF MATERIALISM 172 -- 10: The Economies of Theory and Resistance (Stipe Grgas) -- 11: Procedures of Synthesis: Mannheim’s and Lukács’s Third Ways (Ivana Perica) -- 12: On the Heuristic Validity of Aesthetics: Economy, Media and Power in Arkadij and Boris Strugatskijs’ Monday Begins on Saturday (1965) (Jurij Murašov) -- 13: Justice and Guilt: Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović (Davor Beganović) -- PART IV: MASTERING PROCEDURE -- 14: Is Literary Theory Possible? Interpreting Crisis, Mastering Procedures (Zrinka Božić) -- 15: Literature’s Theories (Svend Erik Larsen) -- 16: Literary Theory and the Return of the Lyric (Andrea Milanko) -- PART V: RESISTING PROCEDURES -- 17: On Halt! (Vivian Liska) -- 18: Writing the Theoria: Genre occidental, Jean-Luc Nancy and Pascal Quignard, a Footnote to Plato’s Seventh Letter, 344c (Nenad Ivić) -- 19: The Stereoscopic Effects of Theory: Procedures of Contingency or Contingencies of Procedure? Notes on the Relationship Between Speculative Realism and Aleatory Materialism (Aleksandar Mijatović).
    Abstract: This volume explores the state of literary theory today, decades after the repeatedly proclaimed end of theory. It builds on the idea that theory is historically constituted as it is “always becoming something else” as Leslie Fiedler claimed in the 1950s, arguing that the historical constitution of theory relies on theory’s procedural nature. In order to assess theory’s procedural challenge to the fundamental notions that all the disciplines within an episteme have brought to the fore, it addresses these questions: What are the procedures theory has relied on? Are they a secret to its resistance, or is resistance its primary procedure? And if so, a resistance to what? Secondly, if resistance were theory’s principal vehicle, at which point does resistance, conceptualized only procedurally (as resisting something, questioning anything, criticizing whatever), display hallmarks of a disciplinary closure that must call for new resistances, and perhaps for a fundamentally another kind? The book turns to what theory does in order to avoid a partial answer to what theory is. Davor Beganović is Lecturer in the Slavic Department of the University of Tübingen and a Research Fellow at the Slavic Department of the University of Münster, Germany. He is the author of Pripovijedanje bez kraja: "Hrvatska pripovjedačka Bosna" od Ive Andrića do Nebojše Lujanovića (2022). Zrinka Božić is an Associate Professor of Literary Theory and History in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is the author of The Community in Avant-Garde Literature and Politics (2022). Andrea Milanko is an Assistant Professor of Literary Theory and History in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is the author of Pripovjedna proza Slobodana Novaka (forthcoming). Ivana Perica is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), Berlin, Germany, and author of Die privat-öffentliche Achse des Politischen: Das Unvernehmen zwischen Hannah Arendt und Jacques Rancière (2016).
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    ISBN: 9783031404948
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 802 p. 6 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern ; Women ; Sex. ; Latin American literature. ; European literature.
    Abstract: 1. Transnational Flows: Women Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century Clorinda Donato and Claire Emilie Martin -- 2. Women across Boundaries: Transnational Exchanges in Nineteenth-Century Europe; Rewriting Women’s History from a Transnational Perspective -- 3. Transatlantic Networks against Cultural Periphery: The Baroness of Wilson’s Canon and the Spanish and Latin American Women of Letters in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. Transnational Identities and Translated Agencies: From Madame de Staël’s Corinne, oul’Italie (1807) to Kim Ragusa’s The Skin between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging (2006) -- 5. The Confessions of the Countess Merlin and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Writing as the Essential Adventure of Their Lives -- 6. “Tutto il sesso femminino per mia bocca v’intima Guerra” (Through My Mouth, the Entire Female Sex Declares War on You), Signed: A European Woman -- 7. Angelica Palli and Alessio: Love and Patriotism in the Early Italian Historical Novel -- 8. The Transatlantic Experience in the Construction of Flora Tristan’s Authorial Posture: From Pariah to Female Messiah -- 9. El baúl de Miss Florence: (Re)imagining the Past; Women’s Travel Literature and the Sweet Tyranny of the Sugar Haciendas in Puerto Rico -- 10. Romantic Cartographies: La Condesa de Merlin’s Colonial Havana and the View from the Harbor -- 11. Matilde Serao, Flânerie and Women in Urban Spaces -- 12. The Fourth Estate in Petticoats -- 13. The Twenty-Year Journey: Flavia Steno’s La Chiosa and the French Daily Newspaper La Fronde -- 14. Women Readers in Nineteenth-Century Mexico: A Study of the Periodicals Las Hijas del Anáhuac, El Álbum de la Mujer, and Violetas del Anáhuac -- 15. Clorinda Matto de Turner’s Tradiciones cuzqueñas: A Writer’s Perspective -- 16. Luck of the Draw: Gambling, Marriage, and the Labor Economy in Clorinda Matto de Turner’s Herencia -- 17. Clorinda’s Cosmopolis: Crisis, Reinvention, and the Birth of Búcaro Americano -- 18. Adapting Economic Strategies to a Changing World in María del Pilar Sinués’s La dama elegante (1880) -- 19. Hiding in Plain Sight: Feminism and Geopolitical Commentary in Fernán Caballero’s La corruptora y la buena maestra (1868) -- 20. Epistolary and Commodity Exchanges in Nineteenth-Century Argentina, or Mariquita Sánchez de Mendeville’s Agency -- 21. Solitary Confinement in Rachilde’s La Tour d’amour: Dehumanization and Madness of the Buried Alive -- 22. Towards New Models of Femininity in the Works of Virginia Elena Ortea -- 23. In Defense of Women’s Progress and Freethinking: Amalia Domingo Soler, Eugenia Estopa and Dolores Navas -- 24. Writing about the Unspeakable: Gendered Violence in the Nineteenth Century -- 25. Women Worthies? Ascriptions of Masculinity to Exceptional Women Writers in Early Nineteenth-Century Italy -- 26. “Doña María Dolores López, Vecina of Tehuacán” or the Case of a Too-Soon Forgotten Nineteenth-Century Mexican Woman Writer -- 27. Annie Vivanti’s Multicultural Identity and the Shaping of the Artist’s Body -- 28. The “Alpine Sybil”: Her Verses and Prose Between Arcadia and Romanticism (the Italian Way) -- 29. Gender Fluidity, the Crisis of Care, and Ecocriticism in George Sand’s François le champi -- 30. What Have You Done Philately? Stamps and the Death of the Liberal Dream in Carmen de Burgos’ Don Manolito (1916) -- 31. Transnational Emancipationism: Fanny Salazar Zampini's Commitment to Women's Liberation -- 32. Adaptation to or of the Environment? Examining the Works of French Women Writers of the First Republic and First Empire through an Ecocritical Lens -- 33. The Archive as Legitimizing Artifact in Ccora Campillana: Romance histórico del tiempo de la conquista (1873) by Carolina Freyre de Jaimes -- 34. “One of the First, If Not the Very First Woman of Her Age”: Germaine de Staël and Her Literary Posterity -- 35. The Making of Il Giorno: Matilde Serao’s Letters to Luigi Luzzatti -- 36. Celebrity by Way of Autobiography: The Case of Angela Veronese -- 37. Alliance and Sorellanza in Matilde Serao’s Romanzo della fanciulla -- 38. Superstition and Orientalism in Il ventre di Napoli by Matilde Serao -- 39. Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer and Her Transatlantic Journey (1873–1890): Victorina o el heroísmo del corazón -- 40. Liturgization and the Satire of Politics in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s La tribuna (1883) -- 41. Between Conformity and Transgression: Approaches to Writing in the Albums of Emilia Pardo Bazán -- 42. Victoria Ocampo’s Transnational Networks: A Sociocultural and Data-Driven Approach.
    Abstract: This handbook explores the rich and as yet understudied field of women’s writing during the nation-building years that characterized the global politics of the long nineteenth century. In the wake of the American and French Revolutions, the waning of the Spanish Empire, subsequent Latin American uprisings, and the Italian Risorgimento, nineteenth-century women writers cracked wide open the myths of gender, race, and class that had sustained the ancien régime. This volume shows that the transnational networks of women writing about politics, sexuality, economics, and the forging of the modern nation were much broader and more inclusive at a global level than has previously been understood. The handbook uniquely foregrounds French, Italian, Latin American, and Spanish women writers, focusing on the transnational nature of their relationships and cultural production within a growing body of research that casts an ever-wider net in the effort to document women’s voices. Claire Emilie Martin is Professor Emerita of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach, USA. She holds a doctorate from Yale University in Spanish American Literature. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century cultural and literary studies with a special emphasis on gender issues, domesticity, education, politics, and travel. She has published numerous articles and edited and co-edited several volumes on nineteenth-century Latin American women writers. Clorinda Donato is Professor of French and Italian at California State University, Long Beach, USA, and director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies. She is an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scholar of French and Italian literature. Her most recent publication is Translation and Transfer of Knowledge in Encyclopedic Compilations, 1680–1830 co-edited with Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink (2021). .
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    ISBN: 9783031500855
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 187 p. 17 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 46
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    Keywords: Technology ; Ethnology. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: 1. Diachronic Perspectives on Embodiment and Technology: Gestures and Artefacts – An Introduction -- 2. Playing with Arte(f)actors -- 3. The Ineffability of Motion in Robotics -- 4. Sophia the Robot as a Political Choreography to Advance Economic Interests: An Exercise in Political Phenomenology and Critical Performance-Oriented Philosophy of Technology -- 5. Gestures, Diagrams, and the Craft of Musical Composition -- 6. Describing Robot Gestures by Design and Agency: An Exploration with Dennett’s Stances -- 7. The Philosophy of Gesture and Technological Artefacts -- 8. The Orchestration of Bodies and Artifacts in French Family Dinners -- 9. Towards an Ecology of Gesture: A Review (and some Promising Paths) -- 10. Petrified Practice: Is there a Vernacular Choreography of Neanderthal Movements? -- 11. The logos of techné — A Case for Technology as Interdisciplinary Anthropology.
    Abstract: This book investigates the relationships between gestures and artefacts theoretically and historically, by analyzing different phenomena stemming from a variety of fields such as robotics, archaeology, gesture studies, anthropology, philosophy, and gestural practices like choreography, music performance, and composition. It underlines how embodiment and technology change the interplay between maker and artefact over time and appeals to students and researchers in these fields. Its goal is to enable the reader to understand that the recurring topics and questions as well as multi-level similarities are by no means accidental, but can best be understood if one pays attention to the intertwinements of materiality and cognition, praxis and techne.
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    ISBN: 9783031566837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 277 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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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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    ISBN: 9783031549496
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 236 Seiten) , Illustrationen
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    Keywords: Europe ; Comparative government.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Party System Change and Democracy -- 3. The changing context and evaluation of democracy in Slovenia -- 4. Party system changes in 1989–2022 -- 5. Relations between party system instability and democracy in Slovenia -- 6. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This open access book focuses on the nexus between “party system stability” and “democratic consolidation”, using Slovenia as a case study. Its findings are presented from a comparative perspective to illustrate the commonalities and differences found in research on Central European post-socialist countries and former Yugoslav countries. On the one hand, Slovenia’s characteristics (including the characteristics of its transition to democracy) are far more similar to those of Central European post-socialist countries than Western Balkan countries. On the other, Slovenia shares some similarities with other parts of the former Yugoslavia – especially its experiences with the political system of socialist self-management, elements of a market economy under socialism, and war following the end of socialism (albeit the conflict in Slovenia was very short and rather mild in comparison to those in other parts of socialist Yugoslavia). Slovenia’s experiences with rapid but limited democratic backsliding under the Janša government (March 2019–June 2022) were halted by the 2022 national election – in contrast to the more widely known cases of Hungary and Poland, where such backsliding took place incrementally over a longer period of time that included several election cycles. Danica Fink-Hafner is Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 264 p. 44 illus., 37 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Finance. ; Macroeconomics. ; Financial services industry. ; Monetary policy ; Monetary economics ; The operational framework of MP ; the Federal Reserve System ; Central Bank Digital Currency ; the European Central Bank ; Central banking
    Abstract: Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – The literature on monetary policy implementation -- Chapter 3 – The operational framework of monetary policy: a simple model -- Chapter 4 – The European Central Bank: twenty-five years of single monetary policy in the euro area -- Chapter 5 – The Federal Reserve System from the traditional operating framework to the new normal -- Chapter 6 – Unconventional monetary policies in UK and Japan -- Chapter 7 – Future challenges: central bank digital currency and greening monetary policy.
    Abstract: This book addresses the implementation of monetary policy (MP) and focuses on the operations used by the central banks to implement their policies: the so-called operational framework of MP. The operational framework has become of paramount importance in the last fifteen years, due to the profound transformations taking place in this period. The financial crisis, started in August 2007, has rapidly changed the way in which MP is implemented around the world. Further, innovations have been introduced to address other crises in the following years: a new set of “unconventional” instruments have been adopted, like the large-scale purchases of private and government securities and the long-term refinancing operations. The balance sheets of central banks have increased by huge amounts. The recent surge of inflation has induced several central banks to exit those exceptional policies. However, instead of going back to the traditional “interest rate steering” approach, they are going towards a “new normal” that combines some features of that approach with others inherited from the “quantitative easing” experience. The book therefore addresses the following questions: Which are the common stylized patterns of the unconventional MP across the different countries? Did the economic profession work out a theoretical framework within which to place the unconventional MP? Which are the issues related to the exit strategy from unconventional MP? Which are the main features of the operational framework under the “new normal” approach? This book answers these questions by looking at the experiences of the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve System alongside other central banks, and providing some original modelling and empirical evidence, which will be of interest to academics, researchers in banking and finance, policy makers, and practitioners in the financial industry. Angelo Baglioni is Professor of Economics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Milan, where he teaches Monetary Policy and Financial Economics. He is Director of Osservatorio Monetario, President of REF Ricerche, and Member of the editorial board of lavoce.info. He was Member of the Banking Stakeholder Group of the European Banking Authority. His main research interests are in the fields of monetary policy and financial intermediation. He has written several books (including The European Banking Union: A Critical Assessment, Palgrave Macmillan 2016) and articles published in international scientific journals.
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    ISBN: 9783031510007
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 181 p.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Africa ; Development economics. ; Economic development. ; Schools of economics. ; International economic relations. ; Political planning. ; Tax havens ; WTO ; Decolonial agency ; Emerging markets ; India ; Capital flight ; IMF ; Ecological debt ; Financial capital ; China ; Russia ; Financial imperialism ; Multinational corporations ; World Bank ; Credit rating agencies ; Emerging economies ; Climate justice ; African elites ; Brazil
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Entrapment of Africa in an Asymmetrical Global Economy -- Chapter 2. Multinational Corporations and Tax Havens as Beneficiaries of a Shadow Financial System -- Chapter 3. World Bank, IMF and WTO as Agents of Financial Imperialism -- Chapter 4. The Tyranny of the International Credit Rating Agencies -- Chapter 5. International Financial Subordination and the Pathologies of Sovereign Debt -- Chapter 6. Imperial Ecocide and the Bane of Global Climate Finance -- Chapter 7. Africa and the Age of Global Elites-the “Davos Men” -- Chapter 8. African Elites as Clients of the Offshore World -- Chapter 9. Conclusion: A Canvass for a Decolonial African Agency.
    Abstract: This book discusses the role played by powerful global institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation, multinational corporations, and the international credit rating agencies in keeping Africa marginalised in the world economy. The book focuses on the intrusive roles of these institutions as enablers and beneficiaries of capital outflows and financial subordination in Africa. Diverging from the official narrative that touts China and the other emerging economies as global reformers that are poised to partner Africa in its fight against financial subjugation, the book instead argues that, like the Western powers, the emerging economies are benefiting prodigiously from a rigged global financial system that keeps Africa as a net creditor to the rest of the world. The book draws its theoretical framework from the repressed heterodox theories including dependency, core-periphery, world systems and Marxist theories as well as the decolonial approach. It concludes with a call for a decolonial African agency that should champion an epistemic rebellion against the neo-liberal and neo-classic economic traditions that have been historically deployed to justify Africa’s subordinated position in the global economic governance. This book comes at moment in time when Africa is ready to become a Rule Maker not a Rule Taker. The analysis Dr. Moyo presents having been in the front line of public policy and international negotiations demonstrate the need for Africa to re-write the rules to foster our own Transformation. Jason Rosario Braganza, Executive Director, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD).
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    ISBN: 9783031540561
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    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.
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    ISBN: 9783031545245
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 266 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Philosophy, African. ; Language and languages
    Abstract: 1: Introduction and Discussion of Oruka’s Philosophic Sagacity -- 2: Logic in Selected African Languages and Proverbs -- 3: Moral Philosophy in Selected African Languages and Proverbs -- 4: Political Philosophy in Selected African Languages and Proverb -- 5: Social Philosophy in Selected African Languages and Proverbs -- 6: Theory of Knowledge in Selected African Languages and Proverbs -- 7: Metaphysics in Selected African Languages and Proverbs -- 8: Philosophy of Beauty in Selected African Languages and Proverbs -- 9: Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book explores African philosophic sagacity, or wisdom philosophy, as proposed by Odera Oruka in his “Four Trends in Current African Philosophy” (1981), which he later expanded to six trends (1998). Oruka defines philosophic sagacity as wisdom philosophy, or philosophy of the wise men of Africa who are independent, liberal and non-conformist thinkers, and who often deviate from the accepted common norms of their societies. This book takes philosophic sagacity discourse beyond Oruka’s definition by encompassing traditional wise sayings and proverbs. It combines individual liberal thinkers and the communal ideas, and cherishes both rational and emotional engagement, offering a broader understanding of African philosophic sagacity. Wilfred Lajul opens the door for new researchers to venture into the study of African languages, wisdom sayings, and proverbs, and helps to unveil the content of this philosophy from the perspective of different African societies. Wilfred Lajul is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gulu University, Uganda.
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    ISBN: 9783031544194
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 311 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Continental Philosophy. ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part Ⅰ. Intentionality and Actions -- Chapter 2. From Speech Act to Intentionality -- Chapter 3. The Structure of Intentionality -- Chapter 4. The Meaningful Action and Commitment -- Part Ⅱ. Collective Intentionality and Normativity -- Chapter 5. Normativity as Rational Ground -- Chapter 6. Normativity as Collective Creation -- Chapter 7. Normativity as Intersubjective Control -- Part Ⅲ. Normativity with Universal Validity -- Chapter 8. Communication and Social Evolution -- Chapter 9. Discourse Ethics and Moral Cognitivism -- Chapter 10. Critique of Cognitive Parallelism -- Chapter 11. Conclusion./ .
    Abstract: This book focuses on the formation of human social consciousness and develops a naturalist approach to social normativity. Beginning from Marx's uncompleted concept of social consciousness, the book retrospects the studies about collective intentionality in the area of philosophy of mind and social ontology. Specifically, a reinterpretation of social consciousness with respect to collective intentionality can offer us a new, naturalistic approach to the social formation and normativity. According to the naturalistic approach, we can discern the inner structure of social consciousness as a systematic pattern of Intentionality. Social consciousness involves three levels of development: subjective, objective and absolute. With this new pattern of social consciousness, the “naturalism” of the young Karl Marx can be revived. And by grasping the most essential ability of human Intentionality as the source of social formation, it also makes an interdisciplinary study of social philosophy and philosophy of mind possible. Yang Chen is an assistant professor of philosophy in the Institute of Marxist Philosophy and Chinese Modernization and the Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. He received his Ph.D from Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (2022) and M.A in Philosophy from Humboldt University of Berlin (2016).
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    ISBN: 9783031509230
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 196 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Buddhism and culture. ; Communication.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Buddhist Advocacy and Activism Research -- 3. Historical Developments of Buddhist Advocacy and Activism in Siam and Modern Thailand -- 4. Identification and Humanizing and Dehumanizing Rhetoric -- 5. A Buddhist Rhetoric of Dignity and Degradation -- 6. A Buddhist Rhetoric of Duty: Justifying Advocacy and Activism -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book studies Buddhist public advocacy and activism in Thailand—a movement often broadly called socially engaged Buddhism—from the perspective of rhetorical studies, specifically, on humanizing and dehumanizing communication practices. In modern Thailand and historical Siam, Buddhism has been integral to the social change processes shaping civil society and an emerging democracy. This study examined two problems: How do contemporary Buddhists in Thailand use rhetorical practice to influence the way the issues they work on are understood, and how do these Buddhists justify their advocacy and activism in rhetorical practice? To the first, a rhetoric of dignity, or humanization, was the central answer. To the second, a rhetoric of duty was the central answer. For researchers in Southeast Asian Studies, Thai Studies, and Buddhist Studies, this book offers a fresh perspective on socially engaged Buddhism through the lens of the communication discipline. For researchers in Psychology and Communication, it sheds light on the understudied practices of humanizing communication. The bulk of the current research is focused on its opposite—dehumanization—and most of this literature is in the field of psychology even though humanization and dehumanization are fundamentally and ontologically communication phenomena. For researchers within the field of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, this book advances innovations in the emerging practices of rhetorical field methods by applying rhetorical criticism to interview data in a new way and provides a non-western perspective on communication and rhetorical theory for which there has been continual calls. Craig M. Pinkerton (Ph.D., Ohio University) is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Denison University. He is an educator and researcher of communication with an emphasis in rhetoric, public culture, and qualitative methods combined with interdisciplinary inquiry in Southeast Asian Studies and Buddhist Studies. He has won over fifteen academic awards and honors, including the prestigious Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) for the study of Thai language. Since 2007, he has taught over 20 courses on a wide variety of subjects on communication, including public speaking and presentation communication, argumentation, rhetoric, public advocacy and activism, marketing and public relations, organizational development, interpersonal conflict management, and the dark side of media. From 2011 to 2015, he lived in Thailand teaching communication and researching Buddhist public advocacy and activism.
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    ISBN: 9783031412196
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 166 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Literary Disability Studies
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; Creative nonfiction. ; Space. ; Culture. ; Ecocriticism.
    Abstract: 1. Preface; Susannah B. Mintz and Gregory Fraser -- 2. Disability and Memoir; G. Thomas Couser -- 3. Disability and Space; Rob Imrie -- Part 1: Into the Wide Open -- 4. Learning the Camino Real—Disability and the Desert; Sheila Black -- 5. Headlamps and Fireside Light; Rachel Kolb -- 6. A Sense of Place and Cyberspace: The Hybrid Way I Live, Work, and Play; Gyasi Burks-Abbott -- 7. Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars Through Difficulties); Brenda Jo Brueggemann -- Part 2: Metro-Geographies -- 8. Peaks and Valleys: A Collaborative Essay about Disability in the Bronx; Annette Serrano, Cindy Hernandez, Andrew Whyte, Sonia Gonzalez, Jovan Campbell, and Mary Morfe (with an introduction by Julia Miele Rodas) -- 9. Blindness and Dyslexia in the Movements of Everyday Life in Toronto; Rod Michalko and Tanya Titchkosky -- 10. Disability in New York City Schools and Preparing Teachers to Work in Them; Laurie Rabinowitz -- 11. Drenched Lands, Blood Compost: Disability, Land, and the Asylum Project; Petra Kuppers -- Part 3: Liminal (Dis)locations -- 12. A Tide in the River: Auditory Ecologies of Dyarubbin; Nicole Matthews -- 13. Hydra, New Hampshire; Stephen Kuusisto -- 14. Between Places; Leigh A. Neithardt -- 15. The Lie of the Land; Annmaree Watharow -- 16. Body Workers; Ellen Samuels -- 17. Never in one Place: On Waking in a Different Body; Anand Prahlad.
    Abstract: Placing Disability presents an international collection of personal essays that address the experience of disability in particular geographical locations. Each chapter engages the question of what it means to be disabled in a specific place, exploring issues of movement, work and play, community and activism, artistic production, love and marriage, access and social services, family and friendship, memory and aging—all informed by the places that people inhabit. The book is organized in terms of topographies and vistas, rather than being bound by the map, to emphasize the defining, constitutive effects of place. The authors included in Placing Disability hail from different countries, neighborhoods, climates, and landscapes; from various backgrounds and professions; from a range of disciplinary perspectives and strategies. They are trained as academics, literary critics, poets, students, public speakers, memoirists, educators, philosophers, administrators, and activists. Their essays refine our understanding of the complex dynamic between self and circumstance as they survey the impact of geographical region on their life experiences. This book is intended to be useful in creative-writing workshops, Disability Studies seminars, and classes on environmental literature, and to appeal to general readers of memoir as well as to scholars of contemporary body theory or the Anthropocene. Susannah B. Mintz is Professor of English at Skidmore College. Her books include the memoir Love Affair in the Garden of Milton (2021) and four scholarly volumes on disability and literature. She is also the co-editor of four collections of work on disability issues, including Disability Experiences (2019, with G. Thomas Couser). Gregory Fraser is Professor of English at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Little Armageddon (2021), and co-author of two writing textbooks. Fraser’s poetry has appeared in journals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, and Ploughshares. He is the recipient of several awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.
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    ISBN: 9783031507809
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    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.
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    ISBN: 9783031531842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 214 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Crime Files
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; Literature, Modern ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Mass media and crime.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper -- Chapter 2. Enter Holmes and Jack -- Chapter 3. Parallel Culture-Texts -- Chapter 4. The Versus Storyworld -- Chapter 5. Palimpsestuous Holmes -- Chapter 6. Polymorphous Jack -- Chapter 7. (Mis)Remembering Secondary Characters -- Chapter 8. Neo-Casting or Decentring the Great Detective -- Chapter 9. Detective Doyle.
    Abstract: "Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko’s ambitious study pursues the endlessly intriguing parallel textual lives of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper. The strange case that she sets out to solve is the extensive but neglected corpus of versus narratives: texts in which the great detective sets out to defeat the Whitechapel murderer. Krawczyk-Żywko convincingly reads these works as part of a rich textual constellation influenced by the overlapping Sherlockian and Ripperological culture texts. Her book’s focus will inevitably intrigue aficionados of Holmes and its insights into aspects of adaptation, neo-Victorianism and biofiction mean it will also appeal strongly to scholars in these areas." —Dr Chris Louttit, Radboud University, The Netherlands In versus narratives Sherlock Holmes is fighting or otherwise engaging Jack the Ripper. These texts pit the archetypal detective against the archetypal serial killer using established formulas as well as new narrative and generic features, a combination that results in their mass appeal among authors and audiences alike. The list of primary sources includes 120 titles – novels, short stories, plays, fanfiction, ‘Grand Game’ studies, movies, TV shows, video and board games – which are treated as a dialogic network of transfictional and transmedial texts. This study unpacks the versus corpus in its media dispersal by analysing Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper as serial figures and culture-texts emphasising the increasing palimpsestousness of the former and the multidirectional polymorphousness of the latter, and tracing the overlapping Doylean culture-text. It also addresses the way character constellations are represented, negotiated, and fed back into the versus network, contextualising them within the coalescence of fact and fiction, Gothic and crime fiction frames, cultural memory, neo-Victorianism, and biofiction. Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. She coordinates the research group 'From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria' and initiated the Changing Narratives conference series. Her research combines neo-Victorian, crime fiction, and adaptation studies and focuses on the rewritings of Victorian villains and detectives.
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    ISBN: 9783031501098
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 293 p. 1 illus.)
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    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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    ISBN: 9783031539848
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 426 p. 123 illus., 75 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 194
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Business information services. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Formation of Strategies for the Development of Startup Ecosystems as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Entrepreneurship -- The Strategy of Sustainable Development of Digital Business in the Conditions of the Variability of the Business Environment and European Integration -- Business Development towards the Application of Innovative Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Technologies in the Context of Global Transformational Changes -- Methodological Principles of Smoothing the Effect of Seasonal Fluctuations on the Components of Labor Intensity in Construction -- Data-Driven Public Budgeting: Business Management Approach and Analytics Methods Algorithmization -- Research of Information Platforms and Digital Transformation Algorithms for Post-War Recovery of Ukrainian Business -- Diagnostics as a Tool for Managing Behavior and Economic Activity of Retailers in the Conditions of Digital Business Transformation -- Methodical Approach to Assessment of Real Losses Due to Damage and Destruction of Warehouse Real Estate -- Methodical Tools for Identification and Quality Control of Design Products -- Development of Information Processes as a Prerequisite for the Sustainable Development of Agricultural Enterprises -- Development and Increasing the Value Added Scenarios for the Woodworking Industry of Ukraine in the Context of the Circular Economy -- Methodological and Technological Solutions to Improve the Security of Ukraine's Accounting System during the Hostilities -- Modeling of the Strategy of Light Industry Enterprise Behavior under Crisis Conditions of Martial Law -- Innovative Technologies to Make Effective Business Decisions at Every Stage of a Mining Company's Development -- Innovative Method of Forecasting the Manifestation of Dangerous Properties of Coal Seams -- Assessment of the Efficiency of Decentralization Transformations in the Rural Areas of Ukrainian Western Polissia: Current Trends and Challenges Under the Conditions of Martial Law -- The Technological and Environmental Effect on Marketing of Children’s Food -- Model for Universal Classification of Social Agents’ Activity/Behavior in Hierarchical Systems.
    Abstract: This book examines aspects of financial and investment processes, as well as the application of information technology mechanisms to business and industrial management, using the experience of the Ukrainian economy as an example. An effective tool for supporting business data processing is combining modern information technologies and the latest achievements in economic theory. The variety of industrial sectors studied supports the continuous acquisition and use of efficient business analysis in organizations. In addition, the book elaborates on multidisciplinary concepts, examples, and practices that can be useful for researching the evolution of developments in the field. Also, in this book, there is a description of analysis methods for making decisions in business, finance, and innovation management.
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    ISBN: 9783031494468
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 339 p.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought
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    Keywords: Economics ; Economics. ; Latin America ; Economic history. ; Institutionalisation of Political Economy ; International Circulation of Economic Ideas ; New Latin American Republics ; Trade Policy ; Translations of Political Economy ; Late Enlightenment ; Spanish Liberalism ; Monetary Policy ; Public Finances ; Classical Political Economy ; Atlantic History ; Spanish Exile ; José Joaquín de Mora
    Abstract: 1. Introduction. A distinctive proponent of classical political economy in the Spanish-speaking world -- 2. The Absolutism six-year Period (1814-1820). Encountering Smith and Say -- 3. The Liberal Triennium (1820-1823). Mora, Bentham and radical liberalism -- 4. London (1824-1827). The approach to British Classical political economy -- 5. Argentina (1827-1828). An early attempt to introduce economic liberalism in Hispanic America -- 6. Chile (1828-1832): 'El Mercurio Chileno' and the model of economic development for the Hispanic American republics -- 7. Peru and Bolivia. Teaching, journalism and diplomacy -- 8. Back to Spain (1843-1853). The debate on free trade in Spain under the sway of moderate liberalism -- 9. Mora and the Enciclopedia Moderna’s (1853-1855) entries on Political Economy and Public Finance -- 10. Mora and the articles for the journal 'La América': Dialoguing once again with Latin America from Spain -- 11. Epilogue. The art of dissemination.
    Abstract: This book examines the dissemination, adaptation, and application of classical economic ideas within the Hispanic world through the life of José Joaquín de Mora. Focusing on the decades surrounding the creation of the Latin American republics, it highlights how ideas from the classical political economy, including liberalism and free trade, were pioneered in the work of Mora and disseminated across the Spanish speaking world. Particular attention is given to the influence of Mora in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia and how he helped shape their economic development models and political environments. This book examines the essential role José Joaquín de Mora played in the ideological and political modernisation of Latin America. It will be of interest to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought and the political economy. Jesús Astigarraga is Professor of Economics at the University of Zaragoza. Javier Usoz is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Zaragoza. Juan Zabalza is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Alicante.
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  • 97
    ISBN: 9783031509025
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 83 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 519
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Control engineering.
    Abstract: It is a book made up of questions, some without certain answers, that attempts to open the reader's mind to new and, perhaps, futuristic scenarios. There are two diametrically opposed approaches to artificial intelligence today. On the one hand, there are the techno-pessimists who see only dystopian scenarios and experience technological progress with apprehension, emphasising the dangers, and on the other hand, there are the techno-optimists who, on the other hand, tend to overestimate the positive effects, going so far as to attribute almost thaumaturgic virtues to technological progress. Our approach is meant to be secular and scientific; the risks must not be concealed, nor must they be overestimated, just as the positive aspects must not be emphasised. And, in any case, as in any social phenomenon, the governance of processes and the definition of a system of rules and policies are the aspects that can create advantages or disadvantages and, above all, can determine who are the beneficiaries of the advantages and who have to bear the disadvantages. Like any new technology, this too can be dehumanising, but technology is a tool that depends on how it is used and by whom it is used. that of ethics is, therefore, a fundamental aspect. Therefore, one should neither be a techno-optimist nor a techno-pessimist, but should be aware that governing the economic and social structural changes that the advent of artificial intelligence will cause will be crucial to ensure prosperity for future generations and to avoid negative and even apocalyptic scenarios. So no futurist dystopias! Humanity has so far always been able to govern technological progress, it certainly has the potential to govern what some have called 'the Final Invention', but it will only succeed if it is able to understand the peculiarities of this new process of technological development and give it ethical content.The book provides a thoughtful review of the relationship between artificial intelligence and ethics, approaching the issue from different perspectives: philosophical, technological, economic and legal. This will be one of the most important issues that Humanity will have to face and resolve.
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  • 98
    ISBN: 9783031550362
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 250 p. 47 illus., 40 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Greening of Industry Networks Studies 12
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Sustainability. ; Business logistics. ; Environmental management. ; Power resources. ; Circular Economy ; Circular Tools ; Economic Transition ; Sustainability ; Sustainable Supply Chains ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction – Circular Economy as a part of the new and sustainable Economy in the XXI Century -- Part I. Business and Systems Transitions -- Chapter 2. A value flow perspective in the Circular Business Model -- Chapter 3. The design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems to foster Circular Economy for All -- Chapter 4. Initiating a Minimum Viable Ecosystem for Circularity -- Chapter 5. Organizational practices, values, and mindsets as a basis for circular economy transition -- Chapter 6. From socio-technical innovations to ecological transitions: A multilevel perspective on Circular Economy -- Part II. Business Technologies, Processes, and Practices -- Chapter 7. The importance of Circular Economy in HP Sustainable Impact Strategy -- Chapter 8. Purchasing and Supply Management Journey into Unilever’s Circular Economy Strategy -- Chapter 9. Circular Economy in the paperboard industry: Ibema Cases -- Chapter 10. Circular Economy Principles in Urban Agri-food Systems: Potentials and Implications for Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 11. A systems perspective on the Industry 4.0 technologies as enablers of Circular Economy transitions -- Chapter 12. Psychological and systemic factors influencing behaviour in circular consumption systems: Lessons from the fast-moving consumer goods and apparel industries.
    Abstract: The book will explore, using multiple perspectives from multiple contributors, two main aspects for circular economy (CE) business and technology (B&T): systems and value perspectives. Going beyond a linear-economic perspective--the traditional perspective--CE needs to develop intentional and integrated paths to help restore physical resources and regenerate the functions of natural and anthropic systems, creating greater economic and social opportunities, with environmentally positive outcomes. Whether this is feasible and possible within the context of CE and B&T is something that will be central to the contributions made in this book. A major objective of the book is to deliver practical and fundamental knowledge of B&T CE insights combining a systems perspective and value creation for socio-technical innovation leading to sustainable transitions and effective transformations. Based on those key aspects, the book is structured in two parts, one from a more theoretical and conceptual basis in Part 1, and a more applied perspective in Part 2. The chapters in Part 1 are presented through the lens of business and systems transitions. In Part 2, the chapters present the opportunities and the journeys from real case studies of companies engaged in circular business strategies, processes, practices, and technologies.
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  • 99
    ISBN: 9783031573200
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 315 p. 86 illus., 60 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1158
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Algorithms.
    Abstract: 1. Application of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic to Identify Important Functional Performance Indicators in Case of Youth Hockey Players -- 2. Applicability of the CHIRPS Precipitation Product in the Regional Climatology of Southeast Europe -- 3. Mathematical Modeling and Static Characteristics of the Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Wastes with Production of Hydrogen and Methane -- 4. Towards the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Knowledge Graphs on Job Ads -- 5. Workforce Allocation for Social Engagement Services via Stochastic Optimization -- 6. Application of Methaeuristics for Agricultural System Modelling -- 7. Subcaterpillar Isomorphism: Subtree Isomorphism for Rooted Labeled Caterpillars -- 8. Optimization, Performance and Scalability Experiments of a Large Air Pollution Model by Using the EuroHPC Petascale Supercomputer DISCOVERER -- 9. Software Tool for Optimizing Cycling Route by Defining Cyclist Air Pollution Exposure -- 10. Surrogate Estimators for Complex Bi-Level Energy Management, etc.
    Abstract: The book is a comprehensive collection of extended contributions from the Workshops on Computational Optimization 2022. Our everyday life is unthinkable without optimization. We try to minimize our effort and to maximize the achieved profit. Many real world and industrial problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine, and other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. This book presents recent advances in computational optimization. The book includes important real problems like modeling of physical processes, parameter settings for controlling different processes, agricultural modeling transportation problems, energy management, machine scheduling, air pollution modeling, optimization of fast-food restaurant chain, and solving engineering and financial problems. It shows how to develop algorithms for them based on new intelligent methods like evolutionary computations, ant colony optimization, constrain programming Monte Carlo method, and others. This book demonstrates how some real-world problems arising in engineering, economics, and other domains can be formulated as optimization problems.
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  • 100
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    ISBN: 9783031517693
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 199 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Nikro, Norman Saadi Nafssiya, or Edward Said's affective phenomenology of racism
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    Keywords: Phenomenology . ; Philosophy. ; Postcolonialism. ; Literature
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Strange Disjunction -- Chapter 2. Inventorying the Self: Nafssiya, Elaboration, Recursive Humanism -- Chapter 3. Archival Repositories, Embodied Repertoires, Marxism -- Chapter 4. Beginnings: Said’s Interventionist Scholarship -- Chapter 5. Giving an Account of Himself -- Chapter 6. Towards a Phenomenology of Racism.
    Abstract: This book adapts the Arabic term nafsiyya to trace the phenomenological contours of Edward Said’s analysis of the affective dimensions of colonial and imperial racism. Reflecting on what he called his “colonial education,” Said rendered his Palestinian/Arab background and experience of racism an enabling component of his academic work. The argument focuses on his “personal dimension” section in his introduction to his famous volume Orientalism, discussing key notions of Said’s oeuvre—such as ‘elaboration,’ ‘circumstance,’ ‘humanism,’ ‘worldliness,’ ‘inventory,’ and ‘critical consciousness.’ Providing a lengthy study of his earlier and somewhat neglected Beginnings: Intention and Method, the book discusses the significance of the style of the essay as a key component of what the author calls Said’s interventionist brand of scholarship. The final chapter outlines how Said’s oeuvre can be situated in a genealogy of a radical phenomenology of racism that emerged from the colonies. Norman Saadi Nikro is a research fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient. Having Australian and Lebanese backgrounds, he served as an Australian Volunteer Abroad in Ramallah, and was later an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Notre Dame University in Lebanon, before moving to Berlin. .
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