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  • 1
    ISBN: 9783031568909
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 353 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Environmental law, International. ; Law ; Biodiversity.
    Abstract: 1. The Dire State of Global Biodiversity: An Introduction -- 2. The Habitats Directive and the Natura 2000 Network -- 3. The Re-Examination of the 2015 REFIT Fitness Check of the Nature Directives -- 4. Designating Natura 2000 Under the Habitats Directive -- 5. Reforming the Rules on Designation -- 6. Results and Relevance of the Findings -- 7. Overall Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This book offers a fresh perspective on the Habitats Directive's rules on designating Natura 2000 - the European biodiversity conservation network. Although the Habitats Directive came into force in the early 1990s, the network is not yet optimally set up and lacks coherence and connectivity. The author examines the Habitats Directive’s provisions regarding the designation of Natura 2000 and discusses possible reasons for the EU Member States’ ongoing lack of compliance with their designation duties. She reassesses the 2015 REFIT Fitness Check of the Nature Directives to look for the Member States’ reasons for not having optimally complied with their designation duties yet. She then analyses the Habitats Directive to reveal elements of non-optimal drafting in its designation provisions. Sensible law reforms that do not interfere with the general framework of the Habitats Directive and which keep in mind the relevant national, regional, and international biodiversity law and policy, as well as the relevant case law will be discussed to this end. As a result, this book presents an enhanced legal designation framework that can support Member States’ compliance with their designation obligations. The book finally goes beyond the European biodiversity legislation, also shedding light on the effects of the suggested reforms for the broader biodiversity and environmental law and policy landscape, and concludes that reforming the Habitats Directive would benefit a variety of contemporary areas of law. This book targets academics and policy-makers in the field as it provides a scholarly as well as a hands-on approach to the subject of strengthening European biodiversity law.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9783031385261
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 265 p. 15 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation 8
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Environmental Law. ; Finance ; Information technology ; Mass media ; Commercial law.
    Abstract: Part I – Insurance and ESG Impact -- The Insurance Sector’s Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals: a Story Worth Telling? -- Insurance is Accelerating Economic and Social Change in the United States: a Legal and Sociological Perspective -- The role of insurance in dealing with disasters: the case of agricultural insurance -- Measurement of the Level of Government Intervention in the Compulsory Health Insurance System: Cross-country Comparative Analysis -- Part II – Financial Innovation in Insurance Regulation -- Historical, Definitional, and Implementional Issues of Financial Services Regulation in a Small Jurisdiction -- Public/ Private Risk Financing Innovation: the Case of Government Self- Insurance Risk Pools in the United States -- Comparison of Efficiency Levels of Turkish Insurance Companies with VZA Malmquist Total Factor Efficiency Analysis -- Unpacking the Impact of Capital Structure on Financial Performance in the Insurance Industry: Evidence from Kosovo's Market -- Part III –The Impact of New Technologies and Other Recent Developments in Insurance Law and Regulation -- The Principle of Proportionality in Solvency II -- Automatic Vehicles and Legal/Insurance Risks. A New British “Quasi-Legislative” Point of Observation and Glimpses of Liability in Tort in Italy -- A Study of the Effectiveness of the General Data Protection Regulation for Risk Mitigation in the Insurance Industry: a Maltese Perspective -- The Digitalization of the Insurance Industry and the Growth of Life Insurance in India -- Exploring the Suitability of the Protected Cell Company Structure for Shipping Business: a Call for Further Discussion and Research -- Goods and Services Tax Implications on the Insurance Sector: Assessment of Awareness and Knowledge -- The Effectiveness of Recent Policyholder-friendly Laws at Addressing Complaints in India.
    Abstract: This book explores the insurance sector’s potential role, influence, and impact on society in light of new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns. Furthermore, it looks into how financial and technological innovations help reshape insurance regulation and business models. Unlike their predecessors, 21st century insurers have a growing impact on cross-sector service provision by making available to their clients a wealth of expert knowledge and experience in data analytics. The book delves into insurers’ transition from suppliers of products – consisting of risk coverage or investment opportunities – to providers of various services, and ultimately to solution providers by partnering with their clients so as to prevent failure, optimize their clients’ operations and help them excel in their economic sector. Insurance regulations and policies can be affected by various factors, such as changes in the economy, technological advances, and shifting consumer preferences, to name a few. Additionally, the insurance industry can have a significant bearing on the wider economy, making it important for the industry to operate within a framework of comprehensive regulations. This book includes a diverse set of theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented chapters on particular aspects of new trends and wider analyses leading to a more systematic understanding of the industry’s socio-economic role. It offers a mixture of chapters from insurance academics and professionals from different countries, cultures, and scientific backgrounds. The methodologies used are diverse, including legal, sociological, historical, economic and financial as well as interdisciplinary analyses. The book has a global scope, including chapters of a more global nature and others addressing particular jurisdictions on different continents, including Europe, Asia and North America.
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9783031528682
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 60 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Law ; Law
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Private activists’ undercover tactics and Vice Enforcement in Progressive Era America -- Chapter 3. The Irrelevance of Undercover Tactics to the French Conflict over Whether Prostitution Should be Regulated or Suppressed -- Chapter 4. American activists’ efforts to export their undercover tactics and their abolitionist agenda to the League of Nations -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book uses the early twentieth century surveillance reports of urban vice reformers in New York, Chicago, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as well as the US vice report for the League of Nations’ Special Body on Trafficking in Women and Children (from 1927) and French police memoirs, treatises, and histories of vice enforcement in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century Paris to highlight the way in which American reliance on undercover tactics drove American vice enforcement policy, leading to a clash with French vice enforcement policy before the League of Nations. Both the failure of that early effort to exert international influence on vice enforcement and the American embrace of undercover tactics would set the stage for the later American efforts to promote a global war on drugs. Before the League of Nations, in particular, the American delegation’s notable lack of success in mobilizing European crackdowns on prostitution created a blueprint for how not to project American influence overseas, once American advocates of narcotics interdiction sought to promote a global war on drugs. Yet private reformers’ reliance on undercover tactics to investigate prostitution modeled the investigative tactics on which American law enforcement would come to depend, and which it would later seek to export, as a primary weapon in the war on drugs.
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  • 4
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    ISBN: 9783031522314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 316 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 60
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    Keywords: Knowledge, Theory of. ; Philosophy of mind. ; Metaphysics.
    Abstract: Part 1: Chapter 1. An Exposition of Reformed Empiricism -- Chapter 2. Discussion of Gupta’s “An Exposition of Reformed Empiricism -- Part 2: Chapter 3. "Perceiving that p" - Capacities, Opportunities and Hindrances -- Chapter 4. Discussion of Kern’s “’Perceiving that p’ - Capacities, Opportunities and Hindrances” -- Part 3: Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6. Discussion of Peacocke’s -- Part 4: Chapter 7. Capacities First: Epistemic Externalism without Epistemic Disjunctivism -- Chapter 8. Discussion of Susanna Schellenberg’s “Capacities First: Epistemic Externalism without Epistemic Disjunctivism”. Part 5: Chapter 9. Two Conceptions of Perceptual Justification: Do their Differences matter? -- Chapter 10. Discussion of Wright’s “Two Conceptions of Perceptual Justification: Do their Differences matter?”.
    Abstract: The volume offers a lively and wide-ranging debate on the major questions of perceptual epistemology, including how perceptual experiences can bestow positive epistemic standing to empirical judgments and beliefs; the relative epistemic import of veridical and non-veridical perceptual experiences; the relation between experience and knowledge; and the nature of experience in view of its epistemic linkages to discursive contents. The volume is centered around five cutting-edge essays by leading authors in these areas—Anil Gupta, Andrea Kern, Christopher Peacocke, Susanna Schellenberg and Crispin Wright—along with no less than thirty contributions scrutinizing and critically discussing the essays, prompting detailed rejoinders from the lead authors. The volume closes with an extensive debate between Annalisa Coliva, Gupta and Wright. Taken as a whole, the volume covers much ground in epistemology of perception and displays a variety of approaches and perspectives through fruitful and accessible exchanges. It will be of interest not only to researchers working in perceptual epistemology but also to students new to the subject.
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  • 5
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    ISBN: 9783031556845
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 434 p. 153 illus., 114 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1149
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book contains a collection of papers focused on hybrid intelligent systems based on soft computing techniques. In this book, new horizons on the theoretical developments of fuzzy logic, neural networks and optimization algorithms are envisioned. In addition, the abovementioned methods are discussed in application areas such as control and robotics, pattern recognition, medical diagnosis, decision-making, prediction and optimization of complex problems. There are a group of papers with the main theme of type-1, type-2 and type-3 fuzzy systems, which basically consists of papers that propose new concepts and algorithms based on type-1, type-2 and type-3 fuzzy logic and their applications. There is also a group of papers that offer theoretical concepts and applications of meta-heuristics in different areas. Another group of papers outlines diverse applications of hybrid intelligent systems in real problems. There are also a group papers that present theory and practice of neural networks in different applications. Finally, there are papers that offer theory and practice of optimization and evolutionary algorithms in different application areas.
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    ISBN: 9783031563881
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(Approx. 215 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1153
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Software engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Develop a System to Analyze Logs of a Given System Using Machine Learning -- Study on Locality, Fairness, and Optimal Resource Allocation in Cluster Scheduling -- Digital word-of-mouth and purchase intention. An empirical study in millennial female and consumers -- Alignment of Business Process and Information System Models through Explicit Traceability -- An Assessment of Fintech for Open Banking: Data Security and Privacy Strategies from the Perspective of Fintech Users.
    Abstract: This book reports state-of-the-art results in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing. This edited book presents original papers on both theory and practice. It addresses foundations, state-of-the-art problems and solutions, and crucial challenges.
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9783031578403
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 452 p. 270 illus., 228 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 199
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Game Theory-Based Efficient Message Forwarding Scheme for Opportunistic Networks -- Improved UCB MAB-Based Algorithm for Relay Selection in Cooperative Narrowband PLC Communication -- Mutual-Visibility in Fibonacci Cubes -- Evaluation of the Trust Zone Model with the Information Flow Control -- PRVC: A Novel Vehicular Ad-hoc Network Caching based on Pre-trained Reinforcement Learning -- ElasticWISP-NG: Towards Dynamic Resource Provisioning for WISP Access Networks -- BBR-R: Improving BBR's RTT Fairness by Dynamically Adjusting Delay Detection Intervals -- Reducing Signaling Overhead in 5G Mobile Network for IoT Device Mobility -- On Network Design and Planning 2.0 for Optical-computing-enabled Networks -- DEAR: DRL Empowered Actor-critic ScheduleR for Multipath QUIC Under 5G/B5G hybrid networks -- Integrated Vehicle Access Protocol with Priority-Based Messaging for VANETs -- Adaptive Cost-Reward Scheduling for Optimizing Radio Utilization and Frequency Numerology Efficiency in B5G New Radio Networking -- Speed Control for Autonomous Vehicular Platoon -- A Comparison Study of a Fuzzy-based Simulation System and Testbed for Selection of Radio Access Technologies in 5G Wireless Networks -- A Distributed Approach for Autonomous Landmine Detection Using Multi-UAVs.
    Abstract: Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuations are emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnection problems. To fulfill their large range of applications different kinds of networks need to collaborate and wired and next generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. This volume covers the theory, design and applications of computer networks, distributed computing and information systems. The aim of the volume “Advanced Information Networking and Applications” is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications.
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  • 8
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    ISBN: 9783031573125
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 129 p. 31 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1157
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Review of the Two Existing Artificial Neural Network Models – Multilayer Perceptron and Probabilistic Neural Networks -- Beyond the Original PNN Model – Kernel Memory for Modeling Various Neural Pattern Processing Mechanism -- Modules within the Artificial Mind System and Their Interactions Relevant to Language Pattern Processing -- Concept Formation.
    Abstract: This book proposes a novel connectionist approach to a challenging topic of language modeling within the context of kernel memory and artificial mind system, both proposed previously by the author in the very first volume of the series, Artificial Mind System—Kernel Memory Approach: Studies in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 1. The present volume focuses on how syntactic structures of language are modeled in terms of the respective composite connectionist architectures, each embracing both the nonsymbolic and symbolic parts. These two parts are developed via inter-module processes within the artificial mind system and eventually integrated under a unified framework of kernel memory. The data representation by the networks embodied within the kernel memory principle is essentially local, unlike conventional artificial neural network models such as the pervasive multilayer perceptron-based neural networks. With this locality principle, kernel memory inherently bears many attractive features, such as topologically unconstrained network formation, straightforward network growing, shrinking, and reconfiguration, no requirement of arduous iterative parameter tuning, construction of transparent and hierarchical data structures, and multimodal and temporal data processing via the network representation. Exploiting these multifacet properties of kernel memory with interweaving the notion of inter-module processing within the artificial mind system provides coherent accounts for concept formation and how various linguistic phenomena, viz. word compoundings, morphologies, and multiword constructions, are modeled. The description is then extended to more intricate network models of context-dependent lexical network and syntactic-oriented processing, the latter being the central theme of the present study, and further to those representing a hybrid of nonverbal and verbal thinking, and semantic and pragmatic aspects of sentential meaning. The book is intended for general readers engaging in various areas of study in cognitive science, computer science, engineering, linguistics, philosophy, psycholinguistics, and psychology.
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  • 9
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    ISBN: 9783031511165
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 148 p. 84 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Anticipation Science 8
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    Keywords: Biology ; Mathematical logic. ; Biological models. ; Philosophy.
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Category Theory -- 3. The Modeling Relation in Science -- 4. Relational Models -- 5. Simple Systems and Complex Systems -- 6. Anticipatory Systems -- 7. (M, R) – Systems -- 8. The Realization Problem -- Appendix: J. S. Hofmeyr’s (F, A) – Systems -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book focuses on Robert Rosen’s contributions to relational system theory, which is the science of organization and function. This science was originally developed by Nicolas Rashevsky, and further developed by Rashevsky’s student Robert Rosen, and continues to be developed by Rosen’s student A. H. Louie amongst others. Due to its revolutionary character, it is often misunderstood, and to some, controversial. The formal and conceptual setting for Rosen’s relational system theory is category theory. Rosen was the first to apply category theory to scientific problems, outside of pure mathematics, and the first to think about science from the point of view of category theory. To better understand the work of Rosen, this book provides an overview of his theory of modeling, complexity, anticipation, and organism. It presents the foundations of this science and the philosophical motivations behind it along with conceptual clarification and historical context in order to present Rosen’s ideas to a wider audience.
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  • 10
    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: 9783031594236
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 205 p. 14 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Frontiers in Economic History
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Practice of medicine. ; Hospitals ; Economic History ; Business History ; History of Hospitals ; Modern Capitalism ; History of Healthcare ; Hospital management ; Hospital governance ; Hospital organization ; Entrepreneurship ; History of healthcare ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Cost Efficiency and the Hospital System in the United States -- Chapter 1. Fuzzy Numbers: U.S. Hospital Accounting since the 1930s (Christy F. Chapin) -- Chapter 2. Resisting The Dream of Markets: Maryland’s All-Payer Hospital Rate-Setting System and the Persistence of Regulation in U.S. Health Care (Guian McKee) -- Chapter 3. A Brief Overview of the Development of the Nursing Home Sector in the United States (Andrew Simpson) -- Part II. Private Hospitals and Healthcare in Europe -- Chapter 4. “Poliklinik” in the German Democratic Republic after 1945: The unification of outpatient and inpatient care in hospitals (Sabine Schleiermacher) -- Chapter 5. Between Public and private: the business history of hospitals in Italy (1968-2018) (Daniela Felisini and Fernando Salsano) -- Chapter 6. The International Sanitary Service (ISS) and the Innovations in Mobile Hospitals and Auto-chirs during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Carles Brasó Broggi) -- Chapter 7. The Emergence of Modern Hospital Planning and Administration in Spain (1966-1986) (Josep Barceló Prats) -- Chapter 8. Private hospital groups in Spain: business concentration and penetration in public health (Jeronia Pons and Margarita Vilar) -- Chapter 9. The Road to the National Health Service: Finance, Markets and the United Kingdom’s Universal Health System (Barry Doyle) -- Part III. Public and Private Initiative in Asia -- Chapter 10. The Rise of Hospital Dominance in China: Distribution of Resources and Activities Between Hospitals and Primary Care Facilities (1949-2018) (Jin Xu) -- Chapter 11. Japanese trading companies and hospital business in Asia since 2000 (Pierre-Yves Donzé) -- Part IV. The Construction of Healthcare Systems in Latin America and Africa -- Chapter 12. Hospital Systems in Latin America: Transformation and Change, 1960s–2020s (Paloma Fernández Pérez) -- Chapter 13. Immigration and health systems in Argentina. The case of the Spanish Hospital of Buenos Aires (Alejandro Fernández) -- Chapter 14. From missionaries to entrepreneurs in the business of hospitals in Africa (Grietjie Verhoef).
    Abstract: This book offers a business history of modern hospitals in the 20th century. Presenting case studies from around the world, it examines the long-term institutional and historical evolution of hospital organization and management models, applying a business history approach to do so. Drawing on reports from international organizations and other historical data, it explores the evolution, path dependencies, actors and institutions that have shaped the diversity of hospital organization and management models. At the same time, it analyzes the historical origins of major problems faced by today’s hospitals, such as cost-inefficiencies, lack of specialized human capital, etc. The contributing authors cover topics such as the history of hospital finance and accounting, hospital price regulation, entrepreneurship models, hospital privatization, and hospital governance. The book will appeal to scholars and students of economic and business history, and to anyone interested in the history of hospitals.
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    ISBN: 9783031509810
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 463 p. 29 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Outstanding Contributions to Logic 29
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    Keywords: Philosophy. ; Logic. ; Language and languages ; Mathematics ; Mathematical logic. ; Linguistics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Proof-theoretic semantics: An autobiographical survey (Peter Schroeder-Heister) -- Chapter 2. Grundlagen der Arithmetik, §17: Part 1. Frege’s anticipation of the deduction theorem (Göran Sundholm) -- Chapter 3. Frege’s class theory and the logic of sets (Neil Tennant) -- Chapter 4. The validity of inference and argument (Dag Prawitz) -- Chapter 5. Kolmogorov and the general theory of problems (Wagner de Campos Sanz) -- Chapter 6. Disjunctive syllogism without Ex falso (Luiz Carlos Pereira, Edward Hermann Haeusler and Victor Nascimento) -- Chapter 7. The logicality of equality (Andrzej Indrzejczak) -- Chapter 8. Eight rules for implication elimination (Michael Arndt) -- Chapter 9. Focusing Gentzen’s LK proof system (Chuck Liang and Dale Miller) -- Chapter 10. Intensional harmony as Isomorphism (Paolo Pistone and Luca Tranchini) -- Chapter 11. A note on synonymy in proof-theoretic semantics (Heinrich Wansing) -- Chapter 12. Paradoxes, intuitionism, and proof-theoretic semantics (Reinhard Kahle and Paulo Guilherme Santos) -- Chapter 13. On the structure of proofs (Lars Hallnäs) -- Chapter 14. Truth-value constants in multi-valued logics (Nissim Francez and Michael Kaminski) -- Chapter 15. Counterfactual assumptions and counterfactual implications (Bartosz Więckowski) -- Chapter 16. Some set-theoretic reduction principles (Michael Bärtschi and Gerhard Jäger) -- Chapter 17. Comments on the contributions (Peter Schroeder-Heister).
    Abstract: This open access book is a superb collection of some fifteen chapters inspired by Schroeder-Heister's groundbreaking work, written by leading experts in the field, plus an extensive autobiography and comments on the various contributions by Schroeder-Heister himself. For several decades, Peter Schroeder-Heister has been a central figure in proof-theoretic semantics, a field of study situated at the interface of logic, theoretical computer science, natural-language semantics, and the philosophy of language. The chapters of which this book is composed discuss the subject from a rich variety of angles, including the history of logic, the proper interpretation of logical validity, natural deduction rules, the notions of harmony and of synonymy, the structure of proofs, the logical status of equality, intentional phenomena, and the proof theory of second-order arithmetic. All chapters relate directly to questions that have driven Schroeder-Heister's own research agenda and to which he has made seminal contributions. The extensive autobiographical chapter not only provides a fascinating overview of Schroeder-Heister's career and the evolution of his academic interests but also constitutes a contribution to the recent history of logic in its own right, painting an intriguing picture of the philosophical, logical, and mathematical institutional landscape in Germany and elsewhere since the early 1970s. The papers collected in this book are illuminatingly put into a unified perspective by Schroeder-Heister's comments at the end of the book. Both graduate students and established researchers in the field will find this book an excellent resource for future work in proof-theoretic semantics and related areas.
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    ISBN: 9783031432859
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XLII, 292 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Peace. ; Middle East ; Middle East
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Growing Up in Vienna (1949-1967) -- Chapter 2. Experiencing the Unfolding of the Peace Process (1967-1990) -- Chapter 3. From the Madrid Conference to the Conclusion of the First Oslo Accord (1991-1993) -- Chapter 4. The Oslo Process of Trial and Error Unfolds (1993-1999) -- Chapter 5. From Hope Under Benjamin Netanyahu to Disaster Under Ehud Barak (1999-2001) -- Chapter 6. The Need to Rethink Possible Action (2001) -- Chapter 7. Maintaining the Struggle for a Two-State Solution under Sharon and Olmert (2001-2009) -- Chapter 8. The Netanyahu-Obama Years (2009-2017) -- Chapter 9. Seeking a Way Forward: Brainstorming in Norway and the Conclusions of the Abraham Accords (2017-2021) -- Chapter 10. Netanyahu’s Election Victory of 2022: The Challenge Ahead -- Chapter 11. My Suggested Conclusions for Future Peace Activists.
    Abstract: This book describes the evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian peace-seeking process from 1967 to the present. Written from the perspective of Israel’s most prominent peace activist, it offers an unparalleled insider’s account of a crucial set of negotiations intended to settle a seemingly endless conflict. Hirschfeld’s historical narrative provides a wealth of knowledge and experience that is indispensable to anyone seeking to seriously approach the Middle East conflict. The book’s thorough analysis of the successes and failures of all peace efforts since the Six-Day War represents an essential asset for future negotiators, politicians, diplomats and peace activists alike. Moreover, the book shares pearls of human wisdom that anyone searching to resolve conflicts in general should take to heart. The book is of burning topicality. Not only with a view to the normalisation process between Israel and Arab countries that began with the recent Abraham Accords (2020) but also regarding the new “age of war” in Europe, sparked by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. “The memoir is most impressive and detailed. For peace process “junkies” this is a goldmine of information, including much that is not well known or understood. It is a sourcebook for those who succeed us in trying to bring peace to the region.“ —Dan Kurtzer, former US ambassador to Egypt and Israel and author of several books on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process "The thorough analysis of success and failures of all peace efforts since the Six Day War will provide precious support for future negotiators, politicians, diplomats and peace activists. The book is burning topicality." —Susanne Wasum Rainer, German Ambassador to Israel since 2018 .
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    ISBN: 9783031603280
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 384 p. 97 illus., 75 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 990
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: Semantic Blockchain Data Breach Detection Model -- Leveraging Blockchain Technologies for Secure and Efficient Patient Data Management in Disaster Scenarios -- Oracles in Blockchain architectures A literature review on their implementation in complex multi organizational processes -- Cost Effective Predictive Track Maintenance -- The impact of using digital platforms and sharing online experiences on the reputation of a company -- Activating a brand through Digital Marketing the case of Os Bonitos -- Social Marketing Importance for the Sustainability of Third Sector Organizations -- The Impact of Process Automation on Employee Performance -- Effect of social media on workplace procrastination among employees in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Challenges of using e commerce in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the perspective of online store owners.
    Abstract: This book is composed by a selection of articles from the 12th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'24), held between 26 and 28 of March 2024, at Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main and distinctive topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human-Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers and Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; and N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications. The primary market of this book are postgraduates and researchers in Information Systems and Technologies field. The secondary market are undergraduates and professionals as well in Information Systems and Technologies field.
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    ISBN: 9783031602214
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 485 p. 118 illus., 94 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 987
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Application software.
    Abstract: Improving Change Management in Large Engineering Projects A Case Study -- MITEC Model for Talent Management to Small and Medium Enterprises develop with Design Science Research -- Proposal to Improve Risk Management in New Product Development Projects in an Automotive Company -- Limitations that hinder the successful application of a knowledge management model in research centers in a higher education institution -- Cyber Security Information Sharing During a Large Scale Real Life Cyber Security Exercise -- Companies Amidst Evolving Digital Media Challenges in CSR Communication Systematic literature review.
    Abstract: This book is composed by a selection of articles from the 12th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'24), held between 26 and 28 of March 2024, at Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern Information Systems and Technologies research, together with their technological development and applications. The main and distinctive topics covered are: A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human-Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers and Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; and N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications. The primary market of this book are postgraduates and researchers in Information Systems and Technologies field. The secondary market are undergraduates and professionals as well in Information Systems and Technologies field.
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    ISBN: 9783031575716
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 139 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Law
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    Keywords: International law. ; Law ; Law ; Humanitarian law. ; Human rights. ; International criminal law. ; Law of the sea. ; Aeronautics
    Abstract: 1. Introduction to the World of International Law -- 2. Public International Law -- 3. International Humanitarian Law -- 4. International Human Rights Law -- 5. International Criminal Law -- 6. Air Law -- 7. Law of the Sea.
    Abstract: This textbook introduces readers to international law by linking it to the Harry Potter universe. Given the current changes in the international sphere away from a state-centric system to a multitude of non-state actors, it tests the legal regime by applying it to the out-of-the-box concept of wizards and thus rids the doctrinal debate of political factors. More specifically, the book explains core concepts of public international law, covering the elements of a state, state responsibility, jurisdiction, enforcement of international law and immunity. In the wizarding world, it addresses questions of statehood by discussing when a wizarding state is responsible for the crimes committed by its wizards, who has jurisdiction over crimes, and how international law is enforced. In addition, it introduces and explains the fundamentals of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international criminal law, and air law by applying them to the wizarding world. The textbook is intended for anyone looking for an accessible introduction to public international law and its application.
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    ISBN: 9783031622816
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 634 p. 271 illus., 223 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 1016
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Telecommunication.
    Abstract: Explore the forefront of computing with the proceedings of the Computing Conference 2024. Featuring 165 carefully selected papers from a pool of 457 submissions, this collection encapsulates the cutting-edge research and innovation presented during the conference. Delve into a diverse range of topics, insights, and methodologies that shape the future of computing. Whether you're an academic, researcher, or enthusiast, this concise volume offers a snapshot of the dynamic and collaborative spirit defining the Computing Conference 2024.
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  • 18
    ISBN: 9783031597541
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVI, 114 p. 88 illus., 84 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 530
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Electronics. ; Aerospace engineering. ; Astronautics. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Solar system.
    Abstract: 1. Urban Air Mobility: Definitions, Regulations and Technologies -- 2. Unmanned Aircraft System: State of the art -- 3. SLAD System: Introduction and Description -- 4. Experimental Data Collection and Applied methodologies -- 5. Atmospheric Effects Analysis on Sensors involved in SLAD system -- 6. Simulations Tests and Results -- 7. Bluetooth Low Energy Positioning Technology -- 8. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book reports on the design and development of a system that assists remote pilots during navigation. It focuses on the design and development of a ground station that assists remote pilots during maneuvers such as take-off or landing procedures, in case a high accuracy is required or the GNSS signal is lost. Continuing the tradition of the previous volume, and being its revised edition, this book covers the latest UAS regulations together with updated strategies for finding the best and safest trajectory and landing site, with a special focus on urban air mobility applications. It describes the system’s components, such as the LiDAR sensor, the temperature and humidity sensors, the Raspberry Pi 3 controller, and the Bluetooth Low Energy Transmitter, in detail. Further, it discusses the experimental tests carried out in both controlled laboratory settings and real-world environments. All in all, this book offers a timely survey of both regulations of and electronics design for unmanned aircraft systems, with extensive information on new methods and technologies for the development of Detect and Avoid systems for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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    ISBN: 9783031525650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 314 p. 40 illus., 38 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Signals and Communication Technology
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Electronic commerce. ; Project management. ; Computer networks .
    Abstract: Introduction -- Basics of R&D -- The Role of R&D in Business -- R&D as a Job -- R&D Project Management -- Managing Performance in R&D Projects -- Success Evaluation in R&D -- Risk Management in R&D Projects -- Team Building in R&D Projects -- How to Carry Out an R&D Project -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively covers various aspects of research and development (R&D). Intended for a classroom or professional setting, the book provides valuable insights into the significance of R&D for organizations, its role in enhancing processes, reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and fostering innovation. The author offers understanding of how R&D contributes to developing new technologies, products, and services that help companies remain competitive in dynamic marketplaces. The book delves into topics such as the fundamentals of R&D, its role in business, project management, performance management, success evaluation, risk management, team building, and practical execution of R&D projects. In essence, the book aims to be a comprehensive guide for students and professionals interested in understanding and effectively implementing R&D practices within various industries and sectors. The author includes case studies to enhance reader understanding by showcasing successful R&D initiatives, challenges faced, and strategies employed to overcome them. By embracing a holistic approach, this book emerges as a forward-thinking guide that encourages readers to navigate the evolving landscape of R&D with a conscientious and innovative mindset. Provides a structured, pedagogical approach to R&D, with a focus on information technology management and cybersecurity; Covers strategies for implementation, including management, evaluation, risk management, and team dynamics; Emphasizes application, equipping readers with actionable insights to effectively lead, manage, and execute R&D projects.
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    ISBN: 9783031594274
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 164 p. 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Research for Policy, Studies by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy
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    Keywords: Political ethics. ; Bioclimatology. ; Social justice. ; Climatology.
    Abstract: Distributing climate costs fairly -- Distributive justice -- Distributing the Dutch reduction targets -- Energy transition subsidies -- Flood protection policies -- Damage after extreme rainfall -- Procedural justice and distributive issues -- Public perspectives of distribution issues -- Distributive justice in climate policy.
    Abstract: This open access book is looking into ways to achieve just climate policy within a country. The authors of this monograph share a unique, timely and original vision: continuous support for climate policy is more likely to emerge when citizens find that the distribution of the bill for climate costs is fair. But what is a fair distribution of climate costs? This is an important question because financial costs of mitigation (reducing greenhouse gases), adaptation (adapting to climate change) and damage (compensating or compensating after weather extremes) increase significantly in the coming decades. Drawing on philosophy and ethics, the authors propose ten principles for achieving just distributions of domestic climate costs. Examples of such principles are individual responsibility, the polluter pays, greatest utility and capacity to pay. Yet what a fair distribution is, depends on, for example, political preferences and the policy issue at hand. Empirical research on designing climate policies, however, shows that distributive principles are not part of the political, policy, and public discussions. The authors therefore argue that explicit attention to principles of just distribution at the start of a policy process contributes to support for climate policy. This book provides tools to professionals and students to achieve justice in climate policy.
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    ISBN: 9783031560453
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 258 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Political Science
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Political science. ; Information technology ; Mass media ; Europe ; Application software.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. E-governance as a Future Option -- Chapter 2. Digitalization, Neofunctionalism and Integration in the European Union -- Chapter 3. The Strategy of the European Institutions on E-governance -- Chapter 4. The Members of the EU and E-governance, Analysis and Institutional Support -- Chapter 5. E-identity: A Step Forward European Digital Citizenship -- Chapter 6. Digital Social Initiatives: Europe Connecting Citizens With Social Transformation -- Chapter 7. Data Embassy in the European Union. The Digital Diplomacy -- Chapter 8. E-democracy in the European Union -- Chapter 9. General Data Protection Regulation: Current Challenges and Future Directions -- Chapter 10. E-governance Tools for the Correct Implementation of the Digital Single Market -- Chapter 11. Digital Competition Law Issues and Interrelated Aspects of Law -- Chapter 12. European Union Contracts in Digital Environments -- Chapter 13. European Education Area and Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027): One More Step Towards the Europeanisation of Education Policy -- Chapter 14. Transparency of Political Party Financing Through Blockchain. Designing a Blockchain System to Generate Transparency for EU Finances -- Chapter 15. Europeanization the Digital Way: Trans-European It Systems. The Case of EESSI -- Chapter 16. E-justice Governance in the EU.
    Abstract: This book sheds new light on the future of e-governance in the European Union (EU). Drawing on the first-hand professional experience of practitioners, policymakers, and institutional stakeholders, combined with a sound academic foundation, it offers insights into successful implementation strategies and new tools necessary for efficient e-governance in the European Union. The authors present key topics, e.g. the development of e-services such as e-identity, e-health, e-democracy, as well as e-governance tools for the correct implementation of the Digital Single Market. Furthermore, they discuss the legal framework needed for the implementation of these services, such as data protection, digital competition law, as well as EU contracts in digital environments. Finally, the authors highlight efforts to include ethical standards and European values in the decision-making, while developing a vision for the future use of e-governance in the European Union. Understanding the tools and strategies for a successful implementation of e-governance services, as well as the necessary legal framework, will allow professionals such as policymakers and institutional stakeholders, to improve their performance and achieve better results when working on the development of future e-governance services in the European Union.
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    ISBN: 9783031498619
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 322 p. 71 illus., 44 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 344
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    Keywords: Science ; Mathematics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Pilot-wave theory in the 21st Century (Paulo Castro, John Bush and J. R. Croca) -- Chapter 2. The state of play in Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs (John W. M. Bush, Valeri Frumkin and Konstantinos Papatryfonos) -- Chapter 3. Establishing long-range pilot-wave interactions (André Nachbin) -- Chapter 4. Hydrodynamically Inspired Pilot-Wave Theory: An Ensemble Interpretation (Yuval Dagan) -- Chapter 5. On Multi-Time Correlations in Stochastic Mechanics (Maaneli Derakhshani and Guido Bacciagaluppi) -- Chapter 6. A version of de Broglie’s double solution theory reproducing Landau’s quantization in a uniform magnetic field (Pierre Jamet and Aurélien Drezet) -- Chapter 7. Convergence to quantum equilibrium: deterministic vs stochastic pilot wave dynamics (Mohamed Hatifi, Ralph Willox and Thomas Durt) -- Chapter 8. Non-Quantum Behaviors of Configuration-Space Density Formulations of quantum mechanics (Philipp Roser and Matthew Scoggins) -- Chapter 9. The Doubochinski pendulum – a paradigm for quantization through nonlinear interactions (Jonathan Tennenbaum) -- Chapter 10. Completing the quantum ontology with the electromagnetic zero-point field (Luis de la Peña and Ana María Cetto) -- Chapter 11. Are Hidden-Variable Theories for Pilot-Wave Systems Possible? (Louis Vervoort) -- Chapter 12. The Wave-memory interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Paulo Castro) -- Chapter 13. What if We Lived in the Best of All Possible (Quantum) Worlds? (Valia Allori) -- Chapter 14. How the history of thermodynamics informs the hidden variables debate in quantum mechanics (Adam Kay) -- Chapter 15. Form, function, and continuity: knowledge on the move (Gildo Magalhães) -- Chapter 16. John Bell's unpublished notes about de Broglie's Pilot Wave (Augusto Garuccio, Angela Laurora) -- Chapter 17. The Quest for the Ontic Nature of the Quantum Waves (J.R. Croca) -- Index.
    Abstract: This book provides a state-of-the-art review of Pilot Wave Theory at the beginning of the XXI century. It contains the best contributions of the first International Conference on Advances in Pilot Wave Theory, held in Lisbon in 2021. The event brought together physicists from the new emerging field of Hydrodynamic Quantum Analogs (HQA) and philosophers of science. Three main themes were discussed: 1. Hydrodynamic quantum analogs, 2. Theoretical advances in pilot wave physics and, 3. Philosophical foundations of pilot wave theory. Recent experimental work in HQA has provided impetus to develop the pilot-wave approach into a realistic basis of quantum mechanics, specifically a dynamical completion of the existing theory of quantum statistics. To that end, the meeting featured theoretical work that advanced Louis de Broglie original pilot wave theory. This collection shows how several aspects of quantum systems have been reproduced in the hydrodynamic environment, and how the power of analogy suggests the possibility of a relatively intelligible quantum realm. Most notably, the notion of memory, as engendered in the pilot-wave-hydrodynamic system, suggests a profitable direction to explore in developing a more complete description of quantum phenomena. This book is expected to be of great interest to physicists, computer scientists and philosophers of science interested in the foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Chapter 1 and Chapter 12 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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    ISBN: 9783031544316
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 218 p. 58 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion 13
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    Keywords: Religion and sociology. ; Music theory. ; Anthropology of religion. ; Ethnology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction to this book -- Chapter 2. Literature review: systematic review -- Chapter 3. Literature review: types of rituals -- Chapter 4. Literature review: the concept of ritual -- Chapter 5. Literature review: functions and means of the ritual -- Chapter 6. Literature review: the role of music in modern european rituals -- Chapter 7. Research on rituals and music -- Chapter 8. Findings and discussion -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and recommendations.
    Abstract: This book explores modern European religious and non-religious rituals and their main features by focusing on music as a key element required for the full expression of beliefs. It specifically examines the relationship between religious, non-religious, pagan, cultural, celebratory, and traditional rituals. In doing so, this text focuses on the extent to which the rituals overlap, replace, or feed religious or pseudo-religious beliefs to create alternative beliefs (individual or collective) that systematically ignore any religion. The book further analyses the relationship between daily habits, holidays, sports, politics, culture, and other pagan rituals as forms that represent social feelings by identifying, enjoying, or impersonating emotions; and transversally, it explores how music facilitates and fosters those emotions. The volume also investigates how rituals coexist and mutually influence each other through a representation of religious and non-religious rituals, and how music plays a central role in that phenomenology. The author argues that music is a key part of various types of rituals (e.g. rites of passage), and that music supports and enriches the meaning of the ritual, to ultimately strengthen the bond of communication with the individual and the group. This monograph appeals to students and researchers working in religious studies and in music theory. .
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    ISBN: 9783031616648
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 326 p. 109 illus., 99 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Human geography. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Population
    Abstract: 1. Introduction to Urban Villages and the Enforced Transience of Migrant Workers -- Part 1. Emerging Urban Village -- 2. Emerging Urban Village and Legitimacy Debates: A Supply-Side Institutional Analysis -- 3. Resilience of Housing Supply in Urban Villages for Migrant Groups: A Demand Side Investigation -- Part 2. Erasing the Urban Village -- 4. Urban Village Redevelopment in Beijing -- 5. Urban Village Sprawl after Demolition in Beijing -- Part 3. Preserving the Urban Village -- 6. Grassroots in Incremental Village Redevelopment: New Opportunities for Migrants in the Commons -- 7. Conclusion: Prospects for a Communal but Contested World — New Opportunities for the Urban Village -- Index.
    Abstract: The book provides a multi-stage assessment of the changing housing opportunities of migrant workers in the three stages of Beijing’s urban village development (emergence, erasure and preservation). The volume re-theorizes Henry Lefebvre’s notion of the “right to the city” as a largely property-based concept that falls within the city’s hybrid tenure matrix of varying degrees of tenure security and formality that is undergoing entrepreneurialization or gentrification. This is another highly valuable contribution to China studies from the geographical perspective of the “territorial politics” at play in the process of urban village redevelopment, which has fostered a new propertied landowning class as winners, while moving low-wage migrants. The book takes the reader on a fascinating journey from peri-urban villages to IT worker villages to artists’ villages, revealing a restless landscape of urbanism and state-centered governance, as well as bottom-up counterplots. The fieldwork explores the contradictions of urban village redevelopment in Beijing. On the one hand, it is state-dominated and yet creates new housing opportunities for migrants; on the other, it disrupts old orders but also encourages new forms of grassroots alliances. The empirical studies of Beijing’s urban villages enrich Henry Lefebvre’s discourse on “planetary urbanisation,” Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s notion of the “rhizome,” and Elinor Ostrom’s ideas on the wise management of the “commons.”.
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    ISBN: 9783031406096
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 331 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2022
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    Keywords: Environmental law, International. ; Soil science. ; International law. ; Human rights. ; Climatology. ; Environmental policy.
    Abstract: Part 1: the theme: sustainable soil management and climate mitigation and adaptation -- Sustainable Soil Management and Soil Carbon Sequestration -- The Climate Decision of the German Constitutional Court and its Implications on Soil Management -- Legislative Protection for the Soil Environment and Climate Change. Unsealing: Benefits, Potentials, Legal Provisions and Funding: the German Experience -- Land-use Implications of Carbon Dioxide Removal: An Emerging Legal Issue? -- "What place for contractual commitments in the protection of European agricultural soils? -- The example of carbon sequestration" -- Part 2: Recent international developments -- UNFCCC CoP26: Key Outcomes for Soil Management -- The mainstreaming agenda of the CBD and its value to protect and to enhance soil ecosystem services -- Part 3: Regional/national reports -- Soil protection law in Japan -- Soil-related laws in Thailand -- Effective governance for sustainable soil management at national level: Selected recommendations based on African and German soil law studies -- Part 4: Cross-cutting issues -- PFASs in soil and groundwater– comprehensive challenges and progress in regulation and management in Germany -- An African Legal, Cultural and Religious Perspective of Sustainable Soil Governance.
    Abstract: This open access book presents an important discussion on the interface between sustainable soil management and climate mitigation and adaptation. It investigates a variety of aspects in this context, such as the political and societal consequences for countries in the Global South, an assessment of the outcomes of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties held in Glasgow, appropriate legal instruments to promote desealing, regulatory concepts for negative emissions in soil and land use, the debate in Europe on carbon uptake in soils and the climate-related policy of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Lastly, it provides information on recent court rulings on climate mitigation in Germany and Australia and their relevance for sustainable soil management. This sixth volume of the International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy is divided into four parts, the first of which deals with various aspects of the theme “Climate Mitigation and Adaptation and Sustainable Soil Management.” The second part covers recent international developments, the third presents regional and national reports, and the fourth discusses overarching issues. Given the range of key topics covered, the book offers an indispensable tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field. The “International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy” series discusses central questions in law and politics with regard to the protection and sustainable management of soil and land – at the international, national, and regional level.
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    ISBN: 9783031530326
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 225 p. 99 illus., 58 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: History. ; Archaeology. ; Digital humanities. ; Social sciences
    Abstract: Part 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Editors: 3D-Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: Where are we today? -- Chapter 2. Technological developments -- Chapter 3. 1 Tobias Schreck, Stephan Karl, Elisabeth Trinkl (Graz): Exploring the virtual. Crossmodal search and visual exploration of 3D Cultural Heritage -- Chapter 4. Thomas Reuter (Dresden): Standardization, Data-Management and Scientific Usage of 3D-Data. 15 Years of 3D-Archaeology in the Archaeological Heritage Office of Saxony -- Part 2. Case Studies in Cultural Heritage and Archaeology -- Chapter 5. François Fouriaux (École Française de Rome): Defrag memories: 3D spatial analysis of remains of commemorative gestures in the necropolis of Porta Nocera at Pompeii -- Chapter 6. Vasiliy Kovalev (Novosibirsk): A 3D-approach to Siberian Rock Art Documentation.-Part 3. Current Challenges -- Chapter 7. Marco Hostettler, Anja Buhlke, Clara Drummer, Lea Emmenegger, Johannes Reich, Corinne Stäheli(Bern, Kiel, Berlin): The current application of image-based 3D technologies in archaeology. Results of an online survey -- Chapter 8. Kate Fernie (CARARE/Europeana): 3D content in EUROPEANA: The challenges of providing access -- Chapter 9. Jill Hilditch (Amsterdam): Balancing storage and user functionality: The 3D and archaeological data strategy of the tracing the potter’s wheel project -- Part 4. Data Management -- Chapter 10. Jugoslav Pendic (Novi Sad): Data management and handling of 3D-objects in the post-collection phase -- Chapter 11. Christoph Rummel and Clemens Brünenberg: Bathing in the Pompeian Light - Integrating SFM technology in excavation and standing remains assessment -- Part 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 12. Editors: Conclusion: Where is 3D-Archaeology going?.
    Abstract: This Open access book aims to provide an overview of state-of-the-art approaches to 3D documentation from a practical perspective and formulate the most important areas for future developments. Bringing together a wide range of case studies, examples of best practice approaches, workflows, and first attempts to establish sustainable solutions to pressing problems, this book offers readers current practical advice on how to approach 3D archaeology and cultural heritage. Divided into five parts, this book begins with an overview of 3D archaeology in its present state. It goes on to give insights into the development of the technology and recent cutting-edge applications. The next section identifies current challenges in 3D archaeology and then presents approaches and solutions for data management of a large number of 3D objects and ways to ensure sustainable solutions for the archiving of the produced data. This book will be of interest to researchers working in the fields of archaeology, heritage management, and digital humanities in general.
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    ISBN: 9783031560231
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 463 p. 17 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
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    Keywords: Animal remains (Archaeology). ; Forensic archaeology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. An Ontological Approach -- Chapter 3. Arroyo Hondo Pueblo -- Chapter 4. The Multiplicities of Immersed Experience -- Chapter 5. Living with the Dead -- Chapter 6. Sustenance and Its Consequences -- Chapter 7. Being-In/Within-the-World: Embodied Difference as Illness, Impairment, and Injury -- Chapter 8. Vehemence and Community Violence -- Chapter 9. Breath, Animacy, and Death -- Chapter 10. The Entanglements of Ethics -- Chapter 11. Ways of Being at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo.
    Abstract: This volume introduces the place of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in our understanding of Southwestern Archaeology in the Northern Rio Grande. The author discusses the reanalysis of the skeletal and mortuary remains that draws on a half century of research since the original excavations were conducted by the School of American Research from 1970-1974 under the direction of Douglas W. Schwartz. The volume offers a close read of the mortuary evidence at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo and integrates ideas about corn as a central feature of Tewa cosmology with this crop as the paramount dietary staple. The author discusses the health consequences of dry-farming subsistence and present evidence for malnutrition and other dietary issues and finally describes the impact of malnutrition and other maladies on the everyday lives of Arroyo Hondo’s villagers. This volume is for readers interested in bioarchaeology, paleopathology, and Southwestern Archaeology.
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    ISBN: 9783031214912
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 101 p. 13 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Law
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    Keywords: Information technology ; Mass media ; Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Business ethics. ; Corporate governance.
    Abstract: 1. What is AI Ethics Management and Why Does it Matter? -- 2. AI Can Injure People and Damage Business Reputation -- 3. Why Companies Pursue AI Ethics Management -- 4. How to Draw Substantive Lines Between Ethical, and Unethical, Uses of AI -- 5. Management Structures and Processes for Achieving Responsible and Ethical AI -- 6. The Next Stage: AI for the Social Good -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This open access book explains how leading business organizations attempt to achieve the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced information technologies. These technologies can produce tremendous insights and benefits. But they can also invade privacy, perpetuate bias, and otherwise injure people and society. To use these technologies successfully, organizations need to implement them responsibly and ethically. The question is: how to do this? Data ethics management, and this book, provide some answers. The authors interviewed and surveyed data ethics managers at leading companies. They asked why these experts see data ethics as important and how they seek to achieve it. This book conveys the results of that research on a concise, accessible way. Much of the existing writing on data and AI ethics focuses either on macro-level ethical principles, or on micro-level product design and tooling. The interviews showed that companies need a third component: data ethics management. This third element consists of the management structures, processes, training and substantive benchmarks that companies use to operationalize their high-level ethical principles and to guide and hold accountable their developers. Data ethics management is the connective tissue makes ethical principles real. It is the focus of this book. This book should be of use to organizations that wish to improve their own data ethics management efforts, legislators and policymakers who hope to build on existing management practices, scholars who study beyond compliance business behavior, and members of the public who want to understand better the threats that AI poses and how to reduce them.
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    ISBN: 9783031423574
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 401 p. 57 illus., 49 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market 9
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Law ; Law ; Cultural property. ; Archaeology.
    Abstract: Introduction to the Volume -- Part I Theorizing Conservation as a Reflective Practice -- Artworks in Art Museums -- Doing Ethics in Practice: SBMK Platform Meetings -- Part II The Identity of the Art Object -- The Enfolding Object of Conservation: Artwork Identity, Authenticity, and Documentation -- When Old Was New: Rethinking Traditional and Contemporary Art and Their Paradigms of Care -- Languages of Conservation: A Comparison between Internet-based Art and Built Heritage -- No Longer Artwork -- Part III Professional Roles and Identities: Conservators, Curators, and Artists -- Visible Issues. Insights into the Professional Identity of the Conservator -- Conceptual Art and Conservation -- Reinstalling Thomas Hirschhorn’s Doppelgarage (2002): Bridging Gaps between Theory, Practice and Emotion in the Preservation of Installation Artworks -- The Increasing Role of Artists’ Estates in the Preservation of Contemporary Art.-Part IV Documentation and Decision-making in Theory and Practice -- Documenting hybrid mixed media art forms: the role of the audience -- Sharing Knowledge in Art Conservation: From Repository Building to Research Publishing -- Collections of (An)archives: Towards a New Perspective on Institutional Collecting of Contemporary Art and the Object of Conservation -- Decision-Making for the Conservation and Presentation of Thermoelectronic Chewing Gum (1970), a Political Environment by Wolf Vostell -- Part V The Role of Research in the Art Museum -- The Living Process of Conserving Performance: Theory and Practice in the Conservation of Performance-based Artworks at Tate -- Integrating Front-of-House with Behind-the-Scenes Practice in Contemporary Art Conservation -- Is Trust Enforceable? The Conservation of Contemporary Artworks from a Socio-legal Perspective -- Making Time.
    Abstract: This open access book investigates whether and how theoretical findings and insights in contemporary art conservation can be translated into the daily work practices of conservators or, vice versa, whether and how the problems and dilemmas encountered in conservation practice can inform broader research questions and projects. For several decades now, the conservation of contemporary art has been a dynamic field of research and reflection. Because of contemporary art’s variable constitution, its care and management calls for a fundamental rethinking of the overall research landscape of museums, heritage institutions, private-sector organizations and universities. At first, this research was primarily pursued by conservation professionals working in or with museums and other heritage organizations, but increasingly academic researchers and universities became involved, for instance through collaborative projects. This book is the result of such collaboration. It sets out to bridge the “gap” between theory and practice by investigating conservation practices as a form of reflection and reflection as a form of practice.
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  • 30
    ISBN: 9783031498817
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 307 p. 73 illus., 43 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 70
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    Keywords: Science ; Robotics. ; Automotive engineering. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Computer vision.
    Abstract: Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. History of the research on vehicle automation in the United States -- Chapter 3. History of the research on vehicle automation in Japan -- Chapter 4. History of the research on vehicle automation in Europe -- Chapter 5. Findings of the inquiry -- Chapter 6. Timeline with firsts, milestones and shifts -- Index.
    Abstract: This book presents the most important milestones of the research on automated and autonomous driving in the United States, Japan and Europe throughout five decades (1950-2000). Drawing on sources from the automotive industry, electrical engineering, the robotics and AI-domain and military institutions, it retraces the transition from the guidance-cable approach to vehicle-based sensor and vision systems. Giving a detailed overview of the technical concepts, artefacts, research vehicles and robots, the book presents the transnational engineering efforts that started long before Silicon Valley entered the field. In addition, the book also uniquely details the role of the military in the domain of vehicle automation. This all ensures the book is of great interest to historians of technology, practitioners in engineering disciplines, scholars working in mobility studies, journalists, and political decision makers.
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    ISBN: 9783031375781
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 250 p. 38 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
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    Keywords: Archaeology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction to the historical archaeology of children, childhood and parenting -- Chapter 2. Childhoods in Bioarchaeology: The Importance of Categorizing and Analyzing Age -- Chapter 3. Early Medieval English childhood and grave goods: mortuary symbols of emotion, affection and parenting? -- Chapter 4. Materializations of Changing Western Patriarcal Beliefs about Children, Childhood and Parenting, Socialization Practices and Diverse Children’s Social Agency -- Chapter 5. The manager’s children: family space and a private life in the nineteenth-century asylum -- Chapter 6. San Pedro Maya Youth in British Colonial Yucatan -- Chapter 7. Practicality and ideology: Examining site selection for American children’s institutions -- Chapter 8. Children of the Ludlow Massacre: Socialization, Americanization and Immigrant Children in Early 1900’s Colorado’s Coal Mining Communities -- Chapter 9. Between Māori and Missionary Worlds: The chiefly childhoods of Rongo Hariata Hongi and Ripero Hongi in early nineteenth century Bay of Islands, New Zealand -- Chapter 10. The Science of Child-Rearing: Mothering in the late 19th -early 20th century -- Chapter 11. The Rise of the Child Consumer and Interpretations of 19th -20th Century U.S. Domestic Sites -- Chapter 12. Incarcerated childhoods: The discourse, experience, and material culture of children’s play in a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp -- Chapter 13. Parental Investments and Childhood Responses on the Frontier: The Relationship between Children, Parents, and Context -- Chapter 14. Children in Context: Lessons for All Archaeologists from a Historic Perspective.
    Abstract: The study of childhood in historical archaeology enriches interpretations of the past, but also has the potential for contributing to the understanding of methodological and theoretical issues in archaeology. Archaeologically, children are understudied relative to both their demographic and social importance, partly because children are viewed as difficult to discern in the archaeological record. Historical archaeology, with its access to historical documents to supplement and illuminate archaeological evidence, provides an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the ways children's daily lives in the past were expressed in historically changing types and patterns of material culture. Recent research presented in this volume contributes valuable perspectives for conceptualizing the historically changing social nature of childhood and methods for illuminating the roles of children. Case studies are designed to illustrate methodological and theoretical advances in the historical archaeology of materialized experiences, discourses, identities, places and their meanings associated with parenting and childhood. The volume is organized into three sections devoted to case studies about 1) how childhood and parenting have been socially constructed cross culturally and temporally, 2) social ideologies of childhood in contested spaces, and 3) the relationship between children's experiences and adult expectations of childhood. Each chapter demonstrates advances in current methods or theories used in the archaeology of childhood. A final discussant, drawn from the broader field of research on the archaeology of childhood, provides a commentary on the ways the perspectives provided in the volume can be employed by researchers outside the sub-discipline of historical archaeology. .
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    ISBN: 9783031570575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 197 p. 67 illus., 66 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Management Science
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    Keywords: Econometrics. ; Operations research. ; Business ethics. ; Economic sociology. ; Agent-based Modelling and Simulation ; Complex Systems and Complex Adaptive Systems ; Managerial Cognition ; Scenario Simulation ; Strategic Management ; System Dynamics Modelling and Simulation
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Socio-Economic Systems as Complex Adaptive Systems -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Prism -- Chapter 3. Methodological Framework -- Chapter 4. Resource Agent Mapping of Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Systems -- Chapter 5. Hybrid SD and AB Simulation Experimentation for Policy Decision Making -- Chapter 6. Managerial Dynamic Cognitive Capabilities in a Complex Market Environment -- Chapter 7. Financial Markets and Price Bubbles -- Chapter 8. Art and Culture and Ideological Systems -- Chapter 9. Education Systems Efficiency and Social Networks.
    Abstract: This book illustrates effective decision-making in complex socio-economic systems utilising system dynamics and agent-based simulation modelling approaches. It provides practical guidance on the application of conceptual and numerical modelling and simulation for analysing economic, strategic, regulatory, sociological and ethical questions from a complex systems perspective. Its theoretical, methodological and practical illustrations will enhance readers’ understanding of the application of simulation modelling for effective systems management. By virtually experimenting with alternative management scenarios, it will help them improve decision-making and control mechanisms. The book explores practical examples from the fields of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, finance, sociology, education and culture from a strategic, regulatory and ethics perspective. As such, it offers a valuable resource for managers, both at for-profit corporations and non-profit organisations, public policymakers and regulators alike. .
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    ISBN: 9783031355837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ca. 2863 Seiten. eReference.) , 230 Illustrationen
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Kliometrie ; Theorie ; Humankapital ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Finanzsystem ; Konjunktur ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Welt ; Economic history. ; Econometrics. ; Economics ; Labor economics. ; Population ; Macroeconomics. ; Cliometrics ; Econometric history ; Human capital ; Growth ; Financial systems ; Innovation ; Anthropometrics ; Capital markets ; Economic development ; Gender in Economic History ; Socioeconomic development ; Labor markets ; Robert Fogel ; Industrial revolution ; GDP ; US financial system ; Antebellum banking ; Financial crises ; Income inequality ; Great depression ; Handbuch ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Family reconstitution data: a cliometric view -- History of cliometrics -- Growth theories -- Cliometric approaches to war -- GDP and convergence in modern times -- Cliometrics and the great depression -- Financial Systems -- Cliometric approaches to international trade -- Time series -- The industrial revolution: a cliometric perspective -- The cliometric study of financial panics and crashes.
    Abstract: This handbook is a milestone in the field of historical economics and econometric history through its emphasis on the concrete contribution of cliometrics to our knowledge in economics and history. The articles in the handbook authored by the leading scholars in the fields, stress the usefulness of cliometrics for economists, historians and social scientists in general. The handbook offers a comprehensive coverage of topics with each article providing an overview of the contributions of cliometrics to a particular topic. The handbook has set a new standard of quality in the field by offering a world-wide forum of discussion in cliometrics. This updated and extended third edition of the handbook of cliometrics offers a substantially enlarged collection of articles and thus stresses its unique position as authoritative reference work in this field.
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    ISBN: 9783031560347
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 365 p. 12 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; Econometrics. ; Finance, Public. ; Labor economics. ; Population ; Dynamic General Equilibrium ; DSGE models ; Stochastic dynamic models ; Real Business Cycle ; New Keynesian Macroeconomics ; Blanchard-Kahn method ; DYNARE ; Macroeconomic theories ; Economic policy interventions ; Mathematical methods in economics ; Rational expectations ; Numerical solution methods ; Difference equations ; Representative agents ; Micro-founded Neo-Keynesian model ; Real wages ; Real stickiness
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Finite Difference Equations and Systems of Difference Equations in Rational Expectations -- Chapter 3. Models of Representative Agents and Real Business Cycle Models -- Chapter 4. A Simplified Illustration of Numerical Solution Methods of DSGE Models With DYNARE Software -- Chapter 5. A Basic Version of the Micro-founded Neo-keynesian Model -- Chapter 6. More Complex NKE Models: Stickiness in Money Wages, Real Stickiness and Extensions to a Medium-size Model.
    Abstract: This textbook introduces graduate and upper undergraduate students to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models. As DSGE models become integral in advanced coursework, this book serves as an invaluable guide, explaining the complexities with a methodological red thread across its five chapters. Starting with the stochastic dynamic models of the Real Business Cycle (RBC) and progressing through the field of New Keynesian Macroeconomics (NKE), it employs DSGE models to shed light on the dynamic nature of economic systems. The book presents the Blanchard-Kahn methodology for theoretical solutions, discussing its usefulness and limitations as models evolve in complexity. The book goes on to explain the shift from analytical to numerical solutions, showcasing the DYNARE software and providing coding insights. Unique to this volume is a chapter on difference equations, equipping students with essential mathematical tools, and a concluding exploration of a medium-sized New Keynesian Economics model. This book will equip students to navigate the theoretical complexities of the topic and to independently replicate and comprehend the presented results. It bridges the gap between classical and Keynesian paradigms, reviving the debate in today's "RBC vs NKE" landscape. It will enable students to master the essence of macroeconomic theories and methodologies, paving the way for their scholarly pursuits.
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    ISBN: 9783031519635
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 244 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
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    Keywords: Archaeology. ; Cultural property. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Building Networks: An Introduction to the Exchange of Knowledge, Ideas and Material for Building in the Medieval and Post-Medieval World (Bouwmeester et al) -- Chapter 2. Tools and Masons: Regional Building Networks in Norway (1152/3–1537) (Reinfjord) -- Chapter 3. Church Roofs in a Frontier Region. Historic Timber Structures in Western Sweden Reflect Changing Influences and Resources (Gullbrandsson et al) -- Chapter 4. Across the Sea: Urban Formation and New House Building Horizons in the South Baltic Realm (c. 1100–1500) (Thomasson) -- Chapter 5. Influences and Networking in Danish Brick Architecture During the Twelfth and Sixteenth Centuries (Gardelin) -- Chapter 6. An Exceptional Twelfth-Century Tile Floor, Its Origins and the Network Behind It. Compositional Analysis of Tiles from St. Lawrence Church in Roskilde, Denmark (Langkilde) -- Chapter 7. Changing Origins and Trade Routes of Scottish Window Glass (Spencer) -- Chapter 8. Brought From Near and Far: Trade Networks for Building Materials in Later Medieval England (Berryman) -- Chapter 9. Networked Control: Tower Houses in Ireland (Kerr) -- Chapter 10. Patterns in Brick: The Spread of Brick Use Between 1150 and 1550 in the Netherlands (Bouwmeester) -- Chapter 11. Trade and the Recycling of Stones in Medieval Cologne (Höltken) -- Chapter 12. The Transmission of New Construction Techniques and Urbanisation Concepts During the Teutonic Crusade. Cities and Castles in Chełmno Land (Poland) in the Early Thirteenth Century (Wiewióra) -- Chapter 13. Prague and Prague Castle Under the First Habsburgs (Blažková) -- Chapter 14. Architectural Traditions of Pre-Romanesque Central Plan Churches in Bohemia Within Central European Context (Tomanová) -- Chapter 15. Building Networks: Circulation of Workforces, Techniques, and Architectural Models: Roma and the Lazio Region in Italian and European Context.
    Abstract: This book aims to explore different aspects of networks in relation to the archaeology of buildings. It is divided into three major themes: the trade in materials, the exchange of knowledge (of techniques and/or materials), and the exchange of style. Within each of these themes, two primary aspects are addressed—notably, who were the actors and how did the network function? In medieval and post-medieval Europe, the development of buildings, of style and the use of material, cannot be understood from a local, regional or even national perspective. Not only were the borders different than in modern-day Europe, but the contacts of inhabitants also transcended local and regional boundaries. This volume describes the continuous exchange of aesthetic ideals, technological developments and building materials during this period. This volume is a culmination of four years of sessions held at the European Archaeology Association (EAA) conference between 2016-2020 on the topic. It is of interest to archaeologists, architects, and scholars of built heritage.
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    ISBN: 9783031529542
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 307 p. 26 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 71
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    Keywords: Science ; Philosophy ; Analytical chemistry. ; Mathematics. ; History.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Practices, Strategies, and Methodologies of Experimental Control in Historical Perspective (Jutta Schickore) -- Chapter 2. Christoph Scheiner’s The Eye, that is, The Foundation of Optics (1619): The Role of Contrived Experience at the Intersection of Psychology and Mathematics (Tawrin Baker) -- Chapter 3. One Myrtle Proves Nothing: Repeated Comparative Experiments and the Growing Awareness of the Difficulty of Conducting Conclusive Experiments (Caterina Schürch) -- Chapter 4. Controlling Induction: Practices and Reflections in Brewster’s Optical Studies (Friedrich Steinle) -- Chapter 5. Carl Stumpf and Control Groups (Julia Kursell) -- Chapter 6. A “Careful Examination of All Kind of Phenomena”: Methodology and Psychical Research at the End of the Nineteenth Century (Claudia Cristalli) -- Chapter 7. Controlling Nature in the Lab and Beyond: Methodological Predicaments in Nineteenth-Century Botany (Kärin Nickelsen) -- Chapter 8. Controlling the Unobservable: Experimental Strategies and Hypotheses in Discovering the Causal Origin of Brownian Movement (Klodian Coko) -- Chapter 9. From the Determination of the Ohm to the Discovery of Argon: Lord Rayleigh's Strategies of Experimental Control (Vasiliki Christopoulou and Theodore Arabatzis) -- Chapter 10. Controlling Away the Phenomenon: Maze Research and the Nature of Learning (Evan Arnet) -- Chapter 11. Controlling Animals: Carl von Heß, Karl von Frisch and the Study of Color Vision in Fish (Christoph Hoffmann).
    Abstract: This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée. The introduction distinguishes four related strands in the history of experimental control: the development of practices to stabilize experimental conditions; the career of the comparative design; the unfolding of methodological discussions about control practices and designs; and the history of the term “control”. Each chapter brings these distinctions to bear on specific historical episodes. The focus is on experiments with complex, elusive phenomena such as perception and learning, irregular movements, and unobservable elements. Such experiments bring control issues to the fore because they are difficult to design and stabilize and often controversial. Together, the chapters show that the local context shapes what exactly is controlled, how control can be accomplished, and how controls are justified. They also show that control strategies and methodological ideas often remain stable for a long time and change only gradually. This book, as well as the volume on analysis and synthesis in experimentation by the same editors, contains contributions by an array of experts from multiple disciplines, making it suitable for historians and philosophers of science and students alike.
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    ISBN: 9783031069635
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 1113 p. 553 illus., 507 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 55
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    Keywords: History. ; Science ; Knowledge, Theory of. ; Mathematics.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: The Papers -- Chapter 1. A new Cycloid Narrative centered on Torricelli and Roberval to Understand the Diverse Ways of the Mathematical Revolution (Jean Dhombres) -- Chapter 2. Historical and Methodological Details on the De motu gravium naturaliter descendentium in Torricelli’s Opera Gometrica (1644) (Raffaele Pisano and Paolo Bussotti) -- Chapter 3. Torricelli’s proof of Galileo’s Assumption on the Velocity Acquired at the End of a Free Fall (Patricia Radelet–de Grave) -- Chapter 4. Why Publish a Book of Geometry in Seventeenth-Century Europe? Science, Status, and Print Culture in Evangelista Torricelli’s Opera Geometrica (1644) (John B. Shank) -- Chapter 5. Encounters with the Infinite: From Torricelli to Gödel (Martin Davis) -- Part II: A Critical Transcription & Translation of The Opera Geometrica, 1644 -- Chapter 6. Introduction to a Critical Transcription -- Chapter 7. Image-Text & Transcription -- Part III: Epilogue -- Chapter 8. Epilogue [by…………] Chapter 9. Torricelli: Historical Source Introductory -- Index. .
    Abstract: Evangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista Torricelli's monumental Opera geometrica, this book marks 380 years since its publication (1644-2024). This homage to Torricelli introduces the magnificent major work in Mechanics and Mathematics of a brilliant Archimedean–and–Galilean scientist to modern readers. Opera geometrica deals with Motion & Mechanics and Geometry & Infinitesimals. In quibus Archimedis doctrina Torricelli also presents his mechanical principle of equilibrium – the foundation of the modern Principle of Virtual Work/Static. This outstanding source and research book spotlights the relevance and originality of Torricelli’s Mechanics, and is the first and most profound analysis of the Opera geometrica to date. The historical study is achieved in extensive Introduction, 5 Essays and an accurate Transcription of Opera geometrica with parallel side–by–side text, including substantive explicative notes. The book is an accessible avenue to understanding this work by leading authorities who offer much-needed insights into the relationship Physics–Mathematics, Mechanics and Fundamentals. It appeals to historians, epistemologists and scientists.
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    ISBN: 9783031519710
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 307 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Vienna Circle Institute Library 9
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    Keywords: Intellectual life ; Logic. ; Physicists ; Astronomers
    Abstract: PART I: AT HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY -- 1. At high school -- 1.1. High school extraordinary -- 1.2. The activity of the human mind -- 1.3. Molecular theory -- 1.4. G¨odel’s esoteric side -- At university: from physics to mathematics -- 2.1. The physics student -- 2.2. Mathematics and philosophy -- PART II: FIRST STEPS IN LOGIC -- 1. First encounters with foundational problems -- 2. The Weber-Heft -- 3. The U¨ bungsheft Logik -- 3.1. Exercise in constitutional analysis -- 3.2. Formal derivations in second-order arithmetic and set theory -- 3.3. Beautiful syntax trees and other diversions -- 3.4. Summary overview of the U¨ bungsheft -- 4. Punktmengenlehre -- 4.1. Hilbert’s geometry -- 4.2. Hausdorff’s point set topology -- PART III: THE PROBLEM OF COMPLETENESS -- 1. From Carnap’s exercises to the problem of completeness -- 2. Dissertation draft -- 2.1. Generality -- 2.2. First-order logic -- 2.3. The proof of completeness -- 3. Completeness of the axioms of the narrower function calculus -- 4. Lectures and seminars on completeness. -- 5. Anticipations of incompleteness -- PART IV: THE SHORTHAND NOTEBOOKS -- 1. The Weber-Heft -- 2. U¨ bungsheft Logik: formal derivations -- 3. Punktmengenlehre: Hilbert’s geometry -- 4. Punktmengenlehre and U¨ bungsheft: set theory and topology -- 6. Completeness of the axioms of the narrower function calculus -- PART V: LECTURES AND SEMINARS ON COMPLETENESS -- 1. On the completeness of the axioms of the logical function calculus -- 2. Lecture in K¨onigsberg -- 3. Lecture in Vienna (plan of contents) -- 4. Report on G¨odel’s work -- 5. Completeness of the function calculus.
    Abstract: In the summer of 1928, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) embarked on his logical journey that would bring him world fame in a mere three years. By early 1929, he had solved an outstanding problem in logic, namely the question of the completeness of the axioms and rules of quantificational logic. He then went on to extend the result to the axiom system of arithmetic but found, instead of completeness, his famous incompleteness theorem that got published in 1931. It belongs to the most iconic achievements of 20th century science and has been instrumental in the development of theories of formal languages and algorithmic computability – two essential components in the birth of the information society. This book explores Gödel’s way from an exceptional high-school student to a firmly established young logician. Essays in Gödel’s hand from the high school show that his central philosophical and scientific convictions were formed early on, before his university studies. Particular emphasis is laid on the course that made Gödel one of the foremost logicians of all times. The scientific biography of young Gödel is followed by English translations from Gödel’s German Gabelsberger shorthand of all his early preserved notebooks on logic and related topics.
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  • 39
    ISBN: 9783031581243
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 483 p. 16 illus., 15 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Business enterprises ; Business tax ; Management. ; Finance, Public. ; Taxation ; Management ; Natural Resources ; Sustainable Development ; Taxation and Management of Natural Resources in Africa ; Policy Reforms in Africa ; Fiscal Policy ; resource rent ; Capital Gains Taxes ; Environmental taxation ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: PART I: PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- 1. Introduction: An overview of management and tax policy of natural resources -- 2. Natural resources tax administration and reforms in Africa -- 3. Assessing the impact of socio-political risk on natural resources in Africa -- 4. Natural resources revenue management strategies in African countries -- 5. The ethical dilemma of natural resources in African countries -- PART II: FISCAL STRATEGIES OF NATURAL RESOURCES EXTRACTION -- 6. Accountability and transparency of management of natural resources in Africa: Is the information sharing the solution? -- 7. Resource rent and capital gains taxes in Africa -- 8. Taxation of oil and gas revenue in African countries -- 9. Effective and sustainable management of natural resources in Africa: The roles of environmental tax and public participation -- 10. Globalization, institutional quality and management of natural resources in Africa -- PART III: IMPLICATIONS: STABILITY, CREDITABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 11. How does taxation of natural resources promote inclusive development in Africa? -- 12. Foreign direct investment and tax incentives in the extractives sector: the good, the bad and the ugly -- 13. Economics of peace: Can extraction of oil and gas lead to sustainable peace? -- 14. How does taxation of oil and gas hold up in commodity price volatility? -- 15. Can extractive and financial sector development help build sustainable infrastructure in Africa? -- 16. Corruption, taxation of natural resources and sustainable development in Africa -- 17. The impact of natural resource depletion on climate change vulnerability and income inequalities in Africa -- 18. The future of natural resource management and policy in Africa.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive examination of the fundamental concepts and principles crucial to the taxation and management of natural resources, specifically tailored to the unique challenges faced by developing African countries. It delves into the key instruments that comprise a resource tax policy, providing invaluable insights into the tax reforms necessary to maximize economic rent for African nations. Written by experts in the field, this book explores the potential application of effective revenue management principles by African governments to achieve desired developmental outcomes. It covers a wide range of topics, including socio-political risks, ethical dilemmas, accountability and transparency, resource rent and capital gains taxes, tax administration and reforms, taxation of oil and gas revenue, environmental taxation, globalization's impact, and the promotion of inclusive development. Designed for scholars, tax professionals, and individuals interested in natural resources management and revenue mobilization strategy in Africa, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice, providing valuable insights and recommendations for sustainable and responsible management of Africa's rich natural resources.
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    ISBN: 9783031388378
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 452 p. 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Economic and Financial Law & Policy – Shifting Insights & Values 8
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    Keywords: International law. ; Trade regulation. ; Law and economics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The principles of capitalism questioned -- Chapter 2. Revisiting some building blocks of contemporary capitalism that center selfishness -- Chapter 3. Unsustainability of the capitalist socio-economic order -- Chapter 4. Revisiting an alternative method of money creation on behalf of states and certain, international, and supranational institutions as a possible way out of capitalism -- Chapter 5. From neoliberal punitive states to states of care -- Chapter 6. Alternative methods of money creation for the benefit of the private sectors -- Chapter 7. Conceptualization and sense of reality of some new, legal models for conducting an enterprise -- Chapter 8. Final Conclusions I: Capitalism as an unjust system of socio-economic order -- Chapter 9. Final Conclusions II: Establishing a new monetary order as a foundation for a new type of societies.
    Abstract: The book analyzes socioeconomic through the lens of a lawyer. In the past decade the world has witnessed some severe financial and economic crises, espe­cially the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The author states that the socio-economic order has in the past four to five decades been thoroughly redesigned, generally favouring models that prio­ritize the free market over the public interest or even, more generally, government operation. He works out that during four to five decades, globalized, capitalist societies are facing a multiplicity of fundamental problems, such as: (1) increasing debt that severely burdens both the private and public sectors; (2) persistent poverty and an ever-increasing polarization between rich and poor, in addition to (3) intractable environmental problems that, fifty years after the Club of Rome's report entitled ‘Limits to growth’ (1972), has dragged the world into what in recent years has been referred to as "climate change." The book explains why all this is the direct result of value choices made from the late Middle Ages onwards, when in the Western world the societal models of that time were increasingly abandoned for a societal model that came to rely on the primacy of economic interests. The book not only subjects the ethical choices but also examines various problems it has caused and probes for possible ways out. This is an open access book.
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    ISBN: 9783031520419
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 430 p. 68 illus., 34 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Cultural property. ; Archaeology. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Part I Theory and Methodology -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Heritage Tourism, Wellbeing and Quality of Life -- Chapter 3 The Connection between Cultural and Natural Heritage -- Chapter 4 Culture as an Instrument of Local Development -- Chapter 5 Future Changes and Challenges for Post-Covid-19 Tourism -- Chapter 6 The Future of Sustainable Tourism and Beyond -- Chapter 7 Beyond Neoliberal Tourism -- Chapter 8 World Heritage Sites and the Local Stakeholder’s Participation Mechanism -- Chapter 9 Intangible heritage -- Chapter 10 Can Tourism and Heritage Be Mutually Sustainable? -- Part II Governance and Management of the Natural and Cultural Heritage -- Chapter 11 The Cultural Landscape and the Role of Stakeholders in Enhancing Regional Quality for Sustainable Tourism -- Chapter 12 Governance Analysis of the Coffee Cultural Landscape (Colombia) for a Sustainable Tourism (2011-2022) -- Chapter 13 Government and Local Communities in Participatory Processes Towards Sustainable Managementof World Heritage Sites -- Chapter 14 Regenerative Tourism -- Chapter 15 Cross-Border Heritage Routes and Areas -- Chapter 16 Systems Thinking -- Chapter 17 European Cultural Routes for Alpine Cultural and Natural Heritage -- Chapter 18 Strategic Approach to the Reconnection of Natural and Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Tourism -- Chapter 19 Gamification as a Strategy to Educate About Cultural Heritage and Develop Sustainable Cultural Tourism -- Part III Tourism and Participation Governance in Cultural Heritage Management -- Chapter 20 Participatory Digital Heritage as an Integrated Sustainable Tool for Informative Interpretation of the Past -- Chapter 21 The Role of Governance in Managing UNESCO WHSs -- Chapter 22 Participatory Governance Models to Manage World Heritage Sites -- Chapter 23 Proposals of “Open Air” Tourism, Associated with Scientific Investigation in the Wild, Ready as Psychological Health Care in the Period of Covid 2019 Pandemic -- Chapter 24 White City Black Flag -- Chapter 25Managing Buddhist Cultural Heritage for Tourism in India -- Chapter 26 Development a Deeper Understanding of Visitors' Sentiments Towards Natura 2000 Protected Areas -- Chapter 27 Management of Protected Areas -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This contributed volume offers a wealth of cases that explore the factors and conditions required for heritage tourism to be economically and socially beneficial to local communities without impairing the natural environment, cultural heritage preservation, or sustainability for future generations. The studies presented here comprise an examination of measures which have been and can be implemented to ensure sustainable use of natural and cultural systems, leading to a new concept of tourism that incorporates science and community practices together to create a favorable environment where tourists and locals can experience meaningful interactions and experiences. The book focuses on the role of stakeholders in the development of a new policy regarding the sustainable management of cultural tourism and the possibility of their involvement in the processes governing policy-making. Emphasis is placed on the role and commitment of local and international authorities, including UNESCO, in preserving the world's endangered cultural and natural heritage, as well as the responsibilities of Member States and public and private actors with respect to future conservation challenges.
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    ISBN: 9783031496172
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 581 p. 154 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 69
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    Keywords: Science ; Philology. ; Historiography. ; History ; China
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (Karine Chemla and Agathe Keller) -- Part I: Ancient Editorial and Cross-Linguistic Practices -- Chapter 2. Before the Library of Babel: On some Very Early Philologers (Piotr Michalowski) -- Chapter 3. A Theory of Philological Practice in Early Modern India (Sheldon Pollock) -- Part II: What was at Issue in Returning to Ancient Texts in Early Modern and Modern Times? -- Chapter 4. Rethinking the Ancient Mathematical Text: Ming-Qing Scholars’ Critical Reflections on The Gnomon of Zhou [Dynasty] (Han Qi) -- Chapter 5. The Asiatic Society, the Bibliotheca Indica and Devanāgarī Pinting in Bengal: The Historical Context of the Editio Princeps of the Nyāyabhāṣya (Alessandro Graheli) -- Chapter 6. Editing a Foundational Work on Classical Indian Medicine: The Printed Editions of the Carakasaṃhitā in Context (Karin Preisendanz) -- Part III: Shaping Specific Features of Scientific Texts -- Chapter 7. Representing numbers and quantities in editions of mathematical cuneiform texts (Christine Proust) -- Chapter 8. Numbers and Quantities in Editions of Economic and Administrative Cuneiform Texts at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE. The Case of the Capacity System (Cecile Michel) -- Chapter 9. Reduction of Absurdity: Notes on the editorial Transformations of Greek Diagrams (Reviel Netz) -- Chapter 10. Editing the Sumerians, How and Why? (Jerrold S. Cooper) -- Part IV: Publishing Ancient Mathematical and Astronomical texts: Comparative Perspectives -- Chapter 11. The critical edition of the mathematical texts of Greek Antiquity: challenges and method (Micheline Decorps) -- Chapter 12. Shaping a Mathematical text in Sanskrit: H. T. Colebrooke, Sudhākara Dvivedin, and Pṛthūdaka‘s commentary on the twelfth chapter of the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta (Agathe Keller) -- Chapter 13. On the First Printed Edition of the Mathematical Book in Nine Chapters (1842) (Yiwen Zhu & Cheng Zheng) -- Chapter 14. Babylonian Astronomy: Editing and Interpreting an Ancient Science (Matthieu Ossendrijver) -- Chapter 15. Postface (Glenn Most) -- Annexure -- Index.
    Abstract: This book contributes to a worldwide history of textual criticism and critical editions of ancient scientific texts. It first looks at ancient editorial practices, and at their impact on modern editions. Contributions analyze how, through time, the perception of what a text was may have changed, and influenced how scholarly texts were made accessible. The second section looks at the historical, political and social contexts within which editions and translations of ancient scientific texts were produced. Finally, the last two parts examine the specificities of editions and translations that bore on scholarly documents. Not only is there a focus on how the elements specific to scientific texts—such as diagrams and numbers—were treated, but case studies analyzing the specific work carried out to edit mathematical and astronomical texts of the past are also offered to the reader. The scholarship displayed in this work lays the foundation for further studies on the history of critical editions and raises questions to those who make scholarly translations and critical editions today.
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    ISBN: 9783031478703
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 64 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Criminal law.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The making of criminal law as an element of ius puniendi -- Chapter 3. Substantive criminal law in the normative approach -- Chapter 4. Non-state actors as law-makers -- Chapter 5. Regulation issued by the non-state actors. Chapter 6. Conflict of regulation-elements of norms -- Chapter 7. The regulation of non-state actors as elements of the domestic penal norms -- Chapter 8. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book describes how statements made by non-state actors affect the scope of an individual's criminal responsibility and how they should be taken into account by domestic criminal courts. Sentencing is only possible on the basis and within the limits of the law. In the 21st century, this law increasingly means regulations formulated by various non-state actors: international organisations, human rights tribunals or statutory bodies. The content of these regulations does not only refer to states, but often has a direct impact on the legal situation of individuals. Two worlds collide here. Strict criminal law is influenced by fluid regulations issued by entities that have not been empowered to exercise the right to punish. The book presents an interpretative method to support the court's inference in the cases outlined above, based on the using the concept of two interrelated norms: the norm of the individual and the norm of the court.
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    ISBN: 9783031418730
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 292 p. 51 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy - Technical, Economic and Legal Framework 2
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    Keywords: Environmental law, International. ; Mining engineering. ; Climatology. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state.
    Abstract: Thermodynamics,conservation, and transformation: a conceptual model of sustainability in the mining industry -- A Case Study on the Application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources on the Piampaludo Titanium Deposits -- A Sustainability Approach to Optimize the Closure of Continuous Surface Lignite Mines -- Lifecycle of Mine Water -- The German Federal Constitutional Court’s climate-decision and consequences for raw materials supply -- Climate change and the extraterritorial reach of the state duty to protect -- Corporate Climate Liability Clean Energy Transition in Africa's Mining Sector: A Rapid Reflection -- Ventilation on Demand in Brazilian underground mines: current situation and perspectives .-Sustainable activities assessment through Conceptual Sieving method: Case studies in Colombian mining -- The Mongolian Raw Materials Industry -- The importance of Sustainability Criteria for the Professional Education of Geo-engineers and the Role of Academic Institutions.
    Abstract: This book covers several aspects of the application of Sustainable Development Goals to mining related subjects. The included works range from methods to assess and implement sustainability to discussions of legal impacts and relations as well as technological developments and outlooks. First, the challenges and opportunities of clean energy transition in the African mining sector are described. With regard to the assessment of sustainable developments, this book includes the applications of the sieving method, the concept of thermodynamics and the United Nations Framework Classification to mining projects and case studies. The implementation of Sustainable Development Goals into academic project work and education of geo-engineers is covered as well. The legal topics contain discussions of corporate climate liabilities and extraterritorial legal responsibilities as well as an analysis of the impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court's climate decision. Important mining aspects and technological developments like proactive water management, sustainable approaches to mine closure and implementation of ventilation on demand in underground mines are described. In addition, the state and potential of the Mongolian raw materials industry is covered. The Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy Yearbook is not only aimed at researchers and professionals, but at all who want to get an overview of current important technical and legal topics in this field.
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    ISBN: 9783031479342
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 181 p. 155 illus., 92 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 158
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamentals -- 3. Transparency Enhancement in Teleoperation -- 4. Multi-Agent Adaptive Shared Control -- 5. Stable and Transparent Shared Control Framework.
    Abstract: Robotic research and developments in computing technologies including artificial intelligence have led to significant improvements in autonomous capabilities of robots. Yet, human supervision is advisable and, in many cases, necessary when robots interact with real-world, outside-lab environments. This is due to the fact that complete autonomy in robots has not yet been achieved. When robots encounter challenges beyond their capabilities, a viable solution is to include human operators in the loop, who can support robots through teleoperation, taking complete control or shared control. This monograph focuses on a special form of shared control, namely mixed-initiative, where the final command to the robot is a weighted sum of the commands from the operator and the autonomous controller. The weights (fixed or adaptive), called authority allocation (AA) factors, decide who has more control authority over the robot. Several research groups use different methods to adapt the AA factors online and the benefits of adaptive mixed-initiative shared control have been well established in terms of task completion success and operator usability. However, stability of the overall shared control framework, with communication time-delays between the operator and the robot, is a field that has not been examined extensively. This monograph presents methods to improve performance and stability in shared control so that the possibilities of its applications can be widened. Firstly, methods to improve the haptic feedback performance of teleoperation are developed. Secondly, methods to stabilize adaptive shared control systems, while still ensuring high teleoperation performance, are proposed. The methods are validated on multiple robotic systems and they were applied in several projects, both in space and terrestrial domains. With the aforementioned contributions, this monograph provides an overarching framework to improve synergy between humans and robots. The flexibility of the framework allows integration of existent teleoperation and shared control approaches, which further promotes synergy within the robotics community.
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    ISBN: 9783031505393
    Language: English
    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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    ISBN: 9783031508189
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXII, 459 p. 225 illus., 199 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 848
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Engineering
    Abstract: A combination of Active Learning and Deep Learning for improving breast cancer prediction -- A Novel Arm Bone Fracture Detection Using Deep Learning -- A systematic review of Artificial Intelligence in Geographic Information Systems -- Build an effective system for container code recognition -- Building an Efficient Retriever System with Limited Resources -- Deep Learning based Coconut Fruit Maturity Classification -- Enhanced prediction of mRNA subcellular localization using a novel ensemble learning and hybrid approach.
    Abstract: This book contains four keynote abstracts and 83 best peer-reviewed papers selected from the 179 submissions at the 2nd International Conference on Advances in ICT (ICTA 2023), which share research results and practical applications in ICT research and education. Technological changes and digital transformation that have taken place over the past decade have had significant impacts on all economic and social sectors. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in general and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular have driven socio-economic growth. The topics cover all ICT-related areas and their contributions to socio-economic development, focusing on the most advanced technologies, such as AI. Researchers and practitioners in academia and industry use the books as a valuable reference for their research activities, teaching, learning, and advancing current technologies. The Conference is hosted by Thai Nguyen University of Information and Communication Technology (ICTU).
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    ISBN: 9783031441318
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 438 p. 135 illus., 113 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 773
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Engineering
    Abstract: Comparative study between ecological and economic methods of cryptocurrency mining -- A mobile educational application based on transfer learning and computer vision for teaching semantics fields in children with intellectual disabilities -- Exploring the Factors Affecting the Service Quality of Online Shopping Applications: An Empirical Study -- A basic-electronics educational kit for memory and visuomotor coordination stimulation in senior citizens -- IPv6 in IoT -- Students' perception of professional accountant skills and knowledge -- Proactivity, a need, or a trendy word? -- A systematic review of Green intellectual capital.
    Abstract: This book presents advances in the research of various entities in the world, which are working on the application of technology or management in tourism. Indeed, one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic was tourism, likewise one of the post-pandemic effects is the rapid recovery of the sector, but more importantly is the great innovation that has occurred in marketing strategies for tourism using technology and applying management strategies not only to be more profitable but to have the best customer satisfaction. The book is aimed at the general public that seeks to innovate, learn from lessons learned and establish a knowledge base in mechanisms that apply technology or management in tourism, with the aim of improving the experience of all those involved in the business chain. This compendium aims to share all those great experiences and researches in the areas of: Managements, Tourism, Marketing strategies in Management, Tourism and Technology, Technology, Applied Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Business Administration, Cloud Computing, Educational Management, Finance, Insurance and Services Management, Health Tourism, Human Resource Management, Information Systems Planning and Management, Information Technologies in Tourism, Internet Technology, Knowledge Management, Management of Supply Chain and Logistics, Marketing Innovation, Robotics, Strategic Management Innovation, Sustainability Management, Technical Economy Management, Technical Innovation and Management, Technology in Tourism and Tourist Experience, Tourism Industry and Ecology, Tourism Management, a total of 77 research projects and many spaces and relationships between researchers to collaborate in the advancement of science are presented.
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    ISBN: 9783031477218
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 885 p. 329 illus., 248 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 822
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: The book is a unique collection of studies involving intelligent systems and applications of artificial intelligence in the real world to provide solutions to most vexing problems. IntelliSys received an overwhelming 605 papers which were put under strict double-blind peer-review for their novelty, originality and exhaustive research. Finally, 227 papers were sieved and chosen to be published in the proceedings. This book is a valuable collection of all the latest research in the field of artificial intelligence and smart systems. It provides a ready-made resource to all the readers keen on gaining information regarding the latest trends in intelligent systems. It also renders a sneak peek into the future world governed by artificial intelligence.
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    ISBN: 9783031512766
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 180 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Law, Governance and Technology Series 63
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    Keywords: Information technology ; Mass media
    Abstract: 1 introduction: legislating for the digital reality: a moving target -- 2. Welcoming digital innovation: why america seems to get it right -- 3. The mechanics of flexibility -- 4 Jewels in the sand: supporting creativity in a mass networked environment -- 5 EU (non) remedies to inflexible copyright: contracts as a policy tool -- 6 Courts of law v. Choke points for technological innovation -- 7 Conclusions.
    Abstract: Can we regulate something that doesn’t exist yet? Can Europe create its own Silicon Valley? Who gets to create technological value in today’s world? Whatever happened to the once-flourishing idea of rags to riches? Will new and exciting innovations only ever come from big tech companies? Can the EU establish its own flexible framework for boosting innovation, e.g. by facilitating the transformative use of technologies and data? This book seeks to answer these questions by exploring the differences in copyright culture in Europe and the United States, with its flexible fair use framework. The findings are anything but obvious, and decades of case law on both sides of the Atlantic tell a story of judges going to great lengths to deal with new challenges while navigating the imperfections of statutory law – both where it is too broadly formulated and where it is too prescriptive. How can the population’s creative potential best be fostered? What do software innovations have in common with the evolution of living organisms? What are the vulnerabilities of distributed creativity? Answers are sought in the processes that came into being during the early years of the digital revolution and were then forced to take a back seat as control of the means of production was increasingly placed in the hands of tech companies. The findings and insights presented here are highly relevant for today’s digital policymaking. Market concentration processes in innovation haven’t ceased; they are ongoing. And in an age where data-driven services are creating and reinforcing global oligopolies, the question posed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Google v. Oracle is now more relevant than ever: who should hold the keys to digital innovation?
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    ISBN: 9783031507847
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 133 p. 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Elections. ; Europe ; Public administration.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Decidim: A Brief Overview -- Chapter 2. The Political Plane: Decidim and the Vision of a Radically Democratic Society -- Chapter 3. The Technopolitical Plane: Decidim as a Democratic Software Paradigm -- Chapter 4. The Technical Plane: the Fabric of an Infrastructure -- Chapter 5. A Technopolitical Network for Participatory Democracy: The Future of a Collective Platform.
    Abstract: This Open Access book explains the philosophy, design principles, and community organization of Decidim and provides essential insights into how the platform works. Decidim is the world leading digital infrastructure for participatory democracy, built entirely and collaboratively as free software, and used by more than 500 institutions with over three million users worldwide. The platform allows any organization (government, association, university, NGO, neighbourhood, or cooperative) to support multitudinous processes of participatory democracy. In a context dominated by corporate-owned digital platforms, in the era of increasing social structuring via Artificial Intelligence, Decidim stands as a public or community owned platform for collective human intelligence. Yet, the project is much more than its technological features. Decidim is in itself a crossroad of the various dimensions of the networked society, a detailed practical map of its complexities and conflicts. The authors distinguish three general dimensions of the project: (1) the political - shedding light on the democratic model that Decidim promotes and its impact on public policies and organizations, (2) the technopolitical - explaining how this technology is democratically designed and managed to produce and protect certain political effects, and (3) the technical - presenting the conditions of production, operation, and success of the project. This book systematically covers those three levels in an academically sound, technologically consistent, and politically innovative manner. Serving as a useful resource and handbook for the use of Decidim, it will not only appeal to students and scholars interested in participatory and digital democracy but also to professionals, policy-makers, and a wider audience interested in learning more about the Decidim platform. This is an open access book.
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    ISBN: 9783031515217
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 402 p. 118 illus., 67 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 718
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering.
    Abstract: This book presents the first volume of the proceedings of the 12th World Conference "Intelligent systems for industrial automation", WCIS-2022 held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on November 25-26, 2022. It includes contributions from diverse areas of intelligent industrial systems design, intelligent information systems, decision making under imperfect information and others. The topics of the papers include hybrid control systems, pattern recognition, industry 4.0, information security, neural computing, fuzzy computation, decision making and support systems, and others.
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    ISBN: 9783031368950
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 978 p. 252 illus., 218 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 489
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Engineering ; Engineering mathematics.
    Abstract: 1.Universal Adversarial Perturbation -- Automated Environmental Mapping with Behavior Trees -- Multi-objective Automatic Clustering with Gene Rearrangement -- Impact of immersive technology and virtual work environment, on innovative work behaviour -- Innovation capability and the relationship between entrepreneurial resources and micro-business performance. -- Impact of Cloud Computing as a digital technology on SMEs sustainability -- Digital innovation and agri-business -- The Usage of Artificial Intelligence in management process -- Artificial Intelligence to Human Resources Management -- others.(Green Finance, Digital Finance, and their challenges on traditional businesses -- Artificial Intelligence and Public Governance: citizens perspective in the context of a developing nation -- Fintech Innovations and the potential for green investment -- Blockchains, tokens and entrepreneurship).
    Abstract: Intelligent systems research is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the development of systems that can perceive, reason, and act autonomously. This can include areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and robotics. The goal of intelligent systems research is to develop systems that can understand, learn from, and adapt to their environment, to perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. Business and innovation research is an interdisciplinary field that examines how organizations can create, develop, and implement new ideas, products, and services. This can include areas such as organizational behaviour, strategic management, and marketing. The goal of business and innovation research is to understand how organizations can foster an environment that encourages creativity and innovation, and how they can develop and implement new ideas in a way that leads to success. Intelligent Systems, Business and Innovation Research is a research area that brings together these two fields to study the use of intelligent systems and technologies in the business context to drive innovation, improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. The book aims to understand how intelligent systems can be used in business applications, how to design and implement them, how to manage the associated challenges, and how to leverage them to foster innovation, create new business models, and gain competitive advantage. It offers guidance on how to navigate potential conflicts and challenges that may arise during multidisciplinary research in areas such as Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, modern machine learning, software agent applications, and data science. The book focuses on the various fields in which intelligent systems play a critical role in enabling the development of advanced technologies that can perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. For example, in smart/control systems, intelligent algorithms can be used to optimize the performance of machines and devices, while in cyber security, they can be used to protect networks and data from cyber-attacks. In bioinformatics, intelligent systems can be used to analyse large amounts of biological data, while in virtual reality and robotics, they can be used to create realistic and responsive simulations and automatons. Additionally, the book also highlights the rapidly advancing theoretical foundations of fuzzy sets, mathematical logic, and non-classical logic. These are important theoretical frameworks for the development of intelligent systems, as they provide the foundation for the representation and manipulation of uncertainty, complexity, and imprecision. These theoretical foundations are essential in the development of intelligent systems that can make decisions and perform tasks in uncertain, complex, and dynamic environments.
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    ISBN: 9783031535987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 630 p. 169 illus., 146 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 913
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Statistics .
    Abstract: This book reports on cutting-edge theories and methods for analyzing complex systems, such as transportation and communication networks and discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to dependability problems encountered when dealing with complex systems in practice. The book presents the most relevant findings discussed at the 23rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication (RelStat 2023), which took place as a hybrid event on October 19 – 21, 2023, in/from Riga, Latvia. It spans a broad spectrum of advanced theories and methods, giving a special emphasis to the digitalization of transport systems, as well as smart, artificial intelligence, and digital twins applications.
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    ISBN: 9783031485732
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 616 p. 261 illus., 219 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 838
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Engineering ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Exploring the Impact of Deep Learning Techniques on Evaluating Arabic L1 Readability -- Performance Analysis of Two Serial Concatenations of Decoders over a Rayleigh Channel -- Blockchain and Reputation Based Secure Service Provision in Edge-cloud Environments -- Exploring the Impact of Convolutions on LSTM Networks for Video Classification -- Classification algorithms implementation for fire prevention data on multiple wireless node sensors -- Implementation of an intelligent monitoring system based on Quality 4.0 of the Induction Hardning process -- Lithium-Ion Battery State of Charge Estimation Using Least Squares Support Vector Machine -- Intrusion Detection in Software-Defined Networking using Machine Learning Models -- Neural Network for link Prediction in social network -- Design and optimization of a compact Microstrip band-pass filter using on open loop rectangular resonators for wireless communication systems -- YOLO-based Approach for Intelligent Apple Crop Health Assessment -- A comprehensive review on the integration of Blockchain Technology with IPFS in IoT ecosystem.
    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: 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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  • 57
    ISBN: 9783031404030
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 129 p. 68 illus., 49 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1110
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Data mining.
    Abstract: 1.New Methods for Compressing Table Constraints -- 2.Construction and Elicitation of a Black Box Model in the Game of Bridge -- 3.Knowledge graph publishing with anatomy, toward a new privacy and utility trade-off -- 4.Comparison of Short-Text Embeddings for Unsupervised Event Detection in a Stream of Tweets -- 5.Multilingual Question Answering applied to Conversational Agents -- 6.Reinforcement Learning for Expert Finding from Web Search Results -- List of Contributors -- Author Index.
    Abstract: This book comprises a distinguished collection of cutting-edge scientific contributions. Encompassing a wide range of subjects, it delves into machine learning, data mining, text analysis, data visualization, knowledge management, and more. The included articles are expanded versions of carefully selected top papers that were originally presented at the EGC’2020 conferences held in Paris (France, January 27-31, 2020). It is intended for researchers interested in these fields, including PhD and MSc students, and researchers from public or private laboratories. These extended versions underwent an additional peer-review process, building upon the already accepted long-format papers from the conference. The selection of long and short papers for the conference itself followed a rigorous double-blind peer-review process, evaluating numerous submissions (with a long paper acceptance rate of approximately 25%). For more details about the EGC society, please consult egc.asso.fr.".
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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: 9783031451096
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 627 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Law ; Criminal law ; Civil rights. ; European communities. ; Criminal law. ; Europe
    Abstract: PART I CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- The role of fundamental rights in olaf composite enforcement procedures -- PART II TOP-DOWN: THE EU LEGAL FRAMEWORK -- OLAF -- PART III BOTTOM-UP: THE NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORKS -- The Netherlands -- Germany -- PART IV: THE CATHEDRAL AND THE BAZAARS – AN INTEGRATION OF FRAMEWORKS -- Fundamental rights problems in OLAF composite enforcement procedures -- The protection of fundamental rights in OLAF composite enforcement procedures: conclusions, recommendations and an EPPO outlook.
    Abstract: This book focuses on OLAF, the European Union’s anti-fraud office, and examines the role of and challenges concerning fundamental rights in OLAF’s composite enforcement procedure. The mission of OLAF (Office Européen de Lutte Antifraude) is to fight fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities that affect the financial interests of the European Union. To this end, OLAF carries out administrative investigations, in which it gathers evidence itself, and coordination cases, in which it coordinates the Member States’ investigations. OLAF’s investigation and coordination efforts are conceived of as mere derivatives of other more traditional forms of law enforcement cooperation in which authorities enter into obligations to cooperate with one another, but in which each acts to fulfill these obligations within its own separately identifiable legal order and on the basis of its own law. This system, in its most conventional form, is founded on the notion of territorial sovereignty. If we extend the logic of this approach from enforcement (the ‘sword’) to fundamental rights (the ‘shield’), issues in relation to the latter – and the accompanying responsibility to prevent and/or remedy them – can arise only in individual (sovereign) legal orders. The way in which we view OLAF, as an evolved cognate of traditional forms of law enforcement cooperation, therefore directly dictates which fundamental rights issues enter into the equation, and in which manner. This book proposes an innovative way of looking at OLAF, which we refer to as ‘composite enforcement procedures.’ In this type of procedure, responsibilities for the entirety of enforcement are attributed to inextricably interlinked European Union and Member State legal orders. If we observe OLAF through this new lens, fundamental rights issues that would otherwise go unnoticed come to the forefront. These are issues that arise not in individual legal orders, but rather between or among the European Union and the Member States. This book addresses these fundamental rights challenges and makes concrete recommendations on how they can be addressed and resolved.
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  • 60
    ISBN: 9783031530227
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 517 p. 179 illus., 152 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 901
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Education
    Abstract: This book contains papers in the fields of engineering pedagogy education, research in engineering pedagogy, and games in engineering education. The authors are 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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  • 61
    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.
    Note: Open Access
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    ISBN: 9783031139208
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVI, 287 p. 29 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality 8
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Consciousness studies in sciences and humanities
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    Keywords: Philosophy of mind. ; Neurosciences. ; Information technology ; Cosmochemistry. ; Conscience ; Philosophie de l'esprit ; Consciousness ; Philosophy of mind
    Abstract: This book presents consciousness models from Eastern and Western perspectives that accommodate current scientific research in the natural sciences and humanities, from neurological experiments through philosophical enquiries to spiritual approaches. It offers up to date research from key disciplines in consciousness studies ranging from neurology, quantum mechanics, algorithmic science, mathematics, and astrophysics to literary studies, philosophy, and (comparative) theology. The volume examines the dichotomy between Western and Eastern perceptions of consciousness – where consciousness is perceived as brain activity by Western scientists, and as a divine presence by various religions, especially in the East. The essays contextualize each other and reciprocally illuminate the potential and limits of the respective approaches. The texts aim at a transdisciplinary and transcultural exchange of ideas in consciousness studies and address a readership from interested lay-readers to experts of the field. The volume is of interest to researchers of consciousness studies. .
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    ISBN: 9783031495151
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 183 p. 25 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Financial Innovation and Technology
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    Keywords: Financial engineering. ; New business enterprises ; Business information services. ; Technological innovations. ; Decentralized finance ; Stablecoins ; Decentralized insurance ; Blockchain ; Lending ; Borrowing ; Decentralized exchanges ; FinTech ; Entrepreneurship ; Decentralized autonomous organizations ; Business model disruption ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction: Blockchain, Decentralized Finance and Entrepreneurship 9 -- DeFi and Investing in Entrepreneurial Ventures -- Extreme Return Connectedness Between DeFi Tokens and Traditional Financial Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective -- A Framework for Implementation of Decentralized Finance for Financial Inclusion of Unbanked Populations in a Developing Context. A case of Zimbabwe -- Islamic Digital Currency and Entrepreneurship -- Blockchain Adoption in the Accounting and Auditing Industry: An Exploratory Study in France -- New MTFs Based on DLT Technology as Operational Spaces for Decentralized Finance: A European Perspective -- DeFi Cybersecurity Technical and Non-Technical Risks -- Integration of Blockchain with Last Mile Delivery Robots Toward Marketing Innovations -- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Decentralized Finance.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of decentralized finance (DF) and discusses how entrepreneurs can leverage it in their business activities. Decentralized finance (DF) is a system for exchanging value without centralized intermediaries. It relies heavily on peer-to-peer lending and borrowing, decentralized exchanges, trustless systems, and blockchain. Decentralized Finance is seen as a disruptive technology that could replace traditional financial systems in the future due to its advantages of being inclusive, non-discriminatory, resilient to risk management failures, cost-effective for lenders and borrowers to access the system and more efficient in terms of financial intermediation through automated trustless systems. This book explains the challenges and opportunities that these blockchain-based financial innovations present for both entrepreneurship and the broader financial system.
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  • 64
    ISBN: 9783031535550
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 651 p. 317 illus., 262 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 193
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Big data.
    Abstract: Few Shot Ner on Augmented Unstructured Text from Cardiology Records -- The Influence of Financial Literacy and Financial Technology on Smes' Sustainability -- The Effect of Digital and Human Capital Transformation on Sme Performance With Accounting Information Systems as an Intervening Variable -- Openvslam-based Development Framework for Web-based Vr Tours Using 360vr Videos and Its Extensions -- Implementation of a Fuzzy-based System for Assessment of Logical Trust Considering Reliability as a New Parameter -- Source Code Vulnerability Detection Based on Graph Structure Representation and Attention Mechanisms -- An Efficient Vulnerability Detection Method for 5g Nas Protocol Based on Combinatorial Testing -- Graph-based Detection of Encrypted Malicious Traffic with Spatio-temporal Features -- Fuzzing Iot Devices via Android App Interfaces with Large Language Model -- Towards the Automated Population of Thesauri Using Bert: A Use Case on the Cybersecurity Domain -- Network Scanning Detection Based on Spatiotemporal Behavior -- Iotaint: An Optimized Static Taint Analysis Method in Embedded Firmware -- An Innovative Approach to Real-time Concept Drift Detection in Network Security -- Formal Analysis of 5g Eap-tls 1.3 -- Perceiving Human Psychological Consistency: Attack Detection Against Advanced Persistent Social Engineering.
    Abstract: The book presents original contributions to the theories and practices of emerging internet, data, and web technologies and their applicability in businesses, engineering, and academia. As a key feature, it addresses advances in the life-cycle exploitation of data generated from the digital ecosystem data technologies that create value for the knowledge and businesses toward a collective intelligence approach. Internet has become the most proliferative platform for emerging large-scale computing paradigms. Among these, data and web technologies are two most prominent paradigms, in a variety of forms such as data centers, cloud computing, mobile cloud, and mobile web services. These technologies altogether create a digital ecosystem whose corner stone is the data cycle, from capturing to processing, analysis, and visualization. The investigation of various research and development issues in this digital ecosystem is boosted by the ever-increasing needs of real-life applications, which are based on storing and processing large amounts of data. Researchers, software developers, practitioners, and students interested in the field of data and web technologies will find this book useful and a reference for their activity.
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  • 65
    ISBN: 9783031534881
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 374 p. 143 illus., 93 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 912
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering.
    Abstract: This book presents the proceedings of the 12th World Conference "Intelligent systems for industrial automation", WCIS-2022 held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on November 25-26, 2022. It includes contributions from diverse areas of intelligent industrial systems design, intelligent information systems, decision making under imperfect information and others. The topics of the papers include hybrid control systems, pattern recognition, industry 4.0, information security, neural computing, fuzzy computation, decision making and support systems, and others.
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  • 66
    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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    ISBN: 9783031432309
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 454 p. 81 illus., 40 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kinder, Tony Problem-solving and Learning for Public Services and Public Management
    Keywords: Public administration. ; Knowledge management. ; Political science. ; Technological innovations. ; Learning frameworks ; Public services providers ; Policy-making ; Service models ; Artificial intelligence ; Technology ; Digitalisation ; E-technology ; E-services ; Sustainability ; Inequality ; Climate ; Public goods ; Service users ; Education ; Health ; Security ; Communal living ; E-commerce ; E-democracy
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Problem-solving and Public Services -- Chapter 3. Public Value, Values, and Public Services -- Chapter 4. E-public Services -- Chapter 5. Local Public Sector Innovation -- Chapter 6. Organising in Self-organising Ecosystems -- Chapter 7. Learners, Teachers and Leaders -- Chapter 8. Entrepreneurial Activity -- Chapter 9. Knowledge Flows and Services Improvements -- Chapter 10. Governances and Sustainability -- Chapter 11. Inequality, Climate and Dialectical Problemsolving -- Chapter 12. Conclusions.
    Abstract: In this textbook readers will acquire knowledge of problem-solving and learning to enhance both efficiency and the experience of service users in rapidly changing service environments, that can create new service models. Emphasizing that, above all else, individuals are at the centre of services, the book goes deeply into the nature of public services and their logic-of-practice. By applying learning and problem-solving approaches, the reader gains practical capabilities in addition to an appreciation of the latest research literature. Following a multidisciplinary, international approach, the book suggests a new typology of problem-framing and presents many examples of how new service solutions can be created in any public service context. The book offers a conceptual toolkit to understand and analyse dynamically changing services and the application of new technologies. Topics covered include pressing issues surrounding public services, such as e-technology, digitalisation, e-services, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurialism, sustainability, climate, inequality, developing economies, and smart cities. Chapters follow a similar structure: issue, problems, what we know, learning framework, worked example, theory and practice conclusions, as well as teacher and learner notes. Addressing advanced undergraduate and graduate students of public administration, public management, political science, sociology, computer science, and information systems, the book will also be a valuable resource for practitioners, i.e. experts and managers in public organizations, professionals in organizations working at the business and public sectors, consultants, and IT suppliers.
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    ISBN: 9783031461385
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 349 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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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: 9783031548208
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 537 p. 236 illus., 200 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 935
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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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  • 71
    ISBN: 9783031529627
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 108 p. 13 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: PoliMI SpringerBriefs
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    Keywords: Technology ; User interfaces (Computer systems). ; Human-computer interaction. ; Technology ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Introduction: What Improving Technology through Ethics Means -- An Ethnographer Among the Engineers: Doing STS at a Technical University -- Future Medicine: Towards a More Conscious and Ethical Communication -- Data Quality, Data Diversity and Data Provenance: An Ethical Perspective -- Ethics-aware Application of Digital Technologies in the Construction Industry -- Drawing Together: Technology Development for Public Service -- Addressing Big Data Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa for Responsible AI Development -- Social and Technological Innovation: Cross-Fertilization Needed.
    Abstract: This book deals with the ethics of technology and addresses specific ethical problems related to some emerging technologies, mainly in the field of computer science (from machine learning models to extracting value from data to human–robot interaction). The contributions are authored mainly by scholars in ICT and other engineering fields who reflect on ethical and societal issues emerging from their own research activity. Thus, rather uniquely, the work overcomes the traditional divide between pure ethical theory that disregards what practitioners do and mere R&D practice that ignores what theorists conceptualize. Conversely, the reader is enabled to understand what ethics means when it is actually put into work by engineering researchers. The book arises from a joint program between MIT and Politecnico di Milano aimed at training early career researchers in addressing the ethical issues of technology and critically reflecting on the social impacts of the emerging, and even disruptive, technologies they are currently developing through their novel research. Overall, it aims at spreading the task of developing technologies that, from the beginning, are designed to be responsible for human life, society, and nature.
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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: 9783031397325
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 285 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als New forms of human trafficking
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    Keywords: Human rights. ; Civil rights. ; European communities. ; Organized crime. ; Transnational crime. ; Law ; Criminal law
    Abstract: Chapter 1. “Don't Give Me Moral, but a Social Ideal”: From the Social Condemnation of Prostitution to the Criminalisation of Sexual Exploitation: Pimping and Human Trafficking in the Portuguese Penal Code -- Chapter 2. Cross-Border Organized Crime and Human Rights: The Awfulness of Trafficking in Human Beings. Chapter 3. Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa -- Chapter 4. Human Trafficking Policies in Scandinavia: What Happens When International Obligations Meet National Problem Definitions? -- Chapter 5. Fight Against Human Trafficking in Poland: From Theory to Practice -- Chapter 6. The Silenced Coercion of Voodoo over Nigerian Women Trafficked from West Africa to Europe -- Chapter 7. Transvestites and Transwomen in Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: A Study In Brazil -- Chapter 8. Romania – Trendstetter in European Human Trafficking? -- Chapter 9. Individuals Treated As Nonpersons and the Challenge to Criminal Justice: The Specific Problems Facing Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings -- Chapter 10. Trafficking in Human Beings as an Hourglass Paradigm -- Chapter 11. The Formal Institutions of Control and the Victims of Human Trafficking: From Frequency to Impunity -- Chapter 12. Human Trafficking in Slovenia: Contemporary Issues -- Chapter 13. How Organized is Labour Trafficking? On the Involvement of Organized Criminal Groups in Labour Exploitation -- Chapter 14. Human Trafficking in Brazilian Law: The New Legal Definition -- Chapter 15. Trafficking in Persons vis-à-vis the Recent Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Lessons for Brazil.
    Abstract: This book analyses new forms of human trafficking taking into account the transposition of the Directive 2011/36/UE which sets out minimum standards to be applied throughout the European Union in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims. Sexual exploitation of trafficked persons is at its highest rate. After COVID-19, new forms of sexual exploitation have been identified, specifically in the Global South. The book analyses new forms of exploitation used by traffickers to coerce victims. Combining the perspectives of academic researchers with those of highly skilled professionals from governmental institutions, this book is a unique contribution, promoting collaboration in preventing and combating human trafficking crime, and in raising awareness of this ongoing problem.
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  • 74
    ISBN: 9783031511424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 338 p. 185 illus., 159 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Ethnic and Indigenous Business Studies
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Race. ; Diversity in the workplace. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Philosophy. ; Management.
    Abstract: Part I: Africa -- 1. Declining grazing lands and climate change are forcing Maasai to diversify their livelihoods: Antecedents of Maasai entrepreneurial motivations and socioeconomic change -- 2. Herders who fish: Findings from pastoral and agropastoral communities in Kenya and South Sudan -- 3. Did Boru, Moshe Schwartz, Shaher El-Meccawi and Michael Kam: Borana cattle pastoralists in southern Ethiopia are diversifying their livelihoods by cultivating land and raising camels -- Part II: Middle East -- 4. From nomads to agro-pastoralists to urbanites -- 5. The nomad entrepreneurs of Iran: The history, major nomads, entrepreneurial activities, and challenges -- Part III: South Asia – Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh -- 6. Land as a golden tent-peg: Settlement and change among nomads in northern Afghanistan -- 7. Challenges to transhumant pastoralism due to socio-economic and ecological changes in Nepal's high mountains -- 8. Mobility to Sedentarisation: Pastoralism from colonial to post-colonial period in Uttarakhand Himalaya (India) -- 9. The Bede community- A nomadic group in Bangladesh -- Part IV: East Asia - China and Mongolia -- 10. Centralisation of livestock and grassland management through cooperatives in Tibetan pastoral areas of Qinghai, People’s Republic of China -- 11. Transformation from nomadic to sedentary livestock production in Inner Mongolia -- 12. Mongolia’s pastoral nomadism in transition: Putting case studies on socioecological feedbacks and socioeconomic forcing into a conceptual framework -- Part V: Arctic Region -- 13. Mechanisms for the positive transformation of the Arctic indigenous peoples from traditional nomadic reindeer herders to a more settled lifestyle -- 14. Snowmobile revolution and sedentarization of reindeer-herding nomads in the Kola Peninsula and Bolshezemelskaya tundra, northern European Russia -- 15. The Inuit – from igloos and tents and nomadic subsistence hunting and fishing to permanent settlements and heated homes.
    Abstract: Contemporary policymakers, as their predecessors, continue to view nomadic people as a weak minority, and their way of life and raising livestock as a backward and inefficient paradigm. Wherever nomads are not the dominant group, the trend to settle them continues even today as in the past. This book describes the changes forced upon formerly nomadic groups and how they still attempt to maintain their traditional, social, and cultural practices in their new settings. The book deals with the several modes of livelihood of these communities, including entrepreneurship, and demonstrates the impact of investment-oriented urbanization policies leading to eviction from ancestral lands, and hurdles for nomadic mobility, ultimately threatening their survival. The book illustrates how some groups like the Borana and the Maasai practice livelihood diversity and raise productive livestock, and how other groups migrate to urban centers in search of employment and remit money to family members left in the rural areas. The book aims to raise awareness among the research community, especially those who work on regional and demographic labor policies. It helps in understanding why society needs to help build business and livelihood strategies without harming the values of nomadic groups.
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    ISBN: 9783031491474
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 371 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Urban policy. ; Political science. ; Economics. ; Schools of economics. ; Platform economy ; Digital labor ; Platform capitalism ; Urban governance ; Social protection ; Digital platforms ; Capitalism ; Urban studies ; Digital economy ; Google ; Facebook ; Organization of labor ; Political economy of platform capitalism ; Amazon ; Microsoft ; Apple ; Industrial Revolution 4.0 ; Future of work ; Labor organization ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 2. Operations of Platforms. A Global Process in a Multipolar World (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 3. The process of valorization in the platform capitalism (Andrea Fumagalli) -- Chapter 4. Out of the Standard. Towards a Global Approach to Platform Labour (Maurilio Pirone) -- Chapter 5. What Urban Future: Do High-Tech Metropolises Dream of Electric Sheep? (Niccolò Cuppini) -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Platforms. Exploring Platform’s Infrastructural Role and Power (Mattia Frapporti) -- Chapter 7. Managing the Wheel: Managerial Normativity from the Wage Society to the Platform Age (Massimilano Nicoli) -- Chapter 8. Digital labour, informal unionism and the rise of a new workers subjectivity (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 9. Platform capitalism: Infrastructuring migration, mobility, and racism (Stefania Animento) -- Chapter 10. Affect, precarity and feminised labour in Airbnb in London (Eleni Kambouri) -- Part II. Notes from the Field -- Chapter 11. Why the sectoral context matters for platform work (Bettina Haidinger) -- Chapter 12. A Variegated Platform Capitalism? Algorithms, Labour Process and Institutions in Deliveroo in Bologna and Uber in Lisbon (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 13. Perceiving platform work as decent work? Views regarding working conditions among platform taxi drivers in Tallinn (Marge Unt) -- Chapter 14. Skills development as a political process: Towards new forms of mobilization and digital citizenship among platform workers (Filippo Bignami) -- Chapter 15. How to build alternatives to platform capitalism? (Mayo Fuster Morell) -- Chapter 16. Labour policies for a fairer gig economy (Annamaria Donini) -- Chapter 17. Engaging stakeholders with platform labour: The social lab approach (Raúl Tabarés) -- Chapter 18. Local best practices. Urban governance and the ongoing platformization process (Michelangelo Secchi) -- Chapter 19. Social protection, basic income and taxation in the Digital economy (Cristina Morini) -- Chapter 20. Latent conflict, invisible organisation: Everyday struggles in platform labour (Moritz Altenreid).
    Abstract: This open access book provides an overview of urban digital platforms such as Airbnb and Deliveroo, which, along with Amazon, Google, Facebook and other IT companies, constitute by now the infrastructures for other businesses to operate on and for our social life to go on. These platforms serve as standards-based techno-economic systems that simultaneously capture cooperation through remote coordination and organize labor via algorithm management. Based on a three-years research project, this contributed volume outlines a general theory of platform capitalism that conceives these platforms not only as technical devices, but as generative engines that operate at the interface of several aspects, such as digitalization of forms of social cooperation; algorithm-based management of labor and participation; and private and vertical appropriation of profits. These elements are somehow iconic of the capitalist evolution of the last decades, and they open up a reflection on new forms of “primitive accumulation” (in particular regarding data), on the mechanisms used to capture and extract social surplus value, and on the logistic-financial dimensions of capital. Finally, in light of the transformations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors examine how platforms can evolve into hegemonic organizational structures. Assuming we are all already living in the age of the platform, this book takes a multifaceted approach—combining sociology with urban studies, and political sciences with economics—to grasp the challenges our societies face in terms of ensuring fair economic growth, adequate social protections, and labor rights. It will appeal to anyone interested in digital platforms and how they are changing the organization of labor, urban spaces, and forms of governance.
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    ISBN: 9783031542886
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 295 p. 153 illus., 25 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 931
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Economic development. ; Environmental sciences ; Agriculture.
    Abstract: This book is a comprehensive compilation of groundbreaking insights stemming from the esteemed International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD'2023), hosted at Cadi Ayyad University Morocco. Focused on the crucial themes of energy, environment, agriculture, and industry, this book captures the essence of transformative discussions and cutting-edge research that unfolded during the conference. Within these pages, readers are invited to explore the intricate world of intelligent systems, where innovation converges to tackle the key challenges of sustainability. The book immerses its audience in a wealth of knowledge that deeply represents the latest advancements shaping the future landscape. Diverse topics are intricately woven into the fabric of this discourse, covering AI-driven solutions designed for energy optimization, environmental sustainability, precision agriculture, and intelligent industry applications. Each contribution serves as a testament to the collaborative efforts of researchers, practitioners, and experts who gathered to drive innovation at the intersection of intelligent systems and sustainable development. Crafted as an invaluable resource, 'Advancements in Intelligent Systems: AI2SD'2023 Proceedings‘ caters to a diverse readership eager to delve into the forefront of trends and developments emerging from the crossroads of advanced intelligent systems in energy, environment, agriculture, and industry. Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, or enthusiast, unlock the transformative potential inherent in these innovative domains.
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    ISBN: 9783031544507
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 330 p. 191 illus., 63 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 939
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Properties of Vacuum-Evaporated Metal Halide Perovskite Absorbers on Planar and Nanotextured Silicon Substrates -- Spin relaxation in GaAs/AlGaAs coupled quantum wells -- Tritium Release Behavior of Biphasic Lithium Ceramic with Low Li4SiO4 Content -- Synthesis and characterization of functionalized zinc phthalocyanine-natural polymer systems -- Study of the phase changes in ZnS-based phosphors crystal structure impact on their radioluminescent performances -- Analysis of the Resistance of Silicon Nanoscale Structures Highly Doped in Different Configurations -- Study of p-n junctions created by laser implantation of In in semi-insulating p-CdTe:Cl -- Spectroscopic studies of high performance CdTe-based Schottky diode X/γ-ray sensors -- Comparative Evaluation of Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Networks Deposited on CMOS-Compatible Platform -- Dielectric SiO2 sol-gel coatings for microelectronics.
    Abstract: This book presents the 20th edition of the Inter-Academia Conference which aims to be a valuable resource for academic institutions in search for novel approaches for a global education, for industry partners exploring new fundamental research ideas, for government bodies seeking international projects that promote sustainable growth, and most certainly for the global scientific community, more and more invested in the multi-disciplinarity of modern research. Interdisciplinary research collaboration is crucial for solving many pressing issues and challenges facing society today. Bringing together researchers and educators from different disciplines allows a more holistic understanding of complex problems, providing also the opportunity for new learning and for collaboration on complex projects. Beyond its scientific merits and value, Inter-Academia also promotes a culture of intellectual diversity, innovative thinking, and global perspective that can foster breakthrough discoveries, unexpected advancements in research, and, last but not least, a sense of belonging to a global community. Being established in 2002, the Inter-Academia Community currently gathers researchers from 14 leading Universities in Eastern and Central Europe, together with Shizuoka University, in Japan. As such, the Inter-Academia Community serves as a strong bond across continents, allowing the development of a number of global projects for student and researcher mobility, with a significant impact on the broader scientific community. The peer-reviewed papers included in this book hopefully stimulate further interactions and collaborations covering both fundamental and applied research, with benefits for the global society.
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  • 78
    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: 9783031529399
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 199 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 145
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    Keywords: Law
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- Part I. Domain: conceptual, empirical and historical explorations of access to justice -- 2 Is there a (Human) Right of Access to Justice? -- 3 Equal access to justice: Three interpretations -- 4 Duties of assistance and the criminal/civil distinction -- 5 Unmet legal needs: identification and rich descriptions -- Part II Normative foundations -- 6 The need for a theoretical base: four arguments -- 7 Why capabilities? On the duty to, at times and provisionally, pause, cool down, and listen -- 8 The instrumentalities of access to justice in defending democratic cooperation -- Part III. Practical applications. Testing the political principles of equal access to justice -- 9 Free legal counsel and access to justice -- 10 Is group litigation legitimate? -- 11 Still Against Settlement? -- 12 Conclusion.
    Abstract: It is wrong when someone cannot exercise their rights in a court of law because they have no money to pay for a good lawyer, because they are too scared of the possible consequences, or because they simply don’t know that the law protects them. But does that mean governments have an obligation to intervene? And if so, how? This book provides the first systematic philosophical theory of equal access to justice. It begins by identifying the content of claims to equal access to justice. Then, it reviews traditional political and legal arguments on the right of access to justice, which it argues are both illuminating and insufficient. The best comparative way to approach equal access to justice, the book argues, is to think through the requirements of a moral, pre-political, duty to – at times and provisionally – pause, cool down and listen: in other words, we ought to demand that governments step in and protect access rights, because we have a moral and pre-political interest in cultivating our ability to comply with this duty. It is the recognition of this duty which best explains both law’s potential for promoting, as well as its potential for endangering, equal justice. In closing, the book tests this novel theory of equal access to justice against contemporary trends and reforms in procedural law. .
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031530968
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 206 p. 51 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1140
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Engineering mathematics.
    Abstract: Introduction and main assumptions -- Issues of asymmetry of data proximity -- Matching between ordinary sets -- Matching between sets with binary coding -- Matching between multisets -- Matching between fuzzy sets -- Matching between intuitionistic fuzzy sets -- Summary and perspectives.
    Abstract: The authors propose a novel measure of proximity between two sets of nominal elements. This measure describes the changes in the first set after adding the second set or changes in the second set after adding the first set. It is crucial to note that this measure is not symmetric, it means that the perturbation of the first set on the second set can be different than the perturbation of the opposition direction. The introduced set impact measure allows for the direct treatment of objects described by nominal-valued attributes. The ordinary sets, multisets, fuzzy sets, and the intuitionistic fuzzy sets are considered. The book is intended for data science professionals, philosophers as well as cognitive psychologists, who struggle with practical problems in which asymmetry of proximity of objects cannot be neglected. The use of the proposed measures of perturbation between compared objects can be very important in data mining or in exploration of Internet resources.
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    ISBN: 9783031526251
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 246 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 482
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    Keywords: Metaphysics. ; Ontology. ; Science
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Reality -- 3. Appearance -- 4. Dispositional Reality -- 5. In favour of Dispositional Reality -- 6. The extent of Dispositional Reality -- 7. Explaining with dispositions -- 8. Meta-explanatory questions -- 9. The future of Dispositional Reality.
    Abstract: Dispositionalism, perhaps the most popular variant of non-Humean metaphysics, submits that dispositions, powers, or capacities, are part of the furniture of the world. In this book I advance an original approach to dispositionalism revolving around the notion of Dispositional Reality; the novelty lies in the fact that the account, unlike most alternatives on the market, does not require the reification of objects, facts, properties, nor their dispositional essences – and is in fact compatible with a far more deflationary approach to dispositions, while still being true to the non-Humean spirit of the proposal. This power metaphysics without powers allows one to dispel several puzzles in recent literature, or recast them under a new light. Albeit with its own peculiarities, this proposal constitutes a variant of explanatory dispositionalism, according to which realism about dispositions ought not to be understood as an ontological inflation, but as an explanatory inversion within the nomic and modal family. Some of these explanations are hereby attempted, and a study of various types of non-causal explanation will be provided.
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  • 83
    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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  • 84
    ISBN: 9783031493294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 190 p. 10 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: United Nations University Series on Regionalism 27
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    Keywords: Regionalism. ; Environmental policy. ; International economic relations. ; Power resources. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Part I –Regional cooperation on Climate Change -- Chapter 2- The EU in a multi-speed, multi-dimensional regime -- Chapter 3- Climate Change cooperation in Latin American regionalism -- Chapter 4- Brazilian perspectives on Climate Change -- Chapter 5-Climate Change in the Interregional Relations between the EU and LAC -- Chapter 6 Fostering a dynamic EU-CELAC cooperation in the area of climate change -- Part II- Financing Green Economy -- Chapter 7-Transformation to low carbon economy, role of development banks in EU and Latin America -- Chapter 8-Fixing rising price paths for fossil energy - basis of a “green growth” without rebound effects -- Chapter 9- Climate Change: policies to manage its macroeconomic and financial effects -- Part III - New green solutions to Climate Change -- Chapter 10- Greening EU's Common Agricultural Policy -- Chapter 11- Climate change and the Digitalization of the Agrofood Sector: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 12- Myths and pitfallsof green solutions -- Chapter 13- Building Climate-Resilient Food Systems -- Chapter 14- The international circuits of disavowal of the climate crisis -- Chapter 15-Conclusions.
    Abstract: This Open Access book addresses climate change in Europe and Latin America from a comparative regionalism studies (CRS) perspective. Written by an international team of scholars and experts, chapters critically analyze proposals for mitigating climate change while contributing to the mutual understanding about the issues at stake across regions. The book is divided into three main sections. In the first section, authors discuss EU and Latin American cooperation, negotiations, and perspectives on climate change, exploring their agendas, the interests and key challenges at the global, regional and interregional levels. The second section focuses on the challenges to finance development and a greener economy. The third section explores new green solutions to climate change in the agriculture sector and initiatives such as nature-based solutions to climate change and best practices. Providing policy oriented solutions for combatting regional climate change at a critical juncture, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of international relations, international law, and environmental politics, as well as public officials and climate change activists.
    Note: Open Access
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  • 85
    ISBN: 9783031534331
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 388 p. 105 illus., 92 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 192
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Environmental sciences ; Engineering
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Reconsidering a Sustainable Future through Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) in the Context of Circular Economy (Georgios Lampropoulos, Harjinder Rahanu, Elli Georgiadou, Dimitrios Siakas, and Kerstin Siakas) -- Chapter 2. The Digital Paradigm: Unraveling the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (Hanane Thamik, Juan David Figueroa Cabrera, and Jiang Wu) -- Chapter 3. The role of the Artificial Intelligence of Things in Energy Poverty alleviation (Ascensión López Vargas, Agapito Ledezma-Espino, and Araceli Sanchis-de-Miguel) -- Chapter 4. AIoT-Enabled Smart Grids: Advancing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Integration (Fadele Ayotunde Alaba, Usman Sani, Emmanuel Gbenga Dada, and Baydaa Hashim Mohammed) -- Chapter 5. Achieving SDGs using AI Techniques and Digital Twins for Nuclear Power Plants: A Review (Kousik Barik, Sanjay Misra, and Harald P-J Thunem) -- Chapter 6. Carbon and Decarbonization Disclosure: Role of Responsible Innovation in Adoption of Artificial Intelligence of Things towards SDGs (Assunta Di Vaio, Anum Zaffar, and Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente) -- Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (Fadele Ayotunde Alaba, Abayomi Jegede, Usman Sani, and Emmanuel Gbenga Dada) -- Chapter 8. AIoT-Enabled Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Disease Management: Advancing SDGs through Graph Attention Neural Networks (Muhammad Bello Kusharki and Bilkisu Larai Muhammad-Bello) -- Chapter 9. Sustainable Healthcare 5.0: Integration of IoT and Blockchain Technology with Federated Learning Model for Securing Healthcare Data (Arudra Vamshikrishnaa, Dharavath Ramesha, Rahul Mishraa, and Nazeeruddin Mojammadb) -- Chapter 10. IoT-Enabled Machine Learning for Enhanced Diagnosis of Diabetes and Heart Disease in Resource-Limited Settings (John Abubakar, Aghedo Emmanuel Odianose, and Omolola Faith Ademola), etc.
    Abstract: This book covers various topics and trends regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and their applications in society, industry, and environment for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) suggested by the United Nations. Additionally, it discusses their advancements and fusion as well as the realization of Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). The book aims to provide an overview and recent research into the fusion, integration, advancements, and impact of these technologies in the context of SDGs achievement. The topics include the applications of AI, IoT, big data, AI-based and IoT-based cloud computing, machine learning and deep learning techniques, and blockchain among others for achieving SDGs. It also presents findings and discussions on potential application domains, addresses open issues and challenges, offers solutions, and provides suggestions for future research for achieving SDGs. The chapters are clustered, according to particular SDGs or areas of focus, into: i) the realization of AIoT for SDGs, ii) the role of AIoT in achieving society and wellbeing-related SDGs, iii) the fulfillment of industrial sectors, infrastructure, and economy-related SDGs through AIoT, and iv) the use of AIoT to aid natural resources and environment-related SDGs. The book assists researchers, practitioners, professionals, and academicians of various scientific fields in exploring and better understanding these state-of-the-art technologies, their advancements, impact, future potentials and benefits, and their role in successfully achieving SDGs. The book: · Offers an in-depth overview of AIoT for achieving SDGs. · Presents the fusion of AI and IoT for bringing a significant change in everyday life and fulfilling SDGs. · Highlights innovative solutions and results of AIoT integration in several domains for achieving SDGs. · Showcases the influence of AIoT on promoting and improving sustainability in the context of SDGs. · Discusses the issues, benefits, solutions, and impact of AIoT in society, industry, and environment for achieving SDGs.
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9783031539633
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 663 p. 277 illus., 214 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 920
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Telecommunication.
    Abstract: Understanding the Role of Standard Educational Specifications and Interoperable Resources When Designing and Developing Digital Learning Interventions in Nursing Simulation Scenarios -- A Constructionist Approach to Learning with AI: An “Old” Solution to a “New” Problem? -- Mathematics Course Lecturing: AI Platform as an Enabler -- Building Academic Language for Multi-Lingual Learners Through the Visual Arts -- Analysing Protest-related Tweets: An Evaluation of Techniques by the Open Source Intelligence Team -- CFMD: Corpus For Moroccan Dialect as Under Researched Dialect -- COVID-19 Vaccine Response on Social Media using LDA Analysis -- Performance Evaluation of a New Scheduling Model using Congestion Window Reservation -- Best-Effort Networking Systems -- Research on Blockchain Adoption in Higher Education: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model.
    Abstract: The book is a valuable collection of papers presented in the Future of Information and Communications Conference (FICC), conducted by Science and Information Organization on 4–5 April 2024 in Berlin. It received a total of 401 paper submissions out of which 139 are published after careful double-blind peer-review. Renowned and budding scholars, academics, and distinguished members of the industry assembled under one roof to share their breakthrough research providing answers to many complex problems boggling the world. The topics fanned across various fields involving Communication, Data Science, Ambient Intelligence, Networking, Computing, Security, and Privacy. .
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  • 87
    ISBN: 9783031540530
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 709 p. 283 illus., 225 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 921
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Telecommunication.
    Abstract: Cognitive Programming Assistant -- Correcting User Decisions Based on Incorrect Machine Learning Decisions -- On Graphs Defined by Equations and Cubic Multivariate Public Keys -- System Tasks of Digital Twin in Single Information Space -- Smart City, Big Data, Little People: A Case Study on Istanbul’s Public Transport Data -- Educommunication as a Communicative Strategy for the Dissemination of Cultural Programs -- On Implemented Graph-based Generator of Cryptographically Strong Pseudorandom Sequences of Multivariate Nature -- Fengxiansi Cave in the Digital Narrative -- Lambda Authorizer Benchmarking Tool with AWS SAM and Artillery Framework -- Hardware and Software Integration of Machine Learning Vision System Based on NVIDIA Jetson Nano.
    Abstract: The book is a valuable collection of papers presented in the Future of Information and Communications Conference (FICC), conducted by Science and Information Organization on 4–5 April 2024 in Berlin. It received a total of 401 paper submissions out of which 139 are published after careful double-blind peer-review. Renowned and budding scholars, academics, and distinguished members of the industry assembled under one roof to share their breakthrough research providing answers to many complex problems boggling the world. The topics fanned across various fields involving Communication, Data Science, Ambient Intelligence, Networking, Computing, Security, and Privacy.
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  • 88
    ISBN: 9783031552212
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 513 p. 54 illus., 46 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Big Data 147
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Big data.
    Abstract: Product Differentiation Strategy between Cost Leadership -- Organizational Culture between Business Process Reengineering and Business Value -- Customisation Strategy and Product Variety on Operational Performance -- Team Creativity and Continuous Improvement on Time-To-Market -- Online Buying Behavior in the UAE Online Retail Industry: The Role of Emotional Intelligence.
    Abstract: This book provides a standpoint on how to effectively use technology innovation for business intelligence and analytics. It presents an approach that combines cutting-edge technological advancements with practical applications in the business world. The book covers a range of innovative technologies and how they can be applied to enhance business intelligence and analytics. It is primarily aimed at professionals in the business field data analysts and students studying subjects. This book is especially beneficial for those who want to grasp and apply the technological trends in making strategic business decisions. Its comprehensive coverage makes it an indispensable resource for anyone, in the intersection of technology and business analytics. .
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  • 89
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031526770
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 633 p. 99 illus., 87 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Applied ethics. ; Economics. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Energy Regulation ; Energy Policy ; Energy Transition ; Africa's Energy ; Power Sector Reform ; Energy and Gender ; Energy Institutions ; Regulatory Institutions ; Renewable Energy ; Energy Access ; Energy Stakeholder management ; Performance of utilities ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Political Economy of Energy Regulation in Africa -- Chapter 1. The dynamics of energy regulation in Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 2. Africa’s Transition to Cleaner Energy: Regulatory imperatives and Governance Dynamics (Sidique Gawusu) -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Electricity Sector Regulation in Africa: A Comparative Analysis (Crispin Bobio) -- Chapter 4. The political economy of the next wave of power sector reforms in Africa: evidence from Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Namibia (Christine Juta) -- Chapter 5. Legal and Regulatory Pathways for Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy Access and Energy Transition Agenda (Ivie Ehanmo) -- Chapter 6. Policy framework and regulations to promote clean energy and energy transition in ECOWAS countries (Charly Gatete) -- Chapter 7. Effective regulation and the energy transition in Zambia (Naa Adjekai Adjei) -- Chapter 8. The rationale of Economic Regulations: Theoretical Review (Haliru Dikko) -- Chapter 9. Power Sector Regulation in Africa in an Energy Transition Era (Pauline Anaman) -- Chapter 10. Role and Challenges of The African Energy Regulator in The Midst of Global Economic Storm (Benjamin Ashitey Armah) -- Chapter 11. Regulating Public utilities within a crisis’s situation in Africa (Etutu Mawondo Shalman) -- Chapter 12. The Electricity Tariff and Utility Performance: Evidence from Ghana, Uganda and Namibia Electricity Market (Jeffrey Baiden) -- Part II. Regional Electricity Markets Development -- Chapter 13. Major challenges in Africa in the development of competitive electricity markets. An analysis of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Market (Charly Gatete) -- Chapter 14. Regional Power Trade in Africa: The Different Institutional and Regulatory Models of African Power Pools (Mohamed A. Eltahir Elabbas) -- Chapter 15. An outlook on a Future-Proof Regulated Cross-Border Electricity Market in Africa (Oghosa Erhahon) -- Chapter 16. Cross-border power trading model for SSA; Challenges andopportunities of operationalizing power pools in Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 17. Competitiveness and sustainability of electricity markets in the ECOWAS region: evolution of reforms, regulations challenges and markets integration (Charly Gatete) -- Part III. Emerging Technologies and the Energy Transition -- Chapter 18. Energy-Related Climate Change Reportage in Africa: Has the Media Gotten It Right? (Maame Esi Eshun) -- Chapter 19. Effect of fossil fuel subsidies on renewable energy transition in sub-Saharan African countries (Souleymane Diallo) -- Chapter 20. The Gains and Pains of the Energy Transition. A perspective on Sub Saharan Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 21. Willingness to Change to Electric Cars: Is the Ghanaian Consumer Ready? (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 22. Economic power and the transition to renewables in South Africa (Sumayya Goga) -- Chapter 23. An analysis of imported clean cooking technologies. Implications for policy development in Ghana (Crispin Bobio) -- Chapter 24. Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel; Domestic Natural Gas Production and Energy Security in Ghana (Paul Minsung Gyeng) -- Part IV. Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector -- Chapter 25. Putting Gender on the Corporate Agenda in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Industry (Phil Faanu) -- Chapter 26. The impact of gender, culture and other African traits in cooperating with energy regulators (Dominic Kwesi Eduah) -- Chapter 27. Imperatives for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Sector Regulation In Africa (Ifeyinwa Ikeonu) -- Part V. Concluding Chapter -- Chapter 28. The future of energy regulation in Africa (Charly Gatete).
    Abstract: This book analyzes the political economy governing energy regulation across the African continent. Presenting case studies that span diverse energy sectors and countries, it provides an overview of their complex political and regulatory frameworks. The book explores emerging technologies and energy markets, highlighting Africa’s preparedness for the energy transition, and sheds light on the pivotal role of cross-border energy trade with regard to energy access. Further, it examines regulators’ influence within regional power pools, as well as their contribution to gender mainstreaming in the energy sector, addressing vital social issues. This book is divided into five parts, the first of which focuses on the political economy of energy regulation. The second part discusses emerging technologies and climate change issues, while the third examines regional energy markets, and regional institutional collaboration. The fourth part features contributions on gender mainstreaming, while part five rounds up the coverage. The book will be of interest to policymakers and investors in Africa, as well as scholars interested in energy regulation and economics.
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  • 90
    ISBN: 9783031540561
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 85 p. 42 illus., 37 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: PoliMI SpringerBriefs
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    Keywords: Urban economics. ; Real estate business. ; Urban policy. ; Civic Crowdfunding ; Real Estate ; Public Administration ; Urban Regeneration ; Public Private Partnership
    Abstract: 1. Between Competition and Cooperation: The Enhancement of the City and the Territory -- 2. Measurement and Comparison of the Efficiency of the Permits Concession Processes of the Italian Municipalities -- 3. Alternative Strategies and Financial Instruments for the Enhancement of the Territory -- 4. Civic Crowdfunding and the Small Italian Municipalities.
    Abstract: This book presents some alternative models and financial instruments for the enhancement of public properties and urban regeneration operations. Set against the backdrop of the current scenario of competition between cities to attract investments (but also of cooperation in front of challenges posed by sustainable development issues), the book describes the role played by Public Administrations through the measurement and comparison of their efficiency in the bureaucratic procedures in the field of real estate and their knowledge and use of some alternative financial tools, particularly civic crowdfunding. Following a brief overview of public-private partnership, the book highlights the potentialities of civic crowdfunding for the enhancement of public real estate assets in the Italian territory, related to small municipalities, also including some case studies. These good practices prove civic crowdfunding a useful tool not only to finance and implement public interest initiatives, but also to transparently and directly involve citizens.
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9783031504921
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 315 p. 120 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 432
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Biomathematics. ; Biometry.
    Abstract: Fuzzy Sets Theory and Uncertainty in Mathematical Modeling -- The Extension Principle of Zadeh and Fuzzy Numbers -- Fuzzy Relations -- Notions of Fuzzy Logic -- Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems -- Fuzzy Relational Equations and Approximation -- Measure, Integrals and Fuzzy Events -- Fuzzy Dynamical Systems.
    Abstract: This book provides an essential introduction to the field of dynamical models. Starting from classical theories such as set theory and probability, it allows readers to draw near to the fuzzy case. On one hand, the book equips readers with a fundamental understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of fuzzy sets and fuzzy dynamical systems. On the other, it presents some concepts of derivatives, integrals and differential equations applied to the context of fuzzy functions. Each of the major topics is accompanied by examples, worked-out exercises, and exercises to be completed. Moreover, many applications to real problems are presented, mainly in biomathematics where the so-called p-fuzzy systems play an important role. The book has been developed on the basis of the authors’ lectures to university students and is accordingly primarily intended as a textbook for both upper-level undergraduates and graduates in applied mathematics, statistics, and engineering. It also offers a valuable resource for practitioners such as mathematical consultants and modelers, and for researchers alike, as it may provide both groups with new ideas and inspirations for projects in the fields of fuzzy logic and biomathematics. This thoroughly updated second edition includes a new chapter on fuzzy optimization, which also presents an application in carbon markets analysis and modeling.
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  • 92
    ISBN: 9783031547638
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 202 p. 122 illus., 108 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 940
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: This book gathers the proceedings of the 4th Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, held at San Salvador, El Salvador, on November 15–17, 2023. This book presents recent advances in the modeling, design, control, and development of autonomous and robotic systems and explores current exciting applications and future challenges of these technologies. The scope of this book covers a wide range of research fields associated with automation and robotics encountered within engineering, scientific research, and practice. These topics are related to control theory, Robot Operating System (ROS), robot design, collaborative robots, artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensing, field and service robotics, human robot interaction and interfaces, modeling of robotic systems, industry 4.0, and the design of new robotic platforms.
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  • 93
    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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  • 94
    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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  • 95
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    ISBN: 9783031535376
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 130 p. 22 illus.)
    Series Statement: Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ehnts, Dirk Modern Money Theory
    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; Finance. ; Economics. ; Modern Monetary Theory ; Financial Policy ; Monetary Policy ; Monetary Theory ; Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory ; Economic Policy ; Inflation ; Government Spending ; Central Banks ; Government Bonds ; International Trade ; Financial Economics ; Monetary Systems
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Biden Administration and the Copernican Turn -- Chapter 3. The paper currency of Virginia (1760s) and its lessons -- Chapter 4. Modern Money Theory as Part of Economics -- Chapter 5. What is economic policy? -- Chapter 6. Economic policies based on MMT -- Chapter 7. Outlook.
    Abstract: This book explains how central banks, banks and governments create money. Written in an accessible style, this book provides an introduction to modern monetary theory without requiring any prior knowledge of economics. It covers the most important aspects of monetary theory, including inflation targeting, government spending, and international trade, as well as economic policy to achieve macroeconomic goals, such as price stability, full employment and sustainable use of resources. Accordingly, it offers a valuable asset for students of economics, central bankers, banking professionals, and academics alike.
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  • 96
    ISBN: 9783031493829
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 271 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: International Law and the Global South, Perspectives from the Rest of the World
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    Keywords: International law. ; Trade regulation. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law). ; Economic history.
    Abstract: Introduction - Legal protection offered to foreign investment in Latin America: context and general trends -- PART I- International Investment Law in Latin America: Where do we Stand? -- Brazilian CFIA - Evolution towards the traditional? -- INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW IN CHILE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TIMES OF REFORM -- International Investment Law and its scope in Argentina -- Venezuelan investment arbitration experience: from unilateral termination of Dutch treaty, the denunciation of ICSID Convention to its continued participation as respondent State in investment arbitration -- Philip Morris v. Uruguay through the lens of the ISDS trilemma -- PART II - Trends in dispute governance and settlement -- Dispute Prevention Methods in the Brazilian Agreements on Cooperation and Facilitation of Investments (CFIAs) -- THE BRAZILIAN BRANCHES IN THE ARBITRATION BENCH: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES IN FACE OF THE “PRECATÓRIO” SYSTEM AND CONSENSUALITY -- PART III - Trends in connecting investment law toHuman Rights -- The 2017 BIT Model of Colombia: A Human Rights Assessment from Investment Disputes against the State -- Peru and International Investment Agreements: Legal and Institutional challenges under a Business and Human Rights Perspective -- PART IV - Trends in Regionalization -- Mexico in International Investment Law: From NAFTA to USMCA.
    Abstract: The book brings to light how Latin American states have traditionally stood before the field of International Investment Law and Arbitration. It delves into their posture of resistance to critically examine how their perspective has gradually changed and how they have adapted and molded their investment agreements so as not to leave their position as players in the field of International Investment Law. Many Latin American states have appeared as defendants before international investment tribunals and some of these, like Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador, have denounced their international investment agreements. Deeming the law field as imbalanced, they have looked for alternatives to continue providing legal protection to foreign investors while protecting their right to regulate in the name of public interest. Some interesting investment agreements models, sometimes of a different ilk, have consequently flourished and have arrested the attention of those studying or working with international investment law. The main objective of this book is to critically discuss how Latin American states have accepted, resisted, or adapted themselves to international investment law and arbitration. Accordingly, the general connection between these states and international investment law are explained in an introduction which examines the general trends as per which Latin American states have offered a legal protection to foreign investments. The first part enters the merits of where international investment law and arbitration stand in some Latin American states whereby the experience of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Uruguay are discussed. The following parts explain the trends in international investment law and arbitration in Latin America. These trends are namely related to dispute settlement and governance, to the connection between investment law and human rights and finally to regionalization. In these parts, the experience of states like Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico are perused.
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    ISBN: 9783031549861
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 145 p. 25 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Classroom Companion: Economics
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    Keywords: Microeconomics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Econometrics. ; Social sciences ; Consumer Economics ; Optimization Techniques ; Programming Models ; Dynamic programming ; Continuous-time stochastic optimization ; Discrete-time stochastic optimization ; Stochastic intertemporal model ; Intertemporal consumption ; Uncertain income ; Portfolio allocation ; Efficiency pricing ; Empirical estimates ; Neoclassical growth theory ; Technological progress ; Sustainable growth
    Abstract: Consumption and Certainty -- Consumption and Uncertainty in Discrete-time -- Consumption and Portfolio Rules -- Consumption and Economic Growth -- Consumption and Uncertainty in Continuous Time.
    Abstract: This textbook offers a compact, yet formal, synthesis of the broad field of consumption theory. Written in a coherent and accessible way, this book introduces graduate and postgraduate students to dynamic optimization applied to consumption under certainty and uncertainty, in discrete and continuous time. Delving into deterministic and stochastic models, including the use of Brownian motions, the book offers a deeper understanding of consumption decisions and their impact on asset pricing and investment in partial and general equilibrium. This book compiles lecture notes from advanced courses in micro- and macroeconomics, ensuring a self-contained introduction to the subject. Balancing simplicity with analytical rigor, the book equips readers with essential methodological tools for advanced research in economics. With empirical evidence and exercises integrated throughout, this textbook stands as the go-to resource for scholars and students alike, fostering further theoretical explorations in the field. Basic knowledge of economics, mathematics, and econometrics is recommended for a comprehensive understanding.
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    ISBN: 9783031546426
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 276 p. 18 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Schools of economics. ; Economics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Labor economics. ; Concordian economics ; Labor Policy ; Industrial Policy ; Monetary Policy ; History of economic thought ; Benjamin Franklin ; Henry George ; Louis D. Brandeis ; History of economics ; Economic justice ; Somism ; Relationalism ; Monetary System ; Fiscal Policy ; Ownership rights
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Opening our Minds to Concordian Economics -- Part I. Intellectual Interdependence -- Chapter 2. Politics and Economics -- Chapter 3. The Interdependence of Economic Rights and Responsibilities -- Chapter 4. Peaceful March Toward Concordianism - With a Graceful Walk Away from 1% Capitalism and Marxism -- Part II. Financial Interdependence -- Chapter 5. King Cash -- Chapter 6. Whence Money? -- Chapter 7. Where-to Money? -- Chapter 8. Project Financial Independence -- Part III. Physical Interdependence -- Chapter 9. Toward Economic, Ecological, and Human Interdependence -- Chapter 10. Two Published and Two Unpublishable (?) Urban Plans -- Part IV. Human Interdependence -- Chapter 11. Ethics in Concordian Economics -- Chapter 12. Whence poverty? -- Chapter 13. Oh, the Bancor -- Chapter 14. Economics of Justice and Peace in the World.
    Abstract: This is the second volume of a two-part series on Concordian economics, an innovative paradigm that builds upon the Aristotelian-Aquinian tradition of economic justice. Having introduced Concordian economics in the first volume as a compelling research paradigm that addresses the limitations of mainstream economics, this second installment takes the exploration further by examining its real-world applications in four policy areas. With a focus on industrial organization, labor markets, monetary, and fiscal policy, the author advocates for a transformative approach to economic rights and responsibilities. By promoting a moral economy, this book offers a substitute to the Pac-Man approach to industrial organization. The book challenges traditional notions by discussing the ownership rights concerning larger corporations and offering visionary solutions, in the steps of Louis O, Kelso, empowering workers and employees to participate in the ownership of robots and artificial intelligence. The Fed has given a nod of approval to the creation of a new Concordian monetary system. Following the advice of eight Nobel Laureates in economics, the proposed fiscal reforms emphasize taxing only the value of land and natural resources, ushering in a society where the use of our natural resources and machines serves the common good, economic freedom thrives, and forced income redistribution becomes obsolete. This book illustrates a vivid vision of a world founded on universal economic rights and responsibilities, offering fresh perspectives on a more just and sustainable future. It appeals to scholars and students of economics and related fields, as well as anyone interested in a free but just economic system.
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  • 99
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031476020
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 404 p. 8 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation 9
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Environmental Law. ; Law ; Contracts. ; Common law. ; Commercial law. ; Environmental law, International.
    Abstract: Law and environment. Prevention, control, responsibility -- Global Governance of the Environment and implications for the Insurance Industry -- Environmental liabilities and Insurance Law in the EU -- Environmental Liabilities and Insurance Law in the United Kingdom -- Managing Environmental Risk through Insurance: China -- Environmental Liabilities and Insurance Law in the United States -- Environmental Civil Liability In The Mercosur Region South America -- Environmental insurance product -- Prevention in environmental insurance -- Loss adjustment in the environmental insurance and the role of the loss adjuster -- Waste insurance -- Underwriting Environmental Risks for Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) Coverage: Challenges and Best Practices Forward -- Liability for environmental damage in aviation -- Liability for environmental damage in outer space and its insurance -- Liability for pollution damage to the marine environment.
    Abstract: This book identifies the role of insurance in a comprehensive system for managing environmental risks at the local, regional and global level. National and international legal instruments regulating environmental protection, especially aspects like pollution, are not precisely reflected in insurance concepts intended to cover environmental risks. As such, there is a need to identify environmental risks and to propose a taxonomy of environmental risks for various types of insurance coverage. The authors refer to the issues of liability in environmental protection, the scope of insurance coverage and comment on specific issues the importance of which has been noticed by the legislator or insurance practice. The book examines these issues horizontally and vertically from various standpoints, focusing on insurance as a means of managing environmental risks. In this regard, it mainly concentrates on (1) identifying and analyzing environmental risks and methods for managing them via private and public instruments, and (2) insuring these risks. The book is intended for all those interested in the field of insurance and environmental risk regimes, including lawyers, academics and legal professionals.
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  • 100
    ISBN: 9783031579165
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 485 p. 178 illus., 141 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 202
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The Deployment of E-Learning Application as a Web Service in a Cloud Broker Architecture -- CarbonApp: Blockchain Enabled Carbon Offset Project Management -- Investigating the Impact of Congestion Control Algorithms on Edge-Cloud Continuum -- Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy-based System for Assessment of Relationship Trust -- BarongTrace: A Malware Event Log Dataset for Linux -- Specifying SSI over EAP: Towards an Even Better Eduroam in the Future -- FastSGX: A Message-passing based Runtime for SGX -- Leveraging Chat-Based Large Vision-Language Models for Multimodal Out-of-Context Detection -- Enhancing the 5G-AKA Protocol with Post-Quantum Digital Signature Method -- SoK: Directions and Issues in Formal Verification of Payment Protocols -- PCPR: Plaintext Compression and Plaintext Reconstruction for Reducing Memory Consumption on Homomorphically Encrypted CNN -- Design and Performance Evaluation of a Two-stage Detection of DDoS Attacks Using a Trigger with a Feature on Riemannian Manifolds -- Discovering Personally Identifiable Information in Textual Data - A Case Study with Automated Concatenation of Embeddings -- Towards User-Oriented Steganography -- AI-based Cybersecurity Systems.
    Abstract: The aim of the book is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods, and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications. Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution, and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence, and actuations is emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure, and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnection problems. To fulfill their large range of applications different kinds of networks need to collaborate and wired and next-generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high-performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. This book covers the theory, design, and applications of computer networks, distributed computing, and information systems.
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