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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Bringing together some of the world s foremost supply-chain thinkers, this book shows how artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting the rules of global supply chain management. It explores machine learning, computer vision, large-language models, and generative AI in action how they re used to refine demand forecasts, optimize inventories, and drive down costs while service levels soar. The book examines AI-driven demand forecasting and inventory optimization, which enhances the accuracy of predicting customer demand and managing inventory levels to reduce costs and improve service. It covers intelligent logistics and transportation management, and utilizing AI to optimize routing, scheduling, and fleet management, which leads to increased efficiency and sustainability. The discussion extends to procurement and supplier relationship management, where procurement processes are streamlined and supplier partnerships are strengthened through AI-driven analytics and decision-making tools. In turn, the book confronts the hard questions of ethics, data privacy, and algorithmic bias, equipping readers to harness AI s power responsibly and ethically across the entire supply chain.These topics are vital, as they address the pressing need for supply chains to become more agile, resilient, and responsive in today s rapidly changing global market. By exploring these areas, the book aims to provide readers with a nuanced understanding of the current landscape and future directions of AI in supply chain management. The problem this book sets out to solve is the knowledge gap between the theoretical potential of AI and its practical application within supply chains around the globe. By presenting real-world examples, case studies, and expert analyses, it offers actionable insights that can be applied to enhance operational efficiency and strategic decision-making.The book is intended for supply chain professionals, business leaders, academics, policymakers, and students seeking a better grasp of the intersection of AI and supply chain management. It serves as both a reference guide and a source of inspiration for those looking to leverage AI technologies to drive innovation and competitiveness in their organizations. 308 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides the first history of the Silk Screen Shop (1943-45) at the Granada War Relocation Center ( Amache ) in Colorado, a World War II incarceration site for Japanese Americans. The Shop printed training posters for the Bureau of Naval Personnel. In addition, in their free time, the Amache workers designed and printed material, such as dance invitations and Christmas cards, for community organizations and individuals. In the years after incarceration, the objects connection to the silk-screen shop was lost. This volume documents and studies the objects produced by the Shop, reconstructs workers experience and identity, traces the Shop as a site of community, and argues that young adult printmakers collectively developed subversive visual conventions of protest. 171 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The history of modern German drama begins with Lessing. However, he is regarded as an author who stands at a threshold, paving the way for Weimar Classicism without walking it himself. Lessing is the pre-classicist of German literature, praised and appropriated as a fighter for the nation and the bourgeoisie, for truth and tolerance. Robert Vellusig traces Lessing s influence on German culture and literature, with all its misunderstandings, in contrast to his multifaceted oeuvre and portrays him as a pastor s son turned poet, a genius of criticism, an intellectual well versed in public debates, and an outstanding representative of Enlightenment in the truest sense of the word.This book is a translation of the original German edition Lessing und die Folgen by Robert Vellusig, published by J.B. Metzler, part of Springer Nature, in 2023. The translation was done by artificial intelligence (machine translation), revised by Sophie Hollwöger in collaboration with the author. 270 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access Palgrave Pivot explores the experiences of nonreligious asylum seekers in Northern Europe. While religious persecution is often cited as a reason for seeking asylum, nonbelievers also face significant persecution in their home countries due to their lack of religious affiliation. Despite this, their experiences are frequently overlooked in academic discussions, and asylum assessment centers have been slow to develop frameworks that address their unique challenges. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research from Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the challenges nonbelievers face, as well as the opportunities they create as agents within the system. Emotions offer an analytical window into the world of nonbelievers, highlighting their desperation and innovative practices of evidence creation. Throughout the book, the logics of credibility assessment are critically explored, revealing the cultural chasm between assessors and nonreligious claimants. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book is intended to provoke and progress new thinking in the field of energy research for policy makers, practitioners and scholars. By drawing on a broad range of social and innovation theory insights, this book showcases the diversity of energy citizenship and opens up the concept by including multiple 'latent', less visible, forms of energy citizenship that also form part of the energy transition. Focusing on how energy citizenship is considered in eight countries across Europe, each of the contributions highlight the empirical variety, the geographical differences, the contextual challenges, and the socio-political histories out of which energy citizenship develops. In exploring if there are certain convergences and similarities across contexts, the collection makes a significant contribution to debates and discussions surrounding the European Energy Union. 172 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book studies how the complex relationship between music, the avant-garde, and counterculture challenges all sorts of boundaries. By exploring the avant-garde as a thoughtful inquiry into experimentation, creativity, and originality, we bring to the fore the 'invisible republics' of culture, the ephemeral, the suppressed, and the unconformity of artistic and political undercurrents. Avant-garde and experimental art are international in scope, and their trajectory, as we see it, has been to expand themselves towards a new enlightenment, a critical project, and a rhizomatic entity, albeit with tacit harmony and cohesion. From Bucharest to Paris, London to New York, Paris to Brazil, Cuba, or Chile, to name a few, the same urge for the unknown and anti-art poetics emerged almost simultaneously in every field. We ask how these separate geographical territories (and practices) speak to each other and how this might reshape scholars' historical understanding of European and American modernity.This is an open access book. 300 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 336 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates the multifaceted role of agroforestry in promoting sustainability and resilience in agricultural systems, with a particular focus on the potential of carbon credits and markets to incentivize these systems. The approach taken in this book is interdisciplinary, drawing from ecological science, agricultural economics, policy analysis, and social sciences. Each chapter provides a comprehensive examination of key themes, with a blend of theoretical insights and practical examples, highlighting successful case studies and identifying pathways for overcoming barriers to adoption. By engaging with a range of stakeholders including farmers, policymakers, environmentalists, and community organizations, this book aims to foster a dialogue about how agroforestry can be integrated into broader sustainability frameworks. The author argues that agroforestry not only enhances ecosystem services but also contributes to carbon sequestration efforts, presenting an opportunity to align agricultural practices with climate goals. By exploring the intersection of agroforestry and carbon markets, this book seeks to inform and inspire action toward a more sustainable future. 497 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents a cutting-edge overview of the language models of in phonology, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics, proposed to underlie language phenotypes across aphasic syndromes, as well as the potential applications of linguistic theory to advance therapeutic treatment -and research- in aphasiology. It draws together examples from a range of aphasic syndromes, providing valuable insights into the way language-specific properties may affect the manifestation of language deficits across aphasia. The authors discuss experimental evidence of deficits across language domains, which is crucial to those who study language abilities in aphasia. It concludes by examining how linguistic theory might contribute to patient classification in aphasia and to future directions for research in experimental linguistics and aphasiology. This book will appeal to students and scholars of neuropsychology, psycholinguistics, linguistics, and speech and language therapy. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores food accessibility and its relationship to food security in communities representing high populations of college and university students. Each chapter offers readers a vivid and multifaceted perspective on food practices' cultural and social complexities and the current food system. Using insights from the multidisciplinary fields of food studies, educational leadership, and human geography, this book engages the global paradoxes of food. Food is individual and community-based, and students participating in school activities and extracurriculars must often choose between affording books or food. Each chapter begins with a case study and ends with suggested resources and activities. Chapter topics include academic success, identity and belonging, groceries, food media, public health, marketing, surplus and scarcity, and social impact. The book further blends concepts and empirical accounts to address the central issues of culture, structure, and accessibility within and among the food retail environment. 117 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book details the perspectives of women of African ancestry who witnessed a twentieth-century uprising in St. Kitts. They chronicle the story of how they and other women of African descent navigated the slavery afterlife on an island dominated by sugar plantations, institutions, and laws that reinforced enslavement 100 years after the Act to Abolish Slavery had been passed. The stories highlight the women's political consciousness, leadership and participation in the protracted liberation struggle to reclaim their humanity, and collaterally decenter the colonized version of the event that has dominated accounts of the historical moment. They reveal the agility of the strategies women utilized including religious rituals, arson, a network of children to communicate messages within and between villages, on occasion taking the frontlines of the protest, providing sanctuaries for protestors, and serving expertly as character witnesses and alibis in court trials of persons who were charged as rioters. Their first language - an oral, ancestral proto-language, yet unnamed, and facing extinction - is incorporated into the history to honour their memory.Their remarkable memories reveal a noticeable shift in understanding of the uprising, and the dynamics of the defining moment in Caribbean history. The book encourages us to think critically about the subjects of history and who tells the story. 141 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -When hard work and good fortune intersect, wealth is often produced and in abundance.For the wealthy, questions of 'will I have enough ' are often supplanted by 'how much is too much 'Concerns about how to deploy such wealth to enrich their children's and grandchildren's lives while not depriving them of their individual purpose and fulfillment that comes in meeting life's challenges on their own, are common. And methods to most effectively secure a legacy through philanthropy are of keen interest. These are the issues that, for the wealthy, often matter most.The second edition of Wealth: Strategies to Grow and Protect What Matters helps answer these questions and more. Newly revised, Wealth covers such topics as: How much wealth is enough ; defining a legacy; family governance, estate, gift and income tax strategies; charitable planning; family business; succession planning, and more. Wealth is comprehensive yet written in an approachable, entertaining style.In this second edition, case studies - based upon real life examples of high net worth individuals - have been incorporated into each chapter to further illustrate the concepts presented. Perhaps you will identify with some of them.Throughout, questions are presented to help you think about how the principles apply to your own situation. And in the concluding chapter, Tying It All Together, a comprehensive checklist helps you to determine how you 'score' in arranging and managing your affairs to grow and protect what matters most to you. 184 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides an examination of the academic language found in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) primary-school written input, with a focus on the lexical demands of CLIL textbooks. CLIL is understood as the teaching of content subjects through an additional or foreign language. Under the CLIL approach, learners are asked to understand new concepts and ideas, while processing input that is unlikely to be comprehended without a broad L2 vocabulary knowledge. Within the total amount of L2 input they may receive, textbooks play a central role, as they are usually employed as guide for teachers and learners alike to vertebrate the curriculum. In this book the author focuses on the nature of the English textbooks to which CLIL learners are exposed and identifies the main lexical demands found in these texts.Following a corpus-based methodology, it analyses a corpus of 1.5 million words comprising CLIL primary-school textbooks from four disciplines: Arts & Crafts, Music, Natural Science and Social Science (Geography and History). This data-driven analysis explores the lexical demands posed by CLIL textbooks in each of these disciplines and offers a comparative exploration of these demands across subject areas and academic years. The volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners interested in the linguistic implications of the application of a CLIL approach, including those with backgrounds in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Curriculum and Materials Development, Second Language Acquisition and Language Education. 138 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dominic Ongwen was abducted in 1987when he was 8 or 9 years oldby the Lord's Resistance Army ('LRA') in Northern Uganda and trafficked as a child soldier; he made multiple unsuccessful attempts to escape, and finally succeeded inlate 2014. He turned himself into the International Criminal Court in 2015and was prosecuted. Mr. Ongwen's defence was that he was not responsible for the crimes of the LRA, based on his mental illnesses and duress, stemming from his abduction and subsequent coercion and indoctrination under Joseph Kony within the LRA. In February 2021, the ICC's Trial Chamber IX convicted Dominic Ongwen of 61 charges and two modes of liability and he was sentenced to 25 years incarceration.This work critiques the judicial racial and cultural biases andblindspotsin theOngwenJudgmentrendered by theICC, as related to the affirmative defences of mental disease or defect and duress and to sentencing, from the perspective of the author who served as a defence counsel in the case. 133 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nearly one-third of US workers must obtain a license from a government agency to perform their jobs legally. This impacts employees across all areas, including lawyers, doctors, and accountants, as well as florists, hairdressers, physical therapists, and plumbers. The justification for occupational licensing is that potential consumers allegedly lack the information and knowledge to judge the competence of a service provider. This necessitates a licensing system built to ensure that customers are served by people who have received adequate training and certification in their profession.While there are recognizable benefits of occupational licensing, the training and certification requirements create barriers to entry for employees or those entering the profession. These barriers can limit competition, raise service costs, and restrict consumer access to essential services. Recent empirical work suggests that consumers have incurred these costs without being adequately protected from incompetent or unscrupulous service providers. This book addresses this situation head on.In light of occupational licensing's shortcomings, the authors of this book propose and analyze constructive reforms, assessing their effects on key professions such as law, medicine, and finance. Chapters identify the significant costs of current policies and they recommend practical reforms that rely more on market forces. The resulting book provides new ways to reduce licensing costs without compromising service quality. 169 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From the field to the cup, this book investigates sustainability issues along the coffee supply chain, identifying the challenges that firms face when they are called to reach sustainability goals. In particular, it explores the relationships involving the actors throughout the broad coffee supply chain, among which some tensions may emerge. Firms increasingly need to interact with various supply chain members to achieve their sustainability goals and with a variety of other stakeholders as well, such as NGOs or regulators. Therefore, in order to fully investigate sustainability, it is fundamental to adopt a broader view of the supply chain that goes beyond dyadic relationships (typically, between customer and supplier).This book adopts an 'integrative logic' of sustainability and aims to explore the 'hidden' or 'dark side' of sustainable practices in the supply chain, for example, trade-offs, tensions and paradoxes.Overlooking these aspects can create serious impediments to a real-world progress toward sustainability. The empirical part of the book is focused on the coffee supply chain, which represents one of the most complex, globalized and inequitable supply chains, impacting communities and the environment worldwide. These characteristics make it particularly challenging for the industry to transition towards sustainability. Sustainability in the coffee sector is increasingly at risk in economic, social, and environmental terms, and there are several interdependencies among these three dimensions. The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of supply chain management, sustainability, and corporate and consumer responsibility. In addition, practitioners operating in the coffee industry could gain interesting findings about the most critical issues pertaining to sustainable practices and activities. 163 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book adapts the ancient philosophical notion of the 'good life' to the context of modern work and organizations. It outlines a vision of the good working life as the simultaneous experience of high levels of job satisfaction, work meaningfulness, and work psychological richness. In the chapters, these three dimensions of the good working life are related to various individual differences, such as demographic and personality characteristics, as well as different work characteristics, including job demands and job resources. The three dimensions of the good working life are also analysed across different industries, and differentially related to important work outcomes, such as job engagement, performance, and occupational health, as well as key life outcomes, including life satisfaction, health, societal contributions, and wisdom. Promoting a positive psychological perspective on work, this book offers a compelling read for academics, students, and practitioners interested in improving employee wellbeing and reducing stress in organizations. 129 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -As the COVID-19 pandemic struck peoples throughout the world, it disproportionately devastated Native American communities. The inequalities, disparities, and injustices they had long experienced as historically marginalized peoples magnified the effects of this crisis throughout Indian Country, causing high hospitalization and death rates, as well as intense economic and social dislocation. This edited volume seeks to tell stories of Native Americans facing this matrix of disease and colonialism in these pandemic years while also highlighting ways that Indigenous people innovated, bonded, and endured through this crisis. It features Indigenous perspectives and experiences through scholarly and creative pieces including short stories, visual art, and academic and personal narratives. Contributors ask how past experiences and traumas have contextualized Native people's responses to COVID-19 and how intergenerational knowledge and ties have sustained their communities during the pandemic. 328 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book, now in its second edition, offers a powerful analysis of adult and community education at a time of rising inequality and diminishing state support. Grounded in both Irish and international contexts, this edition again challenges the impact of neoliberal agendas on grassroots community education and makes a convincing case for reclaiming community education s radical, consciousness-raising agenda.The book is theoretically rooted in critical feminist pedagogy and draws on real-world examples to present key aspects of this approach to adult learning in a clear, accessible, and practical way. Community Education and Neoliberalism exposes the extent to which market-driven forces and managerialist agendas are eroding the transformative nature of adult and community education. The author examines the impact of neoliberal government lifelong learning policies, the potential drawbacks of professionalising community education and the perils of accreditation systems when marketisation becomes the principal focus.But this book does not simply offer a critique it also presents practical pathways to revitalise community education, ensuring it continues to be a part of the struggle for a better world which, the author argues, can only be achieved through collective action. The book is essential reading and a call to action for students, educators, activists and policymakers alike, or indeed or anyone who is passionate about equality and social justice. 177 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book explores the human rights implications of sea level rise. The recent data confirms that the global average sea level will continue to rise and to make coastal zones less habitable or uninhabitable. Furthermore, these changes are increasing human mobility at the domestic and international level. Against these challenges, the book explores how international law is changing in light of common concerns. For the first time, it offers a reflection on the application of the innovative human rights-justification theory (as being developed in the ongoing Horizon Europe Human Rights Justification project) in this field by exploring the States use of justifications in interpreting their protective duties and in adopting climate measures. The book is structured around three thematic sessions: I ) Sea Level Rise, Stability and Security; II) Sea Level Rise and the Rights of Affected Population; III) Sea Level Rise: New Developments at International Level. 337 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence, iiWAS 2025, held in Matsue, Japan, during December 8 10, 2025.The 23 full papers, 12 short papers and 1 keynote paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Keynote; Foundations of AI and Data Intelligence; Knowledge, Reasoning, and Human Interaction; Emerging Technologies and Applied Innovation; Creative and Generative AI. 504 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This open access book gives comprehensive empirical insights on connected and automated driving (CAD) of road transport vehicles which leads to the driver being partially or completely replaced by automation. The current trend towards widespread research and development of automation of motorised individual transport is driven by the expected benefits, such as increased road safety, smoother traffic flow, reduction of congestion, or use of driving time for other activities. CAD has the potential to change several dimensions of the transport system, ranging from changes in car ownership to the availability of entirely new mobility services. Some proponents even expect CAD to revolutionise the current transport system as a whole. In order to make informed statements about the possible impact of CAD on transport systems, research must consider a wide range of open questions: In what way do the existing framework conditions of the prevailing mobility systems affect the impact of CAD How does the governance style relate to regulatory changes and resource allocation in the development of CAD Is an autonomous ride-hailing service really a profitable business case What are the attitudes and expectations towards CAD in the general public What are the effects of CAD on transport systems What are other impacts of CAD that should be assessed All of these questions were addressed within different projects as part of the Japanese-German Research Cooperation on CAD and can be discovered by the reader of this book.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 248 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The turbulent/non-turbulent interface (TNTI) is an irregular boundary between turbulent and irrotational flow, which widely exists in various flow types, such as turbulent boundary layer, combustion flame front, turbulent patches in atmosphere and ocean, pollutant dispersion, etc. Due to its importance in affecting the intermittent characteristic and the mixing and entertainment process of turbulent flows, TNTI has become one of the most active branches of turbulent research in the past decades. Nevertheless, the scientific community still faces various challenges that hinder an ultimate characterization and modelling of TNTI. The unresolved problems, to name a few, spread from the lack of a well-accepted definition of TNTI to the intriguing origin of its fractal multi-scale nature. The dynamics of TNTI, which is the key for the mechanism of the exchange of mass, momentum and energy between turbulence and irrotational outflows, also deserves an interpretation from the perspective ofturbulent structures.This book presents the proceedings of the 'IUTAM Symposium on turbulent/non-turbulent interface in turbulent shear flow' will be held in 2024, Oct. This book will collect the up-to-date works from active researchers worldwide to anchor the state-of-art knowledge of TNTI and to envision the future direction of this field. The focus includes but is not limited to the scaling for the geometries, kinematics and dynamics of TNTI, the role of turbulent structures in the entrainment process, multiphase flow with TNTI, high-fidelity turbulent model that accounts for the intermittency of TNTI, and reduce-order-model-based prediction for engineering application. The content is a valuable reference for researchers, engineers and students who are interested in understanding the complex behavior of TNTI in turbulent shear flows. This is an open access book.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 260 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This open access book offers readers a better understanding of the legal situation of children and families migrating to the EU. Shedding light on the legal, practical, and political difficulties at the intersection of international family law and migration law, it demonstrates that enhanced coordination between these policy areas is crucial to improving the legal situation of families on the move. It not only raises awareness of these 'interface' issues and the need for stakeholders in migration law and international family law to collaborate closely, but also identifies deficits in the statutory framework and suggests possible remedies in the form of interpretation and regulatory measures.The book is part of the EU co-financed FAMIMOVE project and includes contributions from international experts, who cover topics such as guardianship, early marriage, age assessment, and kafala from a truly European perspective. The authors' approach involves a rigorous analysis of the relevant statutory framework, case law, and academic literature, with particular attention given to the best interest of the child in all its facets. The book examines how this principle can be more effectively applied and suggests ways to foster a more fruitful understanding of its regulatory potential.Given its scope and focus, the book will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and practitioners of Private International Law, Family Law, and Migration Law. It makes a valuable contribution to these fields, particularly at their often-overlooked intersections.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 336 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Canada Among Nations has been published by faculty from Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs for several decades. This year's edition focuses on national security in the 21st Century. Bringing together emerging and senior scholars, and serving and recently retired practitioners, the volume examines great power competition, the Indo-Pacific, Canada's alliances, the Canada-United States relationship, national defence, and intelligence. The book further explores broader national security concerns, including Arctic security, natural disasters and emergencies, pandemics and public health, right-wing violent extremism, hostile activities of state actors, cyber security, migration, and organized crime. 361 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This open access book offers a forward-looking analysis of how digital disruption and cross-border dynamics are reshaping insurance law. Further, it shares legal and regulatory insights into the challenges posed by new technologies and evolving market structures. The first section explores digital realitiesfrom insurance in the metaverse and robo-advisers to blockchain-based duties and the role of copyright law in digital distribution. In turn, the second section discusses jurisdictional and cross-border issues, including barriers to life insurance passporting, fairness in group insurance, broker cooperation, and the influence of EU soft law on national markets. These topics are highly relevant, as they reflect the real-world pressures on legal systems to adapt to innovation while maintaining fairness, accountability, and coherence.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 224 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book is open access. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many adaptation issues for health and social services establishments. In both European and worldwide health care systems, managers must more than ever undergo major transformations and face challenges to respond to public concerns. Innovative solutions are presented and analyzed through a very detailed study of specific contexts. The sharing of knowledge and experiences to better understand the multiple facets of these challenges is strategically relevant for healthcare managers, especially in learning healthcare systems logic. To address it, the second and the third editions of the Francophone Health Services Management Summer School focus on innovation in a post-pandemic health and social services system under the lens of artificial intelligence and operations research, aimed at disseminating and enriching knowledge between managers and providing useful tools to healthcare managers. Several topics were treated within the summer school, such as the reorganization of health care and services, the innovation in care pathways, the digital transformation and artificial intelligence in health and social services, the operationalization and evaluation of learning health systems, the new trends in hospital management and the patient-centered care pathways.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 280 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This text presents a comprehensive and unified treatment of nonlinear filtering theory, with a strong emphasis on its mathematical underpinnings. It is tailored to meet the needs of a diverse readership, including mathematically inclined engineers and scientists at both graduate and post-graduate levels. What sets this book apart from other treatments of the topic is twofold. Firstly, it offers a complete treatment of filtering theory, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the subject. Secondly, it introduces updated methodologies and applications that are crucial in today's landscape. These include finite-dimensional filters, the Yau-Yau algorithm, direct methods, and the integration of deep learning with filtering problems. The book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners for years to come.With a rich historical backdrop dating back to Gauss and Wiener, the exposition delves into the fundamental principles underpinning the estimation of stochastic processes amidst noisy observations-a critical tool in various applied domains such as aircraft navigation, solar mapping, and orbit determination, to name just a few. Substantive exercises and examples given in each chapter provide the reader with opportunities to appreciate applications and ample ways to test their understanding of the topics covered. An especially nice feature for those studying the subject independent of a traditional course setting is the inclusion of solutions to exercises at the end of the book.The book is structured into three cohesive parts, each designed to build the reader's understanding of nonlinear filtering theory. In the first part, foundational concepts from probability theory, stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations, and optimization are introduced, providing readers with the necessary mathematical background. The second part delves into theoretical aspects of filtering theory, covering topics such as the stochastic partial differential equation governing the posterior density function of the state, and the estimation algebra theory of systems with finite-dimensional filters. Moving forward, the third part of the book explores numerical algorithms for solving filtering problems, including the Yau-Yau algorithm, direct methods, classical filtering algorithms like the particle filter, and the intersection of filtering theory with deep learning.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 512 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This open access book examines the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence and education in the Global South, where resource constraints and demographic trends create unique challenges and opportunities. Adopting a systems perspective, it explores how AI can transform teaching, curriculum, assessment, teacher professional development, school leadership and system governance while addressing AI literacy, improving the effectiveness of education and developing transferable skills. The book highlights the risks of exacerbating existing inequalities if technology is not carefully integrated and stresses the importance of human-centered, locally adapted solutions. The book examines whether AI is supporting innovation or the transformation of education systems and how it is addressing the principal most vexing challenges with respect to the areas examined. Each chapter draws on an analysis of the potential of AI, on evidence of its use and on evaluation on the implementation and effectiveness of applications. Each chapter concludes with main takeaways for policy and practice, key ethical issues and questions that merit more research.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 200 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This open access book offers a comprehensive and systematic debate on the key concepts and areas of application of the philosophy of science for machine learning. The current landscape of the debate about the epistemic and methodological challenges raised by machine learning in scientific fields is fragmented and lacks a common thread that helps to understand the complexity of the issue. Against this background, this book brings together expert researchers in the field, structuring the debate in ways that allow readers to navigate quickly in this evolving field of research and pave the way to new paths of philosophical and technical research. Although the book is written from the perspective of philosophy of science and epistemology, it is of interest to philosophers in a myriad of fields, such as philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of neuroscience, and metaphysics of science, STS studies, as well as to researchers working on technical and computational issues such as explainability, trustworthiness, interpretability, transparency.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 532 pp. Englisch.…