Springer palgrave macmillan jan 2026 (312 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book presents a comprehensive examination of crime patrolling problems across various domains, including robotics, security, and law enforcement, with a focus on the mathematical models used to optimize patrolling strategies. Patrolling is a critical crime prevention and deterrence strategy, requiring the effective allocation of resources to address evolving security challenges. In addition, patrolling is one of the most effective and widely adopted crime prevention and deterrence strategies worldwide. It is integral to security agencies such as police and military forces across various domains, including land, air, and maritime areas. As such, effective patrolling requires the coordination of manpower, technological resources, and policies to address evolving security challenges.The authors review recent research on robotic patrolling, multirobot systems, and police patrolling and also explore advances in modeling, optimization, and practical applications. In addition, the author s analysis categorizes studies by core modeling themes, such as Game Theory, Mathematical Optimization, and Stochastic methods, and highlights the secondary modeling themes that frequently complement the primary approaches. Each study is categorized by fields including, but not limited to domain, patrolling focus, area representation, and solution methodology to facilitate cross-comparison. The book identifies gaps in current research, particularly the lack of a holistic examination of patrolling from robotic, autonomous, human, and hybrid perspectives, and proposes future directions for research in this evolving field. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), tubes of nanometer diameter, have exceptional properties and promising technological applications including in electronics. Different permutations and combination of mechanical, electrical, or chemical properties can be obtained by controlling the structure and surface chemistry and topography of these carbon-based nanomaterials.In this book, carbon nanotube materials, their range of properties from semiconductors, metals, and dielectrics, and fabrication methods, are introduced as well as their current and potential applications in electronics. 148 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides healthcare professionals with comprehensive information on arteriovenous fistula (AF) as a vascular access. It is structured into topics that focus on aspects relevant to this day-to-day care.In this book, two areas of attention are highlighted, one focused on the dialysis professional (promoting assessment skills and maintaining access) and the other on empowering the patient to care for the fistula. No book in the literature has this perspective.The assistance model of care developed by Clemente Sousa shows that the existence of a structure with focus areas to specifically care for people with arteriovenous fistula facilitates the development of cognitive skills and the acquisition of skills that allow nurses to identify and diagnose early changes in the AVF functioning. This structure reorganizes and outlines the areas of care where the nurse can help maximize the longevity of the arteriovenous fistula and minimize the implications for health systems.In this book, the information is systematized using this assistance model to improve AF care and, simultaneously, minimize as much as possible the complications of access through the inclusion of the patient.This book establishes an integration between the aspects of preparation, development, and maintenance of arteriovenous fistula, relating them to the needs of the individual and the need for nurses and health professionals to promote continuous improvement of care. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book explores how two million years of natural selection left us with a strong tendency to bestow purposeful intention to the natural world forming a robust cognitive basis for religious belief across human cultures. This cognitive legacy forms the foundation of much of how we interpret the world around us today, and understanding the reasons why and how it evolved can shed light on the peculiar relationships we sometimes form with the many complex social institutions of our time, including one of the most dominant and ubiquitous ones, the nation-state.To explore how our tendencies for religious belief interact with the complex social institutions we currently live under, we go on a journey from the start of the Pleistocene era to domestication, from ancient states to colonialism, and from the industrial revolution to the birth of modern nations, all while tracking the various biological, cognitive, and social elements that explain why today we interpret the nation-state (and other modern social institutions) in very similar ways to how we understood deities of the ancient past. Understanding why and how this happens requires reconstructing how evolution shaped our cognition, how complex social organizations arose after domestication, how they act as external forces to ourselves, and how they grew into distinct and cohesive social entities that our cognition interprets as purposeful players with agency and intent.This book continues the long-held tradition in the social sciences of making this type of interdisciplinary synthesis accessible to the general public, and for that reason, it minimizes discipline-specific jargon and describes experiments and results rather than relying on cited works.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses faszinierende und unterhaltsame Buch lädt sprachlich und astronomisch interessierte Leser dazu ein, die vergessenen kosmischen Ursprünge vieler Begriffe unserer Alltagssprache wiederzuentdecken. Wörter wie Zenit, Montag, Desaster, Hundstage, Seestern oder Kosmetik haben kosmische Wurzeln auch wenn wir sie längst selbstverständlich verwenden. In einer Reise durch Raum, Zeit und Sprache erschließen der französische Astrophysiker Daniel Kunth und die deutsche Linguistin Carola Koubek die erstaunliche Geschichte eines kosmischen Vokabulars , das sich in Redewendungen, Alltagswörtern und Fachbegriffen verbirgt.Mit einer Mischung aus wissenschaftlichem Hintergrund, historischen Anekdoten und sprachlichem Feingefühl zeigt das Buch, wie sehr der Nachthimmel unsere Sprache, unser Denken und unsere Kultur beeinflusst hat und bis heute prägt. Das Buch kommt ohne Vorkenntnisse in Astronomie oder Sprachwissenschaft aus und richtet sich an alle, die Sprache, Weltanschauung und Wissenschaft in einem neuen Licht betrachten möchten. Zahlreiche Illustrationen und anschauliche Begriffserklärungen machen das Buch auch visuell zu einer Entdeckungsreise. 280 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective governance highlights the importance of deliberative democracy, offering fair and open discourse opportunities for all stakeholders. Throughout the chapters, some of the most renowned authors in the field present the principal mechanisms for public engagement in deliberative decision-making.By exploring innovative formats like stakeholder round tables and citizen assemblies, this book provides practical guidance on their unique merits and limitations. It addresses scholars, practitioners, and representatives of administrations, public and private institutions, and NGOs interested in a better understanding of the selection and design of the most effective formats for competent and fair policymaking, ensuring each format meets its full potential. 404 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective governance highlights the importance of deliberative democracy, offering fair and open discourse opportunities for all stakeholders. Throughout the chapters, some of the most renowned authors in the field present the principal mechanisms for public engagement in deliberative decision-making.By exploring innovative formats like stakeholder round tables and citizen assemblies, this book provides practical guidance on their unique merits and limitations. It addresses scholars, practitioners, and representatives of administrations, public and private institutions, and NGOs interested in a better understanding of the selection and design of the most effective formats for competent and fair policymaking, ensuring each format meets its full potential. 404 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective governance highlights the importance of deliberative democracy, offering fair and open discourse opportunities for all stakeholders. Throughout the chapters, some of the most renowned authors in the field present the principal mechanisms for public engagement in deliberative decision-making.By exploring innovative formats like stakeholder round tables and citizen assemblies, this book provides practical guidance on their unique merits and limitations. It addresses scholars, practitioners, and representatives of administrations, public and private institutions, and NGOs interested in a better understanding of the selection and design of the most effective formats for competent and fair policymaking, ensuring each format meets its full potential.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive review of concepts from general Structuralist Semiotics, and their application to the study of fashion systems and the objects they originate. It goes beyond the visual aspect of images and material culture, exploring the relations of narrative and meaning that crystallize the mechanism of change that governs fashion systems. Furthermore, the author argues that the system of dress, accessories, and self-presentation are not the only manifestations of a fashion system, interrogating the pertinence of the model developed throughout its sections to the study of knowledge. The book presents three case studies. The first focuses on the construction of body and dress as agents, and their dynamic interaction as the core of fashion changes. In the second case study, the foundations of cultural opposition between Western practices and the Islamic Other are challenged, utilizing the semiotic analysis to test the semantic pertinence of this false contrariety . The book closes with the reassessment of the assumption that fashion occurs only in dress and, perhaps, other objects and forms of life belonging to consumable culture.Through these case studies the book makes a statement about the value of cross-discipline and cross-paradigm explorations. As the three sections of this work present the results of a search for a theory of everything , this manuscript demonstrates the comprehensiveness and urgency of semiotic studies that cross areas and push the limits of the theory. 260 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive review of concepts from general Structuralist Semiotics, and their application to the study of fashion systems and the objects they originate. It goes beyond the visual aspect of images and material culture, exploring the relations of narrative and meaning that crystallize the 'mechanism of change' that governs fashion systems. Furthermore, the author argues that the system of dress, accessories, and self-presentation are not the only manifestations of a fashion system, interrogating the pertinence of the model developed throughout its sections to the study of knowledge. The book presents three case studies. The first focuses on the construction of body and dress as agents, and their dynamic interaction as the core of fashion changes. In the second case study, the foundations of cultural opposition between Western practices and the 'Islamic Other' are challenged, utilizing the semiotic analysis to test the semantic pertinence of this 'false contrariety'. The book closes with the reassessment of the assumption that fashion occurs only in dress and, perhaps, other objects and forms of life belonging to consumable culture.Through these case studies the book makes a statement about the value of cross-discipline and cross-paradigm explorations. As the three sections of this work present the results of a search for a 'theory of everything', this manuscript demonstrates the comprehensiveness and urgency of semiotic studies that cross areas and push the limits of the theory.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This fully comprehensive, ready-for-use handbook is devoted to the care of cardiac surgical patients in both ward and critical care environments. The book is set out for rapid and straightforward access, and it encompasses all essential elements of perioperative care, starting from preoperative management plans and continuing through post-operative pain management, wound care, haematology, respiratory care, including pleural space complications, gastroenterology, and urinary care.The book concentrates on day-to-day practices such as blood glucose management, fluid and electrolyte management, nutritional support, and pain management to attain the best patient outcomes. The book also discusses complex issues such as infection prevention and other critical issues, such as fall prevention and discharge planning.Whether you are a junior or senior cardiac surgeon, trainee, intensivist, anaesthetist, nurse, general practitioner, resident, medical student, or paramedic, this resource offers indispensable advice for high-quality perioperative care. Arm yourself with this vital resource and improve your practice in cardiac surgery patient management. 232 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the role of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) among migrant communities in the UK. It examines how diverse cultural practices, from life celebrations to death commemorations, have travelled with communities, evolved in new settings, and taken root in the UK. Through case studies from different community groups, spanning oral traditions, performing arts, social customs, and craftsmanship, this book illustrates how ICH becomes a vital part of everyday life, identity, and belonging within the UK s multicultural mosaic.In a landscape often dominated by narratives of immigration pressures and societal division, this book shifts the focus and reclaims the narrative, illuminating the cultural knowledge, creativity, and practices that migrants bring. It highlights the significant yet frequently undervalued contributions of migrant ICH to the UK s evolving socio-cultural fabric. This timely work emerges amidst crucial debates surrounding UK heritage policy, including the recent ratification of UNESCO s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the growing movement to establish national ICH inventories, offering a critical and much-needed perspective.This powerful, interdisciplinary collection brings together the voices of scholars, artists, and heritage professionals, many of whom are migrants themselves. Through a combination of personal experience and academic insight, contributors explore how ICH is safeguarded, lived, and transformed in the UK. From South Asian Bhangra to Syrian herbal remedies, Polish parenting traditions to Irish storytelling, this book captures a wide spectrum of cultural expressions that span continents and communities. It brings visibility to both formally recognised forms of ICH and the everyday rituals that rarely make headlines but profoundly shape identity and belonging.By foregrounding these voices and experiences, this book aims to inspire the development of inclusive ICH inventories and to champion the recognition of migrant heritage not as peripheral, but as central to the UK s shared cultural landscape.Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, community organiser, or simply someone curious about the human stories behind migration, this book invites you to view cultural heritage not as something fixed, but as something living, shared, and sustained across generations and borders. 400 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This powerful, interdisciplinary collection brings together the voices of scholars, artists, and heritage professionals, many of whom are migrants themselves. Through a combination of personal experience and academic insight, contributors explore how ICH is safeguarded, lived, and transformed in the UK. From South Asian Bhangra to Syrian herbal remedies, Polish parenting traditions to Irish storytelling, this book captures a wide spectrum of cultural expressions that span continents and communities. It brings visibility to both formally recognised forms of ICH and the everyday rituals that rarely make headlines but profoundly shape identity and belonging.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The CAA-GR 2024 Conference Proceedings capture the spirit and substance of the fifth national meeting on computer applications in archaeology and cultural heritage, held in Serres, Greece. Organized by the Athena Research Center and the International Hellenic University, the conference brought together a vibrant community of researchers, professionals, and practitioners exploring how digital technologies are reshaping our relationship and interaction with the past.Under the theme Transforming Heritage Research in a Transforming World, the volume reflects the urgent need for new approaches to the study and preservation of cultural heritage in the face of rapid technological advances, environmental challenges, and societal shifts. The chapters span a wide range of topics from geophysical methods and risk management to 3D scanning, immersive visualization, digital tourism, and museum accessibility highlighting the interdisciplinary and forward-thinking spirit that defines the field today.Rich with innovative ideas, practical solutions, and theoretical reflections, this volume offers a compelling look at how computational tools are redefining the boundaries of archaeology and heritage studies. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the digital transformation of the cultural sector and the future of heritage research. 476 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The CAA-GR 2024 Conference Proceedings capture the spirit and substance of the fifth national meeting on computer applications in archaeology and cultural heritage, held in Serres, Greece. Organized by the Athena Research Center and the International Hellenic University, the conference brought together a vibrant community of researchers, professionals, and practitioners exploring how digital technologies are reshaping our relationship and interaction with the past.Under the theme 'Transforming Heritage Research in a Transforming World,' the volume reflects the urgent need for new approaches to the study and preservation of cultural heritage in the face of rapid technological advances, environmental challenges, and societal shifts. The chapters span a wide range of topicsfrom geophysical methods and risk management to 3D scanning, immersive visualization, digital tourism, and museum accessibilityhighlighting the interdisciplinary and forward-thinking spirit that defines the field today.Rich with innovative ideas, practical solutions, and theoretical reflections, this volume offers a compelling look at how computational tools are redefining the boundaries of archaeology and heritage studies. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the digital transformation of the cultural sector and the future of heritage research.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Process of Writing in English and Chinese Reflections on Writing Thinking in Two Languages.- Writing about Feelings Metaphorically in English and Chinese.- The Semantics of Abstraction in Chinese and English: Evidence for Cognitive Universals.- Counterfactual Thinking in Chinese and English: On the False Dichotomy of Relativity and Universality.- Chinese as a Verb-Oriented Language: Evidence from the Emergence of Verb-Oriented Children.- Path vs Law Metaphors in Thinking About Thought.- Are there Untranslatable Syntactic Constructions Implications for Thinking in Chinese vs Thinking in English.- You See the Peak, I See the Mountain: Chinese Resultative Verb Complements and Corresponding Expressions in English.- Syntactic Complexity and Dependency in Translational Thinking.- Re-examining the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis with Regards to Chinese.- Chinese Perfective Special Function in a Language without Tense. 212 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dieses faszinierende und unterhaltsame Buch lädt sprachlich und astronomisch interessierte Leser dazu ein, die vergessenen kosmischen Ursprünge vieler Begriffe unserer Alltagssprache wiederzuentdecken. Wörter wie Zenit, Montag, Desaster, Hundstage, Seestern oder Kosmetik haben kosmische Wurzeln auch wenn wir sie längst selbstverständlich verwenden. In einer Reise durch Raum, Zeit und Sprache erschließen der französische Astrophysiker Daniel Kunth und die deutsche Linguistin Carola Koubek die erstaunliche Geschichte eines kosmischen Vokabulars , das sich in Redewendungen, Alltagswörtern und Fachbegriffen verbirgt.Mit einer Mischung aus wissenschaftlichem Hintergrund, historischen Anekdoten und sprachlichem Feingefühl zeigt das Buch, wie sehr der Nachthimmel unsere Sprache, unser Denken und unsere Kultur beeinflusst hat und bis heute prägt. Das Buch kommt ohne Vorkenntnisse in Astronomie oder Sprachwissenschaft aus und richtet sich an alle, die Sprache, Weltanschauung und Wissenschaft in einem neuen Licht betrachten möchten. Zahlreiche Illustrationen und anschauliche Begriffserklärungen machen das Buch auch visuell zu einer Entdeckungsreise.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Erleben Sie das legendäre Leben und die Karriere von Julius Cäsar in diesem aufschlussreichen Buch, das seine kühnen Strategien, Führungsqualitäten und Beweggründe für den Aufstieg zur Macht beleuchtet. Neben seinen Erfolgen zeigt das Buch auch die warnende Geschichte seines Falls und bietet zeitlose Lektionen für Führungskräfte, Manager und Wirtschaftsstudierende zur Reflexion und Orientierung.Aus moderner Sicht mit Hilfe von Führungstheorien beleuchtet es Cäsars Eigenschaften, Beziehungen und Entscheidungen, die seine Führungsrolle prägten. Es liefert wertvolle Einblicke in seine Kompetenzen und die Faktoren seines Aufstiegs eine praxisnahe Fallstudie für Organisationen, die starke Führungspersönlichkeiten und Teams entwickeln wollen. Ein Muss für Geschichtsinteressierte, Fachleute und alle, die nach konkreten Erfolgsstrategien suchen. Dieses Buch bietet eine besondere Gelegenheit, die eigene Karriere zu reflektieren und Erfolg sowie Ambitionen mit einem der größten Anführer der Geschichte zu vergleichen.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dieses Buch beschreibt Kommunikationsstrategien für Menschen mit schweren Behinderungen, die nicht oder nur in geringem Ausmaß verbal kommunizieren können. Es untersucht die wichtigsten Diagnose- und Interventionsstrategien, die entwickelt wurden, um expressive und rezeptive Kommunikation zu ermöglichen. Darüber hinaus beleuchtet das Buch aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse, die sich mit der Vermittlung verschiedener Kommunikationsstrategien an Personen mit gering ausgeprägter oder fehlender verbaler Kommunikationsmöglichkeit befassen sowohl im expressiven als auch im rezeptiven Bereich. Es behandelt die Vor- und Nachteile einzelner Kommunikationsstrategien, die Auswahl geeigneter Curricula für Kommunikationsinterventionen sowie die Einschätzung individueller Kommunikationsbedarfe bei Menschen mit schweren Behinderungen, die nicht oder kaum sprechen.Zentrale Themenbereiche:Einschätzung kommunikativer Stärken und InterventionsbedarfeEntwicklung von Curricula für KommunikationsinterventionenPrälinguistische InterventionNatürliche Gesten und manuelle GebärdenstrategienUnterstützte und alternative Kommunikationsformen, einschließlich greifbarer Symbole, bildbasierter Systeme, sprachgenerierender Geräte und technologischer Hilfsmittel für Personen mit sensomotorischen BeeinträchtigungenVisuelle Strategien zur Förderung rezeptiver KommunikationDieses Buch ist eine wertvolle Ressource für Fachkräfte wie Therapeut:innen, Kliniker:innen und Pädagog:innen sowie für Forscher:innen, Dozent:innen und Studierende in den Bereichen klinische Kinder- und Schulpsychologie, Entwicklungspsychologie, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, klinische Sozialarbeit, angewandte Verhaltensanalyse, Unterstützte Kommunikation, Sonderpädagogik und Sprachtherapie.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In a rapidly changing e-commerce environment, effective supplier selection and inventory management are critical to maintaining competitive advantage and operational efficiency. This book introduces innovative multi-criteria decision-making models (MCDMs) and improved inventory classification systems tailored specifically for online retail environments.Combining theory and research-based case studies, the book highlights the importance of comprehensive criteria in supplier and assortment evaluation and the application of artificial intelligence in optimising decision models. It provides valuable insights and practical solutions for improving supply chain performance and inventory management in the e-commerce sector. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of logistics and e-commerce and supply chain management. 167 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book is designed to enhance ocean literacy through diverse research, educational and interdisciplinary approaches. It focuses on a number of critical themes, including: an exploration of positionality, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging one's own perspective in ocean-related research and advocacy; the nuances of trans-cross and interdisciplinarity in ocean studies, advocating for a systemic approach to understanding oceanic phenomena; a model for collaborative research and project development methods. The authors also include practical components such as a mapping of student-led projects on Ocean Literacy and a chapter dedicated to activities that can be implemented to promote understanding and engagement with oceanic themes. This part is designed to be directly applicable in educational settings, providing tools and ideas for active learning. The book is enriched with a vast array of references, resources, infographics, and mind maps to support the content visually and intellectually. Additionally, to ensure accessibility and enhance learning experiences, a video and audio version of the book will be available via a QR code, making this resource fully accessible to a broad audience, including those with visual and auditory impairments. This toolkit serves as a comprehensive guide for educators and researchers and is a pivotal resource for anyone committed to advancing ocean literacy.This Open Access Book is endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development as a Decade Activity. 260 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Open Access book provides a comprehensive exploration of voice as a biomarker, addressing a current issue where engineers often analyze voice using sentences without describing or understanding voice as a set of defined parameters among others visually. This approach poses challenges for effectively treating voice disorders, as the features defined by engineers may not align with clinical needs.Stemming from the work of the Biomarker Committee group under the European Union of Phoniatricians (UEP), this book is the result of collaborative efforts and presents clinical studies aimed at bridging the gap between engineering analyses and clinical requirements.In recent years, many engineers have utilized software for voice analysis, often within continuous speech sequences, but without adequately defining voice features or specifying the choice of machine learning programs.Organized into 14 chapters, the volume begins with an overview of voice biomarkers and relevant literature, covering the fundamental physiology of voice biomarkers and examining voice pathology. The last chapters discuss genetics and molecular biology aspects.This book will serve as an invaluable resource for medical specialists in otolaryngology, phoniatrics, and neurology, offering insights and approaches to enhance the understanding and treatment of voice-related conditions. 192 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is the first book to cover the evolution and scope of Aldous Huxley s socio-political ideas in a concise and highly accessible manner, both for political theorists and interested students from various disciplines. From his social journalism in the early 1930s, through his notoriously famous novel Brave New World, his involvement with the Peace Pledge Union in the mid-30s, his pivotal socio-anthropological study Ends and Means in 1937, his post-war essays, the black dystopia Ape and Essence, his involvement with Eastern philosophy and Krishnamurti, his lecture circuits in the 1950s (Santa Barbara, MIT, etc.) to his final novel, Island (1962), the counter-piece to Brave New World, the author explores how Huxley investigates the benefits and risks of democracy, anarchism, decentralisation, forms of authoritarianism, human engineering (education), the ideological pitfalls of the grand narratives of the early 20th century, as well as the anthropological dimensions underpinning social ideals and their means of realisation. 345 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers an accessible framework for macroeconomic modelling rooted in the capital theory of Austrian Economics. By distinguishing between the goods and monetary sides of the economy and exploring their interaction, the book provides a comprehensive macroeconomic model that integrates time preference and interest rates. It examines how monetary and fiscal policies can produce business cycles and how these cycles are influenced by central bank liquidity and financial market behaviour. Additionally, the book discusses the ways in which monetary and fiscal policies can prolong and intensify economic stagnation.Through its clear exposition, this book deepens the understanding of the conditions that determine the unsustainability of credit-driven economic expansions. It is essential reading for students and researchers in political economy, macroeconomics, monetary economics, and those interested in advancing Austrian Economics. 130 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This edited book presents the integration of Critical Media Literacy (CML) principles into teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This approach has its roots in content-based language learning, which aims to promote effective communication as the ultimate goal of language acquisition. This book highlights the profound influence of CML on educational methods, exploring the evolving concepts that support its integration and providing both theoretical perspectives and practical examples to illustrate its implementation. The book delineates methodologies for constructing and executing a CML integration framework in EFL lessons, offering various instructional strategies and reflective analyses and integrating the viewpoints of professionals, educators, and researchers. The book explores the complexities of CML, discussing the changing nature of language instruction in a world heavily influenced by media, and explores issues such as professional growth during educational restructuring, highlighting the significance of personal metamorphosis in attaining social equity. This book offers a concise yet thorough examination of CML integration in EFL settings, and it will be of interest toscholars specializing in education, media studies, and language instruction, as well as educators actively engaged in teaching, such as EFL teachers, curriculum developers, and educational policymakers. 193 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers critical discussion of developing inclusive theory, practice, and policy that supports the needs and experiences of adult learners within higher education settings in the UK. The first part of the book shares the research of authors, all who have lived experience of their area of expertise, and the experiences and needs of adult learners in relation to religion, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and disability as well as including an intersectional lens. The second section of the book discusses practice and understandings of adults learners in non-conventional higher education settings within the police service, criminal justice, and health care.These contributions provide new knowledge to better support those from diverse backgrounds to thrive in the higher education environment. This book will be of interest to academics who teach/support adult learners, students of education, as well as practitioners who work outside traditional higher education settings such as community educators and policymakers. 211 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book, now in its second edition, offers an essential overview of screen-printing. Routinely utilised to fabricate a range of useful electrochemical architectures, screen-printing is also used in a broad range of areas in both industry and academia. It supports the design of next-generation electrochemical sensing platforms, and allows proven laboratory-based approaches to be upscaled and commercially applied. To those skilled in the art, screen-printing allows novel and useful electrochemical architectures to be mass produced, offering fabrication processes that are cost-effective yet highly reproducible and yield significant electrical benefits.The book equips readers to set about the task of screen-printing, explaining its techniques and implementation and will be of interest to both academics and industrialists delving into screen-printing for the first time. It offers an essential resource for those readers who want learn to successfully design, fabricate and implement (and mass-produce) electrochemical based architectures, as well as those who already have a basic understanding of the process and want to advance their technical knowledge and skills. The books second edition is now expanded and includes addition case studies. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There are persistent misunderstandings between internal medicine and anesthesiology in perioperative care. Internists, hospitalists, and subspecialists are often asked to provide perioperative consultation, yet formal training in anesthesiology is limited. This book bridges this gap by explaining why certain intraoperative choices are made, what risks different anesthetic techniques carry, and how internists can best support patient optimization and postoperative recovery. Its purpose is to provide internists with information about anesthesiology s scope, history, pharmacology, and guiding principles to support effective collaboration.The book is organized into sections reflecting the perioperative continuum. Early chapters introduce anesthesiology s role, safety culture, and monitoring standards. Core chapters address anesthetic pharmacology, types of anesthesia, and perioperative physiology. Special chapters cover postoperative complications, pain management, and opioid stewardship, with attention to patients on buprenorphine, methadone, or illicit opioids. Case-based discussions illustrate common points of tension. The book concludes with a forward-looking chapter on perioperative medicine as a collaborative specialty.Written in an approachable, clinically relevant style, each chapter includes abstracts, key takeaways, and peer-reviewed references. Tables, clinical pearls, and case-based examples make the text practical for busy clinicians. 288 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book provides an introduction to the role that Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays in the study of nanosystems ranging from soft and active materials to optics and quantum condensed matter. This role is twofold: On the one hand, Artificial Intelligence finds many applications in this field and enables researchers to solve problems that were not (easily) solvable before. Very notable examples are the use of machine learning to obtain energy functionals in density functional theory or the design of novel materials. On the other hand, researchers nowadays try to make the nanosystems themselves intelligent. This idea, sometimes referred to as intelligent matter, can be realized in a plethora of ways including intelligent microswimmers, optical neuromorphic computing, and machine learning using quantum systems.The book consists of four parts. The first one provides a brief introduction to AI, while the second and third ones introduce applications of AI to nanosystems and implementations of AI in nanosystems, respectively. Here, a broad spectrum of physical systems is covered, ranging from quantum, magnetic,and optical systems to soft and active matter. Finally, the fourth part provides some philosophical perspectives. 520 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides valuable insights for researchers, clinicians, and developers working at the intersection of medical imaging and real-time signal processing. It delivers a clear and in-depth exploration of advanced techniques for real-time ultrasound (US) image processing, with a particular emphasis on state-of-the-art denoising and super-resolution methods. Ultrasound is one of the most widely used imaging modalities in medicine - valued for its affordability, portability, and safety. However, challenges such as speckle noise and limited resolution can hinder its diagnostic potential. This book addresses these issues head-on, presenting real-time techniques that significantly enhance image quality and support more accurate clinical interpretation. From static US images to dynamic 2D videos and 3D volumes, the book discusses how real-time processing can improve US images for disease diagnosis and tracking. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of current solutions, including comparative reviews of existing methods, practical insights into implementation, and analysis of both computational demands and hardware requirements. Whether the reader is designing medical imaging software, conducting research, or seeking to optimise clinical workflows, this book offers both the technical depth and real-world perspective needed to advance your work in ultrasound imaging. 148 pp. Englisch.…