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This book delves into the dynamic intersection of optimization and discrete mathematics, offering a comprehensive exploration of their applications in…
data sciences. Through a collection of high-quality papers, readers will gain insights into cutting-edge research and methodologies that address complex problems across a wide array of topics. The chapters cover an impressive range of subjects, including advances in the study of polynomials, combinatorial identities, and global optimization algorithms. Readers will encounter innovative approaches to predictive models for non-performing loans, rainbow greedy matching algorithms, and the cost of detection in interaction testing. The book also examines critical issues such as demand aggregation, mid-term energy planning, and minimum-cost energy flow. Contributions from expert authors provide a deep dive into multilevel low-rank matrices, the protection of medical image authenticity, and the mathematical intricacies of the Braess paradox. This volume invites readers to explore diverse perspectives and theoretical insights that are both practical and forward-thinking. This publication is an invaluable resource for graduate students and advanced researchers in the fields of optimization and discrete mathematics. It is particularly beneficial for those interested in their applications within data sciences. Academics across these disciplines will find the book's content relevant to their work, while practitioners seeking to apply these concepts in industry will appreciate its practical case studies. Whether you are a scholar or a professional, this book offers a wealth of knowledge that bridges theory with real-world applications.
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Home and garden
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The world of houseplants just got tastier with this colorful guide to growing edible plants indoors! Houseplant enthusiasts will be…
delighted to discover the range of tropical plants that can be grown in containers indoors, in any location. Laurelynn and Byron Martin, owners of Logee's Plants for Home & Garden, are nationally renowned for their expertise in growing fruit-bearing and tropical plants indoors. Their colorful guide features photos and complete care guidelines for 46 food-bearing plants, includes lemons, limes, grapefruit, cherries, olives, passion fruit, papaya, and much more. Fresh, fragrant, and flavorful, Edible Houseplants expands the fun and pleasure of growing indoor plants.
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General fiction, Family stories, Serious and literary fiction
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A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: &“Everyone should read anything with…
Ferrante&’s name on it&” (The Boston Globe). The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times–bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy. In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and a source of strength in the face of life&’s challenges. In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, &“one of the great novelists of our time&” (The New York Times), gives us a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging, a meditation on love and jealousy, freedom and commitment—at once a masterfully plotted page-turner and an intense, generous-hearted family saga. &“Imagine if Jane Austen got angry and you&’ll have some idea of how explosive these works are.&” —The Australian &“Brilliant . . . captivating and insightful . . . the richness of her storytelling is likely to please fans of Sara Gruen and Silvia Avallone.&” —Booklist (starred review)
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Nature, Reference, Science and technology, Travel and geography
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Introduces more than 60 different plant species found in Asia.
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Medicine
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The “Challenges in Solid Tumors and Other Cancers: An Interdisciplinary Approach” is the twenty first volume of the “Interdisciplinary Cancer…
Research” series, publishes comprehensive volume on the challenges in cancer. The volume starts with a few chapters on solid tumors, including nano drug delivery for bone sarcomas, tumor-nerve interface, adoptive cell transfer, dendritic cell vaccines, CAR T cell Immunotherapy, immunogenic effect of modulated electro-hyperthermia, oncolytic viral therapies, apoptosis resistance, biopsy techniques, genetics, cytogenetics and liquid biopsy. The subsequent chapters explain different challenges on breast cancer, head and neck carcinomas, glioblastoma, hematologic cancers, lung cancers, cervical cancer, gastric cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and colorectal cancers. This is the main concept of Cancer Immunology Project (CIP), which is a part of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). This interdisciplinary book will be of special value for those who wish to have an update on approach to challenges in cancer.
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Politics and government
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This Brief develops the necro-president as a figure through which the collapse of American political life becomes visible. In our…
present moment of political upheaval, the necro-president reflects how death, not law or the people, has come to shape the meaning of the presidency. The office, once imagined as a source of vitality and democratic promise, now signals exhaustion, spectacle, and symbolic decay. Focusing on the 2024 election, The Necro-President shows how Joe Biden and Donald Trump came to represent two sides of a collapsing republic. Biden, cast as a spectral figure, became a symbol of entropy and decline. Trump, by contrast, positioned himself as a resurrectionist, a messianic leader who could overcome decay and save the republic. What followed was not the return of life to the presidency but the normalization of death as a mode of rule. This critical philosophical intervention moves beyond debates about democratic erosion and constitutional crisis. It asks what happens when political life continues even after the symbols that once gave it meaning have gone hollow. This book is open access.
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Science and technology
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This volume details the importance of bacteria in and around the human body, highlighting the bacteria that is harmless and…
pathogenic bacteria. Chapters guide readers through protocols on different bacteria&’s providing a better understand on they operate and how people can protect ourselves. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, the chapters include brief introductions to the material, lists of necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and a Notes section which highlights tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Dynamics of Bacteria-Mucus Interactions aims to be comprehensive guide for researchers in the field.
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Psychology
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Veränderung zum Anfassen, Beteiligung zum Leben erwecken, Lösungen hautnah erlebenOrganisationsentwicklung bedeutet mehr als Strukturen zu verändern – sie ist Dialog,…
Reflexion und gemeinsames Lernen. Organisationen reflektieren, indem ihre Mitglieder miteinander kommunizieren. Soziodrama vertieft diese Gespräche, wenn Organisationen nachdenken, verstehen, Ideen sammeln oder Neues kreieren möchten. Dieser interaktive Ansatz macht Veränderungsprozesse anschaulich, fördert Perspektivwechsel, generiert kreative Lösungen und erzeugt durch unmittelbare Erfahrung neue Handlungsoptionen. Dieses Buch bietet einen klaren und praxisnahen Einstieg, um Soziodrama in der Organisationsentwicklung gezielt einzusetzen. Die Autoren teilen ihre umfangreichen Erfahrungen als Organisationsentwickler und präsentieren spannende Praxisbeispiele. Soziodramatische Methoden sind besonders wertvoll für systemische Beraterinnen und Berater, da sie neue Perspektiven und lebendige Ansätze für die systemische Beratung eröffnen. Ein kompakter Leitfaden für alle, die Veränderungsprozesse mit innovativen und effektiven Methoden professionell begleiten möchten.
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Computers and internet, Science and technology
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The four-volume set CCIS 2416, 2417, 2418 and 2419 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information…
Processing and Network Provisioning, ICIPNP 2024 Spring, held in Beijing, China, during June 14–16, 2024. The 152 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 347 submissions. They focus on topics ranging from 5G/6G evolution and AI in network optimization to quantum communication and green computing.
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction
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This book of peer-reviewed short papers on methodological and applied statistics and demography is the second of four volumes from…
the 52nd Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS 2024), held in Bari, Italy, on June 17-20, 2024. It features invited contributions presented in the Solicited Sessions. The volumes address a large number of topics and applications of current interest. The topics covered include, but are not limited to, statistical theory and methods, sampling theory, Bayesian statistics, statistical modeling, computational statistics, classification, data analysis, gender statistics and applied statistics. The applications reflect new analyses in a wide variety of fields, including demography, psychometrics, education, business, economics, finance, law, and other social sciences and humanities, epidemiology, the life and health sciences as well as the environmental and natural sciences and engineering. This variety also demonstrates the important role of statistical science in addressing the societal and environmental challenges of sustainable development. One of the aims of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) is to promote scientific activities for the development of statistical sciences. Its biennial international Scientific Meeting represents the Society’s largest event which brings together national and international researchers and professionals to exchange ideas and discuss recent advances and developments in theoretical and applied statistics.
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Medicine
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This book will cover all areas concerning the high bleeding risk and fragile patients (including CHIP). This milieu is becoming…
more and more common and requires specific attention and investment from the healthcare systems to be managed properly. The book will be divided into 4 macro-areas (coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, high thrombotic risk patients), each of which include specific chapters on the latest technical advances, offering a thorough literature coverage as well. Additional sections are devoted to future diagnostic and therapeutic areas, depending on the disease and the patient's risk profile. Interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons dealing with PCI, coronary bypasses, left atrial appendage closure, aortic and mitral interventions in this patient subgroup will be provided with an overview of the latest techniques and innovative technologies in this area, that will help them improving the clinical outcome of their patients. The invited group of collaborators was selected from among the most experienced physicians in the world, from Asia, North and South America and Europe.
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Business and economics, Science and technology
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The book examines the adoption of different innovative technologies and explores the behavioral intention of both consumers and companies of…
using these technologies. Both determinants of acceptance and resistance of technology are considered by referring to the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and the Innovation Resistance Theory. The six essays in this publication relate to six innovative technologies and approaches. This entails an examination of technologies that either involve ethical challenges or are designed with the objective of achieving (ecological) sustainability.
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Computers and internet, Science and technology
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This book examines the impact of such constraints on elastic time-series similarity measures and provides guidance on selecting suitable measures.…
Time-series classification frequently relies on selecting an appropriate similarity or distance measure to compare time series effectively, often using dynamic programming techniques for more robust results. However, these techniques can be computationally demanding, which results in the usage of global constraints to reduce the search area in the dynamic programming matrix. While these constraints cut computation time significantly (by up to three orders of magnitude), they may also affect classification accuracy. Additionally, the importance of the nearest neighbor classifier (1NN) is emphasized for its strong performance in time-series classification, alongside the kNN classifier which offers stable results. This book further explores the weighted kNN classifier, which gives closer neighbors more influence, showing how it merges accuracy and stability for improved classification outcomes.
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Computers and internet, General non-fiction
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This book delves into the dynamic intersection of data science, data mining, machine learning, and optimization within sports. It compiles…
and presents the latest achievements in this vibrant and emerging research area, offering a comprehensive overview of how these technologies revolutionize sports analytics and performance. Topical coverage includes artificial intelligence in sports, automated machine learning for training sessions, computational social science, and deep learning applications. Readers will also explore cutting-edge concepts such as digital twins in sports and sports prediction through data analysis. This volume highlights theoretical advancements and practical case studies that demonstrate real-world applications. Ideal for researchers, practitioners, and students in fields related to sports science, data analytics, and machine learning, this book serves as a crucial resource for anyone looking to understand the transformative impact of technology on sports. Whether you are an academic scholar or a professional working in the industry, this collection offers valuable insights that bridge the gap between research and practical solutions.
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Asian history, General non-fiction
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This book is an in-depth study of the ageing problem in China from a multidisciplinary perspective. For the first time in Chinese history,…
it systematically summarizes the development process, achievements and challenges of China from the year 2000 to 2020, and illustrates the exploration process of the theory and practice to actively address population ageing with Chinese characteristics.
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General non-fiction
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Making the transition to student-centered learning begins with finding ways to get students to share their thinking, something that can…
be particularly challenging for older learners. Authors Ruth Parker and Cathy Humphreys return with Digging Deeper: Making Number Talks Matter Even More, Grades 3-10, taking the readers into classrooms where their Number Talks routines are taught.In this comprehensive sequel to their best-selling book, Making Number Talks Matter, Parker and Humphreys apply their 15 minute lessons to older grade levels to inspire and initiate math talks. Through vignettes in the book, you'll meet other teachers learning how to listen closely to students and how to prompt them into figuring out solutions to problems. You will learn how to make on-the-spot decisions, continually advancing and deepening the conversation. Digging Deeper includes: Sample Problems: Digging Deeper is filled with a range of Number Talks problems, 10-15 minute warm-up routines that lend themselves to mental math and comparison of strategiesNavigating Rough Spots: Learn how to create a safe environment for tricky, problematic, or challenging student discussions that can arise when talking through problems and sharing ideasResponding to Mistakes: Ways to handle misconceptions and mathematical errors that come up during the course of Number Talk conversationsDigging Deeper is filled with teaching tips for using wait time between problems more efficiently, honoring student contributions while still correcting errors, and teaching concepts while nudging independent thinking. Through daily practice and open conversation, you can make Number Talks matter more.
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General non-fiction
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In diesem Buch werden auf der Basis von theoretischen und fachdidaktischen Überlegungen zur natürlichen Differenzierung, Interaktion, geometrischen Begriffsbildung und räumlichen…
Vorstellung zwei geometrische Lernumgebungen vorgestellt, die sich für das gemeinsame Lernen von Schüler*innen mit unterschiedlichen Kompetenzen eignen: „Dreiecke auf dem Geobrett&“ und „Würfelgebäude entdecken&“. Im Rahmen der zehnjährigen Forschungsarbeit, auf der dieses Buch gründet, wurden diese Lernumgebungen konzipiert und in einem Lehr-Lern-Labor der Universität Paderborn mit zahlreichen Grundschulklassen durchgeführt und beforscht. Die Forschungsergebnisse zur epistemologischen sowie partizipatorischen Analyse der Lern- und Interaktionsprozesse zur Lernumgebung „Dreiecke auf dem Geobrett&“ werden in diesem Buch ausführlich präsentiert und hinsichtlich der Konzeption der Lernumgebung und des Gelingens der natürlichen Differenzierung diskutiert.
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Science and technology
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Since research on meiobenthos was last compiled in a textbook (2008/2009), the number of theoretical and applied studies has been…
growing rapidly. Supported by new methods and digital evaluation, meiobenthology has developed into a wide field, with more and more researchers studying cross-disciplinary aspects. New perspectives were summarized in a booklet (2019) to draw attention to promising research directions. The present book, written by leading experts, is a compilation of new thinking, data, methods and approaches in many relevant fields of recent meiobenthos research. The topics addressed range from bacteria and biofilms to globally changing processes, from polar regions to the deep-sea and from freshwater ecosystems to the ocean. So, this book is not simply another meiobenthos textbook - it is an attempt to identify new horizons in meiobenthos research, driven by the vision of advancing knowledge and understanding of benthic ecosystems.
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Psychology, Sports and games
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This book addresses a critical gap in the literature, serving as a foundational resource for a rapidly evolving field that…
lacks a comprehensive reference point. It offers an in-depth exploration of research methods in exercise psychophysiology, beginning with a historical perspective before delving into key psychophysiological techniques and advanced methodologies for processing and interpreting biological data collected during exercise. Beyond methodology, the book examines core topics such as exercise tolerance, motivation, emotion regulation, attentional control, and cognition—unpacking the intricate psychophysiological mechanisms driving these phenomena. Designed to equip researchers and practitioners alike, it provides the necessary tools to design rigorous experiments and effectively apply complex psychophysiological methods in movement-related contexts. This resource is essential for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how mind and body interact in the realm of exercise.
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Business and economics, Science and technology
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To build a new energy system is the key towards China's goal of carbon emissions peak and achieving carbon neutrality.…
The new energy system will reshape the conventional energy system in an integrated and revolutionary way. It will not only bring about major changes in energy production, utilization and consumption, as well as emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) and local pollutants, but also have profound implications on technological innovation and economic development. Based on quantitative and systematic analysis, this study depicts the energy system by 2030 and by 2060, analyzes the impacts of the energy system on economic and social development, studies and judges the key risk points, and proposes the path and policy system for building a new energy system.This is an open access book.