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Calibrating Coastal Resilience
By Sonia R Cháo. 2025
Calibrating Coastal Resilience presents a conceptual reimagining of place in the era of climate change. The urban terroir framework introduced…
by the authors offers a holistic, data-driven approach to assessing vulnerabilities in the built environment and in designing cities. Inspired by the hyperlocal relationships between humans, cultural traditions, and urban and natural contexts, the authors develop a place-based, historically sympathetic methodology for guiding climate-related urban policies, designs, and actions in coastal areas. Coastal communities have been among the first to experience the devastating consequences of the climate crisis. Using case studies from South Florida, the book illustrates the unique climate risks for this region, including flooding, hurricane, and sea-level rise scenarios, with a focus on the preservation of historic neighborhoods and buildings and reinforcement of built structures.Drawing from the authors’ extensive experience in community planning and historic preservation in cities severely affected by the impacts of climate change, this book introduces practical methods for identifying and aligning preservation goals with resilience needs, including a novel and comprehensive methodology that combines their Storm Surge Building Vulnerability (SSVB) additive model with a Synoptic Survey digital method and associated proticols, and a cultural asset benchmarking system that intersects resilience and preservation objectives. Refined through real-life application and the experience of Southeast Florida preparing for and responding to climate change, these techniques are highly specialized yet designed for ease of implementation.A valuable resource for professionals and students of architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, and local governments globally, Calibrating Coastal Resilience offers communities clear guidelines and actionable steps toward creating place-based resilience planning strategies to safeguard the natural and built landscapes of their region.
Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice
By David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining. 2025
Often described as a public policy "bible," Weimer and Vining remains the essential primer it ever was. Now in a…
thoroughly revised seventh edition, Policy Analysis provides a strong conceptual foundation of the rationales for and the limitations to public policy. It offers practical advice about how to do policy analysis, and goes a bit deeper to demonstrate the application of advanced analytical techniques through the use of case studies. Updates to this edition include: An all-new introductory case on corporate taxation; Consideration of addiction as a rationale for public policy; Discussion of public policy issues related to platforms and intermediation, especially to digital service delivery; Updated discussion of information gathering from the perspectives of internal and external validity; An updated British Columbia salmon fishery case. The textbook is supported by online materials for instructors, including suggestions for and examples of course policy projects, a project assessment template, sample instructions to students for preparing policy reports, as well as discussion questions and answers for each chapter. Cases that have been removed from the seventh edition remain available on the book’s webpage. Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practices remains a comprehensive, serious, and rich introduction to policy analysis for students in public policy, public administration, and business programs.
A Startup Field Guide in the Age of Robots and AI
By Oliver Mitchell. 2025
Launching a startup is like climbing a mountain, just maybe more treacherous. I say this as I have spent years…
as a backpacker and entrepreneur. While hiking through the Alaskan Tundra, I feared brown bears and crevasses. Yet, nothing prepared me for the responsibility of payroll for over 200 families relying on my business plan to feed their children.Unlike traditional software, the mere smell of hardware sensors and robot gearing sends shivers through most investors, with red flags arising from the perceived capital inefficiencies and intense research and development. This is coupled with a high talent requirement before launching even a minimum viable product, as these inventions demand a cross-section of skills: mechanical, electrical, and software engineering. To set out on the trail of uncrewed success, machine inventors and founders require a detailed field guide to meet customer demand and financing objectives.My goal for this book is to help you at a pivotal point in your ideation process and, at the same time, introduce you to a cadre of potential mentors. Through interviews with some of the most respected luminaries in this field, I aim to help fortify your resolve to follow your passions and build a billion-dollar company. The chapters of this book have been organized like a field guide, as if you are setting out on a trip in the wild. Just like it’s essential to satiate yourself before scaling mountains, fast-tracking your innovation into the hands of early adopters is vital for achieving success on Main Street.
Writing Forward: Translation, Performance, Creativity
By Susan Bassnett. 2025
This collection of essays by a team of internationally respected researchers at the cutting edge of translation studies was inspired…
by the idea of “writing forward” as a strategy for theatre translation proposed by David Johnston, the award-winning translator and scholar.Opening this volume is a conversation between David Johnston and Lawrence Venuti in which they explore a broad range of topics that bear on the translation of theatrical texts for performance. The chapters that follow are grouped into three main parts. Part I, “Extending translation”, contains essays whose respective theoretical emphases test, push, and stretch traditional conceptual boundaries. Part II, “Translating for theatre”, zooms in on various aspects of theatre translation. Part III, “Translation and creativity”, shifts the focus beyond the stage to other forms of artistic expression: poetry, painting, film, and television. Finally, in the short play Noli me tangere, written especially for this volume, Juan Mayorga reflects on theatre as the art of distance and on the mysteriousness of translation as the art of negotiating that distance.Thinking about and practicing translation as “writing forward” underscores its perpetual provisionality and hermeneutic openness; its ability to surprise and stimulate but also remind and reassure. By enriching our understanding of translation, performance, and creativity, this volume will no doubt inspire further explorations into their fascinating complexities. Useful and important reading for advanced students and researchers of literature, theatre, culture, and translation.
The Law and Practice of Maritime Liens (Maritime and Transport Law Library)
By Damien J Cremean. 2025
This book uniquely offers a single point of reference on the vital legal subject of maritime liens, intrinsic to Admiralty…
Law and a topic often incompletely understood by shipping firms and other such businesses, to their considerable risk and detriment. Where previously it was necessary to source many different publications, of widely varying age, this book now provides a single, up-to-date, accessible and comprehensive source to explain this complex area and its implications for all parties in the maritime industry, and beyond, in each of the jurisdictions concerned.The author introduces the meaning and functions of maritime liens, as well as the jurisdictions where maritime liens arise, with some historical context provided to aid understanding. In terms accessible to anyone working within the industry, he explains the implications of maritime liens with regard to damage, pollution, collisions, salvage, wages and more. The enforcement of liens in each jurisdiction is thoroughly discussed, featuring topics such as the arrest of vessels, the exercise of liens on cargo and sub-freight, provision of security, conflict of laws, and the procedures and proceeds of judicial sales. Key priorities such as sale proceeds, competition between creditors and non-maritime claimants, are also addressed.The Law and Practice of Maritime Liens offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to the topic for anyone directly or indirectly involved in the maritime sector, but it is most directly relevant to legal practitioners (especially in maritime law and marine insurance areas) in practice within each of the relevant jurisdictions, shipowners, charterers and corporations involved in the maritime sector. Law courts, judges and magistrates throughout the English-speaking world (and elsewhere) will also benefit from this book. It is likely to have a wide international audience, being applicable to a large proportion of marine sector trade.Create the ideal lawn for your space and know how to look after it with Grow Lawns.Ideal for first-time gardeners,…
Grow Lawns contains everything you need to know to choose and maintain the perfect lawn - whether that means formal straight lines, a playful space, or a hub for wildlife. Understand different grass types, whether to sow seed or lay turf, and maintenance techniques, including mowing, aerating, and scarifying. Discover alternatives, too, such as bulbs to add color in spring or wildflower meadows to attract pollinators. Find useful tips and tricks to help with your lawn maintenance.Whether you are an avid gardener or want to create an easy-to-maintain garden, this book can guide you and answer important questions like How does your garden lawn grow? What do you want from your lawn? Should I use turf or seed and more.With this book, you can find:-Fuss-free guide to designing, creating, and maintaining a lawn, ideal for first-time gardeners-Explores a range of different needs and basic techniques so beginners know where to start with different kinds of grass/lawns-Helpful tips on how to care for your lawn to maintain it for longer- including Essential tools, types of mowers, watering, feeding your lawn, and more-Images and descriptions of issues that your lawn may face, such as pests, weeds, and conditions, and ways you can solve thisPacked with practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow. This useful guide contains images, facts, and information to help you grow a lawn that suits your lifestyle. Grow Lawns is part of a series with GROW Houseplants, GROW Compost, GROW Herbs, and GROW Trees.
In June 2024, after fourteen years of house arrest and incarceration, Julian Assange, the Australian journalist the CIA had planned…
to kidnap or kill, was finally released from the UK&’s top security Belmarsh prison. Years of campaigning by his family and Australian politicians from across the political spectrum had finally paid off: Assange&’s plea bargain with the US Department of Justice produced the legal deal of the century. Instead of serving a possible 175-year jail sentence, Assange walked free. What changed former US President Joe Biden&’s mind after years of appeals and hearings? When WikiLeaks revealed evidence of American war crimes in Iraq, Biden had called Assange a &‘high tech terrorist&’. Why did Biden now believe the time was right to end the pursuit and to cut a deal? Andrew Fowler takes us inside the negotiations with the White House, revealing a startling story of false hope, courage, resolve and the extraordinary resilience of the person Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg called the Most Dangerous Man in the World.
Semiotics of the Image: A Study of the Form of Meaning in Media Spectacles
By Yirong Hu. 2025
This book provides a groundbreaking exploration of image semiotics. Going far beyond traditional analyses of static visual texts, it includes…
dynamic imagery, literary iconography, and psychological images, offering a holistic view of how semiotics permeates various forms of media and cultural expression. The book integrates various case studies on Chinese culture, providing scholars outside China a unique lens through which to understand Chinese cultural thinking through semiotics. This approach not only enriches the academic discussion but also enhances cross-cultural understanding. In addition, the book collects and synthesizes significant achievements in semiotics, incorporating traditional visual theory research from the Panofsky and Warburg schools. This synthesis forms a comprehensive “semiotics of images,” providing an interdisciplinary analytical framework for contemporary “media spectacles.” The book employs multiple methodologies to dissect the visual image spectacles constructed by modern media signs, culminating in a macro-level understanding of cultural spectacles. Furthermore, it situates the comparison between Chinese and Western civilizations within a broad context of cultural philosophy and history, enriching the discourse on cultural differences and similarities.
In the fast-paced world of startups and innovation, costs are often treated with passive recognition—overshadowed by strategy, growth, and funding.…
But what if costs were the key to unlocking sustainable value and driving strategic success? This groundbreaking book redefines the role of costs within the entrepreneurial venture lifecycles, transforming them from passive considerations to active tools for creating, capturing, and extracting value. Through a fresh lens, it explores the inseparable relationship between costs, strategy, and investments—guiding entrepreneurs, founders, and innovation ecosystem players through every stage of the journey, from ideation to successful exit into a reincarnated life. Finally, it establishes a framework for value-driven business models as dynamic, three-dimensional platforms—driven by technology, markets, and exits—where intellectual capital development plays a fundamental role. With practical insights grounded primarily in strategic management accounting and entrepreneurial finance, and supported by real-world applications, this book establishes a powerful foundation for integrating costs into value-driven business strategies. It equips startup founders, innovation ecosystem players, researchers, and academics alike with the tools to rethink costs as a strategic advantage. Whether you're building a startup, thriving in the innovation and knowledge economy, or delving into entrepreneurial finance, this book will transform the way you think about costs—turning them into a powerful catalyst for growth and success.
Arbeitsplätze sind Beziehungsplätze: Führung und Organisation im Spiegel der Psychoanalyse Freuds und Lacans (essentials)
By Moritz Senarclens de Grancy. 2025
In Zeiten digitaler Transformation und Künstlicher Intelligenz stoßen klassische Führungsmodelle zunehmend an ihre Grenzen. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Unternehmen und…
Organisationen gerade unter den Bedingungen tiefgreifenden Wandels Beziehung als zentrales Organisationsprinzip verstehen lernen – und wie Führungskräfte narrative, emotionale und unbewusste Dynamiken aktiv gestalten können. Auf Grundlage psychoanalytischer Konzepte von Freud, Lacan und anderen eröffnet der Autor einen neuen Blick auf Organisationen: als Räume libidinöser Ökonomie, in denen sich Begehren und Genießen diskursiv entfalten.
Algorithms and Complexity: 14th International Conference, CIAC 2025, Rome, Italy, June 10–12, 2025, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15679)
By Irene Finocchi, Loukas Georgiadis. 2025
The two-volume set LNCS 15679 and 15680 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Algorithms and Complexity,…
CIAC 2025, held in Rome, Italy, during June 10–12, 2025.The 44 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. They focus on all aspects of important venue for researchers working on computational complexity and the design, analysis, experimentation, and application of efficient algorithms and data structures.
Tourist Experience and Perception in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era
By Yuhua Luo, Xi Li, Xialei Duan. 2025
This book is a collection of selected papers from the 11th international Conference on Tourism and Hospitality between China and…
Spain [www.china-spain.org]. The COVID-19 pandemic was a global unprecedented event which was a huge crisis and challenge for the tourism and hospitality industry to confront. This book focuses on the tourist experience and perception during the pandemic time as well as the normal time. The experience and perception can affect the tourist's satisfaction and trust, behavioral intention substantially. They are critical for the decision-making to visit or revisit a tourist destination. The book discusses the experience and perception of the tourists with width and depth. The affecting factors and dimensions for the tourist experience and perception are explored in various types of tourism. Some measurement including quantitative and qualitative measurements for tourist perception is suggested. The book convincingly shows some successful approaches to increase the positive experience and perception of the tourists for sustainable tourism development. The book is highly recommended for tourism and hospitality researchers, policymakers, industry practitioners, and graduate students
This book proposes innovative and timely modeling, as well as simulation strategies based on tensor networks, to tackle the difficult…
problem of describing the dynamics of open quantum systems at the molecular or nanometer scale beyond a Markovian treatment. Among the many insights it delivers, the work includes calculations of the dynamics of a quantum system coupled to a bosonic environment that can be potentially structured and/or possess spatial correlations. The relevance of these strategies is exemplified with the analysis of complex bio-inspired nanodevices. Researchers in the field will find here a clear and reliable contribution to the understanding of open quantum systems in a still little-explored regime where the reservoirs are no longer considered as simple baths but as sub-systems treated on an equal footing with the reduced system of interest. Moreover, the author discusses how to handle the situation of a system coupled to multiple baths. This is a very important and generic scenario, crucial, for instance, when discussing non-equilibrium steady states.
Control and Protection of 100% Inverter-based Power Systems
By Florian Mahr. 2025
In this Open-Access book, voltage source converters (VSCs) as key components of sustainable energy systems based on wind power plants,…
photovoltaic power plants, battery energy systems, electric vehicles and heat pumps are investigated. In the future, 100% inverter-based power systems (IBPS) will arise. Protective systems against grid faults are a substantial part of electrical grids. They prevent danger to living beings and damage to technical equipment caused by grid faults. The control algorithms of VSCs and protection algorithms must collaborate in future grids. Otherwise, the reliability of energy supply is at risk. Today, control and protection are often regarded independently of each other. In this book, they are investigated mutually. The resilience of the system against grid faults is increased by using flexibility options of VSCs. A universal protection algorithm, which does not restrict these flexibility options, is developed. In this book, post-fault characteristics of VSCs, neutral point treatment and resonant grounding via VSCs and a model-based protection algorithm are presented. The sustainable and reliable energy supply is an essential cornerstone of human societies. This book is pointing out a holistic approach for the control and protection of 100% IBPS contributes along this way.
Re-envisioning English-Medium Instruction in K-12 Schools: Policy, Research and Practice
By Michelle Mingyue Gu, Yiqi Liu, Corey Fanglei Huang. 2025
Connecting diverse theories and practices in English-medium Instruction (EMI) implementation, this book provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of EMI…
in K-12 settings in the Asian and European contexts. It addresses a wide range of ongoing challenges faced by many EMI policymakers and teachers and offers potential solutions or coping strategies. While it focuses on the contexts of Asia and Europe, the book can also provide inspirations or suggestions for researching and implementing EMI in other geographical or cultural contexts such as Africa. In brief, this book aims to (1) discuss up-to-date theories on EMI from different fields of research including language policy studies, applied linguistics and CLIL research, (2) provide detailed and critical reviews of EMI policies in K-12 education in the broad Asian and European contexts, (3) report empirical, classroom-based research on EMI implementation in these contexts and compare findings with those of the previous research, (4) engage different researchers and scholars from relevant fields in a dialogue about EMI-related theories, issues and challenges in these contexts and (5) serve as a hands-on resource for educational practitioners who are (interested in) practicing EMI.
Control Theory in Rheology: An Introduction to Practical Applications
By Tommi Borg. 2025
This book bridges the gap between theoretical rheology and practical industry applications by introducing Control Theory (CT) and the linear…
Unified Model. This approach enables the modelling and analysis of various viscoelastic flows as well as polymer and macromolecular structures. In practical engineering, the design of machinery and equipment for polymers often relies on handbooks, respective textbooks, and numerous CAD-aided software tools based on empirical formulas. This book presents many useful viscoelastic constitutive equations for analysing and model shear and complex flows, relaxation modulus and spectrum, elongation, transient viscosity, and for computing the Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD) from viscoelastic measurements. The book adopts a counterintuitive approach, starting afresh and proceeding chronologically from steady-state viscosity and other flows relevant to practical engineering to the theoretical formulas of relaxation phenomena. It simplifies unnecessary complexity while still drawing on the well-documented motions of molecular chains. Furthermore, the book offers deeper insights into the background of power-law theories and the Cox-Merz rule, supplying new formulas for the relaxation modulus, spectrum, and various modules through the application of unified formulas. Professionals and scholars alike will find it a handy reference tool.
Advanced Metaheuristics: Novel Approaches for Complex Problem Solving (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1210)
By Erik Cuevas, Nahum Aguirre, Oscar Barba-Toscano, Mario Vásquez-Franco. 2025
This book examines a series of strategies designed to enhance metaheuristic algorithms, focusing on critical aspects such as initialization methods,…
the incorporation of Evolutionary Game Theory to develop novel search mechanisms, and the application of learning concepts to refine evolutionary operators. Furthermore, it emphasizes the significance of diversity and opposition in preventing premature convergence and improving algorithmic efficiency. These strategies collectively contribute to the development of more adaptive and robust optimization techniques. The book was designed from a teaching standpoint, making it suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computational Mathematics. Furthermore, engineering practitioners unfamiliar with metaheuristic computations will find value in the application of these techniques to address complex real-world engineering problems, extending beyond theoretical constructs.
Embracing the Unknown: Experiences of Studying for a PhD in the Social Sciences
By Sarah Jones, Mikahil Azad, Liam Miles, and Adam Lynes. 2025
This book offers a candid and unflinching account of the PhD experience in a sector marked by precarity, insecurity, and…
intense competition. Throughout the volume, current and former PhD students reflect on their varied journeys, addressing challenges such as balancing study with family life, navigating ethical dilemmas and managing mental health. The collection brings together a diverse range of voices from the PhD community, sharing personal thoughts, lived experiences, and 'in-the-moment' accounts of life as a doctoral candidate within the context of higher education. By demystifying the PhD journey and offering valuable insights, this book serves as essential reading for both PhD students and their supervisors.
This book offers a fresh perspective on the European migration crisis, chronicling its everyday realities in a central Italian province.…
Through vivid ethnographic accounts, it reveals how the forces and relations animating this crisis are reproduced and transformed in the rooms of ordinary buildings converted into shelters for asylum seekers. Drawing on postcolonial and feminist approaches, the author explores the intersection of global and local histories, migrant stories and bordering processes, providing a timely lens for understanding migration today. This is an invaluable contribution to debates on EU borders, including their logistical management, their coloniality and the autonomous force of migration that subverts them.
The Danish Way Every Day: A practical, age-by-age guide to raising confident, capable kids like the happiest people in the world
By Jessica Joelle Alexander. 2025
'I wish this book had been available when I first became a parent. I recommend it to every parent, and…
to grandparents, too!' Peter Gray, Research Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and author of Free to Learn'An essential addition to your parenting library' Greer Kirshenbaum PhD, author of The Nurture Revolution How do the happiest people in the world handle toddler meltdowns, teen conflicts, chores, screen time, play and more? Find out in this follow-up to the international bestseller The Danish Way of ParentingThe Danish Way Every Day shows you how to apply the proven PARENT model - Denmark's successful blueprint for raising the happiest, most well-adjusted children in the world - to your everyday life.Jessica Joelle Alexander and Danish family therapist Camilla Semlov Andersson offer an age-by-age guide packed with hands-on activities, expert advice, and inspiring insights to help you develop a life changing mindset around the core principals of play, authenticity, reframing, empathy, no ultimatums and togetherness and how you how to put it into practice at every stage of your child's development.From building daily routines to raising responsible digital citizens, this book will help you avoid power struggles, nurture empathy, and enjoy more hygge moments together.Find more opportunities for connection in the everyday, and raise confident, capable kids - anywhere in the world.