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Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling: 13th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2020, Washington, DC, USA, October 18–21, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12268)
By Robert Thomson, Christopher Dancy, Ayaz Hyder, Halil Bisgin, Muhammad Hussain. 2020
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling, SBP-BRiMS 2020, which was planned…
to take place in Washington, DC, USA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online during October 18–21, 2020. The 33 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. A wide number of disciplines are represented including computer science, psychology, sociology, communication science, public health, bioinformatics, political science, and organizational science. Numerous types of computational methods are used, such as machine learning, language technology, social network analysis and visualization, agent-based simulation, and statistics.Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology
By John A. Tomczyk; Eugene Silberstein; William C. Whitman; William M. Johnson. 2017
Theories of Psychotherapy and Counseling: Concepts and Cases (Fifth Edition)
By Richard S. Sharf. 2012
Comprehensive in scope yet succinct in its descriptions and explanations, THEORIES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELING: CONCEPTS AND CASES, 5e equips…
readers with a solid understanding of the systematic theories of psychotherapy and counseling. The text delivers a thorough explanation of concepts as well as insightful case summaries and therapist-client dialogue that illustrate techniques and treatment in practice. It demonstrates how theories can be applied to individual therapy or counseling for common psychological disorders--such as depression and generalized anxiety disorders--as well as how to apply them to group therapy.Pillar of Light (The Work and the Glory # #1)
By Gerald N. Lund. 1990
With more than two million copies of the nine-volume series in print since its initial release in 1990, The Work…
and the Glory is one of the most popular historical fiction series ever published by a religious publisher. Pillar of Light, volume one, is soon to be a major motion picture and will introduce this unforgettable story to a new generation of readers. In this saga of the Benjamin Steed family, award-winning author Gerald N. Lund blends historical reality and high-powered fiction to create an enduring love story full of intrigue, suspense, betrayal, and undeniable faith.Economic Systems in the New Era: Stable Systems in an Unstable World (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #160)
By Svetlana Igorevna Ashmarina, Jakub Horák, Jaromír Vrbka, Petr Šuleř. 2021
This proceedings book presents outcomes of the Innovative Economic Symposium – 2020 organized by the Institute of Technology and Business…
in České Budějovice (VŠTE) in Russia in collaboration with two universities: Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow) and Samara State University of Economics (Samara). The symposium aims to bring together experts and young scientists in economy, management, international relations, finance, marketing, and professional education from Asian and European countries, to share knowledge and experience and discuss issues related to stable economic development, international business, entrepreneurship, Industry 4.0, cooperation between educational and business structures, strategic decision-making, and processes of economic globalization and fragmentation. The book consists of two parts corresponding to the thematic symposium areas. The book content covers two sections: stable development in unstable world and globalization and fragmentation forces of the current world economy. The main topics included in the book are as follows: - Where is the world moving to and where is the economy in it? - Institutionalization of innovations. - Network architecture of economic relations. - Competences for the future. - Smart change management. - Monetary and fiscal policy development as a factor of economic modernization. - Role of international trade in the economy globalization. - Impact of globalization and economic fragmentation on the enterprise’s internal environment. - Financial conditions for entrepreneurship under the economic modernization. - Impact of scientific and technological progress on globalization and fragmentation of the economy.Avoiding and Managing Complications in Cosmetic Oculofacial Surgery
By Morris E. Hartstein, John B. Holds, Cat Nguyen Burkat, Sathyadeepak Ramesh. 2020
This unique book focuses solely on educating aesthetic practitioners on how to best avoid complications. Should complications occur, the text,…
alongside high quality images and supplementary video, details how best to deal with them in terms of the patient’s findings, individual anatomy, and emotional state. Avoiding and Managing Complications in Cosmetic Oculofacial Surgery is divided into four sections for ease of use: meticulous preoperative planning, including proper patient selection; potential intraoperative complications and their management; postoperative complication-specific management such as lower eyelid retraction; and special topics including scar management, crease asymmetry, and complications of other periocular surgery and non-surgical procedures.Drawing on the vast experiences of the volume editors as oculofacial surgeons as well as the varied experiences of the contributors from facial plastics and dermatology this book provides a useful and vital tool for aesthetic practitioners in any specialty.The Industrialization of Creativity and Its Limits: Values, Politics and Lifestyles of Contemporary Cultural Economies (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies)
By Panos Kompatsiaris, Ilya Kiriya, Yannis Mylonas. 2020
Creativity loosely refers to activities in the visual arts, music, design, film and performance that are primarily intended to produce…
forms of affect and social meaning. Yet, over the last few decades, creativity has also been explicitly mobilized by governments around the world as a ‘resource’ for achieving economic growth. The creative economy discourse emphasizes individuality, innovation, self-fulfillment, career advancement and the idea of leading exciting lives as remedies to social alienation. This book critically assesses that discourse, and explores how political shifts and new theoretical frameworks are affecting the creative economy in various parts of the world at a time when creative industries are becoming increasingly ‘industrialized.’ Further, it highlights how work inequalities, oligopolistic strategies, competitive logics and unsustainable models are inherent weaknesses of the industrial model of creativity. The interdisciplinary contributions presented here address the operationalization of creative practices in a variety of geographical contexts, ranging from the UK, France and Russia, to Greece, Argentina and Italy, and examine issues concerning art biennials, museums, DIY cultures, technologies, creative writing, copyright laws, ideological formations, craft production and creative co-ops.Systematic Complex Problem Solving in the Age of Digitalization and Open Innovation: 20th International TRIZ Future Conference, TFC 2020, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 14–16, 2020, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #
By Denis Cavallucci, Stelian Brad, Pavel Livotov. 2020
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International TRIZ Future Conference on Automated Invention for Smart Industries, TFC…
2020, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in October 2020 and sponsored by IFIP WG 5.4. The conference was held virtually.The 34 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. They are organized in the following thematic sections: computing TRIZ; education and pedagogy; sustainable development; tools and techniques of TRIZ for enhancing design; TRIZ and system engineering; TRIZ and complexity; and cross-fertilization of TRIZ for innovation management.This book presents the 5-year monitoring of radioactive contamination in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to the Fukushima accident, covering…
radiation monitoring of soil, litter, river, water, seawater, aquatic sediments, fish and shellfish, and plants in urban areas. Based on spatial and temporal data, it evaluates the environmental radiation contamination of the Tokyo metropolitan following the first nuclear accident affecting an urban area since Chernobyl. Since little is known about the contamination in Kiev city, this data is particularly valuable, offering insights into the dynamics of radioactive contamination in metropolitan areas, which are of interest in relation to the behavior of radionuclides resulting not only from nuclear accidents but also from nuclear terrorism? As such, this book will be appeal to nuclear and radiation experts, environmental administration professionals and specialists in environmental protection groups, as well as student and academics in the related fields.Role of IT- ITES in Economic Development of Asia: Issues of Growth, Sustainability and Governance
By Soumyen Sikdar, Ramesh Chandra Das, Rajib Bhattacharyya. 2020
This book focuses on the contribution of Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) in shaping the current…
and future global economic scenario, with a special focus on Asia, and taking into account the three broad macroeconomic dimensions — growth, sustainability and governance mechanisms. The last two decades have witnessed a structural shift in the world economy due to the tremendous growth in gross domestic product share for the service sector; in fact, service has emerged as the dominant sector and the main driver of GDP growth. This is mainly attributable to the spectacular success of the IT sector in the new knowledge economy. Tradability, technology and transportability – the three T’s – govern productivity growth in today’s services. Growing Asian economies such as India, China and Vietnam, using their demographic advantages, have been reaping the benefits of this boom. The book’s content focuses on recent debates and discussions concerning the issue of long-term sustainability and governance, especially in India, as these companies are facing continuous challenges in terms of international competition, salary inflation, health hazards, scarcity of talent, employee attrition, security concerns, global slowdown and many other technology-related issues. The book further highlights how the increased application of IT-based products and services is resulting in harsh inequalities concerning income distribution in many developing countries of Asia, mainly because of its labor shedding nature, and hence might be detrimental to sustainable development, if suitable policy measures are not implemented to counter these effects. The book provides a wealth of information for researchers, graduate students and political scientists alike, as well as thought-provoking insights for social scientists, policymakers and government officials. It also offers a valuable source of data for business and management professionals, and for members of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.DC Electrical Circuit Analysis: Practice Problems, Methods, and Solutions
By Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili. 2020
This study guide is designed for students taking courses in electrical circuit analysis. The book includes examples, questions, and exercises…
that will help electrical engineering students to review and sharpen their knowledge of the subject and enhance their performance in the classroom. Offering detailed solutions, multiple methods for solving problems, and clear explanations of concepts, this hands-on guide will improve student’s problem-solving skills and basic understanding of the topics covered in electric circuit analysis courses.Microbial Enzymes and Biotechniques: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
By Pratyoosh Shukla. 2020
This book compiles the latest research on the multifarious roles of microbial enzymes, and provides an overview of microbial enzymes…
and biotechnologies. It discusses the use of microbial enzymes in innovative areas like nanomedicine and synthetic biotechnology, as well as the use of starch digesting enzymes and bioactive proteins as biotherapeutics, all of which have applications in modern drug discovery processes. The book also examines the concept of microbial biotransformation and protein engineering, and covers topics such as the immobilization of therapeutic enzymes, bioengineering of enzymes for bioactive compounds, the production of hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes from plant raw materials, and prebiotics and probiotics.Given its multidisciplinary scope, this book will appeal to researchers and industry experts in the fields of microbiology, biotechnology and molecular medicine.Blanche on the Lam
By Barbara Neely. 1992
It's hard enough making ends meet on the pittaful Blanche White earns doing day work for the Southern families of…
North Carolina. But when her fourth bad check lands her a jail sentence, Blanche goes on the lam. Inadvertently, she finds work at the summer home of a well to do family, the members of which have plenty of secrets of their own And when a dead body is discovered, Blanche finds herself the prime suspect. Using her wit and intelligencenot to mention the remarkably efficient old-girl network among domestic workersshe gets to work uncovering the real duller before she lands in more hot water.Modern Developments in Vacuum Electron Sources (Topics in Applied Physics #135)
By Richard G. Forbes, Georg Gaertner, Wolfram Knapp. 2020
This book gives an overview of modern cathodes and electron emitters for vacuum tubes and vacuum electron devices in general.…
It covers the latest developments in field emission theory as well as new methods towards improving thermionic and cold cathodes. It addresses thermionic cathodes, such as oxide cathodes, impregnated and scandate cathodes, as well as photocathodes and field emitters – the latter comprising carbon nanotubes, graphene and Spindt-type emitter arrays. Despite the rise and fall of the once dominant types of vacuum tubes, such as radio valves and cathode ray tubes, cathodes are continually being improved upon as new applications with increased demands arise, for example in electron beam lithography, high-power and high-frequency microwave tubes, terahertz imaging and electron sources for accelerators. Written by 17 experts in the field, the book presents the latest developments in cathodes needed for these applications, discussing the state of the art and addressing future trends.Bau-Projektmanagement für Einsteiger: Aufgaben - Projektorganisation - Projektablauf
By Sven Schirmer. 2020
Heutige Bauprojekte kommen ohne Bau- bzw. Projektleitung nicht aus. Die Aufgabenstellungen werden immer komplexer und umfangreicher, sodass qualifiziertes Personal mit…
fundiertem Know-How unerlässlich ist. Dieses Fachbuch vermittelt zukünftigen aber auch bereits im Projektmanagement tätigen Praktikern und Bauleitern eine Übersicht über die Aufgabenfelder des Projektmanagers auf der Baustelle. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt bildet dabei der Umgang mit den Baubeteiligten und die Kommunikation untereinander. Die Aufgabenbereiche und die Einzelthemen im Buch sind im Sinne des Bauablaufs aufgebaut. Die Themen sind so aufbereitet, dass ein solides Grundwissen geschaffen wird. Praktische Hinweise für die tägliche Arbeit auf der Baustelle runden das Werk ab.This edition of Annals of Theoretical Psychology focuses on the utilization of statistics and the empirical nature of them as applied to psychology…
in action. Beginning with statements from the American Statistical Association on the applicability of statistics, the volume moves to a discussion of empiricism in psychology, and the reliance on statistics. The book then branches out to discuss applied aspects of statistics in Emergency management, policing, and technology. In these areas, a tie-in to the relevance of the person in the statistical measures is a prominent aspect for discussion. Finally, the book looks at applicability and use of statistics as descriptors of larger, societal samples as opposed to use for describing individual behavior. This edition is designed to continue the exploration of theoretical psychology as it applies to behavior and the individual, as the last edition, Leader Development Deconstructed, did with examining leaders and leadership."Leaders influence others. Their tools include competence, candor and character. In those first two areas I’ve found statisticians possess a strong foundation for leadership (critical thinking, problem solving, strategic perspective, and risk management) but often lack a comfortable, collaborative temperament which inhibits their maximum effect. In this issue of Annals, Dr. Craig Gruber (a Navy Reserve Intelligence Officer to boot!) combines all three elements of influence which proves why he is regarded as a thought leader in this field. His inclusion in this edition of outstanding works from many subject matter experts’ offers an inclusive and comprehensive approach to understanding the power, impact, and decision advantage of statistics and leadership when effectively paired. Enjoy!"- Rear Admiral Paul Becker, USN (retired), President of The Becker T3 Group, and former Director of Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of StaffChemical Physics of Molecular Condensed Matter (Lecture Notes in Chemistry #104)
By Kazuya Saito. 2020
This book fills a gap in knowledge between chemistry- and physics-trained researchers about the properties of macroscopic (bulk) material. Although…
many good textbooks are available on solid-state (or condensed matter) physics, they generally treat simple systems such as simple metals and crystals consisting of atoms. On the other hand, textbooks on solid-state chemistry often avoid descriptions of theoretical background even at the simplest level. This book gives coherent descriptions from intermolecular interaction up to properties of condensed matter ranging from isotropic liquids to molecular crystals. By omitting details of specific systems for which comprehensive monographs are available—on liquid crystals and molecular conductors, for instance—this book highlights the effects of molecular properties, i.e., the presence of the shape and its deformation on the structure and properties of molecular systems.Flora of the Codex Cruz-Badianus
By Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker. 2020
In 1929, Charles Upson Clark (1975-1960), a history Professor at Columbia University carrying out bibliographic research on the early history…
of the Americas in the Vatican Library, came across a remarkable illustrated Latin manuscript entitled Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Little Book of Indian Medicinal Herbs) completed in 1552. The manuscript now known as the Codex Cruz-Badianus (CCB) contained 185 illustrations (phytomorphs) of plants with text that described their medicinal uses. This manuscript spread new light on botanical and medicinal knowledge of the indigenous peoples of Mexico known today as the Nahuas or Aztecs. It was to have major repercussions on our knowledge of Aztec culture and the history of New Spain in the 16th century.CCB was produced at the Colegio of Imperial de Santa Cruz at Tlatelolco established in 1536 to train sons of the Aztec nobility for the clergy. The authors were two indigenous faculty members, Martin (Martinus in Latin) de la Cruz and Juan Badiano (Juannes Badianus in Latin) whose Spanish names were conferred upon their baptism. Martin de la Cruz was the Colegio’s indigenous doctor who gave instruction in medicine and Juan Badiano, a Latin teacher and former student translated the book into Latin.The herbal dedicated to the Viceroy Francisco de Mendoza was sent to Spain as a gift to King Carlos I soon after its completion in 1552. The original ended up in the Vatican Library until 1990 when John Paul II returned it to Mexico. In 1931, the Mayanist scholar, William Gates, and the biologist Emily Walcott Emmart became aware of the manuscript and independently translated it to English. In 2009, Martin Clayton, Luigi Guerrini, and Alejandro de Avila identified plants of the CCB based on Emmart’s book and a 17th century copy found in the Windsor library. Of the 185 phytomophs, Gates identified 85 on the generic level, Emmart 9, and Clayton et al. 126. However most of these identifications disagree. In the present work, 183 of 185 phytomorphs are systematically re-evaluated and identified on the generic, as well as specific level, along with their botanical descriptions, previous identifications, putative identification, distribution, names, and uses.Grundzüge der Pflanzenökologie
By Frank Thomas. 2018
Wie reagieren Pflanzen auf Umwelteinfl sse Wie sind Pflanzengemeinschaften in Mitteleuropa und global verbreitet Wie funktionieren…
kosysteme auf der Basis pflanzlicher Biomasseproduktion Gest tzt auf den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft gibt dieses Buch pr gnante Erkl rungen zu diesen Fragen die anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und Fallstudien erl utert werden Ausgehend von kurz gefassten botanisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen vor dem Hintergrund der pflanzlichen Evolution werden der Stoffhaushalt und seine Anpassungen an Umweltbedingungen von der Einzelpflanze bis zur kosystemebene vorgestellt Exemplarisch werden wichtige Pflanzengesellschaften Mitteleuropas sowie die wesentlichen Vegetationszonen der Erde pr sentiert Mit der Darstellung bedeutsamer anthropogener Einfl sse schlie t das Buch ab Es wendet sich an Studierende in biologisch-umweltwissenschaftlichen Bachelor-Studieng ngen sowie als Einf hrungs- und bersichtswerk an alle in diesen Bereichen lehrend oder praktisch T tigenSchlüsselfaktoren im E-Commerce: Innovationen, Skaleneffekte, Datenorientierung und Kundenzentrierung (essentials)
By Dominik Große Holtforth, Richard C. Geibel, Robin Kracht. 2020
Das essential zeigt, wie digitale Innovationen, Customer Centricity, Skaleneffekte und Data Driven Marketing zu nachhaltigen Kundenbeziehungen und Wettbewerbsvorteilen im E-Commerce führen. Dazu…
werden die vier Schlüsselfaktoren im E-Commerce umfassend dargestellt. Leser und Leserinnen erhalten grundlegende Impulse für die Neuausrichtung von Geschäftsmodellen, zur Gestaltung von Wachstumsprozessen und zur Erzielung nachhaltiger Erträge. Das essential geht dabei über die übliche Auflistung von operativen To-dos hinaus und zeigt Faktoren auf, die digitalen Technologien und E-Commerce zu disruptiver Wirkung verhelfen.