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This book presents the restoration of rural mobile cinema network in the Great Triangle region at the conjunction of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet in China in the new century, which has added a new chapter to the long-standing complex relationship between...

There has been a surge in research on gender and sexuality in the last decade, which has predominantly focused on discrimination, dysphoria, and disparities. And much of what we hear in the news about issues relating to gender and sexuality is deeply...

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the...

Health and Healing in World Religions is a comprehensive introduction to the field that explores the research that links spirituality and well-being, including work with addiction and trauma. Each chapter includes an introduction to and summary of each...

Everyday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves,...

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to upper-undergraduate students enrolled in physics and explains the broad spectrum of optics in a student-friendly way. The textbook covers the entire syllabi of the undergraduate courses...

This open access book gives comprehensive empirical insights on connected and automated driving (CAD) of road transport vehicles which leads to the driver being partially or completely replaced by automation. The current trend towards widespread research...

English for IT Communication provides a comprehensive introduction for students and professionals studying IT or Computer Science and covers all forms of technical communication from emails and memos through procedures to reports and design specs. In...

This book summarizes the latest findings in distillation process research conducted by the distillation research team in Tianjin University, with a focus on engineering aspects. In the context of the multi-scale features of the distillation process, it...

In 2009, the body of a former president of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, was stolen from his grave. The Time of the Cannibals reconsiders this history and the public discourse on it to reconsider how we think about conspiracy theory, and...

Based on hundreds of thin sections from granite in China, this book introduces metasomatic textures and their formation mechanism in granite. It initially proposes that metasomatic textures can basically be classified into two patterns: hetero-oriented...

This edited collection will draw attention to how the mainstreamification of queer identities has crafted a dynamic field in which a wide variety of queer identities can be put on display and consumed by audiences. Queer critics and queer theory as...

Dieses Lehrbuch gibt sowohl Studierenden als auch Praktikern eine grundlegende Einführung in das novellierte Gebäudeenergiegesetz (GEG), umgangssprachlich auch Heizungsgesetz genannt, in der Fassung 2024. Nach einem allgemeinen Teil mit Anwendungsbereich...

Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Advances in Understanding Adaptive Memory presents the latest theories and research on what is known about adaptive memory, often referred to as survival memory. Conceptually, this is the study of memory systems that...

Helps the reader gain a bigger-picture understanding of the growing counter-capitalist discourse; Offers concrete examples to offer valuable insights into the two-sided nature of technology and its role in fomenting political/economic change; Showcases...

Turkey offers an interesting case study, both when it comes to the practice and the regulation of digitalisation, as it combines a Western economic and legal system with an emerging country approach to digitalisation. This co-edited volume examines the...

Thoroughly examining tuberculosis from historical, theoretical, and clinical perspectives, this Third Edition merges state-of-the-art research developments with principles of programmatic TB management. Each of the 50 chapters analyze current studies on...

This book provides an important set of critical reflections from a selection of foundational scholars of African media and communication studies through biographical method. The book interrogates the center of mainstream academic scholarship by providing...

This book examines the development of international law applicable to Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs) considering the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS). The purpose is to determine how International Water Law (IWL) and the HRWS can be harmonized...

Billionaires are an ultra-elite social class whose numbers are growing alongside their obscene wealth while others struggle, suffer or even die. They represent a scourge of economic inequality, but how do they get away with it? A set of dangerous and...

Die Säulen der modernen Physik sind das Standardmodell der Elementarteilchenphysik und das Konsensmodell der Kosmologie. Zwischen diesen Theorien der ganz kleinen und der ganz großen Dinge klafft in unserem physikalischen Weltbild ein hässlicher Riss...

Dieses Fachbuch behandelt umfassend und praxisnah die aus einem Bauvertrag resultierenden Rechte im Zusammenhang mit Baumängeln. Dabei werden die Ansprüche aus Sicht aller an der Realisierung eines Bauprojekts Beteiligter dargestellt. Der Begriff des...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complicated science that combines philosophy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mathematics and logic (logicism), economics, computer science, computability, and software. Meanwhile, robotics is an engineering field...

The Third Edition of Foundations of Crystallography with Computer Applications is a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying the solid state in chemistry, physics, materials science, geological sciences, and engineering. It takes a...

This textbook is an introduction to global optimization, which treats mathematical facts stringently on the one hand, but also motivates them in great detail and illustrates them with 80 figures. The book is therefore not only aimed at mathematicians,...

Das Tableau der Nachhaltigkeitsziele der Vereinten Nationen fordert alle gesellschaftlichen Akteure heraus. Soll die globale Transformation in eine ressourcenorientierte Weltzivilisation gelingen, muss auch die Wissenschaft einen Beitrag für eine...

Das Lehrbuch liefert eine prägnante Darstellung der politischen Systeme Mittel- und Osteuropas in vergleichender Perspektive. Ziel des Bandes ist nicht die reine Deskription der politischen Institutionen, vielmehr liegt der Fokus auf den...

This book presents advanced research on smart health technologies, focusing on the innovative transformations in diagnosis and treatment planning using medical imaging and data analysed by data science techniques. It shows how smart health technologies...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Some of the largest quantities of data produced today occur as the result of experiments taking place at Big Science facilities. This book tells the story of a unique research journey following...

This book examines the theory and practice of self-talk in sports performance, with a special emphasis on approaches that move beyond linear, cognitively-focused understandings of self-talk. Self-talk generally begins when children are 2-3 years of age...

This book discusses the impact of intellectual property and international investment agreements within Africa. It investigates how African nations can enhance their current intellectual property legislation across various regions of the continent, while...

Socialism is conceptualised on a unique basis, that is, by deploying intersectionality for both a) the conceptualisation of emancipatory practices and b) accounting for relations between humans as well as those between humanity and nature in the...

Society has become more educated on the impacts on human health and environment and there has been a noticeable decrease in the acceptance of this risk by workers and the public. However, to ensure a higher level of worker protection, a revised approach...

This book investigates the links between the main sources of biological emergencies and presents a comprehensive policy framework that seeks to achieve the ultimate goal of biological security.The work offers a new interdisciplinary approach to analyse...

How can we have meaningful public conversations in the algorithmic age? This book explores how digital technologies shape our opinions and interactions, often in ways that limit our exposure to diverse perspectives and fuel polarization. Drawing on the...

Neurodiversity-Affirming Psychotherapy: Clinical Pathways To Autistic Mental Health provides an attachment-based framework within which clinicians can support autistic/neurodivergent clients to benefit from effective, trauma-informed psychotherapy. This...

This book is a fascinating exploration of mosses and lichens, celebrating the extraordinary biology, beauty and resilience of these unassuming organisms. Endowed with unique superpowers, from enduring desiccation to thriving in extreme habitats, mosses...

Upper-level students and academics of international organisations, particularly those interested in questions of IOs engagement with civil society and the related areas of IO legitimacy, transparency, democracy, and accountability.Book InformationISBN...

This book examines PRC “involved” seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Including...

Highlighting the substandard living conditions faced by many residents in social housing communities in Ireland, this book provides addresses the right to adequate public housing at the local level. It advocates for systemic reform that incorporates an...