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This book examines science fiction, fantasy and horror novels utilizing a conceptual toolkit of the ten duties of speculative fiction. Building on previous work in the discipline of geography it will demonstrate the value of speculation in the...

This book explores the phenomenon of familyhood across borders, examining the experience of translocal familyhood and the manner in which lifelines in and between countries are formed when individual family members spend long periods away from home...

This book challenges the common perception of authoritarian regimes as incompatible with federalism and decentralization. It examines how the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan have managed to exploit federalism and decentralization as useful...

Reinventing Governance in a Volatile World addresses public governance worldwide, identifying challenges and innovative ways to improve the lives of those governed. Based on their work on the Governance Cluster of the international think tank Global...

This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the public participation of children in climate change matters, whilst developing a range of tools through which their participation can be increased. Climate change affects young people in many ways: causing...

This book seeks to model the possible emission trajectories and identify the feasible mitigation schemes for China to meet its climate commitments to peak emissions before 2030 and net zero emissions before 2060.In line with these ambitions, China has...

This volume explores culture-bound syndromes, defined as a pattern of symptoms (mental, physical, and/or relational) experienced only by members of a specific cultural group and recognized as a disorder by members of those groups, and their coverage in...

This book sheds light on the improvements and downfalls over time in two of the five indicators of refugee integration after the post-Arab Spring migration/refugee crisis, namely education and employment.Within the context of the need for a common policy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789363971042Author Franklin D RooseveltFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Jollyjoy BooksPublisher Jollyjoy BooksWeight(grams) 136g

Secure your RESTful APIs with confidence and efficiency. This straightforward guide outlines the essential strategies and best practices for protecting sensitive data when developing RESTful APIs for your applications. Inside, you’ll explore the...

This book offers an innovative exploration of the emerging field of employee experience (EX), a vital aspect of human resources. It provides a comprehensive overview of the field’s landscape and unpacks the pressing challenges influencing perspectives on...

Over the past century, advancements in computer science have consistently resulted from extensive mathematical work. Even today, innovations in the digital domain continue to be grounded in a strong mathematical foundation. To succeed in this profession,...

In a world where cybersecurity threats evolve daily, it’s time to leave traditional, flawed security models behind. This book introduces a groundbreaking approach that applies the quantum principle of superposition to user authentication. Just as a...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Network and System Security, NSS 2024, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, during November 20–22, 2024. The 21 full papers presented in this book were carefully...

This book, based on extensive original research, examines young Muslim women’s groups in Indonesia to show how a new type of young Muslim woman is emerging: pious and loyal to traditional Muslim ideas, whilst at the same time entrepreneurial, comfortable...

This book explores African domestic and regional responses and approaches to environmental protection and sustainability. Written by African experts, the collection consists of five parts covering the whole of Africa. It provides broad coverage of...

The field of criminology is limited by a 'hidden' measurement crisis. It is hidden because scholars either are not aware of the shortcomings of their measures or have implicitly agreed that scales with certain properties merit publication. It is a crisis...

This is a practical and comprehensive guide to international ART law and practice for practicing lawyers, covering surrogacy, gamete donation and family formation. It also covers technical, legal and practical issues to be considered on any international...

This book explores ‘efficacious intimacy’ as an embodied concept of worldmaking, and a framework for studying belief practices in religious and political domains. The study of how beliefs make and manifest power through their sociality and materiality...

This book provides an overview of crude oil refining processes and presents a deep analysis of the current context and challenges imposed on players in the downstream industry. Crude Oil Refining: A Simplified Approach covers traditional processes of the...

This book provides an insightful analysis and holistic account of the process of the formation of de facto states in the post-Soviet area. Looking beyond the stereotype of mere puppet subjects, the author explores the contemporary operation of separatist...

The bill of lading has been the subject of numerous articles, dissertations, and textbooks over the years, and this is hardly surprising. The bill of lading has a fascinating history, it has several functions with roots in both contract and property law,...

This book examines the relationship between cultural difference and practical knowledge and its implications for the study of humanities and the social sciences.It sketches a meta-theory of Western thought to grasp the conceptual distortions that result...

This book examines the concept of neighbourhood over space and time and understands how neighbourhoods can impact human health and well-being. It discusses the identification of neighbourhood boundaries, features of individual neighbourhoods, and the...

This book provides a systematic analysis of reform measures aimed at strengthening the implementation of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) doctrine, utilising a cosmopolitan lens.In 2005, member states of the United Nations (UN) accepted a...

Track Two Diplomacy between India and Pakistan studies the nature and context of providing an alternative platform for conflict resolution between the two countries.Considered one of the most intractable conflicts in the world, the India-Pakistan...

The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power (2nd Edition) offers a comprehensive, detailed, and ground-breaking examination of soft power – a key factor in cultural diplomacy, cultural relations, and public diplomacy. Interrogating soft power as influence, the...

Nutraceutical encapsulation envelopes protection of products from oxidative damage, controlled delivery of nanoencapsulated nutraceuticals and improved nutraceutical bioavailability as well as biological action. It is a promising technique to ensure the...

This interdisciplinary book draws on leading scholarship on one of the most influential and consequential social movements of the past decades: Spain’s 15-M movement. The volume explores the legacy, impact and outcomes of the movement, and the lessons it...

The objective of this scientific work is to research, test and develop an approach and design a safety architecture for highly safe, available and autonomous systems with regard to functional safety using degradation concepts. A novel, safety-oriented...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789363970656Author HomerFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Jollyjoy BooksPublisher Jollyjoy BooksWeight(grams) 136g

Primal heuristics guarantee that feasible, high-quality solutions are provided at an early stage of the solving process, and thus are essential to the success of mixed-integer programming (MIP). By helping prove optimality faster, they allow MIP...

This book brings together contemporary perspectives from psychodynamic treatment, advances in cognitive science, medicine, and neuroscience in a user-friendly format to guide the beginning to more advanced practitioner in working with secrets that emerge...

The book starts by looking at the fundamentals and concepts of power systems, from analog to digital systems to the advent of smart grids. It explains issue of explosion of adoption of renewable energy, impact on existing transmission and distribution...

The systems thinking philosophy has become popular in human factors and ergonomics and safety science. These methods are being used to understand and resolve complex societal problems in areas such as transport safety, workplace safety, medication error,...

In the twenty-first century city, wireless waves constitute an imperceptible, immersive, all-encompassing environment. Nowhere is this more so than in China, where a hyperdense network of mobile media has restructured daily life. Anna Greenspan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888651063Author Kevin HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint The Pragmatic ProgrammersPublisher The Pragmatic Programmers

A reevaluation of conflict thresholds in the context of complex cyber, conventional, and nuclear war The return of great power competition has renewed concerns about managing escalation, lest a minor crisis inadvertently spiral into nuclear war. This has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319589943Author Anthony GriffithsFormat PaperbackImprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan LearningWeight(grams) 1000g

This book details the fundamental principles and applications of electromagnetics. It discusses their theoretical aspects as well as practical applications to provide a comprehensive overview and understanding of the field. The subject matter of this...