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Maternal morbidity in the United States remains alarmingly high, despite rapid medical advancements. The disparities in maternal outcomes - particularly across racial, socioeconomic, and geographic lines - are stark and persistent. This book investigates...

Theory, tools, and techniques to create and maintain high-performing teams Group Dynamics and Team Interventions delivers essential knowledge on foundational theories for understanding how groups work as well as practical concepts for intervening to...

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Across different cities, countries, and continents, the women's liberation movement grew from the grassroots, beginning with small discussion groups in the late 1960s to thousands marching in the streets less than a decade later. Political positions...

After a century of warnings, the 500-year reign of the work ethic is over. The work ethic has shaped our character, given purpose to our lives, and driven civilization forward. Now, as technology replaces human labour, we are faced with a profound...

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How families are formed, lived and understood has shifted dramatically-yet legal frameworks often still reflect outdated norms. This collection brings together a diverse team of international contributors...

This open access book of a collective volume offers a comprehensive understanding of political polarization and its implications for democracy. The recent revival of the concept in political debates and academic literature reflects growing concerns about...

This two volume set consists of the peer-reviewed papers from 15 workshops of the 2025 International Conference on Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability, ARTIIS 2025, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, during...

Graphitic carbon nitrides (g-C3N4) have attracted much attention as visible-light active photocatalysts. This book focuses on the synthesis, structure modifications, and applications of these advanced carbon materials.Key Features:* Summarizes the basic...

This open access textbook is the carefully revised, second edition on the evolving field of the "Bioeconomy". It defines the sustainable and innovative use of biomass and biological knowledge to provide food, feed, industrial products, bioenergy, and...

The third volume of Hunter S. Thompson's legendary 'Gonzo Papers'. An iconic compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism spanning four decades -1950 to 1990.An Irreverent and Wild Journey Through Four Decades of American...

The book Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Agriculture for Solanaceae Crops provides a comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligence techniques and their transformative role in promoting sustainable agriculture, particularly for Solanaceae...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a futuristic concept-it is transforming the way we design, build, and manage electrical machines and intelligent systems today. This groundbreaking volume showcases the convergence of AI, machine learning,...

The three volume set CCIS 2834-2836 constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2025, held Marbella, Spain, during October 2025. The 21 full papers and 64 short papers...

Aristotle's Prison offers a compelling and original exploration of the moral landscape within high-security prisons, drawing on years of rigorous empirical research. In this deeply insightful work, the author examines the complex relationships between...

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on death and funeral practices in Norway as of the 2020s.The volume begins with a short introduction and historical overview, followed by a description of the demographics and legal framework,...

Women's Health Made EasyWomen's Health Made Easy provides a clear and comprehensive overview of key women's health topics, helping GPs and primary care teams deliver high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred care. The book offers practical guidance...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Why do all human societies make music,...

The fourth volume of Hunter S. Thompson's legendary 'Gonzo Papers'. Thompson hits the election trail again, covering the 1992 presidential campaign, in all of its horror and glory.A Wild Gonzo Journalism Memoir of the 1992 Presidential...

This four-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, IWACIII 2025, held in Zhuhai, China, in October 31 - November 4, 2025. The 173 papers...

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages is designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases. The first edition of this title was regarded as a landmark in personal injury practice. Each...

The ultimate guide to securing your place at university to study medicine. Now in its 31st edition, Getting into Medical School is packed with detailed advice and up-to-date information to guide you through the decision-making process and help you...

Bridging the gap between introductory and advanced archaeology courses, this book builds confidence in working with the tools of archaeological research and how to make plausible inferences about the past. How do archaeologists learn what happened...

The autocratic regimes in both North Korea and South Korea attempted to legitimize their rule through efforts in nation-building but achieved different results. North Korea and South Korea: Monopolizing Nationalism in a Divided Peninsula seeks to answer:...

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This Research...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 4th International Scientific and Practical Conference on Information Technologies and Intelligent Decision-Making Systems, ITIDMS 2024, held in Moscow, Russia, during December 11-13, 2024. The 17...

This book provides an up-to-date and easy-to-read introduction to Generative AI and its revolutionary contribution to building Industry 5.0. Written for both practitioners and interested readers, it is a clear and compelling overview of the technologies...

This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of 13th EAI International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2024, held in Dalat City, Vietnam, during October 15-16, 2024. The 9 full papers presented in this volume were...

Comprehensive, cutting-edge guide to adult epilepsy from the renowned Queen Square specialists Epilepsy: A Queen Square Textbook delivers an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the causes, consequences, diagnosis, and treatment of epilepsy in adults...

This incisive book offers a compelling analysis of Turkey's political transformation over the past two decades. It unpacks the puzzle of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's enduring rule, challenging prevailing assumptions about authoritarianism and political...

On the Chinese internet, alternate history is booming. Millions of writers and readers fantasize about going back in time and changing their country's fate. One envisions saving the Southern Song Dynasty from the Mongols and turning China into a...

This book is based on an information-theoretic result according to which optimal information is associated with e-dimensionality. Drawing on the principle that nature chooses optimal solutions, it demonstrates that noninteger dimensionality provides a...

Sustainable Development Unveiled: Engaging Reviews and Inspiring Case Studies offers a comprehensive exploration of innovative solutions driving progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The book highlights recent advancements through...

Cybersecurity in the Big Data Era is a fascinating look at the invisible fight going on under our networked lives. In a world where every heartbeat of society is mirrored in digital code, this book shows us how to protect ourselves. This book is more...

On the Chinese internet, alternate history is booming. Millions of writers and readers fantasize about going back in time and changing their country's fate. One envisions saving the Southern Song Dynasty from the Mongols and turning China into a...

The ultimate guide to securing your place at university to study law. Now in its 16th edition, Getting into Law is packed with detailed advice and up-to-date information to guide you through the decision-making process and help you prepare a strong...

This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the growing importance of ethical considerations in algorithmic systems to introduce practical frameworks and tools for identifying ethical risks, ensuring fair outcomes, and maintaining transparency in...

With extensive research and creative interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) has been evaluated in the academia of Korean Studies as a crystallization of his studies on the Confucian classics. Dasan (Jeong...

This open access volume showcases a series of models - particularly agent-based simulations - that explore pressing issues on national policy agendas, engaging with frontier questions around artificial intelligence (AI), welfare-related social...

The volume explores the preservation properties of maps within complex algebraic structures. It comprises two parts. The first section focuses on the analysis of maps that preserve products within various algebraic frameworks, including semiprime rings,...