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Exploring where animality meets digital media in the shadow of climate crisisDigital Animalities is a groundbreaking investigation into the entanglements of animal life, media infrastructures, and digital technologies in a time of environmental precarity...

In controlled human infection (CHI) research, researchers intentionally expose people to pathogens to gain scientific insights. During the COVID-19 pandemic, proposals to use CHI research to speed up vaccine development captured public imagination and...

Asserts how Black artists and activists developed a disability consciousness in response to racialized disabling experiences in the early to mid-twentieth centuryBlack Crip Modern uncovers how early twentieth-century Black writers, artists, and activists...

During the Jim Crow era, Black activists appealed to a diverse population of migrating Black Americans by making them viscerally feel that the threat of anti-Black violence continued to afflict them as a group and to undergird blackness itself. To this...

The theory of computation is often viewed as one of the most abstract areas of computer science, mostly reserved for university courses. Yet its ideas power much of modern software: from regular expressions and compilers to animation systems and game AI...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the reintroduction and recovery of the Mexican wolf in the American Southwest, with a particular focus on the role of the Federal judiciary.Edward A. Fitzgerald contends that federal courts have played a...

Completely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to improving the lives of production animals. It particularly considers advances in...

Politically independent central banks such as America's Federal Reserve have enormous sway over the financial lives of citizens globally and often affect citizens differently according to their wealth. In Picking Winners, editors Lawrence R. Jacobs and...

This book explores the blend of metaheuristic optimization algorithms and fuzzy decision-making paradigms to reinforce supply chain sustainability and viability. The combination of mathematical and metaheuristic optimization methods based on natural...

Esteemed presidential historian Stephen F. Knott takes readers on a sobering tour of the lowlights in the American presidency, showing how presidents from Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump have engaged in reckless conspiracy-mongering about their...

What does it mean to flourish? This open access book serves as a call to action to reimagine and work towards a world where flourishing is a reality for all.An international team of scholars, practitioners, wisdom keepers, and policymakers come together...

What does it mean to flourish? This open access book serves as a call to action to reimagine and work towards a world where flourishing is a reality for all.An international team of scholars, practitioners, wisdom keepers, and policymakers come together...

This comprehensive book explores fluid-particle interaction processes in environmental engineering, combining theoretical foundations with advanced numerical simulation techniques. Covering eight key areas from particle agglomeration to membrane fouling,...

As the global demand for sustainable and nutrient-rich crops grows, pseudocereals are emerging as a valuable alternative to traditional cereals. This book brings together recent scientific advances and practical insights on the chemistry, nutritional...

The unorganized sector-encompassing agriculture, construction, small-scale manufacturing, healthcare, vending, and service-oriented workforces-remains the backbone of many economies worldwide. Yet, workers in this sector often operate in hazardous...

This book will clearly define and explain delegation as a concept in healthcare practice, equipping readers to successfully deliver, manage, and lead increasingly complex patient care.Delegation is a core healthcare activity where healthcare...

In this innovative and novel text, Rosa Spagnolo draws on her decades of experience to explore the ever-increasing relationship between psychoanalysis and modern neuroscience.Drawing on complex neuroscientific work and presenting it in an accessible and...

This seminal volume delivers a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of digital minds, exploring the moral implications of AI systems that can potentially think, feel and experience the world around them in ways that are likely to be very...

Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was, without question, a major figure in international politics during the second half of the twentieth century and early years of the twenty-first. Undisputed leader of the Cuban Revolution, influential statesman within the...

We commonly believe that communication is successful when a hearer grasps what a speaker means. But Abe can assert "Sam is tall" without having any definite intention about how tall one must be to count as "tall," and Bertha can understand his assertion...

Memory and Institutional Amnesia in Government examines the way in which government suffers from institutional amnesia, meaning that it cannot hold or use memory of the past. Consequently, a great deal of important knowledge is erased and those who work...

Silent Struggles delves into the complex ways individuals experiencing homelessness shape - and are often excluded from - policy-making processes. Through a compelling comparative study of Melbourne and Toronto, this book uncovers both the failures of...

3D Printing and 4D Printing require support materials for fabrication, ultimately affecting part quality and limiting applicability. 5D Printing adds dimensions to the layers of 3D Printing, opening previously unheard-of opportunities for efficiency,...

We are still coming to terms with the controversial figure of Hannah Arendt. Interlacing her life and work, this book is an elegant, sophisticated biography brimming with historical and philosophical insight.

Master building purpose-built generative and agentic AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry and the Agent Framework, integrate enterprise data, fine-tune OpenAI models, and deploy secure, production-grade copilots on Azure. Key Features Build copilots...

We commonly believe that communication is successful when a hearer grasps what a speaker means. But Abe can assert "Sam is tall" without having any definite intention about how tall one must be to count as "tall," and Bertha can understand his assertion...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online Whistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life examines how the right to blow the whistle is regulated across various national contexts. With contributors from...

Presents state-of-the-art strategies for the late-stage functionalization and diversity-oriented synthesis of challenging organic compounds Late-stage functionalization (LSF) and diversity-oriented synthesis have emerged as powerful approaches in...

The Forgotten Heroes of the British Suffrage Movement investigates the struggle for women's right to vote through the eyes of some of the lesser-known activists. It delves into the themes, events and political issues that formed the bases of the movement...

This volume contains an Open Access chapter. This edited collection showcases the usefulness of symbolic interactionism in examining concurrent social issues which demand researchers' attention - symbolic interactionists demonstrate their roots in...

After 1945, Britain wanted to be a new country.The authority of state and church were giving way, the Empire was dismantled, and it was no longer clear who was leading whom in matters of morals. Individuals were left to reinvent their ethical lives anew...

In an industry that often lacks representation, "Dark Faces in Cyber Places" shines a bright spotlight on the remarkable journeys of prominent cybersecurity CEOs, CISOs, and senior executives who have risen to the top, defying stereotypes and shattering...

"John Strand had the whole government thrown against him."-Charlie KirkJanuary 6, 2021 remains a political battlefield-an event buried beneath weaponized propaganda and government cover-ups. Caught in the crossfire was John Strand, a Hollywood actor...

Explore Angular's latest features, from signals and standalone components to SSR, SSG, AI tooling, and production-ready UI and data patterns, so you finish with skills and a portfolio that work on the job Key Features Master a suite of hands-on...

Alexander Bain (1818-1903) was once Britain's greatest philosopher of mind. Author of The Senses and the Intellect (1855) and The Emotions and the Will (1859), he articulated a comprehensive theory of the human mind, integrating cognitive, developmental,...

Exploratory Data Analysis Using R provides a classroom-tested introduction to exploratory data analysis (EDA), and this revised edition is accompanied by the R package ExploreTheData that implements many of the approaches described. As before, the...

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have revolutionized the way we learn representations from graph-structured data, becoming a cornerstone for applications in social networks, recommendation systems, biology, and beyond. However, mainstream GNNs rely heavily...

Connect theory to practice with a comprehensive pathophysiology textbook that brings clinical concepts to life for nursing and healthcare students Understanding how diseases disrupt normal body function is fundamental for nursing and healthcare students,...

The debt of Ancient Greece to our own society has long been recognised. However, there is another side to the culture that bequeathed us such gifts as democracy, medicine, art and sports, one that does not glitter so much. Sex and Sexuality in Ancient...

Highlights crime eyewitnesses who use digital technologies to record, share, and watch crime onlineIn the digital age, crime and efforts to control crime have been transformed by the ability of ordinary citizens to "witness" crime remotely and intervene...