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Besides, as for the centralized and the distributed space structure in urban evolution, the book discusses their trends and comes up with an ideal model, the distributed city, to realize carbon neutrality based on the distributed structure.

This book offers a distinctive approach to policy analysis and a refreshing and politically engaged way of thinking about policy. It clearly articulates a Foucault-influenced poststructural perspective on policy and policy analysis for researchers,...

Given the rise of AI and the advent of online collaboration opportunities (e.g., social media, crowdsourcing), emerging research has started to investigate the integration of AI and human intelligence, especially in a collaborative social context. This...

The Black Press brings together original, multidisciplinary research that explores the history and impact of Black newspapers in Canada. This collection of essays introduces readers to the rich archive of Black Canadian journalism, spanning the period...

This volume constitutes the revised selected papers of 12th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2024, in Rome, Italy, during February 21-23, 2024. The 7 full papers and 6 short papers included in...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems, MEDES 2024, held in Naples, Italy, during November 2024. The 23 full papers and 10 Short papers included in this book were carefully...

This is the first book which gives a unified theory for countable and uncountable computable structures.The work treats computable linear orderings, graphs, groups and Boolean algebras unified with computable metric and Banach spaces, profinite groups,...

This book delves into the EU's latest reform package dealing with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. It carves out the essence of groundbreaking initiatives adopted in 2024 with a focus on their outward implications for the...

This book LNICST 620 constitutes the proceedings of the First EAI International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Electronics, Communications and Signal Processing, ICATECS 2024, held in Hyderabad, India, during July 26-27, 2024. The 65 full papers...

The sixteen-volume set, CCIS 2282-2297, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2024, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in December 2024.The 472 regular papers presented in this...

After the Cold War, the United States and its NATO allies faced crucial questions. Could Russia, their old adversary, be integrated into the liberal international order? What roles should former Soviet republics and satellite states in Eastern and...

This book LNICST 619 constitutes the proceedings of the First EAI International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Electronics, Communications and Signal Processing, ICATECS 2024, held in Hyderabad, India, during July 26-27, 2024. The 65 full papers...

Philosophers have been preoccupied with the future from time immemorial. But for egalitarians, the future of humanity constitutes a relatively new challenge. The premise of this book is that a complaint-based ideal of egalitarianism faces problems when...

After the Cold War, the United States and its NATO allies faced crucial questions. Could Russia, their old adversary, be integrated into the liberal international order? What roles should former Soviet republics and satellite states in Eastern and...

In a nutshell, the CW-Condition makes water and its derivative resources (i.e., land usable for hunting, fishery, forestry, crop cultivation and cattle herding) so diffuse that any emerging economy only functions with decentral management of water, land...

The Candidacy Calculation examines how perceptions of barriers to candidacy in Canada differ by social, economic, and political backgrounds. Through semi-structured interviews with 101 individuals from diverse social backgrounds, geographical locations,...

This first of a two-part volume (Book I) deals with a unit intellectual cultural history of science in the Renaissance within fundamental frameworks. An intellectual cultural history of science examines how human and their intellectual experiences have...

Unlock the power of generative AI in Python development and learn how you can enhance your coding speed, quality, and efficiency with real-world examples and hands-on strategies Key Features Discover how GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and the OpenAI API...

An alarming expose of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social media when anyone with an identity and an internet connection can be a censor. In That Book Is Dangerous!, Adam Szetela investigates how well-intentioned and often...

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This book is open access.The idea that automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics might lead to a utopian future for humanity is a powerful one both in mainstream and radical discourse. The paradigm of 'Industry 4.0' where digital...

Today, the opioid crisis often feels intractable. This book offers a wider perspective on its underlying causes, examining the biological, psychological, and social aspects of addiction and the interactions among them.Jay Schulkin, a behavioral...

This book provides an introduction to probabilistic methods in finance, based on stochastic models in discrete time. It is aimed primarily at graduate students in mathematics but may also benefit mathematicians in academia and the financial industry. ...

After the research psychologist Barbara Blatchley lost her husband and partner of thirty-six years, her life changed utterly. Seeking to understand the pain and confusion she felt, Blatchley began exploring the psychology and neuroscience of bereavement...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Cognitive Computation and Systems, ICCCS 2024, held in Linyi, China, December 20-22, 2024. The 54 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully...

This book defends the idea of autonomy as the balancing of normative arguments, which captures the essential feature of autonomous judgement as being simultaneously free and normatively bound. However, this approach runs counter to the dominant view of...

This book highlights the use of non-compact analytic cycles in complex geometry. The main focus is on analytic families of cycles of finite type, in other words, cycles which have only finitely many irreducible components. It is shown how the space of...

This book comprehensively explains the meaning, scope, and applications of all important clauses in business contracts. Students of business management and business studies can use it as a textbook for elective courses in business management on...

Examines the significant failures Russia has faced under Vladimir Putin's leadership and presents an important counterpoint to a broad range of studies emphasizing Russia's resurrection, status as a persistent power, or successful military reform...

Sheep and goats are farmed worldwide for meat, milk, skins and wool. This diverse range of uses means that many people rely on these animals as a source of income, food and warm clothing, though they can also be kept as pets. With an accessible structure...

This two-volume set LNCS 15829-15830 constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2025, held on Kos, Greece, during May 25-30, 2025. The 51 full papers presented in this volume were...

This is the unique story of observing a total solar eclipse for no less than 74 consecutive minutes. A must read for every eclipse chaser and fan of true scientific adventures.Pierre Léna is emeritus professor at Paris Observatory, Serge Koutchmy...

Eating disorders remain little understood by the public, and sensationalist stories in the media have done little to dispel simplistic and reductionist perspectives. This book uncovers compelling insights on the intersection of language, discourse and...

This book is based on lectures given at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach on “Computational Variational Flows in Machine Learning and Optimal Transport”.  Variational and stochastic flows on measure spaces are ubiquitous in machine...

This two-volume set, CCIS 2356 and CCIS 2357, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2024, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in December 2024. The 46 full papers presented in these...

After a period of relative calm in congressional elections prior to 2006, America has experienced a series of highly competitive, volatile national elections. Since then, at least one of the US House, US Senate, and presidency have flipped party...

This book explores the concept of nature-based solutions (NbS) as a sustainable approach to tackle the environmental challenges in urban and peri-urban areas such as biodiversity loss and urbanization in the changing climate.

Eating Culture chews over the continuities and changes in human food consumption, from hunter-gathering to ultra-processed foods, to digest the ramifications for people's identity-work, health, and long-term cultural distinction. The new edition uses the...

This book brings the fascinating world of sleep biology to life in clear, accessible language. Dr. Juginovic reveals what happens during the third of our lives we spend asleep-and why it matters so profoundly for our mental and physical health. ...

Changes in eating behaviour towards a more plant-forward and sustainable diet require ways to prepare and impart, e.g., vegetables with those tastes, in particular umami, that humans crave as an evolutionary trait, but which plants generally lack due to...