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Clinical Scenarios in Adult Cardiac Surgery bridges the gap between conventional casebooks and real-world surgical decision-making to offer a realistic picture of the challenges faced by cardiac surgeons. Formatted to emphasize strategic thinking and...

First published in 1980, Motivating Students examines the nature of motivation among students in higher education, drawing on extensive research and interviews with students from English polytechnics and universities. Ruth M. Beard and Isabel J. Senior...

The Art of Transformation in Therapy and Coaching brings Virginia Satir's pioneering work and timeless principles to life for today's therapists, coaches, and leaders seeking to foster authenticity, emotional resilience, and connection in individuals,...

Manufacturing Process Optimization for Sustainable Development Using Digital Twin Applications explores the potential of digital twin applications in the manufacturing sector, with a primary focus on achieving sustainable development.The edited volume...

This book compiles and explains the key terms and core concepts related to memory in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.The quest to understand how memory works and how it fails remains a cornerstone of both Psychology and Neuroscience; however, defining...

This book offers a thorough exploration of electric vehicle (EV) technology, spanning from its historical roots to its current state and prospects. It provides a comprehensive overview of the various aspects surrounding electric vehicles, aiming to...

The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally shifted our relationship with work. After years of lockdown, and with many employees working from home, this was the first time in nearly two centuries that people below the class divide found themselves with just as...

Based on extensive in-depth interview research with young Europeans, this book reveals the root causes of radicalisation among European youth with different ethno-cultural and religious backgrounds.Drawing on interdisciplinary research and the voices of...

The growing need for sustainable energy solutions has driven research into co-combustion processes, where coal is blended with biomass to reduce emissions and enhance efficiency. This book overviews best practices to optimise the combustion processes...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving field of exosome-based therapies for chronic diseases. It explores the biology of exosomes, including their discovery, composition, biogenesis, and their role in intercellular communication and...

Since the late nineteenth century, the US federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the ability to enter and stay in US territory. But freedom of movement was not guaranteed in the British colonies or early US. By...

Resituating Kant's work within the Western modern historical tradition provides insight into the originality of his views against the background of pervasive intellectual discussions in the 18th century. Catalina Gonzalez embeds essential aspects of...

In Before the Fire Dogs Steal the Sun, Crystal Mun-hye Baik offers an intimate cultural history of war, illness, banishment, and estrangement through the experiential lens of her family. Beginning with her father's death and mother's psychiatric hold in...

A powerful analysis of the future of global politics from one of The Economist's most experienced foreign correspondents Now more than ever, might is right - or so today's strongman leaders would have us believe. In this era of conflict and souring...

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE FOR CONFRONTING VIRAL DISEASES IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS Introduction to Medical Virology: Theory and Practice in Tropical Countries adapts contemporary advanced best practices in medical virology to tropical settings. Special...

Bridges culture, nature, and sustainability through an anthropological lens on global environmental challenges Environmental anthropology offers powerful tools for making sense of today's pressing sustainability challenges, from climate change and...

Explore the evolving intersection of traditional sculpture, digital modeling, 3D printing, procedural generation, artificial intelligence, and immersive virtual spaces. The book examines how contemporary art moves between Apollonian order and Dionysian...

This open access book opens up the question on what is sustainable by exploring how to measure sustainability. In doing this, it gathers academic and industry work from different geographical locations which embed the existing political reality. In...

The Theory of Cosmic Ray Modulation concretely lays out the current understanding of cosmic ray particle interactions, offering a comprehensive introduction to the underlying theory, observational data, and practical applications that have implications...

Modern technologies rely heavily on a number of inorganic elements. From the lithium in your laptop battery to the helium that cools hospital MRI machines inorganic materials are crucial to many parts of life. The supply of these materials that we can...

This book brings together a team of experienced practitioners to explore the impact and outcomes of delivering systemic therapy based interventions to people with chronic and life limiting health conditions. It showcases how practitioners have...

As myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time, how do we strengthen other plots-in community, practice and struggle? How do we come together as movements for earthcare? This book weaves stories, proposals,...

This study aims to deepen the understanding of Japan's evolving national security outlook since the Cold War period to the present. It uniquely attempts to integrate debates on the interpretation of the "Peace" Constitution, viewpoints on nuclear...

This open access book examines the role of international law in Central Asian affairs and sheds new light on human rights issues in Central Asian politics. It provides various case studies on Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2026, held as a virtual event during March 23-25, 2026. The 9 full papers and 9 short papers included in the book were carefully reviewed...

Self-Sabotage contends that an unconscious impulse to undermine our own interests plays a dominant role in our lives. The idea of a primary drive to self-destruction is at odds with the prevailing common sense in a world where almost everyone believes...

Build and deploy AI-powered Angular apps using Gemini, Genkit, multimodal AI, MCP, and RAG to create intelligent UIs, generate images or video, and turn concepts into scalable cloud solutions Key Features Integrate cutting-edge AI such as Gemini...

Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Third Edition, considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today.This third edition retains the previous edition's examples from the first celebrity...

Why are some women leaders hailed as brilliant crisis managers while others draw widespread criticism? This book unpacks the circumstances under which women leaders can successfully navigate major crises. Gender, Leadership, and Crisis shows that gender...

Kyle is a 7-month-old boy who presents to the emergency department (ED) of a district general hospital in a coma. He has been somewhat lethargic in the past few days, has vomited several times and has gradually gotten worse. His parents could not rouse...

Integration and discrimination are two of the most salient yet contradictory forces shaping contemporary European politics. In Between Belonging and Exclusion Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi asserts that this tension exists because integration politics do not...

Integration and discrimination are two of the most salient yet contradictory forces shaping contemporary European politics. In Between Belonging and Exclusion Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi asserts that this tension exists because integration politics do not...

'Terrifying and timely ... a book everyone should read and heed' - George MonbiotNuclear war is a far greater immediate threat to humanity's survival than climate change, yet we are in near-total denial. This book puts the issue back to the top of the...

Drawing on interviews with extremists, this timely study explores the relationship between gendered culture and political radicalism in a polarised Britain. Misogyny and ‘toxic masculinity’ are increasingly implicated in radicalisation. From the men’s...

Optical Activity: Basic Properties provides a clear explanation of the phenomenon of optical rotation. It covers the macroscopic as well as the microscopic. The connection between the macroscopic and microscopic description is discussed and particularly...

From streaming platforms to smartphone apps to good old-fashioned newspapers, media are nearly omnipresent in contemporary life and act as a powerful social institution. In this new edition of Introduction to Media Sociology, Lindner and Barnard...

Feminist Antisemitism: An Intellectual History establishes the antipathy toward Jews that existed as the movement began and tracks how changes in feminist in-groups and theories manifested in new, feminist-inflected forms of antisemitic thinking.Though...

In today's rapidly changing legal landscape, becoming a digital lawyer is vital to success within the legal profession. Technology and Legal Practice: Becoming a Digital Lawyer is a toolkit for gaining the key attributes and skills required to utilise...

This book presents a systematic description of the physical mechanisms and properties of low-level microwave radiation effects. It introduces the concept of nonthermal mechanism of microwave radiation effects, with special reference to the nonlinearity...

Male Icons and Identity in 1960s Britain: Revolt into Style explores the profound social and cultural transformations of the 1960s through the lens of masculinity.This collection of essays delves into how male identity, often resistant to change, serves...