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There has been a surge of recent interest in a family of phenomena that may broadly be described as emergent. This includes much lively and ongoing debate concerning whether any kind of emergence can be accommodated within a functionalist framework,...

2025 Most Significant Scholarly Book, Texas Institute of LettersA history of racism and segregation in twentieth-century Houston and beyond.Through the 1950s and beyond, the Supreme Court issued decisions that appeared to provide immediate civil rights...

According to Socrates, "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." The new includes healthier living and sounder engineering. Specifically, we strive to generate cleaner energy and spread to to...

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...

Dynamic Point Symbols in Earthquake Mapping: Visualization Research in Space and Time examines how animated symbols enhance digital map comprehension, particularly for earthquake data visualization. It provides much-needed empirical evidence for the...

Biological invasions are one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. While Japanese knotweed and tiger mosquito are invasive species well known to the public, the same cannot be said for the American blue crab or the green alga Caulerpa,...

Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, Fourteenth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise 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 book investigates human behavior within the aviation sector. Authored by a experienced aviation psychologist, it reveals the complexities of human performance in flight operations. From understanding the question of how human factors shape aviation...

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 focuses on the ammonia industry, a cornerstone of nitrogenous fertilizer production, and serves as a practical handbook for industry operators and consultants. Written from an operator's perspective, it covers optimization, economics,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780931170928Author Jon K. LauckFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint Center for Western StudiesPublisher Center for Western Studies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962679725Author Parthiv ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Edra Publishing US LLCPublisher Edra Publishing US LLC

The Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is the essential guide to legal citation.There are two golden rules for the citation of legal authorities. One is consistency. The other is consideration for the reader. Legal...

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid...

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...

Focusing on the design aspects of ports and harbour structures, including shipyards, this book details various Indian codes and compares them with prevalent international standards. It covers the estimation of loads acting on the system, as well as 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...

Worldwide, a copyright maximalist approach exacerbates socio-economic inequalities and the selective mobility of knowledge to only those who can afford to pay high prices. Structured in a distributive justice framework, Access to Knowledge in the...

This book covers both the fundamentals and recent advancements in Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) technology, including developments in machine tools, process capabilities, subsystems, electrodes and dielectrics, control units, and more. It also...

This book explores the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem, a subject that covers technological innovation, sustainable planning, and aviation safety. As urban and regional populations grow and traditional transportation networks reach their limits,...

This book brings research on taxonomy and natural kinds from the philosophy of science to bear on the science of perception. It defends a novel version of the property cluster view of natural kinds and uses it to explore many puzzling features of...

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...

Uncertainty in AI explores different theories of uncertainty as studied in the context of artificial intelligence. By adopting a common representation framework based on sets of possible worlds, it explores the relationships between different theories of...

This textbook is intended for an undergraduate course on the fundamentals of parallel computing or as a background and reference for graduate courses on high-performance computing, shared-memory multiprocessor programming, or parallel algorithms. The...

This open access book offers an overview on the intermediate results obtained in the context of the Italian National Research Programme "Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society" by the Working Group "Spoke 7", which focuses its...

This two-set volume CCIS 2653 and 2654 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Big Data Processing, AAIMB 2024, held in Chennai, India, during December...

Stanley Cavell's critical-aesthetic way of doing philosophy charts a unique path between dogmatic doctrinalism and dull despair in response to the alienations that trouble modern divided life. His methods of attention to cultural phenomena are rooted in...

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...

This book is a practical, research-informed guide to using generative AI as a multi-purpose writing tool. Unlike existing resources that either treat AI as an intrinsic threat to academic integrity or focus on its philosophical implications, this book...

There is a widespread idea that we experience our world as if it is other than a block world; as if, instead, our world is dynamical and time passes in a robustly A-theoretic manner. In light of this, some argue that there is good reason to think that...

Redefining Global Health in the 21st Century explores the evolving landscape of global health as the world approaches the conclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era. This comprehensive book examines strides made in global health while...

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 new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner. Incorporating full references to the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines, it offers all you need in one...

Uncertainty in AI explores different theories of uncertainty as studied in the context of artificial intelligence. By adopting a common representation framework based on sets of possible worlds, it explores the relationships between different theories of...