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by Shankar Patil“म्या दारूला शिवलो न्हाई. शप्पत सांगतो, मी घेतल्याली न्हाई. उगा इनाकारणी माज्यावर अदावत घेऊ नका.” राऊ खोतानं साफ झिडकारलं तशी ती सारी चावडी खालवर झाली. लोक खदाखदा हसू लागले आणि राऊ खोतच म्हणाला, “हसून दावू नका. खरं सांगतो. मी घेतल्याली न्हाई.” रामभाऊ हसून म्हणाले – “गड्या, तुझ डोळं सांगत्यात की रं!” “अण्णा, डोळं काय सांगत्यात? गपा, उगच गप्प् बसा.” “उतरंस्तवर गप् बसावं म्हणतोस व्हय राऊ?” “अहो, काय चढलीया काय मला?” “अजून चढली न्हाई म्हणतोस?” “अहो, त्याचं नावसुदिक घेऊ नगा. शिवल्याला न्हाई म्या त्याला!” एक सनदी पुढं झाला आणि मोठ्यानं म्हणाला, “शिवल्यालं न्हाई, तर मग दडून का बसला होतास?” “शेबास! मी काय दडून बसलो होतो काय?” “दडला नव्हतास तर मग माळ्यावर काय करत होतास?” “माळ्यावर काय करतोय! गडद झोपलो होतो?” “मग खाली जागा नव्हती काय?” “ते तुम्हाला काय करायचं? आम्ही खाली झोपू न्हाईतर वर झोपू!” राऊ असं आडवं बोलला आणि सबंध चावडी पोट धरून हसू लागली.
Yojana February 2024
by YojanaThe January 2024 issue of Yojana aims to delve into the evolving terrain of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in India, examining its possible advantages, hurdles, and the pressing need to cultivate an equitable and comprehensive digital tomorrow. It features significant insights from experts covering a wide spectrum of themes related to AI adoption.
Arthat: अर्थात
by Achyut Godboleअर्थशास्त्राच्या सिध्दांतांचा आणि धोरणांचा अत्युत्कृष्ट, चित्तवेधक इतिहास आणि अर्थशास्त्रज्ञांची रंजक चरित्रं म्हणजेच 'अर्थात'! अतिशय चूकपणे आणि रसाळ शैलीत लिहिलेलं हे पुस्तक विद्यार्थी, शिक्षक आणि सर्वसामान्य वाचकांना अतिशय उपयोगी ठरेल. डॉ. भालचंद्र मुणगेकर माजी कुलगुरू, मुंबई विद्यापीठ माजी सदस्य, प्लॅनिंग कमिशन, भारत सरकार अर्थशास्त्राच्या उगमापासून सद्य:स्थितीपर्यंतचा विषय मांडणारं अर्थात' एक इनसाइटफुल पुस्तक. मराठीत अशा पुस्तकाची अत्यंत गरज असताना हे पुस्तक मराठीत यावं, ही फारच चांगली गोष्ट आहे. खकाची शैली प्रवाही, खिळवून टाकणारी आहे. अवघड कल्पना सोप्या उदाहरणांतून सांगण्याची हातोटी लाभली आहे. विद्यार्थी आणि संशोधक घांनीही जरूर वाचावे. डॉ. डी. एम. नाचणे डायरेक्टर, इंदिरा गांधी इन्स्टिटयूट ऑफ डेव्हलपमेंट ऍण्ड रिसर्च, मुंबइ सर्वसमावेशी, बहुआयामी कलनातून अर्थशास्त्राकडे पाहणारं हे पुस्तक. यात संकल्पना, तात्त्विक भूमिका, प्रत्यक्ष प्रयोग आणि धोरणं या सर्वच बाबींची सखोल मीमांसा हे. अच्युत गोडबोल्यांची जादुई लेखणी एका रुक्ष विषयाचं आणि एका 'कंटाळवाण्या' भकास शास्त्राचं मजेदार आनंदी साहसयात्रेत रूपांतर करून कते! डॉ. अभय पेठे डायरेक्टर आणि चेअर प्रोफेसर, अर्थशास्त्र विभाग, माजी डीन, फॅकल्टी ऑफ आर्ट्स, मुंबई विद्यापीठ अर्थक्षेत्रातील मवंतांनी रवलेली विद्यार्थी, शिक्षक, पत्रकार, व्यावसायिक आणि साऱ्यांसाठीच गुंतागुंतीचे अर्थशास्त्र सोपे करून सांगणारी, अर्थशास्त्रातील इतिहास, सिध्दांत न् चरित्रांचा वेध घेणारी एक रंजक सफर मराठीत प्रथमच.
Joyful Mathematics class 2 - NCERT - 23
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingIn the second grade NCERT math curriculum, students delve deeper into foundational mathematical concepts, building upon what they learned in the first grade. This level emphasizes developing a strong understanding of numbers, basic operations, and geometric shapes through interactive and engaging activities. A key focus of the curriculum is on strengthening the children's grasp of addition and subtraction. They learn to add and subtract numbers within 100 using various strategies such as counting on, making groups, and using number lines. Through practical exercises and real-life examples, students develop fluency in these fundamental operations, setting a solid mathematical foundation for future learning.
Kurukshetra February 2024
by Publications DivisionThe February 2024 edition of the magazine focuses on Food Storage Infrastructure.
Pulling the Right Threads: The Ethnographic Life and Legacy of Jane C. Goodale
by Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi Jeanette Dickerson-Putman Jane C. Goodale Michele Dominy Miriam Kahn Pamela Sheffield Rosi Deborah Bird Rose Michael D. Lieber Joy A Bilharz William W. Donner Eric Venbrux Jane FajansA tribute to Jane C. Goodale, Pulling the Right Threads discusses the vibrant ethnographer and teacher's principles for mentoring, collaborating, and performing fieldwork. Known for her ethnographic research in the Pacific, development of the Association of Social Anthropology in Oceania, and influence in the anthropology department at Bryn Mawr College, Goodale and other contributors renew the debate in anthropology over the authenticity of field data and representations of other cultures. Together, they take aim at those who claim ethnography is outmoded or false.
A Promise of Peridot: An addictive enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance (The Sacred Stones, Book 2) (Sacred Stones)
by Kate GoldenFrom Kate Golden, author of the instant bestseller and viral phenomenon A Dawn of Onyx, comes the next seductive, sweeping, action-packed installment in her addictive Sacred Stones trilogy.A prophecy of death. A weapon of hope. A sacrifice of love.Arwen Valondale is sailing for the mysterious Kingdom of Citrine after the battle of Siren's Bay. Reeling from shocking revelations and her newfound powers, Arwen directs all of her pain and rage toward the man who betrayed her: King Kane Ravenwood.Kane's presence is unavoidable as he travels with Arwen and her friends to seek the Blade of the Sun, a legendary weapon inextricably tied to her fate and the future of the realm. Even an uneasy truce proves difficult as Arwen fights against her unresolved feelings for Kane, who is willing to become darkness itself to protect her.As Arwen faces creatures, foes, and magic beyond her wildest imaginings, she must discover the secrets of her past to defeat the monstrous Fae king Lazarus. But finding the light within might mean the death of her and everyone she loves.
I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
by Julian Borger'A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL'Tender, evocative and deeply moving' JONATHAN FREEDLAND'Profound, elegiac and fascinating... I zipped through it' PHILIPPE SANDS'Compelling' DAILY MAIL, BOOK OF THE WEEK'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.' In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children into the safe keeping of readers of a British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order could mean the difference between life and death.Eighty-three years later, Guardian journalist Julian Borger comes across the advert that saved his father, Robert, from the Nazis. Robert had kept this a secret, like almost everything else about his traumatic Viennese childhood, until he took his own life. Drawn to the shadows of his family's past and starting with nothing but a page of newspaper adverts, Borger traces the remarkable stories of his father, the other advertised children and their families, each thrown into the maelstrom of a world at war.From a Viennese radio shop to the Shanghai ghetto, internment camps and family homes across Britain, the deep forests and concentration camps of Nazi Germany, smugglers saving Jewish lives in Holland, an improbable French Resistance cell, and a redemptive story of survival in New York, Borger unearths the astonishing journeys of the children at the hands of fate, their stories of trauma and the kindness of strangers.I Seek a Kind Person is a gripping family memoir of grief, courage and hope, connecting us with multiple generations, distant continents and the hidden histories of our almost unimaginable past.
Daisy Haites: Book 2 (Magnolia Parks Universe #2)
by Jessa HastingsAll 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her.Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian's line of work means that Daisy's life is... complicated.And things don't become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes, who also happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn't answer to Julian.Christian's life is no walk in the park either, since he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Magnolia Parks.He's happy enough to use Daisy to throw off the scent of his true affections - until she starts to infiltrate those too.As their romance blossoms into something neither were anticipating, Daisy, Christian, and Julian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. As their relationships intersect and tangle, they all learn that sometimes life's most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood.READERS LOVE THE MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE 'Magnolia and BJ have embedded themselves into my DNA.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book gave drama, love triangles, toxicity, chaos and I ate up every single moment.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'TikTok made me do it, 1000% lived up to the hype.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hands down the most emotional romance book I have ever read and therefore my favourite' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Ridiculously addictive ... My heart broke a million times' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book will tear your heart out!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Never have I felt more emotions reading a single book before. The angst and pure rollercoaster of emotions was real! Jessa Hastings had me crying by 10%.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE SERIES 1 - Magnolia Parks 2 - Daisy Haites 3 - Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home 4 - Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing 5 - Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark (OUT NOW!)
Flipping Schools: Why it's time to turn your school and community inside out
by John West Burnham Malcolm GrovesThis brilliant book, focused on the education of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, offers a radical critique of traditional approaches to school improvement. The text argues for a movement away from the focus on social mobility to placing equity at the heart of school leadership. It suggests moving from improvement to social justice through a re-examination of the school's role in relation to its communities. The book is evidence-based and combines a focus on moral leadership with strategies to turn principle into practice.
Terminal World
by Alastair ReynoldsSpearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Horsetown is pre-industrial; in Neon Heights they have television and electric trains ...Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels - and with the dying body comes bad news.If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police, but by the very nature of reality - and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability ...
Open-Set Text Recognition: Concepts, Framework, and Algorithms (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Xu-Cheng Yin Chun Yang Chang LiuIn real-world applications, new data, patterns, and categories that were not covered by the training data can frequently emerge, necessitating the capability to detect and adapt to novel characters incrementally. Researchers refer to these challenges as the Open-Set Text Recognition (OSTR) task, which has, in recent years, emerged as one of the prominent issues in the field of text recognition. This book begins by providing an introduction to the background of the OSTR task, covering essential aspects such as open-set identification and recognition, conventional OCR methods, and their applications. Subsequently, the concept and definition of the OSTR task are presented encompassing its objectives, use cases, performance metrics, datasets, and protocols. A general framework for OSTR is then detailed, composed of four key components: The Aligned Represented Space, the Label-to-Representation Mapping, the Sample-to-Representation Mapping, and the Open-set Predictor. In addition,possible implementations of each module within the framework are discussed. Following this, two specific open-set text recognition methods, OSOCR and OpenCCD, are introduced. The book concludes by delving into applications and future directions of Open-set text recognition tasks.This book presents a comprehensive overview of the open-set text recognition task, including concepts, framework, and algorithms. It is suitable for graduated students and young researchers who are majoring in pattern recognition and computer science, especially interdisciplinary research.
Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems: Selected Papers from ICOTTS 2023, Volume 1 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #383)
by António Abreu João Vidal Carvalho Pedro Liberato Hazael Cerón MonroyThis book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology and Systems (ICOTTS 2023), held at Anáhuac University, Bacalar, Mexico, from 2 to 4 November 2023. The book is divided into two volumes, and it covers the areas of technology in tourism and the tourist experience, generations and technology in tourism, digital marketing applied to tourism and travel, mobile technologies applied to sustainable tourism, information technologies in tourism, digital transformation of tourism business, e-tourism and tourism 2.0, big data and management for travel and tourism, geotagging and tourist mobility, smart destinations, robotics in tourism, and information systems and technologies.
The Contribution of Universities Towards Education for Sustainable Development (World Sustainability Series)
by Walter Leal Filho Thais Dibbern Salvador Ruiz de Maya María-del-Carmen Alarcón-del-Amo Longinos Marin RivesThe book gathers inputs from universities and research organizations working on matters related to sustainable development in a variety of contexts. It also provides a platform for the dissemination of information on the latest initiatives, paving the way for technology transfer and networking. Furthermore, the book intends to provide a fertile basis upon which universities may cooperate more closely in this key area. Universities, as centers of education, research, and innovation, have a unique position and responsibility in promoting sustainability. They can offer degree programs, courses, and workshops focused on sustainability, environmental studies, and related fields, educating students and the wider community about the principles and challenges of sustainability. Also, universities can conduct cutting-edge research to address sustainability challenges, such as climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss. They can develop innovative technologies and solutions that promote sustainable practices in various sectors, including energy, agriculture, transportation, and urban planning. There is a perceived need to better understand and engage universities further on sustainability initiatives. Against this backdrop and in order to facilitate a broad discussion on the contribution of universities toward sustainability, this book is being produced.Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how sustainability may be incorporated as part of university programs.
Information Technology Security: Modern Trends and Challenges (Springer Tracts in Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
by Debasis Gountia Dilip Kumar Dalei Subhankar MishraThis book focuses on current trends and challenges in security threats and breaches in cyberspace which have rapidly become more common, creative, and critical. Some of the themes covered include network security, firewall security, automation in forensic science and criminal investigation, Medical of Things (MOT) security, healthcare system security, end-point security, smart energy systems, smart infrastructure systems, intrusion detection/prevention, security standards and policies, among others. This book is a useful guide for those in academia and industry working in the broad field of IT security.
Introduction to Probability, Statistics & R: Foundations for Data-Based Sciences
by Sujit K. SahuA strong grasp of elementary statistics and probability, along with basic skills in using R, is essential for various scientific disciplines reliant on data analysis. This book serves as a gateway to learning statistical methods from scratch, assuming a solid background in high school mathematics. Readers gradually progress from basic concepts to advanced statistical modelling, with examples from actuarial, biological, ecological, engineering, environmental, medicine, and social sciences highlighting the real-world relevance of the subject. An accompanying R package enables seamless practice and immediate application, making it ideal for beginners. The book comprises 19 chapters divided into five parts. Part I introduces basic statistics and the R software package, teaching readers to calculate simple statistics and create basic data graphs. Part II delves into probability concepts, including rules and conditional probability, and introduces widelyused discrete and continuous probability distributions (e.g., binomial, Poisson, normal, log-normal). It concludes with the central limit theorem and joint distributions for multiple random variables. Part III explores statistical inference, covering point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and Bayesian inference. This part is intentionally less technical, making it accessible to readers without an extensive mathematical background. Part IV addresses advanced probability and statistical distribution theory, assuming some familiarity with (or concurrent study of) mathematical methods like advanced calculus and linear algebra. Finally, Part V focuses on advanced statistical modelling using simple and multiple regression and analysis of variance, laying the foundation for further studies in machine learning and data science applicable to various data and decision analytics contexts. Based on years of teaching experience, this textbook includes numerousexercises and makes extensive use of R, making it ideal for year-long data science modules and courses. In addition to university courses, the book amply covers the syllabus for the Actuarial Statistics 1 examination of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in London. It also provides a solid foundation for postgraduate studies in statistics and probability, or a reliable reference for statistics.
Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence: IJCACI 2023 (Algorithms for Intelligent Systems)
by Mohammad Shorif Uddin Jagdish Chand BansalThis book gathers outstanding research papers presented at the 7th International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence (IJCACI 2023), held in hybrid mode at South Asian University, New Delhi, India during October 14–15, 2023. IJCACI 2023 is jointly organized by Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh and South Asian University (SAU), India. The book presents the novel contributions in areas of computational intelligence and it serves as a reference material for advance research. The topics covered are collective intelligence, soft computing, optimization, cloud computing, machine learning, intelligent software, robotics, data science, data security, big data analytics, and signal and natural language processing.
Introduction to Celestial Navigation (Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping #15)
by Alexander Arnfinn OlsenThis book focuses on Coastal and Ocean Navigation with an emphasis on celestial navigation techniques as a ‘back up’ in the event digital technologies fail.It deals with the main themes and principles of celestial navigation (including time). It covers the syllabus for deck officers working towards the Officer of the Watch (OOW) certificate of competence (COC) awarded by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), and for Royal Navy navigation officers working towards achieving the equivalent Navigational Watch Certificate (NWC). The NWC is equivalent to the certificate awarded by the MCA to OOWs in the Merchant Service under the international Standardisation of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) agreements. The detailed theory of celestial navigation is provided.
Brain Leitmotifs: The Structure and Activity Patterns of Neuronal Networks
by Roger Traub Andreas DraguhnThis book tackles the question of why the brain is so difficult to fully understand. In neuroscience, data are acquired and analyzed with astonishing techniques and accumulate rapidly. Nevertheless, try to explain how a person can think or why there is such a condition as schizophrenia, and it appears that we really know little. To approach these difficulties, the authors first present a number of case studies in which the operation of a neural circuit is worked out in some detail and, at the same time, the functional significance of the operation is also understood. These examples are complicated in their biologic specifics but are conceptually straightforward. The examples are hoped to provoke an appreciation for what neuroscience can accomplish. The authors then develop some thoughts on how these issues can be addressed----instead of considering cognition in general, taking instead a subset of cognition that does lend itself to formal description.
Extended Abstracts MWCAPDE 2023: Methusalem Workshop on Classical Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (Trends in Mathematics #1)
by Michael Ruzhansky Berikbol TorebekThis collection consists of selected scientific results stemming from the conference "Methusalem Workshop on Classical Analysis and PDEs", held at the Ghent University from 27th February 2023 to 1st March 2023. The workshop was organized by the "Ghent Analysis & PDE Center". The presented materials mainly consist of scientific results on classical analysis and problems of PDEs. In particular, results on harmonic analysis, functional spaces, functional inequalities, inverse problems, non-local PDEs, non-classical problems of PDEs, integro-differential equations, hypoelliptic operators, pseudo-differential calculus, and others are given.
Digitale Teilhabe von Menschen mit einer geistigen Beeinträchtigung: Entwicklung einer Definition, eines Modells und eines Erhebungsinstruments
by Joanna Albrecht Nadine HüningIn diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Entwicklung einer Definition, eines Modells und eines Erhebungsinstruments Digitaler Teilhabe von Menschen mit geistiger Beeinträchtigung beschrieben. Eine geistige Behinderung wird als Konstrukt verstanden, das durch die ganzheitliche Wechselwirkung zwischen personenbezogenen Faktoren, Gesundheitsproblemen sowie umweltbezogenen Barrieren entsteht. Für die Identifikation der Hilfebedarfe zur Realisierung von Teilhabe ist die ganzheitliche Betrachtung von heterogenen Ursachen, Formen und Ausprägungen unverzichtbar. Der Anspruch auf Teilhabe ist gesetzlich verankert, jedoch führt die digitale Transformation zu neuen gesellschaftlichen Ungleichheiten, die sich als Digital Divide manifestieren. Trotz geringer und heterogener Datenlage zu Ungleichheiten bei Menschen mit (geistiger) Beeinträchtigung sind bereits Hinweise auf eine Digital Disability Divide zu erkennen. Um dieses Forschungsdesiderat aufzuarbeiten, bedarf es eines einheitlichen Begriffsverständnisses Digitaler Teilhabe. Auch müssen Einflussfaktoren eruiert werden, um Ansätze zur Förderung Digitaler Teilhabe zu entwickeln und darauf aufbauend ein Erhebungsinstrument zu entwickeln. Entsprechend verfolgt diese Forschungsarbeit die Entwicklung einer Definition,eines Modells und Erhebungsinstruments Digitaler Teilhabe von Menschen mit geistiger Beeinträchtigung in der Eingliederungshilfe.
Transnationalisierungsräume: Schulkultur zwischen Internationalisierung und Interkulturalität (Schule und Gesellschaft #65)
by Merle Hummrich Merle Hinrichsen Paula Paz MatuteDas Buch zeigt die pädagogische Bedeutung von Globalisierungsprozessen in der Institution Schule. Diese lässt sich anhand von zwei Dimensionen markieren: der Internationalisierung von Schule und der Relevanz von ethnischer Diversität. Wie sich Schulkulturen auf diese Prozesse beziehen und wie sie damit einhergehende Anforderungen bearbeiten, wird theoretisch mit dem Konzept der Transnationalisierung aufgeschlüsselt. Zudem wird herausgearbeitet welche Möglichkeitsräume für Bildungsteilhabe sich in diesem Zusammenhang für Jugendliche eröffnen.
Multilingual Dramaturgies: Towards New European Theatre (New Dramaturgies)
by Kasia LechMultilingual Dramaturgies provides a study of dramaturgical practices in contemporary multilingual theatre in Europe. Featuring interviews with international theatremakers, the book gives an insight into diverse approaches towards multilingual theatre and its dramaturgy that reflect cultural, political, and economic landscapes of contemporary Europe, its inhabitants, and its theatres. First-hand accounts are contextualized to reveal a complex set of negotiations involved in the creative and political tasks of staging multilingualism and engaging the audience, as well as in practical issues like funding and developing working models. Using interviews with practitioners from a diverse range of theatrical backgrounds and career levels, and with various models of financial support, Multilingual Dramaturgies also offers an insight into different attitudes towards multilingualism in European theatres. The book illuminates not only the potential for multilingual dramaturgies, but also the practical and creative difficulties involved in making them. By bringing the voices of artists together and providing a critical commentary, the book reveals multilingual dramaturgies as webbed practices of differences that also offer new ways of understanding and performing identity in a European context. Multilingual Dramaturgies sheds light on an exciting theatre practice, argues for its central role in Europe and highlights potential directions for its further development.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences)
by João Rafael da Costa Sanches Galvão Paulo Brito Filipe dos Santos Neves Henrique de Amorim Almeida Sandra de Jesus Martins Mourato Catarina NobreThis book presents some of the work presented at the 3rd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability—ICoWEFS 2023, with topics delving into critical global themes. Encompassing four pivotal domains—Water and Circular Economy, Energy, Agrifood, and Sustainability—this book covers cutting-edge research and innovative solutions. Within the ambit of Water and Circular Economy, the discussions span from the sustainable management of water resources, urban and industrial water consumption, to the challenges in governance and the impact of climate change. The Energy section covers chapters on energy production, urban and industrial systems, governance challenges, and the imperative transition toward circular economies. The Agrifood domain probes into sustainable agricultural practices, harnessing smart technologies in farming, climate change's effect on food production, and innovations in food processing. Lastly, the Sustainability segment encompasses a wide array of topics including bioeconomy sustainability, cyber-physical systems, climate change impacts, and resource efficiency, underpinning the urgent need for a holistic approach to global sustainability.
From Automated to Autonomous Driving: A Transnational Research History on Pioneers, Artifacts and Technological Change (1950-2000) (Archimedes #70)
by Fabian KrögerThis book presents the most important milestones of the research on automated and autonomous driving in the United States, Japan and Europe throughout five decades (1950-2000). Drawing on sources from the automotive industry, electrical engineering, the robotics and AI-domain and military institutions, it retraces the transition from the guidance-cable approach to vehicle-based sensor and vision systems. Giving a detailed overview of the technical concepts, artefacts, research vehicles and robots, the book presents the transnational engineering efforts that started long before Silicon Valley entered the field. In addition, the book also uniquely details the role of the military in the domain of vehicle automation. This all ensures the book is of great interest to historians of technology, practitioners in engineering disciplines, scholars working in mobility studies, journalists, and political decision makers.