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Start a Riot!: Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)
by Casarae Lavada Abdul-GhaniWhile the legacy of Black urban rebellions during the turbulent 1960s continues to permeate throughout US histories and discourses, scholars seldom explore within scholarship examining Black Cultural Production, artist-writers of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) that addressed civil unrest, specifically riots, in their artistic writings. Start a Riot! Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry analyzes riot iconography and its usefulness as a political strategy of protestation. Through a mixed-methods approach of literary close-reading, historical, and sociological analysis, Casarae Lavada Abdul-Ghani considers how BAM artist-writers like Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Ben Caldwell, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, and Henry Dumas challenge misconceptions regarding Black protest through experimental explorations in their writings. Representations of riots became more pronounced in the 1960s as pivotal leaders shaping Black consciousness, such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., were assassinated. BAM artist-writers sought to override the public's interpretation in their literary exposés that a riot’s disjointed and disorderly methods led to more chaos than reparative justice. Start a Riot! uncovers how BAM artist-writers expose anti-Black racism and, by extension, the United States' inability to compromise with Black America on matters related to citizenship rights, housing (in)security, economic inequality, and education—tenets emphasized during the Black Power Movement. Abdul-Ghani argues that BAM artist-writers did not merely write literature that reflected a spirit of protest; in many cases, they understood their texts, themselves, as acts of protest.
Machine Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging: 6th International Workshop, MLCN 2023, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 8, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14312)
by Ahmed Abdulkadir Deepti R. Bathula Nicha C. Dvornek Sindhuja T. Govindarajan Mohamad Habes Vinod Kumar Esten Leonardsen Thomas Wolfers Yiming XiaoThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging, MLCN 2023, held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2023 in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2023. The book includes 16 papers which were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 full-length submissions.The 6th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging (MLCN 2023) aims to bring together the top researchers in both machine learning and clinical neuroscience as well as tech-savvy clinicians to address two main challenges: 1) development of methodological approaches for analyzing complex and heterogeneous neuroimaging data (machine learning track); and 2) filling the translational gap in applying existing machine learning methods in clinical practices (clinical neuroimaging track).The papers are categorzied into topical sub-headings on Machine Learning and Clinical Applications.
Machine Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging: 5th International Workshop, MLCN 2022, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2022, Singapore, September 18, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13596)
by Ahmed Abdulkadir Deepti R. Bathula Nicha C. Dvornek Mohamad Habes Seyed Mostafa Kia Vinod Kumar Thomas WolfersThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging, MLCN 2022, held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2022, Singapore in September 2022. The book includes 17 papers which were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 full-length submissions.The 5th international workshop on Machine Learning in Clinical Neuroimaging (MLCN2022) aims to bring together the top researchers in both machine learning and clinical neuroscience as well as tech-savvy clinicians to address two main challenges: 1) development of methodological approaches for analyzing complex and heterogeneous neuroimaging data (machine learning track); and 2) filling the translational gap in applying existing machine learning methods in clinical practices (clinical neuroimaging track).The papers are categorzied into topical sub-headings: Morphometry; Diagnostics, and Aging, and Neurodegeneration.
Entwicklung eines innovativen Planetengetriebes (essentials)
by Ayaz Abdullayev Ali Najafov Huseyn Gafarov Shahid Yusubov Sevda AdgezalovaDieses essentials widmet sich der Entwicklung und Effektivitätsanalyse einer innovativen Planetengetriebekonstruktion unter Berücksichtigung grundlegender Entwicklungsanforderungen. Ein James-Planetengetriebe vom Typ ,,2K-H" wurde durch doppelte radiale Planetenräder weiterentwickelt, gefertigt und getestet für einen effizienteren Antrieb einer Kugelmühle in der Zementproduktion. Das entwickelte Getriebe ist kleiner, leichter und besitzt eine höhere kritische Rotationsgeschwindigkeit als die konstruktive Ausgangsbasis. Dabei werden u. a. die Auswahl der optimalen Getriebeparameter, die Schwingungsresistenz und die Wirtschaftlichkeit der Weiterentwicklung beleuchtet.
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
by Hanif AbdurraqibA poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America &“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I&’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I&’ve ever read, period.&”—Steve James, director of Hoop DreamsGrowing up in Columbus, Ohio, in the 1990s, Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron James were forged and countless others weren&’t. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of what it means to make it, who we think deserves success, the tension between excellence and expectation, and the very notion of role models, all of which he expertly weaves together with intimate, personal storytelling. &“Here is where I would like to tell you about the form on my father&’s jump shot,&” Abdurraqib writes. &“The truth, though, is that I saw my father shoot a basketball only one time.&” There&’s Always This Year is a triumph, brimming with joy, pain, solidarity, comfort, outrage, and hope. No matter the subject of his keen focus—whether it&’s basketball, or music, or performance—Hanif Abdurraqib&’s exquisite writing is always poetry, always profound, and always a clarion call to radically reimagine how we think about our culture, our country, and ourselves.
Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations: Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western Perspectives
by Hiroshi Abe Matthias Fritsch Mario WenningThis anthology combines an intercultural approach with intergenerational ethics to address critical environmental challenges. Written by scholars from all over the world, including Canada, the US, New Zealand, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Japan, the UK, China, and Spain, this book offers new perspectives on how to foster sustainable societal practises that draw on the past and are fair to future generations. It introduces the Māori idea that views all things and human generations in layered relations; Indigenous accounts of spiralling time and reciprocities among ancestors and descendants; the philosophical dimensions of Chinese conceptions of ancestor spirits and future ghosts; and African accounts of anamnestic solidarity among generations. These ideas influence proposals for how to confront ending worlds and address the environmental future of humanity, making this book a valuable resource for scholars and students of environmental law and policy, environmental humanities, political science, and intercultural and comparative philosophy, as well as policymakers.
Voyage of Discovery
by AbekaAbeka’s grade 6 reader, Voyage of Discovery, features 34 vintage stories and 21 poems selected from readers in America’s past history that provide character values and model ideals for children to reach for as they grow. Each story has been edited and modernized for readability. "Time to Think" questions included at the end of each selection will enhance your student’s facts recall, reading comprehension, and ability to draw conclusions. “I Wonder” questions help students practice critical thinking. “Think on These Things” give students opportunities to analyze reading selections from a biblical worldview perspective.
How Autocrats Seek Power: Resistance to Trump and Trumpism (Defending American Democracy)
by Richard L. AbelChronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of the rise of Trump’s populist support in 2016, and his failed efforts to nullify the result of the 2020 election.This book is about the threat of autocracy, which antedated Donald Trump and will persist after he leaves the stage. Autocracy negates both liberalism—which includes the protection of fundamental rights, the rule of law, separation of powers, and respect for specialist expertise—and democracy—which requires that the state be responsible to an electorate composed of all eligible voters—by concentrating unconstrained power in a single individual. Anticipating defeat in the 2016 election, Trump attacked suggestions that he had sought, or even benefited from, Russian assistance despite the evidence, and he made repeated claims of election fraud. In 2020, fearful that his mishandling of the pandemic had alienated voters, he intensified the allegations of fraud, demanding recounts, pressuring state legislatures and state election officials, advancing bizarre conspiracy theories, and finally, calling for a massive demonstration, urging protesters to march to the Capitol to pressure Congress, promising to accompany them. But as this book documents, Trump’s efforts to nullify the result of the 2020 election failed. As the courts rejected his numerous challenges, state election officials loyally performed their statutory duties, the Justice Department found no evidence of fraud, and politicians from all sides certified Biden’s victory, this book traces the many, and varied, forms of the defense of liberal democracy located within both the state and civil society, including law (judges, government lawyers, and private practitioners), the media, NGOs, science (and other forms of expertise), and civil servants (in federal, state, and local government). Evaluating their efficacy, the book maintains, is vital if—as history has repeatedly taught us—the price of liberal democracy, like that of liberty itself, is eternal vigilance.This definitive account and analysis of Trumpism and the resistance to it will appeal to scholars, students, and others with interests in politics, populism, and the rule of law and, more specifically, to those concerned with resisting the threat that autocracy poses to liberal democracy.
Learning Factories: Featuring New Concepts, Guidelines, Worldwide Best-Practice Examples
by Eberhard Abele Joachim Metternich Michael Tisch Antonio KreßThis book presents the state of the art of learning factories. It outlines the motivations, historic background, and the didactic foundations of learning factories. Definitions of the term learning factory and an updated morphological model are provided as well as a detailed overview of existing learning factory approaches in industry and academia, showing the broad range of different applications and varying contents in all continents. International learning factory best-practice examples are presented in detailed and structured manner. The state of the art of learning factories curricula design and their use to enhance learning and research as well as potentials and limitations are presented. Further research priorities and innovative learning factory concepts to overcome current barriers are offered. While today numerous learning factories have been built in industry (big automotive companies, pharma companies, etc.) and academia in the last decades, a comprehensive handbook for the scientific community and practitioners alike is still missing. The book addresses therefore both researchers in production-related areas that want to conduct industry-relevant research and education, as well as managers and engineers in industry, who are searching for an effective way to train their employees. In addition to this, the learning factory concept is also regarded as an innovative learning concept in the field of didactics.
New Trends in Database and Information Systems: ADBIS 2023 Short Papers, Doctoral Consortium and Workshops: AIDMA, DOING, K-Gals, MADEISD, PeRS, Barcelona, Spain, September 4–7, 2023, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1850)
by Alberto Abelló Panos Vassiliadis Oscar Romero Robert Wrembel Francesca Bugiotti Johann Gamper Genoveva Vargas Solar Ester ZumpanoThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium and Workshops on New Trends in Database and Information Systems, ADBIS 2023, held in Barcelona, Spain, during September 4–7, 2023.The 29 full papers, 25 short papers and 7 doctoral consortium included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 148. They were organized in topical sections as follows: ADBIS Short Papers: Index Management & Data Reconstruction, ADBIS Short Papers: Query Processing, ADBIS Short Papers: Advanced Querying Techniques, ADBIS Short Papers: Fairness in Data Management, ADBIS Short Papers: Data Science, ADBIS Short Papers: Temporal Graph Management, ADBIS Short Papers: Consistent Data Management, ADBIS Short Papers: Data Integration, ADBIS Short Papers: Data Quality, ADBIS Short Papers: Metadata Management, Contributions from ADBIS 2023 Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, AIDMA: 1st Workshop on Advanced AI Techniques for Data Management, Analytics, DOING: 4th Workshop on Intelligent Data - From Data to Knowledge, K-Gals: 2nd Workshop on Knowledge Graphs Analysis on a Large Scale, MADEISD: 5th Workshop on Modern Approaches in Data Engineering, Information System Design, PeRS: 2nd Workshop on Personalization, Recommender Systems, Doctoral Consortium.
Secure and Resilient Digital Transformation of Healthcare: First Workshop, SUNRISE 2023, Stavanger, Norway, November 30, 2023, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1884)
by Habtamu Abie Vasileios Gkioulos Sokratis Katsikas Sandeep PirbhulalThis CCIS post conference volume constitutes the proceedings of First Workshop, SUNRISE 2023, in Stavanger, Norway, in November 2023. The 4 full papers together in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 9 submissions. The workshop offers a wide range of techniques addressing cybersecurity skills, access control, privacy risks, and resilience in healthcare systems.
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Barking, Dagenham & Chadwell Heath (Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths)
by Kathryn Abnett Linda RhodesFoul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Barking, Dagenham and Chadwell Heath takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way murderous husbands and lovers, cut-throats, police-killers, highwaymen, Gunpowder Plotters and even a Nazi collaborator sentenced to death for High Treason. Luckless individuals who came to cruel or unjust ends are also recalled, from martyrs and witches to the fishermen who perished in the Great Storm of 1863 and the passengers who lost their lives when the pleasure steamer the Princess Alice sank in the Thames in 1878. There is no shortage of harrowing and revealing tales of accident and evil to recount from the history of this part of Essex to the east of London. The human dramas the authors describe are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction. Their grisly chronicle of the hidden history of Barking, Dagenham and Chadwell Heath will be compelling reading for anyone interested in the dark side of human nature.
Cyber Security. Simply. Make it Happen.: Leveraging Digitization Through IT Security (Management for Professionals)
by Ferri AbolhassanThis book provides a practical and strategic perspective on IT and cyber security for corporations and other businesses. Leading experts from industry, politics and research discuss the status quo and future prospects of corporate cyber security. They answer questions such as: How much will IT security cost? Who will provide IT security? Can security even be fun? The book claims that digitization will increasingly pervade all areas of the economy, as well as our daily professional and personal lives. It will produce speed, agility and cost efficiency, but also increasing vulnerability in the context of public, corporate and private life. Consequently, cyber security is destined to become the great facilitator of digitization, providing maximum protection for data, networks, data centres and terminal devices.
Elements in International Relations: IMF Lending: Partisanship, Punishment, And Protest
by M. Rodwan Abouharb Bernhard ReinsbergPower-Sharing in the Global South: Patterns, Practices and Potentials (Federalism and Internal Conflicts)
by Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif Soeren Keil Allison McCullochPower-sharing serves as a popular conflict resolution device at war’s end. Yet, the performance record of such arrangements is highly variable, sometimes leading to peace and stability and at other times to immobilism and institutional collapse. This book explores the adoption, function, and dissolution of power-sharing arrangements across the Global South, including case studies of Colombia, Ethiopia, Malaysia, and Iraq, and others to make sense of this mixed record. Authors identify a range of contextual factors as well as significant variations in the institutional rules and their meaning across the cases that help to explain divergent power-sharing outcomes. Emphasis throughout the chapters is placed on system adaptability for power-sharing success.
Among the Ashes: On Death, Grief, and Hope
by William J. AbrahamHow can we hold fast to the hope of life eternal when we lose someone we love? In this book William Abraham reflects on the nature of certainty and the logic of hope in the context of an experience of devastating grief. Abraham opens with a stark account of the effects of grief in his own life after the unexpected death of his oldest son. Drawing on the book of Job, Abraham then looks at the significance of grief in debates about the problem of evil. He probes what Christianity teaches about life after death and ultimately relates our experiences of grief to the death of Christ. Profound and beautiful, Among the Ashes tackles the philosophical and theological questions surrounding loss even as it honors the experience of grief.
Schooling Inequality: Aspirations, Opportunities and the Reproduction of Social Class
by Jessie AbrahamsDespite a mass expansion of the higher education sector in the UK since the 1960s, young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds remain less likely to enter university than their advantaged counterparts. Drawing on unique new research gathered from three contrasting secondary schools in England, including interviews with children from three year groups and careers advisors, this book explores the aspirations, opportunities and experiences of young people from different social-class backgrounds against a backdrop of continuing inequalities in education. By focusing both on the stories of young people and the schools themselves, the book sheds light on the institutional structures and practices that render young people more, or less, able to pursue their aspirations.
Engineering Law and the I.C.E. Contracts
by M.W. AbrahamsonThe forms of tender, agreement, conditions and bond published by the Institution of Civil Engineers have been designed to standardise the duties of contractors, employers and engineers and to distribute fairly the risks inherent in civil engineering.This classic guide to the contracts provides and authoritative reference, and also a rich and practi
Business Information Systems: 20th International Conference, BIS 2017, Poznan, Poland, June 28–30, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #288)
by Witold AbramowiczThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2017, held in Poznań, Poland, in June 2017. Big Data Analytics helps to understand and enhance enterprises by linking many fields of information technology and business. This year’s conference theme was: Big Data Analytics for Business and Public Administration. The 24 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: big and smart data; business and enterprise modeling; ICT project management; process management; smart infrastructure; and applications.
Business Information Systems: 22nd International Conference, BIS 2019, Seville, Spain, June 26–28, 2019, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #354)
by Witold Abramowicz Rafael CorchueloThe two-volume set LNBIP 353 and 354 constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2019, held in Seville, Spain, in June 2019. The theme of the BIS 2019 was "Data Science for Business Information Systems", inspiring researchers to share theoretical and practical knowledge of the different aspects related to Data Science in enterprises. The 67 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 223 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Big Data and Data Science; Artificial Intelligence; ICT Project Management; and Smart Infrastructure. Part II: Social Media and Web-based Systems; and Applications, Evaluations and Experiences.
Business Information Systems: 22nd International Conference, BIS 2019, Seville, Spain, June 26–28, 2019, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #353)
by Witold Abramowicz Rafael CorchueloThe two-volume set LNBIP 353 and 354 constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2019, held in Seville, Spain, in June 2019. The theme of the BIS 2019 was "Data Science for Business Information Systems", inspiring researchers to share theoretical and practical knowledge of the different aspects related to Data Science in enterprises. The 67 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 223 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Big Data and Data Science; Artificial Intelligence; ICT Project Management; and Smart Infrastructure. Part II: Social Media and Web-based Systems; and Applications, Evaluations and Experiences.
Business Information Systems: 21st International Conference, BIS 2018, Berlin, Germany, July 18-20, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #320)
by Witold Abramowicz Adrian PaschkeThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2018, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 2018. The BIS conference follows popular research trends, both in the academic and the business domain. Thus the theme of BIS 2018 was "Digital Transformation - An Imperative in Today's Business Markets". The 30 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: big and smart data and artificial intelligence; business and enterprise modeling; ICT project management; process management; smart infrastructures; social media and Web-based business information systems; applications, evaluations, and experiences.
Defiance: Rescuing the Self After Soul Murder
by Janet AbramsonIn Defiance, delve into the profound journey of overcoming generationally transmitted trauma. Witness how, with the right blend of therapy and education, a child subjected to profound distress can evolve and rise as a Woman of Valor. This book underscores the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of healing.
College Algebra
by Jay Abramson OpenStaxCollege Algebra provides a comprehensive exploration of algebraic principles and meets scope and sequence requirements for a typical introductory algebra course. The modular approach and richness of content ensure that the book meets the needs of a variety of courses. College Algebra offers a wealth of examples with detailed, conceptual explanations, building a strong foundation in the material before asking students to apply what they’ve learned.
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine
by John Abramson“Overdosed America reveals the greed and corruption that drive health care costs skyward and now threaten the public health. Before you see a doctor, you should read this book.” —Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food NationUsing the examples of Vioxx, Celebrex, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and anti-depressants, Overdosed America shows that at the heart of the current crisis in American medicine lies the commercialization of medical knowledge itselfFor twenty years, John Abramson, M.D., cared for patients of all ages in a small town north of Boston. But increasingly his role as family doctor was undermined as pressure mounted to use the latest drugs and high-tech solutions for nearly every problem. Drawing on his background in statistics and health policy research, he began to investigate the radical changes that were quietly taking place in American medicine.At the heart of the crisis, he found, lies the changed purpose of medical knowledge—from seeking to optimize health to searching for the greatest profits. The lack of transparency that has become normal in commercially sponsored medical research now taints the scientific evidence published in even our most prestigious medical journals. And unlike the recent scandals in other industries that robbed Americans of money and jobs, this one is undermining our health.Commercial distortion pervades the information that doctors rely upon to guide the prevention and treatment of common health problems, from heart disease to stroke, osteoporosis, diabetes, and osteoarthritis. The good news, as Dr. Abramson explains, is that the real scientific evidence shows that many of the things that you can do to protect and preserve your own health are far more effective than what the drug companies' top-selling products can do for you—which is why the drug companies work so hard to keep this information under wraps.In what is sure to be one of the most important and eye-opening books you or your doctor will ever read, John Abramson offers conclusive evidence that American medicine has broken its promise to best improve our health and is squandering more than $500 billion each year in the process.