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Planung und Reporting im BI-gestützten Controlling: Grundlagen, Business Intelligence, Mobile BI, Big-Data-Analytics und KI
by Dietmar Schön Maik DrozdzynskiPlanungs- und Reportinglösungen leiden in vielen Unternehmen immer noch unter mangelnder Datenqualität, sind unzureichend integriert und häufig zeit- und kostenintensiv. Dieses praxisorientierte Buch zeigt Schritt für Schritt, wie es anders geht. Es wird systematisch gezeigt, wie moderne Planungs- und Reportingsysteme im BI-gestützten Controlling mit dem Einsatz von Data-Warehouse- und Big-Data-Technologie aufgebaut und sinnvoll um KI-gestützte Features ergänzt werden können.
Cryosurgery: A Practical Manual
by Paola PasqualiThe book covers all practical aspects of cryosurgery and also offers a theoretical foundation for practice. Basic principles, equipment, and techniques are described, and procedures are explained step by step for a range of applications, including common benign lesions, vascular lesions, pre-malignant conditions, and malignancies. An important feature is the coverage of the latest advances in combination treatments such as topical drugs (Imiquimod, 5-Fluoruracil) and cryosurgery, as well as the use of non-invasive imaging techniques like high-frequency ultrasound, photography, OCT, Line-FIeld-OCT, and reflectance confocal microscopy. Cryobiopsy and immuno-cryosurgery to enhance diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. Use of cryosurgery as palliative treatment is also discussed, and the closing chapters consider postoperative care, complications, and future directions.This completely reviewed edition aims to fill the gap created by the lack of formal training in cryosurgery, which leads not only to an underutilization of the technique, but also to inappropriate usage with undesirable consequences for patients. This second edition of Cryosurgery: A Practical Manual will be a handy tool in daily practice for Dermatologists, Nursing professionals, General practitioners, and also colleagues in the Veterinary field. Additional questions via app: Download the Springer Nature Flashcards app for free and use exclusive additional material to test your knowledge.
Early Modernization of Chinese Education: Sending Students Overseas
by Zhengping TianThis book offers readers a comprehensive overview of the Chinese educational modernization process, during which thousands of Chinese students studied overseas to find solutions for the reform of feudal education. The led to significant educational modernization between 1860 and 1940. Five topics are covered: the reasons Chinese students studied overseas; the three vital transmissions of the overseas study trend during these 80 years; returning students and the establishment and development of modern Chinese education science; overseas students and Chinese modern educational reform; and returning students and the establishment and development of the modern Chinese higher education system. The book is of interest to high school students, undergraduates and graduates in the fields of Chinese modern history and culture, Chinese educational modernization and modern Chinese education reform.
Europe and its Others: Migrant Integration in Research and Policy (IMISCOE Research Series)
by Iva DodevskaThis open access book joins other critical works that draw attention to the ways integration is debated, legislated, conceptualized, monitored, evaluated, and ultimately, normalized as a mode of governance. Situated at the interstices of migration studies, European studies, and the social studies of science, the book examines the role of social scientific research, EU policy, and research-policy collaboration in shaping the &‘migrant integration&’ paradigm in Europe. Amidst heated debates on immigration and &‘migrant integration&’, the European Union becomes an increasingly relevant actor, where important resources are earmarked for the implementation of civic integration measures, as well as for producing &‘evidence&’ to guide policy. Simultaneously, a prolific scholarship attempts to understand, measure and compare how and whether immigrants are &‘integrated into society&’, often in the effort to remain &‘policy-relevant&’. Interested primarily in integrationism as a technique of power, the book takes a decolonial and genealogical approach to understand how integrationist discourses that are produced at these two sites – research and EU policy – are situated within wider and intersecting systems of hierarchy. The main argument is that the politics of integration research and the scientific claims in &‘evidence-based&’ policy intersect to produce &‘integration&’ as the hegemonic paradigm in governing migration-related diversity in Europe. Through discourse analysis of research publications, policy documents, media statements, as well as an analysis of the EU&’s science-for-policy community, the book examines how integration comes to be seen simultaneously as a political problem and an object of scientific fascination; how integration is regulated at supranational (EU) level and through science-policy collaboration, and what are the effects of integrationism, as a rationality of governance, on its target subjects. Ultimately, the book shows that the practices of regulating, governing, measuring, theorizing and monitoring the integration of immigrants are shaped by power dynamics linked to the preservation of European liberal subjecthood against rapid demographic, social, political, and environmental shifts.
Film as an Art of Society: Aesthetic Innovations and Social Relations
by Lutz Hieber Rainer WinterThe volume deals with the concept of art in relation to film, covering both aesthetic theory and concrete works. The spectrum includes feature films and documentaries. The focus is on the aesthetic innovations of the medium throughout its history and in the present. The development of visual ideas is related to the historical and social context of their creation and reception. The focus is on film authors, film artists and film movements that can be found not only in independent film but also in the mainstream.
New York Animation 1966–1999: A City in Motion (Palgrave Animation)
by Robby GilbertFocusing on a specific period in New York&’s rich animation history, this book examines the unique styles, movements, personalities, and projects that emerged in the city from 1966 to 1999. During this era, New York became a hub of significant stylistic, cultural, and market transformations, playing a crucial role in nurturing the rise of independent animation as well as the development of digital production platforms and methods. This shift ultimately led to the decline of cel and film techniques, which had been the dominant means of animation production until that time. Nonetheless, it also provided independent artists with opportunities to influence the future direction of animation. A central theme of this work links the efforts in New York to today's creator-driven animation, illustrating a direct connection between New York independents and properties such as Sesame Street, MTV, Adult Swim, and The Simpsons.
Agroforestry for Monetising Carbon Credits
by Ram Swaroop Meena Manoj Kumar Jhariya Abhishek RajThis book explores carbon credits and trading within agroforestry systems. It covers atmospheric CO₂ management, as well as achieving net zero and net negative carbon emissions through the carbon credit concept and its application in agroforestry systems amidst climate change. Carbon farming in agroforestry contributes to carbon footprint mitigation while ensuring ecosystem health and environmental sustainability. The book discusses trading protocols, including soil carbon credits in agroforestry, and the monetisation of carbon credits from various agroforestry systems for the benefit of farmers. Additionally, it addresses challenges and proposes a future roadmap regarding carbon credit-based policies in agroforestry. The book emphasises new insights derived from updated research, development, and extension activities aimed at combating climate change through carbon sequestration in agroforestry, enhancing the carbon credits for landowners and increasing productivity, as per the forum conferences of parties under the United Nations.
Music Psychology—Balance of Relations: A Perspective of Complex Systems (Current Research in Systematic Musicology #13)
by Jakub SawickiOffering a groundbreaking interdisciplinary perspective, this book explores the fundamental mechanisms behind music perception by bridging music psychology with computational neuroscience. It models how adaptation and synchronization shape neural responses to music, revealing insights unattainable through traditional brain localization theories. By applying complex systems theory, it shifts the focus from isolated brain regions to dynamic network interactions, providing a holistic and predictive framework with relevance across a broad spectrum of natural sciences. Ideal for researchers across musicology, psychology, neuroscience, as well as complexity and computational science, it opens new paths for understanding the brain&’s response to music through scientific precision and cross-disciplinary integration.
A Liveable Kampung: The Challenges of Urban Expansion in Greater Jakarta and East Nusa Tenggara (Engaging Indonesia)
by Melani Budianta Manneke Budiman Kathrin Oester ZnojThis open access book investigates the challenges and innovations of urbanised kampungs (villages) in Indonesia and how they create a liveable environment during rapid urban expansion. Focusing on urban informal settlements on the fringes of Jakarta, and desa-kota villages in Ende, the collection discusses various aspects of liveability, which includes water, waste and sanitation management, food and nutrition. The volume also examines the way kampungs operate within the fast-paced urbanization occurring around the informal settlements in Indonesia. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach towards different issues relating to liveability, the work engenders a multidimensional perspective integrating social practice with aspects of infrastructure, institution, and regulation. Presenting an original contribution to the study of middle-lower income urban neighborhoods in Indonesian cities especially, and cities in the Global South generally, this book captures key materials for discussing the main challenges and potential in the urban life and development of marginalised neighborhoods. Cutting across the fields of science and technology, engineering, medicine, public health, nutritional studies, humanities, social sciences and cultural studies, this interdisciplinary compilation offers important and unique views on urban life and urban policy. It is of interest to readers in urban studies and policy, development studies, health and well-being, particularly in developing geographies.
The Official ACT Prep Guide 2025 - 2026: Book + Online Course
by ACTTHE OFFICIAL ACT® PREP GUIDE 2025–2026 The comprehensive guide to the 2025–2026 ACT test—including 4 genuine, full-length practice tests. The Official ACT® Prep Guide 2025–2026 book includes four authentic ACT tests—all of which contain the optional writing test—so you get maximum practice before your test date. This guide provides clear explanations for every answer straight from the makers of the ACT to help you improve your understanding of each subject. You’ll also get: Practical tips and strategies for boosting your score on the English, math, reading, science, and (optional) writing tests Four new practice tests that reflect the Enhanced ACT experience Expert advice on how to mentally and physically prepare for your test This edition has been updated with four new practice tests, writing samples, and prompts, so you can be sure your materials will set you up for success on your ACT test. Through the Official Guide, you’ll learn what to expect on test day, understand the types of questions you will encounter when taking the ACT, and adopt test-taking strategies that are right for you.
The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry (The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Series)
by Allan H. Young David M. Taylor Thomas R. BarnesThe most up-to-date edition of the gold-standard handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents Prescribing medications that treat mental illness is a challenging but essential component of clinical practice. Successful treatment outcomes require careful drug choice and dosage, and other considerations can also have an important impact on patient experiences and long-term care. In the newly revised fifteenth edition of The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, you will find up-to-date and authoritative guidance on prescribing psychotropic medications to patients. It is an indispensable evidence-based handbook that will continue to serve a new generation of clinicians and trainees. The book includes analyses of all psychotropic drugs currently used in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. It also contains detailed discussions of common and uncommon adverse effects, the ramifications of switching medications, special patient groups, and other clinically relevant subjects. A fully updated reference list closes out each section, as well. The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is perfect for trainees seeking essential and accurate information on the rational, safe, and effective use of medications for patients with mental illness. Practising clinicians will also benefit from the included guidance on complex issues that might arise less frequently.
Media & Entertainment Law
by Ursula SmarttNow in its sixth edition, this leading Media and Entertainment Law textbook continues to combine comprehensive coverage with rigorous analysis of a key area of the law.The sixth edition has been comprehensively updated, reflecting in particular the enormous changes brought about by artificial intelligence and how it is influencing not only intellectual property law (e.g. music copyright), but also common law development in the UK, EU and US. Topics covered include the regulation of online harms, and new legislation in the form of the Online Safety Act 2023 and the Media Act 2024. This edition also looks across European borders to US legislation in areas such as copyright, internet regulation, defamation and contempt. Case law features noteworthy examples such as Vardy v Rooney – the Wagatha Christie Trial (2021), and other topics covered include tweeting jurors and contempt, and Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex’s legal actions against the tabloid press on phone hacking and invasion of privacy.With a variety of pedagogical features to encourage critical thinking, this unique textbook is essential reading for media and entertainment law courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and an insightful resource for students and reflective practitioners of journalism, public relations and media studies.
Arts-Based Research in Theatre and Performance
by Hannah FazioArts-based Research in Theatre and Performance provides a roadmap for conducting arts-based research. It offers a vibrant exploration of how ethnography, autoethnography, poetry, and fiction can be used successfully in research projects.This volume delves into a rich array of works from the theatre and performance canon, reframing them through the lens of arts-based research. Readers are introduced to the innovative methodologies and bold contributions of diverse artists and scholars, both contemporary and historical, who may help redefine how readers understand, document, and engage with performance as arts-based research. Each chapter walks the reader through practical exercises so they can develop their techniques and research projects.With reflections on professional and academic practice throughout, this is an accessible guide for students and practitioners wanting to conduct their own arts-based research in theatre, performance, drama therapy, drama education, applied theatre, and other similar fields.
Valorisation of Food Waste: Process and Product Design (Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)
by Chien Hwa ChongThis book explores innovative strategies for repurposing food waste, with a strong focus on process and product design. It highlights diverse food waste sources, including expiring materials and often overlooked resources, offering a comprehensive evaluation of technologies, methods, and sustainable solutions to address the global challenge of food waste.Key Features: Offers guidelines and a food waste valorisation framework Presents unique pathways for valorising food waste and expired food Delves into principles and strategies for food waste valorisation, transforming food waste into building and construction materials, upcycling food waste, and extracting bioactive compounds from expired sources Explores converting food waste into biochar, biofuel, and maximising biogas production, as well as utilising bioconversion technology with Black Soldier Fly larvae and integrating the water–energy–food nexus Each chapter includes exercises and case studies to enhance understanding and practical application This text is aimed at academics, engineers, technologists, and researchers in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.
186 Days in Teaching: A Month-by-Month Guide to Being a Secondary Teacher
by James Shea Mohammed A. Amin186 Days in Teaching provides a month-by-month roadmap for the school year, helping secondary teachers quickly adapt to new environments, accomplish the many tasks expected of them and excel in roles that might be unfamiliar or outside their initial training.The book covers all aspects of teaching and learning as well non-teaching responsibilities, ensuring you know exactly what is coming up and how to prepare for it successfully. By offering practical advice, research-based strategies and evidence-informed approaches, this guide helps teachers navigate the annual cycle of school life while building the necessary skills and knowledge to remain adaptable and accelerate their careers. Key topics include retaining autonomy, curriculum design, pastoral care and effective communication. Drawing on well-known theories of community practice, it empowers teachers to become active agents in shaping their school’s ethos and teaching practices.With a focus throughout on your well-being and job satisfaction, this is essential reading for all secondary teachers, especially those new to the profession, aiming to build a fulfilling, sustainable career in a diverse education landscape.
Health, Housing, and Homelessness: An Ethnographic Understanding of Housing Instability and Social Care
by Stefanie PlageExamining the fundamental relationship between housing and health, this perceptive volume illuminates how the health of those living with housing instability is affected by the day-to-day issues they face.Based on a series of interviews with both those affected by this issue and health and social care practitioners, as well as ethnographic observations at multiple sites of a health care centre, this book examines how housing instability shapes both the health services that people are able to access and their own approach to self-care. It highlights how housing instability is inextricably linked to poorer health outcomes, and suggests how individual, collective, and institutional practices can be reimagined to address the disparity between those with and without a stable home.This book will interest scholars and students across the Sociology of Health and Illness, Social Work, Public Health, and Social Policy, as well as practitioners in this field.
Labor Relations in the Public Sector (Public Administration and Public Policy)
by Richard C. Kearney Patrice M. MareschalIn the last decade, public sector unions have encountered threats in the form of privatization of public services and the retrenchment of collective bargaining rights, as well as opportunities in increasing labor union popularity and activity. Retaining the structure that made the previous editions so popular, Labor Relations in the Public Sector, Sixth Edition has been completely revised to explore the most recent trends in membership figures, new legislation, court decisions, executive orders, and new politics as they influence bargaining rights. Updates include: Thorough examination and analysis of contemporary public sector labor relations and collective bargaining Careful exploration of important recent changes in the public labor relations and unionization landscape Complete analysis of financial and human resource outcomes of recent collective bargaining in the public sector Detailed investigation of collective bargaining institutions and processes in government In keeping with prior editions, the sixth edition addresses collective bargaining and labor relations at all levels of government, with comparisons to the private and nonprofit sectors. Designed to be classroom-friendly, this text includes discussions of the most recent literature and case studies, as well as end-of-chapter assignments. Labor Relations in the Public Sector speaks to multiple audiences including academics, students, and practitioners, and practical tips and advice are offered for those engaged in collective bargaining and labor relations. It is vital reading for undergraduate and graduate students in fields including public administration, public policy, political science, and labor studies. This book is also relevant to scholars of comparative policy, politics, and labor.
Artefacts of Encounter: Materialising Emotions in Fifty Early Modern Representations
by Karen O'BrienThis book presents corresponding images and essays of fifty early modern artefacts of encounters between European explorers and indigenous peoples, addressing relationships and material exchanges that extend beyond this framework to encompass diverse interactions across early modern societies.The artefacts selected for inclusion in this volume convey early modern visual dialogues, value systems and imagery through paintings, photographs, maps, drawings, buildings, books, icons, sacred sites and entities, dwellings and natural settings. Placing these objects within a comparative and international context, O’Brien considers the representation of these interactions as they are expressed through a wide gamut of human emotional experiences such as life, death, grief, pain, pleasure, belief, sadness and conflict, along with the extended perspective of image reproduction. In doing so, the book locates the realities of early modern existence – the emotional, legal, spiritual and violent encounters that encompass everyday experiences – in an expansive and varying spatial, cultural, geographical and temporal context. The book will interest students, scholars and general readers within a broad range of history subdisciplines including early modern history, indigenous history, comparative history and socio-legal history, and is also a useful text for undergraduate courses in politics, law, indigenous studies and global studies.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Jeffrey HaynesThe Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism comprehensively surveys the sub-disciplinary area of religious nationalism, an interaction between religion and nationalism.The handbook has a global focus, including sections on how, why and with what effects religion and nationalism impact politically both domestically and internationally, as well as discussing the future of the field and religious nationalism ‘on the ground’. Bringing together a range of expert contributors, the handbook is split into two main parts: core issues and country case studies. Religions studied include Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism, across countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, North America and South America. The core issues examined cover nationhood as a concept; historical perspectives on nationalism; theoretical approaches to nationalism; the state; populism; violence and conflict; immigration; terrorism; globalisation; the post-secular world; and foreign policy.Given the comprehensive nature of the handbook, it provides crucial, complementary reading for students, scholars and professionals across politics, religion and policy making.
Form Follows Fuel: 14 Buildings from Antiquity to the Oil Age
by Barnabas Calder Florian UrbanModernists believed that “form follows function.” Form Follows Fuel shows that in fact energy has been the biggest influence on the world’s architecture throughout the history of our species. The availability of energy under different fuel regimes – including human labour, firewood, coal, oil, gas, and renewables – shapes architecture at all scales, from what gets built to how its doors hinge.This book is the first to quantify energy inputs for a range of buildings worldwide and across the historical record. In the process, it challenges today's architects, offers practical solutions to today's ecological crises, and highlights the aspects of today’s buildings that make architecture responsible for 37% of human climate-changing emissions. It reveals the enormously lower impacts of historical alternatives to today’s default building practices.This book shows that the shift to modern fossil fuel use, from the seventeenth century, came to be the most consequential move in the history of architecture as well as in human history in general. This brought about remarkable wealth for the built environment and at the same time unprecedented dangers for our planet, as evidenced by the exacerbating climate emergency.This book consists of 14 accessibly written case studies, illustrated with beautiful and revealing new measured drawings of each project by John Joseph Burns. Each chapter focuses on a single structure in a particular historical context, sometimes contrasted to similar buildings, from subsistence farming to advanced global capitalism. The chapters analyse the consumption of embodied and operational energy in these buildings, and also discuss questions of recycling and adaptive reuse. They complement precise descriptions with hard numbers on materials and construction, using robustly sourced approximations where exact figures are not available. The case studies rely on both published research and the authors’ own calculations and allow systematic comparison across different global regions and historical periods.Cases include architectural icons such as the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Baths of Caracalla, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the Seagram Building, and Terminal 1 of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, as well as common types such as a pre-modern stone house, a late-nineteenth-century tenement, and a modernist panel block. Examples are taken from different regions of the world, including ancient China, pre-Columbian Mexico, and modern Europe. This book is an important contribution to architectural historical research, written for students, academics and building professionals as well as for a general audience.
Language in Sport: Real-Time Talk in Training and Games (Routledge Research in Language and Communication)
by David Caldwell Andrew S Ross Y. J DoranThis collection showcases the language of “doing” sport, emphasizing the real-time talk of players and coaches during training and games toward elucidating real-time language use and encouraging effective sporting pedagogies. While there is established work at the intersection of linguistics and sport, this book places a particular focus on real-time participation, as opposed to media reporting or post-match commentary.The volume is divided into two sections which look at language in action in sporting contexts, with the first part dedicated to player communication and the latter on coaches’ engagement with players, to explore such issues as team building, leadership, player guidance, and instruction through language. Examples are drawn from a wide range of sports across levels, including basketball; volleyball; Formula 1; rugby; cycling; and skiing across professional, amateur, and youth leagues. Taken together, the volume makes the case for an integrated social and linguistic perspective on language use in sport in real time to better understand its impact on players, foster more inclusive sporting pedagogies, and continue to grow sport research in interdisciplinary directions.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in language and communication, applied linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and the sociology of sport.
Upstairs Downstairs Baby: Upstairs Downstairs Baby (billionaires And Babies, Book 94) / Claim Me, Cowboy (copper Ridge, Book 1000) (Billionaires and Babies #94)
by Cat SchieldA boss falling into bed with the help is the ultimate scandal…But he’s never been one to resist temptation.Millionaire Linc Thurston is expected to marry well—not take up with his live-in housekeeper. But Claire Robbins is unlike any single mom—any woman—he’s ever known. She’s beautiful, captivating…and hiding something. Even so, he can’t resist bringing her to his bed. But when her betrayals catch up with them both, will their passion hold strong?
Forever Forward: K-9 Operations in Vietnam
by Michael Lemish“Forever Forward” is the first in-depth account of K-9 Operations during the Vietnam War, and provides a behind the scenes look at how Allied forces employed dog teams in a variety of roles, the evolution of the United States military working dog program, and the aftermath of Vietnam. The 4,000 dogs that served with our men in Vietnam in every service branch are America’s unsung heroes. American dog teams averted over 10,000 casualties and worked as scouts, sentries, trackers, mine, and tunnel detectors. They were so effective the Viet Cong even placed a bounty on them. Heroes yes, but our own government left most of them behind to an unknown fate.
A Home for the Holidays
by Emilie RichardsNew to e-book, a classic romance from USA Today bestselling author Emilie Richards…Chloe Palmer knows about Christmas wishes—too many of hers didn’t come true as a young orphan. Now, as an orphanage director, her mission is not to disappoint any of the children in her charge. When Egan O’Brien arrives to do repair work at the facility, the guard she’s kept up for so many years begins to crumble—until he offers to play Santa Claus for the kids. What if it doesn’t work out? He tells her he’ll make all her wishes come true. He’s made so many miracles happen already—can he rebuild her sense of Christmas spirit…and her belief in love? Originally published in 1993 under the title Naughty or Nice, in the anthology 1993 Silhouette Christmas Stories
Slow Hands: Hotter On Ice / Slow Hands (Mills And Boon Dare Ser.)
by Faye Avalon“Women don’t always get their needs met by a man.”“Then that man isn’t doing his job properly.”Ex-model-turned-entrepreneur April Sinclair fully expects to be laughed out of yet another attorney’s office. But with her adult toy business on the line, April desperately needs Logan Fitzpatrick’s help. All she has to do is explain to the gorgeous lawyer—whose eyes hold a decidedly wicked gleam—that she’s being sued. By a celebrity. For a faulty vibrator. No, that’s not awkward at all…April expects Logan to be shrewd, and even to be something of an arrogant prick. She’s not expecting just how this professional legal consultation has taken a very personal—bordering on sensually promising—air. The kind that makes April want to test her entire selection of adult toys with Logan, right here…and right now.She thought she could keep control. She thought she could call the shots. But one touch from Logan’s sensual, slow and exquisitely thorough hands, and April is consumed by a craving for him that burns hotter with every encounter.She knew Logan Fitzpatrick was dangerous—and capable of fulfilling her every desire. Now she’s falling for the one man who could destroy every part of her business…along with her heart.Harlequin DARE publishes sexy romances featuring powerful alpha heroes and bold, fearless heroines exploring their deepest fantasies.Four new Harlequin DARE titles are available each month, wherever ebooks are sold!