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Energy, Environment and Geopolitics in Eurasia: Search for Security in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies)
by Norman A. Graham Şuhnaz YılmazThis book advances our understanding of security and its intricate interactions with geopolitics and the environment in Eurasia. Norman A. Graham and Şuhnaz Yılmaz focus on Eurasia, where the energy-water-food nexus has emerged as a vital aspect of political economy and increasinglyas a decisive factor for human security. As clearly revealed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this nexus rests on a precarious balance. Graham and Yilmaz argue that Central Eurasia is currently “Running on Empty” and highlight the key environmental challenges, including water quantity and quality and food security. The authors draw on their extensive fieldwork in countries including Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Turkey, and Uzbekistan to assess the interests and impact of pivotal actors and evaluate the competition and complementarities of these actors regarding water, energy, food security, and foreign policy imperatives. They also examine the broader interaction and implications of security at multiple levels by analyzing the local, national, and international factors in light of geopolitical and environmental challenges. Taking a novel and highly interdisciplinary approach, this book will be an important resource for students and scholars of energy and food security, political economy, international conflict and cooperation, and natural resource politics.
Turkish-American Relations, 1800-1952: Between the Stars, Stripes and the Crescent (Studies in International Relations)
by Şuhnaz YilmazThis book aims to take the reader on a journey along the intricate web of Turkish-American relations. It critically examines the process, during which the relations evolved from those of strangers into an occasionally troubled, yet resilient alliance. Through the extensive use of Turkish, American and British archival documents and numerous private paper and manuscript collections, the book examines Turkish-American relations from 1800 to 1952, starting with the earliest contacts and ending with the institutionalization of the alliance after Turkey’s entry into NATO. Its purpose is to provide a better understanding of the significant issues pertaining to Turkish-American relations such as the impact of international developments on foreign policy decisions, the role of key figures and organizations in shaping the relations, the interaction of political, economic, cultural and military factors in policy formation and the importance of mutual perceptions in shaping actual relations. The analysis also situates Turkish-American relations in the larger context of diplomatic history, through an evaluation of how the United States’ relations with Turkey fit into the general framework of American foreign policy and also through an examination of the conduct and changing priorities of Turkish foreign policy in this era. Such a study not only enhances our knowledge of Turkish-American relations for the period of 1800-1952, but also provides further insight into the relations during the Cold War and its aftermath.
Putting Social Media and Networking Data in Practice for Education, Planning, Prediction and Recommendation (Lecture Notes in Social Networks)
by Jalal Kawash Reda Alhajj Mehmet Kaya Şuayip BirinciThis book focusses on recommendation, behavior, and anomaly, among of social media analysis. First, recommendation is vital for a variety of applications to narrow down the search space and to better guide people towards educated and personalized alternatives. In this context, the book covers supporting students, food venue, friend and paper recommendation to demonstrate the power of social media data analysis. Secondly, this book treats behavior analysis and understanding as important for a variety of applications, including inspiring behavior from discussion platforms, determining user choices, detecting following patterns, crowd behavior modeling for emergency evacuation, tracking community structure, etc. Third, fraud and anomaly detection have been well tackled based on social media analysis. This has is illustrated in this book by identifying anomalous nodes in a network, chasing undetected fraud processes, discovering hidden knowledge, detecting clickbait, etc. With this wide coverage, the book forms a good source for practitioners and researchers, including instructors and students.
Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2020: Application of Nonlinear Dynamics from Interdisciplinary Perspective (Springer Proceedings in Complexity)
by Şefika Şule Erçetin Şuay Nilhan Açıkalın Emir VajzovićThis book analyzes a range of new developments in various fields concerning the concepts of chaos and complexity theory. The proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership feature newly developed concepts involving various research methodologies for identifying chaos and complexity in different fields of the sciences and leadership. In addition, it explores chaotic and complex systems from all fields of knowledge in order to stake a claim of prevalence of compatibility between knowledge fields. Particular emphasis is placed on exploring non-linearity in order to open a discussion on new approaches to and perspectives on chaos, complexity and leadership. Readers will find coverage of important events that have recently taken place in our world, regardless of whether they were social, political, economic or scientific in nature. The book explores diverse aspects of and issues related to the effects of chaos and complexity in the world; discusses the application of nonlinear dynamics in order to arrive at transformational policies; and offers projections of tomorrow’s world using an interdisciplinary approach. Though primarily intended for readers with an interest in nonlinear science, thanks to its focus on the application of chaos and complexity to other disciplines, the book appeals to a broad readership.
Chaos, Complexity, and Leadership 2023
by Şefika Şule Erçetin Şuay Nilhan Açıkalın Luís ToméThe proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity, and Leadership present various concepts of diverse research methodologies to explore chaos and complexity across different scientific fields of leadership. Particular emphasis will be placed on investigating non-linearity to stimulate discussion on novel approaches and perspectives regarding chaos, complexity, and leadership. The book delves into recent developments from diverse fields, employing chaos and complexity theory as analytical tools. Readers will find insights into important contemporary events, regardless of the various perspectives across social, political, economic, or scientific domains. It integrates numerous aspects and challenges regarding the impact of chaos and complexity on our world, utilizing nonlinear dynamics to suggest transformative policies. It aims to investigate and predict future paths through an interdisciplinary approach. Given the current societal and economic turbulence, leadership across all sectors necessitates reassessment. Consequently, this book primarily targets individuals interested in nonlinear science and leadership. However, its content extends its appeal to a broader audience due to its application of chaos and complexity to other disciplines. The primary audience comprises academics, professionals, and decision-makers seeking to implement new approaches and methodologies in practice.
Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2018: Explorations of Chaotic and Complexity Theory (Springer Proceedings in Complexity)
by Şefika Şule Erçeti̇n Şuay Nilhan AçikalinThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership (ICCLS). Written by interdisciplinary researchers and students from the fields of mathematics, physics, education, economics, political science, statistics, the management sciences and social sciences, the peer-reviewed contributions explore chaotic and complex systems, as well as chaos and complexity theory in the context of their applicability to management and leadership. The book discusses current topics, such as complexity leadership in the healthcare fields and tourism industry, conflict management and organization intelligence, and presents practical applications of theoretical concepts, making it a valuable resource for managers and leaders.
Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications: ICIMA 2021 (Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology)
by João Manuel R. S. Tavares V. Bindhu Ştefan ŢăluThe volume is a collection of best selected research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications (ICIMA 2021) organized by PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India during 14 – 15 May 2021. The book includes original research by material science researchers towards developing a compact and efficient functional elements and structures for micro, nano and optoelectronic applications. The book covers important topics like nanomaterials and devices, optoelectronics, sustainable electronic materials, nanocomposites and nanostructures, hybrid electronic materials, medical electronics, computational material science, wearable electronic devices and models, and optical/nano-sensors.
Quantitative Methods in Finance: Exploring the Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth in the EU (Sustainable Finance)
by Ştefan Cristian GherghinaThis book explores certain social and environmental drivers of sustainable economic growth for European Union countries (EU-27) and United Kingdom (UK) in the context of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The author provides a comprehensive overview of the factors that impact and facilitate sustainable economic growth and discusses the complex set of factors involved in sustainable economic development. Special attention is given to quantitative frameworks and empirical modelling, with the main focus on panel data regression models and vector error correction model approach. Furthermore, the book develops ratings of sustainable economic growth for each of the explored countries, by employing data mining techniques such as principal component analysis. Also, the data envelopment analysis non-parametric methodology towards assessing sustainable economic growth is investigated, as well as the cluster analysis in order to classify the selected nations according to sustainable economic growth. The book appeals to policy-makers and academics targeting to learn more about the characteristics of sustainable economic growth.
Lipschitz Functions (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #2241)
by Ştefan Cobzaş Radu Miculescu Adriana NicolaeThe aim of this book is to present various facets of the theory and applications of Lipschitz functions, starting with classical and culminating with some recent results. Among the included topics we mention: characterizations of Lipschitz functions and relations with other classes of functions, extension results for Lipschitz functions and Lipschitz partitions of unity, Lipschitz free Banach spaces and their applications, compactness properties of Lipschitz operators, Bishop-Phelps type results for Lipschitz functionals, applications to best approximation in metric and in metric linear spaces, Kantorovich-Rubinstein norm and applications to duality in the optimal transport problem, Lipschitz mappings on geodesic spaces.The prerequisites are basic results in real analysis, functional analysis, measure theory (including vector measures) and topology, which, for reader's convenience, are surveyed in the first chapter of the book.
Health, Literature and Women in Twentieth-Century Turkey: Bodies of Exception (Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities)
by Şima İmşirHealth, Literature and Women in Twentieth-Century Turkey offers readers fresh insight into Turkish modernity and its discourse on health, what it excludes and how these potentialities manifest themselves in women’s fiction to shape the imagination of the period. Starting from the nineteenth century, health gradually became a focal topic in relation to the future of the empire, and later the Republic. Examining representations of health and illness in nationalist romances, melodramas and modernist works, this book will explore diseases such as syphilis, tuberculosis and cancer, and their representation in the literary imagination as a tool to discuss anxieties over cultural transformation. This book places Turkish literature in the field of health humanities and identifies the discourse on health as a key component in the making of the Turkish nation-building ideology. By focusing on the place of health and illness in canonical and non-canonised fiction, it opens a new field in Turkish literary studies.
Health, Literature and Women in Twentieth-Century Turkey: Bodies of Exception (Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities)
by Şima İmşirHealth, Literature and Women in Twentieth-Century Turkey offers readers fresh insight into Turkish modernity and its discourse on health, what it excludes and how these potentialities manifest themselves in women’s fiction to shape the imagination of the period. Starting from the nineteenth century, health gradually became a focal topic in relation to the future of the empire, and later the Republic. Examining representations of health and illness in nationalist romances, melodramas and modernist works, this book will explore diseases such as syphilis, tuberculosis and cancer, and their representation in the literary imagination as a tool to discuss anxieties over cultural transformation. This book places Turkish literature in the field of health humanities and identifies the discourse on health as a key component in the making of the Turkish nation-building ideology. By focusing on the place of health and illness in canonical and non-canonised fiction, it opens a new field in Turkish literary studies.
The Mediterranean Response to Globalization before 1950 (Routledge Explorations In Economic History Ser. #Vol. 18)
by Jeffrey G. Williamson Şevket PamukThe studies in this exceptional volume explore the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization events prior to 1950, and identify how countries around the Mediterranean responded to them. In addition to comparative assessments of regional performance, the volume offers detailed case studies of Spain, Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, Israel a
Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism
by Yeşim Arat Şevket PamukSince the 1980 military coup in Turkey, much of the history and politics of the country can be described as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In this accessible account of the country's politics, society and economics, the authors delve into the causes and processes of what has been called a democratic 'backsliding'. In order to explore this, Yeşim Arat and Şevket Pamuk, two of Turkey's leading social scientists, focus on the mutual distrust between the secular and Islamist groups. They argue that the attempts by a secular coalition to circumscribe the Islamists in power had a boomerang effect. The Islamists struck back first in self-defence, then in pursuit of authoritarian power. With chapters on urbanization, Kurdish nationalism, women's movements, economic development and foreign relations, this book offers a comprehensive and lively examination of contemporary Turkey and its role on the global stage.
Granularity: An Ontological Inquiry Into Justice and Holistic Education
by Şevket Benhür OralThis book presents an original exploration of philosophical questions pertaining to the ways we grasp the Absolute by bringing together the Buddhist notion of interpermeation of all phenomena into contemporary strains of thought in continental philosophy. This text introduces an ontological concept, granularity, deploying it to probe questions concerning the intersection of ontology, ethics, and education. A wide range of issues in metaphysics are covered—including being, nothingness, unity, plurality, truth, change, transformation, subjectivity, contradiction, coherence, potentiality—from the perspective of thinkers such as Hegel, Heidegger, Badiou, Meillassoux, Malabou, Žižek, and Harman. The text deploys granularity in arguing for an ethics of unconditional hospitality within education. This volume is intended for students and researchers working in the areas of philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, and continental philosophy.
Women-Led Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Case Studies of Sustainable Ventures and Practices (Women in Industry 4.0)
by Richa Goel Tilottama Singh Esra Sipahi Döngül Şerife Uğuz ArsuThere is a glaring lack of recognition for the contributions of women to innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development in literature. This book seeks to address this gap by highlighting the often-overlooked accomplishments of women in these crucial fields.Women- Led Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Case Studies of Sustainable Ventures and Practices features interviews with industry thought leaders and experts, providing exclusive insights into the changing role of women in driving sustainable development through innovation. The book offers a range of resources, including checklists and tools, designed to foster a supportive environment and offer practical advice and strategies for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators. It outlines actionable steps for implementing sustainable practices and provides valuable insights that can be applied in the real world. Furthermore, this book presents in-depth case studies of women from various industries and regions, showcasing their innovative ventures, strategies, and how they have overcome obstacles to achieve success in entrepreneurship while promoting sustainability.It serves as a valuable reference for academics, policymakers, and professionals interested in exploring the intersection of gender, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development.
Extraordinary Science and Psychiatry: Responses to the Crisis in Mental Health Research (Philosophical Psychopathology)
by Jeffrey Poland Şerife TekinLeading scholars offer perspectives from the philosophy of science on the crisis in psychiatric research that exploded after the publication of DSM-5.Psychiatry and mental health research is in crisis, with tensions between psychiatry's clinical and research aims and controversies over diagnosis, treatment, and scientific constructs for studying mental disorders. At the center of these controversies is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which—especially after the publication of DSM-5—many have found seriously flawed as a guide for research. This book addresses the crisis and the associated “extraordinary science” (Thomas Kuhn's term for scientific research during a state of crisis) from the perspective of philosophy of science. The goal is to help reconcile the competing claims of science and phenomenology within psychiatry and to offer new insights for the philosophy of science. The contributors discuss the epistemological origins of the current crisis, the nature of evidence in psychiatric research, and the National Institute for Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria project. They consider particular research practices in psychiatry—computational, personalized, mechanistic, and user-led—and the specific categories of schizophrenia, depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder. Finally, they examine the DSM's dubious practice of pathologizing normality.ContributorsRichard P. Bentall, John Bickle, Robyn Bluhm, Rachel Cooper, Kelso Cratsley, Owen Flanagan, Michael Frank, George Graham, Ginger A. Hoffman, Harold Kincaid, Aaron Kostko, Edouard Machery, Jeffrey Poland, Claire Pouncey, Şerife Tekin, Peter Zachar
Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narratives for a Humanist Science
by Şerife TekinReclaiming the Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narratives for Humanist Science diagnoses the fundamental problem in contemporary scientific psychiatry to be a lack of a sophisticated and nuanced engagement with the self and proposes a solution—the Multitudinous Self Model (MuSe).MuSe fulfils psychiatry’s twin commitments to patients’ flourishing and scientific objectivity. Marshalling the conceptual and empirical resources from testimonies from individuals diagnosed with mental disorders, substantive research in cognitive science, and empirically informed philosophy, MuSe provides clinicians, scientists, and patients pathways to respond to mental distresses and disorders. This framework boosts psychiatry’s relationship to science by facilitating expansive notions of expertise and objectivity in which some patients are recognized as “experience-based experts” whose contributions to psychiatric knowledge are indispensable. Şerife Tekin draws the contours of a future for psychiatry that is grounded in philosophy, medical humanities, and social sciences as much as physiology and neuroscience.This book is an ideal read for professional psychiatrists and philosophers of psychiatry who are interested in the philosophy of mental health.
Neurological Disorders in Clinical Practice
by Şerefnur ÖztürkThis book promotes the importance of a carefully obtained patient history when making a neurological diagnosis and explains the effects of disease symptoms on the patient's daily life. Communication between doctor and patient through active listening, observation and problem solving skills will be improved. Based on real patients suffering from the most common neurological disorders, these fictional case histories provide an understanding of initial symptoms and disease progress from the point of view of the patients and their relatives. Neurological Disorders in Clinical Practice: Case Histories for Medical Students and Residents is aimed at medical students, neurology residents, family practitioners, and those interested in medical teaching and training.
Interreligiöse Hermeneutik in pluralen Gesellschaften: Begründungen, Herausforderungen, Chancen und Grenzen (Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung)
by Ibrahim Koçyiğit Şenol YağdıDie interreligiöse Hermeneutik erweist sich in einer von kultureller Vielfalt und religiöser Pluralität geprägten globalisierten Welt als unverzichtbar für den interreligiösen Diskurs. Sie bietet einen Rahmen für einen konstruktiven Dialog zwischen verschiedenen Glaubensrichtungen und ermöglicht den Brückenschlag zwischen unterschiedlichen religiösen Traditionen. Vor diesem Hintergrund leistet der vorliegende Sammelband zu theologischen und religionspädagogischen Begründungen einer interreligiösen Hermeneutik einen wichtigen Beitrag. Die Autor*innen reflektieren aus theologischer und philosophisch-hermeneutischer Perspektive und untersuchen verschiedene Aspekte, darunter interreligiöse Ansätze der Weltreligionen, theologische Grundlagen für den Dialog, die Ableitung einer interreligiösen Hermeneutik aus den heiligen Schriften und die Nutzung philosophisch-hermeneutischer Konzepte für die theologische Begründung des interreligiösen Dialogs. Diese kritische Reflexion und Weiterentwicklung einer pluralitätsfähigen Perspektive im interreligiösen Dialog trägt dazu bei, neue Wege für den theologischen Umgang mit religiöser Vielfalt zu eröffnen.
Islamic Religious Education in the Current Discourse: Empirical Insights in a Plural Society (Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung)
by Şenol YağdıThe volume presents the most current empirical research in the field of Islamic religious education. Its findings are an important contribution to the development of theory in Islamic religious education. The contributions address the challenges of Islamic religious education and professionalization research of Islamic religious education teachers and in a plural society.
Environmentally Benign Machining (Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing)
by Sunil Pathak Şenol BayraktarThis book provides essential information on environmentally benign/sustainable machining processes including innovations and developments in conventional machining, considering economy, safety, and productivity. Developments in machine tools, recent research on green lubricants and lubrication techniques, process hybridization, and the role of optimization techniques are discussed. Green machining of difficult-to-machine materials and composites is also explained with attempts towards making electric discharge and electrochemical machining technologies.Features: Covers up to date and latest information on environmentally benign machining technologies. Includes current approaches regarding the machinability properties of biomaterials, smart materials, and difficult-to-cut materials. Reviews theoretical understanding and practical aspects of using different technological approaches to attain sustainability in machining. Includes sustainability aspects for both conventional and modern machining. Aids industrial users in the optimum selection of machining parameters with regard to sustainability. This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in manufacturing and mechanical engineering, and sustainable processes.
Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery
by Ulrich Spandau Şengül Özdek Audina BerrocalThis book provides practical information on how to approach pediatric retinal diseases especially with respect to surgical indications and decisions as well as tips and key points for surgical techniques. Clear and concise chapters highlight pearls, pitfalls and related basic knowledge elements which are supported by video clips to provide a unique reference. Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery is an essential guide for ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents, vitreoretinal fellows and practicing vitreoretinal surgeons seeking a key resource to support their daily practice for pediatric retinal diseases. Questions and answers via app: Download the Springer Nature Flashcards app free of charge to test your knowledge on pediatric vitreoretinal surgery.
Integrability, Supersymmetry and Coherent States: A Volume in Honour of Professor Véronique Hussin (CRM Series in Mathematical Physics)
by Şengül Kuru Javier Negro Luis M. NietoThis volume shares and makes accessible new research lines and recent results in several branches of theoretical and mathematical physics, among them Quantum Optics, Coherent States, Integrable Systems, SUSY Quantum Mechanics, and Mathematical Methods in Physics. In addition to a selection of the contributions presented at the "6th International Workshop on New Challenges in Quantum Mechanics: Integrability and Supersymmetry", held in Valladolid, Spain, 27-30 June 2017, several high quality contributions from other authors are also included. The conference gathered 60 participants from many countries working in different fields of Theoretical Physics, and was dedicated to Prof. Véronique Hussin—an internationally recognized expert in many branches of Mathematical Physics who has been making remarkable contributions to this field since the 1980s. The reader will find interesting reviews on the main topics from internationally recognized experts in each field, as well as other original contributions, all of which deal with recent applications or discoveries in the aforementioned areas.
Financial Reforms, Financial Openness, and Corporate Borrowing: International Evidence
by Enrica Detragiache Gianni De Nicolò Şenay AğcaA report from the International Monetary Fund.
How Does Public External Debt Affect Corporate Borrowing Costs In Emerging Markets?
by Oya Celasun Şenay AğcaA report from the International Monetary Fund.