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Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications: 21st International Conference, ICIC 2025, Ningbo, China, July 26–29, 2025, Proceedings, Part VIII (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2571)
by Wei Chen De-Shuang Huang Qinhu Zhang Chuanlei ZhangThe 12-volume set CCIS 2564-2575, together with the 28-volume set LNCS/LNAI/LNBI 15842-15869, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2025, held in Ningbo, China, during July 26-29, 2025. The 523 papers presented in these proceedings books were carefully reviewed and selected from 4032 submissions. This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies as well as the emerging applications of intelligent computing. Its aim was to unify the picture of contemporary intelligent computing techniques as an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced computational intelligence and bridges theoretical research with applications. Therefore, the theme for this conference was "Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications".
Exploring Curriculum Landscapes in Africa: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Realities (Curriculum Studies Worldwide)
by Oscar Koopman Karen J. Koopman Wally Lumadi Samuel AmponsahThis book examines post-colonial curriculum transformation across seven African nations. These are South Africa, Egypt, Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Ghana. It investigates whether these educational systems have truly decolonized their curricula or still remain rooted in Western frameworks despite achieving political independence. Through analysis of curriculum policies and teaching practices, the authors explore educational reform dynamics in post-colonial African contexts. The book evaluates how successfully these systems have incorporated indigenous knowledge and local ways of knowing, versus continuing to propagate Western paradigms. The work provides both theoretical and empirical analysis of challenges and opportunities in rebuilding African education systems that reflect local cultural values while addressing modern educational needs.
Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium, Blue Sky, and WideAIED: 26th International Conference, AIED 2025, Palermo, Italy, July 22–26, 2025, Proceedings, Part III (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2592)
by Olga C. Santos Alexandra I. Cristea Seiji Isotani Yu Lu Erin WalkerThis three-volume set CCIS 2590-2592 constitutes poster papers and late breaking results, workshops and tutorials, practitioners, industry and policy track, doctoral consortium, blue sky and wideAIED papers presented at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025. The 72 full papers and 73 short papers (72 of them presented as posters) presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 296 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: BlueSky; Practitioners, Industry and Policy; WideAIED; Doctoral Consortium. Part II: Late Breaking Results; Part III: Late Breaking Results; Workshops and Tutorials.
Literary and Cultural Responses to Mnemonic Landscapes: Spaces in Transit
by Lourdes López-Ropero Marzena Sokołowska-ParyżThis book offers a profound exploration of "spaces in transit," a concept that bridges urban spaces, natural environments, and the archival and architectural echoes of the past with their representations in literature, art, and commemorative practices. Through 14 meticulously crafted essays, this volume delves into the intricate interplay between spatial and cultural memory, framed by theories of geocriticism, feminism, race, postcolonialism, and more. Key concepts such as "deep spaces," "implicative spaces," and "landmark poetic spaces" are introduced, inviting readers to consider the fluidity and mutability of memory-laden sites. The essays critically examine how these spaces are continually reinterpreted and renegotiated, challenging ideologically rigid narratives. The volume is organized into three thematic parts: "Historyscapes," "Artscapes," and "Mythic Urbanscapes and Naturescapes," each offering unique insights into the mnemonic appropriations of physical and literary spaces. This collection is essential for scholars and students in urban studies, environmental studies, memory, and literary studies, providing a comprehensive study of contemporary cultural and theoretical trends. It invites readers to rethink the sedentary-nomadic continuum of memory and space, offering a fresh perspective on the dynamic nature of cultural and collective memory.
7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Communications: ICSPIC 2024 (Signals and Communication Technology)
by Chua-Chin Wang Ralph Gerard B. SangalangThis book contains a series of research papers that were presented at 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Communications (ICSPIC 2024). The conference was held in Batangas City, Philippines from April 24-26, 2024. The conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, practitioners, and professionals from the industry, academia and government to share their ideas, progresses and achievements in signal processing and information communications. The contributions focus on the latest advances, trends and future challenges in analog and mixed signal processing, design and implementation of signal processing systems, compressive sensing, machine learning methods for communications and signal processing, multimedia signal processing, natural language processing, next generation mobile communications, nonlinear signal processing, optical communications, parallel and distributed processing, etc. The conference is made up of theorists and experts in advanced characterization techniques in the fields of signal processing and information communications, which brings researchers, practitioners, and scientists in discussion of the latest methods, research developments, and future opportunities.
Successful Relational Contracting: Preparing for Business-to-Business Collaboration
by Bonnie Keith Sibrecht DienderThis book is a practical guide for organizations ready to develop and implement relational contracts and want to prepare thoroughly to ensure a successful journey. While many resources support relational contracting, few address the red flags to avoid along the way. This book fills that gap by identifying potential challenges and providing actionable guidance to address them. Relational contracts are beneficial across industries, particularly in scenarios with untapped value and innovation potential. The book begins by explaining relational contracting and introduces three relational contract models. It then outlines four key phases of relational contract development, highlighting common challenges, their symptoms, root causes, and ways to identify and solve them early. Each phase is illustrated with diverse case studies that demonstrate the consequences of overlooked issues and how they were resolved. These case studies include red, yellow, and green flags, each serving as critical signals to guide teams and ensure smooth progress. Readers are encouraged to engage actively by solving test cases in each phase, with feedback provided on solution impacts. Additionally, the book offers practical tools to support preparation and management throughout the relational contracting process. Whether addressing direct or indirect business needs, this book equips readers with the insights and tools necessary to unlock the full potential of relational contracts.
Soziale Arbeit und Neoliberalismus heute: schwarz auf weiß
by Mechthild SeitheDas Buch zeigt schwarz auf weiß: Zwischen dem professionellen, humanistisch orientierten Konzept Soziale Arbeit und den neoliberalen Vorstellungen für eine Soziale Arbeit im Rahmen des aktivierenden Staates bestehen gravierende Unterschiede. Der Text befasst sich ausführlich mit den daraus insbesondere für die Praxis folgenden Konsequenzen. Im Rahmen des Studiums der Sozialen Arbeit wird nach wie vor das sich sozialpädagogisch verstehende Konzept Sozialer Arbeit als geltendes Grundkonzept gelehrt. Die unvermeidbaren betriebswirtschaftliche Verfahren werden vorgestellt, aber es findet so gut wie keine Auseinandersetzung mit den wissenschaftstheoretischen und ideologischen Unterschieden der beiden Konzepte statt. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass die neoliberale Neue Steuerung und das Konzept des aktivierenden Staates in Theorie und Praxis nicht mehr wegzudenken sind, stellt sich die Frage nach der Vereinbarkeit der beiden Ansätze in aller Dringlichkeit. Schließt die Profession davor die Augen, dass sie auf diese Weise ihre zentralen Inhalte und Perspektiven einbüßt? Was müsste sich innerhalb von Disziplin und Praxis bewegen, damit dieser Prozess gestoppt werden kann? Gibt es Optionen für eine Selbstermächtigung der Profession? Wie sieht ein widerständiger Einsatz zur Erhaltung einer humanistisch orientierten, fachlich gesteuerten und politisch engagierten Sozialen Arbeit aus? Das Buch geht diesen Fragen nach und zeigt konkrete Lösungsstrategien auf.
Bulk-Driven Circuit Techniques for CMOS FDSOI Processes: From Circuit Concept to Implementations
by Friedel GerfersIn the contemporary technology landscape dominated by digital-centric systems and applications, the significance of analog front-end signal processing remains indispensable. The precision and performance of critical analog, mixed-signal or mm-wave components such as low-noise amplifiers, equalizers, and data converters are fundamentally determined by technological parameters, such as transconductance, DC gain, device matching, linearity, and timing accuracy, among others. Enhancing these parameters through intrinsic design improvements presents a significant challenge and becomes infeasible beyond certain limits with state-of-the-art circuit design techniques. As the performance of CMOS transistors is fundamentally constrained, foreground or background calibration schemes are commonly employed to mitigate the limitations of MOS devices. However, these constraints can be effectively addressed through the implementation of active and passive bulk-driven circuits enabled by silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technologies. Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI) CMOS technologies offer superior transistor characteristics compared to standard bulk CMOS technology, providing enhanced electrical performance, improved power efficiency, and better scalability. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of FD-SOI CMOS technology, presenting key innovations in design methodologies and circuit implementations adopting bulk-biasing techniques across analog, digital, mixed-signal, and mmWave circuits and systems. It addresses critical transistor limitations, including finite transistor gain, offset, mismatch, noise and linearity, among others. The authors provide detailed technical insights, mathematical modelling, design approaches and circuit realizations covering circuit advances using both static and dynamic transistor body-biasing techniques. Emphasis is placed on overcoming state-of-the-art circuit limitations such as finite DC gain, bandwidth, matching/accuracy and power efficiency. These performance metrics are rigorously investigated through mathematical modelling, validated through simulation and experimentally demonstrated using both dynamic and static body-biasing architectures.
Low Code und Citizen Development für eine erfolgreiche Digitalisierung: Eine Einführung für Fach- und Führungskräfte
by Christoph Baumgarten Edona Elshan Rainer EndlAn Ideen für digitalgestützte Innovationen mangelt es in Unternehmen selten. Und doch kommt die Digitalisierung häufig nicht voran: Für disruptive Geschäftsmodelle oder neuartige Geschäftsprozesse sind innovative Ansätze in der Softwareentwicklung erforderlich. Oft stehen Organisationen vor der Herausforderung, mit begrenzten IT-Kapazitäten individuelle Lösungen zügig und ökonomisch zu entwickeln. Der hier vorgestellte Low-Code-Ansatz weist einen Weg aus diesem Dilemma: Er stellt Methoden und Werkzeuge zur Verfügung, die auch Nicht-Informatiker*innen die Entwicklung professioneller Software erlauben. Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über Low-Code-Technologien, stellt das für ein Low-Code-getriebenes Citizen Development benötigte Basiswissen bereit und leitet an, wie Citizen Development in Unternehmen etabliert und gesteuert wird. Es zeigt Fach- und Führungskräften neue Wege auf, ungenutztes Potenzial für die digitale Transformation freizusetzen.
Neglected Tropical Diseases - Sub-Saharan Africa (Neglected Tropical Diseases)
by John O. Gyapong Boakye A. BoatinThis fully updated and expanded second edition provides an overview of the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, such as leishmaniasis, buruli ulcer, schistosomiasis and many more. The well-structured chapters explore in detail the epidemiology and biology of these parasitic diseases. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches as well as prevention strategies are also reviewed. Furthermore, the book discusses the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa, taking into account the social and economic impact on the region and its health system.The book is aimed at researchers, advanced students and clinicians working on infectious diseases, tropical medicine and parasitology, and is a must-read for scientists specialising in the particularities of the sub-Saharan region.
The Middle East Conflict: An Introduction (Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations)
by Margret JohannsenThis textbook deals with the Middle East conflict as a key element of international relations. The origins of the conflict and its international dimensions, the major Israeli-Arab wars, attempts at a solution, peace plans and visions for the future are presented in a concise manner. Extensive map material illustrates the findings.The English translation of this book, originally in German, was facilitated by artificial intelligence. The content was later revised by the author for accuracy.
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: Progress, Trends and Challenges (Cell Engineering #11)
by Ralf PörtnerThis volume “Cell Engineerring 11 - Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: Progress, Trends and Challenges” is a source of the latest innovative research and technical development in biomanufacturing systems. It is organised into 2 parts: 1) Manufacturing of recombinant therapeutic proteins (e.g. therapeutic antibodies, biosimilars/biogenerics) and 2) Manufacturing aspects of cell and gene therapy. Each with selected chapters on the following topics for both up- and downstream, such as: Advanced process strategies, especially continuous manufacturing, Advanced culture techniques, especially single-use systems, Process transfer, scale-up/scale-down models, Processing advances/Manufacturing productivity/efficiency, Model-assisted process understanding and development/Digital Twins, Process controls and analytics, Quality control, Quality by design, Facility design and full-scale commercial systems, manufacturing technology innovation.The book comprises contributions of experts from academia and industry active in the field of cell culture development for the production of recombinant proteins, cell therapy and gene therapy, with consideration of Digital Twin´s and facility design. The knowledge and expertise of the authors cover disciplines like cell biology, engineering, biotechnology and biomedical sciences. Inevitably, some omissions will occur in the test, but the authors have sought to avoid duplications by extensive cross-referencing to chapters in other volumes of this series and elsewhere. We hope the volume provides a useful compendium of techniques for scientists in industrial and research laboratories active in this field.
Memory Reconfiguration in Post-War Taiwanese Literature
by Chung-Yen YuThis book examines the impact of martial law on transgenerational memory in post-World War II Taiwan. Through an intense focus on the symptoms of memories, Yu argues that collective remembrances in post-war Taiwan must be studied alongside the islanders' collective amnesia, as the post-war regime coerced its citizens into forgetting. To do so, the book examines the core issue through the lens of two fictional works: Green Island (2016) by Shawna Yang Ryan and The Stolen Bicycle (originally published in 2015, translated in 2017) by Ming-yi Wu, whose narrators belong to the post-war generation and find themselves unable to understand their parents' traumas. It also observes how the war generation memorize consecutive and entangled colonial experiences, experiencing linguistic and social diaspora without the act of migration. Ultimately, Yu argues that post-memory in these circumstances not only refers to secondary memory but bears an anti-memory characteristic as Taiwanese society under martial law shunned the traumas of WWII and the March Massacre in 1947.
Social Accountability of Medical Schools: Empowering the Future of Medical Education and Healthcare Systems
by Mohamed Elhassan Abdalla Mohamed Hassan Taha Charles BoelenThis book contributes to advancing social accountability in medical schools. By offering insights, case studies, and innovative approaches and strategies, the book inspires educators, administrators, and policymakers to understand the significance of social accountability and implement effective practices within their medical schools. Through a comprehensive exploration of diverse topics related to social accountability, the book fosters a collective effort towards nurturing socially responsible physicians and improving healthcare outcomes for communities worldwide. This book comprehensively covers various dimensions of social accountability in medical education. It delves into the theoretical underpinnings of the concept, the evolution from community-based education to embracing social accountability, and the vital link between social accountability and medical school accreditation. The book also outlines a roadmap for health professions and education colleges to adopt social accountability principles. It presents inspiring case studies of successful social accountability initiatives from around the globe. Furthermore, it explores strategies for managing change and empowering leaders to foster socially accountable schools, employing tools such as appreciative inquiry to catalyze progress. Chapters on curriculum development, innovative teaching methods, and student assessment shed light on integrating social accountability into the educational process. The book also addresses the faculty's role in promoting social accountability and examines the global perspectives and challenges in advancing social accountability internationally. In summary, the book's scope encompasses a comprehensive examination of social accountability in medical schools, providing valuable insights and practical guidance for educators to create socially responsible learning environments and produce future physicians responsive to their communities' healthcare needs.
Sportartspezifische Förderung exekutiver Funktionen in Fußballvereinen: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Befunde (Bildung und Sport #40)
by Malte StoffersDas Buch stellt ein innovatives, empirisch überprüftes Konzept zur sportartspezifischen Förderung der exekutiven Funktionen im Jugendfußball vor. Im Fokus steht die Integration kognitiver Förderung in das reguläre Training. Die cluster-randomisierte, kontrollierte Interventionsstudie zur Überprüfung der Wirksamkeit der Fördermaßnahme, an der 326 Spieler*innen teilnahmen, zeigt signifikante Effekte auf die kognitive Flexibilität. Im Sinne des zugrunde liegenden Konzepts der individuellen Förderung verfolgt die Maßnahme das Ziel, gleichzeitig die sportliche und die persönliche Entwicklung junger Spieler*innen zu unterstützen.
Ontology, Relational Ethics, and Corporations
by Helen MussellThis book offers a unique exploration and analysis of social responsibility and associated ethical concepts used by business and financial organizations. Mussell lays out the argument that a realist analysis of social responsibility reveals caring relations underpinning this ethical behavior. The combination of a realist social ontology with contemporary relational care ethics provides the theoretical framework needed to successfully explore the ethics of social responsibility. She then applies this realist caring relations argument to three specific contexts in which social responsibility is explicitly evident - including corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investment, and the legal concept of the fiduciary. By tracing the historical development of each concept – including how economic methodology has influenced interpretations and practice – a complex picture emerges, showing how ethics, economic theory, and political theory intersect. This is an insightful work of philosophically informed contemporary political economy, analyzing the evolution and connection of key ethical concepts widely used by organizations.
The Jewish Inn in Polish Culture: Between Practice and Phantasm (Jews in Eastern Europe)
by Halina Goldberg Bożena ShallcrossThe Jewish inn (żydowska karczma) was a central pillar of economic and social life in Polish lands before the Second World War. While its primary role was to provide hospitality, it also functioned as a multifaceted hub for business, leisure, and religious festivities, reflecting its vital role in the community.In The Jewish Inn: Between Practice and Phantasm, editors Halina Goldberg and Bożena Shallcross present 11 captivating articles that delve into the inn's significance as a symbolic incubator of Jewish cultural possibilities. The collection examines the inn's evolving artistic potential across different eras, genres, media, and analytical perspectives.From exploring the intricate connections between music, dance, and other arts within the inn's spatial arrangement to highlighting the increasing prominence of women in the inn's family dynamics, The Jewish Inn offers a comprehensive and transdisciplinary reevaluation of this crucial institution and stands as a significant and creative contribution to Polish-Jewish studies.
Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications: 21st International Conference, ICIC 2025, Ningbo, China, July 26–29, 2025, Proceedings, Part XXIV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15865)
by Wei Chen De-Shuang Huang Qinhu Zhang Chuanlei ZhangThe 20-volume set LNCS 15842-15861, together with the 4-volume set LNAI 15862-15865 and the 4-volume set LNBI 15866-15869, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2025, held in Ningbo, China, during July 26-29, 2025. The 1206 papers presented in these proceedings books were carefully reviewed and selected from 4032 submissions. They deal with emerging and challenging topics in artificial intelligence, machine learning, pattern recognition, bioinformatics, and computational biology.
InSAR and Deep Learning in Landslides Research: Intelligent Identification, Risk Assessment and Susceptibility Mapping
by Yi HeThis book combines remote sensing and deep learning technology to develop a variety of models in the study of different type landslides in a wide range of areas including northwest, southwest and southern China. It explores the application of various deep learning methods in landslide identification and sensitivity mapping. It also explores intelligent landslide monitoring and susceptibility mapping using a variety of data and methods, providing ideas and methods for landslide prevention and mitigation. This book is suitable for professionals in the field of landslide monitoring and graduate students in the fields of remote sensing and geological hazards research to mitigate this most widespread and harmful geological hazards in the world.
Hans Blumenberg's History and Philosophy of Science (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science #63)
by Cornelius Borck Josefa Ros Velasco Alberto Fragio Martina PhilippiThis book highlights and develops a hitherto neglected area of Hans Blumenberg's contributions, i.e., history and philosophy of science. It covers both Blumenberg’s works on the history of ideas and conceptual change, as well as his studies on transformative periods and his intellectual history of technology. Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996) was one of the leading German philosophers after the Second World War, bridging from the continental tradition of philosophy, conceptual history and metaphorology. This volume, though, explores the methodological instruments that he developed and how we may use them to do history and philosophy of science. In doing so it opens up a new field of research and provides insight into further developing a continental history and philosophy of science, making this book of great interest to both historians and philosophers alike.
Transitions - Liminality as Lived Experience
by Marta B. ErdosThis book, adopting a systemic transdisciplinary perspective, explores the sociopsychological and the psychosocial interfaces shaping people's lived experiences of liminality. It is about life's outstandingly chaotic and confusing moments regularly recurring in or under calamitous circumstances, pervading our lives in the 21st century. Prospects for constructive change have traditionally been present in transformative liminal settings. The broad context of permanent liminality, however, is conducive to impasses in the process of change. The resulting liminal hotspots are characterized by a turmoil of negative feelings and increased suggestibility. In the book, discursive analyses underpin and illustrate the key points. Part I of the book serves as an introduction, exploring the mixed potential inherent languaging and symbol use in the social construction of transitions and liminal phenomena. Part II comprises sociopsychological analyses of the contexts – as labyrinths of meaning – of today&’s globalized, a-mazed societies where economy, politics and info-communication technologies are closely intertwined to maintain trickster liminality. This part includes explorations on two distinct forms of manipulative discourse characteristic of authoritarian regimes, highlighting the role of double bind relations that permeate a despotic system to perpetuate unpredictability, chaos, and repeated entrapments in liminal hotspots. The author explores the discursive practices altering the traditional patterns of transformative liminality into the absurdity of permanent liminality with its (self)destructive power. Part III is about the psychosocial interface, focusing on the intersubjective domain of the individual's lived experiences, specifically on the phenomenological connections between rites of transition and psychosocial crises. Further, it comprises explorations on the prospects for transformative liminality inherent in dialogue. As a conclusion, humans' constructive potential must be coupled with care to benefit from transformations. Transitioning from one form-of-process into the subsequent one remains an intrinsic and mercurial event in human development. Let us embrace these moments – but embrace them with care. Transitions - Liminality as Lived Experience is primarily intended for scholars, as well as students (master's level or PhD), in the broad area of social sciences, especially in social communication, discourse studies, counselling, semiotic cultural psychology, social psychology, and clinical social work.
Protest, Resistance and Popular Politics in Late Medieval Scotland
by Gordon McKelvieThis book is the first sustained analysis of popular politics in Scotland during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Despite the long-running historiography on popular protests in both England and continental Europe, there has been little discussion of this phenomenon in Scotland, in part because historians specialising in Scotland have paid little attention to the phenomenon of popular revolt, save an occasional comment in wider studies. There were no large-scale popular uprisings in Scotland, like the Peasants&’ Revolt in England, the Jacquerie in France, or the Ciompi in Florence, but that does not mean that the wider populace was not politically engaged. Indeed, many of the key sources for late medieval Scotland, including The Bruce, Scotichronicon, The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis and the records of the Scottish parliament, all contain hints of popular political engagement. It is only when these sources are read with a focus on the lower echelons of society that a clearer picture—of a populace with political ideals they sought to uphold—emerges.
Intelligence-Driven Circular Economy: Regeneration Towards Sustainability and Social Responsibility–Volume 1 (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1173)
by Azzam Hannoon Abdullah MahmoodThe book provides a groundbreaking examination of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized to contribute towards a sustainable future. This book delves into the intricate relationship between technology, economy, and society, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding the circular economy as a holistic approach to sustainable development. This book aims to offer a comprehensive reference work and coverage of the role of Artificial Intelligence and other advanced digital technologies in the circular economy and resource regeneration towards achieving the United Nation’s 17 sustainable development goals. This book is mainly aimed at academics and researchers who will find in it the knowledge of the support of technology and its contribution to the circular economy, challenges, applications, and solutions to improve. Moreover, this book is aimed at management, industry experts, governments, and policymakers, whereby the book contains helpful examples from practice and applied recommendations. This book is for anyone interested in shaping a sustainable and resilient future. It provides diverse topics for raising awareness about the power of technology in promoting social well-being and economic prosperity.
Low-Carbon Cementitious Materials with 100% Solid Wastes
by Ju Zhang Changwang Yan Ru BaiThis book presents an innovative paradigm for synthesizing low-carbon cementitious materials through 100% utilization of industrial solid wastes, incorporating calcium sulphoaluminate and dicalcium silicate, which simultaneously addresses the dual challenges of bulk solid waste disposal and CO2 emission reduction in conventional cement production. The subject of this book is civil engineering material and industrial solid waste management. The research systematically explores the phase reconstruction mechanisms of multi-component solid wastes under controlled calcination conditions, hydration behavior evolution across curing ages with characterization of reaction products and pore structure development, and AC impedance spectroscopy-based hydration monitoring enhanced by ARIMA modeling. It further investigates the regulatory effects of desulfurization gypsum on hydration kinetics and microstructure, seawater-activated hydration pathways yielding hardened pastes with compressive strength, and machine learning-driven performance prediction. Engineering applications are demonstrated through optimized grouting materials exhibiting tailored flowability and interfacial bonding strength, concrete formulations with early-age strength development, and impact-resistant composites capable of absorbing energy. Environmental validation via life-cycle assessment confirms reduced resource and CO2 emissions, establishing a comprehensive framework for sustainable cementitious material development from waste valorization to engineered applications. Given its scope, the book is a valuable reference book for research students and reference resources for researchers, academics, and industrial scientists working in the field of civil engineering material and industrial solid waste management.
Designing for Tomorrow: First IFIP WG 13.8 Interaction Design for International Development, IDID 2024, Mumbai, India, November 7–9, 2024, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #747)
by Ganesh Bhutkar Sheethal Tom Debjani Roy Jose Abdelnour-NoceraThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP Working Group 13.8 Interaction Design for International Development, IDID 2024, held in Mumbai, India, during November 7–9, 2024. The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The aim of this working group is to pursue research and promote the discipline of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in an international context. It also provides a platform, where both emerging and experienced researchers from academia and industry can converge to exchange their latest findings in the ever-evolving realm of HCI and International Development.