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Logic in Computer Science
by Jian Zhang Hantao ZhangMathematical logic is an important basis for mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence alike. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to various logics, including classical propositional logic and first-order predicate logic, as well as equational logic, temporal logic, and Hoare logic. In addition, it presents proof procedures for classical logics and decision procedures for checking the satisfiability of logical formulas. The book assumes no background in logic. It presents logics as practical tools for solving various problems in artificial intelligence and formal verification. Accordingly, it is well suited for (junior and senior) undergraduate and graduate students majoring in computer science or mathematics. Each chapter includes roughly a dozen exercise problems, so as to help the reader understand the concepts and techniques discussed.
Designing Responsive City Centers: Applicable Urban Design Guidelines (Design Science and Innovation)
by Amir Shakibamanesh Mahshid GhorbanianThis book explores the history and evolution of city centers and provides practical guidance for designing successful city centers, emphasizing the importance of urban design guidelines in achieving this goal. With a focus on community engagement, environmental quality, and economic benefits, the book offers a roadmap for creating vibrant, dynamic, and sustainable city centers that enhance the overall quality of life for their communities. The book offers guidelines for urban design, which can be used to apply the main principles and solutions related to landscaping, building architecture, and access systems. The guidelines manifest development policies as key solutions and govern the qualitative aspects of the plan, enabling the creation of responsive city centers that benefit their communities. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in urban design and its role in shaping the cities of the future, this book is an essential tool for creating successful and sustainable urban environments.
Ecological Jurisprudence: The Law of Nature and the Nature of Law (Contemporary Environmental Law and Policy)
by Alessandro PelizzonThis open access book explores the rise of ecological jurisprudence, a transformative legal theory that challenges traditional legal boundaries. Drawing on over 15 years of research and teaching, the book offers a comprehensive theoretical exploration of this new approach to law, via a comprehensive examination of a wide range of initiatives from around the world, as well as a deep theoretical engagement with the implications of this novel legal theory. Covering a breadth of topics never before brought together with such clear and wide-ranging scope, this book points to the emergence of an ecological jurisprudence not only as a profound transformation of legal norms, but as a radical reimagination of law itself, and serves as a vital resource for scholars and practitioners interested in the future of environmental law Along with Stone’s Do Trees Have Standing? (1972), Cullinan’s Wild Law (2002), and the Ecuadorian Constitution (2008), we can now name Pelizzon’s Ecological Jurisprudence as a key milestone in the field. (Herman F. Greene, JD, DMin, Thomas Berry Scholar-in-Residence, The Earth Law Center) An immense gift to the field and to generations of lawyers to come, Ecological Jurisprudence contains teachings from which one could learn for a lifetime. (Katarina Hovden, University of Copenhagen) Alessandro Pelizzon's Ecological Jurisprudence is deeply-rooted in how the law can best serve the natural world, inspiring future lawyers with the kind of jurisprudence the natural world so urgently needs to exist. (Maria Mercedes Sánchez, Former Coordinator of the United Nations Harmony with Nature Programme) Pelizzon coins the term ‘ecological jurisprudence’ and mobilises it to create deep normative foundations for future environmental law developments. Any serious environmental scholar will have to engage with him because of the breadth and depth of what he achieves in this book. (Professor Afshin Akhtar-Khavari, QUT)
Innovations in Electronic Materials: ICEAMST 2024 (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)
by Hui-Ming Wee Mario Orlando Oliveira Subramanya K NThis book delves into the cutting-edge field of electronic materials, focusing on their pivotal role in shaping a sustainable and technologically advanced future. This comprehensive book brings together a selection of contributions that explore the transformative impact of electronic materials on various industries, including health care, aerospace, energy, and electronics. The book places a spotlight on the forefront of technological innovation, with a particular emphasis on nanoelectronics. Readers will navigate through the technological landscape of electronic materials, uncovering its significance in driving sustainable technologies that address the emerging challenges and also explore the emergent properties of electronic materials, such as multifunctionality, reliability, and scalability. Through in-depth analysis and case studies, this book showcases how these properties propel researchers in electronic material science toward ground-breaking solutions with real-world applications. This book serves as a collaborative and descriptive platform, fostering interdisciplinary discussions and knowledge exchange. It acts as a bridge between various fields, providing a space for researchers, scientists, and engineers to share cutting-edge discoveries and advancements. The book is more than a collection of articles; it is a forward-looking exploration of the dynamic nature of material science and technology. It highlights how researchers and engineers are pushing the boundaries, leveraging the remarkable properties of materials to create solutions that enhance efficiency, innovation, and sustainability.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering (Environmental Science and Engineering)
by Zuoyu Sun Prodip K. DasThis book contains the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering (ICEEEE 2024), which was held on August 17–18, 2024, in Xiamen, China. Jointly organized by Beijing Jiaotong University and Newcastle University, ICEEEE 2024 created an authoritative forum for the dissemination and discussion of energy and environmental engineering advancements. Offering a compendium of state-of-the-art research and practical findings, the proceedings bring to light the latest innovations in renewable energy technologies and systems, energy efficiency and conservation, environmental pollution and control, and the pursuit of sustainable development and green cities. Intended for a wide audience, including academics, industry professionals, and policymakers, this book provides valuable insights and serves as a key reference for anyone invested in the future of energy engineering and environmental stewardship
Introduction to Electrospinning and Nanofiber (Synthesis Lectures on Green Energy and Technology)
by Zhongchao Tan Hesheng YuThe target audience of this is senior undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and engineering practitioners who are about to enter or entering the fields of nanofiber, nanofiber materials, electrospinning, and the like. This book is expected to prepare the readers, rather than providing the details of any specifics. This type of book is necessary because many researchers in training need basics to jump start the projects related to the research topics above. They also need to understand the potential applications to be direct their research. However, this type of book is missing, regardless of many handbooks or books focused on a specific field. The first half of the book introduces the basics of electrospinning and nanofiber technologies, leading the readers into the field step by step. It is expected to set a solid foundation for researchers in training (e.g. graduate students) before the jump into the particular research project (e.g. PhD thesis project). The contents are ordered such way that junior researchers normally follow. This book can also be used as a general reference book for those who are interested in the subjects. Each chapter is written as independent as possible, with references listed at the end of the chapter. Readers who can dig deep into the field after reading the chapters and the references listed.
Creative Construction: Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond (Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century)
by Jan Groos and Christoph SorgDemocratic planning allows us to effectively address the multiple crises of our time through cooperative modes of collective coordination. Given the destructive consequences of contemporary capitalism, such a structural alternative to market economies is needed more than ever. This accessible work examines various approaches that theorise, practise and nurture a creative construction towards varieties of democratic planning. Drawing from current socio-economic and ecological movements, it explores what future non-capitalist democratic planning could look like. Bringing together important voices in the ongoing debates from scholars to activists, this volume proposes an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to democratic planning in the 21st century and beyond.
Archie Double Digest #358 (Archie Double Digest #358)
by Archie SuperstarsBRAND NEW STORY: The MLJ Museum is proud to welcome the New Crusaders for an event that’s sure to be magical, except they’re nowhere to be found! That’s not the only weird thing going on. Does anyone else think that those toys look a little TOO lifelike? If only there was a teenage witch around to help spell out what’s really going on.
The Language of Mothers
by Rain WrightThe Language of Mothers is a hybrid memoir grounded in the power of prose and poetry. It is an imaginative tapestry of women' s storytelling that punctures narrative craft to illuminate the inheritance of domestic trauma and the voicing of familial stories that are healing spaces that carry through time. The Language of Mothers is about two mothers caught in abusive relationships, impoverished with children, with few avenues of escape. These stories shed light on the culture of American motherhood as a failure for women, perpetuating a system of patriarchal ideals that only values the nuclear family as whole spaces of abundance, love, and worth. At nineteen, Rain Wright' s mother left Dronfield, England, traveling through Europe before landing in New York in the turbulent 1960s. Swept up in the changing societal wave, Elizabeth, her mother travels to California, where she meets her future abuser, Rain' s father. This memoir is the story of Elizabeth' s courageous escape with three young children, and it is the story of Rain' s escape decades later. The Language of Mothers navigates the inheritance of trauma, finding that storytelling and art, for both women, become the impetus for healing. Elizabeth packs her children' s belongings in black plastic bags and hides them in the brush along Elk Ridge Road, in California, making her daring escape with the help of friends and an ex-lover. She flies with her children across an ocean to the safety of Hawai?i, where she finds art, lomi lomi, music, and security. After Elizabeth' s passing from breast cancer in 1996, her stories, inherited from years of car rides around Hawai?i Island, are the language of mythmaking. The Language of Mothers is an intimate look at why women stay too long in abusive relationships and an act of defiance and regenerative love. Rain' s story is a tapestry of early childhood trauma as witness to her mother' s abuse, domestic terror at the hands of her children' s father, and her own escape narrative. The Language of Mothers deeply sees the aftereffects of domestic abuse, including her eldest daughter' s suicide attempts, her middle daughter' s strive for perfection, and her youngest daughter' s need for control through anorexia. Women' s stories can heal. Rain interweaves traumatic parts of her past but recounts acts of love, telling her daughters stories and becoming their storyteller.
The Routledge Companion to American Film History (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)
by Paula J. MassoodPresenting new and diverse scholarship, this collection brings together original essays that explore American film history from a fresh perspective.Comprising an introduction and 34 chapters written by leading scholars from around the globe, and edited by Pamela Robertson Wojcik and Paula J. Massood, this collection offers discussions of the American film industry from previously unexplored vantage points. Rather than follow a chronological format, as with most film histories, this Companion offers a multiplicity of approaches to historiography and is arranged according to often underdeveloped or overlooked areas in American film, including topics such as alternate archives, hidden labor, histories of style, racialized technologies, cinema’s material cultures, spectators and fans, transnational film production, intermedial histories, history in and about films, and the historical afterlives of cinema.An exciting collection for serious film studies students and scholars interested in new perspectives and fresh approaches to thinking about and doing American film history.
Psychoanalysis and Governance: Discourse and Decisions, Identities and Futures
by Kristof Van Assche Monica GruezmacherPsychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making that maintains and reshapes communities.This book is highly relevant to those interested in the ever-expanding field of applications of psychoanalysis and for all those willing to observe the discursive and affective underpinnings of public policy, administration, and planning. It locates the potential for self-analysis and self-transformation within governance, yet also indicates governance as the confluence of diverging understandings of the ideas of community and governance itself, as the place where competing desires and variegated patterns of fears and hopes collide and hold the transformational potential to destabilize the community.Building on Freudian, Lacanian, and other psychoanalytic traditions, the book enriches our understanding of governance, the way communities remember and forget, are haunted by the past, remain untransparent to themselves yet also retain the possibility of reinvention, of imagining alternative selves, new futures, and discover paths to move in that direction. This book will be a suitable for psychoanalysts, planners, and all those interested in informed governance.
Business Sustainability Framework: Theory and Practice
by Zabihollah RezaeeProviding a practical and accessible introduction to a complex yet essential area, Business Sustainability Framework enables readers to integrate and report on sustainability from business and accounting perspectives.The author explores how organizations of all sizes can adopt an integrated strategic approach to business sustainability, encompassing planning, performance, reporting, and assurance. Grounded in the latest research, the book includes topics such as shareholder and stakeholder governance models, business sustainability factors and initiatives, sustainability theories, standards and best practices, the use of AI, and financial reporting and auditing initiatives.An ideal introduction for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of sustainability governance, performance, risk, reporting, and assurance, this textbook equips readers with the knowledge and skills necessary to become successful business leaders in sustainability.
A Roadmap for Transformative Science Teacher Leadership: Building Meaningful Professional Development in Districts
by Arthur EisenkraftThis book is a comprehensive guide to an effective Science Education Fellowship (SEF) program. Spanning more than ten years and involving hundreds of teachers, District Science Coordinators, and university faculty, the Wipro SEF program has empowered teachers to become leaders who drive meaningful, sustainable change in their schools and districts without leaving the classroom.Offering an in-depth look at the SEF program’s structure, from its foundation in teacher leadership development to its innovative adaptations across seven universities and 35 school districts; the book presents a roadmap for implementing similar programs in other school districts, targeting teacher retention, teacher development, and fostering student growth. Readers will find detailed explanations of key program components, and the vital roles of district science coordinators and higher education institutions. Through a mix of theoretical insights, practical strategies, and testimonials from program participants, the book provides a comprehensive model for educators, administrators, and university leaders who aspire to replicate or adapt the SEF program in their own contexts.Ideal for both educators and school administrators, this book will allow you to gain valuable insights into building and sustaining a program that empowers teacher-leaders, drives district-wide transformation, and ultimately improves student outcomes in science education.
The Evolution of the Unconscious: Exploring Persons, Groups, Nature and Spirit
by Susan LongDrawing on over four decades of professional and academic experience, Susan Long explores how the concept of the unconscious has evolved from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, showing that it is more than an individual phenomenon, but also a group, organisational and institutional phenomena.Each chapter examines theories that use the idea of the unconscious, first covering the work of Schelling, Freud, Bion, and Lacan. After examining traditional psychoanalytic ethos, the author takes a look at the mid-twentieth century extension of the meaning of the unconscious towards the social field. Here, she explores three main traditional categories of approaches: the Neo-Freudians, the Frankfurt School and social scientists, historians and anthropologists. The book also covers the idea of approaching the unconscious from the perspective of the neurosciences, as well as its connections with nature, showing a broader, more cosmic view of the unconscious in nature and the universe. Lastly, Long looks at how we might understand today’s organisations and society through the lens of the changing ideas presented throughout the book. Broad sweeping and accessible, this book is a valuable resource for organisational psychologists, consultants, and managers exploring psychoanalytic and socioanalytic approaches, as well as those in academic settings wanting to pursue an interest in the unconscious.
Care and Disability: Relational Representations (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)
by Talia Schaffer D. Christopher GabbardCare and Disability is an edited collection offering critical perspectives on representations of care and disability, by emerging and established scholars across multiple periods, regions, and genres of literary studies.The authors demonstrate the range of fields in which care ethics can elucidate alternative cultural and social dynamics, including Indigenous, African American, and Asian texts, and historical eras that predate the modern medical profession. This collection is committed to drawing out the changing racial, gendered, classed, and sexual elements of care, emphasizing how care communities develop as alternatives to the heteronormative couple and the nuclear family. Drawing from the care ethics and disability theory, the work in this volume demonstrates the possibilities inherent in this new cutting-edge field.It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, care ethics, sociology, narrative medicine, Romanticism, eighteenth-century studies, transatlantic nineteenth-century studies, film, and contemporary race studies.
Genetic Diversity of Fruits and Nuts: Sustainable Utilization
by Hosakatte Niranjana MurthyGenetic Diversity of Fruits and Nuts: Sustainable Utilization presents an account of the diversity and possible exploitation of such variability in the improvement of varied fruits and nuts of the world. Expert authors in the field have addressed the significance of fruit and nut crops’ genetic variability for their sustainable exploitation to develop new cultivars that can cater to growers' needs, adapt to climate change, and address the rising need for food.
Organizational Compassion: A Relational Approach
by Ace Volkmann Simpson Miguel Pina Cunha Stewart Clegg Arménio Rego Marco BertiOrganizational compassion provides a multitude of benefits at individual, team and organizational levels. These encompass heightened positive affect, trust, engagement, loyalty, performance, resilience, and recovery. This important book provides an accessible yet scholarly overview of key academic findings and theories on organizational compassion. It equips readers with tools for reflection, awakening and practical application of compassion within the workplace across dyadic, team and organizational contexts. Historically, compassion work has been largely unacknowledged in official organizational discourse. Yet, wherever there are human beings, there will be suffering; where there is human suffering, one can often find human responses infused with kindness and compassion. This observation holds true across industries, professions, and communities. The book explores the complexities of organizational compassion, analyzing the factors that enhance organizational compassion capabilities, as well as those that make compassion falter and fail. The primary aim of this book is to foster the cultivation of organizational compassion by providing a provocative, stimulating and engaging foray into the academic study of organizational compassion for readers, ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate and executive students, as well as reflective practitioners. In a world marked by suffering and challenges, a research-based understanding and fostering of compassion at work, offers a path towards a better future.
The Wedding
by Sarah EdghillA stylish wedding. A reunion of old friends. But beneath the surface, secrets simmer and soon spiral into a storm of betrayal, guilt, and heartbreak . . . Meg hasn&’t felt as close to her university friends in recent years. They&’ve all moved on to lead successful, fast-paced lives, while she has settled into marriage and motherhood. Now, with her confidence in tatters, she&’s dreading how she&’ll compare at her friend Polly&’s lavish wedding. However, as soon as the drinks start flowing, Meg&’s anxieties turn into something far more dangerous. A phone call from her husband puts her on edge and, as Meg reaches for another glass, the night takes an alarming turn—drunken confessions, old flames, and a secret that could destroy someone&’s life forever. Friendships are tested, love is tainted, and over the course of a single weekend, nothing will ever be the same . . . From bestselling author Sarah Edghill comes a novel full of drama and suspense, perfect for fans of Sally Hepworth and Amanda Prowse.&“Sarah Edghill knows how to pinpoint what goes on in families.&” —Rachel Joyce, author of The Music Shop on A Thousand Tiny Disappointments
Moonlight Mischief (Star Friends)
by Linda ChapmanIn this latest Star Friends adventure Sita, Mia, Lexi, Violet, and their Star Animals are tasked with finding out who—or what—is behind the mysterious midnight cleanup in their town. With black-and-white illustrations throughout.When the residents of Westport enter the Best Small Town competition, they appear to have a helping hand--someone has cleaned up the town overnight! No one knows who has mowed the lawns and painted the fences, but the town is looking neater than ever. But then pets and toys start to disappear. The townspeople are upset and worried. Star Friends Sita, Mia, Lexi, and Violet suspect that once again, dark magic is involved. Together with their Star Animals, the girls will need to use all of their skills to solve this latest mystery.In the Star Friends chapter book series, Mia and her friends Lexi, Sita, and Violet all discover that they are Star Friends -- they can communicate with the animals that have traveled from the Star World. The animals show the girls how to use their unique magic abilities to do good. A whole world of magical adventures awaits!
Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with our Nonhuman Symbionts
by N. Katherine HaylesA new theory of mind that includes nonhuman and artificial intelligences. The much-lauded superiority of human intelligence has not prevented us from driving the planet into ecological disaster. For N. Katherine Hayles, the climate crisis demands that we rethink basic assumptions about human and nonhuman intelligences. In Bacteria to AI, Hayles develops a new theory of mind—what she calls an integrated cognitive framework (ICF)—that includes the meaning-making practices of lifeforms from bacteria to plants, animals, humans, and some forms of artificial intelligence. Through a sweeping survey of evolutionary biology, computer science, and contemporary literature, Hayles insists that another way of life, with ICF at its core, is not only possible but necessary to safeguard our planet’s future
Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma (10th Anniversary Edition): Calming the Fear-Driven Brain
by Sebern F. FisherThe celebrated text on working with the circuitry of the brain to restore emotional health—with a new preface from the author. The brain’s circuitry reveals much about its role in our emotional stability and resilience. Neurofeedback allows clinicians to guide their clients as they learn to transform these brain-wave patterns. In this revolutionary book, experienced clinician Sebern Fisher demonstrates neurofeedback’s profound ability to help treat one of the most intractable mental health concerns of our time: severe childhood abuse, neglect, or abandonment, otherwise known as developmental trauma. A mix of fundamental theory, nuts-and-bolts practice, and compelling case studies, this book delivers an accessible look at the mind and brain in developmental trauma, what a “trauma identity” looks like, and how neurofeedback can be used to retrain the brain, thereby fostering a healthier, more stable state of mind. Now celebrating a decade of publication, Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma remains a cornerstone text in the field, and a new preface from the author grounds the book in the most current neurofeedback modalities.
Indian Cookery Course
by Monisha Bharadwaj'Monisha Bharadwaj [is] an Indian cooking authority,' The New York TimesThis comprehensive guide to Indian cooking explores the myriad regional varieties of authentic, healthy and lesser known Indian recipes. With chapters broken down into: Rice, Breads, Meat, Fish & Seafood, Poultry, Eggs, Dairy, Lentils & Beans, Vegetables, Snack & Sides, Grills, Salads & Raitas, Chutneys & Relishes, Desserts and Drinks, Monisha covers a varied range of dishes as well as providing insights into ingredients, techniques and step-by-step masterclasses to help you recreate classic and popular recipes. Monisha offers a vivid overview of India's colourful traditions and geographical differences, from the earthy lentil dishes of the North to the coconut-based curries which are a staple in the South. Including advice on the building blocks of Indian cuisine, such as how to make a basic curry and how to cook the perfect rice, plus tips on the different varieties of rice and how to shop for the best type for each dish. Monisha teaches you how to make traditional Indian food at home, based on the principles of good health and touching on the values of Ayurveda. The Indian Cookery Course is the ultimate guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Indian food.
The Wild Swimmers (DS Alexandra Cupidi #5)
by William Shaw'Shaw's novels combine a strong central character with an atmospheric setting and original plots' Sunday TimesIf only Alexandra Cupidi had turned south instead of north, she would have found the dead woman.Instead it is her vulnerable daughter Zoë who stumbles across Mimi Greene's lifeless body on the shoreline. A regular wild swimmer with a group of close friends, it's out of character for Mimi to have been swimming alone, especially in bad weather. DS Cupidi starts to suspect this is more than just an accidental drowning.Meanwhile, her friend and colleague Jill Ferriter receives a mysterious letter from a man who claims to be her father. Stephen Dowles has been in prison for the last twenty years, convicted of two brutal and senseless murders.With Cupidi obsessed by the death of Mimi Greene, Ferriter must lean on Bill South to uncover the facts around Dowles' conviction, revisiting old colleagues and criminals.The Wild Swimmers is an explosive return to the DS Alexandra Cupidi Series, where the shores of the south Kent coastline expose deadly secrets.
Dead of Night: The edge-of-your seat Berlin wartime thriller from the master storyteller (CI Schenke #2)
by Simon ScarrowYOU CAN PRE-ORDER A DEATH IN BERLIN, THE NEW BERLIN WARTIME THRILLER FROM SIMON SCARROW, NOW - COMING MARCH 2025'A compelling, atmospheric page-turner' STEVE CAVANAGH'Gripping and compelling . . . balances immersive historical scene-setting with masterful plotting' DAN JONES'A seriously gripping story - an outsider hero in jeopardy, a world of brooding danger, and an entirely, terrifyingly believable denouement' OWEN MATTHEWSBERLIN, JANUARY 1940Germany has conquered Poland. The world is praying for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute. One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return home from an evening out. By sunrise, the doctor will be lifeless in a pool of blood. There is pressure to record the incident as a suicide, but the first evidence uncovered by Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke points to a chillingly staged murder. The investigation is swiftly blocked by Schenke's superiors, but he can't let it go. When he uncovers links to the mysterious death of a child, a terrifying secret begins to emerge. In times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places no man should ever enter. And Schenke fears he may not return alive . . . 'A chilling and accomplished historical thriller' VASEEM KHAN 'An absolute stone-cold page-turner' S. G. MacLEAN
Noah and the Stork
by Penny McCuskerThis Stork Was Nine Years Late!When Noah Bryant returns home to Erskine, Montana, he's not anticipating a hero's welcome. After all, he abandoned the town-and his high school girlfriend-right after the prom and hasn't spoken to anyone there since. But the last person he expects to meet is his nine-year-old daughter, Jessie...a daughter he didn't know he had.When Noah returns, Janey realizes she never really stopped loving him. And he seems eager to be a part of Jessie's life, and hers. But Noah's back in Erskine for more than personal reasons; he has a business proposition that could seriously affect the whole town. And if there's anything Janey loves as much as her family, it's Erskine.