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A Basic Course in Topology (Compact Textbooks in Mathematics)
by Gerd Laures Markus SzymikThis book serves as an introduction to topology, a branch of mathematics that studies the qualitative properties of geometric objects. It is designed as a bridge between elementary courses in analysis and linear algebra and more advanced classes in algebraic and geometric topology, making it particularly suitable for both undergraduate and graduate mathematics students. Additionally, it can be used for self-study. The authors employ the modern language of category theory to unify and clarify the concepts presented, with definitions supported by numerous examples and illustrations. The book includes over 170 exercises that reinforce and deepen the understanding of the material. Many sections feature brief insights into advanced topics, providing a foundation for study projects or seminar presentations. In addition to set-theoretic topology, the book covers essential concepts such as fundamental groups, covering spaces, bundles, sheaves, and simplicial methods, which are vital in contemporary geometry and topology.
Radfahren – eine Soziologie aus dem Sattel: Das Fahrrad als Haustier, Gesetzesbrecher und Lebensstilikone
by Christian StegbauerDieses Buch nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise durch die Welt des Radfahrens aus dem Blickwinkel eines Soziologen. Es zeigt die Verwobenheit des Fahrrads mit unserem Alltag und dessen Einfluss auf unsere Lebensweise. Radfahren ist nicht nur Fortbewegung, sondern auch Freiheit, Autonomie und Abenteuer. Das Fahrrad vermittelt ein Gefühl der Unabhängigkeit, das viele erstmals als Kinder erleben, wenn sich der Bewegungsradius mit dem ersten eigenen Rad plötzlich stark erweitert. Wer radelt, lernt den Genuss der Geschwindigkeit kennen – und das sich nach einer langen Tour einstellende Körpergefühl. Der Text beleuchtet zudem, wie das Fahrrad unsere Städte verändert. Gerade in den letzten Jahren, nicht zuletzt während der Pandemie, hat das Fahrrad einen Boom erlebt. Menschen entdeckten es als bessere, umweltfreundliche Alternative zum Auto und zum öffentlichen Nahverkehr. Mit der wachsenden Zahl von Radfahrern kommt auch die Herausforderung, den begrenzten städtischen Raum neu zu verteilen: Radwege, autofreie Zonen, Lastenräder sind Teil eines Wandels, der die Lebensqualität steigern und neue Formen der Mobilität etablieren kann. Radfahren erscheint zwar zunächst wie eine rein individuelle Erfahrung, ist aber von Natur aus sozial und kulturell geprägt: Wir begegnen anderen Radfahrern, passen uns gegenseitig an und lernen von ihnen. Es bringt Menschen zusammen, sei es auf einer Reise oder beim abendlichen Treffen in der Lieblingskneipe, und es ermöglicht, Städte und Landschaften aus einer anderen Perspektive zu erleben.
Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops: Istanbul, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2025, Proceedings, Part IV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15889)
by Osvaldo Gervasi Beniamino Murgante Chiara Garau Yeliz Karaca Francesco Scorza Ana Cristina Braga Maria Noelia Faginas LagoThe fourteen-volume set LNCS 15886-15899 constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during June 30–July 3, 2025. The 362 full papers, 37 short papers and 2 PHD showcase included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 1043 submissions. In addition, the conference consisted of 58 workshops, focusing on very topical issues of importance to science, technology and society: from new mathematical approaches for solving complex computational systems, to information and knowledge in the Internet of Things, new statistical and optimization methods, several Artificial Intelligence approaches, sustainability issues, smart cities and related technologies.
Domestic Violence in Medicine and Psychotherapy: Personalized Interventions for Victims and in Perpetrator Counseling
by Horia FabiniThis specialist book provides essential insights for professionals: Domestic violence is not a mental disorder—it is a threatening scenario that entails significant risks for those affected. Psychotherapy, whether for victims or perpetrators, is rarely the first-choice intervention. When used inappropriately or as the primary focus, it can even exacerbate existing dangers. In cases of domestic violence, safety must always take precedence—regardless of whether the work involves supporting victims or counseling perpetrators. Topics covered include: Risk and threat assessment Risk management Crisis intervention Consulting on protective measures across different threat situations Professional support for victims Counseling of perpetrators Collaboration with authorities and support services Professional cooperation and networking About the Author:Horia Fabini is a psychological psychotherapist, group therapist (BAG), psychotraumatologist (DeGPT), specialist in emergency psychology, criminal psychologist, as well as a supervisor and teaching therapist (DVT). He also works as a prevention manager for extremism and radicalization, an expert assessor specializing in forensic and risk evaluations, and serves as the scientific director of the Emergency Psychology Curriculum at the Bodelschwingh Academy in Berlin. Additionally, he teaches at various other educational institutions.
Radar Signal Processing for Autonomous Driving (Signals and Communication Technology)
by Jonah GambaThe subject of this book is theory, principles and methods used in radar algorithm development with a special focus on automotive radar signal processing. In the automotive industry, autonomous driving is currently a hot topic that leads to numerous applications for both safety and driving comfort. It is estimated that full autonomous driving will be realized in the next twenty to thirty years and one of the enabling technologies is radar sensing. This book presents both detection and tracking topics specifically for automotive radar processing. It provides illustrations, figures and tables for the reader to quickly grasp the concepts and start working on practical solutions. The complete and comprehensive coverage of the topic provides both professionals and newcomers with all the essential methods and tools required to successfully implement and evaluate automotive radar processing algorithms.
A Guide to a Healthier Planet 3: Scientific Insights and Actionable Steps to Help Resolve Climate, Pollution and Biodiversity Issues
by Erlijn van GenuchtenThis successor volume builds upon the previous books with additional chapters meant to inspire readers to take action towards a healthier planet. It focuses on closing the gap between scientific insights on pressing environmental issues that do not often reach the general public, and putting that scientific knowledge in the hands of everyday people who can use these insights to take action against climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The goal of this work is to share fascinating facts about nature and sustainability to inspire taking action toward a healthier planet, and to provide ideas on how we can take action to solve environmental issues in an informed and easy-to-understand way. All chapters are based on open-access research articles covering various environmental issues and solutions that are not often disseminated in popular discourse but are nonetheless important for non-scientific audiences to understand and become familiar with. They allow readers to explore the broad range of concepts and issues and recognize the far-reaching consequences, and trigger the desire to take action. Also, each chapter provides concrete ideas of how we as individuals can take action in daily life to make a positive difference related to the issues described. The book is a multimodal work, as it includes images and videos that accompany the text.
Advances in Fuzzy Logic and Technology: 14th Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology, EUSFLAT 2025, Riga, Latvia, July 21–25, 2025, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15884)
by Vladik Kreinovich Bernard De Baets Jesús Medina Michał Baczyński Michal HolčapekThis two-volume set LNCS 15883-15884 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology, EUSFLAT 2025, held in Riga, Latvia, during July 21–25, 2025.The 45 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are divided into special sessions on: fuzzy relations and applications; fuzzy transforms; generalized quantifiers, logical syllogisms and applications; fuzzy entropy; fuzzy metric spaces and their generalizations; information fusion techniques; mathematical fuzzy logic; modeling complex dynamics: adapting analytical tools for diverse scenarios; new contexts in aggregation theory; representing and managing uncertainty; soft methods in statistical inference and data analysis; type 2 fuzzy sets; and advancements and applications of fuzzy theory.
Erleben und Bewältigungshandeln von Familien häuslich beatmeter Kinder und Jugendlicher
by Sandra FalksonSandra Falkson widmet sich in ihrer Studie der Frage, wie Familien den Alltag mit einem langzeitbeatmeten Kind erleben, welche Herausforderungen sie bewältigen und welche Strategien sie dafür entwickeln. Auf Basis der Grounded Theory wurden Interviews mit 21 Familien geführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Familien große Anpassungsleistungen erbringen, um ein Gleichgewicht zwischen intensivmedizinischer Versorgung und normalem Familienleben zu wahren. Die Autorin betont die Bedeutung nachhaltiger Versorgungskonzepte, die nicht nur das beatmete Kind, sondern die gesamte Familie unterstützen und entlasten.
Historical Industrial Buildings and their Real Estate Utilisation: Comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom (Studien zum nachhaltigen Bauen und Wirtschaften)
by Thomas Glatte Robin Groer Patrick J. MorrisseyBoth Germany and the United Kingdom have economically vital cities and peripheral locations that contain historic industrial structures or districts. This prompts the question of how to manage historic industrial buildings, and how they can be preserved to maintain their value while simultaneously benefiting future generations. This book focuses on the potential and redevelopment opportunities of historical industrial buildings. While on the one hand, these historical industrial buildings reflect culturally significant buildings and sites deserving of appreciation and hence preservation, on the other hand, they are frequently situated in promising and fascinating locations that could represent significant possibilities for urban development and neighborhood planning. This publication is part of the series Studien zum nachhaltigen Bauen und Wirtschaften.
Beyond the Teacup: 18th Century Sino-British Tea Trade and Design Cultural Exchange
by Chi ZhangThis book focuses on tea-ware design exchanges between China and the UK since the middle of 17th Century, and explores how design encouraged trade and how the market demand influenced the development of design. The spirit of Chinese tea came to Britain alone with tea itself, and enriched the design of tea-ware, as well as British tea culture. During this process, tea-related oriental aesthetics evolved into an aesthetic image mechanism and developed as aesthetic concept, which infiltrated from private space to social space.
Intelligent Biomaterials: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications
by Zhe LiuThis book presents the latest advances in intelligent biomaterials, a fast developing area for disease diagnosis and treatments, health management and rehabilitations. In particular, this book focuses on versatile types of emerging intelligent biomaterials as well as their multiple roles in smart biosensors, tissue engineering, medical meta-data analysis, micro/nanorobotics and artificial intelligence-based theranostics. These state-of-the-art technologies and updated knowledge are expected to reshape the future trend of biomaterials, and more importantly integrate biomaterials and intelligence together as a single entity to serve human health improvements. On this basis, this book aims to elucidate the concept and domain of intelligent biomaterials, and discuss on their cutting-edge applications. It will provide a vast readership, including students, scientists, researchers and professional staff in the trans-disciplinary community, with a brand-new viewpoint to learn about the frontiers of intelligent biomaterials.
Artificial Intelligence and Complex Dynamical Systems (Understanding Complex Systems)
by Giorgos TsironisThis book serves as a comprehensive introduction to nonlinear complex systems through the application of machine learning methods. Artificial intelligence (AI) has affected the foundations of scientific discovery, and can therefore lend itself to developing a better understanding of the unpredictable nature of complex dynamical systems and to predict their future evolution. Utilizing Python code, this book teaches and applies machine learning to topics such as chaotic dynamics and time-series analysis, solitons, breathers, chimeras, nonlinear localization, biomolecular dynamics, and wave propagation in the heart. The consistent integration of methods and models allow for readers to develop a necessary intuition on how to handle complexity through AI. This textbook contains a wealth of expository material, code, and example problems to support and organize academic coursework, allowing the technical nature of these areas of study to become highly accessible. Requiring only a basic background in mathematics and coding in Python, this book is an essential text for a wide array of advanced undergraduate or graduate students in the applied sciences interested in complex systems through the lens of machine learning.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe at 50: Conflict Management During and After the Cold War
by Philip Terrence HopmannThis book traces the development of the OSCE from the opening of negotiations in 1973 of the Helsinki Final Act up to its 50th anniversary in 2025, focusing on the transition from a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe (and the US and Canada) during the final 15 years of the Cold War to its post-Cold war focus on managing conflicts in the post-communist regions of Europe after the Cold War. It analyzes developments in this region as a competition between realist and liberal/institutionalist ideas, arguing that the OSCE was constructed by its participating states as a liberal international institution that has succumbed to a renewal of "realist" ideas and actions that have reappeared in the first 25 years of the 21st century and have thereby threatened its effectiveness in enhancing security, cooperation and peace in Europe, culminating with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops: Istanbul, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2025, Proceedings, Part VI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15891)
by Osvaldo Gervasi Beniamino Murgante Chiara Garau Yeliz Karaca Francesco Scorza Ana Cristina Braga Maria Noelia Faginas LagoThe fourteen-volume set LNCS 15886-15899 constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during June 30–July 3, 2025. The 362 full papers, 37 short papers and 2 PHD showcase included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 1043 submissions. In addition, the conference consisted of 58 workshops, focusing on very topical issues of importance to science, technology and society: from new mathematical approaches for solving complex computational systems, to information and knowledge in the Internet of Things, new statistical and optimization methods, several Artificial Intelligence approaches, sustainability issues, smart cities and related technologies.
Light Metals 2025 (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)
by Les EdwardsThe Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology. The annual Light Metals volume has become the definitive reference in the field of aluminum production and related light metal technologies. The 2025 collection includes contributions from the following symposia: Alumina & Bauxite Aluminum Alloys: Development and Manufacturing Aluminum Reduction Technology Decarbonization and Sustainability in Aluminum Primary Processing: Joint Session of Aluminum Reduction, Electrode Technology, and REWAS 2025 Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production Melt Processing, Casting and Recycling Recycling and Sustainability in Cast Shop Technology: Joint Session with REWAS 2025 Scandium Extraction and Use in Aluminum Alloys
Dark Romanticism: Literature, Art, and the Body (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)
by Silvia RiccardiThis book explores the dark regions of Romantic imagination in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literature and art. It uncovers the palpable and pleasing anxiety about the human body in the works of Henry Fuseli, William Blake, and Mary Shelley, focusing on the negotiations of pleasure and pain, life and death, beauty and monstrosity. Each of the works examined revolves in some manner around the breakdown of an idealized body in order to illuminate the transition from organic to fragmented form. This approach involves reorienting conventional accounts of Romanticism around the emergence of a visual paradigm. Engaging with cultures of print, aesthetic discourse, anatomical art, as well as natural historical knowledge circulating in England at the turn of the century, Dark Romanticism cultivates visual literacy and argues that literary and pictorial elements are inseparable when imagination is at work.
Urea Transporters: Principle and Function of Urea Transport (Subcellular Biochemistry #118)
by Baoxue Yang Jeff M. SandsThis book intends to report the new progress of studies on urea transporters. The mechanisms and physiological functions of urea transporters across biological membranes are subjects of long-standing interests. Although urea represents roughly 40% of all urinary solutes in normal human urine, the handling of urea in the tissues has been largely neglected in the past and few clinical or experimental studies report data on urea. Unlike recent physiological books that mostly focus on water and electrolyte physiology，the aim of this book is to stimulate further research in new directions by providing novel and provocative insights into the further mechanisms and physiological significance of urea transport in mammals. This book offers a state-of-the-art report on recent discoveries concerning urea transport and where the field is going. It mainly focuses on advances made over the past 30 years on the genetics, protein structure, molecular biology, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology of urea transport in mammalian cell membranes. It will help graduate students and researchers to get an overall picture of mammalian urea transporters and may also yield benefits for pharmaceutical companies with regard to drug discovery based on the urea transporter. This is the 2nd edition of the book. It builds upon the foundational insights of the previous edition, featuring expands content with new chapters and updated chapters to deepen understanding of urea transporters' mechanisms, functions, and significance, reflecting the latest advancements in this research area.
Long Range Inductive Power Transfer (CPSS Power Electronics Series)
by Dianguo Xu Yijie Wang Jianwei Mai Peng GuThis book is inductive power transfer (IPT) in power electronics. In order to improve the coupling coefficient, improve the quality factor, and control the harmonics, the method of analysis and design of the IPT system is proposed. By increasing the coupling coefficient of the magnetic coupling structure and improving the quality factor of the system, the efficiency of the system is improved and the distance of IPT is extended. The applicable readers are scholars, undergraduates and postgraduates in the field of power electronics.
European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2024 (European Yearbook of International Economic Law #15)
by Markus Krajewski Jörg Philipp Terhechte Marc Bungenberg Andreas R. Ziegler Christina Binder Jelena Bäumler Christian J. Tams Giesela RühlAs global economic governance faces mounting challenges—from climate change to geopolitical shifts—the 2024 edition of EYIEL revisits the enduring debate of fragmentation vs. integration in international economic law. Exploring trade, investment, sustainability, and human rights, this volume examines the evolving interplay between economic regulation and pressing global concerns. With insights from leading scholars, it asks: Are we moving towards greater legal cohesion or deeper disintegration?
Demenz ist vermeidbar: Mit vielseitiger und koordinativ anspruchsvoller Bewegung geistig vital bleiben
by Ulrich Scheuerl Peter RieckmannWer seinen Körper durch vielseitige Bewegung regelmäßig auf Trab hält, kann das Demenz- und Alzheimerrisiko reduzieren. Das Buch eines ambitionierten Rentners und eines international anerkannten Neurologen mit Schwerpunkt Hirngesundheit widmet sich diesem wichtigen Präventionsthema. Zu Beginn führen vier Kapitel in die Theorie der Demenzvermeidung ein und erläutern, warum koordinative Bewegung für die Erneuerung des Gehirns so wichtig ist. Die nächsten Abschnitte widmen sich der praktischen Umsetzung von unterschiedlichen körperlichen Aktivitäten. Es werden eine große Auswahl von Übungen sowie sportliche Maßnahmen für motivierte Anfänger oder bereits ambitionierte Sportler vorgestellt. Besonders berücksichtigt werden Personen, denen Bewegung schwer fällt oder die erste Anzeichen von Demenz verspüren. Mit dieser Anleitung kann ein aktiver Lebensstil leicht nachgeahmt werden. Ganz genau nach dem Credo des Buches: Nur altersgemäßer Ausdauersport, wie Radfahren oder Walking ist zu wenig, er stärkt zwar Herz und Kreislauf, fordert aber zu wenig das Gehirn. Ein Praktiker der Bewegung und ein Kenner des Gehirns haben gemeinsam aufgeschrieben, wie man durch gezielte Bewegung das Gehirn im Alter gesund erhalten kann, selbst wenn man seinen grauen Zellen im Leben einiges zugemutet hat. Das Buch will motivieren sich vielseitig und gezielt zu bewegen und richtet sich an Menschen unterschiedlichen Alters, die mit abwechslungsreicher Bewegung und anderer Aktivitäten geistig vital bleiben wollen.
ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach, Vol II
by Subhash Todi Rajesh ChawlaThe third edition of this highly successful book includes up-to-date notes on the step-wise management of clinical emergencies encountered in everyday intensive care units (ICU). Each thoroughly revised chapter provides concise information for point-of-care treatment, making it a practical guide clinicians can refer to on a daily basis at work while traveling, or just to expand their knowledge. Volume 2 of ICU Protocols covers topics in the endocrine and metabolic systems, oncology, trauma, toxicology, envenomation and thermoregulation, obstetrics, perioperative care, pediatrics, and ICU procedures. Pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, nephrology, and infectious diseases are covered in the first volume of ICU Protocols. This two-volume book is a must-read for intensivists, critical care specialists, junior trainees, and residents working in ICUs. It is also relevant as course material for workshops on critical care, and essential for all hospital-based libraries. &“This book provides junior trainees with an introduction to the management of problems common to the critical care unit.&” David J Dries, Doody&’s Book Reviews, March 2013, for the first edition of ICU Protocols.
Contrastive Linguistics (Peking University Linguistics Research #1)
by Ping KeThis book serves as an introduction to contrastive linguistics - the synchronic study of two or more languages, with the aim of discovering their differences and similarities, especially the former, and applying these discoveries to related areas of language study and practice. It discusses the principles and methods, and contrasts English, Chinese, German, and other languages at phonological, lexical, grammatical, textual, and pragmatic levels, focusing more on the useful insights contrastive analysis provides into real-world problems in fields such as applied linguistics, translation and translation studies, English or Chinese as a foreign language, and communication than on the discipline itself.
Constructing Worlds of Labour: Coverage and Generosity of Labour Law as Outcomes of Regulatory Social Policy (Global Dynamics of Social Policy)
by Irene Dingeldey Ulrich Mückenberger Heiner FechnerThis open access book simultaneously addresses both the segmenting and the egalitarian function of individual labour law, in almost all countries of the world, in some chapters following up from its origin to the present. Its socio-legal approach fills gaps for sociological, legal and historical research of regulatory social policy. Labour law is dealt with both in qualitative (theoretical, hermeneutic and historical) and in quantitative manner (with the leximetrics method developing new ways to measure generosity and coverage of law). This is a groundbreaking contribution to regulatory social policy research. By indicating the relevance and the mechanisms of legal segmentation for labour market segmentation, unequal opportunities and social stratification it provides evidence for the assumptions that social segmentation does not only stem from market forces, but also from the law itself. Even the rising impact of egalitarian law cannot fully cope with legal segmentation. The book chapters place particular emphasis on the development in countries of the Global South.
The Mathematical Heritage of Guido Weiss (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)
by Anita Tabacco Fernando Soria Fulvio Ricci Eugenio Hernández Marco Maria PelosoThis work is a tribute to the life and work of Guido Weiss, a mathematician whose profound contributions shaped the field of harmonic analysis over a span of more than six decades. His groundbreaking research, from pioneering real and complex analysis to his later work on wavelets, continues to influence generations of scholars. More than just a researcher, Guido was a mentor, collaborator, and friend to many, creating a global community of mathematicians. His charisma and generosity fostered lasting professional and personal connections across continents, touching lives far beyond academia. This volume features contributions of collaborators, students, and colleagues of Guido, who had a particularly intense relationship with him. From a heartfelt remembrance of Guido Weiss to advanced discussions on spectral synthesis and wavelet theory, this collection contains a diverse landscape of mathematical results. Readers will delve into topics such as the compactness of bilinear commutators, the intricacies of analytic families in extrapolation theory, and the intersections of time-frequency analysis with modern learning techniques. With contributions to Hardy spaces, Haar multipliers, and crystalline measures, this book serves both as a tribute to past achievements and a beacon for future exploration.
Proximity-Dependent Protein Biotinylation: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2953)
by Petra Van DammeThis volume explores the cutting-edge of proximity-dependent protein biotinylation approaches, focusing on innovative biotin ligase (BioID) and peroxidase-based methods, like APEX. Spanning a diverse array of biological systems, including bacteria, zebrafish, plants, and mammals, this collection showcases methods that aid in the identification of protein interactions, localization, membrane topology, trafficking, and secretion dynamics. Additionally, the book features applications at the host/microbe interface and for the use of tissue-specific biotinylation for studying interorgan communication, as well as in silico validation methods. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, detailed lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step and readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and expert tips for troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Proximity-Dependent Protein Biotinylation: Methods and Protocols serves as an essential guide for researchers advancing the study of proxeome biology.