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Fashion Trends and Forecasting: The Fashion Futurists' Toolkit (Mastering Fashion Management)
by Stephen Westland Caroline HemingrayFashion Trends and Forecasting explores how designers, merchandisers, buyers, marketers and strategists use fashion trend forecasting to predict upcoming trends and understand past or current ones.It explains the importance of trend forecasting for businesses and how technology such as artificial intelligence can help to advance it for the future. Addressing both macro- and micro-trends, including fashion styles, textiles and colour trends as well as the impact of technology such as AI and the metaverse, the book offers guidance on how fashion students can address fast-changing consumer needs and demands and identify wider shifts in the cultural, environmental, political and technological worlds. Case studies from globally recognised organisations feature in every chapter, highlighting and contextualising theory for students. Discussion questions, further reading and exercises help facilitate class discussion and deeper understanding.Designed to equip the reader with Fashion Forecasting tools, methods and principles in an accessible and clear way, this text is recommended and core reading for students studying fashion forecasting, fashion buying and fashion marketing.Supplementary online resources can be found at www.routledge.com/9781032541860 and include a short instructor’s manual of points to be used for seminar discussions and chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides for instructors.
Advanced Nanomaterials for Solution-Processed Flexible Optoelectronic Devices: Processing to Applications
by Manjeet Singh Ashish Kumar SinghThis book covers the recent advancements in the fabrication of flexible optoelectronic devices using advanced nanomaterials. It provides information on how to process non-layered advanced nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, nanowires, colloidal quantum dots, inorganic halide perovskite, perovskite nanomaterials stabilized in porous materials, doped-ZnO, lead chalcogenide nano crystals for the easy fabrication of the optoelectronic devices at an industrial scale.Advanced Nanomaterials for Solution-Processed Flexible Optoelectronic Devices provides up-to-date knowledge centered on the various non-layered nanomaterials and their different types of application in optoelectronic device fabrication. The first few chapters focus on the processing and applications of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes into devices for photovoltaics. Throughout the book the authors demonstrate not only device fabrication but processing of the advanced nanomaterials to make them suitable for wide applications as different components in optoelectronics. The book also presents discussions on the current challenges and future perspective for the proper processing and utilization of advanced nanomaterials for the fabrication of devices.This book is intended for graduate students, researchers, and engineers working in the area of advanced nanomaterials, energy conversion, energy storage, sensors, and different types of optoelectronic devices.
Layered Nanomaterials for Solution-Processed Optoelectronics
by Manjeet Singh Balaram Pani Ashish Kumar SinghThis book will provide different strategies and deliberate engineering concepts for the processing and application of advanced nanomaterials with layered structures for optoelectronic devices to enable device production at an industrial scale.Layered Nanomaterials for Solution-Processed Optoelectronics provides exhaustive state-of-the-art knowledge centered on the various two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials and their different types of applications in optoelectronic device fabrication. The first few chapters focus on the processing and application of the 2D MXene in devices for energy conversion and storage. Then, there is discussion on 2D perovskite-based nanomaterials for fabrication of photovoltaic devices and flexible light-emitting diodes. The readers will gain insight into large-area fabrication methods of flexible devices using advanced nanomaterials with layered structures such as graphene, conjugated COFs, 2D-hBN (hexagonal boron nitride), silicene, 2D polymers, transition metal dichalcogenides, and black phosphorous. Each chapter discusses the strategies and challenges for applications of layered nanomaterials in optoelectronics.This book is intended for graduate students, researchers, and engineers working in the area of advanced nanomaterials, energy conversion, energy storage, sensors, and different types of optoelectronic devices.
Why It's OK to Be a Moderate (Why It's OK)
by Marcus ArvanConservatives and progressives rarely agree on much—but one thing many agree upon is that it’s not OK to be a moderate. This book shows they are wrong.In Why It’s OK to be a Moderate, Marcus Arvan shows how many of history’s worst evils have resulted from far-right and far-left radicalism, how escalating conflicts between conservatives and progressives are undermining democracy, and how many widely hailed social and political achievements have been achieved by moderates and radicals working in constructive tension with each other.Using philosophy, science, and historical analysis, Arvan shows that critics of moderates tend to equate them with spineless centrists, but that most moderates aren’t centrists, falling into diverse categories across the political spectrum. Arvan then shows that although radicals tend to be popular in their era, many of them have gone down in infamy, while many moderates, like Abraham Lincoln or Clement Attlee, have endured short-term unpopularity to “make history.”Arvan shows that it’s OK to be a moderate precisely because not everyone should be one. He makes this case to you, showing that whatever your reasonable political ideology may be, things tend to go best politically when radicals and moderates effectively complement each other’s virtues while counterbalancing the other’s vices.Key Features Uses science and historical analysis to show that while liberals and conservatives may have some political virtues, radicals on both sides of the political spectrum tend to display twelve political vices that undermine democracy Explores how Aristotle’s idea of the “Golden Mean” and Buddhism’s “Middle Way” might be used to better understand far-left and far-right mistakes in the UK, US, Continental Europe, and India Shows how moderates are a leading political demographic, existing in greater numbers than liberals or conservatives while falling into diverse categories across the political spectrum Documents how radicalism has underwritten many of history’s worst political events, along with many of the most widely acknowledged political problems of the 20th and 21st centuries Demonstrates to the reader that things tend to go best politically when radicals and moderates work in constructive tension with each other, and worst when there aren’t enough moderates
Sunbelt Capitalism and the Making of the Carceral State (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
by Kirstine TaylorThe story of how the American South became the most incarcerated region in the world’s most incarcerated nation. Sunbelt Capitalism and the Making of the Carceral State examines the evolution of southern criminal punishment from Jim Crow to the dawn of mass incarceration, charting this definitive era of carceral transformation and expansion in the southern United States. The demise of the county chain gang, the professionalization of police, and the construction of large-scale prisons were among the sweeping changes that forever altered the southern landscape and bolstered the region’s capacity to punish. What prompted this southern revolution in criminal punishment? Kirstine Taylor argues that the crisis in the cotton fields and the arrival of Sunbelt capitalism in the south’s rising metropolises prompted lawmakers to build expansive, modern criminal punishment systems in response to Brown v. Board of Education and the Black freedom movements of the 1960s and ‘70s. Taking us inside industry-hunting expeditions, school desegregation battles, the sit-in movement, prisoners’ labor unions, and policy commissions, Taylor tells the story of how a modernizing south became the most incarcerated region in the globe’s most incarcerated nation.
Analytical and Approximate Methods for Complex Dynamical Systems (Understanding Complex Systems)
by Alexander TimokhaThis book presents Analytical and Approximate Methods for Complex Dynamical Systems and introduces ideas of discontinuous mapping treated as complex dynamical systems. Mathematicians of world-recognized Ukrainian scientific schools established by M.Krylov, M.Bogolyubov, Yu.Mitropolskiy, and A.Sharkovsky used to cooperate for writing the collective book whose purpose consists of illustrating a synergy of combining diverse (by idea and technique) constructive analytical and approximate approaches and methods in complex dynamical systems which are herein associated with mathematical models of networks, conflict/economic theories, sloshing, soft matter, and even levitating drops. Readers are facilitated to learn contemporary insights, fundamentals (Parts I and III), applications (Part II), and components of theories of bifurcation, synchronization/self-organization, collective dynamics, chaos, solitons, fractional differential equations, symmetry, reduced order modelling, and many others, that makes the book useful for both graduate and postgraduate students, lecturers, researchers, and even engineers dealing with multidimensional dynamic systems.
Transforming Urban Green Space Governance in China Under Ecological Civilization: An Institutional Analysis (Urban Health and Wellbeing)
by Franz Gatzweiler Jieling LiuThis book addresses the transdisciplinary subject of urban green space governance in Chinese cities through political sciences, organization theory, sociology, and new institutional economics lenses, with urban planning and ecology perspectives as research foundation and the science of climate change on health and wellbeing research background. It captivates readers by bringing answers to: 1) Why are urban green spaces such a highly contested subject in climate mitigation and adaptation, particularly in contexts like Chinese cities? 2) Why is it important to govern urban green spaces as common-pool resources? 3) How to design policies/institutions that can maximize the end objectives such as good health, wellbeing, and climate resilience? 4) What can ordinary citizens gain from caring more about greening their cities and contributing to the process? Besides, the methods used in this research-case-based study - qualitative in-depth interviews and qualitative content analysis using the mainstream qualitative data analysis software MaxQDA, are valuable learning sources, especially for junior graduate students. The book features three in-depth case studies with rich interview and illustration materials and a range of graphics of higher analytical quality. Readers both from research professionals to non-academics with a general cultural interest in geography would find this work instructive and informative.
Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Select Proceedings of ICAAAIML 2023, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #1264)
by Ankur Choudhary Bhuvan Unhelker Gaurav RajThis book presents a collection of peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Advances and Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning—ICAAAIML 2023. The book covers research in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning applications in health care, agriculture, business, and security. This book contains research papers from academicians, researchers as well as students. There are also papers on core concepts of computer networks, intelligent system design and deployment, real-time systems, wireless sensor networks, sensors and sensor nodes, software engineering, and image processing. This book is a valuable resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the industry working on AI applications.
International Conference on Smart Systems and Advanced Computing (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1451)
by Gregorio Martinez Perez Nadia Nedjah Brij B. GuptaThis book presents the International Conference on Smart Systems and Advanced Computing (SysCom 2022) that features scientific work on smart solution concepts. It covers collective computational intelligence, which encompasses smart device interactions, smart surroundings, and smart ability to interact, as well as information technology support for these areas. It concentrates on cutting-edge research and technologies in smart systems and advanced computing for intelligent autonomous systems. The objectives of SysCom 2022 are to provide a premier international platform for deliberations on strategies, recent trends, innovative approaches, discussions, and presentations on the most recent development in the field of smart system technology from the perspective of providing awareness and its best practices for the real world.
The Art of Decoding Microservices: An In-Depth Exploration of Modern Software Architecture
by Sumit Bhatnagar Roshan MahantStay competitive in today’s software industry by mastering microservices. As microservices architecture becomes the modern standard, this book demystifies the transition from monoliths to microservices with clear guidance and practical examples for easier adoption and implementation. The book starts with the basics, explaining what microservices are, their benefits, and how they compare to monolithic architectures. From there, you will explore a wide range of topics including service discovery, load balancing, authentication and authorization, resilience, fault tolerance, and much more as well as practical Java examples throughout. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to offer a balance of theory and hands-on application, ensuring you not only understand the concepts but also apply them effectively in real-world scenarios. By the end of the book, you will be ready to design, implement, and manage scalable and efficient microservices-based systems. Additionally, you will gain a forward-looking perspective on emerging trends and the integration of microservices in AI and IoT. What You Will Learn Compare microservices and monolithic systems, understanding the basics, benefits and key differences Understand key principles for decomposing monoliths and designing for failure Master synchronous vs. asynchronous communication and when to use each Explore containerization, orchestration with Kubernetes, and scaling strategies Secure microservices and monitor health and performance in distributed systems Who This Book Is For Novice and experienced developers who are new to microservices and want to master the topic to drive successful software projects. The book is programming language-agnostic, and can be understood by developers of any language, but those with some familiarity with Java will benefit more from the specific examples provided.
Underground Music Cultures and Music-Making in Los Angeles: 'Imaginary Cities' (Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music)
by Sébastien Darchen Damien Charrieras John WillsteedThis book focuses on the relationships between underground urban music cultures in Los Angeles and specific urban imaginaries related to music practices, far away and sometimes in stark opposition to the commodified image of the city crafted by urban planners and associated urban stakeholders. Rather than this commodified city, and the ‘imaginary city’ of the mind, it examines the accidental, tangential life of a mirage. The city that appears in the distance is one that is formed by songs and music-making. The book shows how counter urban imaginaries emerge and are performed through diverse underground music making practices, giving rise to alternative ways of seeing the city.
The Multimodal Brief Systemic Training Programme: An Alternative Intervention Tool (Palgrave Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy)
by Mauro Mariotti Carles Barcons Comellas George W. Saba Cory JohnsonThis textbook presents an innovative educational and training protocol for treating mental health patients in primary care: the Multimodal Brief Systemic Training (MBSTP). Blending theory with practice, this manual offers a rigorous, versatile, and integrative approach, grounded in research, that can be easily adopted by primary care professionals—including general practitioners, nurses, social workers, and psychologists. It is not only invaluable for psychotherapy students but also serves as a vital resource for physicians and other non-mental health professionals seeking to support individuals facing cancer, chronic pain, palliative care, and other conditions that intertwine emotional, mental, and behavioural challenges within their close relational systems. The MBSTP is a compelling alternative to existing evidence-based training programs, which often centre on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Designed as a continuing education course led by a team of mental health specialists, this training provides a structured pathway for professional development. This book will help to reignite practitioners' interest in systemic thinking, encouraging them to revisit its significance in their work, or, for those new to the concept, to embrace it as a crucial aspect of their professional growth and contribute meaningfully to their evolution in the field.
Krisengefühle statt Kontextbedingungen: Erklärungsansätze für die geografische Varianz rechtspopulistischer Wahlerfolge (Wahlen und politische Einstellungen)
by Theresa BernemannIn diesem Buch werden die geografischen Unterschiede in der Unterstützung der Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) 2017-2018 untersucht. Ziel ist es, diese Unterschiede zu erklären und die zugrunde liegenden Mechanismen zu verstehen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf dem Einfluss kleinräumiger Kontextfaktoren und der Rolle individueller Wahrnehmungen, insbesondere sogenannter „Krisengefühle“. Dabei wird der Effekt einer Vielzahl kleinräumiger Kontextfaktoren untersucht, Mechanismen zwischen Kontext- und Individualebene analysiert und mögliche Moderationseffekte von Kontexteinflüssen durch individuelle und regionale Merkmale überprüft. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass kleinräumige Kontextfaktoren rechtspopulistisches Wahlverhalten nur begrenzt beeinflussen. Viel entscheidender sind Krisengefühle, die den Einfluss des Kontexts auf das Wahlverhalten vermitteln. Subjektive Wahrnehmungen und emotionale Reaktionen spielen somit eine zentrale Rolle bei der Erklärung der geografischen Varianz der AfD-Unterstützung.
Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK: The Conservatives' Illiberal Turn (Understanding Governance)
by Sean KippinThis book examines the rise of illiberalism within the British Conservative Party during the last few decades. It traces how the party’s political agenda has become increasingly dominated by populist and nativist policy positions since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016, and the ways in which this has led to growing concerns over democratic backsliding.Moving beyond debates over the ideology and governing philosophy of the Conservative Party, this book focuses on the specific policy tools it has employed to carry out its political agenda. This includes changes to public spending and taxation, law and regulation, public management, and institutional reform. Bridging the gap between populism studies, UK politics and public policy, the book throws important light on the current state of British democracy, at a time when concerns over the growth of illiberalism and authoritarianism in democratic countries is high.
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing: 24th International Conference, ICA3PP 2024, Macau, China, October 29–31, 2024, Proceedings, Part IV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15254)
by Jin Li Aniello Castiglione Tianqing ZhuThe six-volume set, LNCS 15251-15256, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2024, held in Macau, China, during October 29–31, 2024. The 91 full papers, 35 short papers and 5 workshop papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 265 submissions. They focus on the many dimensions of parallel algorithms and architectures, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems.
Radongeschütztes Bauen: Grundlagen und Lösungen im Neubau sowie in der Sanierung
by Walter-Reinhold Uhlig Thomas Schönmuth Joachim KemskiDas Thema des radonsicheren Bauens und Sanierens ist spätestens mit dem 2017 beschlossenen und 2018 in Kraft getretenen neuen deutschen Strahlenschutzgesetz im Bauen angekommen. Der Schutz vor erhöhter Radonkonzentration in der Raumluft ist aber schon seit geraumer Zeit ein wichtiges Thema, da die gesundheitlichen Gefährdungen, die durch eine hohe Radonkonzentration in der Raumluft entstehen, seit vielen Jahren bekannt und sehr gut dokumentiert sind.In der Veröffentlichung wird ein umfassender Überblick über die Grundlagen des Radonschutzes, die Messung von Radon in der Raumluft sowie alle heute bekannten und erprobten baulichen und lüftungstechnischen Lösungen des Radonschutzes sowie deren Anwendung im Neubau und der Sanierung gegeben. Damit wird allen in der Planung und Bauausführung Tätigen ein wichtiges Kompendium an die Hand gegeben, um dieses noch relativ neue Thema sicher und in einem wirtschaftlich vertretbaren Rahmen in Planung und Bauausführung umzusetzen.
Geschlecht und Gerechtigkeit: Aktuelle Perspektiven auf die Entstehung, Reproduktion und Transformation geschlechtlicher Ungleichheiten
by Julia Gruhlich Claudia Mahs Antje Langer Lena WeberDie Vorstellung von sozialer Gerechtigkeit hat sich als normative Grundlage in Gesellschaften westlicher Moderne verbreitet. Damit einher geht die Erwartung, dass der Staat sozialen Ungleichheiten – somit auch Geschlechterungleichheiten – politisch entgegengewirkt. Gleichzeitig ist das politisch-normative Leitbild von Gerechtigkeit in den kapitalistischen Gesellschaften durch die Vorstellung von Leistungsgerechtigkeit geprägt. Was als Leistung anerkannt wird und wem Leistung zugesprochen wird, ist damit eine wichtige Stellschraube, um gerechte Verhältnisse zwischen den Geschlechtern herzustellen. Solange jedoch Care und Erwerbsarbeit, Berufe und Tätigkeiten ungleich bewertet und eng mit einem binären Geschlechterverständnis verbunden werden, also mit bestimmten Weiblichkeits- oder Männlichkeitskonzepten, bleibt Geschlechtergerechtigkeit nicht nur schwer zu bemessen, sondern auch herzustellen. Theoretisch und politisch wird kontrovers diskutiert, was genau Geschlechtergerechtigkeit bedeutet und wie sie zu erreichen ist. In dem vorliegenden Band diskutieren Expert*innen verschiedene Facetten von Geschlechtergerechtigkeit: Geschlechter- und Machtverhältnisse in der Wissenschaft und feministischer Wissensproduktion, kapitalismuskritische Perspektiven auf Sorgearrangements und Care-Arbeit sowie die Potentiale und Risiken gleichstellungspolitischer Maßnahmen.
Emerging Electronics and Automation: Select Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, E2A 2023, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #1202)
by Nasimuddin Daniel-Ioan Stroe Shahedul Haque Laskar Shivendra Kumar PandeyThis book includes peer-reviewed papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Electronics & Automation (E2A) 2023. This volume will serve as a comprehensive compilation of the scientific exchanges that took place during the conference at NIT Silchar, India. These proceedings aim to provide readers with insights into the latest scientific endeavors and accomplishments of the conference participants in various emerging fields, including instrumentation, control, signal processing, communication, and related computational techniques. The book seeks to present the global audience with exciting updates, novel findings, and solutions to challenging questions in the field, while also inspiring aspiring scientists to pursue meaningful scientific research. Despite its specialization, the field of instrumentation spans a wide range of disciplines, such as electronics, computation, automation, microelectronic technology, nanomaterials, and biomedical engineering applications. Consequently, this publication is expected to appeal to a diverse audience within the scientific and engineering domains.
Philosophical Theorizing and its Limits: Anti-Theory in Ethics and Philosophy of Science (Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science)
by Uri D. Leibowitz Klodian Coko Isaac NevoThis book brings together scholars from ethics and philosophy of science in order to identify ways in which insights gleaned from one subfield can shed light on the other. The book focuses on two radical Anti-Theory movements that emerged in the 1970’s and 1980’s, one in philosophy of science and the other in ethics. Both movements challenged attempts to supply general, systematized philosophical theories within their domains and thus invited the reconsideration of what philosophical theorizing can and should offer. Each of these movements was domain-specific – that is, each criticized the aspirations to philosophical theories within its own domain and advanced arguments aimed at philosophers within their own specific subfield. The innovative systematic comparative examination of these movements by scholars from each domain sheds new light on some familiar debates, offers new and exciting paths of research to pursue in each domain, provides insight into the place of science and ethics in contemporary life and culture, and enables a fresh view on the longstanding and alluring philosophical aspiration for a fully general, absolute theory of reality and an ultimate objective foundational theory of knowledge.
Regulierung digitaler Geschäftsmodelle (Bibliothek des Wirtschaftsrechts #3)
by Christoph Perathoner Simon LaimerDieses Open Access Buch adressiert den Regulierungsbedarf im rasant wachsenden Bereich der digitalen Geschäftsmodelle. Der Trend zur Digitalisierung bringt rasche Veränderungen in Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft mit sich. Digitale Geschäftsmodelle bergen neben außerordentlichen Chancen auch nicht vernachlässigbare Risiken. In diesem Spannungsfeld zwischen wirtschaftlichem Nutzen und gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung besteht ein zunehmendes Bedürfnis nach gesetzgeberischer Regulierung der Digitalwirtschaft, die gleichwohl Innovation und Fortschritt im digitalen Sektor nicht unterbinden sollte. In diesem Open Access Band widmen sich ausgewiesene Expertinnen und Experten dem angerissenen Themenkreis aus den verschiedensten Blickwinkeln. Ausgangspunkt für das Buch bildete der vom Internationalen Forum für Wirtschaftsrecht getragene 3. Bozner Wirtschaftsrechtstag, bei dem besonderes Augenmerk auf die Berührung des deutschsprachigen Rechts- und Wirtschaftsraumes mit dem italienischen gelegt wird.
Metamodeling for Extended Reality
by Fabian MuffThis open access book which is based on the author’s dissertation in 2024 explores the challenges of metamodeling in the context of extended reality and emphasizes the need for new concepts in metamodeling to effectively combine it with extended reality technologies. The central question of this work is how metamodeling can be used “in” and “for” extended reality. The book is structured in nine chapters: Chapter 1 introduces the topic by providing background information and outlining the research objectives, questions, methodology and structure. Chapter 2 delves into the existing literature and developments in the field. It covers various aspects of modeling, such as conceptual, enterprise, and metamodeling, as well as extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and the metaverse. Next, chapter 3 presents the generic requirements for metamodeling for augmented and virtual reality by systematically deriving use cases for joining AR and metamodeling. Chapter 4 then identifies specific requirements for integrating metamodeling with XR, such as coordinate mappings, visualization of model components, detection and tracking, context, or interaction. Subsequently, chapter 5 introduces a new domain-specific visual modeling language for creating augmented reality scenarios, particularly within the context of metamodeling, before chapter 6 outlines the conceptualization and design of a 3D enhanced metamodeling platform considering extended reality, detailing its structure, components, and the interconnection of its elements. Chapter 7 then presents the initial implementation of the various components of this modeling platform, and chapter 8 evaluates the newly introduced platform both theoretically and empirically. Eventually, chapter 9 concludes the book by an alignment with the initial research questions, discussing limitations, and provides a final summary and an outlook for further research. This book mainly aims at researchers in conceptual modeling, especially in projects related to XR, VR, or AR, as the presented new domain-specific modeling method for creating workflows for XR/VR/AR applications does not assume specific prior programming knowledge.
Critical Approaches to Polycrisis: Discourses of Conflict, Migration, Risk, and Climate
by Tom Van Hout Tamsin Parnell Dario Del FanteThis book critically examines how polycrisis is recontextualised and (ab)used in contemporary discourse from across Europe. The book brings together established and emerging researchers in the field of discourse studies from around the world to explore the accelerating interconnected challenges of climate change, conflict, risk, Brexit, democracy, COVID-19, the rising cost of living, and migration. Recognising that polycrisis is socially produced, constructed and dismantled through discourse, the authors contemplate the discursive manifestations of crisis. Falling under the banner of critical discourse studies (CDS), the methodological approaches are heterogeneous, including, but not limited to, corpus-assisted CDS and multimodal CDS. The data are equally varied, ranging from focus groups to no-war letters, media representations to environmental protection commercials. The volume provides a comprehensive consideration of how critical approaches to discourse can help to make sense of, resist, and respond to (poly)crisis, and it will be of interest to students and scholars working in the remit of discourse studies, with a particular interest in crisis communication.
Navigating Healthcare Simulation: A Practical Guide for Effective Teaching (SpringerBriefs in Education)
by John M. O'Donnell Thanat Tangpaisarn Paul E. PhrampusThis book is crafted for both novice simulation educators embarking on their teaching careers and seasoned subject matter experts seeking to enhance the effectiveness of their simulation programs. The book draws on the effort of a novice simulation educator under the guidance of two simulation experts with over 40 years of collective experience. Readers will embark on a transformative journey with this book, which is designed to empower readers who utilize simulation as a teaching tool. This book serves as a roadmap, leading educators toward a more organized and practical approach to conducting simulations. Covering a wide spectrum of topics, the book begins with insights into associated learning theories for simulation, providing valuable strategies for increasing learner engagement. Delving deeper, it explores various simulation modalities and locations, guiding educators to choose the best options for their teaching objectives. Within the pages of this handbook, readers will find detailed discussions on scenario design, simulation phases and crucial aspect of simulation best practices including prebriefing, implementation, facilitation and debriefing among others. In addition, the book addresses learner assessment and course evaluation, ensuring a well-rounded understanding of the entire simulation process. The authors invite readers to explore the wealth of knowledge within these pages, with the hope that they will gain valuable insights to elevate their simulation knowledge and skills and contribute to the continuous improvement of their teaching practices to the benefits of their students.
16th International Conference on Applications of Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing and Artificial Intelligence Tools – ICAFS-2023: Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1142)
by Witold Pedrycz Janusz Kacprzyk Rafik A. Aliev Mo. Jamshidi Fahreddin M. Sadikoglu M. B. BabanliThis book covers diverse areas of fuzzy logic, soft computing, and AI approaches such as uncertain computation, decision-making under imperfect information, deep learning, and others. The topics of the papers include theory and application of soft computing, decision theory with imperfect information, neuro-fuzzy technology, intelligent control, machine learning, evolutionary computing, fuzzy logic, and soft computing in engineering, industry, social sciences, business, economics, earth sciences, material sciences, and others. This book presents the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Applications of Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing, and Artificial Intelligence Tools, ICAFS-2023, held in Antalya, Turkey, on September 14–15, 2023. This will be a useful guide for academics, practitioners, and graduates in fields of fuzzy systems and soft computing. It would allow for attracting of interest in development and applying of these paradigms in various real fields.
Locally Based Civil Conflict Transformation Between Partnership and Power Imbalance (Contributions to International Relations)
by Samantha RuppelThis book examines the processes and dynamics of cooperation between different actors in civil peace service projects in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The joint handling of conflicts and peacebuilding challenges by local and international actors has a long tradition in German peace work and is becoming increasingly important in a globalized world. Therefore, the book explores the question, relevant for both academia and peace practitioners, to what extent an equal partnership can exist in the context of civil conflict transformation. By focusing on the opportunities and challenges of cooperation, the work succeeds in focusing on everyday activities, analyzing the actual processes and frictions of peace work, and making a valuable contribution to critical peace research and the discussion of hybridity and friction.