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Clinical Reasoning der unteren Extremität: Entscheidungsprozesse in der Physiotherapie
by Jonas MaurerDieses Praxisbuch liefert den idealen Überblick über die unterschiedlichen Clinical Reasoning Prozesse in der Physiotherapie. Die klare Struktur und die fundierte wissenschaftliche Methodik zeichnen dieses Buch aus. Von Screening Verfahren bis hin zu spezifischen Gelenkfunktionsstörungen und physiotherapeutischen Untersuchungsmethoden werden Sie durch jede Phase des Screening Prozesses geführt. Aus dem Inhalt: Grundlagen des Screenings und der physiotherapeutischen Befunderhebung, Befund und Differenzialdiagnostik bei Schmerzen im Fuß, Knie, Hüfte und unterem Rücken, Plus: Complex Maps zum Download.
Applied Drama and Person-Centred Nursing: How drama can enhance the education and performance of person-centred practice
by Karl Tizzard-KleisterThis ground-breaking book highlights and extends on the increasing number of research and practice collaborations between the disciplines of drama and nursing across the globe. Uniquely, it presents how drama-based interactive education can enable nursing students to develop an embodied understanding of sympathetic presence within a person-centred curriculum. This text provides meaningful insights into how to cultivate approaches to be person-centred and sympathetically present in every interaction with others through the application of drama-based methods. The work described within seeks to show how applying drama can help people perform more effective person-centred practices, with applied drama approaches which are in turn more person-centred.By focusing on the author’s innovative doctoral research study, this book seeks to show how taking part in expertly designed drama practice alongside nursing education leads nurses towards engaging more in person-centredness, overcoming their personal vulnerabilities, showing an enhanced ability to attend to others, and a greater understanding of how to perform presence. Meanwhile showing applied drama practitioners how they can understand facilitation practice through sympathetic presence to discover practical ways to approach an aesthetics of care in their practice.This book offers a process for nurse educators and applied drama artists to work together in a mutual exchange, where both fields can contribute specialised expertise in developing the next generation of person-centred practitioners.
Information Access in the Era of Generative AI (The Information Retrieval Series #51)
by Ryen W. White Chirag ShahGenerative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has emerged as a groundbreaking technology that promises to revolutionize many industries as well as people’s personal and professional lives. This book discusses GenAI and its role in information access - often referred to as Generative Information Retrieval (GenIR) - or more broadly, information interaction. The role of GenAI in information access is complex and dynamic, with many dimensions. To address this, following a brief introduction to GenAI and GenIR, the remainder of the book provides eight chapters, each targeting a different dimension or sub-topic. These cover foundations of GenIR, interactions with GenIR systems, adapting them to users, tasks, and scenarios, improving them based on user feedback, GenIR evaluation, the sociotechnical implications of GenAI for information access, recommendations within GenIR, and the future of information access with GenIR. The book is targeted at graduate students and researchers interested in issues of information retrieval, access, and interactions, as well as applications of GenAI in various informational contexts. While some of the parts assume prior background in IR or AI, most others do not, making this book suitable for adoption in various classes as a primary source or as a supplementary material.
Revolutionizing Agriculture: A Comprehensive Exploration of Agri-Nanotechnology (Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences)
by Abdul Qayyum Sajid Fiaz Raheem Shahzad Mazhar Ul Islam In-Jung LeeAgriculture is facing unprecedented challenges including climate change, declining arable land, and a growing global population. To meet the increasing demand for food while minimizing environmental impact, innovative solutions are required. Nanotechnology offers promising avenues to enhance agricultural productivity, sustainability, and food security. "Revolutionizing Agriculture: A Comprehensive Exploration of Agri-Nanotechnology" is an ambitious and timely book that sheds light on the transformative potential of nanotechnology in agriculture. This book is an exploration of agri-nanotechnology covering foundational principles, various applications, environmental considerations, and future trends. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, academics, students, policymakers, and industry professionals interested in the intersection of nanotechnology and agriculture. By addressing both the scientific and societal implications of agri-nanotechnology, this book contributes to the sustainable development of agriculture in the 21st century. This book... Expands existing knowledge and understanding of applications of nano-materials in agriculture, exploring their chemical structures, properties, and biological activities; Provides readers with a foundational understanding of nanoscale science and its relevance to agriculture; Explores various types of nanomaterials and their applications in crop production, soil management, and pest control; Discusses the use of nanosensors for real-time monitoring of soil and crop conditions, as well as data analytics for precision agriculture; Addresses the development of nanopesticides, nanofertilizers, and nanodelivery systems to reduce chemical use and enhance crop protection; Examines how nanotechnology can contribute to sustainable practices such as water management, waste reduction, and energy efficiency; Discusses the regulatory framework and ethical concerns surrounding the use of nanotechnology in agriculture; Bridges the gap between the fields of agriculture, biotechnology, chemical and physical sciences.
Foundations of Environmental Economics: An Introduction to the Economic Analysis of National and International Environmental Challenges (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)
by Wolfgang Buchholz Dirk Rübbelke Christiane ReifThis textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics and their links to environmental policy. In this second edition, all chapters have been updated and restructured, and new sections have been added to reflect a greater focus on climate policy. Starting from the need to balance the social costs of pollution against the financial costs of emission abatement, the book discusses the major issues that arise in the context of environmental policy – such as the potential and limitations of monetary valuation of the environment (and in particular the contingent valuation method) and the design of environmental policy. With regard to the choice of environmental policy instruments, the book focuses on the price-based instruments preferred by economists, i.e., environmental taxes and emissions trading, discussing in detail not only their many advantages but also their drawbacks. The second edition especially focuses on green industrial policy as a complementary measure to price-based instruments, the distributional effects of environmental policies, and the resulting challenges for political feasibility. Moreover, the book deals extensively with international environmental problems, in particular climate protection, which is a global public good that will be underprovided when certain countries refuse to cooperate and contribute. Approaches to overcoming this underprovision are described in far more detail than in the first edition, both theoretically and empirically – in particular by assessing the functions of the many international environmental agreements in this field. Finally, a new chapter considers adaptation strategies, especially in the water sector, as an additional pillar of climate policy.
The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific: East and Southeast Asia (Water Security in a New World)
by Makoto Taniguchi Benno Böer Eunhee Lee Lawrence Surendra Jong Ahn ChunThis Open Access book undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the water, energy, and food (WEF) security nexus with a regional focus on East and Southeast Asia. Individual chapters of this book provide interesting nexus dimensions of the region and explore socioeconomic implications of the nexus approach with a special focus on the cross-cutting issues, including climate change, gender, and trans-boundary cooperation. It also discusses innovative approaches, advanced nexus solutions, and various future scenarios. Finally, it suggests that an improved nexus understanding based on scientific evidence is a key element to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With explosive population growth and economic development, countries in East and Southeast Asia are witnessing competitive consumption of WEF resources across various sectors and across borders. The diverse range of geographical, political, and economic conditions combined with climatechange and urbanization is posing a new set of challenges in the region. The long-term security of WEF, therefore, would need an integrated nexus approach through an enhanced understanding how the interactions between WEF resources are shaped by environmental, economic, social, and political changes in the region. This book is a highly recommended source of information and inspiration for policy makers, research communities and practitioners dealing with any aspect of water, energy, and food security in East and Southeast Asia.
Rethinking the Needham Question: A Non-Eurocentric Framework Transcending Dialogism
by Raymond W. LauThis book offers a new investigation of the Needham Question. Why did modern science emerge in Europe, but not in any of the advanced non-European civilizations? Eurocentric accounts attribute it to certain ‘qualities’ said to be ‘unique’ to Europe. Opposed to the Eurocentric view is a position known as the ‘dialogical perspective’. Dialogism argues that Europe borrowed heavily from non-European scientific knowledges, and that scientific exchanges were key to the development of modern science. Neo-Eurocentric arguments have emerged in response to the challenge of dialogism, and the debate between Eurocentrism/neo-Eurocentrism and dialogism currently stands at a stalemate. In this book, Raymond Lau brings a new theoretical-methodological framework to finally settle this debate. The historical analysis developed here shows that to secure the non-Eurocentric case, and decisively rebut Eurocentrism and neo-Eurocentrism, it is necessary to go beyond dialogism both theoretically and methodologically.
Teaching Global Leadership in Higher Education: Leadership Across Cultures
by Michael Flavin Funmi OlonisakinThis book answers a need for pedagogic guidance and instruction in designing, implementing and evaluating global leadership as an academic subject. The book understands global leadership as a social practice and as a comparative subject, analysing how leadership is conceived of and practised in different countries and cultures. At the same time, the authors see global leadership from a ‘grand challenges’ perspective, engaging with the key issues of the age, some of which are identified through the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. By these means, the book proposes a distinctive global leadership curriculum with potential to aggregate and unify different approaches to the subject. The book provides the conceptual underpinning, the multicultural perspective and the practical guidance to help universities worldwide in designing and developing curricula in global leadership, a subject of increasing interest in the twenty-first century as the geopolitical, even existential challenges of the age require both research and practice which transcends the boundaries of both nations and of academic disciplines. The book will also be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the fields of educational development and pedagogy.
Pathologie nicht-neoplastischer Lungenerkrankungen: Praxishandbuch
by Sven Perner Florian Stellmacher Sabina Berezowska Danny D. JonigkDas Praxisbuch für die tägliche Diagnostik am MikroskopNeben den klinischen und radiologischen Untersuchungen kommt der histopathologischen Untersuchung von Lungengewebeproben eine entscheidungsrelevante Bedeutung zu. In diagnostisch schwierigen oder zweifelhaften Fällen kann durch die histologische Begutachtung betroffener Lungenareale eine Diagnosesicherung erzielt und therapeutisch relevante Differentialdiagnosen ausgeschlossen werden. Die Diagnostik nicht-neoplastischer Lungenerkrankungen ist oft eine große Herausforderung für den diagnostizierenden Pathologen. Unter den knappen Zeitressourcen aber auch angesichts der stetig zunehmenden Anzahl neu definierter bzw. weiter verfeinerter Entitäten, ist es kaum möglich, den Überblick zu behalten oder gar sämtliche wesentlichen Kriterien zur Diagnosestellung aus der Erinnerung abzurufen. Dieses Buch bietet eine kurze, übersichtliche Darstellung der einzelnen Krankheitsentitäten und der diagnostischen Kriterien für die Untersuchung von Lungengewebeproben. Es begleitet den Pathologen bei der täglichen Arbeit am Mikroskop und erläutert kurz und knapp, welche diagnostischen Kriterien im konkreten Fall greifen und welche Differentialdiagnosen zu beachten sind. Die Autoren legen Wert auf eine standardisierte und übersichtliche Darstellung der einzelnen Krankheitsentitäten. Fallstricken, die zunächst die Diagnose in die falsche Richtung lenken können, werden aufgezeigt. Algorithmen erlauben dem Leser, gezielt den korrekten diagnostischen Pfad einzuschlagen und zügig zur richtigen Diagnose zu finden. Ein einmaliges Praxishandbuch für die tägliche Diagnostik des Pathologen.
Diversity in Construction – The Gamechangers: Strengthening innovation through diversity
by Bianca Christina Weber-LewerenzThe book explains why innovation and new digital technologies in the construction industry and beyond are largely dependent on a new culture of thinking. Personal experience reports from user practice and insights into research show the many human and technical potentials that have so far been insufficiently utilised. The book provides examples of how digital change can be shaped in a meaningful and constructive way. It looks back at the historical development of diversity in construction and highlights entrepreneurial paths towards a more diverse working culture, but also identifies the problem areas that hinder the innovation process. A variety of calls for action are derived from the inventory ‘Where do we stand?’ and the question ‘Where do we want (need) to go?’. Diversity is the key to success. This realisation is important in order to set the course for an innovative, sustainable construction industry now. The book identifies the key factors and core competences at all levels that are decisive for promoting diversity and innovation. If it utilises these consistently, the construction industry can take on a pioneering role at home and abroad.
Electrochemical Devices: Principles to Applications (Engineering Materials)
by Peeyush Phogat Shreya Sharma Ranjana Jha Sukhvir SinghThis book serves as a comprehensive guide for both beginners and researchers, offering insights into the diverse array of electrochemical devices and their intricate dependencies. It provides a comprehensive overview of electrochemical devices from fundamental principles to cutting-edge applications. By bringing together insights from materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and beyond, it offers a holistic understanding of the underlying mechanisms, design strategies, and practical considerations associated with these devices. The book begins by exploring of the fundamental principles of electrochemistry, laying the groundwork for understanding electrochemical reactions, charge transfer processes, and device operation mechanisms. Building upon this foundation, it delves into various types of electrochemical devices, including solar cells, photodetectors, sensors, batteries, and more.
Traumasensitief opvoeden en begeleiden: Handleiding voor trainers
by Leony Coppens Carina van KregtenDeze training helpt (pleeg)ouders en professionals om het gedrag, de emoties en reacties van getraumatiseerde kinderen én die van henzelf beter te begrijpen. Hierdoor kunnen ze een meer stabiele en positieve relatie ontwikkelen met de kinderen waar ze voor zorgen. Een traumasensitieve aanpak verkleint het risico op een (nieuwe) uit(huis)plaatsing van getraumatiseerde kinderen en leidt tot grotere tevredenheid en minder stress bij opvoeders en professionals. Deze handleiding is onderdeel van de training Traumasensitief opvoeden en begeleiden. Hierin komen de belangrijkste concepten met betrekking tot traumasensitief opvoeden en begeleiden, de impact van traumatische ervaringen op kinderen, herstel van trauma en het belang van de sociaal-culturele context en taal aan de orde. Het biedt casuïstiek, oefeningen en individuele en groepsreflectie waarmee kennis en begrip worden vergroot over de impact van traumatische ervaringen en toxische stress op het leven, gedrag en de ontwikkeling van een kind. Er wordt stilgestaan bij de betekenis van het gedrag van kinderen en ook van opvoeders en professionals die daaruit voort kan komen. Bij het boek hoort een website met powerpointdia’s, werkbladen en kennisclips. De training is als ‘goed onderbouwde interventie’ opgenomen in de databank van het Nederlands Jeugd Instituut. Deze volledige herziene derde editie is tot stand gekomen op basis van de jarenlange ervaringen van tientallen trainers en deelnemers en maakt gebruik van nieuwe inzichten vanuit de wetenschap en de praktijk. Leony Coppens en Carina van Kregten zijn beiden al meer dan dertig jaar actief in de zorg voor en behandeling van chronisch getraumatiseerde kinderen als therapeut, supervisor, docent en auteur. Naast het Werkboek voor deelnemers is er een Handleiding voor trainers.
Research on Characteristic Issues in Current Developing Economies: New Application of the Harris – Todaro Model (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives #80)
by Xiaochun Li Yunyun WuThis is the first book that uses the Harris – Todaro (H-T) model to study contemporary economic issues in developing countries, with a particular focus on China. The zenith of research utilizing this model occurred in the 1990s, primarily addressing the impact of economic policies during labor migration on wages and employment across various sectors, international trade, urban unemployment rates, and social welfare. After nearly four decades, research in this area gradually faded from the spotlight. Post-2010, however, there has been a resurgence in H-T model studies. Scholars have begun using this model to explore contemporary issues, revealing unprecedented insights and showcasing its robust applicability and vitality. The book features 13 papers authored by contributors since 2018, each utilizing the H-T model and published in various academic journals. It delves into pivotal issues of contemporary economic development in developing countries like China, including dual agricultural economy, producer services, foreign direct investment, agricultural pollution, migrant workers’ remittances, and agricultural human capital investment. The book constructs general equilibrium models by integrating these topics with the H-T model, providing a framework to assess the impact of economic policies. Methodologically, it goes beyond conventional approaches by introducing constant elasticity of substitution functions and other methods to precisely express contemporary economic problems. Numerical simulations to examine the impact of economic policies are also used. Beyond presenting solutions to the current economic problems in developing countries, this book provides academic references for economic theory researchers.
Bengali (Sahayak Path - Praphesara Sankarera Dayeri Banla) (First Language) class 9 - West Bengal Board: সহায়ক পাঠ - প্রোফেসর শঙ্কুর ডায়রি বাংলা (প্রথম ভাষা) নবম শ্রেণি
by West Bengal Board of Secondary Educationনবম শ্রেণির জন্য প্রণীত পাঠ্যপুস্তক "সহায়ক পাঠ - প্রোফেসর শঙ্কুর ডায়রি" সত্যজিৎ রায়ের জনপ্রিয় বিজ্ঞানভিত্তিক কাহিনি সিরিজের ছয়টি নির্বাচিত গল্প নিয়ে গঠিত। কল্পনা ও বিজ্ঞানের চমৎকার মিশ্রণে সমৃদ্ধ এই বইটি ছাত্র-ছাত্রীদের বিজ্ঞানমনস্কতা ও কৌতূহল উদ্রেক করার উদ্দেশ্যে তৈরি। "ব্যোমযাত্রীর ডায়রি" ও "ডক্টর শেরিং-এর স্মরণশক্তি"র মতো গল্পগুলিতে ভবিষ্যৎ প্রযুক্তি, রহস্যময় অভিজ্ঞতা এবং আন্তঃগ্রহ ভ্রমণের গল্প বর্ণিত হয়েছে। সত্যজিৎ রায়ের অঙ্কিত চিত্রশিল্প বইটিকে আরও আকর্ষণীয় করে তুলেছে। এই গল্প সংকলন কিশোর মনে সৃজনশীল চিন্তা এবং সাহিত্যের প্রতি আগ্রহ বাড়ানোর জন্য একটি বিশেষ উদ্যোগ।
Information and Communications Security: 26th International Conference, ICICS 2024, Mytilene, Greece, August 26–28, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15056)
by Sokratis Katsikas Costas Lambrinoudakis Christos Kalloniatis Christos XenakisThis two-volume proceedings set LNCS 15056-15057 constitutes the proceedings of 26th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2024, in Mytilene, Greece, during August 26-28, 2024. The 32 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 123 submissions. They cover topics related to many aspects of security in information and communication systems, ranging from attacks, to defences, to trust issues, to anomaly-based intrusion detection, to privacy preservation, and to theory and applications of various cryptographic techniques.
**Missing** (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)
by Klavdia Smola Ilya Kukulin Annelie BachmaierThis book is the first major study exploring archival and memorial practices of the Soviet unofficial culture. The creation of counter-archives was one of the most important forms of cultural resistance in the Soviet Union. Unofficial artists and poets had to reinvent the possibilities of maintaining art and literature that “did not exist”. Against the background of archival theories and memory studies, the volume explores how the culture of the Soviet underground has become one of the most striking cases of scholarly and artistic (self-)archiving, which – although being half-isolated from the outer world – reflected intellectual and artistic trends characteristic of its time. The guiding question of the volume is how Soviet unofficial culture (de)constructed social memory by collecting, archiving and memorizing tabooed culture of the past and present.
A Primer on Electric Vehicles in India: A Machine-Generated Literature Overview
by Saon Ray Deb MukherjiThis book presents the result of an innovative challenge, to create a systematic literature overview driven by machine-generated content. Questions and related keywords were prepared for the machine to query, discover, collate and structure by Artificial Intelligence (AI) clustering. The AI-based approach seemed especially suitable to provide an innovative perspective as the topics are indeed both complex, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, for example, climate, planetary and evolution sciences. Springer Nature has published much on these topics in its journals over the years, so the challenge was for the machine to identify the most relevant content and present it in a structured way that the reader would find useful. The automatically generated literature summaries in this book are intended as a springboard to further discoverability. They are particularly useful to readers with limited time, looking to learn more about the subject quickly and especially if they are new to the topics. Springer Nature seeks to support anyone who needs a fast and effective start in their content discovery journey, from the undergraduate student exploring interdisciplinary content to Master- or PhD-thesis developing research questions, to the practitioner seeking support materials, this book can serve as an inspiration, to name a few examples. It is important to us as a publisher to make the advances in technology easily accessible to our authors and find new ways of AI-based author services that allow human-machine interaction to generate readable, usable, collated, research content.
Tonga: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tonga
by International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific DeptA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Sierra Leone: Selected Issues
by International Monetary Fund. African Dept.A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Kuwait: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kuwait
by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Sri Lanka: Technical Assistance Report-Debt Management Reform Plan
by International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets DepartmentA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Quarterly Projection Model for the Bank of Ghana: Extensions and Applications
by QuansahA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Morocco: Second Review Under The Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.A report from the International Monetary Fund.
Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Customs diagnostic and needs assessment mission
by CeliA report from the International Monetary Fund.
The Role of Corporate Cash Holdings in the Transmission of Monetary Policy Tightening
by ZhouA report from the International Monetary Fund.