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The Giant Liver Fluke, Fascioloides magna: Past, Present and Future Research
by Ivica Králová-Hromadová Ľudmila Juhásová Eva BazsalovicsováThis monograph presents complex data on Fascioloides magna from all aspects of its research (general information, distribution, spectrum of hosts) and summarizes the latest information on molecular structure of informative genes which were recently applied in resolving taxonomy and biogeography of this veterinary important parasite. The giant liver fluke, Fascioloides magna, is important liver parasite of free-living and domestic ruminants. Due to its biology, distribution, medical impact, and invasive character, this liver fluke attracts attention of wide spectrum of specialists - veterinary doctors, hunters and farmers, as well as scientists. The parasite utilizes wide range of free living and domestic ruminants as definitive hosts, with various pathological impacts ranging from moderate infections towards lethal effects. Fascioloides magna is of North American origin where it occurs in five enzootic regions. It was introduced to Europe along with its deer hosts in 19th century and it has established three permanent natural foci. The giant liver fluke represents an outstanding model for studying the origin, spatial distribution, migratory routs, and invasion processes of introduced species.
Biomass Conversion and Sustainable Biorefinery: Towards Circular Bioeconomy (Green Energy and Technology)
by Seng Hua Lee Petar Antov Ľuboš Krišťák Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis Efri Mardawati Souvia Rahimah Robi Andoyo Bambang NurhadiThis book highlights recent progress on the advancements toward optimization of major biorefinery processes, including biomass pretreatment and fractionation, saccharification of sugars, and conversion of sugars and lignin into fuels and chemical precursors. The continual improvement of these processes and their integration in the format of a modern biorefinery is paving the way for a sustainable bio-economy that will displace large portions of petroleum-derived fuels and chemicals with renewable substitutes. Written by leading researchers from academia and well-renowned industry professionals, this book provides a comprehensive review of various aspects related to the recent developments in biomass conversion and biorefinery, aimed at successfully implementing the circular economy principles in various industries.
Eucalyptus: Engineered Wood Products and Other Applications
by Seng Hua Lee Widya Fatriasari Wei Chen Lum Petar Antov Ľuboš Krišťák Muhammad Adly Rahandi LubisThis book highlights the world distribution of eucalyptus plantations and the recent state of research on the utilization of planted eucalyptus for engineered wood products (EWPs) manufacturing. EWPs such as particleboard, fiberboard, oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, plywood, glue-laminated lumber, and cross-laminated lumber are highlighted. Eucalyptus is the main fiber resource for the pulp and paper industries in developed countries. Timber and fibers extracted from eucalyptus have long been utilized for solid wood and manufacturing of medium-density fiberboard. Other uses of eucalyptus such as pulp and paper, fuels, and chemical feedstocks are also discussed. Economic, social, and environmental assessments of eucalyptus products are presented.
Intelligent Transport Systems – From Research and Development to the Market Uptake: First International Conference, INTSYS 2017, Hyvinkää, Finland, November 29-30, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #222)
by Giuseppe Lugano Tatiana Kováčiková Ľuboš Buzna Ghadir Pourhashem Yannick Cornet Nathalie LuganoThis book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems, INTSYS 2107, which was held in Helsinki, Finland, in November 2017. The 30 revised full papers were selected from 47 submissions and are organized in 6 thematic sessions on planning and sustainable transport and smart cities, intelligent rail transport systems, transport modelling and simulation & big data application, ITS safety and security, cooperative ITS and autonomous driving, and intelligent traffic management.
Cave Ecology (Ecological Studies #235)
by Oana Teodora Moldovan Ľubomír Kováč Stuart HalseCave organisms are the ‘monsters’ of the underground world and studying them invariably raises interesting questions about the ways evolution has equipped them to survive in permanent darkness and low-energy environments. Undertaking ecological studies in caves and other subterranean habitats is not only challenging because they are difficult to access, but also because the domain is so different from what we know from the surface, with no plants at the base of food chains and with a nearly constant microclimate year-round. The research presented here answers key questions such as how a constant environment can produce the enormous biodiversity seen below ground, what adaptations and peculiarities allow subterranean organisms to thrive, and how they are affected by the constraints of their environment. This book is divided into six main parts, which address: the habitats of cave animals; their complex diversity; the environmental factors that support that diversity; individual case studies of cave ecosystems; and of the conservation challenges they face; all of which culminate in proposals for future research directions. Given its breadth of coverage, it offers an essential reference guide for graduate students and established researchers alike.
Imaginary Worlds and Imperial Power: The Case of China
by Ľubomír Dunaj Geir SigurðssonNew and ambitious approaches to contemporary China, informed by perspectives taken from civilizational analysis and the specific concept of social imaginaries.This collection of essays by some of today's most prominent scholars on Chinese society, culture, and philosophy offers unusually comprehensive perspectives on contemporary China—a "broad way to China." Most of the essays are informed by the ambitious and erudite approaches of civilizational analysis developed in the theoretical and empirical lifework of Jóhann P. Árnason. Some authors explore China's long history and enduring philosophical and political traditions, revealing their continued influence on contemporary social imaginaries. Others critique the narrow limitations of most Euro-American views and discussions of China, highlighting how these can be an obstacle to a fruitful dialogue between China and "the West." Additionally, some essays present new perspectives on the potential value of Chinese social, political, and philosophical insights, suggesting they could inspire improvements in social, political, and philosophical dialogue within Euro-American cultures themselves.
Research and Developments in Electrical Power Engineering: Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Symposium on Electrical Power Engineering, Elektroenergetika 2024, September 11–13, 2024, Stará Lesná, Slovakia (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #1446)
by Damian Mazur Ľubomír Beňa Zsolt Čonka Ján ZbojovskýThis book offers a timely report on challenges and solutions relating to electrical power engineering. It discusses current issues in generation, transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity, and presents improved methods for diagnostics, faults analysis and system control in power engineering. Further, it covers smart grids, applications of AI, and big data in power systems. A special emphasis is given to sustainable electricity production. Economic and business strategies are also discussed. Gathering the proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Symposium on Electrical Power Engineering, Elektroenergetika 2024, held on September 11–13, 2024, in Stará Lesná, Slovakia, this book offers extensive information and a source of inspiration for both scientists and professionals involved in developing safe, reliable and sustainable solutions for energy supplies of the future.
The Phenomenological Critique of Mathematisation and the Question of Responsibility
by Ľubica Učník Ivan Chvatík Anita WilliamsThis edited collection discusses phenomenological critiques of formalism and their relevance to the problem of responsibility and the life-world. The book deals with themes of formalization of knowledge in connection to the life-world, the natural world, the history of science and our responsibility for both our epistemic claims and the world in which we live. Readers will discover critiques of formalization, the life-world and responsibility, and a collation and comparison of Patoka's and Husserl's work on these themes. Considerable literature on Husserl is presented here and the two themes of epistemic responsibility and the life-world are discussed together. This work specifically emphasizes the interrelatedness of these existential aspects of his work - self-responsibility and the crisis - as not only epistemological, but also related to human life. This volume also introduces Jan Patoka to English-speaking readers as a phenomenologist in his own right. Patoka shows us, in particular, the significance of the modern abyss between our thinking and the world. Readers will discover that this abyss is of concern for our everyday experience because it leads to a rupture in our understanding of the world: between the world of our living and its scientific construct. We see that Patoka continually emphasized the relevance of Husserl's work to existential questions relating to human responsibility and the life-world, which he admits is left largely implicit in Husserl's work. This edited collection will spark discussion on the question of responsibility against the backdrop of formalized knowledge which is increasingly inaccessible to human understanding. Despite the complexity of some of the analyzed ideas, this book discusses these themes in a clear and readable way. This work is scholarly, exact in its discussion and authoritative in its reading, but at the same time accessible to anyone motivated to understand these debates.
Health 4.0 and Medical Supply Chain (Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application)
by İsmail İyigün Ömer Faruk GörçünThis book examines the new developments in health 4.0 and the medical supply chain. Although supply chain applications in health systems are similar to other sectors, the most critical difference is that any disruption affects public health. There have been changes due to COVID-19 that caused significant disruptions in the supply chain of almost all sectors. The health sector is one of the most important sectors affected by all these extraordinary conditions. Supply chain management is even more critical because the health sector directly impacts the sustainability of human life and the provision of better living conditions. In this book, the use of artificial intelligence in the health and medical supply chain is discussed, taking into account the conditions of the post-pandemic period.
Logistics 4.0 and Future of Supply Chains (Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application)
by İsmail İyigün Ömer Faruk GörçünThis book provides a detailed theoretical background of Logistics 4.0 using real-world examples and case studies and proposes a methodological framework to understand the technological revolutions happening in the present day from the perspective of logistics management. With the fourth industrial revolution, new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, 3D printers and the Internet of Things started to take greater prominence in the world of business. One of the sectors most affected by changes brought on by this Industry 4.0 is logistics, which has given rise to the concept of Logistics 4.0. Covering a wide range of topics on Logistics 4.0, such as warehousing, big data, 3D printing, robotics and cloud computing, this book would be a valuable read for those involved in logistics management, academics and students in the areas of supply chain management, logistics, industry 4, and big data. .
Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics and Science Education (Mathematics Education in the Digital Era #21)
by Patrick W. Thompson Gülseren Karagöz Akar İsmail Özgür Zembat Selahattin ArslanThis book focuses on quantitative reasoning as an orienting framework to analyse learning, teaching and curriculum in mathematics and science education. Quantitative reasoning plays a vital role in learning concepts foundational to arithmetic, algebra, calculus, geometry, trigonometry and other ideas in STEM. The book draws upon the importance of quantitative reasoning and its crucial role in education. It particularly delves into quantitative reasoning related to the learning and teaching diverse mathematics and science concepts, conceptual analysis of mathematical and scientific ideas and analysis of school mathematics (K-16) curricula in different contexts. We believe that it can be considered as a reference book to be used by researchers, teacher educators, curriculum developers and pre- and in-service teachers.
Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 4: The Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Smart City Applications (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #183)
by Mohamed Ben Ahmed Anouar Abdelhakim Boudhir Olga Sergeyeva Domingos Santos İsmail Rakıp KarașThis proceedings book is the fourth edition of a series of works which features emergent research trends and recent innovations related to smart city presented at the 5th International Conference on Smart City Applications SCA20 held in Safranbolu, Turkey. This book is composed of peer-reviewed chapters written by leading international scholars in the field of smart cities from around the world. This book covers all the smart city topics including Smart Citizenship, Smart Education, Smart Mobility, Smart Healthcare, Smart Mobility, Smart Security, Smart Earth Environment & Agriculture, Smart Economy, Smart Factory and Smart Recognition Systems. This book contains a special section intended for Covid-19 pandemic researches. This book edition is an invaluable resource for courses in computer science, electrical engineering and urban sciences for sustainable development.
Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 5: The Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Smart City Applications (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #393)
by Vipul Jain Mohamed Ben Ahmed Anouar Abdelhakim Boudhir Sehl Mellouli İsmail Rakıp KarașThis book sets the innovative research contributions, works, and solutions for almost all the intelligent and smart applications in the smart cities. The smart city concept is a relevant topic for industrials, governments, and citizens. Due to this, the smart city, considered as a multi-domain context, attracts tremendously academics researchers and practitioners who provide efforts in theoretical proofs, approaches, architectures, and in applied researches. The importance of smart cities comes essentially from the significant growth of populations in the near future which conducts to a real need of smart applications that can support this evolution in the future cities.The main scope of this book covers new and original ideas for the next generations of cities using the new technologies. The book involves the application of the data science and AI, IoT technologies and architectures, smart earth and water management, smart education and E-learning systems, smart modeling systems, smart mobility, and renewable energy. It also reports recent research works on big data technologies, image processing and recognition systems, and smart security and privacy.
Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 7: The Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Smart City Applications, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #906)
by Mohamed Ben Ahmed Anouar Abdelhakim Boudhir İsmail Rakıp Karaș Rani El MeoucheMany cities in the developed world are undergoing a digital revolution, and have placed the "smart city" on their list of priorities. Smart cities use technological solutions such as Internet of Things, AI, 5G, Big Data, Cloud computing, Smart Grid, as well as all the emerging technologies of the digital era, to improve the management and efficiency of the urban environment. The aim is to make residents happier, healthier, smarter and more prosperous, and to make the city greener, cleaner, more sustainable, more responsible, more functional, more resilient, and more competitive. Enhanced by extensive research studies and carried out under the guidance of international scientific experts in the field. This book explores various papers related to smart cities, including digital twins, geo-smart information systems, education, healthcare, economy and digital business, building and home automation, environment and agriculture, and information technologies and computer science.
Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 7: The Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Smart City Applications, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #938)
by Mohamed Ben Ahmed Anouar Abdelhakim Boudhir İsmail Rakıp Karaș Rani El MeoucheMany cities in the developed world are undergoing a digital revolution, and have placed the "smart city" on their list of priorities. Smart cities use technological solutions such as Internet of Things, AI, 5G, Big Data, Cloud computing, Smart Grid, as well as all the emerging technologies of the digital era, to improve the management and efficiency of the urban environment. The aim is to make residents happier, healthier, smarter and more prosperous, and to make the city greener, cleaner, more sustainable, more responsible, more functional, more resilient, and more competitive. Enhanced by extensive research studies and carried out under the guidance of international scientific experts in the field. This book explores various papers related to smart cities, including digital twins, geo-smart information systems, education, healthcare, economy and digital business, building and home automation, environment and agriculture, and information technologies and computer science.
Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 8: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Smart City Applications (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1310)
by Mohamed Ben Ahmed Boudhir Anouar Abdelhakim İsmail Rakıp Karaș Kaoutar Ben AhmedThis book discovers the latest technological advances that are transforming our cities into smart and connected spaces. This book presents cutting-edge research and inspiring case studies on urban management, smart mobility and environmental sustainability. With an innovative approach, it explores concrete solutions and future perspectives to improve the quality of urban life. Intended for researchers, professionals and decision-makers, this book is an essential resource to understand and participate in the transformation of smart cities.
Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Edition 3: The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart City Applications (Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure)
by Mohamed Ben Ahmed Anouar Abdelhakim Boudhir Domingos Santos Mohamed El Aroussi İsmail Rakıp KarasThis book highlights original research and recent advances in various fields related to smart cities and their applications. It gathers papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Smart City Applications (SCA19), held on October 2–4, 2019, in Casablanca, Morocco. Bringing together contributions by prominent researchers from around the globe, the book offers an invaluable instructional and research tool for courses on computer science, electrical engineering, and urban sciences. It is also an excellent reference guide for professionals, researchers, and academics in the field of smart cities. This book covers topics including: • Smart Citizenship• Smart Education • Digital Business and Smart Governance • Smart Health Care • New Generation of Networks and Systems for Smart Cities • Smart Grids and Electrical Engineering • Smart Mobility • Smart Security • Sustainable Building • Sustainable Environment
Caves and Karst of Turkey - Volume 2: Geology, Hydrogeology and Karst (Cave and Karst Systems of the World)
by Eric Gilli Koray Törk Gültekin Günay İsmail Noyan GÜNERThis book discusses Turkey's karst systems' most critical features, one of the world's most important karst areas. This publication has been prepared to assist geologists and professionals working in karst areas by solving several different problems, for example, to conduct groundwater analysis in regions with karstic depressions and examine subsidence problems through geotechnical and hydrogeological studies to solve dams' technical challenges from Karstic areas.
Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: 5th Mediterranean Conference, MedPRAI 2021, Istanbul, Turkey, December 17–18, 2021, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1543)
by Chawki Djeddi Akhtar Jamil Imran Siddiqi Alaa Ali Hameed İsmail KucukThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Mediterranean Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, MedPRAI 2021, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in December 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MedPRAI 2021 was held fully online.The 28 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers are covering the topics of recent advancements in different areas of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, such as statistical, structural and syntactic pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining, neural networks, computer vision, multimedia systems, information retrieval, etc.
Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision-Making Using Neutrosophic Sets
by Cengiz Kahraman İrem OtayThis book offers a comprehensive guide to the use of neutrosophic sets in multiple criteria decision making problems. It shows how neutrosophic sets, which have been developed as an extension of fuzzy and paraconsistent logic, can help in dealing with certain types of uncertainty that classical methods could not cope with. The chapters, written by well-known researchers, report on cutting-edge methodologies they have been developing and testing on a variety of engineering problems. The book is unique in its kind as it reports for the first time and in a comprehensive manner on the joint use of neutrosophic sets together with existing decision making methods to solve multi-criteria decision-making problems, as well as other engineering problems that are complex, hard to model and/or include incomplete and vague data. By providing new ideas, suggestions and directions for the solution of complex problems in engineering and decision making, it represents an excellent guide for researchers, lecturers and postgraduate students pursuing research on neutrosophic decision making, and more in general in the area of industrial and management engineering.
Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems: Artificial Intelligence in Human-Centric, Resilient and Sustainable Industries, Proceedings of the INFUS 2025 Conference, Volume 4 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1531)
by Cengiz Kahraman İrem Otay Selcuk Cebi Sezi Cevik Onar Basar Oztaysi Irem Ucal Sari Cagrı TolgaArtificial Intelligence in Human-Centric, Resilient & Sustainable Industries This book focuses on benefiting artificial intelligent tools in our business and social life under emerging conditions. Human-centric, resilient, and sustainable industries are built on ideals like human-centricity, ecological advantages, or social benefits. The mission of human-centric artificial intelligence is to improve people&’s lives by offering solutions that boost productivity, accessibility to resources, security, well-being, and general quality of life. The latest intelligent methods and techniques on human-centric, resilient, and sustainable industries are introduced by theory and applications. This book covers the chapters of world-wide known experts on machine learning, medical image processing, process intelligence, process mining, and others. The intended readers are intelligent systems researchers, lecturers, M.Sc. and Ph.D. students trying to develop approaches giving human needs, values, and viewpoints top priority through artificial intelligent systems.
The Dialectics of Urban and Architectural Boundaries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean (The Urban Book Series)
by Suzan Girginkaya Akdağ Mine Dinçer Meltem Vatan Ümran Topçu İrem Maro KırışThis edited volume informs readers about changing norms and meanings of borders and underlines recent scenarios that shape these borders. It focuses mainly on the Mediterranean and Middle East regions through the following questions: What are the social, cultural, philosophical, political, economic and aesthetic reasons for spatial segregation within contemporary territories and cities? In the world of globalization and networks, what are the new limitations of space? What are the alienating differences between interior and exterior, private and public, urban and rural, local and global, and real and virtual? Are spatial definitions and divisions more likely to be weakened (if not totally erased) by effects of globalization and mobility, similar to the dissolution of borders between countries? Or are local practices and measures likely to become more apparent with emerging trends such as sustainability and identity? Authored by international scholars, all chapters are arranged under four main parts: Urban and Rural, Global and Local, Physical and Sensual, Real and Virtual. Hence, different concepts and definitions of borders along with varying methods and tools for questioning their essence in architectural and urban spaces will be introduced. For example, in the rural and urban context, environments, settlements-housing, landscape, transformation, conservation and development; in the global and local context, styles, identity, universal design, sustainability, globalization and networks, mobility and migration; in the physical and sensual context, design studies and methodologies, environmental psychology, aesthetic reasoning, sense of place and well-being, and in the real and virtual context, realities, tools and communities are the main themes of the chapters.This book will be an essential source for professionals, scholars, and students of architecture and urban design with a view to understanding multidisciplinary perspectives in designing borders as well as the dialectical relationship between borders and space.
Information Experience and Information Literacy: 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, Kraków, Poland, October 9–12, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2042)
by Serap Kurbanoğlu Joumana Boustany Sonja Špiranec Esther Grassian Diane Mizrachi Loriene Roy Yurdagül Ünal Denis Kos İpek ŞencanThe two-volume set CCIS 2042 and 2043 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, held in Kraków, Poland, in October 2023.The 47 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 182 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: algorithms, artificial intelligence and information literacy; data literacy and digital literacy; information experience and information behaviour; policy, strategies, frameworks, research and different approaches; credibility, ethics, challenges and new paths; and information literacy instruction and education.
Information Experience and Information Literacy: 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, Kraków, Poland, October 9–12, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2043)
by Serap Kurbanoğlu Joumana Boustany Sonja Špiranec Esther Grassian Diane Mizrachi Loriene Roy Yurdagül Ünal Denis Kos İpek ŞencanThe two-volume set CCIS 2042 and 2043 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, held in Kraków, Poland, in October 2023.The 47 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 182 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: algorithms, artificial intelligence and information literacy; data literacy and digital literacy; information experience and information behaviour; policy, strategies, frameworks, research and different approaches; credibility, ethics, challenges and new paths; and information literacy instruction and education.
Turkish Jews and their Diasporas: Entanglements and Separations (Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe)
by Kerem Öktem İpek Kocaömer YosmaoǧluThis book introduces the reader to the past and present of Jewish life in Turkey and to Turkish Jewish diaspora communities in Israel, Europe, Latin America and the United States. It surveys the history of Jews in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic, examining the survival of Jewish communities during the dissolution of the empire and their emigration to America, Europe, and Israel. In the cases discussed, members of these communities often sought and seek close connections with Turkey, even if those ‘ties that bind’ are rarely reciprocated by Turkish governments. Contributors also explore Turkish Jewishness today, as it is lived in Israel and Turkey, and as found in ‘places of memory’ in many cities in Turkey, where Jews no longer exist today.