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Cause and Effect Business Analytics and Data Science (Chapman and Hall/CRC Series on Statistics in Business and Economics)

Among the most important questions that businesses ask are some very simple ones: If I decide to do something, will it work? And if so, how large are the effects? To answer these predictive questions, and later base decisions on them, we need to establish causal relationships.Establishing and measuring causality can be difficult. This book explains the most useful techniques for discerning causality and illustrates the principles with numerous examples from business. It discusses randomized experiments (aka A/B testing) and techniques such as propensity score matching, synthetic controls, double differences, and instrumental variables. There is a chapter on the powerful AI approach of Directed Acyclic Graphs (aka Bayesian Networks), another on structural equation models, and one on time-series techniques, including Granger causality.At the heart of the book are four chapters on uplift modeling, where the goal is to help firms determine how best to deploy their resources for marketing or other interventions. We start by modeling uplift, discuss the test-and-learn process, and provide an overview of the prescriptive analytics of uplift.The book is written in an accessible style and will be of interest to data analysts and strategists in business, to students and instructors of business and analytics who have a solid foundation in statistics, and to data scientists who recognize the need to take seriously the need for causality as an essential input into effective decision-making.

Cave Spiders

The world’s biggest spider is a cave spider! But that's not the only kind of cave spider. These arachnids live in damp, dark homes. Readers will be fascinated by these spider facts, including body parts, web-spinning, and how it hunts for prey. Achievable text, stunning photographs, spider jokes, and an activity round out the learning.

Celebrating Women in Higher Education: A Case of Nurses and Midwives (Routledge Research in Nursing and Midwifery)

This book considers the structure and demographics of the workforce in nursing and midwifery higher education, observing the gender divide, highlighting the impact of intersectionality, and exploring the challenges and opportunities this provides. Divers and Chenery-Morris look at the power of clinical practice, the perception of nursing and midwifery as ‘women’s work,’ perceptions of meaning around being female, social mobility, race, sexuality, the ‘caring role,’ academic identities and the role of men. To investigate these issues, they introduce intersectional case studies of the lived experiences of women working in higher education and make connections to the wider international literature, in particular sociological, feminist and gender theories.The chapters are linked to larger questions that encompass the purpose of universities more generally, including social mobility, generating new knowledge, challenging irrelevant practices or those rooted in colonisation, and reflexivity culminating in visions of the future for the professions. Showcasing a range of experiences and voices from nursing and midwifery academics, this is an important contribution to discussions of gender in higher education and in the caring professions.It will interest advanced students and researchers from nursing, midwifery, education, sociology, and gender studies.

Celiac Disease For Dummies

A compassionate, thorough guide to this increasingly common gluten-related condition Celiac Disease For Dummies is the ultimate reference for living with celiac disease, an autoimmune digestive disorder characterized by a reaction to foods containing gluten. For the newly diagnosed and anyone wanting to learn more about the disease, this book offers jargon-free explanations of symptoms, possible causes, and treatment options. This updated edition covers the latest risk factors, testing, and scientific insights on how celiac disease develops. With the right approach, you can greatly ease symptoms. Discover helpful lifestyle changes and get expert guidance on gluten-free living. This Dummies guide can empower you to address celiac disease head-on and improve your quality of life. Learn the latest on what celiac disease is and how to manage symptoms Heal your intestines, prevent celiac-related cell damage, and live gluten free Compare your treatment options and learn about new drug trials Get helpful information on caring for a child or loved one with celiac disease Celiac Disease For Dummies is a welcome resource for anyone who has or suspects they have this common digestive condition.

Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems: 31st IFIP WG 1.5 International Workshop, AUTOMATA 2025, Lille, France, June 30 – July 2, 2025, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15831)

This book constitutes the proceedings from the 31st IFIP WG 1.5 International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems, AUTOMATA 2025, held in Lille, France, during June 30–July 2, 2025. The 11 full papers and 4 invited papers presented in this proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. The AUTOMATA series is the official annual event of IFIP WG 1.5, the Working Group 5 (on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems), of the Technical Committee 1 (on Foundations of Computer Science), of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). AUTOMATA is an annual, international, multidisciplinary conference for experts in cellular automata and complex dynamic systems.

Central Asia: Geopolitics, Security and Stability

Throughout history, Central Asia has served as an important strategic link between the East and the West. This book locates Central Asia within the broader geopolitics of the Eurasian region, which has witnessed many significant shifts, conflicts and events, while tracing its strategic importance. The book looks at the relations between the Central Asian states and major external powers and shows how it has kept away from the so-called New Great Game. It evaluates the roles of major powers such as Russia, the United States, China, Iran and Turkey, as well as India and its ‘Silk Road’ strategy. It also compares the regional geopolitics of Central Asia with its neighbour Caucasus. The author highlights how, despite limited interstate cooperation, the region has balanced foreign powers and has largely prevented conflicts, thereby enjoying greater strategic autonomy in dealing with other countries. This new revised edition with additional chapters explores new developments, the Russia–Ukraine war and the future of Central Asian geopolitics. The book will benefit scholars and researchers of international relations, political and strategic studies, area studies and Central Asian studies.

Cereal Grains: Processing Methods for Preserving Nutritional Value

Cereal grains are a major part of the global diet, but their nutritional benefits depend on how they are processed. This book explores how various techniques influence nutrient content, bioavailability, and food quality. It provides a clear understanding of traditional and modern processing methods, helping professionals optimize grain-based products. This book provides updated information on innovative grain processing techniques and demonstrates how different methods affect dietary value. Helpful for the industrial sector as well as serving as a reliable source for food science and nutrition studies, this book bridges the gap between research and real-world applications, ultimately offering practical and meaningful information for improving cereal-based, health-benefiting food products.Key Features Provides comprehensive knowledge on different kinds of cereal processing methods Presents the latest information on the effect of processing methods on the specific nutrients (macro as well as micro) of cereal grains Includes techniques to minimize nutrients loss

Challenge, Continuity, and Change in Pakistan (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series)

This book brings a multi-disciplinary approach to studying Pakistan’s contemporary political, social and environmental challenges. It offers insights from various disciplines to show the interconnectedness of many of Pakistan’s problems and their historical roots. The analysis includes issues of political alienation and exclusion, vulnerability to climate change-induced disasters and how such challenges might be mitigated. The case studies in the book reveal that reality is complex and that demographic, social, and technological change is moving apace in Pakistan. This dynamism points to another aspect of Pakistan and its resilience in the face of manmade and natural disasters. An increasingly youthful and urbanised population is challenging social inequalities and power structures whilst the state attempts to respond in old ways to maintain order and stability. The emergence of overseas Pakistani communities and their connectedness with the homeland is another growing development with ramifications for politics and society.A significant contribution on critical affairs in Pakistan, this book investigates if the country is moving towards a critical crossroads in its development. It will be of interest to historians and political scientists of Modern South Asia, as well as geographers interested in examining impact of climate change.

Challenges and Algorithms for Knowledge Discovery from Data: Essays Dedicated to Arno Siebes on the Occasion of His 67th Birthday (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #16067)

Arno Siebes graduated in Mathematics from Utrecht University in 1983. He joined CWI in Amsterdam in 1985, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1990 from Twente University. In 2000, he joined Utrecht University, where he took up the chair for Large Distributed Databases, which was later renamed to Algorithmic Data Analysis. He supervised 15 Ph.D. students, some of whom themselves became professors. His key research work has been on data mining and inductive databases. His most impactful contribution is using the minimum description length (MDL) principle for pattern mining, the algorithm known as Krimp led to an important subdomain in data mining. Arno has been a key member of the European data mining and machine learning community. In addition to his work on the Intelligent Data Analysis symposia, he was program co-chair of the first co-located edition of the European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML) and European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (PKDD) and played a key role in the development of this thriving event. Throughout his research and teaching career, Arno has maintained the philosophy that theory should work in practice. The contributions in this Festschrift serve as a reminder of his successes as a researcher and mentor. The chapters are categorized into topical sections on pattern mining, learning and reasoning, and large language models.

Challenges in Primary Mental Health Care: Models for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

This insightful and timely book equips family doctors and other primary healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to address a diverse range of new and important challenges in the field of primary mental health care, including ongoing impacts from the COVID pandemic, thanatophobia, and end-of life care, humanitarian and geopolitical catastrophes, and the effects of climate change.There is an emphasis throughout on the need to encourage and so reap the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration between family doctors and mental health specialists, and across the range of primary care and community workers. Effective primary healthcare relies increasingly on the use of remote consultations, and the book explains how the potential of remote working can be maximized in low-resource settings. The book concludes with a consideration of how to protect and enhance the mental health of primary care workers in the face of these ongoing challenges in care.Key Features: Global and inclusive, providing practical guidance and direction across low-, middle-, and high-income settings, satisfying the needs of all primary care practitioners regardless of geography Focused on key and immediate challenges for primary care practitioners arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty, and social inequality, migration, and climate change Addresses the vital importance of self-care by and of primary healthcare workers facing unprecedented work and emotional pressures Reflecting the expertise of the WONCA Working Party for Mental Health (WWPMH), building on the foundations laid in the 2020 WONCA volume Global Primary Mental Health Care, the editors and contributors all have expertise in primary mental health care at the frontline, with backgrounds in family medicine, psychiatry, psychology, and nursing.

Challenging Common Myths of Teaching: Practical Strategies to Transform Learners

What are some of the most common myths about teaching and learning? Renowned educator Thomas R. Rosebrough debunks ten popular beliefs and offers principles that will have a bigger impact in the classroom. The principles center on teaching for learners, not only to meet their academic needs but to transform their lives.The ten myths explore essential elements of instruction such as curiosity, the place for lecture, engaged learning, how we learn, the role of testing, the importance of challenge and hope and joy in learning, the power of relationships, a focus on teachers’ identity as it impacts learning, a new look at the concept of readiness, and the critical development of strategic learning qualities. Key features include the table of Ten Myths and Facts of Pedagogy, the Transformational Pedagogy Model, and the Continuum of Teaching Strategies. Each of the ten chapters includes a device called “Perspective” which provides further insight, practicality, inspiration, and clarity to assist understanding, and “Final Thoughts” which synthesizes and briefly summarizes each chapter.Whether you're a new teacher seeking best practices, an experienced teacher refining your instruction, or a preservice teacher thinking about what you want your classroom to look like, this book will give you practical solutions, examples, and insights. Read this book in order or jump to your favorite sections. You'll come away with fresh ideas for creating more impactful and joyful learning experiences for your students, so they can see their own potential as critical thinkers and compassionate people.

Change Leadership Cases for District and School Leaders

This course book is designed to empower educational leaders to make effective leadership decisions and take successful action in response to dynamic scenarios in their schools and districts. This insightful book presents real cases from successful school leaders—and the district leaders who supported them—that strategically navigated their way through change processes. Topics include culturally responsive leadership, leading for SEL, championing data use, improving instruction, crisis leadership, and more. Designed for aspiring educational leaders in leadership preparation programs, this book is full of guiding questions, tools, and practical activities to help deepen learning and translate student understanding to strategic change in their own school contexts.

Change Point Analysis: Theory and Application

Change point analysis is a crucial statistical technique for detecting structural breaks within datasets, applicable in diverse fields such as finance and weather forecasting. The authors of this book aim to consolidate recent advancements and broaden the scope beyond traditional time series applications to include biostatistics, longitudinal data analysis, high-dimensional data, and network analysis.The book introduces foundational concepts with practical data examples from literature, alongside discussions of related machine learning topics. Subsequent chapters focus on mathematical tools for single- and multiple-change point detection along with statistical inference issues, which provide rigorous proofs to enhance understanding but assume readers have foundational knowledge in graduate-level probability and statistics. The book also expands the discussion into threshold regression frameworks linked to subgroup identification in modern statistical learning and apply change point analysis to functional data and dynamic networks—areas not comprehensively covered elsewhere.Key Features: Comprehensive Coverage of Diverse Applications: This book expands the scope of change point analysis to include biostatistics, longitudinal data, high-dimensional data, and network analysis. This broad applicability makes it a valuable resource for researchers and students across various disciplines Integration of Theory and Practice: The book balances rigorous mathematical theory with practical applications by providing extensive computational examples using R. Each chapter features real-world data illustrations and discussions of relevant machine learning topics, ensuring that readers can see the relevance of theoretical concepts in applied settings Accessibility for Students: The content is designed with graduate-level students in mind, providing clear explanations and structured guidance through complex mathematical tools. Rigorous proofs are included to facilitate understanding without overwhelming readers with overly advanced theories early on The book incorporates computational results using R, showcasing various packages tailored for specific methods or problem domains while providing references for further exploration. By offering a selection of widely adopted methodologies relevant in scientific research as well as business contexts, this text aims to equip junior researchers with essential tools needed for their work in change point analysis.

Change Starts Here: What if Everything Your School Needed Was Right in Front of You?

In education, change is inevitable. But despite this, most school change projects falter because they miss what matters most: the human element. Change Starts Here revolutionises how we think about educational change by putting people back at the heart of the process.This groundbreaking book unveils a practical approach that transforms how schools navigate change. At its core lies the innovative double diamond model, a powerful framework that helps school communities discover what truly matters to them and co-create solutions that stick. Through 40 carefully crafted questions and real-world case studies from schools across the world, the authors demonstrate how to replace rigid, top-down directives with authentic, community-driven change.Whether you're wrestling with curriculum reform, teaching development, or new technology, Change Starts Here will help you build consensus, honour diverse perspectives, and create lasting impact. Essential reading for school leaders, teachers, and anyone passionate about making meaningful change in education.

Change and the Internet: An Ethnographic Exploration of Remote Working (Routledge Studies in Anthropology)

This book explores the significance of new information technology for socio-cultural change and provides ethnographic insight into the early days of remote working. It draws on long-term anthropological fieldwork among people in rural Denmark working from home via the internet. Going back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, the study demonstrates how remote and flexible working was mostly practiced informally, fostering incremental changes to the cultural domain of ‘work’. It captures the dilemmas arising from living with multiple arenas and the challenges of balancing work and family life – a predicament which motivates many to embrace remote working. The volume contains an updated introduction and conclusion where the author reflects on the historical moment of his fieldwork and on the impact of the recent Covid-19 pandemic on working practices. The book offers a valuable comment on how to empirically study the social and cultural significance of new information technologies, as well as how to think of and empirically research change anthropologically, situating information technology in a broader offline context of unfolding complex living. It will be of interest to scholars of social anthropology and digital ethnography, as well as others with a focus on social aspects of information technology and on work and organizational studies.

Changing Tides: Climate Action and Justice in India (Public Policy in India)

This book explores climate action and justice in India, a country which has been facing extreme climate events and complex sociopolitical challenges arising from climate change. It offers diverse perspectives and insights into India's evolving climate landscape, policies, grassroots initiatives, and response to climate vulnerability and inequality. The book scrutinises policy efficacy, addresses community vulnerabilities and perspectives, and showcases innovative sustainable development strategies. It draws upon climate adaptation literature to underscore the significance of global cooperation in tackling climate change challenges. With a focus on inclusivity and global collaboration, the book will serve as a great resource for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders in navigating the complexities of climate action and justice in India. Part of the Innovations, Practice and the Future of Public Policy in India series, this open access volume will be of interest to public and climate policy professionals, social science professionals, and students working on climate change, climate action and justice, public policy, social sciences, environmental science, geography, and South Asia studies.This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Chaplaincy for a Plural World: Humanistic Perspectives

Chaplaincy for a Plural World provides a theoretical foundation for an inclusive understanding of chaplaincy and lays out key chaplaincy methods for providing spiritual care in a modern context. Inspired by recent humanist chaplaincy in the Netherlands and based on the interdisciplinary science of humanistic studies, the book explains chaplaincy as a multifaceted profession in which supporting people’s search for meaning in life is intertwined with the pursuit of humanizing organizations and society.The book offers a wide range of methods and practical tools for use by a diverse group of readers: chaplains, other professionals or volunteers, and students in higher education who prepare themselves for spiritual care work in secularizing and pluralizing societies. These methods include such key areas of work as individual counseling, group work, ritual, educational activities, supporting the moral development of individuals, teams, and organizations, conducting research, and doing sociopolitical work. The book fills the meaning gap that secularization has left in Western societies and offers a hopeful perspective for all who strive for a humane and meaningful world.

Character Compass, Second Edition: Four Directions for Building Powerful School Culture and Student Success

The popular volume on the power of character development in the classroom now features new chapters on intellectual risk-taking and open-mindedness, plus reflections from leaders and former students of the participating schools on the impact of character education on their work and lives​ Character Compass, Second Edition returns to three high-performing urban schools to reassess their distinct commitments to character education. Classical Academy prizes moral character, College Bound Middle School emphasizes performance character, and Civitas Prep prioritizes civic character. To this group, Scott Seider, Shelby Clark, and Madora Soutter add Bright Ideas Middle School, which champions intellectual character. They describe the ways in which these four school&’s distinctive character goals lead them to emphasize different programming and practices and to nurture different dimensions of their students&’ characters. Seider, Clark, and Soutter reconnect with the students that were interviewed more than a decade ago to ask how character education influenced their trajectories, and they invite the volume&’s original school leaders to share how their thinking has and has not changed. Their research reaffirms the foundational strength of character education in building a powerful school culture where students can thrive, and a new case-study on a school emphasizing intellectual character broadens the framework&’s reach. With its rare longitudinal and retrospective perspective, Character Compass, Second Edition provides K–12 educators and school leaders with powerful guidance for making character development central to their mission of supporting student success. Updates also help practitioners hone their chosen approach to best complement their own unique institutional commitments, community, and context.

Chassis-Domain-Oriented Dynamic Control for Autonomous Vehicles: Estimation, Modeling, Motion Planning and Execution

Over seven detail-rich chapters, this book comprehensively describes autonomous vehicle chassis modeling and control, chassis domain dynamic control, the estimation of essential dynamic states, research on motion planning, the development of chassis coordinated control, and related topics.This book first summarizes vehicle dynamic modeling and control and provides the background and related topics for chassis domain dynamic control. It then presents the motivations of chassis domain control and introduces its conceptual framework. The book then focuses on the identification of tire–road interactions, which contain lateral, longitudinal, and vertical tire forces, before then discussing the estimation of essential dynamic states, which represent vehicle handling stability status, and the observation of road surface coefficient. The quantitative evaluation of vehicle chassis domain performance is then provided, with the rigorous definition and design of a comprehensive metric for assessing chassis dynamic performance. Next, the book instructs readers on the chassis-domain dynamic-aware motion planning for autonomous vehicles and the multi-objective multi-subsystem coordinated control. Finally, the authors present their conclusions and future recommendations for the advanced control of autonomous vehicles. The content and structure of this book will enable readers to address the high complexity and unpredictability of traffic conditions, along with the strong nonlinearity of vehicle dynamics during maneuvers, to facilitate the safe and coordinated operations of chassis subsystems. This will further the advancement of autonomous vehicles as the automobile industry transitions into the intelligent age.This is a vital guide for readers from various expertise backgrounds. Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students who study vehicle engineering will benefit from the descriptions of theoretical foundations and practical methodologies. Engineers and researchers will also benefit from the unique insights into modeling and control technologies for autonomous vehicles.

Chatbot Therapy: A Critical Analysis of AI Mental Health Treatment (Concepts for Critical Psychology)

Chatbot Therapy: A Critical Analysis of AI Mental Health Treatment examines automated mental health therapy in the form of therapy chatbots, taking a critical analysis of this new technology.Drawing on historical and emerging scholarship on critical theory, science and technology studies, and critical psychology, this project investigates the social life of mental health therapy applications. The book unearths the assumptions about subjectivity, consciousness, and mental health that underpin these applications, looking predominantly at Wysa and Woebot, but also at other chatbot and non-chatbot mental health applications. It explores the historical emergence of this technology, the technical and design aspects of chatbot therapy apps, the therapeutic methods employed, and the economic context within which therapy chatbots have developed. It centres around the questions of what it means to automate mental health treatment and of how automated interventions alter our understanding of mental suffering and well-being.This highly topical and interdisciplinary study will be of great interest to postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of critical psychology, mental health, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, science and technology studies, and critical theory. It will also be relevant reading for mental health professionals.

Chemie für Dummies (Für Dummies)

Chemie verstehen leicht gemacht In diesem Buch finden Sie alles, was Sie benötigen, um Chemie von Grund auf zu verstehen. Michael Brandl und Stefan Viehbeck erklären Ihnen leicht verständlich und mit vielen Beispielen aus dem Alltag die Grundlagen der Chemie: angefangen bei Aggregatzuständen und Atomen über Bindungen und chemische Reaktionen bis hin zu komplexeren Themen wie der organischen Chemie. Abbildungen und Formeln in Farbe erleichtern Ihnen das einfache Nachvollziehen von chemischen Vorgängen. Versuche und Aufgabenstellungen zu allen Themen helfen Ihnen dabei, das Gelernte zu verinnerlichen. Sie erfahren Wie das Periodensystem der Elemente aufgebaut ist Welche chemischen Bindungen es gibt Was es mit Wechselwirkungen und Redoxreaktionen auf sich hat Warum sich in der organischen Chemie alles um ein Element dreht

Chemie kompakt für Dummies (Für Dummies)

Die Chemie auf den Punkt gebracht Ein solides Fundament ist die beste Basis allen Wissens: Das ist zwar eine Binsenweisheit, dennoch fehlt es bei vielen Menschen in den Naturwissenschaften gerade an diesem Fundament. Chemie kompakt für Dummies schafft da Abhilfe. Hier erfahren Sie das Wichtigste zu den Elementen, dem Ablauf von Reaktionen, dem Aufbau des Periodensystems und vielem mehr. Das Buch enthält die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Chemie, angefangen bei einfachen Konzepten, wie Materie, bis hin zu komplexeren Themen, wie der organischen Chemie. Erklärvideos unterstützen Sie dabei, die Inhalte des Buchs zu verstehen und zu verinnerlichen. Sie erfahren Wie ein Atom aufgebaut ist Was es mit dem Mol auf sich hat und wie Stöchiometrie funktioniert. Das Wichtigste zu Aggregatzuständen und Co.

Chemistry: A Cultural Perspective

This book gives a series of stories to illustrate the impact of chemistry on the lives of people from the past to the present day. This book gives chemistry students and lay readers a window into how interactions at the atomic level translate into familiar materials. Teachers of chemistry and related subjects may also find the content and wealth of detail in this book a valuable resource to supplement their lecture room and classroom courses. Key Features: • A readable and accessible account of the science underpinning a diverse range of naturally occurring and synthetic substances that are encountered in everyday life.• Source of engaging material which showcases the multidisciplinary nature of chemistry.• A text rich in molecular structures, explanatory diagrams and images to promote a thorough grasp of the chemistry presented.• Dynamic aspect of the chemistry conveyed through a narrative combining historical perspectives and modern developments.• Inclusion of practical resources shows how concepts can be applied in practice.

Chess Openings For Dummies

Set yourself up for success by understanding the art of the chess opening Chess Openings For Dummies helps beginning and intermediate chess players improve their game by making the first few moves count. With a strong opening, you can dictate the flow of the game, control the center, and keep your king safe. This book shows you how to make tactical early moves that put you on a strong footing for the rest of the game. Chess master James Eade shares his expert knowledge for coming out triumphant in open, semi-open, closed, and semi-closed games. Plus, you'll discover the perks of advancing with flank openings and learn the major mistakes to avoid. Learn the importance of online competitions, computers, and faster-paced chess events and their impact on the game. In language anyone can understand, this Dummies guide helps you gain a strategic advantage in chess. Discover the most effective openings for open and closed games Advance your game with new and advanced opening techniques Learn why certain openings have become more popular—and why you should use them Gain the upper hand in the first few moves and keep opponents on their toes Looking to improve your chess openings? Chess Openings For Dummies makes it easy.

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