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Brave Companions: Portraits In History
by David McCulloughFrom Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, these are stories of people of great vision and daring whose achievements continue to inspire us today, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. Here are Alexander von Humboldt, whose epic explorations of South America surpassed the Lewis and Clark expedition; Harriet Beecher Stowe, “the little woman who made the big war”; Frederic Remington; the extraordinary Louis Agassiz of Harvard; Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and their fellow long-distance pilots Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Beryl Markham; Harry Caudill, the Kentucky lawyer who awakened the nation to the tragedy of Appalachia; and David Plowden, a present-day photographer of vanishing America. Different as they are from each other, McCullough’s subjects have in common a rare vitality and sense of purpose. These are brave companions: to each other, to David McCullough, and to the reader, for with rare storytelling ability McCullough brings us into the times they knew and their very uncommon lives.
Christmas in Plains: Memories
by Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait.In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood—the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father’s eggnog, the children’s house decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke’s story of the birth of Christ, and the poignancy of his black neighbors’ poverty. Later, away at Annapolis, he always went home to Plains, and during his Navy years, when he and Rosalynn were raising their young family, they spent their Christmases together recreating for their children the holiday festivities of their youth. Since the Carters returned home to Plains for good, they have always been there on Christmas Day, with only one exception in forty-eight years: In 1980, with Americans held hostage in Iran, Jimmy, Rosalynn, and Amy went by themselves to Camp David, where they felt lonely. Amy suggested that they invite the White House staff and their families to join them and to celebrate. Nowadays the Carters’ large family is still together at Christmastime, offering each other the gifts and the lifelong rituals that mark this day for them. With the novelist’s eye that enchanted readers of his memoir An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter has written another American classic, in the tradition of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory and Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-1945
by Stephen E. AmbroseStephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II.The young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II fought against horrific odds, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with vivid detail and affection. Ambrose describes how the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and selected the elite few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are the boys—turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of the B-24s—who suffered over fifty percent casualties. With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern, who was to become a United States senator and a presidential candidate, flew thirty-five combat missions (all the Army would allow) and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in action, and crews of other planes. Many went down in flames. As Band of Brothers and Citizen Soldiers portrayed the bravery and ultimate victory of the American soldiers from Normandy on to Germany, The Wild Blue illustrates the enormous contribution that these young men of the Army Air Forces made to the Allied victory.
The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope
by Richard Paul EvansSince it was first published, millions of people have been touched by the magic of The Christmas Box, a holiday classic that is as beloved in our time as A Christmas Carol was in Dickens's.When New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans wrote The Christmas Box, he intended it as a private expression of love for his two young daughters, Jenna and Allyson. Though he often told them that he loved them, he didn't feel that they could ever really understand the depth of his feelings until they had experienced the joy of rearing their own children, and by that time their relationship would have changed forever. In writing The Christmas Box, he hoped that at some time in the future they would read the book and know of their father's love. As Evans began to write, he was amazed at the inspiration that flowed into his mind and heart. He completed the moving story of a widow and the young family who comes to live with her in less than six weeks, and bound twenty copies to give as Christmas presents to family and friends. In the following weeks, those twenty copies were shared and passed along from family to family, from friend to friend, and what began as a tale for two little girls became a message of miracles, hope, and healing for people throughout the world.
A Short Autobiography
by F. Scott Fitzgerald James L. West IIIA self-portrait of a great writer. A Short Autobiography charts Fitzgerald's progression from exuberant and cocky with "What I think and Feel at 25", to mature and reflective with "One Hundred False Starts" and "The Death of My Father." Compiled and edited by Professor James West, this revealing collection of personal essays and articles reveals the beloved author in his own words.
Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love
by David TalbotA riveting history of San Francisco&’s transformation—from the Summer of Love to the AIDS crisis—told through the lives, struggles, and triumphs that defined an era.From the founder of Salon comes a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that captures one of America&’s most extraordinary cities at its most volatile and visionary. In Season of the Witch, David Talbot chronicles the cultural and political evolution of San Francisco from the late 1960s through the early 1980s—a period of upheaval, idealism, and rebirth. Against the backdrop of protests, assassinations, and radical change, the city emerges as a microcosm of the nation&’s own growing pains. Through a sweeping narrative rich with unforgettable figures—Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, Bill Walsh, Dianne Feinstein, and more—Talbot reveals how San Francisco transformed from a haven for dreamers and outcasts into a symbol of modern American progress. From the psychedelic haze of Haight-Ashbury to the violence of Jonestown and the hope of the gay rights movement, this is the story of a city that lost its innocence and found its soul. Both gripping and deeply human, Season of the Witch is a masterwork of narrative history—an essential chronicle of rebellion, tragedy, and triumph that reshaped the City by the Bay.
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
by Ethan Watters&“A blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America&’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing&” (Po Bronson). In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself: We are in the process of homogenizing the way the world goes mad.It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia have begun to spread around the world like contagions, and the virus is us. Traveling from Hong Kong to Sri Lanka to Zanzibar to Japan, acclaimed journalist Ethan Watters witnesses firsthand how Western healers often steamroll indigenous expressions of mental health and madness and replace them with our own. In teaching the rest of the world to think like us, we have been homogenizing the way the world goes mad.
Hello, Darkness
by Sandra BrownFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red comes a thrilling tale of psychological suspense about a woman haunted by her past and caught in a nightmare that threatens to destroy her future.For Paris Gibson, her popular late-night radio drama is both an escape and her one real contact with the outside world. To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and trusted friend who not only takes their requests but listens to their problems and occasionally dispenses advice. Paris&’s world of isolation is shattered when one listener—a man who identifies himself only as &“Valentino&”—tells her that the girl he loves jilted him because of Paris&’s on-air advice. Now he intends to exact his revenge: first he plans to kill the girl—then he will come after Paris. Joined by the Austin police department, Paris plunges into a race-against-time thrill ride to find Valentino before he can carry out his threat. To her dismay, she finds that she must now work with crime psychologist Dean Malloy, a man with whom she shares a history. His presence arouses old passions, forcing Paris to confront painful memories that she had come to Austin to forget. As the clock ticks down and Valentino&’s threats come closer to becoming reality, Paris finds herself forced to deal with a killer who may not be a stranger at all. Tense and compelling right up to the chilling climax, Hello, Darkness is suspense at its very best, by the author USA TODAY dubbed &“a masterful storyteller, carefully crafting tales that keep readers on the edge of their seats.&”
Klausurtagungen und Strategie-Workshops für Führungskräfte: Strategische Planung und effektive Teamarbeit
by Alexander DislerKlausurtagungen oder Strategie-Workshops sind für Unternehmen bewährte Formate, um strategisch wichtige Themen abseits des Tagesgeschäfts zu erarbeiten. Dieses Fachbuch bietet eine umfassende Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung, wie Sie herkömmliche Besprechungen in zielgerichtete Klausurtagungen und Workshops verwandeln, bei denen strategische Planung, Problemlösungen und Teamentwicklung im Vordergrund stehen. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie mit einer sorgfältigen Vorbereitung – von der Auswahl der Teilnehmer über die präzise Themenfindung bis zur optimalen logistischen Planung – den Grundstein für erfolgreiche Veranstaltungen legen. Über 20 praxisnahe Ideenfindungs-Methoden wie Brainstorming, SWOT-Analysen, Rollenspiele sowie über 10 interaktive Teamübungen unterstützen Sie dabei, Ihre Klausurtagungen oder Workshops strukturiert zu moderieren und auch herausfordernde Situationen souverän zu meistern. Inspirierende Fallbeispiele und zahlreiche Best Practices liefern wertvolle Impulse und zeigen, wie Klausurtagungen und Workshops die Zukunft Ihres Unternehmen aktiv gestalten. Das Buch richtet sich an Führungskräfte, Gründer:innen, Unternehmer:innen, Abteilungs- und Teamleitungen, Projektmanager:innen, Personalentwickler:innen, Berater:innen, Coaches und Organisationsentwickler:innen. Der Inhalt Definition und Zweck einer Klausurtagung oder eines Strategie-Workshops Vorbereitung und Durchführung Ablauf, Methoden und Best Practices: Einstieg, Hauptteil und Abschluss Ergebnisse und Nachbereitung Fallbeispiele und Erfahrungen
City Makers and the Politics of Urban Diversity Governance: Comparative Approaches from Europe and Asia (IMISCOE Research Series)
by Kong Chong Ho Marie Gibert-Flutre Jeremie MolhoThis open access book examines the rising challenges of managing diversity in European and Asian cities. It spotlights the roles of varied city makers - from urban leaders to migrant communities and civil society activists - in negotiating and transforming their city&’s diversity governance. The book brings together the contributions of urban studies and migration studies scholars, which offer rich empirical analyses on various European and Asian cities, such as Paris, Singapore, Barcelona, and Guangzhou. Adopting a comparative lens, the book presents a decentered understanding of 'super-diverse' cities, examining shifts in urban policy-making within different geographical contexts, with distinct patterns of migration and diversification. By advancing urban comparison as a research tool, it contributes to the contemporary discussions on the local turn of migration and diversity policies.
Matching, Dynamics and Games for the Allocation of Resources: Essays in Celebration of David Gale’s 100th Birthday (Monographs in Mathematical Economics #7)
by M. Ali Khan Alexander J. Zaslavski Nobusumi SagaraThis research book, dedicated to Professor David Gale on his 100th birthday, compiles significant new findings by renowned experts in mathematical economics related to Gale's work. The book is divided into three parts labelled as: "Economies and Games," "Economic Dynamics and Growth," and "Matching, Contracts, and Finance." These parts are introduced by the two surviving editors in an exploratory attempt to answer the question &“Who is David Gale?&” The first part contains 9 chapters covering topics such as visibility design in network games, repeated games with tail-measurable payoffs, the existence of calibrated forecasts via the minimax theorem, revealed preference theory, the problem of obtaining permission when options partially ordered, an alternative proof for the existence of Haar measures on locally compact topological groups, equilibria of nonlinear production-consumption models, systemic risk in financial networks, and coalitional transferable utility extensions of the Gale–Mas–Colell economy.The second part contains 7 chapters discussing topics like a generalization of the Pontryagin maximum principle in infinite horizon models, the Robinson–Shinkai–Leontief optimal growth model, dynamic CES production functions with a continuum of vintages of capital inputs across varying substitution elasticities, a two-country dynamic model, static and dynamic equilibrium in the Walrasian tradition, duality theorems in linear programming, and the turnpike phenomenon in the generalized von Neumann–Gale model.The third part comprises 4 chapters exploring the relationship between stable and weakly setwise stable outcomes in many-to-many matching with contracts, a version of Gale and Shapley&’s marriage market with a continuum of agents, the existence of stable contract systems between two complementary groups (e.g., workers and firms), and the general notions of upper and lower variances, initially introduced by Peter Walley for bounded random variables.
Financial and Behavioral Health for Helping Professionals
by Jeffrey Anvari-ClarkThis open access book brings together decades of research and practice on the intersections among financial and behavioral health concerns. By framing financial health as comprised of financial precarity, financial efficacy, and financial well-being, this new addition to the field of behavioral health helps readers understand and address the surge of interest in financial health and wellness from a holistic, psychosocial perspective. The text explores not only how financial difficulties impose hardship on individuals, couples, and families, but also how these concerns shape our feelings, perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors and thereby our health. Case examples throughout illustrate the concepts and provide a basis for engaging, assessing, and intervening. Beyond providing an overview of the financial domain of behavioral health from multiple theoretical frameworks, the chapters explore: Trauma, financial anxiety, and financial stressors affecting mental health Barriers to physical health care, financial toxicity, and medical debt Behavioral disorders including problem gambling and spending addiction Social relationship concerns involving financial enabling, infidelity, violence, and abuse A framework to guide professionals from basic financial awareness to client interventions Diagnostic and billing considerations to integrate financial concerns into clinical practice <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-marg
Microbiota Profiling for Precision Medicine: Biomarker-Targeted Drug Delivery Strategies (Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances)
by Anurag Kumar Singh Santosh Kumar Singh Sachchida Nand Rai Emanuel VamanuThis book provides an in-depth exploration of microbiota profiling and precision medicine, including the underlying mechanisms, delivery methods, treatment strategies, and the impact of biomarker-targeted drug delivery. It incorporates the latest research findings, such as biomarker-targeted drug delivery, clinical assessment and diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in biomarker-targeted drug delivery strategies. It addresses the challenges faced by healthcare professionals, offering actionable strategies for effective multidisciplinary care, along with patient and family perspectives, coping mechanisms, and ways to improve quality of life. By combining scientific knowledge, clinical expertise, and patient insights, the book enhances understanding, diagnosis, and treatment options for these complex conditions. These qualities distinguish it from existing publications and make it a valuable resource for readers seeking a thorough and engaging overview of this subject. The chapters cover a broad range of topics, including recent advances in microbiota profiling techniques, microbiota's role in drug metabolism and toxicity, and its immunomodulatory effects. Special focus is given to the involvement of microbiota in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, emphasizing the therapeutic potential of microbiome-targeted strategies. The authors provide expert analysis on integrating microbiota-derived data with innovative tools like nanotechnology and machine learning to improve drug delivery systems. Readers will also gain practical insights from case studies on microbiota-informed therapies for cancer, autoimmune conditions, and gastrointestinal disorders. This book is essential for researchers, clinicians, academicians, and students working in microbiome science, pharmacology, biotechnology, and precision medicine. It addresses key questions such as biomarker validation, data integration, and the ethical considerations necessary for the clinical use of microbiome-based therapies.
Audit the Audit: Redefining the Concept of Audit in the Context of Personal Data Protection
by Chuan Zhang Huishu WuThis book deals with the tension between law and technology of data protection topic, to propose a novel approach for interpreting personal data protection audit. Audits have long been criticized as &“a ritual of verification,&” originating from the financial sector. While this book proposed that audit is in fact a regulatory control system rather than a verification tool, especially dealing with audit of data. The prerequisite for reading this book is a basic understanding of data protection, audit system, information technology as well as administrative law.
Real Emotions and Affect in Extended Realities: First International Conference, REALITIES 2024, Milan, Italy, July 5, 2024, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2663)
by Alice ChiricoThis volume CCIS 2663 constitues the proceedings of the First International Conference on Real Emotions and Affect in Extended Realities, REALITIES 2024, held in Milan, Italy on July 5, 2024. The 12 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. These papers were organized in following topical sections: Emotions in Virtual and Transformative Natural Environments; Clinical and Psychological Applications in VR; AI, Video Games, and Emotions; Methodologies & Tools for Studying Emotions in VR; Virtual Emotions and Theoretical Concepts.
Suburbia Reconsidered, Volume 1: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Suburbia and Literature
by Florian Freitag Andrew Wiese Pavlína Flajšarová Jiří Flajšar Becky NicolaidesThis 3-volume set examines how suburban spaces shape and reflect human experiences in North America, Europe, and Asia, bringing together works by an international group of scholars who explore suburbia through critical analyses of literature, culture, sociology, history, politics, and urban planning. The multidisciplinary and international scope of each volume offers readers a wide breadth of perspectives. Suburbia Reconsidered thus contributes significantly to the expanding field of suburban studies by offering novel insights into the representation of suburbs in literature, the cultural significance of suburban environments, and the socio-economic challenges confronting suburban communities across the globe. Volume 1 of this 3-volume set examines the depiction of suburban spaces in 20th- and 21st-century British, American, Canadian, and French literature. The contributors present original perspectives on how suburban environments influence human experiences and identities, as reflected in literature. Chapters in this section also probe the intersections of gender, race, and ethnicity within suburban fiction, and traverse popular genres from detective novels to memoirs. By integrating insights from literature, cultural studies, sociology, history, and urban planning, Suburbia Reconsidered enhances our understanding of suburban spaces and their potential for positive transformation, and encourages scholars to explore new methodologies and perspectives.
Translating Shakespeare: Access and Mediation (Global Shakespeares)
by Liz Oakley-Brown Duncan LeesThis edited collection explores the mediation between languages, cultures and people that occurs when Shakespeare is translated - in multiple senses - and who is included and excluded in the process. It features contributions from emerging and established critical and creative writers, who offer analysis of a wide range of global cases, spanning Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as Europe and North America. The collection covers numerous languages, both spoken and written (including Dutch, Mandarin, Spanish, Tamil and Welsh), and visual (American Sign Language), and their uses across various multimodal contexts, from page and stage to film dubbing, radio plays and Netflix shows, and from classrooms to refugee camps.
Global Yijing: Intercultural Encounters with World Religions and Thoughts (Chinese Culture #17)
by John Tsz-pang LaiThis book is an examination of the globalization of the Yijing from cross-cultural and comparative perspectives, with a special focus on the Yijing encounters with world religions and thoughts over the past centuries. It presents an ambitious effort to bring together leading Yijing—The Book of Changes—scholars in the world. Composed of three parts and twelve chapters, it begins with a conceptualized narrative of the globalization of the Yijing, highlighting the intercultural encounters and transformation of the Yijing in different religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions across the globe. Part One investigates the interaction of the Yijing in Asian religions and philosophy including the Confucian and Buddhist traditions, as well as Maoism in Japan. Part Two explores how the Yijing was creatively and provocatively interpreted by Jesuit and Protestant missionaries, Chinese Christian intellectuals, and Chinese Islamic scholars from the Qing period to 20th century China. Part Three examines the multifaceted issues associated with the reception and transformation of the Yijing in Western thoughts, like French occultism, Carl Jung&’s analytical psychology and John Cage&’s experimental music theory and practice. This book is an essential reading for those who are interested in the Yijing and also serves as a useful reference for students and scholars of Chinese culture, Asian philosophy, East Asian studies, and translation studies.
Clean Energy Research: Now and in the Future (Green Energy and Technology)
by Lin ChenThis book provides readers with the latest developments and innovations in clean energy resources and systems, energy economics, and energy policies. Designed to help move towards a cleaner, more sustainable energy landscape, it offers theoretical insights, practical knowledge, and case studies on clean energy technology. It covers sustainable methods for increasing energy efficiency and examines current concepts and solutions to global energy storage and energy-saving issues, including wind energy technology and offshore potential, advanced solar energy systems and case studies, hydrogen production, storage, and material challenges, carbon capture, storage, and resource utilization, bioenergy and sustainable fuel innovations, energy system optimization, and thermal management. Clean Energy Research: Now and in the Future is an essential guide to up-to-date research results for scientists, practitioners, engineers, students, and researchers.
New Discoveries in the Brain Sciences of Fear and Anxiety - From Basic to Clinical Neuroscience (Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences #73)
by Mohammed R. Milad Jennifer Urbano BlackfordThis book focuses on the latest neuroscience findings about the neurobiology of fear and anxiety. Fear is a highly conserved and evolutionarily adaptive response to threats in the environment. Decades of research have identified the basic underlying neurocircuitry of fear and cutting-edge methods used in both animal models and humans continue to refine and shape our understanding of fear. While fear, when expressed in the appropriate context, is adaptive, excessive responses to threatening cues and contexts and anxiety are maladaptive. Fear-based disorders and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and impairing. These disorders often begin in childhood, highlighting the importance of genetics, early environment, and risk factors. The contributors to this book are international experts in behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology. Collectively, they provide diverse perspectives on the neurobiology of fear and anxiety. The invited contributions are organized to provide a critical review of the recent advances in the neuroscience research and will span the continuum from basic to clinical neuroscience with representation across species, development, and disorders. The sections of this book review the basic mechanisms underlying fear and anxiety, describe the factors that contribute to anxiety, including developmental stage, risk factors, sex differences, and genetics, elucidate how treatments work and describe novel treatments, and demonstrate the role of anxiety in other disorders including autism, substance use disorders, and schizophrenia. This critical and comprehensive collection of chapters will provide a review on the neuroscience of fear and anxiety that will be highly relevant for both scientists and clinicians interested in the brain mechanisms and associated psychopathologies related to fear and anxiety.
Connectivity Geopolitics in Nepal: Balancing Aspirations and Trade-offs (South Asia’s Geopolitical & Strategic Engagement)
by Bipin GhimireThis book is a critical articulation of Nepal&’s connectivity geopolitics, offering a triangular analysis of the country's geopolitics, connectivity and foreign policy. By elucidating the interplay between these elements, it contributes to a deeper understanding of how smaller states strategically balance aspirations and trade-offs in navigating the contemporary reality of connectivity geopolitics amidst competing global interests. Furthermore, it helps us examine how insights generated from a country's history of strategic culture could be valuable in navigating the contemporary reality of connectivity geopolitics and why one should not take foreign support for connectivity at face value. The
Esophageal Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment
by Marco G. Patti Fernando A. M. Herbella Francisco SchlottmannThis book is a state-of-the-art description of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of benign esophageal disorders. Expert physicians provide an evidence- and experience-based analysis in each chapter. Written for a readership which includes primary care physicians, internal medicine doctors, gastroenterologists, pulmonologists, surgeons, as well as medical students. As easy-to-read yet comprehensive and detailed book, with clear information.
Hybrid Human-AI Collaborative Networks: 26th IFIP WG 5.5 SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2025, Porto, Portugal, October 27-29, 2025, Proceedings, Part II (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #771)
by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos Angel Ortiz Xavier Boucher Antonio Lucas SoaresThis two-volume set, IFIP AICT 770-771, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th IFIP WG 5.5 SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises on Hybrid Human-AI Collaborative Networks, PRO-VE 2025, held in Porto, Portugal, during October 27-29, 2025. The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 126 submissions. These papers are organized around the following main topics: · Society 5.0, AI as a driver for Collaboration, Collaborative Risk and Crisis Management, AI for Logistics and Supply Chain, Technologies for Adaptable Collaborative Networks, People-Centered and AI-driven Processes, Multi-agent Systems for Hybrid Human-AI Collaboration, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; f
New Business Organizational Models for Governing in Times of Change: From Classical HR Models to the Role of AI (Future of Business and Finance)
by Angelo RosaThis book explores transformation of organizational structures and governance in a VUCA world, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI). In an era characterized by globalization, technological upheavals and climate change, traditional human resources practices and classical management models show obvious limitations. AI emerges as a transformative force, redefining work through human-AI collaboration, role rewriting and necessary retraining. This book critiques outdated management paradigms, analyzes the integration of AI into governance models, and explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines to provide a roadmap for organizations. The author provides an assessment of how AI is transforming the workplace and offers actionable strategies for organizations to navigate this changing landscape. The author also provides a system for human-centric, ethical integration of AI into today&’s work environment.
Unconventional Organisms in Biotechnology (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology #192)
by Dirk HoltmannThis book reviews the potential of unconventional production organisms in biotechnology, emphasizing their role in enhancing bioprocess efficiency and sustainability. By focusing on a diverse range of microorganisms, such as the archaea Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus and the fast-growing bacterium Vibrio natriegens, the book highlights the opportunities and needs for integrating these organisms into biotechnological applications. The chapters cover topics such as the utilization of alternative substrates like CO2 and methane, adaptation to unusual process conditions, and the exploitation of microbial diversity for enhanced biofilm growth and electron transport systems. Each chapter begins with an overview of the microbiological and biochemical characteristics of the organisms, followed by discussions on their biotechnological applications. Readers will also find expert analysis of the current challenges and future trends in the application of these organisms, making the book a must-read for anyone interested in advancing bioprocess technologies. Given its breadth, this book is an invaluable resource for researchers, scholars, and practitioners in biotechnology and related fields. It provides cutting-edge insights into the development of processes based on alternative organisms, and their role in shaping the future of biotechnology.