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Health Information Processing: 10th China Health Information Processing Conference, CHIP 2024, Fuzhou, China, November 15–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2433)
by Lei Liu Yanchun Zhang Hongfei Lin Tianyong Hao Xiangwen Liao Buzhou Tang Qingcai Chen Zhengxing HuangThis two-volume set CCIS 2432-2433 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th China Health Information Processing Conference, CHIP 2024, held in Fuzhou, China, during November 15–17, 2024. The 32 full papers included in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: biomedical data processing and model application; mental health and disease prediction; and drug prediction and knowledge map.
Creative Pragmatics for Active Learning in STEM Education (Contributions from Science Education Research #14)
by Michael Shanks Tamara Carleton Connie Svabo Chunfang ZhouThis edited volume is an invitation to redesign STEM higher education. It shows the way to active learning in diverse scenarios and provides educators, leaders and policymakers with a visionary approach to active learning and hands-on examples of how education can help students navigate complexity and unpredictability—the challenges of contemporary society. Featuring contributions from a diverse array of scholars and practitioners, this book explores: · Creative learning strategies · Dynamic teacher-student interactions <span style="mso-bidi-font-size
Biotechnological Interventions in the Removal of Emerging Pollutants (Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances)
by Satarupa Dey Sayan BhattacharyaThis book focuses on the most recent developments in bioremediation techniques, exploring how microorganisms can break down different pollutants and the future potential of bioremediation to reduce global pollution levels. It examines the impact of various emerging pollutants on the environment and the health of living organisms while highlighting recent advancements in bioremediation methods needed to degrade these pollutants. Addressing both inorganic and organic compounds from industrial and anthropogenic activities, including personal care products, endocrine disruptors, and pharmaceutical products, this book tackles pollutants that escape conventional water treatment processes, contaminating groundwater, soil, sediments, and oceans. The chapters also cover topics such as the toxicity and health impacts of emerging pollutants, ecotoxicological effects of nanoparticles, policies related to emerging pollutants, technologies for their detection, and technological aspects of their fate during wastewater treatment. Readers will find a comprehensive examination of the roles of microbes in bioremediation, including the elimination, degradation, detoxification, and immobilization of pollutants. The book also introduces enzyme biotechnology as a cost-effective, low-energy, eco-friendly technology for treating various pollutants. Furthermore, it discusses the combination of physical treatment and nanotechnology for sustainable pollutant removal. This book serves as a valuable resource for policymakers aiming to develop effective environmental regulations, educators seeking comprehensive educational material, researchers looking to expand their knowledge on advanced bioremediation techniques, climate change scientists dedicated to mitigating pollution, and undergraduate and graduate students studying agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, or environmental sciences.
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision: 7th Chinese Conference, PRCV 2024, Urumqi, China, October 18–20, 2024, Proceedings, Part XIII (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15043)
by Ran He Jie Zhou Cheng-Lin Liu Ming-Ming Cheng Kurban Ubul Hongbin Zha Zhouchen Lin Wushouer SilamuThis 15-volume set LNCS 15031-15045 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2024, held in Urumqi, China, during October 18–20, 2024. The 579 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1526 submissions. The papers cover various topics in the broad areas of pattern recognition and computer vision, including machine learning, pattern classification and cluster analysis, neural network and deep learning, low-level vision and image processing, object detection and recognition, 3D vision and reconstruction, action recognition, video analysis and understanding, document analysis and recognition, biometrics, medical image analysis, and various applications.
Global Storms and Africa in World Politics: Contemporary Challenges and Decolonial Responses (Global Power Shift)
by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Gorden MoyoAfrica provides a unique perspective to understand today's global crises. This book explores how Africa, positioned historically in a subaltern role due to colonialism, offers a critical lens on the shifting dynamics of the modern world system. The book presents how Africa's continued struggles against racism, colonialism, and economic exploitation make it a powerful site for rethinking the global order. Addressing ecological, ideological, financial, health, and systemic crises, the book demonstrates how problems in Africa are intrinsically linked to global issues. It argues that the so-called decolonization after 1945 was superficial, maintaining global hierarchies that marginalize Africa. With insights from thinkers like Nkrumah and Rodney, it challenges the entrenched structures of racial capitalism and offers new pathways for genuine global equity and justice. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of international relations, economics, political science, and related disciplines, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the ongoing global power shift and Africa's challenges and position within the modern world system.
Nichtrostender ferritischer Stahl: Ein Stahlporträt (essentials)
by Joachim SchlegelDas vorliegende essential beschreibt die nicht rostenden ferritischen Stähle, auch Chrom-Edelstähle genannt. Diese besitzen nur einen sehr geringen bzw. gar keinen Nickelgehalt. Sie sind deshalb kostengünstiger als austenitische Stähle. Sie sind magnetisch; können jedoch nicht umwandlungsgehärtet werden. Mit ihrer guten Schweiß- und Kaltumformbarkeit bei mittelmäßiger Korrosionsbeständigkeit, aber hoher Beständigkeit gegen Spannungsrisskorrosion, haben sie sich ein breites Anwendungsgebiet erschlossen.
Bildungsautomaten?: Beiträge zur Digitalisierung von Bildung und Lehre (ars digitalis)
by Florian Fuchs Tim RaupachDer vorliegende Band versteht sich als interdisziplinäre Intervention in die aktuellen Debatten um die “Kultur der Digitalität” (Stalder) bzw. den Digitalisierungsprozess in Lehre und Unterricht. Die mit der Corona-Pandemie forcierte Digitalisierung von universitärer Lehre und Schulunterricht wird auf die ihr zugrundeliegende positivistisch-behavioristische Machbarkeitsideologie untersucht und somit als Teil eines neuen Herrschaftstypus sichtbar gemacht.
Ganzheitlicher prozessorientierter Organisationsentwicklungs- und -gestaltungsansatz: Umsetzung mit dem MITO-Methoden-Tool (essentials)
by Hartmut F. BinnerUnternehmen aller Branchen müssen sich aufgrund der digitalen Transformation damit beschäftigen, neue Geschäftsmodelle zu entwickeln, um aufgrund von disruptiven Veränderung der bestehenden Produkt- oder Servicelösungen weiterhin wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben. Die Entwicklung von digitalen Business(Geschäfts)modellen ist jedoch ein herausfordernder Lösungsansatz. Denn es müssen klare Vorstellungen über die Infrastrukturen, Inhalte und Aussagen vorliegen, über die ein Geschäftsmodell verfügen sollte, um darauf aufbauend die richtigen digitalen Geschäftsinnovationen und -strategien aufzusetzen. Mit dem regelkreisorientierten MITO-Modell (bestehend aus den Elementen Management, Input, Transformation, Output) wird ein allgemeingültiger Bezugs- und Ordnungsrahmen für die prozessorientierte Organisations-Implementierung vorgegeben.
Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach (Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach)
by Mark K. FergusonAs the complexity of decision-making in medicine, and surgery in particular, is growing exponentially, this book provides a practical guide to decision-making in thoracic surgery. It offers guidance on how to select among the varied and complex approaches that new technology provides. Concise and easy to follow chapters are devoted to one or two specific questions or decisions in thoracic surgery, aiding the reader to develop their decision-making skills. Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery offers clearly formatted and evidence-based chapters to help the reader navigate the complexities of thoracic surgery. All new chapters bring insight into the challenges faced operating on the lung, esophagus, diaphragm, airway, pleaura, mediastinum, and chest wall. The book is relevant to practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, as well as medical professionals working with thoracic diseases.
Health Information Processing: 10th China Health Information Processing Conference, CHIP 2024, Fuzhou, China, November 15–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2432)
by Lei Liu Yanchun Zhang Hongfei Lin Tianyong Hao Xiangwen Liao Buzhou Tang Qingcai Chen Zhengxing HuangThis two-volume set CCIS 2432-2433 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th China Health Information Processing Conference, CHIP 2024, held in Fuzhou, China, during November 15–17, 2024. The 32 full papers included in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: biomedical data processing and model application; mental health and disease prediction; and drug prediction and knowledge map.
Corporate Governance in the Banking and Financial Sector: Innovations and Adaptations in a Changing Landscape (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions)
by Jonathan Williams Timothy KingThis book examines several contemporary issues which are shaping corporate governance in the banking sector. These issues have been evolving over the past decade and even more so since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC, 2007-09) revealed many significant weaknesses in corporate governance structures at banks. Alongside major reforms to the architecture of the global financial system, like the introduction of the Basel 3 Accord, the post-GFC emergence of new issues and acceleration in the importance of others is affecting banks, their competitiveness and business models, and their governance structures. For instance, the emergence and rapid growth of FinTech (financial technology), the increasing focus of government and society on CSR (corporate social responsibility) and ESG (environment, social and governance) investing that speaks to the generational issue of the environment, climate change and associated risks. On top of these developments came the COVID-19 health pandemic that has impacted banks and significantly increased the rate of digitalization. Given the many challenges culminating around banks, this book in three sections provides a timely comparison of the factors influencing corporate governance at banks before and after the GFC, and will be of interest to researchers and students in banking and corporate finance alongside practitioners and policymakers.
The European Union and the Anti-Enlightenment Tradition: The Struggle for the Soul of Europe
by Tamas Dezso ZieglerThis book analyses EU and Member State decision-making through a constructivist perspective and claims that a kind of latent, intellectual &“phantom war&” is going on in Western societies. This war is fought through social practices, political debates, and policy choices for and against the values and ideals of the Enlightenment. The book accurately describes how the values of the Enlightenment and a contrary tradition, the anti-Enlightenment tradition, shape and reshape law and public policy choices in Europe, both at the level of the European Union, and its member states. The hidden war among historical phantoms affects European integration, the values, practices, and policies (including the legal background) of democracy, and the rule of law in our societies. These traditions also affect how we think about humanism and universalism, so they affect EU policies on refugees and other migrants, the role of rationality in public decision-making, and the weakening and defense of checks and balances, only to mention some crucial examples.
Frontier Information Technology and Systems Research in Cooperative Economics (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #316)
by Aleksei V. Bogoviz Alexander E. Suglobov Alexandr N. Maloletko Olga V. Kaurova Svetlana V. LobovaThis book is the very first book-length study devoted to the advances in technological development and systems research in cooperative economics. The chapters provide, first of all, a coherent framework for understanding and applying the concepts and approaches of complexity and systems science for the advanced study of cooperative networks and particular cooperative enterprises and communities. Second, the book serves as a unique source of reliable information on the frontier information technologies available for the production, consumer, credit, and agricultural cooperative enterprises, discussing predominant strategies, potential drivers of change, and responses to complex problems. Given the diverse range of backgrounds and advanced research results, researchers, decision-makers, and stakeholders from all fields of cooperative economics in any country of the world will undoubtedly benefit from this book.
International Collaboration in Ocean Science and Governance (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security)
by Carolijn van NoortThis book introduces a novel model to explain how the co-design and co-delivery of ocean science knowledge and solutions is influenced by ocean stakeholders with asymmetric power and resources, policy incentives and ocean conflict, ocean narratives, different knowledge systems, security concerns, principles, formal and informal rules, and communication competences. Using the International Collaboration in Ocean Science model as a basis, the book advances with three lines of inquiry: ontological security of ocean science participants, the Ocean Decade and human well-being, and strategic narratives about international collaboration in ocean science. Through these, Carolijn van Noort shows the enabling and constraining conditions of co-creating ocean knowledge and solutions. Theoretically novel, the book provides a compelling framework for scholars to study ocean science collaboration
Image Schema Theory and Mathematical Cognition (Mathematics in Mind)
by Marcel DanesiThis book uses blending theory in math cognition, and assesses the main aspect of this theory, called image schema theory. Applied work in math pedagogy has used this theory, but no work has assessed its validity. This book provides an overall assessment of the theory with regard to its validity in the study of math cognition. Overall, this book presents image schema theory as it has evolved today to mathematicians, cognitive scientists, and math educators, deriving from it any concrete implications for modeling math in computer science and, on the other side, for making math pedagogy more effective.
Skin Tissue Engineering: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2922)
by Sophie Böttcher-Haberzeth Thomas BiedermannThis second volume provides protocols describing the isolation and culture of diverse cell types stemming from the skin and the use of these cells and cell constructs for wound healing, bioengineering applications, and translational medicine purposes. Chapters describe the isolation, culture of diverse skin cells, skin models, and managing these cells within co-culture systems. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, the chapters include brief introductions to the material, lists of necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and a Notes section which highlights tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Skin Tissue Engineering: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition aims to be comprehensive guide for researchers in the field.
Adult Assembly Required
by Abbi Waxman&“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.&”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily GiffinA young woman arrives in Los Angeles determined to start over and discovers she doesn&’t need to leave everything behind after all, from Abbi Waxman, USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill When Laura Costello moves to Los Angeles, trying to escape an overprotective family and the haunting memories of a terrible accident, she doesn&’t expect to be homeless after a week. (She&’s pretty sure she didn&’t start that fire — right?) She also doesn't expect to find herself adopted by a rogue bookseller, installed in a lovely but completely illegal boardinghouse, or challenged to save a losing trivia team from ignominy…but that&’s what happens. Add a regretful landlady, a gorgeous housemate and an ex-boyfriend determined to put himself back in the running and you&’ll see why Laura isn&’t really sure she&’s cut out for this adulting thing. Luckily for her, her new friends Nina, Polly and Impossibly Handsome Bob aren't sure either, but maybe if they put their heads (and hearts) together they&’ll be able to make it work.
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad<b>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER</b> From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. <p> "[A] bracing memoir and manifesto."—The New York Times “I can’t think of a more important piece of writing to read right now. I found hope here, and help, to face what the world is now, all that it isn’t anymore. Please read this. I promise you won’t regret it.”—Tommy Orange, bestselling author of Wandering Stars and There There. <p> On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million times. <p> As an immigrant who came to the West, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. A place of justice for all. But in the past twenty years, reporting on the War on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. That there will always be entire groups of human beings it has never intended to treat as fully human—not just Arabs or Muslims or immigrants, but whoever falls outside the boundaries of privilege. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a chronicle of that painful realization, a moral grappling with what it means, as a citizen of the U.S., as a father, to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage. <p> This is El Akkad’s nonfiction debut, his most raw and vulnerable work to date, a heartsick breakup letter with the West. It is a brilliant articulation of the same breakup we are watching all over the United States, in family rooms, on college campuses, on city streets; the consequences of this rupture are just beginning. This book is for all the people who want something better than what the West has served up. This is the book for our time. <b> New York Times Bestseller</b>
Bonfire: A Novel
by Krysten Ritter&“A suspenseful, psychologically gripping story&” (Entertainment Weekly) that explores what happens when your past and present collide, from the star of Netflix&’s Jessica Jones, AMC&’s Orphan Black: Echoes, and author of the novel Retreat.&“A phenomenal, haunting debut.&”—Gillian Flynn&“Dark, disturbing, and compulsively readable.&”—Ruth WareNothing burns as bright as the truth.It has been ten years since Abby Williams, a successful environmental lawyer, left home for the modern apartments and one-night stands of Chicago. But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town&’s economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens&’s biggest scandal, involving her former classmate Kaycee Mitchell—just before Kaycee disappeared for good. And when Abby unearths a disturbing ritual called &“The Game,&” it will threaten reputations and lives, exposing a darkness that may consume her.
The Case Against Sugar
by Gary TaubesFrom the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society.
The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm
by Harold S. KushnerThe bestselling guide to the healing wisdom of the Twenty-Third Psalm—from the beloved author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People. &“A book worthy of attention from people of all faiths.&” —The Dallas Morning News Rabbi Harold Kushner has found that the simple, beautiful verses of perhaps the most memorable and cherished chapter of the Bible—full of honesty and optimism—have an almost magical power to comfort and calm—and to change your life. The psalm does not pretend that life is ever easy, but it offers a masterful guide to living in the world with faith and courage. Drawing on over forty years of his own thinking, on other biblical scholars, and on history, Kushner gracefully demonstrates how this sustaining work can help us cope with every aspect of life, from mundane jealousies to the death of a loved one to unimaginable tragedies of global proportions.
On Chesil Beach: Wm Format
by Ian McEwanNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement brilliantly illuminates the collision of sexual longing, deep-seated fears, and romantic fantasy on a young couple&’s wedding night.&“No one now writing in English surpasses or even matches McEwan's accomplishment." —The Washington Post Book World It is 1962, and Florence and Edward are celebrating their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. Yet as they dine, the expectation of their marital duties become overwhelming. Unbeknownst to them both, the decisions they make this night will resonate throughout their lives. With exquisite prose, Ian McEwan creates in On Chesil Beach a story of lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
by Abbi WaxmanInstant USA Today bestseller!&“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.&”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin&“Meet our bookish millennial heroine—a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will… Waxman&’s wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative, and &“Bookish&” lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare.&”—The Washington Post&“Abbi Waxman offers up a quirky, eccentric romance that will charm any bookworm…. For anyone who&’s ever wondered if their greatest romance might come between the pages of books they read, Waxman offers a heartwarming tribute to that possibility.&”--Entertainment WeeklyThe author of Other People&’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar. Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell. The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book. When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is? Nina considers her options. 1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.) 2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee). 3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.) It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.
Christa Comes Out of Her Shell
by Abbi WaxmanJust when she thought she&’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antisocial scientist back into her least favorite place—the spotlight. A hilarious and insightful new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Barnet has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father—long thought dead after a plane crash—turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if that weren&’t enough, her reunion with an old childhood friend reveals an intense physical attraction neither was expecting and both want to act on . . . if they can just keep a lid on it. When her father&’s story starts to develop cracks, Christa fears she will lose herself, her potential relationship, and—most importantly—any chance of making it back to her snails before they forget her completely.
The Sicilian Inheritance: A Novel
by Jo PiazzaNATIONAL BESTSELLER One of the NY Post's Best Beach Reads, an US Weekly pick for "mystery novels to read on the beach&”, a Woman's World "captivating beach read you won't be able to put down this summer" ("a riveting saga"), an Eater food-filled beach read for your summer vacation ("an appealing mix of romantic escapism, whodunit intrigue, and feminist introspection.") From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes "A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta&” (The New York Times) about a disputed inheritance and a family secret that some will kill to protect . . . Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie&’s death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara&’s great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn&’t die of illness as family lore has it . . . she was murdered. Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside as she races to solve a mystery and learn the story of Serafina—a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself but for all the women of her small village. Unsurprisingly the more she challenges the status quo, the more she finds herself in danger. As Sara discovers more about Serafina, she also realizes she is coming head-to-head with the same menacing forces that took down her great-grandmother. At once an immersive multigenerational mystery and an ode to the undaunted heroism of everyday women, The Sicilian Inheritance is an atmospheric, page-turning delight.