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Psychogeriatrics: A Clinical Guide (Practical Issues in Geriatrics)
by Nicola Veronese Anna MarsegliaThe book offers a must-have tool primarily for psychiatrists, geriatricians, neurologists, and psychologists, but will also be of interest to general practitioners for first line assessment. The aim of this book is to establish a gold standard: a reference work to be used as a clinical guide to the assessment of mental illness in older persons in the field. Psychogeriatrics is generally a very specific field in the midst of different disciplines, where there is hardly a clinical consensus on how to best assess and treat elderly subjects with mental or behavioral symptoms, possibly resulting from psychiatric disorders. This book provides clear and practical indications, prepared by a panel of international experts in the field with extensive scientific and clinical experience. Boxes with first and second line actions for assessing and treating mental illness in the elderly are included, and all chapters are uniformly divided into sections on epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, differential diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.
Report on China Smart Education 2023: Towards a Higher Level of Digital Education (Research in Chinese Education)
by China National Academy of Educational SciencesThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of smart education in China. It defines smart education as a higher level of digital education that can be divided into four stages, including resource sharing, data-driven, integration with AI, and ecology reshaping. It proposes five practical paths for the development of smart education in China, such as cultivating innovation literacy as its goal and data empowerment as its core, and it develops an evaluation framework consisting of four dimensions, including extensive connectivity, innovative application, mechanism guarantee, and literacy improvement. Finally, it also identifies five trends in the global development of digital education. This book serves as a valuable resource for teachers, education administrators, education researchers, and other readers who are interested in educational innovation and development in China.
Rancière's Counter-Sociology: Politics, History, Education
by Jeremy F. LaneJacques Rancière is almost unique amongst contemporary thinkers in his consistent hostility to sociologically informed modes of interpretation. This hostility is not limited to his detailed critiques of Pierre Bourdieu—it characterises his thinking about politics, emancipation, democracy, history, aesthetics, and social class; it extends into a rejection of Marxist or marxisant modes of analysis. For Rancière’s harshest critics, this hostility to sociology reflects an interpretative negligence on his part, an intellectual, political, or moral flaw. Even his more favorable commentators typically upbraid him for failing to specify the historical conditions of possibility of democratic emancipation. This book argues that such reactions are fundamentally mistaken and fail to grasp what is at stake in Rancière’s rejection of sociological modes of enquiry. This rejection is attributable neither to his negligence nor to some moral flaw, and nor is it merely incidental to his thought. On the contrary, Rancière understands sociology to constitute a problematic, a set of assumptions and interpretative procedures whose blind spots must be identified and thought through in order that the possibility of intellectual and political emancipation, of democracy, and of history can be thought at all. Rancière’s thought thus represents a counter-sociology and his rejection of the sociological problematic serves as the positive condition of possibility of his theory of democracy, equality, and emancipation. This new study both clarifies the nature of Rancière’s critique of the sociological problematic and shows what his counter-sociology allows him to think in the domains of politics, history, and education.
Advances in Mechanism Design IV: Proceedings of TMM 2024 (Mechanisms and Machine Science #171)
by Jaroslav Beran Martin Bílek Miroslav Václavík Petr ŽabkaThis book presents the latest research advances relating to machines and mechanisms. Featuring papers from the XIV International Conference on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (TMM), held in Liberec, Czech Republic, on September 3–5, 2024, it includes a selection of the most important new results and developments. The book is divided into five parts, representing a well-balanced overview, and spanning the general theory of machines and mechanisms, through analysis and synthesis of planar and spatial mechanisms, linkages and cams, robots and manipulators, dynamics of machines and mechanisms, rotor dynamics, computational mechanics, vibration and noise in machines, optimization of mechanisms and machines, mechanisms of textile machines, mechatronics and control, and monitoring systems of machines. This conference is traditionally held every four years under the auspices of the international organisation IFToMM and the Czech Society for Mechanics.
Seeds: Anti-proliferative Storehouse for Bioactive Secondary Metabolites
by Dilipkumar PalThis book presents extensive and up-to-date information on the anti-proliferative properties of various plant seeds for their application in pharmaceutical industry and medicinal research. This information is imperative for understanding and developing high quality products from the seeds.The book provides insights about anticancer and antitumour activities present in seeds. Different chapters cover the traditional knowledge as well as recent innovations in various seeds, such as prune, pumpkin, grape fruit, sesame, sunflower, bitter gourd, papaya, mango, apple, black plum, cumin, water melon, musk melon, cotton, carambola, pear, cardamon, moringa, wallich, Chinese cabbage, pistachio, etc. and their bioactivities for the applications in cancer and malignancy proliferation. The book introduces the readers to seed as a bioactive compound, and delineates the various health effects. It further explains the relation between the different metabolites and their effect on cell proliferation. Finally the book goes on to explain different seeds and their specific anti-cancer properties. This book is useful for students and researchers of pharmacology, botany and cancer research. It also caters to industry experts in pharmaceutical sciences.
The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: The Mass Killing that Changed the World (Rethinking Political Violence)
by Ivan KatchanovskiThis open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Maidan massacre in Ukraine. It uses a theoretical framework of rational choice, moral hazard, state- repression backfire, and Weberian ideas about rational action to explore the massacre. The book draws on publicly available videos, photos and audio recordings of the massacre in English, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and other languages, along with several hundred individual testimonies and revelations from the Ukrainian investigation and a trial and its verdict. By examining which parties were responsible for the massacre, the book analyses its implications for not only Russia’s war on Ukraine but also political developments across the globe.
Advances in Digital Health and Medical Bioengineering: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering, EHB-2023, November 9–10, 2023, Bucharest, Romania – Volume 2: Health Technology Assessment, Biomedical Signal Processing, Medicine and Informatics (IFMBE Proceedings #110)
by Hariton-Nicolae Costin Ratko Magjarević Gladiola Gabriela PetroiuThis book gathers the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering, EHB2023, held in hybrid form on November 9–10, 2023, in/from Bucharest, Romania. This second volume of a 3-volume set reports on methods for and results from health technology assessment processes, on advances in biosignal processing, medical imaging, informatics and big data in medicine, and current knowledge concerning the design and evaluation of medical devices. It addresses a broad audience of researchers and professionals working at the interface between medicine, informatics, bioengineering, and electrical and mechanical engineering.
Linear Algebra with Applications to Economics (Classroom Companion: Economics)
by Sergey KhrushchevThis textbook is intended for students of Mathematical Economics and is based on my lectures on Linear Algebra delivered at Satbayev University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The program closely aligns with that of the London School of Economics. The textbook extensively utilizes the concept of Gauss-Jordan elimination. Every subspace of the standard coordinate space possesses a unique Gauss basis. This observation significantly clarifies many aspects of Linear Algebra. The covered topics are outlined in the table of contents.
2D Semiconductors for Environmental Remediation (Emerging Materials and Technologies)
This book gives a comprehensive description of various aspects of 2D semiconductors including their synthesis, surface science, characterizations, and their allied application in environmental remediation including air and water purification, oil-water separation, hydrogen production, and CO2 removal. The electronic and optoelectronic enhancement properties of these semiconductors with bandgap engineering, doping, and chemical functionalization for various applications are exemplified.Features: Provides focus on the application of 2D semiconductors for environmental applications. Covers the fundamental understanding of material design, fabrication, defect engineering, physical and chemical properties of 2D semiconductors, and their advantages for environmental applications. Focuses on the reliable future perspectives and developments that lead to advanced research in utilizing 2D materials for large-scale exploration and commercial deployment. Explores an in-depth insight into various aspects and processes for environmental remediation. Details the importance of 2D semiconductors over other 0D, 1D, or 3D semiconductors. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in materials science and environmental engineering.
Science, Technology, Policy and International Law (ISSN)
by Justo Corti Varela Paolo Davide FarahThis book presents innovative insights into the intersections between science, technology, and society, and particularly their regulation by the law. Departing from the idea that law and science have similar methods and objectives, the book deals with problems, and solutions, that source from these interactions: concerns on how to integrate scientific evidence into trials, how to best regulate new technologies, or whether technological innovations could improve democratic legitimacy, create new regulatory tools or even new spaces of regulation, and what is the impact on the society. The edited collection, by building on a functionalist and comparatist approach, offers answers to how to best integrate law, science, and technology in policy-making and reviews the current attempts made at the transnational and international levels. Case studies, ranging from emerging technologies via environmental protection to statistics, are complemented by a solid theoretical framework, all of which seek to provide readers with tools for critical thinking in the reassessment of the relationship among theory, practice, political goals, and international regulation.
Federated Deep Learning for Healthcare: A Practical Guide with Challenges and Opportunities (Advances in Smart Healthcare Technologies)
by Amandeep Kaur Chetna Kaushal Mehedi Hassan Si Thu AungThis book provides a practical guide to federated deep learning for healthcare including fundamental concepts, framework, and the applications comprising domain adaptation, model distillation, and transfer learning. It covers concerns in model fairness, data bias, regulatory compliance, and ethical dilemmas. It investigates several privacy-preserving methods such as homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party computation, and differential privacy. It will enable readers to build and implement federated learning systems that safeguard private medical information.Features: Offers a thorough introduction of federated deep learning methods designed exclusively for medical applications. Investigates privacy-preserving methods with emphasis on data security and privacy. Discusses healthcare scaling and resource efficiency considerations. Examines methods for sharing information among various healthcare organizations while retaining model performance. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in federated learning, data science, AI/machine learning, and healthcare.
Science, Technology, Policy and International Law (ISSN)
This book presents innovative insights into the intersections between science, technology, and society, and particularly their regulation by the law. Departing from the idea that law and science have similar methods and objectives, the book deals with problems, and solutions, that source from these interactions: concerns on how to integrate scientific evidence into trials, how to best regulate new technologies, or whether technological innovations could improve democratic legitimacy, create new regulatory tools or even new spaces of regulation, and what is the impact on the society. The edited collection, by building on a functionalist and comparatist approach, offers answers to how to best integrate law, science, and technology in policy-making and reviews the current attempts made at the transnational and international levels. Case studies, ranging from emerging technologies via environmental protection to statistics, are complemented by a solid theoretical framework, all of which seek to provide readers with tools for critical thinking in the reassessment of the relationship among theory, practice, political goals, and international regulation.
Data Science and Risk Analytics in Finance and Insurance (Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)
by Tze Leung Lai Haipeng XingThis book presents statistics and data science methods for risk analytics in quantitative finance and insurance. Part I covers the background, financial models, and data analytical methods for market risk, credit risk, and operational risk in financial instruments, as well as models of risk premium and insolvency in insurance contracts. Part II provides an overview of machine learning (including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning), Monte Carlo simulation, and sequential analysis techniques for risk analytics. In Part III, the book offers a non-technical introduction to four key areas in financial technology: artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data analytics.Key Features: Provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of data science methods for financial and insurance risks. Unravels bandits, Markov decision processes, reinforcement learning, and their interconnections. Promotes sequential surveillance and predictive analytics for abrupt changes in risk factors. Introduces the ABCDs of FinTech: Artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data analytics. Includes supplements and exercises to facilitate deeper comprehension.
Data Science and Risk Analytics in Finance and Insurance (Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)
by Tze Leung Lai Haipeng XingThis book presents statistics and data science methods for risk analytics in quantitative finance and insurance. Part I covers the background, financial models, and data analytical methods for market risk, credit risk, and operational risk in financial instruments, as well as models of risk premium and insolvency in insurance contracts. Part II provides an overview of machine learning (including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning), Monte Carlo simulation, and sequential analysis techniques for risk analytics. In Part III, the book offers a non-technical introduction to four key areas in financial technology: artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data analytics.Key Features: Provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of data science methods for financial and insurance risks. Unravels bandits, Markov decision processes, reinforcement learning, and their interconnections. Promotes sequential surveillance and predictive analytics for abrupt changes in risk factors. Introduces the ABCDs of FinTech: Artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and big data analytics. Includes supplements and exercises to facilitate deeper comprehension.
Doctoral Proposal Writing: A Guide for International Students
by Peter SamuelsDoctoral Proposal Writing is an essential guide for current and prospective international doctoral students wishing to apply and study for a PhD in the UK, and other countries where courses are conducted in English.The book supports students in choosing a suitable research topic and writing an effective proposal for investigating this topic across a range of forms of doctoral research, across several disciplines, with an emphasis on international students and students with English as an additional language. The author offers guidance for prospective doctoral students in their applications to study for a doctorate, in writing their initial proposals once they have been enrolled and, if necessary, in writing subsequent extended proposals. The book also includes content on developing academic writing, including paragraph writing, argumentation, doing literature reviews, constructing methodologies and using evidence and referencing. The book ends by covering giving a proposal presentation, how to get the most out of supervisory relationships and thinking about the next steps in your research.By giving insights into the doctoral journey, and using real-life examples of good-quality doctoral proposals by international students, this is an essential resource for anyone looking to study for a PhD in the UK or anglophone countries.
Doctoral Proposal Writing: A Guide for International Students
by Peter SamuelsDoctoral Proposal Writing is an essential guide for current and prospective international doctoral students wishing to apply and study for a PhD in the UK, and other countries where courses are conducted in English.The book supports students in choosing a suitable research topic and writing an effective proposal for investigating this topic across a range of forms of doctoral research, across several disciplines, with an emphasis on international students and students with English as an additional language. The author offers guidance for prospective doctoral students in their applications to study for a doctorate, in writing their initial proposals once they have been enrolled and, if necessary, in writing subsequent extended proposals. The book also includes content on developing academic writing, including paragraph writing, argumentation, doing literature reviews, constructing methodologies and using evidence and referencing. The book ends by covering giving a proposal presentation, how to get the most out of supervisory relationships and thinking about the next steps in your research.By giving insights into the doctoral journey, and using real-life examples of good-quality doctoral proposals by international students, this is an essential resource for anyone looking to study for a PhD in the UK or anglophone countries.
The Mathematics of Thermal Modeling: An Introduction to the Theory of Laser Material Processing, 2e
by John Michael DowdenThe Mathematics of Thermal Modeling, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the basics of the mathematics and physics needed to understand and use the physical principles employed in constructing models of a number of aspects of thermal modeling in industrial processes, notably laser welding; most of the techniques are applicable to many other technological processes, however. The book demonstrates how insight can be gained from mathematical enquiry at a simple level and helps workers understand the way in which more sophisticated models can be constructed. Some necessary but less familiar mathematical techniques are explained in greater detail than before and some discussion of wave-like features in welds is now included. An understanding will be gained of the importance of studying the interaction of multiple features.The book is equally suitable for engineers and material scientists at the Master's or first-year PhD level at university, to similar students with a background in mathematics or physics who are new to laser or industrial technology, or for research workers coming to mathematical modeling of industrial thermal processes for the first time, whatever stage they have reached in their career development.
The Mathematics of Thermal Modeling: An Introduction to the Theory of Laser Material Processing, 2e
by John Michael DowdenThe Mathematics of Thermal Modeling, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the basics of the mathematics and physics needed to understand and use the physical principles employed in constructing models of a number of aspects of thermal modeling in industrial processes, notably laser welding; most of the techniques are applicable to many other technological processes, however. The book demonstrates how insight can be gained from mathematical enquiry at a simple level and helps workers understand the way in which more sophisticated models can be constructed. Some necessary but less familiar mathematical techniques are explained in greater detail than before and some discussion of wave-like features in welds is now included. An understanding will be gained of the importance of studying the interaction of multiple features.The book is equally suitable for engineers and material scientists at the Master's or first-year PhD level at university, to similar students with a background in mathematics or physics who are new to laser or industrial technology, or for research workers coming to mathematical modeling of industrial thermal processes for the first time, whatever stage they have reached in their career development.
Emerging Trends in International Development and Climate Policy: A Focus on Korea and Germany
by Stephan Klingebiel Thomas Kalinowski Niels KeijzerThis open access book delves into the considerable alignment of global sustainable development priorities between Germany and the Republic of Korea (hereafter referred to as Korea), despite their geographical separation. Notably, both nations share a common commitment to development policy and international climate action, an alignment that holds immense potential for enhanced cooperation in today’s evolving global landscape. Germany’s historical role as a founding member of the international development cooperation system juxtaposes with Korea’s more recent entry into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 2010. Korea has transformed from a significant development assistance recipient to an active provider, a transition mirrored in its engagement in international climate finance. Within this dynamic context, the book thoroughly examines key aspects such as the evolving development policy profiles of Germany and Korea, their roles in international organizations, and their shared commitment to international climate policies. It also explores avenues for deeper collaboration between these like-minded partners, all against the backdrop of an evolving geopolitical focus, including the new Indo-Pacific emphasis.
Handbuch Technikphilosophie
by Mathias Gutmann Klaus Wiegerling Benjamin RathgeberDieses Handbuch behandelt umfassend und systematisch das Phänomen Technik: Einerseits wird der Gegenstand vollständig philosophisch entwickelt, also sowohl ideen- und begriffsgeschichtlich behandelt als auch in die Systematik der philosophischen Probleme eingeordnet. Auf dieser Grundlage kann dann andererseits ein gründliches Gespräch mit anderen Fachgebieten geführt und können die wichtigen Fragen der Technologieentwicklung beantwortet werden.
Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale (NanoScience and Technology)
by Enrico Gnecco Ernst MeyerThis book offers a comprehensive review on the latest developments in the field of nanotribology. With contributed chapters covering instrumental aspects, theoretical models, and selected experimental results, this book provides a broad overview of the fundamental issues currently being investigated in the field. The updated third edition includes new topics such as molecular tribology, multiscale structural lubricity, tribofilm growth, nanoscale friction in liquids, and nanotribology at insect-plant interfaces. Written by a highly qualified group of international experts, this book aims to be a key reference on the subject for the next five to ten years, highlighting the importance of understanding the atomistic origins of friction and wear in everyday life and in technical applications.
Social Contract Theory and International Relations: From Hobbes to Kant
by Stephen ChadwickThis book provides a systematic analysis of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant with respect to international relations. These philosophers belong to the social contract tradition and are considered some of the most influential political theorists. Their ideas have played a role in the formation of national political constitutions and remain very influential both in understanding and legitimising the structure of societies around the world. This book is an innovative analysis of what these thinkers have claimed regarding the relationship between nation states, rather than contributing to the established scholarship on what they have said about individual political societies. Specifically, individual chapters examine war and peace, world governance, inequality, and terrorism.
Automatische Sichtprüfung: Grundlagen, Methoden und Praxis der Bildgewinnung und Bildauswertung
by Jürgen Beyerer Fernando Puente León Christian Frese Johannes MeyerDas Lehrbuch behandelt systematisch die Bildgewinnung für die automatische Sichtprüfung. Die Autoren leiten die wesentlichen Methoden detailliert ab und stellen alle gängigen Bildgewinnungsverfahren in einem strukturierten Zusammenhang dar. Der zweite Teil des Buches ist der Bildsignalbeschreibung und der Bildauswertung gewidmet, wobei insbesondere Methoden behandelt werden, die für die automatische Sichtprüfung relevant sind. Die Autoren skizzieren die Herleitung der beschriebenen Methoden, ohne sich in mathematischen Details zu verlieren. Ihr Ziel ist, dass der Leser die Zusammenhänge wirklich versteht und das "große Bild" des Fachgebietes erkennt. Das Buch ist in sich geschlossen und bedarf zum Verständnis keiner ergänzenden Literatur. Die 3. Auflage wurde an vielen Stellen verbessert und unter anderem durch die detaillierte Einführung von neuronalen Faltungsnetzen auf den aktuellen Stand der Technik aktualisiert. Die Zielgruppen Das Buch eignet sich für Studierende der Informatik, Elektro- und Informationstechnik, der Physik und des Maschinenbaus. Ebenso wendet es sich an Ingenieure in der Automatisierungstechnik.
Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets: Ethical Literary Criticism (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)
by Edward L. TomarkenThis open access book seeks to explain how the literary commentary of the Lives of the Poets speaks to us today because of its ethical goals. Edward Tomarken elucidates this element of Johnson’s literary criticism by using Ralph Cohen’s genre method, the topic of Chapter One, “Why Genre”. Chapters two to five address the most prevalent genres of the Lives: tragedy, metaphysical poetry, the epic, the pastoral elegy, and the mock epic. Chapter six considers the rise of literary criticism as a genre. Chapter Seven demonstrates how ethical genre criticism relates literature to life. And the final chapter explains why, although Johnson considers ‘moral’ and ‘ethical’ as nearly interchangeable terms, Tomarken prefers ‘ethical’ because it relates genre criticism to present problems in literary and non-literary worlds.
Fostering Long-Term Sustainable Development in Africa: Overcoming Poverty, Inequality, and Unemployment
by David Mhlanga Mufaro DzingiraiThis book provides a broad and insightful guide to the economic, social, and environmental concerns seen within Africa. It highlights the central economic challenges faced by African countries and outlines ways in which long-term sustainable development in Africa can be achieved. A particular focus in given to issues of poverty, inequality, and unemployment and how poor infrastructure, limited healthcare and education, and environmental deterioration are exacerbating these issues. By looking at the limited effectiveness of traditional development initiatives, a new framework for economic development is presented that focuses on community ownership and long-term sustainability and which acknowledges the history of colonisation, economic exploitation, and political instability that has held Africa back in the past.This book takes hope from countries within the Global South that have moved towards sustainable development and sets out ways in which other countries can follow them. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in development and environmental economics.