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Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Seventh Edition is the ultimate reference for the latest clinical techniques and research findings that direct evidence-based clinical practice and research for lactation consultants and specialists. It contains everything a nurse, lactation consultant, midwife, women's health nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or Ob/Gyn needs to know about lactation care and science. Topics include placing breastfeeding in its historical context, workplace-related issues, anatomical and biological imperatives of lactation, the prenatal and perinatal periods and concerns during the postpartum period, the mother's health, sociocultural issues, and more vital information.

This six-volume set, LNAI 15387-15392, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2024, held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during December 3–5, 2024. The 159 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 422 submissions. These papers have been organized under the following topical sections across the different volumes: - Part I : Applications; Data mining. Part II : Data mining foundations and algorithms; Federated learning; Knowledge graph. Part III : Graph mining; Spatial data mining. Part IV : Health informatics. Part V : Multi-modal; Natural language processing. Part VI : Recommendation systems; Security and privacy issues.

This book presents a collection of research papers that aim to elucidate the pivotal role of digital systems in driving the formation and evolution of digital ecosystems, thereby shaping new scenarios for organizing in the digital age, by considering people practices, organizational processes, and system design issues. Each chapter offers insights into the ways in which digital systems and digital ecosystems contribute to addressing societal challenges, promoting sustainable development, enhancing collaboration and mitigating the negative effects of technological disruption. Using a multidisciplinary perspective and multimethodological approaches, it explores the impact of digital (eco)systems on governance structures, economic models and social dynamics and provides insights into the transformative potential of digitalization in shaping the future of societies worldwide. The diversity of perspectives makes this book particularly relevant for academics, businesses and public sector organizations. The content of the book is based on the revised versions of a selection of the best papers presented at the annual conference of the Italian Section of the AIS in October 2023 in Turin, Italy.

Exercise immunology is a discipline at the nexus of exercise physiology and immunology that aims to characterise the effects of exercise on the immune system in health and disease. This new edition of Exercise Immunology begins by providing an evidence‑based introduction to the effects that individual bouts of exercise and exercise training have on the characteristics and functioning of the immune system.In addition to introducing the immune system and summarising how different forms of exercise affect the characteristics and functioning of the immune system, this new and fully revised edition will explore exercise immunology in the context of immune ageing, cancer, autoimmune diseases and cardiometabolic disease. In addition, the authors discuss other factors that impact immune health, such as nutrition and environmental stressors, and explain the physiological basis of how exercise changes immune function across the healthspan and lifespan.This book is written by leading exercise immunologists and is structured to provide a suggested curriculum of an exercise immunology degree component. Every chapter includes summaries of current and up‑to‑date research and offers practical guidelines to translate laboratory‑based information into clinical settings. This textbook is essential for any exercise immunology degree component or advanced exercise physiology degree and will be vital reading for students in exercise and biological sciences and clinicians and researchers interested in the therapeutic applications of exercise.

An invaluable text for dysphagia courses in speech-language pathology programs, Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment Planning: A Team Approach, Fifth Edition integrates the fundamentals of aerodigestive tract anatomy and physiology with objective assessment techniques and multidisciplinary treatment approaches. Contributors from speech-language pathology, otolaryngology, and gastroenterology present a variety of perspectives across domains of the professionals who serve patients with swallowing disorders. The in-depth, evidence-based assessment techniques and treatment models represent the most current dysphagia research and best practices. The book's organization reflects the progression of most graduate-level dysphagia courses, with assessment techniques presented in the first half and special populations discussed in the latter half.

'It provides broad coverage of the field of psychology, including the theories, research, and applications that form the core of the discipline. The content encourages the development of necessary skills of analysis, interpretation, application and evaluation. It provides simple and consolidated analysis of psychological principles and their applications in controlling, maintaining and modifying human behaviour. It also promotes understanding of ethical and moral issues and their implications for psychological research. This book would be of great help to teachers, researchers, trainers and a broad spectrum of colleges teaching psychology as a part of curriculum.'

Cultural domination has received attention inside and outside of academia, but it remains under-explored in recent philosophical debate. To fill this gap, this book brings together ten original research contributions that engage the theme from a variety of different perspectives. They range from contributions to the philosophy of social science to advanced work in normative political philosophy. The diversity of approaches reflects the intellectual richness of the theme. Ideas of cultural domination not only raise complex conceptual and methodological questions that can challenge our understandings of domination or culture; such ideas can also play an important role both in explanations of salient social phenomena, such as social structures, and in an evaluation and critique of such phenomena. The diversity of styles of analysis, theoretical commitments, and normative frameworks across the chapters makes this book ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students looking for an entry point into this complex issue, as well as for scholars in philosophy, social science, and cultural studies interested in the current state of the art.

Now in its 6th edition, The Handbook of Health Behavior Change continues to serve as the premier practical textbook for students, researchers, and health professionals in public health, health promotion, preventive and behavioral medicine, nursing, health communication, population health, and the behavioral sciences. It presents a foundational review of key theories, methods, and intervention strategies they will need to be both thoughtful and effective in promoting positive health behavior change. The book examines the complex challenges of improving health behavior in society including the upstream systems, economic, environmental, social, cultural and policy factors at play, as well as the interpersonal and intrapersonal behaviors that lead to disparate health outcomes among individuals and populations. Integrated throughout are applied case studies and real-world examples focusing on the importance of health equity considerations for health behavior change and how to apply an equity lens to conducting research, designing, and implementing programs. The 6th edition has been fully updated, reorganized, and revised to address the behaviors and health topics related to the leading causes of death and morbidity among adults and children in the United States. Using a multidisciplinary approach, The Handbook of Health Behavior Change prepares the next generation of health professionals to face future challenges in the health behavior sphere through its discussions on equity, theoretical advances, primary and secondary prevention, and application of effective strategies for implementing interventions across levels of society. Provides the'gold standard'review of behavior change interventions New additions highlight the most recent evidence on timely topics such as vaccine uptake, reproductive and sexual health, workplace safety, injury prevention, and mental and behavioral health Features authors with deep expertise in behavior change research, clinical applications, and population health interventions Focuses on practical learning objectives that relate to core public health competencies Summarizes important concepts and information with new and updated illustrations, key points, and discussion questions Includes engaging case studies in every chapter Qualified instructors have access to this edition's expanded Instructor Resources including learning activities, comprehensive PowerPoint slides, and additional resources to supplement students'dynamic learning and interaction with the text

The book of Numbers has had something of a renaissance in scholarly engagement in recent years - and this careful and contemporary commentary by Altmann and Peres distils that conversation with sensitivity and rigour. The joint nature of this commentary by two authors from different contexts helps to illuminate Numbers for the contemporary reader, as it seeks to make God's word a source of blessing, nourishment and hope for all. The Tyndale Old Testament Commentary is designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text of the book of Numbers says and what it means. The Introduction to this commentary gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book of Numbers section by section, drawing out its main themes and also commenting on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new Old Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment and Theology. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

This book publishes the reviewed and revised texts of the papers delivered at the Tenth International Conference on Design Computing – DCC'24 held at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. These papers the range of design research from artificial intelligence, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience and computational theories applies to design. The papers are published in two volumes and are grouped under the following headings: Design Processes, Design Creativity, Design Cognition, Shape and Form, Design Technology, AI and Design, Design and Brain Behaviors, and Design AI Applications. These two volumes form an archival record of then current cutting-edge research studying design scientifically. They demonstrate the range of approaches being used to characterize designing as a process. At the same time they show that there is a commonality in designing independent of design discipline. These volumes will be of interest to design researchers in both academia and industry and to anyone who needs to obtain a better understanding of designing.

This book highlights the importance of employing imaginative sensibilities to thinking and action in social work and social policy practice. Exploring the question of how ideas about utopia and utopian method can be used in social work practice and policy practice to address social inequalities, it shows that central to this critique is the argument that contemporary social policy responses and subsequent social work interventions to a range of policy problems (e.g. homelessness, poverty, family violence) need to acknowledge the failure of dominant neoliberal discourses in addressing these issues. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and, in many ways, exacerbated existing inequalities, and the post-pandemic future provides opportunities to put utopian ideas into action. Showing how utopian thinking can challenge fundamental assumptions regarding welfare dependency and unitary identities in policy settings, this book will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals working in social work and social policy.

Exploring how and why communication breakdowns occur during pandemics and world disasters, this book offers solutions for improving communication and managing future public health crises.A compilation of evidence-based lessons learned, this book shows how to effectively convey critical lifesaving information during a pandemic. It assesses how trust in leaders and governments during a public health crisis is formed and the impact this has on how information is perceived by the public. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, the book demonstrates how informative policy decisions and health risk messages can be better communicated for the handling of future pandemics. At a macro-level, the book looks at issues concerning situational awareness, how different countries managed or mismanaged the pandemic, and the lessons readers can learn from those occurrences. At a micro-level, it examines individual differences in public health message perceptions and corresponding actions taken or not taken.An interdisciplinary critique of the delivery and reception of messages during global disasters, this text is suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in Communication Studies, Health Communication, Risk Communication and Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, and Disaster Management.

This open access book presents a vision of a future, where avatars play an integral role in shaping the fabric of our interconnected society. The book introduces the authors'ongoing efforts to advance avatar technologies and is structured into nine chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the potentially revolutionary impact of cybernetic avatars (CAs) as a new medium of communication, liberating individuals from physical barriers and creating more flexible work environments. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 present developments in CAs with advanced autonomous functionality. Chapters 5 and 6 discuss the creation of a CA platform that connects multiple operators and CAs. Chapter 7 explores the physiological and neuroscientific effects of avatars and other media on operators and users. Finally, Chapters 8 and 9 discuss the societal implementation of CAs. This book is stemmed from one of the Moonshot R&D projects funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy uses case studies, applied examples and original source material to succinctly elucidate 15 of the most influential and ground-breaking theories of psychotherapy and counseling. This helpful guide examines the historical roots, evaluations, and lasting effects of Existential, Gestalt, Behavioral, Cognitive, Reality, Feminist, Family, Narrative and Solution-Focused Therapy theories and much more. You'll learn how historical theory has contributed to modern practice and ways that you can apply it in your own professional counseling experience. The 5th Edition is thoroughly updated to provide modern, evidence-based context for each theoretical approach, new applications with diverse clients, and new psychotherapy outcome research.

The third edition of Introduction to Public Health has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to recalibrate how public health is organized, financed, and planned in the 21st century. Written by experienced public health practitioners and academics, this foundational resource presents a thorough overview of the US public health system from its origins to current state and future directions, and examines the new outlook for students seeking careers in this dynamic and exciting field. The textbook offers a sweeping examination of topics such as infectious disease control, injury prevention and noninfectious diseases, system performance and improvement, and public health leadership and communication. Emphasis is placed on efficiency, effectiveness, and equity for public health leaders to garner public support for evidence-based programs and develop a stronger, well-financed public health infrastructure to achieve population health improvements. An engaging narrative that is richly illustrated, Introduction to Public Health will challenge and inspire the next generation of public health leaders and practitioners to tackle the complex issues facing us today. Key Features Provides a comprehensive review of the public health system that remains succinct and accessible Ties public health origins to current public health challenges facing the field in the 21st century Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the public health system as revealed over the course of the pandemic, suggesting future directions for growth and improvement “Did You Know?” boxes, “Key Ideas”, review questions, and links to outside resources clarify key concepts and offer opportunities for generative learning activities Addresses updates to the recently revised 10 Essential Public Health Services and relevant CEPH competencies Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers, and qualified instructors also have access to a full suite of instructor resources, including a detailed Instructor Manual with learning activities and case studies, PowerPoints, and Test Bank through an LMS course cartridge

This volume gives special reference to papillomaviruses in benign precursor lesions related to genital tumors, plus it provides a basis for a more reproducible evaluation of the pathology of papillomavirus-induced lesions. It deals with the molecular biology of papillomaviruses as it relates to our understanding of viral cell transformation and malignant conversion. Written in a comprehensive, easy-to-read format, this book covers points of medical interest such as diagnosis, therapy, and prospects for vaccination. This fascinating text provides current, state-of-the-art practices for immediate and future medical research. Virologists, microbiologists, and cancer researchers will find this work interesting and resourceful.

The seven-volume set LNCS 14850-14856 constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2024, held in Gifu, Japan, in July 2024. The total of 147 full papers, along with 85 short papers, presented together in this seven-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 722 submissions. Additionally, 14 industrial papers, 18 demo papers and 6 tutorials are included. The conference presents papers on subjects such as: Part I: Spatial and temporal data; database core technology; federated learning. Part II: Machine learning; text processing. Part III: Recommendation; multi-media. Part IV: Privacy and security; knowledge base and graphs. Part V: Natural language processing; large language model; time series and stream data. Part VI: Graph and network; hardware acceleration. Part VII: Emerging application; industry papers; demo papers.

This contributed volume offers and interdisciplinary view on several topics related to related to the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3). These targets mainly involve reducing maternal mortality, ending preventable deaths under five years of age, fighting communicable diseases, e.g., tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, hepatitis B, and neglected tropical diseases, reducing mortality from non-communicable diseases, e.g., cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and suicide, and promoting mental health, prevention and treatment of substance abuse, reducing road injuries and deaths, universal access to sexual and reproductive care, family planning and education, achieving universal health coverage, reducing illnesses and deaths from hazardous chemicals and pollution, implementation of the who framework convention on tobacco control, supporting research, development and universal access to affordable vaccines and medicines, increasing health financing and supporting health workforce in developing countries, improving early warning systems for global health risks.

Artificial Intelligence in Pathology: Principles and Applications provides a strong foundation of core artificial intelligence principles and their applications in the field of digital pathology. This is a reference of current and emerging use of AI in digital pathology as well as the emerging utility of quantum artificial intelligence and neuromorphic computing in digital pathology. It is a must-have educational resource for lay public, researchers, academicians, practitioners, policymakers, key administrators, and vendors to stay current with the shifting landscapes within the emerging field of digital pathology. It is also of use to workers in other diagnostic imaging areas such as radiology. This resource covers various aspects of the use of AI in pathology, including but not limited to the basic principles, advanced applications, challenges in the development, deployment, adoption, and scalability of AI-based models in pathology, the innumerous benefits of applying and integrating AI in the practice of pathology, ethical considerations for the safe adoption and deployment of AI in pathology. - Discusses the evolution of machine learning in the field to provide a foundational background - Addresses challenges in the development, deployment and regulation of AI in anatomic pathology - Includes information on generative deep learning in digital pathology workflows - Provides current tools and future perspectives

Title in English: Pohybová aktivita jako účinný prostředek nefarmakologické péče v onkologii Much of the existing research confirms the assumption that regular physical activity can play a crucial role in nonpharmacological therapy and quality-of-life management in cancer survivors. The treatment of oncological diseases itself brings about numerous undesirable side effects, such as cardiotoxicity, anxiety, depression, sarcopenia, polyneuropathy, cancer fatigue and sleep disorders. Regular physical activity is associated with significant health benefits, including a lower risk of developing certain types of tumours and the elimination of the undesirable side-effects of oncological treatment. A number of epidemiological studies found a correlation between regular physical activity and lower mortality linked to oncological diseases. The minimal amount of activity needed to attain this benefit has not been established, however, the recommendations of the ACSM indicate that at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity are needed per week. Physical exercise as nonpharmacological treatment is part of the therapy for cancer survivors which aims to incorporate targeted, controlled exercise programmes within the overall treatment plan of the patients. Exercise programmes can be performed both during the illness as well as in the period prior to the treatment, or in the course of adjuvant antitumour treatment (including chemotherapy) and for the survivors. When prescribing physical activity it is necessary to take into account the current health condition of the patient, including their comorbidities, age, and level of physical fitness. If controlled physical activity is to become an indispensable part of oncological treatment, it will be necessary to prove the therapy is safe and cost-effective.

This comprehensive volume focuses on the latest advancements in Generative AI, including state-of-the-art techniques and models that are pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It covers recent developments in areas such as Generative AI models, transfer learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) highlighting their potential to revolutionize content generation and creative applications including OpenAI, LangChain, NLTK and their practical implementations across diverse domains. The volume provides insights into emerging research areas, novel architectures, and innovative approaches in Generative AI, giving searchers a glimpse into the exciting future of the field. The aim is to offer readers a deep understanding of Generative AI and how it can be harnessed to tackle complex real-world challenges.

This 10-volume LNCS conference set constitutes the proceedings of the 17th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, in Hanoi, Vietnam, held during December 8–12, 2024. The 270 full papers together included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 839 submissions. The conference presents and discusses new problems, solutions, and technologies in computer vision, machine learning, and related areas in artificial intelligence.

The second volume of this book series synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and illustrated identification keys are provided to make knowledge of mammals easier and facilitate the training both students and professionals in the field, including readers without extensive experience. Descriptions of the different species are provided up to Order, highlighting the diagnostic features that allow identifying them promptly while the reader learns how to make subsequent identifications without having the book at hand. Each species comes with potential distribution maps based on existing records in the main museums of North America. The book includes the description, characteristics and distribution maps of the 781 species with range in the North America subcontinent

This 10-volume LNCS conference set constitutes the proceedings of the 17th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, in Hanoi, Vietnam, held during December 8–12, 2024. The 270 full papers together included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 839 submissions. The conference presents and discusses new problems, solutions, and technologies in computer vision, machine learning, and related areas in artificial intelligence.

The Second Massachusetts Cavalry included the only organized group (5 companies totaling 504 men) from California to fight in the east during the Civil War. Led by a young Boston aristocrat, Colonel Charles R. Lowell, these men began their wartime careers in Northern Virginia in 1862, clashing with the partisan rangers of Major John S. Mosby, in a deadly world of guerrilla warfare. In August of 1864, the regiment was assigned to Major General Phil Sheridan's Army of Shenandoah and served through all of the battles in the victorious campaign to clear the valley of Confederates, witnessing the final surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. This account tells what these men from California and Massachusetts accomplished, how they communicated, and how they viewed themselves. The book contains three appendices that list the battle casualties of the regiment during its largest engagements. Photographs and a bibliography are also included.

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15301-15333 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2024, held in Kolkata, India, during December 1–5, 2024. The 963 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 2106 submissions. They deal with topics such as Pattern Recognition; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Computer Vision; Robot Vision; Machine Vision; Image Processing; Speech Processing; Signal Processing; Video Processing; Biometrics; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Document Analysis; Document Recognition; Biomedical Imaging; Bioinformatics.

El presente compendio es una obra dedicada al envejecimiento, que busca evidenciar la primera versión del Programa del Posgrado de Geriatría y Gerontología que, desde el año 2015, se impartió en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), como parte de los 18 programas de especialidades médicas de la Facultad de Medicina. La primera versión de Geriatría y Gerontología se desarrolló con 5 cohortes. En Ecuador, esta especialidad es ofertada únicamente en una Institución educativa superior: la PUCE, que fomenta la formación de profesionales en esta rama con énfasis en la investigación en adultos mayores, un grupo vulnerable de la sociedad. En el programa, los estudiantes formularon diversas incógnitas en relación al manejo de la población gerontológica y, en un trabajo conjunto con los tutores de tesis, se resolvieron algunas incógnitas de los diferentes problemas planteados. Estas propuestas responden a diversos temas: primero, clínicos, como síndromes geriátricos, valoración geriátrica integral, funcionalidad, importancia de marcadores de laboratorio en el adulto mayor. Segundo, de carácter social, como la calidad de vida de los adultos mayores y otros temas cuyas conclusiones ayudan a tener una base desde la que fomentar la investigación en este campo. Por lo tanto, se presenta un resumen de los diversos trabajos de titulación que iniciaron en el 2019 con la primera cohorte de geriatras-gerontólogos. Es importante destacar la entrega de las autoras y los autores a esta rama altruista de la medicina, junto su interés y especial atención a la investigación. Son 75 graduados en Geriatría y Gerontología que han querido exponer sus trabajos de titulación presentando los diversos resultados y conclusiones a las que han llegado luego del análisis de los mismos.

This book is a collection of empirical and theoretical research papers on'Theory and Practice in Management and Organisation Studies,'written by researchers from various universities. The studies cover a wide range of topics related to'Theory and Practice in Management and Organisation Studies.'The book is aimed at educators, researchers, and students interested in this field.

This Handbook addresses the changing nature of academic labour markets, as they respond to moving university goals and developments in the measurement of research and teaching. Experts examine case studies from across the Global North and South and consider key issues such as equity, diversity, cross-border employment, and the precarity of academic labour.The Research Handbook on Academic Labour Markets highlights how national university systems interact with international policies. Chapters include in-depth research on the decline in permanent, tenured employment and the increase in temporary, insecure work, culminating in uncertain or non-existent career paths for many academics. Contributing authors discuss intersectional initiatives to increase the gender and ethnic diversity of academic staff, as well as complex topics such as third space work, for-profit institutions, online education, entrepreneurial gig research, work-life balance and the role of trade unions. Ultimately, this Handbook argues for new approaches to organising academic work, reinforcing the priority of serving the public good.Comprehensive and innovative, this Handbook is a crucial read for scholars of higher education leadership and management, education policy, labour policy, and sociology of work. It will also benefit university staff and researchers considering and reflecting on their own careers.

These two-volume set IFIP AICT 717 and 718 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science, ICCIDS 2024, held in Chennai, India, during February 21–23, 2024. The 63 full papers and 9 short papers were presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 259 submissions. The conference papers are organized in topical sections on: Part I - Applications of AI/ML in Natural Language Processing; and Applications of AI/ML in Image Processing. Part II - Applications of AI/ML in KDM, Cloud Computing & Security; Data Analytics; and Applications of ML.

This Handbook provides an accessible overview of the different methods, approaches and theories which can be used to enrich labour law research. Drawing on cutting-edge research projects, leading scholars present insights and reflections on the past, present and future of labour law scholarship.Canvassing theory, as well as legal, qualitative and quantitative methods, this engaging Handbook draws on international perspectives to explore how labour law research methods vary across jurisdictions. The Handbook considers the use of ethnography, multilingual research with EU migrant workers, Indigenous research methodologies and surveys to accumulate data. Featuring chapters on feminist critique, vulnerability theory, industrial relations, economic analysis, anthropology and socialist labour law, it puts forward an integrated approach to framing and developing labour law research projects.Research Methods in Labour Law is an essential resource for postgraduate and research students, early career academics and senior scholars looking for legal methodological inspiration. It is particularly useful for those in the fields of labour and employment law, research methods in law, and socio-legal research.

Published in 1997 as the first single-authored book on critical care neurology, The Practice of Emergency and Critical Care Neurology serves as a comprehensive guide to managing all aspects of critically ill neurologic patients. Following patients from the moment they enter the emergency department, this textbook demonstrates how specialists in the neurosciences assume full responsibility for patient care. Edited succinctly for relevance, this book differs from conventional textbooks by following the time course of clinical complexities as they emerge and change, instead of focusing on just the theoretical aspects of the field. Great emphasis is placed on the management of unstable and deteriorating patients. As any patient presents a unique, complex problem, the book pays special care in describing the considerations behind the rapid-fire decisions that comprise the work environment of the neurointensivist. In this new third edition, all chapters have been revised with added information and, in some, new concepts and ideas. Key features of this new edition include: 1. Additional chapters on the basics of neuroimaging and its interpretation; basic pharmacology issues in the intensive care setting (e.g., drug interactions and side effects); intoxications; the principles of critical care ultrasound and its relevance in the NeuroICU and the principles of neuro palliation including neuroethics 2. Rich illustrations using color photos of patients and drawings of important basic concepts of mechanisms in diseases of neurocritical care 3. Fully updated and comprehensive reference list 4. Narrated instruction video of the coma FOUR score

Challenging Contextuality: Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context provides a new and innovative contribution to the study of biblical texts by bringing together current approaches to biblical interpretation. The volume sets the agenda for the future of the field and provides a synthesis of approaches to date. In doing so, it aligns itself with the broadly shared hermeneutical conviction that contextuality is a catalyst for interpretation. This applies in equal measure to approaches and methods that are often framed as'traditional'or'mainstream'(e.g. the methodological canon of the historical critical approach as the offspring of the European Enlightenment) and those that are often dubbed'contextual'(e.g. forms of feminist or'indigenous'interpretation). The volume grounds contextual biblical interpretation within the broader landscape of biblical studies, and the chapters are all interested in the contexts in which bibles are read. Rather than a series of examples of contextual biblical interpretation, this book is concerned with what it means to do contextual biblical interpretation, how contextual biblical interpretation challenges biblical scholarship, and what chances there are for this mode of inquiry. What contexts are engaged and elucidated when it comes to bible-use? What contexts are made visible and invisible? How can different contexts be theorized and understood? The volume argues that it is not context that matters, rather, contemporary contexts should be a challenge and a chance for biblical scholarship, its present and its future.

This proceedings volume presents outstanding advances, with a multidisciplinary perspective, in the technological ecosystems that support Knowledge Society building and development. With its learning technology-based focus using a transversal approach, TEEM is divided into thematic and highly cohesive tracks, each of which is oriented to a specific community of interest, including researchers, professionals and students. Informatics and Education are the central issues in the conference tracks, including broad-scope research areas, such as Educational Assessment and Orientation, Human-Computer Interaction, eLearning, Computers in Education, Communication Media and Education, Medicine and Education, Learning Analytics, Engineering Education, Robotics in Education, Mechatronics, Diversity in Education, Gamification and Games for Learning.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2023, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during February 16-18, 2023. The 7 regular papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 246 submissions. They contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, that include Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Decision Support Systems, Data Mining and Data Analysis, eHealth Applications, eHealth, Detection and Identification, Computational Intelligence, Cognitive Informatics, Big Data in Healthcare and Assistive Technologies.

This book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Ninth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held in London, on February 19–22, 2024. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers an asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The work is presented in ten volumes.

Understanding Psychology focuses on Students First, to engage students'attention and teach them about the discipline, with the result that students learn the course content and become excited about the field of psychology. Shaped by decades of experience, Dr. Feldman believes that an effective introduction to a discipline must be oriented to students: informing them, engaging them, and exciting them about the field and helping them connect it to their world. It needs to embody the principles of contemporary learning science and present the material in a way that draws students into the discipline and stimulates their thinking. Updated to include the latest research from diverse scholars, the author wants every student to see themself in Understanding Psychology. Its modular format and integrated pedagogical tools pair with McGraw Hill's Connect platform to provide a range of resources to both animate students about the field, and help them master the content of the course.

In Paragraph 12 der UN-Kinderrechtskonvention ist das Recht auf Partizipation verankert: Kinder und Jugendliche haben das Recht, in allen sie betreffenden Angelegenheiten entsprechend ihrem Alter und ihrer Reife mitzuwirken und ihre Meinung zu äußern. Der Band untersucht dieses Recht auf Partizipation in der Heimerziehung. Die Wirkungsweisen von Beteiligungs- und Beschwerdeverfahren in stationären Einrichtungen werden anhand zentraler Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung bewertet. Wie funktionieren diese Verfahren? Es werden die wichtigsten Möglichkeiten und Hindernisse bei der Umsetzung der Partizipationsrechte von Kindern erörtert.

Since the last edition of this book (2014), progress has been astonishing in all areas of Natural Language Processing, with recent achievements in Text Generation that spurred a media interest going beyond the traditional academic circles. Text Processing has meanwhile become a mainstream industrial tool that is used, to various extents, by countless companies. As such, a revision of this book was deemed necessary to catch up with the recent breakthroughs, and the author discusses models and architectures that have been instrumental in the recent progress of Natural Language Processing.As in the first two editions, the intention is to expose the reader to the theories used in Natural Language Processing, and to programming examples that are essential for a deep understanding of the concepts. Although present in the previous two editions, Machine Learning is now even more pregnant, having replaced many of the earlier techniques to process text. Many new techniques build on the availability of text. Using Python notebooks, the reader will be able to load small corpora, format text, apply the models through executing pieces of code, gradually discover the theoretical parts by possibly modifying the code or the parameters, and traverse theories and concrete problems through a constant interaction between the user and the machine. The data sizes and hardware requirements are kept to a reasonable minimum so that a user can see instantly, or at least quickly, the results of most experiments on most machines.The book does not assume a deep knowledge of Python, and an introduction to this language aimed at Text Processing is given in Ch. 2, which will enable the reader to touch all the programming concepts, including NumPy arrays and PyTorch tensors as fundamental structures to represent and process numerical data in Python, or Keras for training Neural Networks to classify texts. Covering topics like Word Segmentation and Part-of-Speech and Sequence Annotation, the textbook also gives an in-depth overview of Transformers (for instance, BERT), Self-Attention and Sequence-to-Sequence Architectures.

This book gathers selected papers from 2023 International Conference on Mechanical Design (2023 ICMD), held in Chengdu, China. The main objectives are to bring the community of researchers in the fields of mechanical design together, to exchange and discuss the most recent investigations, challenging problems and new trends, and to encourage the wider implementation of the advanced design technologies and tools in the world, particularly throughout China. The theme of 2023 ICMD is “Innovative Design Drives High-Quality Development”, and the event devotes to providing an excellent forum for the scholars all around the world to share their innovative ideas, cutting-edge research results.

This three-volume set LNCS 14722-14724 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference, LCT 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2024 (HCII 2024), was held as a hybrid event in Washington DC, USA, during June/July 2024. The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. The LCT 2024 conference addresses theoretical foundations, design, and implementation, as well as effectiveness and impact issues related to interactive technologies for learning and collaboration, including design methodologies, developments and tools, theoretical models, learning design or learning experience (LX) design, as well as technology adoption and use in formal, non-formal and informal educational contexts.

This book introduces the rapidly evolving field of multi-omics in understanding the human microbiome. The book focuses on the technology used to generate multi-omics data, including advances in next-generation sequencing and other high-throughput methods. It also covers the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to the analysis of multi-omics data, providing readers with an overview of the powerful computational tools that are driving innovation in this field. The chapter also explores the various bioinformatics databases and tools available for the analysis of multi-omics data. The book also delves into the application of multi-omics technology to the study of microbial diversity, including metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metaproteomics. The book also explores the use of these techniques to identify and characterize microbial communities in different environments, from the gut and oral microbiome to the skin microbiome and beyond. Towards theend, it focuses on the use of multi-omics in the study of microbial consortia, including mycology and the viral microbiome. The book also explores the potential of multi-omics to identify genes of biotechnological importance, providing readers with an understanding of the role that this technology could play in advancing biotech research. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of the clinical applications of multi-omics technology, including its potential to identify disease biomarkers and develop personalized medicine approaches. Overall, this book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of this exciting field, highlighting the potential for multi-omics to transform our understanding of the microbial world.

Banking Law and Financial Regulation in the UK and EU seeks to blend orthodox topics covered within the banking and financial law syllabus, such as sources of banking and financial law, financial markets, financial and banking institutions, financial transactions, and banking and financial insolvency, with a careful analysis of emerging issues and more contemporary topics.This advanced-level textbook offers a new format for the study of banking and financial law, placing it within the wider context of economic development. As such, two elements are integral to this new methodology: the rise of techno-banking and digitalisation of the financial sector, and Brexit. Departing from the approaches of more traditional textbooks in this area, the book also takes a comparative approach to UK and EU banking law, highlighting the legal consequences of the UK's exit from the EU. Aspects of human rights are integrated throughout and current debates and developments around financial crises – the advancement of technological innovations in the banking sector and contemporary topics, such as health crises, energy, and ESG and the environment – is taken into account to provide the reader with the opportunity to develop their own autonomous and broader understanding of the various concepts.Banking Law and Financial Regulation in the UK and EU will be a valuable text for students taking advanced undergraduate and postgraduate-level courses in banking law and financial law, as well as practising lawyers, managers and accountants.

In the world of digital healthcare, a critical issue looms large, demanding the immediate attention of academic scholars. The convergence of developing medical technologies, innovative digital solutions, and intricate healthcare structures has set the stage for a seismic transformation. However, the understanding of this evolving landscape remains inadequate, and the urgency to decipher these intricacies has never been more pressing. As we witness the rapid expansion of mobile-based digital healthcare, a fundamental problem becomes evident – a lack of comprehensive research on the industry's structure and dynamics. This gaping void in knowledge is the challenge that Analyzing Current Digital Healthcare Trends Using Social Networks undertakes with groundbreaking academic rigor. This book is a key resolution to this overarching problem, and it is meticulously designed to serve academic scholars seeking to unravel the intricacies of the digital healthcare ecosystem. By delving deep into the web of stakeholders, industry-specific challenges, and regulatory frameworks, it provides a comprehensive analysis that is long overdue. Extensive use of research articles, case studies, and empirical evidence serves as a compass to navigate the complexities of digital healthcare. The ultimate goal is to empower academic scholars with knowledge, bridging the gap between theory and practice. The book is ideal for audiences encompassing researchers, professors, executives, healthcare practitioners, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Analyzing Current Digital Healthcare Trends Using Social Networks serves as a vital resource, shining a spotlight on the key issues facing the digital healthcare industry, and presenting compelling solutions for academic scholars to explore and leverage. Scholars interested in delving into this transformative journey can begin exploring its insights and findings today.

Sport ist ein in weiten Teilen der Gesellschaft aufmerksam wahrgenommenes Phänomen, das sich extrem hoher medialer Aufmerksamkeit erfreut und als wichtiges Distributionselement auch von der Industrie genutzt wird. Sport ist als Gesundheitsverhaltensweise weitgehend anerkannt und der Schulsport ist zu einer festen Größe im Fächerkanon unseres Bildungssystems geworden. Im Vergleich zu anderen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen ist die Sportwissenschaft eine „junge“ Wissenschaft an unseren Universitäten. Sie verfolgt einen anwendungsorientierten und interdisziplinären Ansatz. Zu den Aufgaben einer Wissenschaft gehören die schriftliche Fixierung von Erkenntnissen sowie die Publikation von Forschungsergebnissen, die den Diskurs und die Transparenz wissenschaftlicher Arbeit fördern. Mit der Zeitschrift „Leipziger Sportwissenschaftliche Beiträge“ nehmen wir diese Herausforderung an. Die Zeitschrift wendet sich an alle Teildisziplinen der Sportwissenschaft und bietet sowohl geistes-, sozial- als auch naturwissenschaftlicher Orientierung eine Publikationsplattform. In ihr werden empirische Forschungsbeiträge, theoretische Überblickartikel und wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen veröffentlicht. Der Leser findet ebenfalls Buchrezensionen und Berichte über wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen. Offen ist die Zeitschrift auch für alle Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die in den angrenzenden Disziplinen der Sportwissenschaft tätig sind. Dies soll den Charakter der Interdisziplinarität fördern.

From the shady and complicated Rumpelstiltskin to the born-again hero of Captain Hook in Once Upon a Time, as well as films which magnify the male character such as The Huntsman: Winter's War, Tangled, Frozen, and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, the male fairy tale character has received increased attention in fictional narratives over the past decade. For the first time, Gender and the Male Character in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives extends this attention into the realm of academic study. Featuring differing perspectives and disciplines, including gender, queer, fan, and television and film studies, chapters take an interdisciplinary approach to analyse male characters through lenses such as race, disability, class, religion, and sexuality. Contributors unveil alternative conceptualisations of ‘traditional'male fairy tale characters, weaving a rich story of the interaction between popular culture, gender representation, power, and society. Putting Prince Charming in the academic spotlight, this collection examines the evolution of male fairy tale characters across modern series and films to bridge a gap that afflicts multiple disciplines.

Generative Künstliche Intelligenz beschreibt eine Klasse von KI-Systemen, die in der Lage sind, aus großen Datenmengen zu lernen und auf dieser Grundlage neue, bisher nicht gesehene Inhalte zu generieren, wie beispielsweise Texte, Bilder, Musik oder Videos. Dabei wird die Generierungskapazität der KI mit dem Ziel eingesetzt, kreative Prozesse zu unterstützen, neue Ideen zu generieren und innovative Lösungsansätze zu liefern. Trotz ihrer beeindruckenden Fähigkeiten haben generative KI-Systeme auch ihre Herausforderungen, wie die Kontrolle über den generierten Inhalt, das Verständnis von Kontext und Bedeutung sowie ethische Fragen​ im Zusammenhang mit der Nutzung von generativer KI. Der Band gibt einen Überblick über generative KI-Systeme und beleuchtet die Auswirkungen auf das Management von Innovationen, Wirtschaft, Bildung und Gesellschaft.​

Generative Künstliche Intelligenz beschreibt eine Klasse von KI-Systemen, die in der Lage sind, aus großen Datenmengen zu lernen und auf dieser Grundlage neue, bisher nicht gesehene Inhalte zu generieren, wie beispielsweise Texte, Bilder, Musik oder Videos. Dabei wird die Generierungskapazität der KI mit dem Ziel eingesetzt, kreative Prozesse zu unterstützen, neue Ideen zu generieren und innovative Lösungsansätze zu liefern. Trotz ihrer beeindruckenden Fähigkeiten haben generative KI-Systeme auch ihre Herausforderungen, wie die Kontrolle über den generierten Inhalt, das Verständnis von Kontext und Bedeutung sowie ethische Fragen​ im Zusammenhang mit der Nutzung von generativer KI. Der Band gibt einen Überblick über generative KI-Systeme und beleuchtet die Auswirkungen auf das Management von Innovationen, Wirtschaft, Bildung und Gesellschaft.​

How the innate physical properties of different technologies influence the strategy and structure of the organizations implementing the technologies, the sequel to Design Rules: The Power of Modularity.In Design Rules, volume 2, Carliss Baldwin offers a comprehensive view of the digital economy by putting forth an original theory that explains how technology shapes organizations in a market economy. The theory claims that complementarities arising from the physical nature of technologies can be arrayed on a spectrum ranging from strong to very weak. Two basic types of technologies in turn exhibit different degrees of complementarity between their internal components. Flow production technologies, which are found in steel mills and auto factories, specify a series of steps, each of which is essential to the final product. In contrast, platform technologies, which are characteristic of computer hardware, software, and networks, are modular systems designed to provide options.Baldwin then investigates the dynamics of strategy for firms in platform ecosystems. Such firms create value by solving technical bottlenecks—technical barriers to performance that arise in different parts of the system as it evolves. They capture value by controlling and defending strategic bottlenecks—components that are (1) essential to the functioning of some part of the system; (2) unique; and (3) controlled by a profit-seeking enterprise. Strategic bottlenecks can be acquired by solving technical bottlenecks. They can be destroyed via tactics such as substitution, reverse engineering, bypassing the bottleneck, and enveloping a smaller bottleneck within a larger one. Strategy in platform ecosystems can thus be viewed as the effective management of technical and strategic bottlenecks within a modular technical system.