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The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human ecosystems they encountered created important differences among widely scattered settlements: each Greek community developed its own unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. Nonetheless, despite their dispersal and diversity, Greek communities were bound together by a network of commercial, cultural, diplomatic, and military ties and shared important commonalities, most notably language and religion. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World, a collaborative effort by more than forty eminent scholars, offers twenty-one detailed and comprehensive studies of key sites from across the Greek world in the period between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE. During that period, Greeks confronted a series of demographic, political, social, and economic challenges and generated an array of responses that transformed the ways in which they lived, worked, and interacted. Much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture--such as democracy, stone temples, and nude athletics--first developed during the Archaic period. The series is organized alphabetically by polis. Volume I contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Argos, Chalcis and Eretria, Chios-Lesbos-Samos, and Corcyra. Together with the other volumes in the series, the Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we understand a crucial era in antiquity.

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human ecosystems they encountered created important differences among widely scattered settlements: each Greek community developed its own unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. Nonetheless, despite their dispersal and diversity, Greek communities were bound together by a network of commercial, cultural, diplomatic, and military ties and shared important commonalities, most notably language and religion. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World, a collaborative effort by more than forty eminent scholars, offers twenty-one detailed and comprehensive studies of key sites from across the Greek world in the period between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE. During that period, Greeks confronted a series of demographic, political, social, and economic challenges and generated an array of responses that transformed the ways in which they lived, worked, and interacted. Much of what is now seen as distinctive about Greek culture-such as democracy, stone temples, and nude athletics--first developed during the Archaic period. The series is organized alphabetically by polis. Volume IV contains detailed and up-to-date studies of Cyrene, Delphi, Macedonia, Massalia, and Metapontion. Together with the other volumes in the series, the Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World offers a new and unique resource for the study of ancient Greece that will transform how we understand a crucial era in antiquity.

This book comprises the papers presented at the 22nd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2023), held at Aston University, Birmingham, the UK, during 6 to 8 September 2023. UKCI is the flagship AI conference of the UK and Europe held annually. In UKCI 2023, a total of 63 papers were received from 11 countries including the UK, India, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, Italy, Thailand, Turkey, Jordan and Saudi Arabia; of these, 50 were accepted for presentation. The review process was rigorous, wherein three reviews were provided for all papers, with some having four reviews. This book highlights the latest research developments in computational intelligence and its applications. It covers both conventional and advanced techniques in fuzzy systems, neural networks, evolutionary computation, machine learning, deep learning, federated learning, data mining, cognitive computing, intelligent robotics, optimization methods, hybrid methods, and applications of computational intelligence. The book offers a valuable reference guide for readers with expertise in computational intelligence or who are seeking a comprehensive and timely review of the latest trends in computational intelligence. Special emphasis is placed on novel methods and their use in a wide range of application areas, updating both academics and professionals on the state of the art.

Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown“An astounding achievement.”—China Miéville, author of October: The Story of the Russian RevolutionKarl Marx (1818–1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx's lifetime, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of Capital is a translation of Marx for the twenty-first century. It is the first translation into English to be based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself, the only version that can be called authoritative, and it features extensive commentary and annotations by Paul North and Paul Reitter that draw on the latest scholarship and provide invaluable perspective on the book and its complicated legacy. At once precise and boldly readable, this translation captures the momentous scale and sweep of Marx's thought while recovering the elegance and humor of the original source.For Marx, our global economic system is relentlessly driven by “value”—to produce it, capture it, trade it, and, most of all, to increase it. Lifespans are shortened under the demand for ever-greater value. Days are lengthened, work is intensified, and the division of labor deepens until it leaves two classes, owners and workers, in constant struggle for life and livelihood. In Capital, Marx reveals how value came to tyrannize our world, and how the history of capital is a chronicle of bloodshed, colonization, and enslavement.With a foreword by Wendy Brown and an afterword by William Clare Roberts, this is a critical edition of Capital for our time, one that faithfully preserves the vitality and directness of Marx's German prose and renders his ideas newly relevant to modern readers.

'Leben des vergnügten Schulmeisterlein Maria Wuz in Auenthal'von Jean Paul, mit bürgerlichem Namen Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, ist ein literarisches Kleinod, das in der deutschen Literaturgeschichte einen besonderen Platz einnimmt. Dieses Werk, das 1793 veröffentlicht wurde, ist ein Paradebeispiel für Jean Pauls einzigartigen Stil, der Humor, Satire und tiefgründige Reflexionen meisterhaft miteinander verwebt. Einblick in die Welt von Maria Wuz Die Geschichte dreht sich um das bescheidene, aber erfüllte Leben des Schulmeisters Maria Wuz in dem fiktiven Dorf Auenthal. Wuz, ein Mann von einfacher Herkunft und bescheidenen Mitteln, führt ein Leben, das von Zufriedenheit und innerem Frieden geprägt ist. Trotz seiner einfachen Lebensweise und der oft eintönigen Routine als Schulmeister, findet Wuz Freude in den kleinen Dingen des Alltags. Seine Fähigkeit, Glück in den unscheinbarsten Momenten zu finden, macht ihn zu einer faszinierenden und inspirierenden Figur. Jean Pauls Erzählkunst Jean Pauls Erzählweise ist geprägt von einer Mischung aus Ironie und Herzlichkeit. Er schafft es, die scheinbar banalen Ereignisse im Leben von Wuz mit einer solchen Lebendigkeit und Wärme zu schildern, dass der Leser unweigerlich in die Welt von Auenthal hineingezogen wird. Die humorvollen und oft skurrilen Beschreibungen der Dorfbewohner und ihrer Eigenheiten tragen dazu bei, dass das Buch nicht nur unterhaltsam, sondern auch tiefgründig ist. Philosophische Tiefe Unter der Oberfläche der humorvollen Erzählung verbirgt sich eine tiefere philosophische Botschaft. Jean Paul nutzt die Figur des Maria Wuz, um über das Wesen des Glücks und die Bedeutung eines erfüllten Lebens nachzudenken. Wuz'Fähigkeit, in seiner bescheidenen Existenz Zufriedenheit zu finden, stellt eine stille Kritik an den materialistischen und ehrgeizigen Bestrebungen der Gesellschaft dar. Jean Paul lädt den Leser ein, über die wahren Quellen des Glücks nachzudenken und die Schönheit in den einfachen Dingen des Lebens zu erkennen. Zeitlose Relevanz Obwohl das Buch im späten 18. Jahrhundert geschrieben wurde, hat es auch heute noch eine erstaunliche Relevanz. In einer Zeit, in der viele Menschen nach immer mehr streben und oft das Gefühl haben, dass ihnen etwas fehlt, bietet die Geschichte von Maria Wuz eine erfrischende Perspektive. Sie erinnert uns daran, dass wahres Glück nicht in äußeren Umständen, sondern in unserer inneren Einstellung und der Fähigkeit, das Leben in all seinen Facetten zu schätzen, zu finden ist. Fazit'Leben des vergnügten Schulmeisterlein Maria Wuz in Auenthal'ist mehr als nur eine humorvolle Erzählung. Es ist ein Werk, das den Leser zum Lachen bringt, zum Nachdenken anregt und letztlich inspiriert. Jean Pauls meisterhafte Erzählkunst und seine tiefgründigen Reflexionen über das menschliche Dasein machen dieses Buch zu einem zeitlosen Klassiker, der in keiner Bibliothek fehlen sollte. Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt von Maria Wuz und lassen Sie sich von seiner Lebensfreude und Weisheit verzaubern.

'The wind is rising!... Let us try to live!'One of the preeminent intellectuals of modern French culture, Valéry is widely considered one of the country's greatest poets of the twentieth century. Following a flurry of sonnets in his late teens, he abruptly abandoned verse for twenty years. If the publication of The Young Fate in 1917 won him immediate and immense acclaim, his status as the outstanding poet of the era was firmly consolidated with the Album of Early Verse and Charms with its beautiful meditation on mortality,'The Graveyard by the Sea', considered one of the finest poems in French. A classical voice in an era of avant-garde modernism, Valéry's often sensuous work was inspired by mysticism, myth, the Mediterranean, and above all passionate love. This bilingual edition brings together for the first time the complete verse with many unknown and previously unpublished poems taken from his abundant correspondence, which offers intimate insight into a private side of the writer.

Die Anthologie'40 Memoiren der Literaturikonen'präsentiert eine einzigartige Sammlung persönlicher Erzählungen, die einen tiefgreifenden Einblick in die Leben und Werke einiger der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller der letzten Jahrhunderte gewährt. Diese bemerkenswerte Zusammenstellung umfasst eine breite Palette literarischer Stile und persönlicher Reflexionen, die das breite Spektrum menschlicher Erfahrungen und kultureller Kontexte widerspiegeln. Von den bewegenden Betrachtungen Lew Tolstois bis zu den scharfsinnigen Beobachtungen Walter Benjamins, bietet die Sammlung einen unvergleichlichen Zugang zu den innersten Gedanken und Lebensumständen dieser literarischen Größen. Die ausgewählten Autoren, darunter Namen wie Stefan Zweig, George Sand und Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, repräsentieren verschiedene Epochen, Nationen und literarische Strömungen. Ihre Werke und Lebensgeschichten sind nicht nur Zeugnisse persönlicher Genialität, sondern auch Spiegel der geistigen und kulturellen Strömungen ihrer Zeiten. Die Vielfalt dieser Stimmen, vereint in einer Sammlung, ermöglicht es den Lesern, die Konvergenzen und Divergenzen der literarischen Ausdrucksformen und sozialen Gedanken quer durch die Geschichte zu erkunden.'40 Memoiren der Literaturikonen'ist eine unverzichtbare Sammlung für jeden, der sich für Literatur, Geschichte und die Kunst des autobiografischen Schreibens interessiert. Diese Anthologie öffnet ein Fenster zu den Herzen und Köpfen einiger der prägnantesten Persönlichkeiten der Literaturgeschichte und bietet eine seltene Gelegenheit, die menschlichen Erfahrungen und kreativen Prozesse, die hinter einigen der bedeutendsten Werke der Literatur stehen, aus erster Hand zu verstehen. Leser sind eingeladen, sich auf diese reichhaltige Reise durch die persönlichen Erzählungen zu begeben, um neue Einsichten zu gewinnen und den Dialog zwischen diesen vielfältigen literarischen Stimmen zu fördern.

In der beeindruckenden Sammlung „Die größten Meister der Literatur - Biographien & Memoiren“ erwartet den Leser eine eindrucksvolle Zusammenstellung biografischer und autobiografischer Werke, die das Leben und Schaffen einiger der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten der literarischen Welt beleuchten. Die Bandbreite der literarischen Stile und Perspektiven, von den tiefgründigen Analysen Lew Tolstois bis hin zu den leidenschaftlichen Ausführungen George Sands, spiegelt die Vielfalt und den Reichtum des literarischen Erbes wider. Besondere Werke von Autoren wie Stefan Zweig, der für seine präzisen psychologischen Porträts bekannt ist, und Walter Benjamin, dessen kritische Reflexionen über Kultur und Literatur ihn auszeichnen, verdeutlichen die Bandbreite an Zugängen und Analysen, die diese Sammlung umfasst. Die Anthologie vereint Beiträge von Autoren aus unterschiedlichsten kulturellen und historischen Kontexten, deren Leben und Literatur markante Punkte in der Geschichte der europäischen Literatur darstellen. Diese Autoren waren nicht nur Zeugen ihrer Zeit, sondern auch aktive Gestalter des literarischen Diskurses, deren Werke durch persönliche Erfahrungen und zeitgeschichtliche Ereignisse geprägt wurden. Die Sammlung bildet somit eine Schnittstelle unterschiedlicher literarischer Bewegungen und kultureller Strömungen, die das europäische Denken und Schreiben nachhaltig beeinflusst haben. „Die größten Meister der Literatur - Biographien & Memoiren“ bietet Leserinnen und Lesern eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, einen tiefen Einblick in das Leben und Wirken einiger der prägendsten Figuren der Literaturgeschichte zu erhalten. Diese Sammlung ist nicht nur ein Zeugnis der literarischen Exzellenz, sondern auch eine Quelle der Inspiration und Bildung. Sie lädt dazu ein, sich mit einer Vielfalt an Perspektiven auseinanderzusetzen und den Dialog zwischen den Werken zu suchen, um so ein umfassenderes Verständnis der literarischen Landschaft zu entwickeln. Ein unverzichtbarer Band für alle, die die Tiefe und Breite literarischer Ausdrucksformen schätzen und erkunden möchten.

Install data analytics into your brain with this comprehensive introduction Data Analytics & Visualization All-in-One For Dummies collects the essential information on mining, organizing, and communicating data, all in one place. Clocking in at around 850 pages, this tome of a reference delivers eight books in one, so you can build a solid foundation of knowledge in data wrangling. Data analytics professionals are highly sought after these days, and this book will put you on the path to becoming one. You'll learn all about sources of data like data lakes, and you'll discover how to extract data using tools like Microsoft Power BI, organize the data in Microsoft Excel, and visually present the data in a way that makes sense using a Tableau. You'll even get an intro to the Python, R, and SQL coding needed to take your data skills to a new level. With this Dummies guide, you'll be well on your way to becoming a priceless data jockey. Mine data from data sources Organize and analyze data Use data to tell a story with Tableau Expand your know-how with Python and R New and novice data analysts will love this All-in-One reference on how to make sense of data. Get ready to watch as your career in data takes off.

In'Interstellare Expeditionen: Science-Fiction-Geschichten'werden die Leser in die faszinierenden Tiefen des interstellaren Raums entführt. Diese Sammlung vereint eine vielseitige Auswahl an literarischen Stilen und Perspektiven auf das Thema der interstellaren Reisen, wodurch sie zu einem Kaleidoskop der Möglichkeiten wird, das weit über die Grenzen unserer Welt hinausreicht. Von den utopischen Visionen Jules Vernes bis zu den kritischen Reflexionen Paul Scheerbarts über die Rolle der Technologie in der menschlichen Gesellschaft spannt diese Anthologie einen Bogen, der nicht nur die Entwicklung der Science-Fiction als Genre verdeutlicht, sondern auch dessen anhaltende Relevanz und Anpassungsfähigkeit an neue wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und philosophische Strömungen. Die Sammlung ist Zeugnis der herausragenden Beiträge seiner Autoren, die als Pioniere und Innovatoren der Science-Fiction gelten. Von Carl Grunerts frühen Weltraumaventuren über Hans Dominiks technische Visionen bis zu Johannes Keplers wissenschaftlichen Traktaten vereint diese Anthologie eine außergewöhnliche Gruppe von Denkern, deren Werke maßgeblich zur Entwicklung des Genres und zum kulturellen Diskurs über die menschliche Existenz im Kosmos beigetragen haben. Die durch diese Autoren repräsentierten historischen, kulturellen und literarischen Bewegungen bereichern unser Verständnis des Unbekannten und fordern dazu auf, die Grenzen unserer Vorstellungskraft stetig zu erweitern.'Interstellare Expeditionen'lädt die Leser ein, sich auf eine literarische Reise zu begeben, die ebenso lehrreich wie unterhaltend ist. Die Anthologie bietet eine seltene Gelegenheit, die mannigfaltigen und oft divergierenden Ansätze der Science-Fiction-Literatur zu interstellaren Expeditionen innerhalb eines einzigen Bandes zu erleben. In einer Zeit, in der das Interesse am Weltraum und seinen unzähligen Möglichkeiten wieder stark zunimmt, bietet diese Sammlung wertvolle Einblicke und regt zum Nachdenken an. Es ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für alle, die den Dialog zwischen unterschiedlichen Epochen, Ideen und Visionen des Möglichen vertiefen möchten.

In der Anthologie'Im Raum der Sterne'versammelt sich eine beeindruckende Zusammenstellung literarischer Werke, die den Leser auf eine faszinierende Reise durch das Universum der Science-Fiction entführen. Diese sorgfältig kuratierte Sammlung spiegelt die Vielfalt und die Entwicklung des Genres wider, indem sie Klassiker von Pionieren wie Jules Verne bis hin zu den visionären Erzählungen eines Paul Scheerbart umfasst. Sie dokumentiert nicht nur die breite Palette literarischer Stile, sondern wirft auch Licht auf die evolutionären Phasen der Science-Fiction, wobei sie den Leser einlädt, die Grenzen des Vorstellbaren zu erweitern und die Menschheit in ihren kosmischen Abenteuern zu begleiten. Die in'Im Raum der Sterne'vertretenen Autoren – darunter auch Kurd Laßwitz, Johannes Kepler, Carl Grunert, Paul Eugen Sieg und Hans Dominik – stehen repräsentativ für die reiche Tradition und die kulturellen Hintergründe, die das Fundament der modernen Science-Fiction bilden. Ihre Werke, geprägt von tiefgründigen philosophischen Fragen und wissenschaftlicher Neugier, beleuchten die Wünsche und Ängste der Menschheit. Diese Autoren, die in verschiedenen Epochen lebten und wirkten, trugen mit ihren visionären Texten dazu bei, die literarische Landschaft zu formen und das Genre kontinuierlich zu erneuern.'Im Raum der Sterne'bietet eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, nicht nur die Komplexität und den Reichtum der Science-Fiction-Literatur zu erkunden, sondern auch ihren anhaltenden Beitrag zum Verständnis der menschlichen Existenz im kosmischen Kontext zu würdigen. Diese Sammlung lädt die Leser ein, sich auf eine literarische Entdeckungsreise zu begeben, die durch unterschiedliche Epochen und Perspektiven führt und dadurch einen tiefgreifenden Einblick in die Entwicklung des Genres und seiner Themen bietet. Für Liebhaber der Literatur und des Unbekannten gleichsam ist dieses Werk eine unverzichtbare Bereicherung jeder Büchersammlung.

Get ready to travel through the world's habitats with a monster and its friends! In this adorable volume, readers meet Mo, a blue monster who wants to see all kinds of nature. Mo's friends explain what life is like living in their home habitats, including the Arctic, a savanna, a rainforest, a coral reef, and more. Important science curriculum ideas, such as food chains and microhabitats, are explored in the main text, accompanied by colorful, helpful illustrations. Short activities and questions throughout keep readers engaged.

What are the features that make winter, winter? What about summer? Depending on where you live, the seasons can be very distinct and the differences between them are often discussed with the earliest readers. In this book, readers meet a cute, blue monster named Mo and investigate all the main features of the season—plus more science content! From the position of the sun to the water cycle, important curriculum concepts are interspersed in an illustrated story about Mo and friends having fun all year long.

The idea of time can be a difficult concept to grasp. But, as kids get older, they need to know more and more how to get to class or practice on time. They want to know how to properly count down to the summer season or favorite holidays. Mo, a cute, blue monster, is here to help! From explanations of how days are divided to the relationship between time and speed, this volume breaks down time in an understandable way, engaging readers through questions along the way.

Understanding life cycles is essential to understanding nature and the world around us. From kittens and cats to caterpillars and butterflies, life cycles are endlessly interesting to young readers. In this volume, they gain important insight into different life cycles—accompanied by a cute, blue monster named Mo! With questions and short activities throughout, the main text engages readers by directly addressing them and inviting them to explore the world with Mo. Accessible language and thorough explanations of important science concepts support science-classroom learning and encourage comprehension.

This is an authoritative and comprehensive reference for understanding clinical photography and improving the reader's ability to hone their skills and knowledge.The book first explores the rationale for clinical photography before going on to provide a practical guide to equipment selection, standardized techniques and digital workflows in a range of settings, from the professional studio to the DIY enthusiast, whilst also including telemedicine.Written and edited by three of the UK's most experienced and qualified clinical photographers, with additional chapters written by other specialists, it is richly illustrated with numerous example images and suggested protocols and covers basic photographic theory, suitable equipment, digital image workflow and a major chapter on standardized representational photography, the cornerstone of professional clinical photography.Some medical specialties are covered in detail, including dermatology, dental and oral medicine, pediatrics, orthopedics, telemedicine and photography in surgery and the operating room. As well as a practical guide to clinical photography, the book also discusses the legal, moral and ethical contexts within which photography in medicine operates and, for the first time, explores the societal, cultural and religious factors for practicing in today's digitally literate, multicultural world.This book will provide a valuable resource for biomedical photography students, practitioners and clinicians interested in developing their photography skills and applying them to medicine.

'This book is a ground-breaking text that explores the art of decision making, both in life and in professional settings. Emphasize on planning for domestic and global competition that is integral to strategic decision-making. Understand clearly the key concepts and tools of strategic management and the book treats decision making as an evolutionary process from a scientific standpoint. This textbook is essential reading for all international or global strategy modules on advance undergraduate or postgraduate (particularly MBA) programmes, in addition to broader strategic management and professional courses.'

Growing plants is a joy for kids as they see their hard work of caring for a seedling turn into something more: a flower, a tree, or perhaps an ear of corn! But what is the right way to water a plant? Why do plants need light? And what is the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees? Mo, a cute, blue monster, helps readers answer these very questions and more in this engaging book! Important science concepts like photosynthesis, plant parts, and pollination are covered in accessible main text, accompanied by short activities and questions throughout.

Imagine learning about the human body by observing the different systems—circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, and more—right next to a cute, blue monster named Mo. Readers of this book will do just that! They, and Mo, investigate how the body works through examples of athletes throwing a shot put, hearing the starting beep of a swimming event, and mid-judo throw, among other examples. Short activities and questions keep readers engaged as they encounter important science curriculum content.

The Routledge History of the First World War is a work which, in a single volume, covers a range of major themes and issues relating to that conflict.Providing a comprehensive but readily accessible reference work examining the First World War, in accordance with a broad range of themes, this book presents the many ways in which study of the First World War can take place and introduces readers to new areas of research, often untouched in other studies of the war. With a scholarly Introduction and 60 chapters by specialist authors who come from 14 different countries, across four continents, the book is also intended to open lines of further inquiry from its solid base of academic knowledge. The volume demonstrates the war's global and total nature, examining the conflict in all major theatres and through the lens of the key combatants and neutrals. It also fully engages with issues of race, gender, ideology, and society during the war.This book will appeal to students of all levels, scholars, and general readers alike interested in the First World War from several different perspectives and research areas. The 60 chapters cover topics from numerous angles and provide detailed information about all aspects relating to the First World War.

The long, passive stretches of yin yoga help you release tension, and they improve your flexibility and mobility. But the benefits of yin yoga go beyond the physical. The slow, mindful nature of the practice helps reduce stress and calms your mind, giving you a greater feeling of well-being. The book gives you the tools and inspiration you need to practice this soft, slow form of yoga. Find the benefits you get from each pose; try out sequences that help with everything from sore shoulders to improving your golf, hiking, and skiing; and start or end the day with a 15-minute fix to take the stress out of your joints and muscles. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced yogi, Yin Yoga 50+ is the perfect guide to help you harness the power of yin yoga and experience a more peaceful, balanced life. Time to give yin yoga a try? You'll be surprised at the profound effect this gentle practice will have on your body and mind.

Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, many individuals infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have continued to experience lingering symptoms for months or even years following infection. Some symptoms can affect a person's ability to work or attend school for an extended period of time. Consequently, in 2022, the Social Security Administration requested that the National Academies convene a committee of relevant experts to investigate and provide an overview of the current status of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of long-term health effects related to Long COVID. This report presents the committee conclusions.

Psychoanalysis is no stranger to evolution, but even for a field as accustomed to transformation as it is, the last several years have seen a profound shift in its practice—not least because of COVID-19 and social and cultural factors.Whether those changes are permanent remains to be seen, but this third edition of the Textbook of Psychoanalysis addresses them head-on. Its first section includes not only how the pandemic has affected psychoanalysis but also how racial and ethnic tensions, redefined gender and sexual identities, and the effects of climate change have affected both the psychoanalyst and the patient, as well as the relationship between the two.In subsequent sections, more than 40 contributors bring their expertise to bear as they discuss • Diverse schools of thought, including object relations theory, self psychology, interpersonal psychoanalysis, and contemporary field theory• Core concepts, such as the role of the unconscious in psychoanalytic discourse; transference, countertransference, and enactment; and contemporary theories of unrepresented states• Techniques and approaches that include child analysis, the integration of psychoanalysis and pharmacotherapy, and the place of ethics in psychoanalysis• Research, including psychoanalytic process research, developmental research, and neuroscience research This volume's editors, in the Introduction, confess that'none of us can predict the outcome'of the changes that psychoanalysis—and, indeed, society—is facing. But, as another contributor later points out,'psychoanalysis is a profession centrally concerned with what is not known'and, therefore, may have a critical role to play in uncertain, extraordinary times.With this new edition of the Textbook of Psychoanalysis, readers will have a firm foundation in psychoanalytic thought and practice from which to tackle today's—and tomorrow's—myriad unknowns.

This book offers a philosophical analysis of the environmental crisis in the Indian Sundarbans, drawing upon phenomenological narratives. It nuances the present understanding of the crisis by introducing plurality in our metaphysical understanding of the environment and epistemological understanding of the human–environment relationship.Contemporary research on the Sundarbans mainly focuses on the impending threat of climate change, natural disasters, as well as increasing human–animal conflict, conservation, and forest access debates, while scholarly works have mostly used environmental impact assessments to offer technocratic solutions that prioritize a particular type of human–environment relationship characterized by an'anticipation of ruin.'Rather than rushing to find solutions, I embark on a journey to unpack the meaning of crisis through phenomenological narratives of human–environment relationships. A deep dive into the human–environment relationship through an intentional engagement with the work-worlds of islanders, the formation of a more-than-human community is revealed, giving rise to community-based ethic that transcends the poverty of thought and imagination in comprehending the crisis of the Indian Sundarbans. This new ethical framework emphasizes the co-emergence of self-consciousness and eco-consciousness, serving as a moral impetus for individuals to act ethically towards the environment. This approach impels us to rethink what the Sundarbans is, how the crisis gets manifested to the inlanders and outsiders, and what kind of procedural changes are required to protect the Sundarbans as a living ecosystem instead of a natural museum.The book's phenomenological depth and engaged philosophical framework will elicit deep interest from within academia and among practitioners who are working in environmental studies, philosophy, human ecology, and island studies. The convergence of conceptual understandings and field narratives will also draw the interest of research students working in correlated fields.

This book is an evaluation of the effectiveness of housing enforcement and tenant protection in England's private rented sector using policy analysis to evaluate regulatory provisions and local authority guidance to identify the advantages and limitations of existing policies. From the environmental health practitioner perspective, the targeted health problem is occupiers privately renting from negligent or criminal landlords who are subsequently exposed to hazardous conditions arising from disrepair.Paul Oatt's analysis looks at the powers local authorities have to address retaliatory eviction when enforcing against housing disrepair and digs deeper into their duties to prevent homelessness and powers to protect tenants from illegal eviction. He then explores the potential for tenants to take private action against landlords over failures to address disrepair, before finally discussing proposals put forward by the government to abolish retaliatory evictions and improve security of tenure with changes to contractual arrangements between landlords and tenants, based on successive stakeholder consultations. The policy analysis looks at these aspects to define the overall effectiveness of housing strategies and their implementation, examining causality, plausibility and intervention logic as well as the unintended effects on the population. Equitability is examined to see where policy effects create inequalities as well as the costs, feasibility and acceptability of policies from landlords'and tenants'perspectives. The book will be of relevance to professionals interested in housing and health, as well as students at universities that teach courses in environmental health, public health, and housing studies.

This book aims to develop an account of living together with difference which recognises the tension that we are inescapably with others – both human and non-human – but at the same time are always differing from and with those with whom we find ourselves.A concern for coexistence and questions over how we might live together have been raised and approached from a host of conceptual starting points in recent times, including via calls for a rethinking of communism today, the articulation of forms of ‘cosmopolitics'or ‘pluralism', the re-figuring of understandings of ecology as dark or feminist, amongst others. This book responds to such questions of coexistence by developing what it calls a ‘co-existential analytic'. In doing so, this book introduces a range of post-phenomenological thought which offers means for thinking about such questions of living together with difference. The thought of Emanuel Levinas on the face of the other, Jean-Luc Nancy on being as being-with, Roberto Esposito on the munis, and Michel Henry on pathic auto-affection are introduced and critically reflected upon in terms of what they offer for thinking about such coexistence. Alongside these conceptual starting points, a series of encounters - with cinema, everyday life, politics, and literature - are used to animate and illustration the discussion. Ultimately, the book argues for a ‘spacing'of subjectivities with that world and those encountered within it.This book is intended primarily for researchers and postgraduate students interested in questions of identity, difference, and subjectivity. It will be of interest to those in the fields of social and cultural geography, sociology, social theory, and cultural studies.

April 1945: Europe is in ruins, and Berlin is burning. As the Red Army closes in on the last few blocks surrounding the Fuhrerbunker, a famous aviatrix lands her light aircraft in the center of the shattered German capital. Two days later she takes off again. With her is a man called Heinrich Bechmann, SS mass killer and personal bodyguard of the German chancellor Adolf Hitler—and with Bechmann is a file of documents.Fast-forward to the fall of 2018, when Pope Francis announces that he intends to open the Vatican Secret Archives to researchers and historians investigating relations between his predecessor, Pope Pius XII, and the Nazi regime. A week later, masked gunmen kill five people at an isolated Jesuit retreat in the mountains of Sicily. And two weeks after that, the body of a celebrated British historian is discovered in a beach house on Long Island. Aiden Blake, ex–Royal Marine and brother of the dead historian, believes there is a mysterious link between these events, stretching across seventy-five years of history.He's right—and history itself will provide the clues. The trail will lead him and his brother's New York–based researcher, Hannah Harper, across the Atlantic to the hidden bunkers of Berlin, a Gothic castle in South Tyrol, Rome, Sicily, and deep into the past in a bid to find his brother's killers—and expose a neo-Fascist plot to kill the present pope and replace him with someone more conducive to the party's own political views and ambitions.

This contributed volume assesses the state and future of India's East Coast through a wide variety of chapters grouped by methodology and approach. Part I: Assessment through Geomorphological Approaches describes geomorphological diversities of the eastern shorelines of India, Coastal Modelling System- SMC and morphodynamics of Odisha coast, Paleo shorelines and beach ridge chenier formations of Subarnarekha delta, seasonal sediment budget of Chandrabhaga beachdune system, Beach stage and dune stage modelling Mandarmoni coast, drainage characters of South Andaman Islands, coastal foredune morphology and sediment of Odisha and West Bengal, Geo-archaeological pieces of evidence of ancient coastal environment, coastal sediment characters, beach ridge formation in the chenier coast, and geomorphological changes of ancient ports and harbours in the shoreline of West Bengal. Part II: Assessment through Environmental Approaches addresses various environmental assessmenttechniques of mangrove sensitivity to the sea level rise process in the Sundarban, land degradation of the hinterland drainage basins, the riparian environment of the coastal drainage basins, agricultural adaptability in response to climate variability in the coastal areas of West Bengal, forest degradations of the lateritic upland tracts, coastal tourism potentialities in Odisha and West Bengal, Climate variabilities and agricultural modifications in the hinterland areas of West Bengal districts, the tidal flat environment of Sagar Island, landforms and Geomorphosites for the promotion of Geotourism in South Andaman Perils of Premature Reclamation of Sundarban, marine litter in the coastal regions of West Bengal and Odisha on flora, fauna and humans, Ground water contamination due to saline water encroachment in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Spatio-temporal changes in the Hugli estuarine environment and coastal hazards and flood risk of southwestern Sundarban. Part III: Assessment through Remote Sensing & GIS Approaches uses the aforementioned techniques in service of exploration of monitoring health of Mangrove forest, Geomorphological analysis of the coral fringed coasts of Andaman, hydrological and morphological variations of Ichhamati Tidal estuary, multivariate analysis of coastal vulnerabilities, geography of tourism resources in Andaman group of islands, tourism climate index with application geospatial techniques, diversity of landscape ecology in the coastal blocks of Purba Medinipur, overwash vulnerability in Odisha coast, livelihood security index of the coastal communities, managing coastal squeeze response and wetland loss in the estuarine coastal tract of West Bengal, environmental effects of historical land reclamation process in the Sundarban, and emerging environmental problems of coastal urbanization in Digha, Kanthi, and Haldia.

“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” These were the prescient words of W. E. B. Du Bois's influential 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk. The preeminent Black intellectual of his generation, Du Bois wrote about the trauma of seeing the Reconstruction era's promise of racial equality cruelly dashed by the rise of white supremacist terror and Jim Crow laws. Yet he also argued for the value of African American cultural traditions and provided inspiration for countless civil rights leaders who followed him. Now artist Paul Peart-Smith offers the first graphic adaptation of Du Bois's seminal work. Peart-Smith's graphic adaptation provides historical and cultural contexts that bring to life the world behind Du Bois's words. Readers will get a deeper understanding of the cultural debates The Souls of Black Folk engaged in, with more background on figures like Booker T. Washington, the advocate of black economic uplift, and the Pan-Africanist minister Alexander Crummell. This beautifully illustrated book vividly conveys the continuing legacy of The Souls of Black Folk, effectively updating it for the era of the 1619 Project and Black Lives Matter.

Roger Murray (1911–1998) was a crucial figure in the history of value investing. A financial professional, economist, adviser to members of Congress, and educator, Murray was the successor to the legendary Benjamin Graham as professor of the securities analysis course at Columbia Business School. There, he mentored generations of students, including Mario Gabelli, Charles Royce, Leon G. Cooperman, and Art Samberg.This book offers a compelling account of Murray's multifaceted career alongside a series of remarkable lectures he gave late in his life that encapsulated his philosophy of investing. The investing professionals and educators Paul Johnson and Paul D. Sonkin chronicle Murray's life and accomplishments, capturing his professional triumphs, theoretical insights, and lasting legacy. They highlight Murray's educational philosophy and mentorship, including personal recollections from his students about his teaching and influence.The Enduring Value of Roger Murray features the transcripts of four lectures Murray gave in 1993, hosted by Gabelli, which became legendary in the investing community. These lectures inspired Bruce Greenwald to ask Murray to co-teach a security analysis course, leading to the resurrection of value investing education at Columbia Business School, which had waned after Murray's retirement in 1977. Annotated by Johnson and Sonkin, these lectures are now available to a wide audience for the first time. They will be illuminating and instructive for all value investing students and practitioners today.

Step into the world of LLMs with this practical guide that takes you from the fundamentals to deploying advanced applications using LLMOps best practicesKey FeaturesBuild and refine LLMs step by step, covering data preparation, RAG, and fine-tuningLearn essential skills for deploying and monitoring LLMs, ensuring optimal performance in productionUtilize preference alignment, evaluation, and inference optimization to enhance performance and adaptability of your LLM applicationsBook DescriptionArtificial intelligence has undergone rapid advancements, and Large Language Models (LLMs) are at the forefront of this revolution. This LLM book offers insights into designing, training, and deploying LLMs in real-world scenarios by leveraging MLOps best practices. The guide walks you through building an LLM-powered twin that's cost-effective, scalable, and modular. It moves beyond isolated Jupyter notebooks, focusing on how to build production-grade end-to-end LLM systems. Throughout this book, you will learn data engineering, supervised fine-tuning, and deployment. The hands-on approach to building the LLM Twin use case will help you implement MLOps components in your own projects. You will also explore cutting-edge advancements in the field, including inference optimization, preference alignment, and real-time data processing, making this a vital resource for those looking to apply LLMs in their projects. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in deploying LLMs that solve practical problems while maintaining low-latency and high-availability inference capabilities. Whether you are new to artificial intelligence or an experienced practitioner, this book delivers guidance and practical techniques that will deepen your understanding of LLMs and sharpen your ability to implement them effectively.What you will learnImplement robust data pipelines and manage LLM training cyclesCreate your own LLM and refine it with the help of hands-on examplesGet started with LLMOps by diving into core MLOps principles such as orchestrators and prompt monitoringPerform supervised fine-tuning and LLM evaluationDeploy end-to-end LLM solutions using AWS and other toolsDesign scalable and modularLLM systemsLearn about RAG applications by building a feature and inference pipeline.Who this book is forThis book is for AI engineers, NLP professionals, and LLM engineers looking to deepen their understanding of LLMs. Basic knowledge of LLMs and the Gen AI landscape, Python and AWS is recommended. Whether you are new to AI or looking to enhance your skills, this book provides comprehensive guidance on implementing LLMs in real-world scenarios

Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories opens new ground by exploring the productive tension between anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric readings of James Joyce's final modernist masterpiece. Drawing on the most up-to-date theories and methodologies (the Anthropocene, new materialism, petroculture studies, the blue humanities, animal studies, ecofeminism, ecomedia), twelve leading Joyce scholars offer valuable new insights into the interwoven historical and planetary dimensions of Finnegans Wake. The volume's focus allows the contributors to read the Wake's nonhuman imaginary in original, often surprising comparative contexts (colonialism, the Irish Revival, the Free State's energy policies, the invention of television) and to spotlight enlightening nonhuman themes in Joyce's circular history (bogs, storms, rivers, bodily fluids, skin, wolves, mourning, DNA, atoms, labour, music). As these chapters show, a century later, Finnegans Wake remains a vibrant and vital text in which to interrogate the limits, exploitations and common plight of human and nonhuman life in the 21st-century.

Many critics classify Vladimir Nabokov as a highbrow humourist, a refined wordsmith overly fond of playful puzzles and private in-jokes whose art appeals primarily to an intellectually-sophisticated readership. This study presents a more balanced portrait, placing equal emphasis on the broader, earthier humour that is such a marked feature of Nabokov's writing, which draws on the human body and all things physical for its laughs: sex and scatology, farce and slapstick. Moving between the metaphysical and the physical, the cosmic and the comic, mind and matter, it presents Nabokov as a writer at home in both high and low forms of humour, a comedian who is capable of producing as many belly laughs as brainteasers, and of appealing to a much wider readership than is commonly supposed.

Dive into the intelligence that powers artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is swiftly moving from a sci-fi future to a modern reality. This edition of Artificial Intelligence For Dummies keeps pace with the lighting-fast expansion of AI tools that are overhauling every corner of reality. This book demystifies how artificial intelligence systems operate, giving you a look at the inner workings of AI and explaining the important role of data in creating intelligence. You'll get a primer on using AI in everyday life, and you'll also get a glimpse into possible AI-driven futures. What's next for humanity in the age of AI? How will your job and your life change as AI continue to evolve? How can you take advantage of AI today to make your live easier? This jargon-free Dummies guide answers all your most pressing questions about the world of artificial intelligence. Learn the basics of AI hardware and software, and how intelligence is created from code Get up to date with the latest AI trends and disruptions across industries Wrap your mind around what the AI revolution means for humanity, and for you Discover tips on using generative AI ethically and effectively Artificial Intelligence For Dummies is the ideal starting point for anyone seeking a deeper technological understanding of how artificial intelligence works and what promise it holds for the future.

Digital Twins for Smart Cities and Villages provides a holistic view of digital twin technology and how it can be deployed to develop smart cities and smart villages. Smart manufacturing, smart healthcare, smart education, smart agriculture, smart rural solutions, and related methodologies using digital twins are discussed, including challenges in deployment, their solutions and future roadmaps. This knowledge, enriched by a variety of case studies presented in the book, may empower readers with new capabilities for new research as well as new tasks and strategies for practical implementation and real-world problem solving.The book is thoughtfully structured, starting from the background of digital twin concepts and basic know-how to serve the needs of those new to the subject. It continues with implementation to facilitate and improve management in several urban contexts, infrastructures, and more. Global case study assessments further provide a deep characterization of the state-of-the-art in digital twin in urban and rural contexts. - Uniquely focuses on applications for smart cities and villages, including smart services for health, education, mobility, and agriculture - Provides use cases and practical deployment of research involved in the emerging uses of digital twins - Discusses all pertinent issues, challenges, and possible solutions instrumental in implementing digital twins smart solutions in this context - Edited and authored by a global team of experts in their given fields

This book describes the AI tools in concept and how they apply directly to project success. It also demonstrates the strategy and methods used to purchase and implement AI tools for project management. You will understand the difference between automating a task and changing it by using AI. Discover how AI uses data and the importance of data maintenance. Learn why projects fail and how using artificial intelligence for project management improves project success rates. The book features project management success stories and demonstrates how to leave behind that low project success rate for one that is 95 percent or higher. Supplemental teaching materials are available for use as a textbook. FEATURES:Covers a practical approach to using AI in project managementFeatures a chapter on combining AI with other technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, and virtual reality for further insights into leading-edge changes for project managementDemonstrates how to achieve higher productivity and incredible project performance by applying AI conceptsIncludes supplemental teaching materials for use as a textbook

In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emerged as the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through contaminated blood products. In 1985, he became a household name after he was barred from attending his Indiana middle school. As Ryan appeared on nightly news broadcasts and graced the covers of popular magazines, he was embraced by music icons and well-known athletes, achieving a curious kind of stardom. Analyzing his struggle and celebrity, Paul M. Renfro's powerful biography grapples with the contested meanings of Ryan's life, death, and afterlives.As Renfro argues, Ryan's fight to attend school forced the American public to reckon with prevailing misconceptions about the AIDS epidemic. Yet his story also reinforced the hierarchies at the heart of the AIDS crisis. Because the'innocent'Ryan had contracted HIV'through no fault of his own,'as many put it, his story was sometimes used to blame presumably'guilty'populations for spreading the virus. Reexamining Ryan's story through this lens, Renfro reveals how the consequences of this stigma continue to pervade policy and cultural understandings of HIV/AIDS today.

Highly accessible and authoritative account of how wind energy is safely harnessed to address the ever-pressing climate and energy challenges Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy provides an in-depth treatment of wind energy's scientific background, current technology, and international status, with an emphasis on large turbines and wind farms, both onshore and offshore. In the newly revised second edition, highly qualified authors include technological advances in the field including offshore wind turbine structures, foundation design, installation, grid integration, and reliability, offering guidance on operation and maintenance. The text is supported by copious illustrations and around 50 inspiring full-color photographs from around the world. To further aid in reader comprehension and information retention, questions with answers and problems are included in each chapter. An accompanying website includes figures, tables, and solutions of the problems. The book is an essential primer for new entrants to the wind industry and to students on undergraduate and graduate courses on renewable energy. It also offers a unique treatise of the sustainability of emerging transformative technologies, which makes it useful to both system analysts and energy policy strategists. In Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy, readers will find information on: Basics on wind energy capture and conversion by wind turbinesTechnology evolution and deployment experiences in the EU, China, Taiwan, and US wind farms, plus common access issues Production and installation techniquesOperation, maintenance and risk mitigationGrid integration, synergies with other renewable energies, and green hydrogen productionLife cycle sustainability, recycling, and the role of wind energy in addressing climate and energy challenges Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy is aimed at a wide readership including professionals, policy makers, and employees in the energy sector in need of a basic appreciation of the underlying principles of wind energy, along with second and third year undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Après Lacan, parce que son parcours marque pour la psychanalyse un tournant radical, qu'il paraît faible de qualifier d'épistémologique.En arrachant la doctrine au psychologisme qui imprègne profondément l'oeuvre de Freud et la pensée des post-freudiens, Lacan ouvrit en effet à la psychanalyse un questionnement fondamental, tant clinique que conceptuel.Mais le virage fut négocié trop brutalement, sur des bases logicistes (structuralistes) que Lacan finit d'ailleurs par désavouer. Bref une « extension » (Bion) s'impose, avec la prise en compte des avancées des autres courants de la psychanalyse, de l'école anglaise en particulier, dont les repères axiologiques transcendent le scientisme freudo-lacanien pour s'ouvrir à une dimension franchement éthique, transcendantale, c'est-à-dire à la fonction subjective de l'Idéal et aux conséquences psychopathologiques majeures de son oblitération.Il y va de l'avenir de la psychanalyse, plutôt mal engagé dans la phase actuelle qui ne lui est guère favorable et voit ressurgir, réchappés, les adversaires doctrinaux de toujours, organicisme psychiatrique et neuropsychologie, avec leur profonde inscription dans l'idéologie de la modernité.C'est à quoi s'essaient les divers essais réunis dans ce recueil, dans une démarche qui se veut à la fois critique, analytique et prospective.

Memorias de un enfermo nerviosoes un relato autobiográfico de Daniel Paul Schreber, en el cual el autor expone su experiencia con trastornos mentales y las visiones que tuvo durante sus períodos de internación psiquiátrica. Schreber, un jurista alemán, detalla los episodios de alucinaciones y delirios que vivió, revelando cómo su mente gradualmente se desconectó de la realidad. La obra ofrece una visión profunda sobre la esquizofrenia paranoide, explorando la complejidad de la mente humana y las fronteras entre cordura y locura. La obra de Schreber es también un estudio sobre el sistema de tratamiento psiquiátrico de la época y las limitaciones de la medicina en cuanto a la comprensión de los trastornos mentales. Él describe las intervenciones médicas que recibió y cuestiona la eficacia de los métodos terapéuticos utilizados, además de proponer una reflexión sobre la dignidad humana en el contexto de su propia experiencia. Desde su publicación, Memorias de un enfermo nervioso ha sido objeto de estudio e interés académico, particularmente en el campo de la psiquiatría y el psicoanálisis. Sigmund Freud, por ejemplo, analizó el caso de Schreber en sus estudios sobre paranoia, resaltando la importancia de la obra para la comprensión de enfermedades mentales graves. El libro sigue siendo relevante hasta hoy, ofreciendo una perspectiva única sobre la lucha de un individuo por comprender su propia mente en medio del caos interno.

People worldwide love to enjoy their preferred lifestyle. Music is a powerful lifestyle choice. It helps people shape and share their experiences. Music evolves, as does technology, culture and the music business. This book helps the reader to understand the changes to music and audio reproduction. Enabling them to make informed choices about music and the audio equipment they use. Thereby gaining richer musical experiences. This book explains why high-quality reproduction of music is hard. It identifies some factors that influence the quality of reproduction such as careful listening. Often discussions about music and audio ignore the role of the listener. Yet a person's disposition, sensory awareness and attention, affect how they perceive music and what they experience from it. As well as music students, teachers, and musicologists, the book will appeal to those with a passion for quality music and the quality reproduction of music.

In this electrifying tenth and final installment of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling Michael Vey series, the Electroclan go on a high-stakes rescue mission.After saving Tara and Jack—and losing a few of their own—in a dramatic battle in the Peruvian jungle against the Elgen offshoot the Chasqui, the Electroclan has returned to the US to regroup. But their downtime is brief, as Abi—who was abducted from outside her college dorm—is still missing. Piecing together what few clues they have from video footage of the abduction as well as some additional information from Grace, whose consciousness has broken free of her physical body and connected with worldwide intelligence, they determine that she is being held somewhere in Peru by the leader of a group of other electrics known as the Colony. And so—once again joining forced with Alpha Team for a dual-pronged attack—they return to South America for a rescue mission. They've fought—and won—against incredible odds before. But they've never had to face off against others with powers similar to—and potentially stronger—than their own. Still, with the life of one of the Electroclan members at stake, failure is simply not an option as they take on their final mission.

In recent years events such as a global pandemic, huge technological changes, and war in Europe have demonstrated how organizations manage risk is more important than ever. Plans, models and ideas to mitigate disruptive situations are needed to ensure future success. Enterprise Risk Management in Today's World examines enterprise risk management in its past, present and future, exploring the role that directors and leaders in organizations have in devising risk management strategies, analysing values such as trust, resilience, CSR and governance within organizations. Benefiting students, researchers and high-level decision makers, this volume fills a gap in the existing literature of the interaction between business and society in the field of enterprise risk management. Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, and Risk Management provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale. Subjects of interest may include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability, behaviour, management, and business economics.

In recent years events such as a global pandemic, huge technological changes, and war in Europe have demonstrated how organizations manage risk is more important than ever. Plans, models and ideas to mitigate disruptive situations are needed to ensure future success. Enterprise Risk Management in Today's World examines enterprise risk management in its past, present and future, exploring the role that directors and leaders in organizations have in devising risk management strategies, analysing values such as trust, resilience, CSR and governance within organizations. Benefiting students, researchers and high-level decision makers, this volume fills a gap in the existing literature of the interaction between business and society in the field of enterprise risk management. Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, and Risk Management provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale. Subjects of interest may include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability, behaviour, management, and business economics.

This book is designed for students, faculty, and professionals, describing the role of mathematics in economics and business. Starting with the basics of numbers and advancing into complex topics like hyperreal numbers and set theory, the book builds a strong foundation of mathematical concepts. Python code is used throughout to illustrate problems numerically, making the material accessible and practical.Readers will learn about linear simultaneous equations for market equilibrium analysis and the mechanics of matrices for solving larger systems. The book covers calculus, with applications in economics, including profit maximization and factor optimization, and introduces infinitesimal methods. Chapters on differential and difference equations reveal their importance in analyzing dynamic systems, all illuminated through practical examples and images from economics and business.The course begins with fundamental mathematical concepts, advancing to complex applications in economics and business. By integrating computational understanding with Python code, the book ensures learners can tackle real-world problems. This structured approach provides the tools needed for economic analysis and business decision-making, making it an invaluable resource for anyone in these fields.

A critical exegesis of large language models, like ChatGPT, and recent advances in artificial intelligence. If speech has long been an emblem of the human species, then talking machines seem to be harbingers of some kind of technological singularity. Indeed, if the brilliance—or at least eloquence—of large language models is any indication, we seem to be poised at the threshold of general AI, a form of artificial intelligence that will not only surpass human intelligence but maybe even replace humans altogether. This slim text lays out a critical genealogy of the highly contested relation between human values, machinic parameters, and corporate powers. It also provides a theory of the reasons for, and effects of, our current social and technological horizon.

This book aims to advance language program evaluation and practice, building on the author's previous work in Blended Language Program Evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). The book is based in theory, yet incorporates case study examples throughout each chapter. The conceptual framework is grounded in complexity and evaluative thinking, and incorporates a three-tiered approach on themes ranging from'hybrid learning'through to'leadership'and'sustainability'. The style of the work seeks to engage stakeholders through its focus on utility and program improvement, and result in pragmatic, evidence-based results that foster quality teaching, learning, and administration. Despite being situated in a multibillion dollar global industry, few language professionals evaluate their language programs and foster improvement. This book is addressed to current language professionals and researchers, and aims to fill this gap in current knowledge and practice.

This proceedings volume contains selected and expanded contributions presented at the 8th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications, held in Beijing, China on 15~17 November, 2023. The symposium was organized by the Sino-Holland Space Optical Instruments Joint Laboratory and supported by Beijing Institute and Space Mechanics and Electricity.In recent years, space optical payloads are advancing towards high spatial resolution, high temporal resolution, high radiometric resolution, and high spectral resolution and becoming more and more intelligent. Commercial remote sensing industry has made steady progress in terms of the scope of satellite systems and applications. Meanwhile, space optical remote sensing data has been extensively applied to monitoring of resources, meteorology, ocean, environment, disaster reduction, and many other fields.The symposium focused on key innovations of space-based optical instruments and applications, and the newest developments in theory, technology and applications in optics, in both China and Europe. It thus provided a platform for exchanges on the latest research and current and planned optical missions.The major topics covered in these conference proceedings include but are not limited to: 1)Advanced optical technology and new remote sensing technology for space applications; 2)Advanced optical material technology and space application; 3)Advanced photoelectric converter technology and space application; 4)Space optical instruments and applications for deep space exploration and astronomical observation;5)Ecological environment space optical instrument and its application; and6)Commercial space optical remote sensing technology and services.

Antarctic Whaling explores how British whalers came to claim so large a share of the whales taken from the Southern Ocean in the first half of the twentieth century, and, more particularly, where, when, how and why the British Government came to play so large a part in whaling history through its endeavour to regulate the whaling grounds.