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Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates: Concepts and Methods
by Fabrizio CeccaSitting squarely at the interface between earth and life sciences, palaeobiogeographic information is scattered throughout many publications. Until now. Palaeobiogeography of Marine Fossil Invertebrates covers important theoretical concepts relating to palaeobiogeography together with descriptions of analytical methods. Fabrizio Cecca discusses general biogeographical concepts and the factors influencing distributional patterns using illustrative case histories. Cecca uses the palaeobiogeography of fossil organisms to generate hypotheses on continental drifting, past migration routes, palaeobiodiversity gradients, geographic barriers, palaeoclimatic and paleooceanographic conditions. He explores the biogeographical dimension of biodiversity through the analysis of existing latitudinal and longitudinal gradients of biodiversity and discusses the biodiversity/area relationship with particular reference to sea-level variations.
Geoinformation Technologies for Geo-Cultural Landscapes: European Perspectives
by Oliver Bender Niki Evelpidou Alenka Krek Andreas VassilopoulosThe focal main objective of the book is to constitute a meaningful linkage among research problems, geoinformation methods and corresponding applications. The research goals, related both to theoretical and practical issues, derive from multidisciplinary fields such as archaeology, history, geography, landscape planning, environment, geoinformation
Serious Games: 10th Joint International Conference, JCSG 2024, New York City, NY, USA, November 7–8, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15259)
by Jan L. Plass Xavier OchoaThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2024, held in New York City, NY, USA, during November 7–8, 2024. The 19 full papers, 5 short papers, 12 posters and 5 demos included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial intelligence in serious games; Serious games analytics; Serious game design; Impact studies; Extended realities; Healthcare and wellbeing; Applications.
Survival Handbook in Pediatric Surgical Oncology
by Lucas KrauelDespite the advances in precision medicine and the progressive tailoring of multimodal therapies, surgery still remains the mainstay treatment in the majority of pediatric solid tumors and plays a key role in the multidisciplinary evaluation and management of pediatric oncology patients. The surgeons will face a variety of challenging situations in many aspects of the treatment of a child with cancer. Whether in the emergency department, evaluating a new patient or in the operating room, a clear and concise decision-making plan needs to be developed to assure optimal care and survival. The Survival Handbook in Pediatric Surgical Oncology is to provide an up-to-dated, portable, easy to read and schematic overview of the main topics of the surgeon's role in pediatric oncology, delivering a quick reference guide especially designed for pediatric surgery residents, fellows and young practitioners. The wide coverage of general aspects of the field, like epidemiology, basic oncology, anesthesia and imaging, will be completed with a detailed but brief analysis of most prevalent solid tumors. Other important topics will also be treated, like oncological emergencies and fertility considerations. The chapters will be in charge of key opinion leaders in every topic, looking to deliver only the crucial information, in order to help in the bedside decision making plan. This handbook will be an important partner for many pediatric surgeons around the world, because in this kind of disease it’s crucial to act quickly and correctly in order to assure the right diagnosis and start treatment as soon as possible.
Next Generation Arithmetic: 5th International Conference, CoNGA 2024, Sydney, NSW, Australia, February 20–21, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14666)
by Marek Michalewicz John Gustafson Himeshi De SilvaThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference for Next Generation Arithmetic, CoNGA 2024, held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, during February 20–21, 2024. The 5 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 9 submissions. CoNGA is the leading conference on emerging technologies for computer arithmetic. The demands of both AI and HPC have led the community to realize that something better than traditional floating-point arithmetic is needed to reach the speed, accuracy, and energy-efficiency that are needed for today's most challenging workloads. In particular, posit arithmetic is achieving rapid adoption as a non-proprietary format, but CoNGA welcomes papers about any arithmetic format that breaks from the past and shows merit and promise.
Garment Sizing and Pattern Making (SDGs and Textiles)
by Muhammad Qamar Khan Yasir Nawab Ick Soo KimThis book investigates the best possibilities of garments constructions through proper pattern techniques which can enhance the efficiency of organization and minimize the wastage of materials within sustainable developments. It also enhances the importance of sizing system for brands & suppliers for development of garment fit, garment comfort and durable garments. It also covers the many practical areas, such as education and skill development, improved garment quality, standardization and consistency, innovation and customization, reducing wastage, cost savings, improved fit and customer satisfaction, cross-disciplinary applications, accessibility and global impact, industry advancements, etc. In conclusion, this is a comprehensive book on garment sizing and pattern making, which has a substantial impact on the fashion and clothing industry, from education and skill development to improved product quality, standardization, and sustainability. It plays a vital rolein shaping the future of fashion design and production and empowers the designers for the best entrepreneur.
Unification of Artificial Intelligence and Psychology: Volume Two - Consequences
by Petros A. GelepithisThis book, the second of two-volumes, builds on the unification of Artificial Intelligence and Psychology to explore its consequences. In doing so, this volume unifies three pivotal phenomena of Cognitive Science and AI: knowledge, consciousness and emotions. The extended Theory of Noémon Systems expounds ramifications for cognitive science, philosophy of mind, mathematics, and the issue of the unity of science and art. It also discusses the similarities and differences between humans and AI/robot systems with respect to consciousness, emotions and scientific knowledge. As with the first volume, this book will appeal to scientists working on the interfaces of psychology, AI, philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and the humanities. The complicated and extensive unification of the fields of Artificial Intelligence and psychology breaks entirely new ground for both disciplines, with thought-provoking and compelling implications for both.
Advances in Soft Computing: 23rd Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2024, Tonantzintla, Mexico, October 21–25, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15247)
by Lourdes Martínez-Villaseñor Gilberto Ochoa-RuizThe two-volume set, LNAI 15246 and 15247, constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2024, held in Tonantzintla, Mexico in October 21–25, 2024. The 37 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 141 submissions. The papers presented in these two volumes are organized in the following topical sections: Part I - Machine Learning; Computer Vision. Part II - Intelligent Systems; Bioinformatics and Medical Applications; Natural Language Processing.
Across the Seas in Prehistoric Northeast Asia: Obsidian as a Commodity for the Study of Human Migrations (The Science of Human History in Asia and the Pacific #2)
by Yaroslav KuzminThis book provides the current knowledge on prehistoric human contacts and migrations in Northeast Asia (consisting of far eastern Russia, Northeastern Siberia, Korea, Northeast China, and Japan), using obsidian as a commodity. The aim of this book is to reconstruct the patterns of prehistoric exchange and human movements in the Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic of Northeast Asia. The proposed book is the first comprehensive summary of obsidian provenance and issues related to prehistoric human contacts/migrations and early seafaring in Northeast Asia. The particular importance of this book is that obsidian is used as a commodity to establish the movements of ancient people that is almost impossible to do using traditional archaeological approaches. The book contains updated information on the vast region with a multitude of obsidian sources and artefacts, based on the author’s first-hand knowledge generated in the last 30+ years. It makes this book a unique source of information derived from Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese publications (as well as English summaries) for comparison between different parts of Northeast Asia.
Ethnopharmacology and OMICS Advances in Medicinal Plants Volume 2: Revealing the Secrets of Medicinal Plants
by Mukesh Nandave Rohit Joshi Jyoti UpadhyayThis book delves into diverse facets and applications of medicinal plants. It discusses the metabolic, transcriptomic, and genomic intricacies of medicinal plants, shedding light on their chemical compositions, genetic makeup, and regulatory mechanisms. It includes a chapter on nanotechnology, investigating the influence of nanoparticles on medicinal plants. Subsequent chapters explore functional genomics and genome editing, showcasing innovative approaches to modifying plant genetics. It also discusses plant-associated microorganisms in the microbiome and endophytic fungi. Furthermore, the book addresses the critical issues of genetic diversity, agrotechnology for sustainable production, intellectual property rights, and the impact of various stresses on medicinal plants. This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, educators, and students of pharmacology, offering a comprehensive understanding of medicinal plants and their evolving role in science and medicine.
Die erweiterte beschränkte Steuerpflicht nach § 2 AStG im Licht der europäischen Grundfreiheiten
by Melina StrunkSeit seiner Einführung im Jahr 1972 dient das Außensteuergesetz vor allem der Verhinderung von Steuerflucht. Dieses Ziel verfolgt der Gesetzgeber unter anderem mit § 2 AStG. Die darin niedergeschriebene erweiterte beschränkte Steuerpflicht gilt als komplex und mehrdeutig. Neben Rechtsunsicherheit bei der Auslegung der Tatbestandsmerkmale wirft § 2 AStG auch grundlegende Fragen nach ihrer Konformität mit verfassungs- und europarechtlichen Bestimmungen auf. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, angesichts der Interpretationsschwierigkeiten und der daraus resultierenden Rechtsunsicherheit in Hinblick auf die Anwendung der Tatbestandsmerkmale und Rechtsfolgen des § 2 AStG einen Beitrag zur Auslegung der Norm zu leisten. Dazu wird die erweiterte beschränkte Steuerpflicht in den Kontext der Erfordernisse des Binnenmarktes gesetzt. Es wird erläutert, ob und inwieweit die Ausgestaltung des § 2 AStG aus systematischen Gesichtspunkten in Einklang mit dem Europarecht und seinen Einflüssen auf das direkte Steuerrecht der Mitgliedstaaten steht.
Probabilistic Spiking Neuronal Nets: Neuromathematics for the Computer Era (Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences)
by Antonio Galves Eva Löcherbach Christophe PouzatThis book provides a self-contained introduction to a new class of stochastic models for systems of spiking neurons. These systems have a large number of interacting components, each one evolving as a stochastic process with a memory of variable length. Several mathematical tools are put to use, such as Markov chains, stochastic chains having memory of variable length, point processes having stochastic intensity, Hawkes processes, random graphs, mean field limits, perfect sampling algorithms, the Context algorithm, and statistical model selection.The book’s focus on mathematically tractable objects distinguishes it from other texts on theoretical neuroscience. The biological complexity of neurons is not ignored, but reduced to some of its main features, such as the intrinsic randomness of neuronal dynamics. This reduction in complexity aims at explaining and reproducing statistical regularities and collective phenomena that are observed in experimental data, an approach that leads to mathematically rigorous results. With an emphasis on a constructive and algorithmic point of view, this book is directed towards mathematicians interested in learning about stochastic network models and their neurobiological underpinning, and neuroscientists interested in learning how to build and prove results with mathematical models that relate to actual experimental settings.
Cybernetics and Control Theory in Systems: Proceedings of 13th Computer Science On-line Conference 2024, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1119)
by Radek Silhavy Petr SilhavyAddressing key issues in modern cybernetics and informatics, this book presents vital research within networks and systems. It offers an extensive overview of the latest methods, algorithms, and design innovations. This book compiles the meticulously reviewed proceedings of the Networks and Systems in Cybernetics session of the 13th Computer Science Online Conference 2024 (CSOC 2024), held virtually in April 2024.
Dissoi Logoi: Introduction, Critical Text, Translation, and Commentary
by Sebastiano MolinelliThis new critical edition of Dissoi Logoi starts from a codicological analysis that is unprecedented in scope (the studied codices are twenty-six) and depth (their material, dimensions, transmitted works, provenance, date, scribe, first possessors, and current place of conservation are considered). On this basis, a new stemma codicum and a new Greek critical text with parallel English translation are offered. The extensive introduction reconstructs the manuscript and printed transmission of the text and sheds new light on its nature and its reception in antiquity. Dissoi Logoi appears to have been written between 355 and 338 BCE, in an Eastern form of Doric κοινή, by a sophist who aimed to promote his course. It likely worked as a source for Sextus Empiricus, which contributes to explaining the work’s collocation at the end of Sextus' codices. The third and final part of the book consists in a two-level commentary. First, the Structural Commentary looks into blocks of chapters from a rhetorical and philosophical perspective. Then, the Lemmatic Commentary delves into the most salient lemmas of the text, covering textual, linguistic, literary, and historical issues as well.
Topics in Modal Analysis & Parameter Identification, Vol. 9: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2024 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)
by Brandon J. Dilworth Timothy Marinone Jon FurlichTopics in Modal Analysis, Testing & Parameter Identification, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the nineth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Modal Analysis, Modal Testing and Modal Parameter Identification including papers on: Analytical Methods Modal Applications Basics of Modal Analysis Experimental Techniques Multi Degree of Freedom Testing Boundary Conditions in Environmental Testing Operational Modal Analysis Modal Parameter Identification Novel Techniques
Artificial Intelligence in Internet of Things: Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Internet of Things and Connected Technologies (ICIoTCT 2023) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1072)
by Frank Lin David Pastor Nishtha Kesswani Ashok Patel Sushanta Bordoloi Chaitali KoleyThis book is a collection of high-quality research papers presented at 8th International Conference on Internet of Things and Connected Technologies (ICIoTCT 2023), held at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Mizoram, India, during 29–30 September 2023. This book presents recent advances on IoT and connected technologies. This book is designed for marketing managers, business professionals, researchers, academicians, and graduate-level students seeking to learn how IoT and connecting technologies increase the amount of data gained through devices, enhance customer experience, and widen the scope of IoT analytics in enhancing customer marketing outcomes.
Advances in Computational Intelligence: 23rd Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2024, Tonantzintla, Mexico, October 21–25, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15246)
by Lourdes Martínez-Villaseñor Gilberto Ochoa-RuizThe two-volume set, LNAI 15246 and 15247, constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2024, held in Tonantzintla, Mexico in October 21–25, 2024. The 37 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 141 submissions. The papers presented in these two volumes are organized in the following topical sections: Part I - Machine Learning; Computer Vision. Part II - Intelligent Systems; Bioinformatics and Medical Applications; Natural Language Processing.
Management of Diabetic Complications: Calling for a Team Approach
by Georgi Abraham Jothydev Kesavadev Priyanka Govindan Nanditha Arun Suneeta TeckchandaniDiabetic complications, which occur both acutely and on a chronic basis, are an enormous challenge facing doctors at every level of care.There needs to be more knowledge, which is compiled into a textbook and is unavailable for reference- taking this into account, to provide clinical care, to address challenges to family physicians, nurses, diabetologists, subspecialty physicians, surgeons, doctors in training, and telemedicine consultations. This book is a compilation of different subjects in diabetic care, which can be easily referred to in diverse situations and organ involvement for appropriate management strategies. This book covers not only common complications lucidly but rare complications with a structured management plan. The book contains up-to-date information with color / black & white figures to explain the disease process and follow-up plans. The book is good teaching material for medical students, interns, nurses, and junior-level doctors and consultants. Chapters will provide a simple, comprehensive complication assessment with essential highlights—for example, foot ulcers and skin infections with management strategies for day-to-day evaluation. It covers any disease process with skin and mucus membrane involvement with serious issues such as Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and CKD.
Performing Artists and Precarity: Work in the Contemporary Entertainment Industries
by Philip Hancock Melissa TylerThis open access book focuses on the distinctive experiences of freelance and self-employed live performers in the UK’s live entertainment industries It provides an in-depth account of their working lives during COVID-19, showing how their experiences of the pandemic provide insight into the different types of precarity shaping what it means to be a live performer. A growing body of academic research has focused on the meaning, experience, and nature of precarity for those working in the cultural and creative sector, highlighting the problem of socio-economic precarity. This book demonstrates how a constant struggle for recognition also shapes the contours and lived experiences of live performance work. It emphasizes how, combined with affective and socio-economic forms of precarity, this recognitive precarity creates a distinctive and challenging set of working conditions. Drawing on original data generated through a national survey of self-employed and freelance performers across the live entertainment industries, combined with insights derived from a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews, this book presents an empirically rich insight into the struggles and opportunities presented by the multiple forms of precarity that the pandemic brought to the fore. It gives voice to a precarious workforce that remains integral to one of the UK’s most economically buoyant sectors but whose experiences are often marginalized in academic research, and in policy and practice. It will, therefore, offer a unique insight for both students and scholars of work and employment, and for those working in the cultural and creative sector, into the distinctive nature of work as a freelance or self-employed live performer.
Beyond the Law: Ethnography of Mundane Violence, Faith, and Lifeworlds (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)
by Muhammad BilalThe book embarks on a journey into the intricate landscape of blasphemy in Pakistan amid a rising tide of blasphemy accusations, public lynchings, and contentious blasphemy laws. Challenging conventional perspectives, this book delves beyond legal and religious confines, offering an ethnography of the mundane as a secular reading and a grand existential scheme to highlight how blasphemy laws and religious prisms often fail to capture the essence of the blasphemy dilemma in Pakistan. The author offers an insightful re-evaluation of the blasphemy issue, addressing its multifaceted definition, the motivations driving intentional blasphemous acts and frivolous accusations, the authority to punish alleged offenders, the paradox of religious violence, and the emergence of mediated expressions and virtual negotiation of blasphemy. Through meticulous grassroots analysis of ordinary Pakistanis’ perspectives, the book offers pragmatic policy solutions for blasphemy issues, presenting unorthodox insights into Pakistan, its diverse populace, and the ever-evolving sensibilities of Islam and societal dynamics in both local and global contexts.
Systemic Risk and Complex Networks in Modern Financial Systems (New Economic Windows)
by Vincenzo PacelliThis open access book is a groundbreaking exploration of systemic risk in modern financial systems. Through its theoretical and empirical investigations, it reveals the multidimensionality of systemic risk, the transmission channels of crises, and the interlinkages between physical, transition, and financial risks. It introduces cutting-edge methodologies, including prediction and optimization models based on complex networks, multilayer networks and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) approaches, to forecast and measure systemic risk and financial crisis. It provides insight for academics, practitioners, policy and supervisory authorities, and bankers and financial market operators on understanding the links that determine the propagation of financial crises and the emergence of systemic risks. This book is essential for those wishing to better understand systemic risk and its implications.
Geological Genetic Analysis and Application of Oil and Gas Reservoirs
by Huanqing ChenThis book presents the research on geological genetic analysis of oil and gas reservoirs. It expounds on the methods, problems, and prospects of geological genetic analyses of oil and gas reservoirs, considering structures, reservoirs, and oil–gas–water (OGW) systems. Then, it explains the application of geological genetic analysis of oil and gas reservoirs with examples of volcanic rocks in the Songliao Basin, glutenites in the northwestern Junggar Basin, and sandstones in the Liaohe Basin. It is a valuable reference for researchers, engineers, and graduate students engaged in oil/gas exploration both from industrial and academic sectors.
Women in Analysis and PDE (Trends in Mathematics #5)
by Marianna Chatzakou Michael Ruzhansky Diana StoevaSince 2019 Ghent Analysis & PDE Center (GAPC) has been organising international workshops, conferences, seminars, and other scientific events covering a wide range of pioneering topics in Analysis and PDEs. In the winter of 2023, the GAPC decided to collect and publish mathematical results presented by women mathematician hosted at the center. This collection, in the form short papers, presented in the current book offers a wide range of state of art in Analysis and PDEs and disseminates the scientific discoveries of GAPC’s visitors and members to scientists outside of the center. The short papers published in current volume in the subseries Research Perspectives Ghent Analysis and PDE Center within the book series Trends in Mathematics are peer-reviewed written versions of the talks presented by women at GAPC events and are grouped accordingly. The current volume is strictly speaking in the realm of pure mathematics, but aims to be of interest not only to scientists in the field, butalso to anyone who has an interest to other applied sciences that Analysis and PDEs have applications to. The collection will also include the talks given at the two workshops "Women in Generalised Functions", organised in 2022 and 2023.
Advanced Methods in Statistics, Data Science and Related Applications: SIS 2022, Caserta, Italy, June 22–24 (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics #467)
by Matilde Bini Antonio Balzanella Lucio Masserini Rosanna VerdeThis book contains a selection of the improved contributions submitted by participants at the conference of the Italian Statistical Society - SIS 2022 held in Caserta 22-24 June 2022. The scientific community of Italian statistics, which gathers around the SIS, is paying particular attention to the development of statistical techniques increasingly oriented toward the processing of large data, mainly, of complex data. The main goal is to provide the analysis of the data and the interpretability of the obtained results, with a view to decision support and the reliability of the data outcomes. The aim of this volume is to show some of the most relevant contributions of statistical and data analysis methods in preserving the quality of the information to be processed, especially when it comes from different, often non-official sources; as well as in the extraction of knowledge from complex data (textual, network, unstructured and multivalue) and in the explicability of results. Data Science today represents a broad domain of knowledge development from data, where statistical and data analysis methods can make an important contribution in the different domains where data management and processing are required. This volume is addressed to researchers but also to Ph.D. and MSc students in the field of Statistics and Data Science to acquaint them with some of the most recent developments towards which statistical research is orienting, in prevalence in Italy.
Monocytes and Macrophages in Development, Regeneration, and Disease (Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation #74)
by Malgorzata Kloc Jacek Z. Kubiak Marta HalasaThe study and therapeutic application of macrophages is a rapidly developing field. Tremendous progress has been made in understanding the phenotypes and functions of macrophages in healthy and diseased tissues and organs. Following the great success of Volume 62: "Macrophages - Origin, Functions and Biointervention" published in this series, this new book now focuses on the role of monocytes and macrophages in development, regeneration and disease. This new volume offers an overview of the latest developments in monocyte and macrophage subtypes and functions across various tissues including adipose tissue, bones, liver, lungs, testes, and the nervous system. The book also reviews existing and potential therapies targeted towards the macrophages and describes their homeostatic functions. It explores how macrophage cell cycle, metabolism, mitochondrial activity, histone acetylation status, and interaction with the extracellular matrix contribute to changes in macrophage phenotype and function in health and disease. Additionally, it examines the interactions between macrophages and cancer cells, bacteria, helminth parasites, and their role in the colonization and spread of HIV. For ease of reference, the volume is divided into three sections: Part I Nonimmunologic and immunologic functions of monocytes/macrophages Part II Tissue/organ specific functions of macrophages Part III Macrophage functions and dysfunction in diseases This book will be of interest to researchers working in the fields of developmental biology, immunology, cancer research, and therapeutic applications. It is written to inform and inspire experts and newcomers to the field of macrophages.