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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird Martin J. SherwinA young readers edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus was the inspiration for the blockbuster film, Oppenheimer.This brand-new edition introduces the next generation to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures.J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb during World War II, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of the revolutionary weapon he helped create. Readers of all ages will witness the rise and fall of a scientific and historical icon in this masterful new edition. Exploring his childhood, his secret work on the bomb, his central role in the Cold War, and his tragic downfall, this quintessential biography is history at its finest. Filled with dozens of photographs and updated information, this riveting and deeply informative account is now available to a middle and high school audience.
The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall
by Charis CotterSet in the '60s at a summer camp, The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall is a spooky, atmospheric middle-grade story for fans of classic ghost stories, unlikely friendships and intriguing mysteries.Bee's mom has a job in New York City for the summer, so Bee is being sent to summer camp. She's not excited about it. Being around other people is hard for her, plus she knows nothing about campfires, she's not a good swimmer and she's never even been in a canoe.When she first arrives, things go pretty much as she expected. The other girls either make fun of her or ignore her, and the woods surrounding the camp give her the creeps: she keeps hearing elusive music coming from somewhere in the distance, and there's something unearthly about it.But then Zippy comes on the scene — an oddball like Bee, but with a lot more confidence and hard-won knowledge gleaned from many summers spent at this exact camp. And most importantly, Zippy has also discovered mysterious behavior going on at the camp: the older girls from the Hawks cabin are sneaking out to do . . . something. They're always exhausted, and their flashlight batteries are running out at an alarming rate. But their counselors are never woken up by girls sneaking out, no one on staff doing nightly rounds ever sees them outside the cabin, and even when they start doing a bed check at night, the girls all seem to be in their bunks.Zippy and Bee are on the case, and with the help of an unlikely ally, they try to figure out what the Hawks are up to. But they soon discover there's more going on than just the usual summer-camp hijinks. How are the Hawks getting out at night? What is the deal with the (very cute) mysterious boy who seems to be working with the groundskeeper? Where is the distant music coming from? And what does the reclusive camp founder know about all of it?
Horse Camp: A Horse Girl Mystery (Horse Girl)
by Carrie SeimYEE-HAW! Willa is back in this standalone sequel to Horse Girl. This time, she tackles summer camp, new and old frenemies, and worst yet: a horse that's mysteriously gone missing.Seventh-grader Willa is head-over-hooves when she finds a secret note inviting her to Juniper Ranch—a sleepaway camp that&’s all about horses. The camp promises trail rides, horseback swims, and &“ghorst&” stories, plus tons of new horse-girl and (gasp!) horse-boy friends. Even better? Willa&’s pals from Oakwood Riding Academy—including her sworn frenemy, Amara—are all coming along for the fun.But when Willa makes a dangerous mistake and a beloved steed goes missing, everyone at Juniper Ranch is suddenly a suspect. Wills isn&’t sure who to trust (including herself) as she tries to figure out who&’s behind the mysterious horsenapping. And where they might be lurking. And just how she&’ll save her &“forever herd&” before a frightening storm rolls into camp. Gulp!
DK Super Readers Level 4 Martin Luther King, Jr (DK Super Readers)
by DKHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress.DK Super Readers Level 3: Martin Luther King, Jr offers a sensitive account of the life and legacy of the celebrated Black lawyer and civil rights campaigner. It is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading. DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders, and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently. The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by:Covering engaging, motivating, curriculum-aligned topics.Building knowledge while progressing Grades 3 and 4 reading skills.Developing subject vocabulary on topics such as the celebrated civil rights campaigner’s life and achievements.Boosting understanding and retention through comprehension quizzes.Each title, which has been leveled using MetaMetrics®: The Lexile Framework for Reading, integrates science, geography, history, and nature topics so there’s something for all children’s interests. The books and online content perfectly supplement core literacy programs and are mapped to the Common Core Standards. Children will love powering up their nonfiction reading skills and becoming reading heroes. DK Super Readers Level 3 titles are visually engaging, full of fun facts about exciting topics, and motivate children to improve their nonfiction reading skills. They are perfect for children ages 8 to 10 (Grades 3 and 4) who are newly independent readers ready to advance.
Next to Me
by Daniel Salmieri Sophia HaasThis joyful and soothing read-aloud, about noticing all the wonderful things around you, is a bedtime gem that's illustrated in gorgeous cut-paper collages by husband-and-wife team Sophia Haas and New York Times Best Illustrated winner Daniel Salmieri.A walk home from school is an opportunity to observe all the happy details along the way: puffy clouds next to an airplane, the twisty slide next to swinging swings, a backhoe next to a big hole. When you really take the time to observe, there are so many interesting things to see in every moment of every day. What's next to you?From school to home, afternoon to bedtime, this cheerful book invites children to look closely and with delight at the objects all around them.
Neuroscience of Attention (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)
by Joseph B. HopfingerAttention is critical to our daily lives, from simple acts of reading or listening to a conversation to the more demanding situations of trying to concentrate in a noisy environment or driving on a busy roadway. This book offers a concise introduction to the science of attention, featuring real-world examples and fascinating studies of clinical disorders and brain injuries. It introduces cognitive neuroscience methods and covers the different types and core processes of attention. The links between attention, perception, and action are explained, along with exciting new insights into the brain mechanisms of attention revealed by cutting-edge research. Learning tools – including an extensive glossary, chapter reviews, and suggestions for further reading – highlight key points and provide a scaffolding for use in courses. This book is ideally suited for graduate or advanced undergraduate students as well as for anyone interested in the role attention plays in our lives.
Family Taxation (Elements in Public Economics)
by Patricia Apps Ray ReesThis Element seeks to provide an in-depth survey of the papers written on the optimal taxation of the incomes of the members of family households, as opposed to households with just a single individual, over the period beginning with the early 1980s and ending in the late 2010s.This literature, solidly within the public finance tradition, is not large, and so the Element gives quite a full exposition and discussion of the main contributions. The papers are grouped according to the type of tax system they have dealt with: linear, piecewise linear and non-linear taxation.
Imagining the Tropics: Women, Romance, and the Making of Modern Tourism (Critical Caribbean Studies)
by Elizabeth S. Manley Elizabeth ManleyImagining the Tropics is a history of the development of tourism in the Caribbean from the 1910s through the 1970s that focuses on the ways women’s labors of hospitality, writing, and advocacy built the industry and its ubiquitous imagery of tropical island relaxation, escape, and romance. By examining a range of sources, engaging an array of women protagonists, and looking broadly across multiple Caribbean island-states including Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, it seeks to understand how the region came to be sold as a romantic escape from the “troubles” of the modern world. By putting women at the center of Caribbean tourism history—as both its ambassadors and objects of desire—it seeks to explain some of the complicated contradictions that plague the business of pleasure but also to point toward ways of building alternative models to its present and past extractive realities.
Sing the Truth: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection
by Edwidge DanticatA powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal&’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. "It gave me great pleasure to read this beautiful collection of important, diverse, sometimes heartbreaking, and always moving stories; it had the extra benefit of introducing me to several authors whom I&’d never read before and whose work I&’ve started to seek out. Highly recommended." —Nancy Pearl, acclaimed librarian, bestselling author, and literary critic &“With this new collection of short stories, we are once again the beneficiaries of brilliant prose that dances off the pages and into our hearts. I&’m proud to be in the chorus praising SING THE TRUTH.&” —Monique Greenwood, co-founder of Go On Girl! Book Club and owner of Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns &“As the editor of the groundbreaking journal Kweli, Laura Pegram has introduced us to many of the finest writers of the contemporary literary landscape. In this new, monumental anthology, Pegram has gathered several of these writers, welcoming us to a luminous community in the word.&” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBoisHailed as &“The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,&” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today&’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—&“truth&” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous collection edited by founder Laura Pegram. These vivid narratives explore the devastation of leaving home and the struggle to adapt to reimagined lives, lost loves, distant families, and buried pasts, deepening our understanding of the human experience. Featuring works from acclaimed authors Naima Coster, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Daphne Palasi Andreades, Susan Muaddi Darraj, and others, this anthology stands as a testament to voices too often overlooked in contemporary literature. "The stories in this collection serve as windows into diverse communities while inviting readers of all backgrounds to engage with and appreciate the richness of our cultures." —Edwidge Danticat, from the foreword of Sing the Truth
Roll the Sun Across the Sky: A Novel
by Barbara Linn ProbstFor fans of dual-timeline, mother-daughter novels like The Paper Palace and Tom Lake, a compelling contemporary novel about a woman&’s struggle to face her reckless history, with its trail of damage and deception, and her quest for the redemption that might still be possible.
Where You Once Belonged: A Novel
by Lorna GrahamA writer at Dateline NBC tries her hand at a different kind of mystery, perfect for fans of Chandler Baker&’s Whisper Network, where a cynical TV news producer sells out her principles to rise to her network&’s top job, and comes face-to-face with what appears to be her idealistic teenage self. Everleigh Page is on the cusp of greatness. Executive producer of an award-winning primetime news magazine, she&’s just been offered a role never attained by a woman at her network: president of the news division. It will be her job to shape coverage of world events and mold the journalists of tomorrow. Too bad in order to get here she&’s sold out most of the principles she held as an idealistic young reporter. Too bad she&’s just, at the direction of her boss, fired two of her best staffers and killed an important investigative story that could save lives. As a woman, she knows, you have to play ball to get to the top. Even if it means bending your moral code or breaking up with your boyfriend. Sean may be the love of her life, but his large, complicated family has started taking up too much of her time. Her younger self wouldn&’t recognize her. Or will she? When a college reunion takes a mystical twist, Everleigh finds herself defending her choices to the toughest critic in the world and confronting a crucial question: can she possibly right all the wrongs she was willing to tolerate just an hour ago?
26 Seconds: Grief and Blame in the Aftermath of Losing My Brother in a Plane Crash
by Rossana D'AntonioMuch as Eric Schollsberg&’s Fast Food Nation made people think about the way we eat, this provocative memoir and exposé challenges readers to question why, given its long history of cover-ups and systemic safety gaps, we continue to trust the aviation industry. On a stormy late May morning in 2008, TACA Airlines Flight 390 crashes at one of the most dangerous airports in the world, Honduras&’s Toncontin International Airport. Five people die in the crash—among them Rossana D&’Antonio&’s brother, pilot Cesare D&’Antonio. Suspecting Cesare will be made a scapegoat for the accident, as so often happens to pilots, Rossana decides to leverage her decades of experience as an engineer and set out in search of the truth. Part memoir, part exposé, 26 Seconds interweaves Rossana&’s research regarding other parallel accidents with her own story. Six months after the TACA crash, Captain Sully Sullenberger lands his plane on the Hudson River. Although authorities call his landing a miracle, they also blame him for its necessity. One year after the TACA 390 tragedy, Air France 447 falls from the sky. Again, pilot error. As Rossana digs deeper, she exposes a culture that is too quick to conclude pilot error and an industry that experiences systemic weaknesses, chooses profits over safety, lies to its customers, and is willing to risk lives to get its planes back up in the sky. Ultimately, she uncovers the smoking gun she&’s been looking for—revealing the truth about TACA 390, exposing aviation cover-ups, and challenging us all to question the very systems we&’ve been told we can trust with our lives.
The "I Love My Blackstone Griddle" Cookbook: From Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes to Crispy Breaded Pork Chops, 175 Easy and Delicious Recipes! ("I Love My" Cookbook Series)
by Cheri ReneéFire up the griddle and get cooking with these 175 delicious recipes with photographs throughout so you can discover more ways to use—and love—your flat-top grill!The &“I Love My Blackstone Griddle&” Cookbook helps you get the most out of your favorite flat-top grill with 175 mouth-watering recipes so you can create delicious dishes at any time. Enjoy a hot, satisfying breakfast even on the busiest of mornings. Cook for a crowd in no time at all. Enjoy the big game with food fresh from the griddle. And feed yourself, and your family, well with weeknight dinners that are as tasty as they are simple to make. With beautiful photographs throughout and an easy-to-understand overview of how to use a Blackstone griddle, including how to season, clean, and maintain the cooktop, this is the perfect guide whether you are new to the Blackstone or an expert, and the recipes work for any size and model of grill. The &“I Love My Blackstone Griddle&” Cookbook makes cooking quick and easy for everyone!
The Ultimate Vaccine Timeline: A Fact-Packed History of Vaccines and Their Makers
by Shaz KhanDive deep into a comprehensive fact-packed history of vaccines that includes information on vaccine manufacturers and their evolution over time. Browse through an extensive series of verifiable and documented facts on vaccines. For well over a century, vaccines have been routinely recommended to billions of people worldwide, mostly children and babies. With an ever-increasing portfolio of vaccines using novel technologies on the global market, it is important now more than ever to consolidate a chronology of facts relating to human vaccination. Considering the current climate of censorship around vaccines, this publication will contribute to an expanded understanding of this important medical intervention. Spanning over fifteen hundred years, this thoroughly researched timeline is an educational tool for any researcher, student, doctor, scientist, parent, or curious human being wishing to gain a broader perspective and insight into the complex and vast landscape of human vaccination. From smallpox to shingles; tetanus to tuberculosis; hepatitis B to HPV, discover when, where, and by whom these vaccines were invented and marketed. Including a historical timeline of pharmaceutical company beginnings, mergers and acquisitions since the seventeenth century, this illustrated reference book shines a light on the controversial subject of vaccines and their makers.
The Everything Guide to GLP-1s: Lose Weight, Build Healthy Eating Habits, and Achieve Lifelong Weight Management (Everything® Series)
by Kayley GeorgeLose weight and maintain your new healthy body with the first guidebook designed for GLP-1 medications, featuring essential background information on GLP-1s, 150 delicious recipes that help achieve and maintain weight loss, and easy-to-use meal plans.For the best results on your weight loss journey, look no further than The Everything Guide to GLP-1s. Packed with everything you need to know about GLP-1 medications, including what they are, how they work, and what kind of healthy habits and lifestyle changes you need to make for the best results, this book is a must-have companion for your weight loss journey. Once you&’ve covered the basics, you&’ll find 150 recipes that are specifically designed to help you achieve the best results while taking weight-loss medications, to avoid uncomfortable side effects, and to help you maintain your new weight post-treatment. From breakfast to dinner and everything in between, this book has you covered so you can: -Start your day off with a protein-packed breakfast like Tomato and Mozzarella Baked Eggs -Get into those healthy legumes and vegetables with a Warm Chickpea Salad with Spinach for lunch -Explore modified versions of your favorite foods like a burger for dinner with Feta Cheese Turkey Burgers -And much more! In this book, you&’ll find guidance on all things GLP-1. You&’ll also discover flexible meal plans that show you how to use these recipes to maintain a healthy body once and for all. Start your healthy weight loss journey today.
I Love Disney's Magic Kingdom: 100+ Surprising Facts, Magical Quizzes, Fan-Favorite Trivia, and More about Disney's Magic Kingdom! (I Love Disney Gift Book Series)
by Danielle Kelly Ian WilsonCelebrate your love of the Magic Kingdom with a must-have handbook that features everything from its stunning history to its iconic rides and attractions to surprising trivia, behind-the-scenes facts, and more.From Main Street USA, to Fantasyland, and beyond, I Love Disney&’s Magic Kingdom explores every area of the park and is made for the true Disney fanatic—complete with surprising trivia, behind-the-scenes facts, fun quizzes, and so much more. Whether you visit the Disney Parks many times throughout the year or simply love all things Disney, you know there&’s always more to learn about the parks. Written by a former Disney cast member and diehard Disney fan herself, you&’ll learn insider info on its most iconic attractions, rides, and foods, such as: -Look down! When visiting Tony&’s Town Square Restaurant on Main Street USA, you&’ll find that Disney Imagineers recreated a special moment from Lady and the Tramp just outside of the restaurant—if you look closely, you can find Lady&’s and Tramp&’s paw prints! -Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Frontierland might feel like it&’s taking you on an out-of-control train ride—but did you know its max speed is only 36 miles per hour? Instead of intense drops, it uses tight turns, small dips, and lots of momentum to make you feel like you&’re traveling faster than you really are. -Love it or hate it, &“it&’s a small world&” in Fantasyland has a big impact! When you make a wish with your spare change, that money is collected every time the ride is cleaned and is donated to local children&’s charities. This is the ultimate Magic Kingdom experience that would surprise even Walt himself.
Kat's Greek Summer: A Novel
by Mima TipperFor fans of Jenna Evans Welch and Barbara Dee, a timely and uplifting contemporary YA story of a young girl risking all for self-truth, family, and first love over one sun-drenched Greek summer.Ready—set—look out, world! Kat Baker is about to explode . . . onto the high school scene, that is. All she has to do? Spend July and August training with New Canaan High&’s cross-country team, become a running goddess and, come fall, claim her place as the team&’s star freshman runner. When her mom shocks her with the unwelcome news that the family will spend the summer exploring their roots in the rustic Greek village of Paralia, Kat&’s sure her high school popularity plan is toast. Once in Paralia, punishing heat and cultural clashes force her to launch a risky and covert training strategy to keep her running-star dreams alive. And it is during these hidden sessions that Kat is swept into late-night encounters with Theofilus Zafirakis, a beautiful but off-limits Greek boy. As Kat&’s lies mount, her secret odyssey spirals out of control, finally putting one of her cousins in danger. In the end, it takes the unexpected meddling of a village full of crazy, wonderful—and not so wonderful—Greeks for her to open up to her Greek side and stand strong, discovering at last that the key to belonging anywhere is belonging first to herself.
Transplants
by Daniel Tam-ClaiborneA harrowing and poignant novel following two young women in pursuit of kinship and self-discovery who yearn to survive in a world that doesn&’t know where either of them belong.On a university campus in rural Qixian, Lin and Liz make an improbable pair: Lin, a Chinese student closer to her menagerie of pets than to her peers, and Liz, a Chinese American teacher grieving her mother&’s sudden death. They&’re each met with hostility—Lin by her classmates, who mock her for dating a white foreigner; Liz by her fellow English teachers, who exploit their privilege—and forge an unlikely friendship. After a startling betrayal that results in Lin&’s expulsion, they swap places. Lin becomes convinced to pursue her degree at a community college near Liz&’s Ohio hometown, while Liz searches for answers as to what drove her parents to leave China before she was born. But when a global catastrophe deepens the fissures between modern-day China and an increasingly fractured United States, Lin and Liz—far from home and estranged from themselves—are forced to confront both the familiar and the strange in each other. Unspooling over the course of a single extraordinary year in our not-yet-distant past and in small towns from Dandong to Deadwood, Transplants is a piercing story of migration, belonging, and the parts of ourselves that get lost in translation. Alternating between Liz and Lin&’s perspectives, it is a lyrical and moving exploration of race, love, power, and freedom that illuminates the limits and possibilities of what can happen when we open ourselves to the unknown and reveals how even our fiercest differences may bring us closer than we might ever imagine.
Integration and Bridging of Multiscale Bioengineering Designs and Tissue Biomechanics
by Jun Liao Joyce Y. WongThis book covers up-to-date knowledge of how designs found in nature use tissue hierarchies to achieve optimal functions, and how these principles are applied in bioengineering. The hierarchy-based multiscale approach has the potential to drive novel biomaterial designs, advance tissue engineering and regeneration, assist in tissue-function integration, improve high-fidelity computational modeling aided by machine learning, and enhance the development of innovative characterization tools and methodologies. This book presents the latest high-impact research achievements in bioengineered and natural hierarchical systems within a clinical context. Our aim is two-fold: (i) to emphasize the importance of integrating and bridging bioengineering designs at various tissue hierarchical levels and (ii) to foster dialogue and collaboration among bioengineers, biomechanists, and clinicians.
Living The Letters: An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought
by Michael MarmurIn this work, Michael Marmur employs the structure of the Hebrew alphabet to set out elements of an emerging Jewish theology, presenting a case for the urgent relevance of Jewish life at a time of deepening rupture and accelerating change. He presents core components of a theory and practice of contemporary Judaism. The Hebrew alphabet has long beguiled and preoccupied Biblical authors and liturgical poets, rationalists and mystics, conservatives and radicals. It has served as a locus of theological speculation, an engine of creativity and a recurrent motif throughout the cycle of life, from childhood instruction to graveside recitation. For each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Marmur proposes a concept, gleaned from theology, philosophy, ritual, politics, community and other fields. Readers are invited to combine and deploy them in imagining a Judaism of tomorrow. This is an open access book.
ESG Factors and Financial Outcomes in Banks: Quantitative Insights into the ESG-Cost of Debt Relationship
by Nicola Del SartoThis book explores the application of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) factors in banking credit. What makes this research particularly unique is its empirical analysis of how ESG factors impact the cost of debt for companies, which addresses a significant gap in the current literature on sustainable finance. Specifically, the book provides practical, data-driven insights into the financial benefits of sustainability. It not only examines corporate ESG performance but also how banks incorporate ESG factors into their credit evaluation processes, providing a comprehensive view of the interaction between sustainable finance and traditional banking practices. It also offers a detailed examination of the EU&’s evolving regulatory framework regarding ESG and banking alongside practical implications of ESG factors, both for companies and banks, and demonstrates how sustainability can lead to tangible financial advantages, such as more favourable loan conditions. By addressing the financial and strategic needs of companies seeking to lower their borrowing costs through sustainability efforts, this book satisfies the growing demand for research at the intersection of finance, sustainability, and regulation.
Transitioning to a Circular Economy: From Education and Technological Change to Green Horizons (Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics)
by Conceição Rego Maria Raquel Lucas María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández Luísa Cagica Carvalho Adriana Backx NoronhaThis comprehensive book addresses the multifaceted challenges posed by technological innovation, ecological transitions, and sustainable business practices. Drawing on extensive research in the circular economy and green, inclusive transitions, it serves as an essential reference for scholars, researchers, and practitioners. In today’s global landscape, quality of life transcends economic indicators like GDP. True well-being and happiness are influenced by a myriad of factors beyond financial wealth. Social and environmental domains are crucial to ensuring that no individual or community is left behind. This commitment aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, emphasizing holistic sustainability.
Excitons in Semiconductors (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences #204)
by Subhabrata DharThis book explores fundamental and experimental aspects of excitons in semiconductors. It begins with an introduction to crystal lattice, band structure of solids, effective mass theory, and holes. It then explores the binding energy of various excitons and their complexes (such as trions and biexcitons) in different dimensions within the framework of effective mass approximation, discusses the absorption and emission of photons during their creation and recombination processes providing experimental examples in photo-absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Theoretical foundations for calculating the dielectric function associated with excitons along with the concept of 'exciton-polaritons' are introduced. The book also examines the interaction between excitons and phonons, which is illustrated with experimental findings. Further, it discusses the effects of magnetic field on the energy eigenstates of excitons, and talks about polarization-resolved spectroscopy under magnetic field for identifying excitons and obtaining deeper insight of the excitonic structure as well as the semiconductor band structure. Lastly, it delves into the manybody effects i.e. Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons and excitonic Mott transition, presenting recent experimental findings and potential applications. Throughout, emphasis is placed on elucidating fundamental concepts while keeping readers abreast of the latest developments in the field. With a focus on experimental methods and data interpretation, the book serves as an invaluable resource for both graduate students and research scholars.
Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing Towards Industry 5.0
by Baicun Wang Pai Zheng Lihui Wang Dimitris MourtzisThis book presents a set of innovative solutions to human-centric manufacturing systems, offering critical insights and comprehensive application guidelines for understanding how to realize human-centric smart manufacturing by exerting its power and influence towards Industry 5.0. While human-centric manufacturing possesses a substantial and growing body of knowledge, there are distinct research gaps that are not sufficiently addressed. With the development of enabling technologies, it is necessary to propose more precise, robust, and practical approaches in support of smart manufacturing towards Industry 5.0. As a response to the new research opportunities, this book presents and highlights the latest development on applying advanced techniques in human-centric manufacturing. The book will be of interest to a broad readership, from academic researchers to practicing engineers
Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit im Lebensverlauf und im Kohortenvergleich: Multivariate autoregressive Wachstumskurvenmodellierungen und deren mikrosimulative Implikationen
by Christoph FrohnWie verändert sich der Zusammenhang zwischen sozialer Ungleichheit und Gesundheit im Lebensverlauf und im Kohortenvergleich? Diese Frage wird vor dem Hintergrund demografischer Wandlungsprozesse in Deutschland zunehmend relevant, um Veränderungen im Morbiditätsgeschehen in einer älter werdenden Gesellschaft nachvollziehen und antizipieren zu können. Obwohl Dynamiken gesundheitlicher Ungleichheiten wohl bekannt sind, ist die darauf bezogene soziologische Grundlagenforschung noch immer geprägt von Forschungslücken, die in dieser Studie aus einer strukturell-individualistischen Perspektive theoretisch und empirisch aufgearbeitet werden. Dadurch angeleitet werfen latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle, welche Querschnitts- und Längsschnitteffekte eindeutig trennen, in den hier vorgenommenen statistischen Modellierungen ein neues Licht auf das Phänomen der gesundheitlichen Ungleichheit. Ausgehend von einem mehrdimensionalen Verständnis von Gesundheit und sozialer Ungleichheit wird gezeigt, inwiefern gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten durch Dynamiken in individuellen Lebensverläufen geprägt sind und sich insbesondere aus dem Vergleich zwischen typischen Lebensverläufen konstituieren. Dabei macht die Implementation der Analyseergebnisse in eine dynamische Mikrosimulation die zunehmende Relevanz des Phänomens in jüngeren Kohorten greifbar und liefert neue Impulse zur Modellierung komplexer theoretischer Zusammenhangsstrukturen.