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Book SynopsisLove and Communication is an intriguing philosophical and religious inquiry into the meaning of “talk” – and ultimately the meaning of “being human.” Taking an historical approach, Paddy Scannell argues that the fundamental media of communication are (and always have been) talk and writing. Far from being made redundant by twentieth-century new media (radio and television), these old media laid the foundation for today’s technologies (AI and algorithms, for instance). Emphasizing these linkages, Scannell makes the case for recognizing what a religious sensibility might reveal about these technologies and the fundamental differences between a humanmade world and a world that is beyond our grasp. Drawing on the pioneering work of John Durham Peters, the book proposes that communication and love go together, which can be understood in two ways: as a human accomplishment, or a divine gift. Ultimately, the essential conundrum of today is highlighted: do we wish to remain in a human> This book draws on a lifetime of academic work and the author’s personal experience. It will be of interest to scholars and students of media and communication, who will welcome this highly original and searching examination of love as communication.Trade Review“Love and Communication marks yet another chapter in Paddy Scannell’s searching and brilliant investigations of media, communication, and everyday life. Working through ideas about language and talk, Scannell provides a fascinating account of what restores our trust in the goodness of daily, everyday life: faith, hope, and love. For a new generation of media scholars grappling with a digital world on edge, this book is an indispensable guide.”Aswin Punathambekar, University of Virginia “This rare and special book is the synthesis of a career considering the most fundamental issues of communication. It brings together talk and communication, language and writing, radio and television, along with three worlds: God’s world of yesterday, the human world of today, and the machine world of tomorrow.”John Durham Peters, Yale University“Paddy Scannell’s new thought-provoking book is a sort of intellectual and scholarly testament...this profound study is a great deal more than merely a summary of a prominent communications scholar’s research and reflections. He also feels forced to explore hitherto largely ignored territory.”VoegelinViewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart OneTalk and communicationWriting and languageChapter One The Still Face ExperimentChapter Two Talk and writingChapter Three The wonder of the world Part TwoMiraclesChapter Four Heidegger’s teacupChapter Five MiraclesChapter Six Love and communicationReferences

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Book SynopsisThe AI revolution can seem powerful and unstoppable, extracting data from every aspect of our lives and subjecting us to unprecedented surveillance and control. But at ground level, even the most advanced ‘smart’ technologies are not as all-powerful as either the tech companies or their critics would have us believe.From gig worker activism to wellness tracking with sex toys and TikTokers' manipulation of the algorithm, this book shows how ordinary people are negotiating the datafication of society. The book establishes a new theoretical framework for understanding everyday experiences of data and automation, and offers guidance on the ethical responsibilities we share as we learn to live together with data-driven machines.Everyday Data Cultures is essential reading for students and researchers in digital media and communication, as well as for anyone interested in the role of data and AI in society.Trade Review"This is a great book. The bottom up, everyday approach to the datafication of culture and society that it takes is much needed. Its diverse examples powerfully illuminate the myriad ways in which everyday life is increasingly cut through by data."—Helen Kennedy, University of Sheffield "There is no better or more comprehensive look at what datafication means and at its consequences than Everyday Data Cultures. The book's masterful critical analysis provides not only an understanding of datafication but alternatives to the commercialization of data and options to reclaim it as a public good."—Steve Jones, University of Illinois ChicagoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Everyday Data Cultures Framework 3. Everyday Data Intimacies 4. Everyday Data Literacies 5. Everyday Data Publics 6. Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe AI revolution can seem powerful and unstoppable, extracting data from every aspect of our lives and subjecting us to unprecedented surveillance and control. But at ground level, even the most advanced ‘smart’ technologies are not as all-powerful as either the tech companies or their critics would have us believe.From gig worker activism to wellness tracking with sex toys and TikTokers' manipulation of the algorithm, this book shows how ordinary people are negotiating the datafication of society. The book establishes a new theoretical framework for understanding everyday experiences of data and automation, and offers guidance on the ethical responsibilities we share as we learn to live together with data-driven machines.Everyday Data Cultures is essential reading for students and researchers in digital media and communication, as well as for anyone interested in the role of data and AI in society.Trade Review"This is a great book. The bottom up, everyday approach to the datafication of culture and society that it takes is much needed. Its diverse examples powerfully illuminate the myriad ways in which everyday life is increasingly cut through by data."—Helen Kennedy, University of Sheffield "There is no better or more comprehensive look at what datafication means and at its consequences than Everyday Data Cultures. The book's masterful critical analysis provides not only an understanding of datafication but alternatives to the commercialization of data and options to reclaim it as a public good."—Steve Jones, University of Illinois ChicagoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. The Everyday Data Cultures Framework3. Everyday Data Intimacies4. Everyday Data Literacies5. Everyday Data Publics6. ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisSocial media is replete with images of 'perfection'. But many are unrealistic and contribute to a pervasive sense of never being good enough: not thin enough; not pretty enough; not cool enough. Try too hard and you risk being condemned for being ‘attention-seeking’, don't try hard enough and you're slacking. Rosalind Gill challenges polarized perspectives that see young women as either passive victims of social media or as savvy digital natives. She argues the real picture is far more ambivalent. Getting likes and followers and feeling connected to friends feels fantastic, but posting material and worrying about 'haters' causes significant anxieties. Gill uses young women's own words to show how they feel watched all the time; worry about getting things wrong; and struggle to live up to an ideal of being 'perfect' yet at the same time ‘real’. It's the wake-up call we all need.Trade Review‘Perfect is a brilliant, urgent book; Gill expertly details the profound ambivalence that young women feel about interacting on social media. Through in-depth interviews and robust theoretical analysis, Gill guides us in navigating the complex and contradictory affective practices of young people and social media, from inspiration and security to loneliness and despair. Importantly, Gill resists discourses of moral panics and narcissism when analyzing young women on social media, and instead insists that these practices are about “what it means to be human” in this world. A must-read for anyone working in feminist media studies!’Sarah Banet-Weiser, co-author of Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt‘A really useful, sometimes troubling, report of life from where it is lived by so many today. Disturbing and affecting.’Susie Orbach, psychotherapist, writer, activist & social critic ‘...a great resource for delving into issues that 18-30-year-old women are facing in daily life, or as an informative read on how social media creates a need to appear perfect’.The Journal of Social Media in SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction: Perfect: Feeling judged on social media Chapter 1: Life on my phone Chapter 2: Picture perfect: The power of images Chapter 3: The beauty industry on my phone Chapter 4: Being watched, judged and harassed Chapter 5: The work of being social Chapter 6: Fear of getting it wrong Conclusion: Feeling judged Notes References

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and to make sure citizens follow the measures they put in place. This is evident in the massive, unprecedented mobilization of public health data to contain and combat the virus, and the ballooning of surveillance technologies such as contact-tracing apps, facial recognition, and population tracking. This can also be seen as a pandemic of surveillance. In this timely book, David Lyon tracks the development of these methods, examining different forms of pandemic surveillance, in health-related and other areas, from countries around the world. He explores their benefits and disadvantages, their legal status, and how they relate to privacy protection, an ethics of care, and data justice. Questioning whether this new culture of surveillance will become a permanent feature of post-pandemic societies and the long-term negative effects this might have on social inequalities and human freedoms, Pandemic Surveillance highlights the magnitude of COVID-19-related surveillance expansion. The book also underscores the urgent need for new policies relating to surveillance and data justice in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"Since future pandemics will undoubtedly occur, it is essential that we establish trustworthy institutions to conduct public health surveillance. Hopefully Lyon’s insights will help shape the hard conversations that lie ahead...By integrating some of the core insights from privacy theory, data justice, and care ethics, he creates a novel conceptual toolkit that’s a solid theoretical starting point for critically analyzing pandemic surveillance."Evan Selinger, LA Review of Books"This is a timely contribution that highlights the global amplification of surveillance in the pandemic age and recognises its likely long-term consequences."LSE Review of Books "Pandemic Surveillance provides a much-needed overview of how the surveillance landscape has evolved and a synoptic vantage point from which to guide further analysis...it is a timely intervention, setting out key issues and raising important warnings about the pandemic’s surveillance legacy."Surveillance & Society journal“David Lyon, in his excellent new book, 'Pandemic Surveillance,' might say that public health surveillance, despite its temporary pandemic utility, is here to stay. … Although 'Pandemic Surveillance' leaves the reader wanting more detail about how to fix a nuanced, complex, multifaceted problem addressed in the majority of the book, Lyon offers us the intellectual scaffolding to consider how fear can lead to the erosion of important human interests.”Lawfare“Pandemic Surveillance is well-written, has clear prose, and is well structured. It will surely resonate with those who have experienced COVID-19. That is, almost everyone. … All in all, this reader found Pandemic Surveillance well worth the read and then some. It is an important book, teasing out several ethical and moral dilemmas and issues.”National Library of MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Defining Moments Chapter 2: Disease-Driven Surveillance Chapter 3: Domestic Targets Chapter 4: Data Sees All? Chapter 5: Disadvantage and the Triage Chapter 6: Democracy and Power Chapter 7: Doorway to Hope Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and to make sure citizens follow the measures they put in place. This is evident in the massive, unprecedented mobilization of public health data to contain and combat the virus, and the ballooning of surveillance technologies such as contact-tracing apps, facial recognition, and population tracking. This can also be seen as a pandemic of surveillance. In this timely book, David Lyon tracks the development of these methods, examining different forms of pandemic surveillance, in health-related and other areas, from countries around the world. He explores their benefits and disadvantages, their legal status, and how they relate to privacy protection, an ethics of care, and data justice. Questioning whether this new culture of surveillance will become a permanent feature of post-pandemic societies and the long-term negative effects this might have on social inequalities and human freedoms, Pandemic Surveillance highlights the magnitude of COVID-19-related surveillance expansion. The book also underscores the urgent need for new policies relating to surveillance and data justice in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"Since future pandemics will undoubtedly occur, it is essential that we establish trustworthy institutions to conduct public health surveillance. Hopefully Lyon’s insights will help shape the hard conversations that lie ahead...By integrating some of the core insights from privacy theory, data justice, and care ethics, he creates a novel conceptual toolkit that’s a solid theoretical starting point for critically analyzing pandemic surveillance."Evan Selinger, LA Review of Books"This is a timely contribution that highlights the global amplification of surveillance in the pandemic age and recognises its likely long-term consequences."LSE Review of Books "Pandemic Surveillance provides a much-needed overview of how the surveillance landscape has evolved and a synoptic vantage point from which to guide further analysis...it is a timely intervention, setting out key issues and raising important warnings about the pandemic’s surveillance legacy."Surveillance & Society journal“David Lyon, in his excellent new book, 'Pandemic Surveillance,' might say that public health surveillance, despite its temporary pandemic utility, is here to stay. … Although 'Pandemic Surveillance' leaves the reader wanting more detail about how to fix a nuanced, complex, multifaceted problem addressed in the majority of the book, Lyon offers us the intellectual scaffolding to consider how fear can lead to the erosion of important human interests.”Lawfare“Pandemic Surveillance is well-written, has clear prose, and is well structured. It will surely resonate with those who have experienced COVID-19. That is, almost everyone. … All in all, this reader found Pandemic Surveillance well worth the read and then some. It is an important book, teasing out several ethical and moral dilemmas and issues.”National Library of MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Defining Moments Chapter 2: Disease-Driven Surveillance Chapter 3: Domestic Targets Chapter 4: Data Sees All? Chapter 5: Disadvantage and the Triage Chapter 6: Democracy and Power Chapter 7: Doorway to Hope Notes Index

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Book Synopsis'The internet is made of cats' is a half-jokingly made claim. Today, animals of all shapes and sizes inhabit our digital spaces, including companion animals, wildlife, feral animals and livestock. In this book, Deborah Lupton explores how digital technologies and datafication are changing our relationships with other animals. Playfully building on the concept of 'The Internet of Things', she discusses the complex feelings that have developed between people and animals through the use of digital devices, from social media to employing animal-like robots as companions and carers. The book brings together a range of perspectives, including those of sociology, cultural geography, environmental humanities, critical animal studies and internet studies, to consider how these new digital technologies are contributing to major changes in human–animal relationships at both the micropolitical and macropolitical levels. As Lupton shows, while digital devices and media have strengthened people's relationships to other creatures, these technologies can also objectify animals as things for human entertainment, therapy or economic exploitation. This original and engaging book will be of interest to scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities.Trade Review‘Deborah Lupton is a brilliant guide to animal–human–digital assemblages.’Bill Adams, University of Cambridge‘Lupton takes us on a fascinating journey into the past and the future to help us grapple with our intimate relations with animals. We are confronted with how the digital mediates our emotional need to care for and control the creatures that we have come to see as extensions of ourselves.’Payal Arora, Erasmus University, and author of The Next Billion UsersTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Conceptualising Humans, Animals and Human-Animal Relations 2 Animal Enthusiasts, Activism and Politics in Digital Media 3 The Quantified Animal and Dataveillance 4 Animal Cuteness, Therapy and Celebrity Online 5 Animal Avatars and Zoomorphic Robots Conclusion: Reimagining Human-Animal Relations Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisDigital technologies are having a profound effect on the temporalities of individuals, households and organisations. We now expect to be able to instantly source a vast array of information at any time and from anywhere, as well as buy goods with the click of a button and have them delivered within hours, while time management apps and locative media have altered how everyday scheduling and mobility unfolds.Digital Timescapes makes the case that we have transitioned to an era where the production and experience of time is qualitatively different to the pre-digital era. Rob Kitchin provides a synoptic account of this transition, charting how digital technologies, in a wide range of manifestations, are reconfiguring everyday temporalities. Attention is focused on the temporalities associated with six sets of everyday practices: history and memory; politics and policy; governance and governmentality; mobility and logistics; planning and development; and work and labour. Critically, how to challenge and reorder digitally mediated temporal power is examined through the development of an ethics of temporal care and temporal justice.Conceptually and empirically rich, Digital Timescapes is an essential guide to our new temporal regime. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Media Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Human Geography, and History and Memory Studies, as well as those who are interested in how digital technologies are transforming society.Trade Review"A book rich with insights on the inexorable relationship between time, technology and power. Kitchin maps the unevenness of time in digital culture while he also reveals the inequitable unevenness, and a possible way out, of the types of time that continue to dominate the study of time."—Sarah Sharma, University of Toronto "A much-needed book that updates and rethinks the time-technology nexus. Rob Kitchin provides an eloquent and accessible theory of time from the perspective of human geography. It was about time; we have been waiting far too long."—Anne Kaun, Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Department for Media and Communication Studies, School of Culture and EducationTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Tables Part I: The nature of time and temporalities 1 Time, temporality and timescapes 2 Digital technologies and temporalities Part II: Digital timescapes 3 History and memory 4 Politics and policy 5 Governance and governmentality 6 Mobility and logistics 7 Planning and development 8 Work and labour Part III: Remaking digital timescapes 9 Temporal power and its consequences 10 Transforming temporal power 11 Making sense of digital timescapes References Index

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Book SynopsisWith over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and big data are being championed as forces for good and as solutions to the complex challenges of the aid sector. This book argues, however, that digital innovation engenders new forms of violence and entrenches power asymmetries between the global South and North. Madianou develops a new concept, technocolonialism, to capture how the convergence of digital developments with humanitarian structures, state power and market forces reinvigorates and reshapes colonial legacies. The concept of technocolonialism shifts the attention to the constitutive role that digital infrastructures, data and AI play in accentuating inequities between aid providers and people in need. Drawing on ten years of research on the uses of digital technologies in humanitarian operations, the book examines a range of practices: from the normalization of biometric technologies and the datafication of humanitarian operations to experimentation in refugee camps, which are treated as laboratories for technological pilots. In so doing, the book opens new ground in the fields of humanitarianism and critical AI studies, and in the debates in postcolonial studies, by highlighting the fundamental role of digital technologies in reworking colonial genealogies.

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Book SynopsisThe latest installment of a digital humanities bellwether Contending with recent developments like the shocking 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the radical transformation of the social web, and passionate debates about the future of data in higher education, Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019 brings together a broad array of important, thought-provoking perspectives on the field’s many sides. With a wide range of subjects including gender-based assumptions made by algorithms, the place of the digital humanities within art history, data-based methods for exhuming forgotten histories, video games, three-dimensional printing, and decolonial work, this book assembles a who’s who of the field in more than thirty impactful essays.Contributors: Rafael Alvarado, U of Virginia; Taylor Arnold, U of Richmond; James Baker, U of Sussex; Kathi Inman Berens, Portland State U; David M. Berry, U of Sussex; Claire Bishop, The Graduate Center, CUNY; James Coltrain, U of Nebraska–Lincoln; Crunk Feminist Collective; Johanna Drucker, U of California–Los Angeles; Jennifer Edmond, Trinity College; Marta Effinger-Crichlow, New York City College of Technology–CUNY; M. Beatrice Fazi, U of Sussex; Kevin L. Ferguson, Queens College–CUNY; Curtis Fletcher, U of Southern California; Neil Fraistat, U of Maryland; Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State U; Michael Gavin, U of South Carolina; Andrew Goldstone, Rutgers U; Andrew Gomez, U of Puget Sound; Elyse Graham, Stony Brook U; Brian Greenspan, Carleton U; John Hunter, Bucknell U; Steven J. Jackson, Cornell U; Collin Jennings, Miami U; Lauren Kersey, Saint Louis U; Kari Kraus, U of Maryland; Seth Long, U of Nebraska, Kearney; Laura Mandell, Texas A&M U; Rachel Mann, U of South Carolina; Jason Mittell, Middlebury College; Lincoln A. Mullen, George Mason U; Trevor Muñoz, U of Maryland; Safiya Umoja Noble, U of Southern California; Jack Norton, Normandale Community College; Bethany Nowviskie, U of Virginia; Élika Ortega, Northeastern U; Marisa Parham, Amherst College; Jussi Parikka, U of Southampton; Kyle Parry, U of California, Santa Cruz; Brad Pasanek, U of Virginia; Stephen Ramsay, U of Nebraska–Lincoln; Matt Ratto, U of Toronto; Katie Rawson, U of Pennsylvania; Ben Roberts, U of Sussex; David S. Roh, U of Utah; Mark Sample, Davidson College; Moacir P. de Sá Pereira, New York U; Tim Sherratt, U of Canberra; Bobby L. Smiley, Vanderbilt U; Lauren Tilton, U of Richmond; Ted Underwood, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Megan Ward, Oregon State U; Claire Warwick, Durham U; Alban Webb, U of Sussex; Adrian S. Wisnicki, U of Nebraska–Lincoln. Trade Review"Ten years ago I asked what digital humanities was and what it was doing in English departments. This volume reveals the limits of that question—disciplinarily, methodologically, politically, and imaginatively. The Debates in the Digital Humanities series continues to define the field in the most expansive and provocative ways possible."—Matthew Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland"This latest installment in the Debates in the Digital Humanities series continues the important work of prising open computational black boxes and of connecting code to culture. The essays collected here are sharp, smart, and political as they tackle crucial issues of race, gender, sexuality, affect, ethics, and more. They also point the way toward a more vibrant and inclusive Digital Humanities."—Tara McPherson, author of Feminist in a Software Lab: Difference + Design

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Book SynopsisThe latest installment of a digital humanities bellwether Contending with recent developments like the shocking 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the radical transformation of the social web, and passionate debates about the future of data in higher education, Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019 brings together a broad array of important, thought-provoking perspectives on the field’s many sides. With a wide range of subjects including gender-based assumptions made by algorithms, the place of the digital humanities within art history, data-based methods for exhuming forgotten histories, video games, three-dimensional printing, and decolonial work, this book assembles a who’s who of the field in more than thirty impactful essays.Contributors: Rafael Alvarado, U of Virginia; Taylor Arnold, U of Richmond; James Baker, U of Sussex; Kathi Inman Berens, Portland State U; David M. Berry, U of Sussex; Claire Bishop, The Graduate Center, CUNY; James Coltrain, U of Nebraska–Lincoln; Crunk Feminist Collective; Johanna Drucker, U of California–Los Angeles; Jennifer Edmond, Trinity College; Marta Effinger-Crichlow, New York City College of Technology–CUNY; M. Beatrice Fazi, U of Sussex; Kevin L. Ferguson, Queens College–CUNY; Curtis Fletcher, U of Southern California; Neil Fraistat, U of Maryland; Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State U; Michael Gavin, U of South Carolina; Andrew Goldstone, Rutgers U; Andrew Gomez, U of Puget Sound; Elyse Graham, Stony Brook U; Brian Greenspan, Carleton U; John Hunter, Bucknell U; Steven J. Jackson, Cornell U; Collin Jennings, Miami U; Lauren Kersey, Saint Louis U; Kari Kraus, U of Maryland; Seth Long, U of Nebraska, Kearney; Laura Mandell, Texas A&M U; Rachel Mann, U of South Carolina; Jason Mittell, Middlebury College; Lincoln A. Mullen, George Mason U; Trevor Muñoz, U of Maryland; Safiya Umoja Noble, U of Southern California; Jack Norton, Normandale Community College; Bethany Nowviskie, U of Virginia; Élika Ortega, Northeastern U; Marisa Parham, Amherst College; Jussi Parikka, U of Southampton; Kyle Parry, U of California, Santa Cruz; Brad Pasanek, U of Virginia; Stephen Ramsay, U of Nebraska–Lincoln; Matt Ratto, U of Toronto; Katie Rawson, U of Pennsylvania; Ben Roberts, U of Sussex; David S. Roh, U of Utah; Mark Sample, Davidson College; Moacir P. de Sá Pereira, New York U; Tim Sherratt, U of Canberra; Bobby L. Smiley, Vanderbilt U; Lauren Tilton, U of Richmond; Ted Underwood, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Megan Ward, Oregon State U; Claire Warwick, Durham U; Alban Webb, U of Sussex; Adrian S. Wisnicki, U of Nebraska–Lincoln. Trade Review"Ten years ago I asked what digital humanities was and what it was doing in English departments. This volume reveals the limits of that question—disciplinarily, methodologically, politically, and imaginatively. The Debates in the Digital Humanities series continues to define the field in the most expansive and provocative ways possible."—Matthew Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland"This latest installment in the Debates in the Digital Humanities series continues the important work of prising open computational black boxes and of connecting code to culture. The essays collected here are sharp, smart, and political as they tackle crucial issues of race, gender, sexuality, affect, ethics, and more. They also point the way toward a more vibrant and inclusive Digital Humanities."—Tara McPherson, author of Feminist in a Software Lab: Difference + Design

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Book SynopsisIntroduction chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by experienced researchers from a range of different fields, it paves the way for future scholarship and effective research collaborations across disciplines. Chapters offer extracts from key academic texts on topics such as the design, funding, evaluation and communication of research, providing those new to the field with a thorough grounding. They highlight examples of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary triumphs – and challenges. Concluding each chapter is a commentary provided by practitioners from diverse backgrounds, many of whom are themselves developing new approaches to inter- and transdisciplinarity. The book is: • the first ever comprehensive reader for interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; • essential reading for those seeking to become effective collaborative researchers; • complete with concise introductions, extracts, commentary and further reading in each chapter. This is a much-needed primer that improves our understanding of the characteristics of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, unlocking their exciting potential in research and teaching within and beyond academia.Table of ContentsForeword: Why Should We Care about Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity? - Jane Ohlmeyer Introductory Essay: Shaping Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research - Bianca Vienni-Baptista, Isabel Fletcher and Catherine Lyall 1. Understanding Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research 2. Developing Collaborative Conditions 3. Co-Creating a Research Project 4. Funding Collaborative Research 5. Evaluating Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research 6. Communicating Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Findings 7. Improving Research Skills 8. Supporting Collaborative Researchers 9. Developing a Career in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Epilogue - Bianca Vienni-Baptista, Catherine Lyall and Isabel Fletcher

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Book SynopsisThe prizewinning author of novels, nonfiction, and hybrid texts, Amitav Ghosh grew up in India and trained as an anthropologist. His works have been translated in over thirty languages. They cross and mix a number of genres, from science fiction to the historical novel, incorporating ethnohistory and travelogue and even recuperating dead languages. His subjects include climate change, postcolonial identities, translocation, migration, oceanic spaces, and the human interface with the environment.Part 1 of this volume discusses editions of Ghosh's works and major works of scholarship. The essays in part 2, ""Approaches,"" present ideas for teaching Ghosh's works through considerations of postcolonial feminism, historicity in the novels, environmentalism, language, sociopolitical conflict, genre, intersectional reading, and the ethics of colonized subjecthood. Guidance for teaching Ghosh in different contexts, such as general education, world literature, or single-author classes, is provided.Trade ReviewI enjoyed reading [this volume] tremendously and enthusiastically recommend it"" - Pallavi Rastogi, Louisiana State University

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Book Synopsis"English," wrote Virginia Woolf, "which can express the thoughts of Hamlet and the tragedy of Lear, has no words for the shiver and the headache. . . . let a sufferer try to describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry."Despite Woolf's astute observation and the apparent dearth of writings on such subjects, editor Kathleen O'Shea has managed to gather a wide selection of helpful excerpts, chapters, poetry, and even a short play in this anthology—all with a view toward increasing our understanding and ending the stigma attached to migraines and migraine sufferers. Unlike clinical materials, this anthology addresses the feelings and symptoms that the writers have experienced, sometimes daily. These pieces speak freely about the loneliness and helplessness one feels when a migraine comes on. The sufferer faces nausea, pain, sensitivity to light, and having the veracity of all these symptoms doubted by others. O'Shea, a professor of literature and a migraine sufferer herself, also includes an original essay of her own reflections.Offered as an alternative not only to medical writing but also to self-help books and internet blogs, So Much More Than a Headache addresses a real omission in the available works on migraine, provides a resource for those who may have underestimated the depth and range of writing on this subject, and challenges the cultural bias that dismisses migraine as "just a headache."Trade ReviewWhile there are many consumer health guides on migraines, O'Shea's book is unique in that it compiles selections from essays, novels, and short stories, written by well-known authors (many also migraineurs) such as Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, Oliver Sachs, and others lesser known, arranged around basic themes: what it feels like, what people don't see, and how to describe the indescribable. VERDICT:A valuable resource to help migraineurs see their sufferings put into words and to help friends and family, bosses and co-workers, and physicians gain more empathy and understanding." - Library Journal

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Book SynopsisSystems and Uses of Digital Sciences for Knowledge Organization is a large-scale scientific work that brings together researchers and R&D professionals to discuss ideas and actions in the organization of knowledge. The main objective of this book is to define collaborative strategies, use advanced technologies in multiple research fields and outline applications of knowledge organization and its cultural, education, economic and industrial potential.The organization of knowledge and advanced technologies (OCTA) asks the following questions: How can we strengthen alliances between multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary studies? How can we broaden our skills surrounding common objects of study? How can we innovate the solutions found and propose sustainable development to society confidently? This book is a result of intensive and collaborative work between highly respected scientific authors. The nine chapters that have been selected for this book have been peer-reviewed by the OCTA program committee, both as written submissions and when presented during the OCTA multi-conference on organization.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiSahbi SIDHOM and Amira KADDOUR Chapter 1 Multi-Agent System and Ontology to Manage Ideas and Represent Knowledge: Creativity Challenge 1Pedro Chávez BARRIOS, Davy MONTICOLO and Sahbi SIDHOM 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Multi-agent system (MAS) and ontology 3 1.2.1 MAS and ontology 3 1.2.2 MAS methodologies 5 1.2.3 Methodologies to design ontologies 6 1.3 MAS and ontology: our approach proposal 7 1.3.1 MAS methodology GAIA 7 1.3.2 Applying the ontology, Uschold’s ontology 8 1.4 Results 9 1.4.1 Multi-agent system results 9 1.4.2 Ontology results 13 1.5 Conclusion 16 1.6 Appendices 16 1.7 References 22 Chapter 2 Comparative Study of Educational Process Construction Supported by an Intelligent Tutoring System 27Walid BAYOUNES, Inès BAYOUDH S ADI and Hénda BEN GHÉZALA 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 New view of educational process 28 2.2.1 Psycho-pedagogical level 30 2.2.2 Didactic level 30 2.2.3 Situational level 30 2.2.4 Online level 30 2.3 Definition framework 30 2.3.1 Didactic domain world 31 2.3.2 Instructional design world 32 2.3.3 Learning environment world 33 2.3.4 Learning situation world 34 2.4 Comparative study 34 2.4.1 Study scope 34 2.4.2 Description of systems 35 2.4.3 Specification of approaches 36 2.4.4 Study results and discussion 50 2.5 Conclusion and future works 51 2.6 References 52 Chapter 3 Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Recommender System Based on Users’ Reviews 55Mariem BRIKI, Sabrine BEN ABDRABBAH and Nahla BEN AMOR 3.1 Introduction 55 3.2 Multi-criteria decision-making 56 3.3 Basics of recommendation systems and related work 58 3.3.1 Recommender systems 58 3.3.2 Text mining-based recommendation systems 59 3.3.3 Multi-criteria recommender systems 60 3.4 New multi-criteria text-based recommendation system 62 3.4.1 Primary criterion-based recommendation system 62 3.4.2 Multi-criteria text mining-based recommendation system 66 3.5 Experimental study 67 3.5.1 Dataset and metrics 67 3.5.2 Evaluation metrics 68 3.5.3 Experimental protocol 69 3.5.4 Experimental results 70 3.6 Conclusion 71 3.7 References 72 Chapter 4 Spammer Detection Relying on Reviewer Behavior Features Under Uncertainty 75Malika BEN KHALIFA, Zied ELOUEDI and Eric LEFÈVRE 4.1 Introduction 75 4.2 Background 78 4.2.1 The belief function theory 78 4.2.2 Evidential K-nearest neighbors 80 4.3 Spammer detection relying on the reviewers’ behavioral features 81 4.3.1 Step 1: Features extraction 82 4.3.2 Step 2: Initialization and learning phase 87 4.3.3 Step 3: Distinguishing between innocent and spammer reviewers 88 4.4 Experimental study 89 4.4.1 Evaluation protocol 90 4.4.2 Results and discussion 91 4.5 Conclusion and future work 92 4.6 References 92 Chapter 5 Social Networking Application, Connections Between Visual Communication Systems and Personal Information on the Web 97Marilou KORDAHI 5.1 Introduction 97 5.2 Related published works 100 5.3 Pattern for the SignaComm, first approach 101 5.3.1 SignaComm’s context 102 5.3.2 SignaComm’s pattern 103 5.4 From text phrases to signagrams for the protection of personal data 107 5.4.1 Automatic translation 107 5.4.2 Dictionary of signagrams 109 5.5 SignaComm’s first technical test 110 5.5.1 Interface pattern 110 5.5.2 User profile pattern 111 5.5.3 Machine translation pattern 111 5.5.4 Activity pattern 113 5.6 Discussion and conclusion 113 5.7 Acknowledgment 114 5.8 References 114 Chapter 6 A New Approach of Texts and Writing Normalization for Arabic Knowledge Organization 119Hammou FADILI 6.1 Introduction 119 6.2 Motivation 120 6.3 Using a machine learning model 120 6.4 Technological elements integration 124 6.5 Corpus and dataset 126 6.6 Experiences and evaluations 127 6.6.1 Results 129 6.7 Conclusion 130 6.8 References 131 Chapter 7 Ebola Epidemic in the Congo 2018–2019: How Does Twitter Permit the Monitoring of Rumors? 137Marc TANTI 7.1 Introduction 137 7.2 Materials and methods 139 7.3 Results 143 7.3.1 Regarding the general public, the citizens 143 7.3.2 Regarding the experts 145 7.3.3 Regarding the media 146 7.3.4 Regarding the politicians 148 7.4 Conclusion 149 7.5 Acknowledgment 150 7.6 References 150 Chapter 8 From Human and Social Indexing to Automatic Indexing in the Era of Big Data and Open Data 153Nabil KHEMIRI and Sahbi SIDHOM 8.1 Introduction 153 8.2 Indexing definition 154 8.3 Manual indexing 155 8.4 Automatic indexing 156 8.4.1 Statistical indexing methods 156 8.4.2 Linguistic indexing methods 157 8.4.3 Semantic indexing 158 8.4.4 Social indexing 159 8.5 Indexing methods for Big Data and Open Data 159 8.6 Conclusion 161 8.7 References 161 Chapter 9 Strategies for the Sustainable Use of Digital Technology by the AWI in the Management of Knowledge and Cultural Communication on the “Arab World” 165Asma ABBASSI 9.1 Introduction 165 9.2 The Arab World Institute and the construction of knowledge around the “Arab World” in the West 166 9.3 The AWI’s digital communication strategies 168 9.4 The images built by the AWI and the question of feedback 176 9.5 The role of digital tools in sustainability and durability in the management of knowledge and communication at the AWI 178 9.6 Conclusion 180 9.7 References 181 List of Authors 185 Index 187

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Book SynopsisThis insightful How to guide is expertly crafted to assist mid-career academic and non-academic researchers in preparing for new and innovative ways of working in international multidisciplinary environments.

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Book SynopsisThis expansive Handbook guides readers through a multi-layered landscape of the interpretations and uses of transdisciplinary thinking and practices worldwide. It advances understanding of the strengths and limits of transdisciplinary research in the context of societal power relations, institutional structures and social inequalities.Original chapters from 116 scholars and experts in 27 countries create a multi-cultural constellation of conceptual and methodological approaches to transdisciplinary research, teaching, training and community projects, showcasing the diversity and plurality of transdisciplinary contributions. Framed through the core themes of thinking, doing and being, this Handbook thoroughly reviews key topics including philosophies and theories, research and practice, education and training and financial and institutional resources with examples from innovative transdisciplinary global projects.Inclusive in its approach, this Handbook will be an ideal resource for public and private domain professionals wishing to explore collaborative working practices. Scholars looking for a better understanding of transdisciplinarity and how it differs from interdisciplinarity will find the case studies illustrative and informative.Trade Review‘An indispensable Handbook on transdisciplinarity that unifies conceptual, pedagogic and practical contributions from over 100 authors across five continents. Transdisciplinarity is a global approach to complexity that progresses “between”, “through” and “beyond” individual disciplines. It is an obligatory yet challenging process, helping us to understand the (unstable) current world and to generate novel transformative propositions.’ -- Philippe Moreillon, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and President of SCNAT‘This pragmatic, accessible and comprehensive reflection on global applications of a transdisciplinary approach is a welcome contribution to the debate and demonstrates that transdisciplinarity has become an intellectual field of its own. The various contributors discuss the epistemological, philosophical and theories that underpin transdisciplinarity and demonstrate the way in which the diversity, coexistence and plurality in different geographical and cultural contexts use transdisciplinarity in creative and meaningful ways. This Handbook is a valuable resource for all researchers and institutions in their efforts to link knowledge with practice and bring about transformation through dynamic acts of transgression.’ -- Heide Hackmann, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xxix Alfonso Montuori Acknowledgements xxxix Roderick J. Lawrence Introduction 1 Roderick J. Lawrence PART I EPISTEMOLOGIES, PHILOSOPHIES, AND THEORIES 1 The promise of scaffolding: a metaphor and living practice for transdisciplinary inquiry 28 Pia Andersson and Henrietta Palmer 2 Transdisciplinarity as it emerges: a living-systems perspective 44 Danielle Davelaar 3 The public epistemic role of higher education for all 62 Su-ming Khoo 4 The pertinence of transdisciplinarity for global studies: the case of globalization 79 Amentahru Wahlrab 5 Addressing power relations in the global field of science 95 Petra Dannecker 6 Cross-pollination in art and science: plasticity of the mind and birth of transcultures 111 Marc-Williams Debono 7 New pragmatics and hermeneutics of self, knowledge, and society: transdisciplinarity, trans-civilizational dialogues, and planetary conversations 128 Ananta Kumar Giri PART II PRAXIS 8 Transdisciplinary practice: being, doing, knowing 145 David Adams and Kate Maguire 9 Emergence of transdisciplinarity in global environmental change research: moving from system understanding to systemic sustainability solutions 159 Rik Leemans and Karen Fortuin 10 Navigating knowledge systems to address resilience challenges: contributions of communities of practice 177 Corina Angheloiu, Shuchi Vora and Mike Tennant 11 The transdisciplinary potential of citizen science 197 Alexandra Albert, Muki Haklay, Fabien Moustard, Susanne Hecker, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Marina Chang and Ariel B. Lindner 12 Real-world Labs as transdisciplinary learning environments 214 Richard Beecroft 13 Transdisciplinary teams as discourse coalitions: building transformative narratives for transdisciplinary inquiry 230 Chris Riedy 14 Formative developmental evaluation: a transdisciplinary urban regeneration project in London, UK 247 Gemma Moore, Irene Pluchinotta, Helen Pineo, David Osrin, Nici Zimmermann, Giuseppe Salvia and Michael Davies PART III PEDAGOGY AND TRAINING 15 Collaborating for good: what would a transdisciplinary university look like? 267 Michael F. Mascolo 16 Advancing transdisciplinary research in the Global South 286 Katsia Paulavets, Sarah Moore and Mathieu Denis 17 Transdisciplinarity in higher education: the potential of digitalization 306 Theres Paulsen, Jakob Zinsstag and Lisa Crump 18 Transdisciplinary education and ATLAS activities: past, present, and future perspectives 319 Atila Ertas, Raymond T. Yeh, Bob Block and David Block PART IV A GLOBAL SAMPLE OF TRANSDISCIPLINARITY 19 Value-added transdisciplinary One Health research and problem solving 333 Jakob Zinsstag, Kristina Pelikan, Monica Berger Gonzalez, Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund, Lisa Crump, Stephanie Mauti, Kathrin Heitz-Tokpa, Bassirou Bonfoh, Seid Mohammed Ali, Rahma Abtidon and Rea Tschopp 20 Engaging in transformative spaces: a design perspective 351 Aniek Hebinck, Timo von Wirth, Giorgia Silvestri and Laura Pereira 21 Amidst the flyway: co-designing accommodation fields for the barnacle goose in south-eastern Finland 367 Juha Hiedanpää, Matti Salo, Mikko Jokinen, Jani Pellikka, Ron Store, Toni Laaksonen, Mika Pirinen, Wieland Heim, Antti Piironen, Nina Mikander, Hanne Lohilahti and Jukka T. Forsman 22 Schola’s action program: modernizing and sustaining public schools in Quebec 384 Carole Després, Claude Demers, Caroline Gagnon, Pierre Larochelle, Frédérick Lépinay, André Potvin and Sarahlou Wagner-Lapierre 23 Children as research actors: theories, methods, and experimentation 403 Frédéric Darbellay and Zoe Moody 24 Transdisciplinarity at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan 419 Tetsuzo Yasunari, Yasuhisa Kondo, Ria Lambino, Hein Mallee, Yuko Onishi, Makoto Taniguchi and Ichiro Tayasu 25 Implementing sustainability in Taipei with transdisciplinarity 436 Liling Huang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Yun-Tsui Chang, Kuan-Chieh Chen and Qile Dong 26 Co-producing urban and peri-urban agriculture in Andean countries 455 Jaime Hernández-García and Tannya Pico Parra 27 Reconceptualizing stakeholders and decentering collaborations: reflections from the Lagos housing sector 474 Basirat Oyalowo 28 Implementing transdisciplinarity in the Caucasus region: societal conditions, institutional transitions, and perspectives 492 Tamara Mitrofanenko, Tigran Keryan, Nina Shatberashvili, Lana Ghvinjilia and Ulli Vilsmaier PART V RESOURCES 29 Resourcing transdisciplinary programs and projects 513 Erica Key 30 Global alliance for inter- and transdisciplinarity: connecting organizations to advance collaborative research and education 525 Stephen M. Fiore, Julie Thompson Klein, Ulli Vilsmaier, Machiel Keestra and Theres Paulsen 31 Toolkits for transdisciplinary research: state of the art, challenges, and potentials for further developments 536 Sibylle Studer and Christian Pohl 32 Does transdisciplinarity need an underpinning discipline? The case for Integration and Implementation Sciences (i2S) 547 Gabriele Bammer PART VI PROSPECTS 33 Prospects for transdisciplinarity and beyond: collectively keeping the future in mind 560 Valerie A. Brown and John A. Harris 34 Digital Life Norway – should biotechnology be transdisciplinary? 575 Maria Bårdsen Hesjedal, Trygve Brautaset and Roger Strand 35 What futures for transdisciplinarity in nuclear R&D? 592 Catrinel Turcanu, Gaston Meskens, Robbe Geysmans, Joke Kenens, Marika Silvikko de Villafranca and Tanja Perko Epilogue: globalizing transdisciplinarity 609 Julie Thompson Klein Index 619

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Book SynopsisDespite increasing disaster risk in South Asian countries, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards are not yet at the forefront of development agendas. Covering disaster scenarios, and the causes and consequences of disaster displacement, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia provides a much-needed focus on the South Asian context, generating new insights and considering the policy implications of strategies for building resilient livelihoods. Recognising the diversity of South Asian countries in terms of culture, environment, livelihood patterns and socioeconomic and political structures, chapters consider risk landscape and resilience capacity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Bringing critical attention to an emerging topic, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia breaks fresh ground by considering resilient livelihoods in terms of capacity, resources and policy within each country’s diverse local context. Delving into communities’ capacities to prevent displacement, their ability to mitigate protection risks during displacement and their options in terms of durable solutions, contributors offer a resilience building framework that incorporates common principles while also retaining a flexibility and adaptability for specific risk environments. Capturing the diverse context of the South Asian resilient livelihood framework, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia addresses a crucial gap for an interdisciplinary audience interested in urban and political sociology, social and cultural anthropology and disaster, development and South Asian studies.Table of ContentsForeword; Bayes Ahmed Chapter 1. Introduction: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam Chapter 2. Research Trends on Natural Disasters in the Context of India: A Bibliometric Analysis; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel Chapter 3. Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters in Pakistan: A Systematic Literature Review; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel Chapter 4. Disaster Vulnerability, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods among the Afghan Urban Women; Marina Hamidazada and Ana Maria Cruz Chapter 5. Livelihood Resilience of Climate-Induced Displaced People in South Asia: Implications for Bangladesh; Md Nazirul Islam Sarker Chapter 6. An Assessment of Population Displacement and Resilience Livelihood Options among River Erosion-Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam and Walter Leal Filho Chapter 7. Community Resilience Initiatives among River Erosion Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam Chapter 8. Disaster and Displacement: Opportunities and Challenges for Enhancing Resilience in Nepal; Raju Chauhan, Sudeep Thakuri, and Charles Pradhan Chapter 9. Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in Sri Lanka: Policy Imperatives; R. Lalitha S. Fernando, Manjitha Kavindi Siriwardhana, E. Achini Indrachapa Kularathna, and H. D. M. Kaushalya Geethamali Chapter 10. Conclusions: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam

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Book SynopsisThe Art of Communication combines over two decades of research and teaching into a comprehensive guide on strategic communication. Grounded in the theoretical and methodological frameworks of 'situated communication' and 'communication project', this book highlights an understanding of both traditional and emerging communication practices. It particularly focuses on new genres, such as branding, design and digital communication strategies, and introduces the innovative concept of 'textscapes' specially crafted environments to fulfill communicative objectives. This book is enriched with practical examples and is particularly relevant in multicultural and international settings, providing essential insights for adapting communication strategies to diverse cultural contexts.

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Book SynopsisThis case study-based textbook in multivariate analysis for advanced students in the humanities emphasizes descriptive, exploratory analyses of various types of datasets from a wide range of sub-disciplines, promoting the use of multivariate analysis and illustrating its wide applicability. Fields featured include, but are not limited to, historical agriculture, arts (music and painting), theology, and stylometrics (authorship issues). Most analyses are based on existing data, earlier analysed in published peer-reviewed papers.Four preliminary methodological and statistical chapters provide general technical background to the case studies. The multivariate statistical methods presented and illustrated include data inspection, several varieties of principal component analysis, correspondence analysis, multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, regression analysis, discriminant analysis, and three-mode analysis.The bulk of the text is taken up by 14 case studies that lean heavily on graphical representations of statistical information such as biplots, using descriptive statistical techniques to support substantive conclusions. Each study features a description of the substantive background to the data, followed by discussion of appropriate multivariate techniques, and detailed results interpreted through graphical illustrations. Each study is concluded with a conceptual summary. Datasets in SPSS are included online.Table of Contents

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Book Synopsis This open access book brings together for the first time all aspects of the tragic life and fascinating work of the polymath Robert Leslie Ellis (1817–1859), placing him at the heart of early-Victorian intellectual culture. Written by a diverse team of experts, the chapters in the book’s first part contain in-depth examinations of, among other things, Ellis’s family, education, Bacon scholarship and mathematical contributions. The second part consists of annotated transcriptions of a selection of Ellis’s diaries and correspondence. Taken together, A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817–1859 is a rich resource for historians of science, historians of mathematics and Victorian scholars alike. Robert Leslie Ellis was one of the most intriguing and wide-ranging intellectual figures of early Victorian Britain, his contributions ranging from advanced mathematical analysis to profound commentaries on philosophy and classics and a decisive role in the orientation of mid-nineteenth century scholarship. This very welcome collection offers both new and authoritative commentaries on the work, setting it in the context of the mathematical, philosophical and cultural milieux of the period, together with fascinating passages from the wealth of unpublished papers Ellis composed during his brief and brilliant career.- Simon Schaffer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge Table of ContentsPart I Chapters 1 From Bath to Cambridge: The Early Life and Education of Robert Leslie Ellis Christopher Stray2 “A Senior Wrangler among Senior Wranglers”: The Mathematical Education of Robert Leslie Ellis June Barrow-Green3 Ellis’s Character, John Grote and the Cambridge Network, 1830-1866 John R. Gibbins4 Robert Leslie Ellis as Editor and Contributor to Mathematical Journals Tony Crilly5 Ellis on Mathematical Statistics and Probability Stephen M. Stigler6 Ellis’s Philosophy and Bacon Scholarship Lukas M. Verburgt7 Robert Leslie Ellis: An Almost Perfect Moral Nature Joan L. Richards Part II Manuscripts 8 The Ellis Papers in Trinity College, Cambridge Jonathan Smith Diaries Lukas M. Verburgt & Christopher Stray Letters Lukas M. Verburgt & Christopher StrayBM "Appendix 1: Bibliography of Ellis’s Writings " BM Appendix 2: List of Ellis’s Mathematical Reading BM Appendix 3: List of Ellis’s Diaries BM Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this book, we bring together interdisciplinary scholars and clinicians in medicine, public health, anthropology, nutrition, environmental sciences, and geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, the Ministry of Health and the Hospital Oskar Jandl. Together, these authors provide a comprehensive description of the factors shaping water quality, food availability, and health services on the islands, their implications for human health and well-being, and potential avenues for intervention.Table of ContentsPreface (Amanda L. Thompson, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, Enrique Teran).- Chapter 1. Introduction (Margaret E. Bentley and Jaime Ocampo).- Part I: Water Environment.- Chapter 2. Analysis of water supply and demand management strategies for overcoming water scarcity in Santa Cruz (Maria Fernandes Reyes).- Chapter 3. Galapagos’ Water Management Evaluation under a Changing Climate and Current Covid-19 Pandemic (Cristina Mateus, Diego Quiroga).- Chapter 4. Water quality and access in Isabella: results from a household water survey (Nicholas Badwha, Donald Fefjar, Rodrigo Pozo, Khristopher Nicholas, Alyssa Grube, Jill Stewart, Amanda Thompson and Valeria Ochoa-Herrera).- Chapter 5. Tourists’ Willingness to Fund Improvements of Local Water Services: A Contingent Valuation Study from The Galapagos (William F. Vásquez).- Part II: Food Environment.- Chapter 6. Syndemic water and food insecurity: impacts on the dual burden of disease in Galapagos (Amanda L. Thompson, Enrique Teran and Margaret E. Bentley).- Chapter 7. Overweight and obesity in Galapagos:Food consumption patterns and globalization in the Encantadas (William F. Waters and Wilma B. Freire).- Chapter 8. Spatial and social dimensions of Galápagos food environments (Khristopher Nicholas, Paul Delameter, and Amanda Thompson).- Part III: Environment, Animals and Human Health.- Chapter 9. One Health in the Galapagos Social-Ecological System: Not Just the Absence of Disease (Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart).- Chapter 10. A One Health Approach to Understanding Human Companion Animal Interactions and Parasitic Infections in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (Leigh-Ellyn Preston, Colon J. Grijalva & Enrique Teran).- Chapter 11. Surprising absence of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica isolates from Galapagos Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) (Belen Carrillo, Cristina Chavez, Gabriel Trueba).- Chapter 12. Mosquitoes in Galapagos: The risk for arboviruses transmission and the need for a better vector surveillance and control program (Renato León, Leonardo Ortega, Carolina Molina, William F. Waters).- Part IV: Health Problems and Services.- Chapter 13. Health Across the First 1000 Days in the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Amanda L. Thompson, Norman T. Archer, Margaret E. Bentley, Kelly M. Houck, María Francisca Murgueitio Fuentes, Juan Ochoa).- Chapter 14. Galapagos Islands, a captive territory with unique characteristics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (Ana María Gómez Jaramillo, Juan Ochoa, Isabel Hernandez and Enrique Terán).- Chapter 15. Understanding the lived experience of type 2 diabetes in San Cristobal (C. Hunter Davis, Paulina Lara Marchena, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Clare Barrington).- Chapter 16. Health seeking behavior and perceptions of care: A qualitative study investigating the underutilization of public health care on the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Norman T. Archer, Amanda L. Thompson, Jaime Ocampo, Margaret E. Bentley).- Chapter 17. Facilitating evidenced based nursing and humane health care through professional development (Julee Waldrop, Alasia Ledford, Betty Martinez, Johanna R. Jahnke, Gwen Sherwood).- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis contributed volume book aims at discussing transdisciplinary approaches to address common problems. By working transdisciplinarily, researchers coming from different disciplines can work jointly using a shared conceptual framework bringing together disciplinary-specific theories and concepts. There are numerous barriers that can obstruct effective communication between different cultures, communities, religions and geographies. This book shows that through bringing together different disciplines, researchers not only can surpass these barriers but can effectively produce new venues of thought that can positively affect the development and evolution of research and education. The book discusses new and emerging applications of knowledge produced by transdisciplinary efforts and covers the interplay of many disciplines, including agriculture, economics, mathematics, engineering, industry, information technology, marketing, nanoscience, neuroscience, space exploration, human-animal relationships, among others. Consequently, it also covers the relationship between art and science, as one of the most remarkable transdisciplinary approaches that paves the way for new methods in engineering, design, architecture and many other fields.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Mathematische Grundlagen.- 1.1. Der Begriff des Feldes und des Gradienten.- 1.1.1. Definition der Feldgröße.- 1.1.2. Änderung (Differentiation) der Feldgrößen.- 1.2. Integration der Feldgrößen.- 1.2.1. Kurvenintegrale.- 1.2.2. Flächenintegrale.- 1.3. Tensoren.- 1.3.1. Der Begriff des Tensorfeldes.- 1.3.2. Rechenregeln für Tensoren in kartesischen Koordinatensystemen.- 1.3.3. Der 5-Tensor und e-Tensor.- 1.4. Koordinatentransformationen.- 1.5. Einfachste Differentialoperatoren.- 1.5.1. Die Divergenz und der Satz von Gauß.- 1.5.2. Die Rotation und der Satz von Stokes.- 1.5.3. Sprungflächenoperatoren.- 1.5.4. Divergenz und Rotor in krummlinigen Koordinaten.- 1.6. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 1.- 2. Partielle Differentialgleichungen der Physik.- 2.1. Die Poissonsche Differentialgleichung.- 2.1.1. Beschreibung eines Feldes durch Quellen und Wirbel.- 2.1.2. Eindeutigkeit der Lösung. Randbedingungen.- 2.2. Die partielle Differentialgleichung von Schwingungsvorgängen.- 2.2.1. Die schwingende Saite.- 2.2.2. Die schwingende Membran und räumliche Schwingungen.- 2.3. Die Differentialgleichungen der Diffusion und Wärmeleitung.- 2.4. Einfachste Differentialgleichungen der Quantenmechanik.- 2.5. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 2.- 3. Lösungsansätze für partielle Differentialgleichungen.- 3.1. Trennung der Variablen.- 3.2. Die Laplacegleichung.- 3.2.1. Die Laplacegleichung für ein Rechteck.- 3.2.2. Die Laplacegleichung in Polarkoordinaten.- 3.3. Die schwingende Saite.- 3.3.1. Die beidseitig eingespannte schwingende Saite.- 3.3.2. Die d’Alembertsche Lösung der schwingenden Saite.- 3.4. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 3.- 4. Rand und Eigenwertaufgaben.- 4.1. Problemstellung.- 4.2. Sturm-Liouville-Differentialoperatoren.- 4.2.1. Selbstadjungierte Differentialoperatoren.- 4.2.2. Sturm-Liouville-Randwertaufgaben.- 4.2.3. Sturm-Liouville-Eigenwertaufgaben.- 4.2.4. Die Sturm-Liouville -Transformation.- 4.3. Der Entwicklungssatz.- 4.3.1. Eigenwerte und Eigenfunktionen.- 4.3.2. Der Entwicklungssatz für beschränkte Intervalle.- 4.4. Die Lösung der Anfangsrandwertaufgabe.- 4.5. Die inhomogene Randwertaufgabe.- 4.6. Nadelartige Funktionen.- 4.7. Ergänzungen und Bemerkungen.- 4.8. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 4.- 5. Singuläre Differentialgleichungen.- 5.1. Der Begriff der singulären Differentialgleichung. Differentialgleichungen der Fuchsschen Klasse.- 5.2. Die hypergeometrische Differentialgleichung.- 5.3. Die konfluente hypergeometrische Differentialgleichung.- 5.4. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 5.- 6. Spezielle Funktionen.- 6.1. Kugelfunktionen.- 6.1.1. Die Laplacegleichung in Kugelkoordinaten.- 6.1.2. Die Legendreschen Polynome und ihre erzeugende Funktion.- 6.1.3. Die Formel vom Rodrigues.- 6.1.4. Die Integraldarstellung von Laplace.- 6.1.5. Die zugeordneten Legendreschen Funktionen.- 6.1.6. Kugelflächenfunktionen als Eigenfunktionen.- 6.1.7. Das Additionstheorem der Kugelflächenfunktionen.- 6.1.8. Der Entwicklungssatz nach Kugelflächenfunktionen.- 6.1.9. Die Randwertaufgaben der Potentialtheorie.- 6.2. Zylinderfunktionen.- 6.2.1. Die Laplacegleichung in Zylinderkoordinaten.- 6.2.2. Besselfunktionen.- 6.2.3. Besselfunktionen als Eigenfunktionen.- 6.2.4. Integraldarstellung und erzeugende Funktion der Besselfunktion Jn (?).- 6.2.5. Das Additionstheorem der Besselfunktionen mit ganzzahligem Zeiger.- 6.2.6. Die Wellengleichung. Sphärische Besselfunktionen.- 6.2.7. Entwicklung einer ebenen Welle nach Kugelwellen.- 6.2.8. Asymptotische Darstellungen für sphärische Besselfunktionen.- 6.3. Hermitesche und Laguerresche Polynome.- 6.3.1. Der harmonische Oszillator (Hermitesche Polynome).- 6.3.2. Die erzeugende Funktion der Hermiteschen Polynome.- 6.3.3. Die Schrödingergleichung für das Wasserstoffatom (Laguerresche Polynome).- 6.4. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 6.- 7. Verallgemeinerte Funktionen.- 7.1. Problemstellung.- 7.2. Testfunktionen.- 7.3. Verallgemeinerte Funktionen.- 7.4. Die Diracsche Deltafunktion.- 7.5. Die Derivierte einer verallgemeinerten Funktion.- 7.6. Produkte von verallgemeinerten Funktionen. Das Funktional ?(g(x)).- 7.7. Die uneigentliche Funktion ?(1/r).- 7.8. Ergänzungen und Bemerkungen.- 7.9. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 7.- 8. Die Methode der Greenschen Funktionen für partielle Differentialgleichungen.- 8.1. Die klassische Lösung der Poissongleichung.- 8.2. Greensche Funktionen und die Deltafunktion.- 8.3. Die Greensche Funktion der Poissongleichung.- 8.3.1. Der eindimensionale Fall.- 8.3.2. Der dreidimensionale Fall mit natürlichen Randbedingungen.- 8.4. Die Greensche Funktion der Wärmeleitung (Diffusion).- 8.4.1. Die Wärmeleitung im unendlich langen Stab.- 8.4.2. Anfangs- und Randbedingungen der homogenen Wärmeleitungsgleichung.- 8.4.3. Die Wärmeleitung im Raum.- 8.5. Die Greenschen Funktionen der Wellengleichung und ihrer Verallgemeinerungen.- 8.5.1. Allgemeine Randbedingungen.- 8.5.2. Greensche Funktionen im unendlichen Raum.- 8.6. Übungsbeispiele zu Kap. 8.- A. Funktionentheorie.- B. Die Gammafunktion.- Literatur.- Sachwortverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisDer Band dokumentiert das Verfassungsrecht des Großherzogtums Berg und des Herzogtums Braunschweig nahezu lückenlos. Dabei werden die historischen Verfassungsdokumente aus rechtlicher, zeitlicher, territorial übergreifender und entwicklungsgeschichtlicher Perspektive betrachtet. Enthalten sind insgesamt ca. 450 teilweise sehr heterogene Verfassungsdokumente, die das kurze Bestehen des Großherzogtums Berg sowie die Verfassungsentwicklung des Herzogtums Braunschweig vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zum Ende des 1. Weltkriegs prägten.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: “… geht quantitativ und qualitativ über alle bisherigen einschlägigen Veröffentlichungen hinaus … alle das geltende Verfassungsrecht betreffenden Dokumente … authentisch erfaßt und systematisch zusammengestellt … Die erfaßten Dokumente werden im Grundsatz ungekürzt und in ihrer Originalschreibweise mit buchstaben- und zeichengetreuer Übernahme der Vorlage wiedergegeben … überaus profunde Darstellungen … die weitaus mehr als einen knappen ersten Einblick bieten … Übersicht für jeden Staat, ferner durch ein strikt chronologisches Gesamtverzeichnis … ein gesuchtes Dokument recht problemlos finden bzw sich rasch einen Überblick verschaffen kann …“ (Joachim Lilla, Informationsmittel IFB, July/2010)“... Dokumentensammlung geht quantitativ und qualitativ über alle bisherigen einschlagigen Veröffentlichungen hinaus. ... Die erfassten Dokumente werden im Grundsatz ungekürzt und in ihrer Originalschreibweise mit buchstaben- und zeichengetreuer Übernahme der Vorlage , wiedergegeben. ... verfassungsrechtlich relevanten Texte, ergänzt durch eine fundierte Einführung ... lässt auf eine rasche Fortführung des ,äußerst verdienstvollen Editionsvorhabens zum deutschen Verfassungsrecht höffen. ... Der Edition sind zahlreiche Leser und Nutzer … zu wünschen.“ (JoachIm Lilla, in: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch, 2010, Vol. 80, S. 511 f.)Table of ContentsHistorische Einführungen.- #x00A7; 14: Berg.- #x00A7; 15: Braunschweig.- Verfassungsdokumente.- #x00A7; 14: Berg.- #x00A7; 15: Braunschweig.

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Book SynopsisThe European People's Party, the largest political party in Europe, has roots that run deep in history. Founded in 1976 as a Christian Democratic federation, the European People's Party is now a strong centre-right movement and a leading European political family. It has member parties in almost all European countries, and it is very well represented in the institutions of the European Union. This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It gives an up-to-date account of the party's contribution to European integration, its work with its member parties and its central role in organising the centre-right in Europe. Above all, this book is for everyone who wants to know what a European-level political party looks like, how it is structured and how it acts. Table of ContentsOrigins and Development: Paving the Way: The SIPDIC, NEI and EUCD.- Founding the EPP.- Rapprochement Towards Conservative and Other Like-minded Parties.- Eastward Enlargement.- Merger with the EUCD and EDU.- Party Organisation: The Congress.- Political Assembly and Presidency.- Summit.- The General Secretariat.- Working Groups and Member Associations.- Statute and Financing.- Centre for European Studies.- The EPP's Relationship to the Group in the European Parliament.- Party Programme: Programmatic Profile.- Annexes.- Chronology.

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Book SynopsisThe past decade has seen a rapid development in the range of techniques which are available to modify the surfaces of engineering components. This in tum has led to the emergence of the new field of surface engineering­ the design of a composite system (coating plus substrate) that produces a performance which cannot be achieved by either the coating or substrate alone. With this expansion comes the problem of deciding on the correct surfacing technology for a given application. Clearly, to take full advantage of the benefits which surface engineering offers, there is a need to explain, in a structured way, the basic features and interrelationships of the most recently developed coatings and treatments. Advanced Surface Coatings satisfies this need by providing a concise and authoritative state-of-the art review of surface engineering. In chapter 1 the reader is provided with an insight into the surfacing technology appropriate for a given function. Chapter 2 reviews the principles of plasma generation (a theme which is central to many of the advanced surface treatments and coatings) and forms a solid foundation for the chap­ ters which follow. Chapters 3 to 10 each discuss the general principles on which the technology is based, followed by an appreciation of specific properties and application areas for materials treated by each particular method. These chapters cover ion implantation, ion-assisted coatings, evaporation, sputtering, physical vapour deposition, chemical vapour deposi­ tion, thermal spraying, and laser treatments.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 1.1 Surface engineering: the key to optimised performance.- 1.2 The main surface engineering technologies.- 1.2.1 Traditional surface engineering processes.- 1.2.2 Advanced surface engineering processes.- 1.3 Coating structure and characterisation.- References.- 2 Use of plasmas in deposition technologies.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Processing plasmas.- 2.2.1 DC-diode plasmas.- 2.2.2 RF discharges.- 2.3 Plasmas in the presence of magnetic fields.- 2.3.1 Applications of magnetic fields to plasmas.- 2.4 Microstructure of sputter deposited films.- 2.5 Conclusions.- References.- 3 Ion implantation and ion-assisted coating.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Beam-induced processes.- 3.3 Tribological applications.- 3.4 Applications to corrosion resistance.- 3.5 Equipment.- 3.6 The economics of ion beam processing.- 3.7 Conclusions.- References.- 4 Evaporation.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Practical aspects of evaporation processes.- 4.2.1 Resistively heated sources.- 4.2.2 Inductively heated sources.- 4.2.3 Electron beam evaporation.- 4.2.4 Arc evaporation.- 4.2.5 Laser-induced evaporation.- 4.3 Coating thickness distributions and uniformity.- 4.3.1 Lateral thickness uniformity.- 4.3.2 Front to back thickness uniformity.- 4.3.3 Absolute thickness fall-off.- 4.4 Evaporation principles.- 4.4.1 Evaporation of pure metals.- 4.4.2 Evaporation of alloys and compounds.- 4.5 Further considerations in electron beam evaporation.- 4.6 Selected applications for evaporative techniques.- 4.6.1 Large-area sheet coating.- 4.6.2 Bond coats and thermal barriers.- 4.7 Conclusions.- References.- 5 Sputter deposition.- 5.1 Introduction and historical perspective.- 5.2 Basic aspects of sputtering.- 5.2.1 Interactions on the target surface.- 5.2.2 Target considerations.- 5.2.3 Process parameter effects.- 5.3 Sputtering techniques.- 5.3.1 Reactive vs non-reactive processes.- 5.3.2 Diode sputtering.- 5.3.3 RF sputtering.- 5.3.4 Triode sputtering.- 5.3.5 Magnetron sputtering.- 5.3.6 ‘Unbalanced’ magnetron sputtering.- 5.4 Plasma characteristics and ion bombardment.- 5.5 Process control.- 5.6 Applications of sputtered hard coatings.- 5.6.1 Hard coatings on cutting tools.- 5.6.2 Sputtered decorative coatings.- 5.6.3 Engineering components.- 5.7 Industrial coating systems.- 5.8 Future trends.- References.- 6 Plasma-assisted physical vapour deposition.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The DC-diode argon discharge.- 6.2.1 The negative glow.- 6.2.2 The sheath regions.- 6.2.3 The basic mechanisms.- 6.3 Bombardment of the cathode in argon discharges.- 6.3.1 Ion and neutral energy distributions.- 6.3.2 Further ionisation considerations.- 6.4 Practical ion-plating discharges.- 6.4.1 Metal species.- 6.4.2 Reactive gas.- 6.4.3 Impurities.- 6.5 Practical considerations and system details.- 6.5.1 Commercial PAPVD systems.- 6.5.2 Coating variability.- 6.5.3 Process control.- 6.5.4 Adhesion.- 6.5.5 Other process factors.- 6.6 Applications and case studies.- 6.6.1 Industrial applications of PAPVD coatings.- 6.6.2 PAPVD vs CVD coatings in metal-cutting applications.- 6.6.3 Other applications.- 6.7 Conclusions.- References.- 7 Thermally activated chemical vapour deposition.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Principles of CVD.- 7.3 The CVD system.- 7.3.1 Gas-dispensing system.- 7.4 CVD reactors.- 7.4.1 Exhaust system.- 7.5 Design of a CVD process.- 7.5.1 Thermodynamics.- 7.5.2 Selection of precursors.- 7.6 Adhesion.- 7.6.1 Substrate.- 7.6.2 Gas flow dynamics.- 7.7 Rate-limiting steps.- 7.8 Nucleation.- 7.9 Deposition mechanisms.- 7.10 Morphology and microstructure.- 7.11 Applications of the CVD technique.- 7.12 Summary and concluding remarks.- References.- 8 Plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Discharge chemistry and physics.- 8.2.1 Basic processes occurring in a glow discharge plasma.- 8.2.2 Kinetic and thermodynamic factors.- 8.2.3 Plasma—surface interactions.- 8.3 PACVD equipment requirements.- 8.4 Applications of PACVD.- 8.4.1 Wear-resistance coatings.- 8.4.2 Thermochemical processing.- 8.4.3 Deposition of mixtures and multilayer structures.- 8.5 Summary 215.- References.- 9 Thermal spraying.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Thermal spraying.- 9.2.1 Wire spraying.- 9.2.2 Electric arc spraying.- 9.2.3 Powder flame spraying.- 9.2.4 High-velocity combustion processes.- 9.2.5 Arc plasma processes.- 9.2.6 Other techniques.- 9.3 Substrates and surface preparation.- 9.4 Coating properties.- 9.5 Applications.- 9.6 Summary.- References.- 10 Laser surface treatment.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Practical aspects of laser processing.- 10.2.1 Types of laser and their operation.- 10.2.2 Surface condition.- 10.2.3 One-dimensional thermal heating and cooling.- 10.3 Laser techniques.- 10.3.1 Laser surface melting.- 10.3.2 Laser surface alloying.- 10.3.3 Laser cladding.- 10.3.4 Laser chemical vapour and physical vapour deposition.- 10.4 Current and future applications of laser processing.- 10.4.1 Surface texturing.- 10.4.2 Enhanced electroplating.- 10.4.3 Non-contact bending.- 10.4.4 Thermal deformation.- 10.4.5 Magnetic domain control.- 10.4.6 Particle injection.- 10.4.7 Stereolithography.- 10.5 Conclusions.- References.- 11 Characterisation of coatings and interfaces.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Electron spectroscopies.- 11.2.1 Photoelectron spectroscopy.- 11.2.2 Auger electron spectroscopy.- 11.3 Electron microscopies.- 11.4 Ion spectrometry and microscopy.- 11.4.1 Secondary ion mass spectrometry.- 11.4.2 Rutherford backscattering.- 11.5 Photospectroscopies and microscopies.- 11.5.1 Infrared spectroscopy.- 11.5.2 Raman spectroscopy.- 11.5.3 X-ray diffraction analysis.- 11.6 Conclusions.- References.- 12 Evaluation of coatings.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Mechanical property assessment.- 12.2.1 Assessment of coating hardness.- 12.2.2 Measurement of coating adhesion.- 12.2.3 Tribological assessment of coatings.- 12.3 Summary and future developments.- References.- 13 Market perspective and future trends.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 Future directions in surface engineering.- 13.2.1 Future developments in process technology.- 13.2.2 Developments in process understanding.- 13.2.3 Design-related factors.- 13.3 New materials and future markets for surface engineering.- 13.3.1 Composite materials.- 13.3.2 High-temperature superconducting ceramics.- 13.3.3 Diamond and DLC films.- 13.3.4 Business opportunities.- References.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Mats Alvesson aims to demystify some popular and upbeat claims about a range of phenomena, including the knowledge society, consumption, branding, higher education, organizational change, professionalization, and leadership. He contends that a culture of grandiosity is leading to numerous inflated claims. We no longer talk about plans but strategies. Supervisors have been replaced by managers. Goods have become brands. Wealthy countries try to show that they are knowledge societies through mass higher education but with limited effect on real qualifications or qualified job opportunities for graduates. The book views the contemporary economy as an economy of persuasion, where firms and other institutions increasingly assign talent, energy, and resources to rhetoric, image, branding, reputation, and visibility.Using a wide range of empirical examples to illuminate the realms of consumption, higher education, organization, and leadership, this provocative and engaging book Trade ReviewAlvesson finds grandiosity at work behind an array of disconcerting phenomena, from a narcissistic socialmedia culture, to a hyper-adrenalised yet helplessly inane 24-hour news media cycle, to the explosion of public-relations firms and branding efforts. * Ross A. Mittiga, Political Studies Review *an engaging read that bravely tackles higher education orthodoxies * Joanna Williams, The Times Higher Education Supplement *This is a well-written, powerful book that makes you think and reflect about some of the key issues of our time. You couldnt ask for more. * Cary Cooper, Times Higher Education *The Triumph of Emptiness pulls back the proverbial curtain on our current society to reveal the empty truth behind our illusions of grandeur. Mats Alvesson leads us on a critical, smart, and often amusing romp through a world in which everything is excellent, advice is known as coaching, and vice presidents are a dime a dozen. He shows the increasing gap between reality and fantasy, need and want, and product production and the illusions necessary to sell them. Higher education is not immune to these trends, with ideas of college for all and the pronounced dumbing-down of university study. If you are interested in the strange paradox in rich societies of how we can have so much but not be any happier, read this book. * Jean M. Twenge, author of Generation Me and co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic *The Triumph of Emptiness is a provocative, insightful, and highly ambitious (even grandiose) indictment of consumption, work, and the organizations in which it occurs, as well as higher education. They are all critiqued for their grandiosity, inflated and distorted images, and mindless competitiveness. This is an uncompromising work that is likely to both enlighten and infuriate the reader. * George Ritzer, Distinguished University Professor, the University of Maryland *In The Triumph of Emptiness Mats Alvesson demonstrates the considerable value of critical theory for understanding everyday life in contemporary Western societies. Refreshingly astute as regards our current state of institutional being, this book is engagingly written and well-grounded in the best critical thought has to offer. Alvesson has once again accomplished what he does so wellthink a vital subject through with wit and insight. * Mary Jo Hatch, author of Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives *The author, a leading management scholar and a major sociological thinker, punctures the grandiosity and narcissism of our times when we succumb to the illusions that image, hype, and empty talk create value, when everyone must claim to be cutting edge and a world leader. Alvesson succeeds brilliantly in demonstrating that behind such grandiosity lurks an emptiness of meaning, of value, and of imagination. His powerful critical discussions of modern consumption, higher education, professionalism, and leadership insinuate that our current malaise goes far deeper than the economic crisis in which we find ourselves. This is a book that breaks loose of the management publication ghetto and demands to be read by everyone. * Yiannis Gabriel, Chair in Organizational Theory, University of Bath *most delightful book * Thomas Kilkauner, Organizational Change Management *Table of Contents1. Introduction - Zero-Sum Games, Grandiosity, and Illusion Tricks ; 2. Consumption - the Shortcomings of Affluence ; 3. Explaining the Consumption Paradox: Why aren't People (More) Satisfied? ; 4. Higher Education - Triumph of the Knowledge Intensive Society or a Statistical Cosmetics Project? ; 5. Higher Education - an Image-Boosting Business? ; 6. Modern Working Life and Organizations - Change, Dynamism, and Post-Bureaucracy? ; 7. Organizational Structures on the Beauty Parade: Imitation and Shop-Window Dressing ; 8. A Place in the Sun - Occupational Groups' Professionalization Projects and Other Status and Influence Ambitions ; 9. Leadership - A Driving Force or Empty Talk ; 10. The Triumph of Imagology - A Paradise for Tricksters? ; 11. The Costs of Grandiosity

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Book SynopsisAs an evolving and contested field, urban design has been made, unmade, and remade at the intersections of multiple disciplines and professions. It is now a decisive moment for urban design to reflect on its rigour and relevance. This handbook is an attempt to seize this moment for urban design to further develop its theoretical and methodological knowledge base and engage with the question of what urban design can be with a primary focus on its research. This handbook includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars across the global North and global South to provide a more field-specific entry point by introducing a range of topics and lines of inquiry and discussing how they can be explored with a focus on the related research designs and methods. The specific aim, scope, and structure of this handbook are appealing to a range of audiences interested and/or involved in shaping places and public spaces. What makes this book quite distinctive from conventional handbooks on research methods is the way it has been structured in relation to some key research topics and questions in the field of urban design regarding the issues of agency, affordance, place, informality, and performance. In addition to the introduction chapter, this handbook includes 80 contributors and 52 chapters organised into five parts. The commissioned chapters showcase a wide range of topics, research designs, and methods with references to relevant scholarly works on the related topics and methods.

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