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The book is a comprehensive examination of the current state of urban and regional development in the Balkan and Eastern European region. With a focus on demographics, governance and institutions, and smart growth in cities, this book provides a detailed analysis of the...
This open access book presents a multidisciplinary synthesis of research on animal navigation, integrating perspectives from behavior, neuroscience, and ecology to advance understanding of how animals orient and move within their environments. Successful navigation is...
This open-access book examines the military applications of the Internet of Things in three main parts: (I) Motivation and Use Cases, (II) Challenges and Solutions, and (III) Experimental Results and Recommendations. The first part describes the motivation and selected...
This is an open access book. This conference explores the synergy between artificial intelligence, science, literature, and communication to design innovative and inclusive learning systems. It will highlight how these disciplines can collaborate to transform e-learning...
This book covers the history of neuroradiology as written by the member societies of the World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies (WFNRS). Neuroradiology, as a specialty, received increasing recognition in the 1980’s. Before this, the pioneering work of Professor...
Climate change and biodiversity loss are among the most pressing challenges of the Anthropocene, affecting all Earth systems and demanding both global and local responses. Local ecosystems, with their unique characteristics, are often best understood through the lived...
This open access volume presents the select peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Secure Data Analytics (ICAISDA 2025).
Cancer centers across the world serve both dense urban centers and remote rural areas including Indigenous populations. This book advances knowledge in cancer data discussions for and with Indigenous populations, academics, researchers, Nations, and institutions, as...
In controlled human infection (CHI) research, researchers intentionally expose people to pathogens to gain scientific insights. During the COVID-19 pandemic, proposals to use CHI research to speed up vaccine development captured public imagination and bioethicists’...
This open access volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology and cognate disciplines, with the aim of fostering social and political change. The editors bring together a diverse range of bioarchaeologists and related practitioners whose work engages...
This open access volume presents the select peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Recent Trends in Intelligent Computing, Manufacturing, and Electronics (rTIME 2025).
This book is open access, What makes people competent at work?This question is becoming complicated with the emergence of new technologies and the hastened pace of global economic exchanges. While there is less consensus about what people should know and be able to do...
This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate interplay between nostalgia and displacement in contemporary European cinema. Through the lens of significant films, it navigates the profound impact of these concepts on storytelling and audience...
This open access volume presents the select proceedings of ATLAS International Design Conference 2025 (AIDC 2025). It centres around the principles of reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering available resources, as well as focusing on a circular economy.
This open-access volume offers the first comprehensive examination of Kakishibu, a traditional Japanese technology based on fermented bitter persimmon juice, now gaining attention as a sustainable alternative to plastics. At its core, Kakishibu is rich in persimmon...
With the rapid development of big data, three major challenges arise in the field of economics and management. The first challenge is that the traditional correlation-based methods cannot essentially reveal the true philosophy under the economic activities, modelling...
This open-access volume explores translations of catechisms produced during the Early Modern period (1450–1800), a type of text now increasingly recognized as pivotal for understanding cultural translation. Bringing together case studies from across Europe’s...
This is an Open Access Book. Primary care is the frontline of health care—and increasingly, the frontline of behavioral health. Yet many providers are expected to manage depression, anxiety, substance use, and other behavioral health concerns with limited training...
Metal music is heavy, but what does that mean? Heaviness is not just a timbre or quality of sound-it's an experience of impact that listeners help create. This book combines methodologies from musicology, music theory, cognitive science, and performance studies to...
This open access book presents outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many...
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