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Television Goes Back to the Future

Laura Minor , Anthony N. Smith

This book examines the extent to which the practices of television’s past are shaping its online future. Challenging industry and scholarly claims of digital disruption, it demonstrates how streaming giants like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video, alongside...

Cultural Practices of Place

Sarah Earnshaw

The notion of sense of place developed across disciplines to study the range of experiential, relational, and emotive attachments between people and spatial constellations. This collection proposes a sense of placing to render visible complex cultural practices of...

Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Digital Technology and Educational Psychology (DTEP 2025)

Yongjun Feng , Alok Gardia , Hafizoah Kassim , Namita Ranganathan

This is an open access book. 2025 International Conference on Digital Technology and Educational Psychology (DTEP 2025) aims to bring together leading researchers, educators, and practitioners to explore the intersection of digital technology and psychology in...

Proceedings of the International Conference on Policies, Processes and Practices for Transforming Underdeveloped Economies into Developed Economies (PPP-UD 2025)

Sachin Gupta , Anuradha Jain

This open access volume presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Policies, Processes and Practices for transforming Underdeveloped Economies into Developed Economies (PPP-UD 2025). It addresses the multifaceted challenges and opportunities...

Democratic Resilience in the Baltics, Vol. 1

Vidmante Giedraityte , David Schultz , Rasa Smaliukiene

This open access volume examines current threats to democracy with a focus on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These small democracies face unique challenges from climate change, hybrid security threats, and geopolitical tensions. The book examines how these nations have...

Eco-Resilience: Climate Change, Land Degradation and Sustainable Solutions

Uday Chatterjee , Anitabha Ghosh , Sujit Kumar Roy

This book offers a critical and timely exploration of two of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time—climate change and land degradation—and the transformative role that eco-resilience can play in addressing them. As global environmental...

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, Anubhuti: Revitalizing Indian Knowledge Systems for the Modern World (ICIKS 2025)

Boola Choudhary , Vijay Vir Singh

This open access volume presents the select proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, Anubhuti: Revitalizing Indian Knowledge Systems for the Modern World (ICIKS 2025).

Navigating Cardiology's Future

Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi

This book will discuss about the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) within the realm of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).This summary encapsulates the evolving landscape where AI algorithms intersect with advanced imaging techniques to...

Recent Approaches of Sustainable Architecture in Arid and Semi-arid Cities

Zeina Elzein , Abdelazim Negm

This book provides a collection of the latest sustainable architecture and urban practices in arid and semi-arid cities and communities. It discusses the concept of resilience in architecture, discussing resilient socio-ecological systems in the Arab Region and using...

ZnO Tetrapods

Paul Joseph Daniel , V. Jayalakshmi , Yogendra Kumar Mishra , K. Thangaraju

This book highlights recent trends and results based on the focused investigations on zinc oxide tetrapods, a specific morphology of ZnO with intriguing structural and optoelectronic features viable for several novel applications. First, it presents a comprehensive...

Sociology in the Weimar Republic: Volume I

Stephan Moebius

This book — a two-volume work —reexamines the development of sociology during the Weimar Republic, characterising it as a period of remarkable theoretical, institutional, and disciplinary vitality. Contrary to conventional assumptions, sociology experienced...

Citizenship Education on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Elizaveta Firsova-Eckert

In this book, Elizaveta Firsova-Eckert examines the effects of German-Israeli youth exchange programs on political education processes related to the Middle East conflict. To answer the research question, a mixed-method approach was used to develop a suitable...

The Normative and Regulatory Challenges for the Implementation of the European Deforestation-Free Regulation in Third Affected Countries

Lucas Da Cunha Vollers , Vitor Furtado De Melo , Gabriel Ralile De Figueiredo Magalhães , Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida

This book critically examines the primary challenges associated with the indirect implementation of the European Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) in Brazil. The EUDR is a demand-side regulatory measure designed to mitigate the European Union's (EU's) contribution to...

The Global South in the Kremlin's Foreign Policy after 24/2

Marina Glaser , Ivan Krivushin , Greg Simons , Olga Volosyuk

This book offers the first in-depth analysis of the evolution of Russia’s relations with the Global South across political, military-political, and economic domains. Though formally part of the Global North, Russia has, since 2007, increasingly positioned itself...

Theory, Algorithms, and Experiments in Applied Optimization

Boris Goldengorin

This book celebrates the remarkable contributions of Panos M. Pardalos, offering a comprehensive collection of 19 rigorously peer-reviewed articles that span the breadth of his research interests. From deterministic and stochastic global optimization to combinatorial...

Blood Will Tell

Sarah De Senarclens , George Goulding , Christian Unge

"Stressed-out, sleep-deprived and pill-popping Dr Tekla Berg is as unusual a central character as you will find" Irish Independent"Tekla is a terrific character" Literary Review"Tekla Berg is a brilliant character" Susi Holliday"A memorable protagonist" Imran MahmoodA...

Traitor of the Drowned Empire

Frankie Diane Mallis

Place and the Social-Spatial Determinants of Health

Marynia A. Kolak , Imelda K. Moise

This open access contributed volume is the first to address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) from a place-based perspective with a transdisciplinary, global outlook. In this open access book, experts from geography, public health, urban planning, sociology,...

Blockchain Fundamental Analysis for Digital Asset Investors

Paul Garvey

Without a solid, robust procedure to evaluate digital asset investments, decisions are often made based on hype or influencer reviews, which, in the end, is nothing short of a lottery ticket. This book aims to equip new and existing digital asset investors with the...

CPython

Chien-Lung Kao

Deep Dive CPython explores the internal mechanics of CPython, the widely used Python interpreter written in C. Starting with a practical guide on downloading and compiling the CPython source, this book is perfect for developers eager to understand Python’s behaviour at...