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Providing a much-needed study on cybersecurity regime building,
this comprehensive book is a detailed analysis of cybersecurity
norm-making processes and country positions, through the lens of
multi-stakeholder diplomacy. Multi-disciplinary and multi-national
scholars and practitioners use insights drawn from high-level
discussion groups to provide a rigorous analysis of how major cyber
powers view multi-stakeholder diplomacy. Looking at how past
cybersecurity initiatives and multi-stakeholder negotiations in
other fields illuminate its dynamics, this book will help put
states' approaches towards multi-stakeholder cyber diplomacy into
perspective, and frame the role of private actors in cybersecurity
regime building. Evaluating the most promising institutional
arrangements and mechanisms for implementing cybersecurity, this
book combines top-down analyses relevant to the design of
international cybersecurity regimes with bottom-up case studies,
tracing the approaches of important states towards
multi-stakeholder participation in cyber diplomacy. With a wealth
of policy-relevant findings, this book will be welcomed by
practitioners and scholars of international law, international
organisation and international cybersecurity as well as
multi-stakeholder governance and multilateral regimes. Policymakers
and diplomats involved in international cybersecurity processes
will also benefit from its cutting-edge comparative analysis of the
approaches of key cyber powers.
Comparing the structures and challenges of democratic
constitutionalism in India and the European Union, this book
explores how democracy is possible within vastly diverse societies
of continental scale, and why a constitutional framework is best
able to secure the ideals of collective autonomy and individual
dignity. It contributes to an emerging comparative discussion on
structures of power, separation of powers and a comparative law of
democracy, which has been long neglected in comparative
constitutional studies. This timely and invigorating book showcases
a novel comparative approach termed "slow comparison" counters the
conceptual focus on nation-states in comparative studies and
develops a broader understanding of democratic constitutionalism.
In the context of the contemporary crisis of constitutional
democracy, triggered by populism, majoritarianism and
authoritarianism, chapters continue older ongoing debates about
multiculturalism, identity politics and democratic equality that
hold important insights for both India and the EU to deal with
contemporary challenges. This book will be an important read for
scholars of comparative constitutional law and theory. It will also
benefit those studying EU law and Indian constitutional law.
Martin Luther King famously declared that ‘I have decided to
stick with love . . . Hate is too great a burden to bear’. In
these luminous daily readings, Arun Arora helps us consider the
biblical picture of the Church as the people of God, drawn from
every tribe, every tongue and every nation. Themes of racial
justice, hospitality and welcome are explored alongside the stories
of saints from across the globe. Beginning with reflections from
Isaiah and Revelation, the meditations lead us on to consider the
missionaries, martyrs and mystics who light our Advent way.
This text covers the key information necessary to pass Paper B of
the postgraduate examination to become a member of the Royal
College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych). It provides candidates with
comprehensive coverage of the Paper B syllabus, with information
from a wide variety of sources to save candidates crucial time
during exam revision. The content is accessible and presented in
manageable sections, highlighting key information using tables,
lists, and graphics. This text is essential for psychiatry trainees
revising for their written examinations but is also suitable for
individuals/healthcare professionals with an interest in psychiatry
and wanting to learn more.
The world is facing dramatic geopolitical, environmental, and
technological shifts. Venture Meets Mission argues that if
Business, Government, and Society come together, rebuild trust, and
collaborate, we have a generational opportunity to address societal
challenges—climate change, cybersecurity, disease outbreaks, food
insecurity and education. The book explains, with hope and passion,
how our existing entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the ideals of
democracy, can be the foundation for a new mission-driven
capitalism. The good news is the components of this problem-solving
ecosystem already exist. The authors explain what is required to
join people, purpose, and profit together for world-changing
impact—starting with rebuilding trust among Business, Government,
and Society. The authors draw on their leadership experience with
Silicon Valley innovation, venture capital, and work at the highest
levels of the federal government. The book tells engaging stories
of successful entrepreneurs, with diverse perspectives and
intersectional experiences, who combine mission and venture to
solve critical societal problems. This book seeks to inspire a
generation of students, young professionals, and entrepreneurial
executives to pursue mission-driven ventures that can make the
world a better place. Venture Meets Mission also explains why and
how forward-thinking government officials and policy makers can
harness private sector entrepreneurship and innovation to solve
society's problems.
Four estranged friends reunite for a motorcycle trip up the Isle of
Skye, in the hope of coming to terms with how their lives have
splintered since a transformative ride in Northern India fourteen
years earlier. In their fumbling attempts to spiritually reconnect,
expectant father Raj, recently widowed Vidushei, always youthful
Liam and perpetually fragile Bobby test the limits of their
friendship around campfires, on twisty roads, in unexpected
Ayahuasca ceremonies, and against discussions of belonging, race,
and identity. A novel about youth, the spectres of friendship, and
colonial legacies in a small but fiercely proud nation, New Skin
for the Old Ceremony spans India and Skye, seeing past ghosts
exorcised in order to face the present.
While interest in the relations of power and identity in food
explodes, a hesitancy remains about calling these racial. What
difference does race make in the fields where food is grown, the
places it is sold and the manner in which it is eaten? How do we
understand farming and provisioning, tasting and picking, eating
and being eaten, hunger and gardening better by paying attention to
race? This collection argues there is an unacknowledged racial
dimension to the production and consumption of food under
globalization. Building on case studies from across the world, it
advances the conceptualization of race by emphasizing embodiment,
circulation and materiality, while adding to food advocacy an
antiracist perspective it often lacks. Within the three
socio-physical spatialities of food - fields, bodies and markets -
the collection reveals how race and food are intricately linked. An
international and multidisciplinary team of scholars complements
each other to shed light on how human groups become entrenched in
myriad hierarchies through food, at scales from the dining room and
market stall to the slave trade and empire. Following foodways as
they constitute racial formations in often surprising ways, the
chapters achieve a novel approach to the process of race as one
that cannot be reduced to biology, culture or capitalism.
1. Preparticipation Physical Examination 2. Emergency Sports
Assessment and First Aid 3. Principles of Athletic Conditioning and
Prevention of Sports Injuries 4. Therapeutic Exercise in Injury
Rehabilitation A. Stretching and Warm-up B. Resistance Training C.
Plyometric Training 5. Basic Concepts in Injury Rehabilitation 6.
Shoulder and Arm Injuries 7. Elbow Injuries 8. Wrist and Hand
Injuries 9. Injuries to the Groin and Hip 10. Thigh and Leg
Injuries 11. Ankle and Foot Injury 12. Spine and Chest Injuries A.
Cervical Spine Injuries B. Chest and Thoracic Spine Injuries C.
Lumbar Spine Injuries 13. Stress Fracture 14. Basics of Imaging in
Sport injuries for Physical Therapist 15. Postsurgical
Physiotherapy for Sports Injuries 16. Robotics in Sports
Rehabilitation 17. Sports Nutrition 18. Sports Psychology
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Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia approaches
human rights issues from the perspective of artists and writers in
global Asia. By focusing on the interventions of writers, artists,
filmmakers, and dramatists, the book moves toward a new
understanding of human rights that shifts the discussion of
contexts and subjects away from the binaries of cultural relativism
and political sovereignty. From Ai Wei Wei and Michael Ondaatje, to
Umar Kayam, Saryang Kim, Lia Zixin, and Noor Zaheer, among others,
this volume takes its lead from global Asian artists, powerfully
re-orienting thinking about human rights subjects and contexts to
include the physical, spiritual, social, ecological, cultural, and
the transnational. Looking at a range of work from Tibet,
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, China, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea,
Vietnam, and Macau as well as Asian diasporic communities, this
book puts forward an understanding of global Asia that underscores
"Asia" as a global site. It also highlights the continuing
importance of nation-states and specific geographical entities,
while stressing the ways that the human rights subject breaks out
of these boundaries. Many of these works are included in the
companion volume Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia: An
Anthology, also published by Lexington Books.
This anthology of literary and dramatic works introduces writers
from across Asia and the Asian diaspora. The landscapes and time
periods it describes are rich and varied: a fishing village on the
Padma River in Bangladesh in the early twentieth century, the slums
of prewar Tokyo, Indonesia during the anti-leftist purge of the
1960s, and contemporary Tibet. Even more varied are the voices
these works bring to life, which serve as testimony to the lives of
those adversely impacted by poverty, rapid social change, political
suppression, and armed conflict. In the end, the works in this
anthology convey an attitude of spiritual and communal survival and
even of hope. This anthology presents the complex dynamic between a
diversity of Asian lives and the universalized concept of the
individual "human" entitled to clearly specified "rights." It also
asks us to think about what standards of analysis we should employ
when considering a historical period in which universal human
rights and civil liberties are considered secondary to the
collective good, as has so often been the case when nation states
are undergoing revolutionary change, waging war, or championing
so-called Asian values. This book's use of the term Global Asia
reflects an interest in rethinking "Asia" as more than an area
determined by national borders and geography. Rather, this book
portrays it as a space of movement and fluidity, where societies
and individuals respond not only to their local frames of
reference, but also to broader ideas and ideals. Many of the works
anthologized here are the subject of scholarly analysis in the
companion volume Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global
Asia, also published by Lexington Books.
Microalgae in Waste Water Remediation aims to point out trends and
current topics concerning the use of microalgae in wastewater
treatment and to identify potential paths for future research
regarding microalgaebased bioremediation. To achieve this goal, the
book also assessing and analyzes the topics that attract attention
among the scientific community and their evolution through time.
This book will be useful to the students, scientists and policy
makers concerned with the microalgae mediated management of
wastewater effluents and its applications in overall future
sustainable development.
This new edition is a complete guide to imaging techniques for the
diagnosis of musculoskeletal and breast diseases and disorders.
Divided into 29 sections, the book begins with imaging for
different musculoskeletal conditions including bone tumours,
osteoporosis, and rheumatological disorders. Several chapters are
dedicated to subspecialty MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of the
shoulder, wrist, hip and pelvis, knee, and ankle. The remaining
sections discuss breast imaging, with a complete chapter dedicated
to the male breast. The fourth edition has been fully revised to
provide radiologists and trainees with the latest advances and
guidelines in the field. The comprehensive text, spanning 700
pages, is further enhanced by radiological images and figures. Key
points Complete guide to diagnostic imaging of the musculoskeletal
system and breast Fully revised, new edition featuring latest
advances and guidelines Highly illustrated with radiological images
and figures Previous edition (9789350258835) published in 2012
Explains the major technologies in the area including fundamental
concepts and applications Discusses design to simulation, from
mathematical modeling to technology deployment Provides optimum
solution possibilities for charging infrastructure. Explores
multistage charging system evaluations and their possible
implementations, and introduces efficient wireless charging
possibilities and optimization of charging locations Includes
challenges and opportunities posed by the progressive integration
of electric drive vehicles.
This new volume explores a plethora of blockchain-based solutions
for big data and IoT applications, looking at advances in
real-world applications in several sectors, including higher
education, cybersecurity, agriculture, business and management,
healthcare and biomedical science, construction and project
management, smart city development, and others. Chapters explore
emerging technology to combat the ever-increasing threat of
security to computer systems and offer new architectural solutions
for problems encountered in data management and security. The
chapters help to provide a high level of understanding of various
blockchain algorithms along with the necessary tools and
techniques. The novel architectural solutions in the deployment of
blockchain presented here are the core of the book.
The United Nations predicts that by the year 2025, two-thirds of
the world’s population will face water scarcity. Further, the
planet would have well over eight billion people, the majority of
whom would live in developing countries, where more than 80% of
those are already experiencing water scarcity. Therefore, there is
an urgent need for wastewater recycling to help solve issues of
scarcity and to facilitate better management of generated
wastewater. Water recycling includes reuse and treatment of
municipal wastewater, which could be a sustainable approach for
environmental sustainability and could also help to offset the
increasing water demands for irrigation and industrial and other
needs. Currently, water and wastewater treatment facilities consume
large amounts of energy that are mainly generated through the use
of fossil fuels. Solar Powered Wastewater Recycling examines how
solar power can be implemented as an integrated approach whereby
all the energy needs of the water and wastewater sector could be
supplemented by renewable technologies, and in which a synergy can
be developed between water and energy.
This is a pocket guide for all professionals in countries where
access to care for diabetic feet is needed. Diabetic foot problems
and amputation represent the most important long-term problems of
diabetes medically, socially, and economically, and interest in the
diabetic foot is therefore steadily increasing. The management of
the diabetic foot disease requires expertise of a wide range of
specialists care on modern diabetic foot care and this
well-illustrated book provides a comprehensive, update review of
medical and surgical aspects of diabetic foot disease. The
practical approach will make this new edition an essential and
useful reading tool for all professionals aimed at managing the
diabetic foot, It focuses on the key aspects of diagnosis,
management, education, and prevention of diabetic foot diseases of
patients with diabetes.
Worldwide interest in Ayurveda is on the rise, ever since the World
Health Organization adopted the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978.
Ayurveda is increasingly being adopted and many phytotherapy
schools in Europe and the Americas teach Ayurveda as a wellness
system. Considering the prominent position that
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya occupies in Ayurveda, a scientific synopsis
of this masterpiece is now presented before the world of Ayurveda.
In eight comprehensive chapters, Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya: A
Scientific Synopsis of the Classic Ayurveda Text presents a lucid
summary of the teachings of Vāgbhaṭa. Ayurvedic view of the
human body, basic principles of Ayurveda, surgical armamentarium,
diagnosis and treatment of diseases, herbs and other medicinal
substances used in the preparation of various dosage forms,
ayurvedic pharmaceutialcs, ayurvedic approach to food
fortification, salient features of Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya and a
roadmap for the future are among the topics discussed. Key
Features: Presents the ayurvedic view of conception and the human
body. Discusses aspects of ayurvedic pharmaceuticals. Examines
diagnosis of diseases, lines of treatment, prognosis of diseases,
signs of imminent death, management of mishaps and treatment of new
diseases. The voluminous information pertaining to the subjects of
the various chapters is presented in the form of many tables for
ready reference and quick survey. This book provides a helping hand
to those interested in rediscovering the teachings of Vāgbhaṭa
and is a great resource for researchers of medicine, traditional
and alternative medicine, pharmacology and drug discovery.
Step by Step Radiation Therapy: Treatment and Planning is a
practical guide to radiation therapy. The book covers basic
principles, planning and delivery of radiation treatment in a step
by step manner. Divided into 21 chapters, the book begins with the
basics of radiation therapy planning. Subsequent chapters cover
radiation therapy for a range of tumours, including breast,
gastrointestinal, thoracic, central nervous system, genitourinary,
thyroid, bone and soft tissue tumours. Other topics include the
treatment of Hodgkin’s disease, irradiation of blood products and
spleen, palliative radiotherapy, re-irradiation, magna field
radiotherapy, and radiotherapy of non-malignant diseases. The book
concludes with information on emergency radiotherapy, management of
side-effects, and teletherapy instruments. Step by Step Radiation
Therapy: Treatment and Planning provides information on the most
recent advances in the field of radiation therapy, enhanced by full
colour illustrations throughout the book, making this an essential
resource for postgraduate trainees and oncologists. Key points
Practical guide to basic principles, planning and delivery of
radiation therapy Covers therapy for a wide range of tumours
Information on recent advances in radiation therapy Full colour
illustrations throughout
Business and the businessman have had a fundamental place in
American society since the inception of the nation. This tenet, the
'gospel of wealth', is a central concern in the novels of Theodore
Dreiser and his contemporaries. First published in 1987, this study
sets this group of writers in their historical context and shows
how they elaborated the idea of wealth as an object of
quasi-religious quest. What had previously been associated with
disease and darkness, avarice and dishonour, now came to
emblematise the virtues of thrift, prudence and diligence. The
underlying argument is that the dominant group of a society
legitimises its power through the appropriation of the vocabulary
of religion, and the American business leaders were successful in
doing this both in their own practice and through the more
insidious medium of art. A detailed analysis, this reissue will be
of particular value to students of American literature with an
interest in the relationship between linguistic symbols and social
order, and historical attitudes towards wealth in literature.
Construction, as an industry sector, is responsible for around
one-third of the total worldwide energy usage and about 20% of
greenhouse gas emissions. The rise in the number of buildings and
floor space area for residential and commercial purposes has
imposed enormous pressure on existing energy sources.
Implementations such as efficient usage of building energy systems,
design measures, utilization of local energy resources, energy
storage, and the use of renewable energy sources to meet
electricity demands are currently under development and deployment
for improving the energy performance index. However, integrating
all such measures and the development of nearly zero-energy and
zero-emission buildings is yet to be explored. In this book, the
different control techniques and intelligent technologies used to
improve the energy performance of buildings are illustrated. Every
building energy control system has a two-fold objective for energy
and comfort requirements to achieve a high comfort index (for
thermal, visual, air quality, humidity, and various plug loads) and
increase the energy performance index. The most significant aspect
in the design of a building's energy control system is modelling.
All the components, methodologies, and processes involved in
developing a renewable energy-driven building are covered in
detail. This book is intended for graduates and professionals
working towards the development of a sustainable built environment
using renewable energy sources.
This book is part of a two volume set that examines prostitution
and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to
a particular country in one of seven "geo-cultural" areas of the
world. The 18 chapters in this volume (Volume I) are devoted to
examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries
within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 16
chapters that comprise Volume II focus exclusively on Europe, Latin
America, and North America. Volume II also includes a "global"
section, which includes chapters that are globally relevant -
rather than those devoted to a particular country or geographic
location. The content of each volume, as well as each chapter,
reflects great diversity - diversity in focus, writing style, and
personal position regarding the commercial sex industry. Diversity
extends to the contributors, who are comprised of international
scholars, service providers, and policy advocates representing a
variety of fields and disciplines, with distinct and varied frames
of reference and theoretical underpinnings with regard to the
commercial sex industry. In addition to addressing aspects of the
CSI across the globe, as impacted by geography and culture, authors
have also provided a spectrum of implications of their work -
implications ranging from continued scholarship and research, to
legislative maneuvers and policy change, to suggestions for
collaboration across NGOS, fieldworkers, clinicians, and service
providers. Together, the 34 expertly-crafted chapters provide a
wealth of knowledge from which to more deeply appreciate and
contemplate the global commercial sex industry. By uniting
contributors from around the world, this book aims to build a
relatively common knowledge base on global prostitution and sex
trafficking.
With the increase in the development of the advanced cellular
communication system, it is assumed that several sectors, such as
the health industry, education, transport industry, business model,
and so on, will rapidly grow. However, the requirements of the
above-mentioned sectors are different and difficult to fulfill.
Hence, 5G will be integral to several networks and will also need a
unique management system for its successful rollout around the
globe. 5G-Based Smart Hospitals and Healthcare Systems: Evaluation,
Integration, and Deployment provides an overview of the role of
advanced technologies in transforming the healthcare industry. It
emphasizes the technical requirements of smart hospitals and the
technologies associated with them along with explaining how
technologies such as IoT, machine learning, and AI can be
integrated with smart hospitals and 5G networks. The book evaluates
several concerns such as privacy of data, infrastructure costs, and
regular upgradability of technologies. Since the storage of
information is a major concern with the implantation of 5G-base
hospitals, this book will specifically address those issues along
with examining the potential pitfalls of 5G-based hospitals and the
factors that cause their failures. This book specifically targets
professionals, academicians, engineers, researchers, management
firms, technical institutes, R&D establishments, and
individuals researching in the fields of 5G, healthcare, medical
sensors, IoT, big data, and related fields. The main objectives of
this book are to accumulate state-of-the-art IoT, 5G, AI, and
machine learning-based approaches for resolving healthcare
problems.
Diamonds Are Forever is a tongue-in-cheek narrative,which is penned
meticulously by an engineer-scientist and an educationalist. This
book is going to be a modern roll-in-one of Law of Successby
Napoleon Hill, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale
Carnegie, and Wings of Fire by APJ Abdul Kalam.
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