What constitutes an identity, how do new technologies affect identity, how do we manage identities in a globally networked information society? The increasing div- sity of information and communication technologies and their equally wide range of usage in personal, professional and official capacities raise challenging questions of identity in a variety of contexts. The aim of the IFIP/FIDIS Su…
This volume discusses post-socialist urban transport functioning and development in Russia, within the context of the country’s recent transition towards a market economy. Over the past twenty-five years, urban transport in Russia has undergone serious transformations, prompted by the transitioning economy. Yet, the lack of readily available statistical data has led to a gap in the inclusion …
Di sebagian besar negara dengan ekonomi industri maju, ketentuan pendidikan tinggi sekarang semakin diarahkan pada hasil yang terkait dengan pekerjaan tertentu dan kemampuan kerja lulusan dalam pekerjaan tersebut. Dengan cara yang berbeda, program universitas semakin memberikan pertimbangan yang lebih besar pada dunia kerja di luar pendidikan tinggi, dan, dalam banyak kasus, pada persyaratan kh…
Bullying merupakan masalah yang signifikan bagi anak-anak dan remaja. Satu dari tiga anak di Amerika Serikat terlibat dalam bullying. Oleh karena itu, sangat mungkin bahwa orang tua, dokter, dan anggota organisasi yang melayani anak-anak kemungkinan besar akan menjumpai anak-anak yang telah diintimidasi, yang telah ditindas orang lain, atau keduanya. Laporan media baru-baru ini telah menarik ba…
Designing complex integrated circuits relies heavily on mathematical methods and calls for suitable simulation and optimization tools. The current design approach involves simulations and optimizations in different physical domains (device, circuit, thermal, electromagnetic) and in a range of electrical engineering disciplines (logic, timing, power, crosstalk, signal integrity, system functiona…
The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large scale, collaborative, multi-volume history of Latin America during the five centuries from the first contacts between Europeans and the native peoples of the Americas in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present. A Cultural History of Latin America brings together chapters from Volumes III, IV, and X of The Cambridge Histor…
This book is designed to help athletes and individuals interested in high sports performance in their journey towards the perfection of human sports abilities and achievements. It has two main goals: accelerating the acquisition of motor skills and preparing and vigilantly reducing the recovery time after training and competition. The Diamond Sports Protocol (DSP) presents state-of-the-art tech…
Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary team of contributors, this volume provides a comprehensive exploration of translational toxicology—a systematic approach to developing therapeutic interventions that can protect against, mitigate, or reverse the effects of exposures. In particular, the book addresses modes of action and biomarkers, developmental risks of exposures, and poten…
The world is beset by a pandemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes and the need for new drugs is startlingly clear; recent years have seen a huge increase in research activity to fill this gap. The development of new drugs for diabetes and obesity must be founded upon a sound appreciation of the pathophysiology of these common disorders. The dual defects of insulin resistance and impaired insulin …
Kita hidup di zaman yang disebut Big Data. Kami mendengar istilah seperti ilmuwan data, dan ada banyak pembicaraan tentang analitik dan penambangan data perusahaan dalam jumlah besar untuk informasi tentang nilai bisnis. Bahkan ada cerita apokrif yang melibatkan penjualan popok dan bir bersama di lorong toko yang sama. Tema umum adalah masalah memiliki data dalam jumlah besar dan entah bagaiman…