This open access book illustrates how interdisciplinary research develops over the lifetime of a scholar: not in a single project, but as an attitude that trickles down, or spirals up, into research. This book presents how interdisciplinary work has inspired shifts in how the contributors read, value concepts, critically combine methods, cope with knowledge hierarchies, write in style, and coll…
Athletes and nonathletes frequently consume too little water or fluids, affecting exercise performance as well as overall health. This book comprehensively reviews the aspects relating to body fluid balance, rehydration, and physical exercise. It provides background on body water balance and turnover, topics related to electrolyte balance, and sweating as the basis for thermoregulatory and flui…
Buku ini membahas relevansi indikasi geografis (IG) sebagai alat untuk pembangunan lokal dan sosial-ekonomi serta demokratisasi pertanian-pangan, dengan studi kasus dari Asia, Eropa, dan Amerika. Indikasi geografis adalah tanda yang digunakan pada produk yang memiliki asal geografis tertentu dan memiliki kualitas atau reputasi yang disebabkan oleh asal tersebut. Ini tidak hanya menyediakan cara…
This book presents evidence-based research that validates the traditional Mediterranean way of eating with respect to health. It offers information about an enjoyable, healthy way of eating that has stood the test of time, along with practical suggestions for incorporating the Mediterranean diet into daily life. The book addresses nutrients found in Mediterranean foods, how they function in the…
This book helps readers understand the fundamental principles and phenomena that control the transfer of trace elements. It describes the occurrence and behavior of trace elements in rocks, soil, water, air, and plants, and also discusses the anthropogenic impact to the environment. In addition, the book covers the presence of trace elements in feeds, as either contaminants or as nutritional or…
Buku ini menawarkan wawasan baru ke dalam kelompok teks Yunani yang sebagian besar belum diteliti yang tersimpan dalam manuskrip terpilih dari Perpustakaan di Wellcome Collection, London. Isi manuskrip ini berkisar dari kedokteran, termasuk teori tentang diagnosis dan pengobatan penyakit, hingga astronomi, filsafat, dan puisi. Dengan teks yang berasal dari era kuno hingga dunia Bizantium dan Ot…
This open access book contributes to the discourse of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an African perspective. It is a unique collection that brings together prominent AI scholars to discuss AI ethics from theoretical and practical African perspectives and makes a case for African values, interests, expectations and principles to underpin the design, development and deployment (DDD…
Signal Processing: A Mathematical Approach is designed to show how many of the mathematical tools the reader knows can be used to understand and employ signal processing techniques in an applied environment. Assuming an advanced undergraduate- or graduate-level understanding of mathematics-including familiarity with Fourier series, matrices, probab
This open access book explores the history of risk management in medieval and early modern European maritime business, focusing particularly on 'General Average' – a mechanism by which extraordinary expenses regarding ship or cargo, incurred during a voyage to save the venture, are shared between all participants to protect equity. This volume traces the history of this risk management tool f…
Internet of things dan hukum: strategi hukum untuk teknologi pintar yang berpusat pada konsumen merupakan analisis paling komprehensif dan terkini tentang isu hukum di Internet of Things (IoT). Selama beberapa dekade, semakin berkurangnya kepentingan kekayaan dan kekuasaan yang nyata – dan semakin pentingnya kekayaan dan kekuasaan yang tidak berwujud – telah menjadi subjek banyak penelitian…