The concept of information freshness has developed over the last few years into an active and rapidly growing area of research. It has become known as the Age of Information (AoI). After its initial formal introduction, it became clear that it was very relevant (if not crucial) for numerous applications, ranging from autonomous vehicle systems, the Internet of Things, real-time computing to dat…
"Kebenaran tentang Gurun" mengeksplorasi kondisi kehidupan di mana pengungsi Tuareg dari Mali utara membangun kembali kehidupan mereka di diaspora Nigerien dan bagaimana kondisi ini mempengaruhi pemahaman diri dan praktik budaya mereka, hierarki status yang sudah ada, dan pembentukan identitas agama. Buku ini menyeimbangkan perhatian akademis sebelumnya terhadap bangsawan Tuareg dengan memfokus…
Menjadi warga negara AS adalah menjadi anggota suatu tatanan konstitusi yang membutuhkan persatuan politik tetapi juga berkomitmen terhadap keragaman sosial dan budaya. Bagaimana kita menyelesaikan teka-teki satu dan banyak? Apa yang dimaksud, dalam kata-kata Tom Paine, "konstitusi rakyat"? Ini adalah pertanyaan abadi yang menyentuh inti masyarakat Amerika dan semakin membentuk perdebatan publi…
Afterlives of war documents the lives and historical pursuits of the generations who grew up in Australia, Britain and Germany after the First World War. Although they were not direct witnesses to the conflict, they experienced its effects from their earliest years. Based on ninety oral history interviews and observation during the First World War Centenary, this pioneering study reveals the co…
iological systems such as animals and humans can be energetically autonomous for several days and some species endure even longer. Today's robotic systems aim to match the physical capabilities of their biological counterparts in terms of strength, agility, and dexterity, yet fail to display untethered operating times any longer than few hours.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by the University of Leicester. Between 1415, when the Portuguese first used convicts for colonization purposes in the North African enclave of Ceuta, to the 1960s and the dissolution of Stalin's gulags, global powers including the Spanish, Dutch, Po…
How did a narrow tactical victory for the British at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War lead to the failure of the British Southern Campaign? This volume offers an indispensable point of departure for a staff ride to the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse, providing a systematic analysis of this key battle in the American Revolution. Author Harold Allen S…
Traditional breeding resulted from 10 000 years in the domestication syndrome, which is a genetic erosion over time causing a drastic reduction in the variability available for breeding in recent decades (Ahmar et al., 2020; Meyer et al., 2012). Genetic diversity is nevertheless necessary for the creation of new varieties adapted to the changing needs of agricultural production: adaptation …
Back in 1989, many anticipated that the end of the Cold War would usher in the ‘end of history’ characterized by the victory of democracy and capitalism. At the thirtieth anniversary of this momentous event, this book challenges this assumption. It studies the most recent era of contemporary European history in order to analyse the impact, consequences and legacy of the end of the Cold War …
More than 150 years after its end, we still struggle to understand the full extent of the human toll of the Civil War and the psychological crisis it created. In Aberration of Mind, Diane Miller Sommerville offers the first book-length treatment of suicide in the South during the Civil War era, giving us insight into both white and black communities, Confederate soldiers and their families, as …