Böcker utgivna av IGI Global

Analyses the new conditions for laser processing in the context of adhesive bonding. The book includes the results of experimental research. From this research, the book presents conclusions for eliminating poisonous chemicals, a threat to humans and the environment, and the burden of liquid and solid waste.

Presents innovative research on the methods of intelligent systems and technologies and their various applications within sustainable development practices. The book highlights a wide range of topics, including machine learning, network security, and optimization algorithms.

Presents research on the non-technical repercussions of IoT technology adoption. Highlighting topics such as smart cities, environmental monitoring, and data privacy, this publication explores the regulatory and ethical risks that stem from computing technologies.

Presents research that illustrates many applications of performance improvement based on analysis, selection of strategy, monitoring, and evaluating results to accomplish organisational change through people, processes, and organizations.

Presents research on the models and processes of care for elderly subjects that require noninvasive ventilation as well as the development of technological solutions. Highlighting topics such as elderly care, respiratory failure, and home care, the book explores healthcare management as well as the methods of professional homecare medical services.

Explores issues of linguistic and educational equity with immigrant communities around the globe in an effort to improve the teaching and learning of those communities. The book features coverage of a wide range of topics, including higher education, instructional design, and language learning.

Presents innovative research on the interdisciplinary methods of internet-based social interaction technologies and their impact on communicative practices in various professional fields. The book highlights a range of topics, including health communication, small group settings, and design philosophies.

Presents research on topics relevant to consumer behaviour, consumer psychology, consumer value, customer satisfaction, and loyalty and how best to utilize this research in consumer behaviour and psychology in the digital economy.

Globally, women are facing social, economic, and cultural barriers impeding their autonomy and agency. Accelerated women empowerment programs often fail to attain their targets as envisaged by the policymakers due to a variety of reasons, with the most prominent being the deep-rooted cultural norms ingrained within society. In the era of globalization, empowerment of women demands new approaches and strategies that encourage the mainstreaming of gender equality as a societal norm. The Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment is a critical scholarly publication that examines global gender issues and new strategies for the promotion of women empowerment and gender mainstreaming in various spheres of women's lives, including education and ICT, economic participation, health and sexuality, mental health, aging, law and judiciary, leadership, and decision making. It provides a comprehensive coverage of all major gender issues with novel ideas on gender mainstreaming being contributed by men and women authors from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Gender perspective and intersectional approach in the discourses make this handbook a unique contribution to the scholarship of social sciences and humanities. The book provides new theoretical inputs and practical directions to academicians, sociologists, social workers, psychologists, managers, lawyers, policy makers, and government officials in their efforts at gender mainstreaming. With a wide range of conceptual richness, this handbook is an excellent reference guide to students and researchers in programs pertaining to gender/women's studies, cultural studies, economics, sociology, social work, medicine, law, and management.

Explores and proposes solutions for best practices to meet sustainable development goals in the fashion industry, and provides guidelines for assessing the technological landscape and modelling sustainable business practices.

Identifies ways of intertwining key areas of early childhood education, including international approaches, intercultural education, bilingual/plurilingual education, and the role of play and toys as means for meaningful intercultural and multilingual learning.

In the age of technological advancement, including the emergence of artificial intelligence, big data, and the internet of things, the need for privacy and protection has risen massively. This phenomenon has led to the enforcement of two major legal directives in the European Union (EU) that aim to provide vigorous protection of personal data. There is a need for research on the repercussions and developments that have materialized with these recent regulations and how the rest of the world has been affected. Personal Data Protection and Legal Developments in the European Union is an essential reference source that critically discusses different aspects of the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive as well as recent jurisprudential developments concerning data privacy in the EU and its member states. It also addresses relevant recent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU, the European Court of Human Rights, and national courts. Featuring research on topics such as public transparency, medical research data, and automated decision making, this book is ideally designed for law practitioners, data scientists, policymakers, IT professionals, politicians, researchers, analysts, academicians, and students working in the areas of privacy, data protection, big data, information technology, and human rights law.

Discusses the visualization of scientific concepts, picturing processes, and products, as well as the role of computing in advancing visual literacy skills. The book contains descriptions, theories, and examples of visual and music-based solutions concerning the selected natural or technological events that are shaping present-day reality.

Presents research on the latest digital services and their role in supporting the digital transformation of businesses and education. The book highlights a range of topics, including brand equality, digital banking, and generational workforce.

Discusses worldwide conflicts within healthcare and environmental development as well as modern resolutions that are being implemented. The book presents research on a range of topics, including health insurance reform, sanitation development, and cultural freedom.

Presents innovative research that examines the dynamics of diseases and their effect on populations. The book features coverage of a broad range of topics, including deterministic models, environmental pollution, and social issues.

Presents research that explores transmedia storytelling and digital marketing strategies in relation to audience engagement. The book highlighting a wide range of topics, including promotion strategies, business models, and prosumers and influencers.

Presents research on the modernisation of occupational security and safety practices within information technology-driven buildings. While highlighting topics such as explosion process safety, nanotechnology, and infrastructural risk analysis, this publication explores risks and uncertainties and the raising of awareness for experts in this field.

Addresses the historical, sociological, and pedagogical background concerning racial issues in education and proposes an alternative model for professional development as a tool for transforming schools and teachers to be critically sensitive and become changemakers.

Examines best practices and holistic development in simulation learning within emergency and disaster management and global security. Drawing on the neuroscience of learning, classroom instruction can be enhanced to incorporate active-experiential learning activities that positively impact a learner with long-term information retention.

Presents an approach to peace through tourism by presenting a theoretical framework of tourism dynamics in international relations, as well as a set of peacebuilding case studies that illustrate the role of tourism in violent or critical scenarios of conflict.

Illustrates the complexities of governing public health services that are part of the UK's National Health Service, and takes an innovative approach by examining public health provision through a multiscalar lens, which reveals significant limits of the current governance model.

Presents research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of present post-aesthetic art and its applications within economics, politics, social media, and everyday life. The book features coverage on a broad range of topics, including media studies, contemporary storytelling, and literacy nationalism.

Presents research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of optimizing the performance of solar thermal technologies using multicriteria decision-making techniques. The book features coverage of a broad range of topics, including parabolic trough collectors, hybrid solar energy, and thermal technology.

Examines the structure and function of current second language learning curricula and classrooms. The book featuring coverage of a wide range of topics, such as learning patterns, proficiency, and communication, and is ideal for education professionals, academics, professionals, researchers, curriculum designers, and students.

Presents comprehensive research on the possibilities of GIS technology for spatial analysis and visualization. Featuring a wide range of topics, such as open data, architecture, and regional development, this book is ideal for design professionals, academics, policymakers, researchers, professionals, and students.