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Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings on principles, challenges, and applications of cloud computing, big data, and IoT. This volume highlights topics such as fog computing, language interaction, and scheduling algorithms.

Investigates the interactions between politics and managed historical memory and the discourse of ethnicity in European regions. Featuring topics such as anthropology, memory politics, and national identity, this book is designed for scholars, practitioners, specialists, and politicians.

Covers cyberwarfare and terrorism globally through a wide range of security-related areas. Featuring topics such as crisis management, information security, and governance, this book is geared toward practitioners, academics, government officials, military professionals, and industry professionals.

Shares paradigms, perspectives, insights, challenges, and best practices for the instructional design and delivery of cross-cultural adult web-based learning experiences and examines adult learner characteristics and competencies critical for the design of these applications.

Examines the current state of distributed systems, determines further goals, and presents architectures and service frameworks to achieve highly integrated distributed systems and presents solutions to integration and efficient management challenges faced by current and future distributed systems.

Presents research on policies and procedures for university-based play therapy clinical settings to help guide practitioners in multiple areas including emergency and crisis situations, paperwork requirements, and mandated reporting requirements. The book highlights topics including adventure therapy, clinic branding, and playroom design.

Presents research that utilizes teacher professional development models, assessment practices, teaching strategies, and parental involvement strategies to develop ways for communities and educators to create social and academic conditions that promote the academic success of immigrant and English language learners.

Presents scholarly material on emerging strategies and methods for delivering optimal healthcare for those with coronary and cardiothoracic diseases. The book also examines the latest techniques and methods used in cardiovascular care, coronary artery disease, patient monitoring, and endocrine and metabolic management.

Addresses strategies for developing able algorithms in order to build better picking orders and the impact of these strategies on the picking systems in which diverse algorithms are implemented. Coverage includes ABC optimization, environmental intelligence, and order batching, as well as common picking aspects in warehouse environments.

Investigates the status of current strategic practice in the Arab world as well as the need to promote awareness of effective development strategies. Featuring research on topics such as social justice, practical entrepreneurship, and crisis management, this book is aimed at strategists, academic scholars, and postgraduate research students.

Examines the argumentation practices and appraisal forms realized in parliamentary discourse on various topics. While highlighting topics that include legislative immunity, political rivalry, and language evolution, it features crucial discourse-pragmatic research on parliamentary proceedings from various parliamentary settings.

Examines the impacts of self-directed learning methods and strategies on adult learning in various formal and informal learning situations and educational encounters. Coverage includes andragogy, learning analytics, and educational technologies.

Presents research on business and leadership strategies that can be applied to family firms in order to boost efficiency, competitiveness, and optimal use of resource allocation to compete internationally. Coverage includes global leadership, knowledge creation, and market performance.

Promotes the idea of intergenerational equity in the corporate world as an alternative means to coordinating the common good and imbuing economic stability beyond a purely governmental approach. Coverage includes financial development, organisational culture, and behavioural economics.

Provides a cross-disciplinary forum on research in privacy preserving healthcare systems and engineering applications in medical data security. The goal is to instigate discussion on these critical issues since the success of electronic healthcare applications depends directly on patient security and privacy for ethical and legal reasons.

Presents research that helps professionals in a variety of practices understand how normativity either helps or hampers them to function well and align with what they see as their personal and professional responsibility. The book also explains the normative practical model/approach and how it can be applied to a series of concrete practices.

Explores unified campaigns and how they can help to make the economy globally competitive and sustainable through their impact on innovation, production, generating revenue, and increasing employability and quality of life. This publication covers a wide array of topics including customer value, digital innovation, and social innovation.

Provides a current and practical exploration of hydrophobic soil amelioration to improve soil sustainability and crop yield within the field of agriculture. This book is ideal for soil scientists, agriculturalists, farmers, environmentalists, managers, policymakers, professionals, researchers, and students.

Discusses novel and emerging cooling and heating technologies, processes, and systems for food preservation, as well as improvements for control and monitoring systems that aim to foster energy efficiency, equipment safety, and performance. The book also looks at concepts that may be useful for the development of new policies and legislation.

Examines the latest empirical findings for designing cyber-physical systems for social applications and aims at forwarding the symbolic human-robot perspective in areas that include education, social communication, entertainment, and artistic performance.

Provides a collection of innovative research on the latest development of materials and methods for designing smart and intelligent devices for use in the field of space research and structural mechanics. Coverage includes nanomaterial properties, aerospace electronics, and polymer nanocomposites.

Presents current trends and the latest research on deep learning and explores the concepts, algorithms, and techniques of data mining and analysis. Highlighting topics such as computer vision, encryption systems, and biometrics, this book is ideal for researchers, practitioners, industry professionals, students, and academics.

Explores the requirements and technologies needed to create effective and inclusive online educational programs. The book examines and offers best practices for all factors that contribute to building quality online programs including faculty buy-in; student motivation, interest, and retention; and program planning, pedagogy, and design.

Examines and explains how new strategies, methods, and techniques in critical thinking can be applied to classroom practice and professional development to improve teaching and learning in teacher education and make critical thinking a tangible objective in instruction.

Provides emerging research on recent advances in the fabrication methods, properties, and applications of various nano-fillers including surface-modification methods and chemical functionalization. Coverage includes barrier properties, biomedical microelectronics, and matrix processing.

Provides emerging research on the challenges and barriers of STEM education in urban environments and how to move forward in overcoming these challenges and barriers to provide equitable education for all K-12 students. Coverage includes teacher preparation, programming, and gender and racial barriers.

Presents innovative research on the incorporation of culturally sensitive teaching practices in online classrooms, and how these methods have had an impact on student learning. This volume highlights topics such as faculty teaching, restorative justice, and non-traditional students.

Assesses the significance of robust information systems in characterizing events of varying nature and dimensions. Additionally, the book includes studies on the development of decision-making and prediction modelling frameworks using different approaches such as agent-based modeling, spatial decision support systems, and spatial data mining.

Focuses on responsible and sustainable management practices to better use innovative technologies and understand the impact of these technologies on business processes and the environment for organisational success. This book features research on cognitive development, JointExpertise, artificial intelligence, green management, and more.

Provides evidence-based practice on incorporating synchronous teaching tools and practice within online courses to enhance content mastery and community development. The book also presents a strong theoretical overview of the topic and allows readers to develop a more nuanced understanding of the benefits and constraints of synchronous learning.