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Features innovative research on the impact that cloud technology has on patient care, disease management, and the efficiency of various medical systems. Highlighting the challenges and difficulties in implementing cloud technology into the healthcare field, this publication is a critical reference source for academics, technology designers, engineers, analysts, and graduate students.

To gain the most competitive edge, marketers must continually optimize their promotional strategies. While the adult population is a prominent target, there is significant market potential for young consumers as well. This volume presents a dynamic overview of the best practices for marketing products that target children as consumers and analyses the most effective promotional strategies.

Explores the latest educational technologies and web-based learning solutions for effective language learning curricula. Featuring emergent research on critical topics and innovations in education, this publication is an essential resource for educators, administrators, instructional designers, pre-service teachers, and researchers.

Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and empirical research outlining potential threats while exploring their appropriate countermeasures. This publication takes a broad perspective, from network security, surveillance, reconnaissance, and physical security. This book provides an in-depth look into the threats facing modern society and the methods to avoid them.

Addresses the myriad of practical uses and innovative developments of data envelopment analysis. Emphasizing the importance of analysing productivity by measuring inputs, goals, economic growth, and performance, this book covers a wide breadth of innovative knowledge. It is essential reading for managers, business professionals, students of business and ICT, and computer engineers.

Investigates the impact of economic growth on different demographics throughout the world. Identifying theoretical concepts and notable topics in the areas of economic development, organisational culture, and cultural shifts, this book is an essential reference for policymakers, development planners, international institutions, public policy analysts, administrators, researchers, and NGOs.

Highlights emergent research and theoretical concepts in the implementation of nanotechnology within the construction, geotechnical, and transportation engineering fields. This volume examines the application of nanomaterials, current trends within the topic area, and the potential health impacts of material usage on the environment.

Provides a reference for educators in virtual classrooms and enumerates strategies to foster instructor engagement and support. Drawing from learning theory, this publication focuses on the ways educators can shape their online classes to best suit their students and leave them with knowledge and course satisfaction.

Provides an inclusive overview of various management practices that contribute to the sustainability efforts of an organization. Highlighting successful techniques being implemented and utilized by different companies, this publication is an ideal reference for researchers, academics, consultants, policy makers, and practitioners.

Provides the latest research and theoretical framework necessary to find ease in the shifting public relations and reputation management worlds. It provides an overview of the tools and skills necessary to deftly sidestep public affronts and to effectively use online outlets to enhance an organisation's visibility and reputation.

Focuses on practical experience and theoretical models for popularizing the concept of social entrepreneurship as a critical element of economic growth. The volume emphasizes the ways in which social entrepreneurship benefits developing regions, small and medium enterprises, and low-income communities.

Evaluates the different approaches and issues faced in integrating games into computer education settings. This book features emergent trends on the application of gaming to pedagogical strategies and technological tactics, as well as new methodologies and approaches being utilized in computer programming courses.

Examines the positive and negative ramifications of emerging wearable devices and their potential threats to individuals, as well as organisations. Highlighting socio-ethical issues, policy implementation, and appropriate usage, this book is a reference source for professionals, policy makers, academics, managers, and students interested in the security implications of wearable digital devices.

Presents the latest scholarly material on emerging strategies and methods for delivering optimal healthcare opportunities and solutions. Highlighting issues relating to decision making, process optimization, and technological applications, this book is designed for policy makers, administrators, students, professionals, and researchers interested in achieving superior healthcare solutions.

Examines the benefits, challenges, and strategies necessary to prepare teachers to meet the needs of a diverse student body. Featuring the newest research and pedagogical tools written by diverse scholars in the field of teacher training, this expertly crafted handbook is ideal for teachers, administrators, students of education, and policymakers.

Showcases the current trends and approaches in the design and analysis of reconfigurable microwave devices, antennas for wireless applications, and wireless communication technologies. Outlining both theoretical and experimental approaches, this publication brings to light the unique design issues of this emerging research.

Presents the latest scholarly research on the application of pharmaceutical technology to optimize techniques for drug delivery in patients. Focusing on novel approaches in pharmaceutical science, this book is ideally designed for medical practitioners, upper-level students, scientists, and researchers.

Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings related to the successful management of nonprofits. Providing insights into the best practices and valuable comparisons between strategies in different contexts, this book gives invaluable support for nonprofit managers, policy makers, students, and researchers.

Actor-Network Theory (ANT), originally a social theory, seeks to organise objects and non-human entities into social networks. Its most innovative claim approaches these networks outside the anthropocentric view, including both humans and non-human objects as active participants in a social context. This volume applies this novel approach to media studies.

Explores the relationship between ethical and environmental standards and foreign investment on the international market. As certain jurisdictions are hesitant to comply with these standards, this publication outlines the benefits of practicing CSR as a means of sustainable economic growth and to mitigate devastating negative consequences, especially in the developing world.

Presents the latest research on the integration of social media platforms into academic writing classes, focusing on how such technology encourages writing and enables students to grasp basic composition skills in classroom settings. Highlighting emerging theoretical foundations and pedagogical practices, this book designed for educators, upper-level students, researchers, and academics.

Offers a comprehensive look into motivations for and opportunities through all forms of outbound mobility programmes. By providing empirically-based research, this publication establishes the benefits, difficulties, and rewards of building a framework to support international students and programmes.

Presents a comprehensive look into the methodologies and strategies necessary to establish classroom climates in which students feel free to question their preconceptions and express opinions. Featuring chapters from international researchers, this book is ideal for administrators, teachers, policy makers, and students of education.

The integration of technology into educational settings has revolutionized classroom instruction in recent years. This volume is an authoritative reference source for the latest research on the use and benefits of technological tools in contemporary classrooms and showcases how these devices improve the overall learning process.

Explores promising aspects of high speed railway transportation to supplement road travel. Highlighting empirical research, implementations plans, and future opportunities, this book is ideally designed for government officials, researchers, upper-level students, and technology developers working in the field of transportation.

Outlines the pedagogical practices necessary to inspire the next generation of peace-bringers by addressing strategies to include topics from human rights and environmental sustainability, to social justice and disarmament in a comprehensive method. The book provides perspectives on how to live in a multi-cultural, multi-racial, and multi-religious society.

Investigates the evolution of pharmaceutical design and computational approaches in the field of molecular docking. Highlighting theoretical backgrounds and emergent research in the area of computer-assisted drug design, this publication is a pivotal source for professionals, researchers, medical chemists, pharmaceutical experts, and students.