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Presents research on the development and implementation of contemporary global information management initiatives in organisations. Including coverage on a multitude of topics such as data security, global manufacturing, and information governance, this book explores the importance of information management in a global context.

Explores the connections between consumers of media content and information parts that come from multimedia platforms, as well as the concepts of narration and narrative styles. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as augmented reality, digital society, and marketing strategies, this book explores narration as a method of relating to consumers.

Provides an extensive explanation of various neurodegenerative disorders based on existing studies to clarify etiology, pathological mechanisms, diagnosis, therapeutic interventions, as well as current status and future opportunities and challenges. The book features coverage on a broad range of topics such as dementia, mitochondrial dysfunction, and risk factors.

An essential reference source for individuals seeking to raise awareness of environmental issues through social media platforms. The book examines social media's use in disaster awareness, sustainability promotion, and marketing environmentally friendly products from an international perspective.

Offers an in-depth exploration of image processing techniques used in various applications, including how to handle noise removal, object segmentation, object extraction, and the determination of the nearest object classification and its associated confidence level. This publication features coverage on a broad range of topics such as object detection, machine vision, and image conversion.

Explores sustainability accounting systems with small businesses and how the economic, social, and environmental aspects are related to each other in the company's management and performance. This book features coverage on a broad range of topics such as management control system, integrated reporting, and small and medium enterprises.

Explores the role of microfinance in entrepreneurship development and the operational sustainability of microfinance institutions. This book also highlights the impact of microfinance on entrepreneurship development in different countries and regions, and features coverage on a broad range of topics such as risk management, women entrepreneurship, and strategic management.

Presents innovative research on the methods by which an expert system is designed to solve complex problems through the automation of decision making through the use of if-then-else rules rather than conventional procedural methods. The features coverage on a broad range of topics such as image processing, bio-signals, and cognitive AI.

The development of translation memories and machine translation have led to new quality assurance practices where translators have found themselves checking not only human translation but also machine translation outputs. As a result, the notions of revision and interpersonal competences have gained great importance with international projects recognizing them as high priorities. Quality Assurance and Assessment Practices in Translation and Interpreting is a critical scholarly resource that serves as a guide to overcoming the challenge of how translation and interpreting results should be observed, given feedback, and assessed. It also informs the design of new ways of evaluating students as well as suggesting criteria for professional quality control. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as quality management, translation tests, and competency-based assessments, this book is geared towards translators, interpreters, linguists, academicians, translation and interpreting researchers, and students seeking current research on the new ways of evaluating students as well as suggesting criteria for professional quality control in translation.

Provides readers with multiple perspectives to approach issues often associated with adult learners in an online environment. This publication highlights current research on topics including, but not limited to, online competency-based education, non-traditional adult learners, virtual classrooms in public universities, and teacher training for online education.

Provides innovative insights into the connections between statistical information and financial systems within clinical settings. The content delves into business intelligence, clinical decision making, and electronic health records. It is aimed at medical professionals, hospital administrators, and researchers seeking valuable insights centered on clinical variations of healthcare data.

A scholarly reference resource that looks at uncertain aspects involved in different disciplines and applications. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics including uncertain preference, fuzzy multilevel programming, and metaheuristic applications, this book is aimed at engineers, managers, researchers, and post-graduate students seeking emerging research in the field of optimization.

Addresses the difficulties and challenges in MOOC design, implementation, management, and deployment. This comprehensive and timely publication is an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of e-learning and online course management while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field.

Provides the relevant theoretical framework and the latest empirical research on servant leadership styles and cognitive styles from an Eastern perspective. Featuring coverage on a variety of topics including autocratic leadership, leadership effectiveness, and organisational support, this book explores decision-making theories as moderators and mediators for leadership effectiveness.

Provides emerging research on biomedical instrumentation, bio-signal processing, and device development within the healthcare industry. This book provides insight into various subjects including patient monitoring, medical imaging, and disease classification. This is a reference source for medical professionals, biomedical engineers, scientists, researchers, and medical students.

Provides innovative insights into the ways that mission values can be seamlessly, efficiently, and effectively integrated into the core of any business course to inspire and influence quality business education. The content represents the work of educators in finance, management, marketing, international business, and other fields.

Covers needs-based issues pertaining to the assessment and management of communication disorders. This publication provides the latest research on the importance of early identification, as well as prevention and intervention practices to promote healthy cognitive, speech, language, motor, social, and emotional development.

A critical scholarly resource that creates awareness of the severity of cyber information threats on personal, business, governmental, and societal levels. The book explores topics such as social engineering in information security, threats to cloud computing, and cybersecurity resilience during the time of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Provides comprehensive information on the use of optimization techniques and predictive models to solve real-life engineering and science problems. Through discussions on techniques such as robust design optimization, water level prediction, and the prediction of human actions, this publication identifies solutions to developing problems and new solutions for existing problems.

Provides emerging research on the cultural relationships between a community and the ecological system in which they live. This book highlights important topics such as adaptive strategies, ecosystem services, and operative methods that explore the expanding aspects of territorial transformation in response to human activities.

Provides a collection of innovative studies on the methods and applications of comparing online human interactions to face-to-face interactions. While highlighting topics including digital collaboration, social media, and privacy, this book is a vital reference source for public administrators, educators, businesses, academics, and researchers.

Provides groundbreaking research on social contributions to design. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as rural sustainability, ecological farmhouse designs, and community public spaces, this book is aimed at architects, designers, program planners, entrepreneurs, and engineers seeking information about design for resolving social issues.

Explores innovation, imitation, and creative destruction as critical factors and agents of socio-economic growth and progress in the context of emerging challenges and opportunities for business development and strategic advantage. This publication features coverage on a broad range of topics such as predictive value, business strategy, and sustainability.

Examines advances in providing and helping patients and medical professionals to understand basic health information and the services that are most appropriate. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as patient engagement, mobile health, and health communication, this book is aimed at medical professionals, hospital adminstrators, healthcare providers, academics, and researchers.

Delivers crucial knowledge on how to prepare twenty-first century students for today's fast-paced workforce. This book explores the use of multimedia programs in classrooms to train students on necessary technology skills through techniques such as game-based training curriculums and massive open online courses. This publication also touches on computer-mediated youth civic action and interaction.

Discusses various research findings and innovations in the areas of big data analytics, mobile communication and mobile applications, distributed systems, and information security. The focus is on big data, the internet of things (IoT), mobile technologies, cloud computing, and information security.

Sheds light on the various issues that accompany online interactions. The book examines activities that have gone from occurring in reality to taking place in the online world such as cyberbullying, online social networking, and online dating. It also highlights the negative effects of spending a lot of time online - mental health issues, internet addiction, and body image control.

Provides innovative research on the rapidly advancing applications of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. The book also covers the need to fully utilize vehicular ad-hoc network resources to provide updated and dynamic information about the conditions of road traffic so that the number of road accidents can be minimized.

Financial inclusion has been one of the most propagated ideologies in countries, and as a result, significant efforts have been taken to nurture institutions and systems to include an array of socio-economic classes. Various financial institutions and societies have taken steps toward financial inclusion, but to be successful, they need to understand how to accurately target and market their potential customers as well as the new avenues for development. Marketing Techniques for Financial Inclusion and Development is a critical scholarly resource on the marketing techniques adopted by various financial institutions and societies for promoting financial inclusion initiatives for the development of the society at large. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as consumer awareness, financial literacy, and micro-enterprises, this book is geared towards managers, investors, brokers, researchers, and all others within the banking industry.

Features scholarly research on the rising awareness of environmental issues and their relationships with sustainable development. While highlighting topics including global governance, international business, and sustainable consumption, this book is designed for environmentalists, developers, policy makers, academics, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking current research.