Böcker utgivna av IGI Global

Explores the link between the circular economy and various aspects of the business and environment to understand the usage and viability of adapting the circular economy from a business perspective. Chapters highlight the transition to the circular economy, its implementation across society, and its intersection with forestry and trade.

Explores the manifestations of the threat of school shootings and their aftermath through an interdisciplinary approach including but not limited to inquiries from educational psychology, sociology, educational philosophy, school leadership, and school culture with a view to understanding the enduring and obscured effects of school shootings.

An essential reference source that builds on the available literature in the field of probabilistic modeling, statistics, operational research, planning and scheduling, data extrapolation in decision making, probabilistic interpolation and extrapolation in simulation, stochastic processes, and decision analysis.

Provides an in-depth understanding on the recent advancements of Narrowband IoT (NBIoT), as well as the crucial roles of emerging low power IoT networks in various regions of the world. The book features research on a wide range of topics such, including security monitoring, sustainability, and cloud infrastructure.

Focuses on the recent advances in Artificial intelligence-based approaches towards affecting secure cyber-physical systems. The book presents investigations on state-of-the-art research issues, applications, and achievements in the field of computational intelligence paradigms for CPS.

Explores the link between the circular economy and various aspects of the business and environment to understand the usage and viability of adapting the circular economy from a business perspective. Chapters highlight the transition to the circular economy, its implementation across society, and its intersection with forestry and trade.

Presents approaches to the study of public administration and public policy from a comparative perspective, and includes sound theories and concepts for understanding opportunities and challenges governments face when seeking to improve public services and government operations.

Presents research on the application of modern pollution-control methodologies in industrialized environments. Highlighting topics such as life cycle assessment, bioremediation, and thermal waste treatment, the book explores environmental risk reduction scenarios as well as sustainable waste-collecting solutions.

Provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic interference for the aerospace industry. The book highlights a range of topics, including artificial intelligence, electromagnetic testing, environmental shielding, and EMC modelling techniques.

Examines the changing representations of evil on screen in the context of the commonness, normalization, aestheticization, marginalization, legitimization, or popularity of evil. Chapters provide an international perspective of the representations of evil through an exploration of the evil tales or villains in cinema and television.

Provides an in-depth understanding on the recent advancements of Narrowband IoT (NBIoT), as well as the crucial roles of emerging low power IoT networks in various regions of the world. The book features research on a wide range of topics such, including security monitoring, sustainability, and cloud infrastructure.

Offers a collection of pioneering investigations on the methods and applications of digital technologies in the realm of education. The provides a clear and extensive analysis of issues regarding online learning while also offering frameworks to solve these addressed problems.

Presents research that links social entrepreneurship and social value in order to highlight the importance of social entrepreneurs in emerging economies. While covering topics that include crowdfunding, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship ecosystems, this book seeks to extend the social entrepreneurship contribution to social impact.

An essential reference source that builds on the available literature in the field of probabilistic modeling, statistics, operational research, planning and scheduling, data extrapolation in decision making, probabilistic interpolation and extrapolation in simulation, stochastic processes, and decision analysis.

Brings together different disciplines and research approaches to provide a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenology of God and spirituality, as well as offering an effective epistemological apparatus capable of dealing with this concept.

Presents the main challenges of digital transformation and the threats it poses to information security and privacy, as well as models that can contribute to solving these challenges in economic organisations. The book highlights topics such as information systems, digital trends, and information governance.

Presents an holistic overview and makes an intelligent argument for an aggressive, sustained research into the capabilities of Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in disease therapy applications. The chapters are a compendium of recent results of CAM in areas such as topical pre-clinical and clinical trial studies undertaking this effort.

Covers the latest research in customer engagement, and includes underlying theories, innovative methods, a review of existing literature, engagement analytics, and insights for marketers with reference to customer engagement. The book covers various product categories, industries, and sectors that are working to engage customers in creative ways.

Presents research on the collaboration between global communities in developing creative solutions for radical worldwide issues. While highlighting topics such as collaboration technologies, neuro-leadership, and sustainable global solutions, the book explores diverse collections of problem-solving methods and applying them on a global scale.

Highlighting topics such as cloud-based analytics, intelligent algorithms, and information security, this publication explores current issues that remain when attempting to implement these systems as well as the specific applications IoT, big data, and cloud computing have in various professional sectors.

Highlighting topics such as cloud-based analytics, intelligent algorithms, and information security, this publication explores current issues that remain when attempting to implement these systems as well as the specific applications IoT, big data, and cloud computing have in various professional sectors.

"This book focuses on virtual and mobile learning activities in higher education for student-centered learning and in what way teachers can design and use different learning activities, both blended and mobile, for self-directed and motivated 'smart' education"--

Presents research on quantum Fourier transform, quantum wavelet transform, and quantum wavelet packet transform as tool algorithms in image processing and quantum computing. The book provides a comprehensive look into quantum image algorithms to establish frameworks of quantum image processing.

Discusses methods in applying sustainable cybersecurity programs and policies within organisations, governments, and other communities. The book features research on a range of topics, including community engagement, incident planning methods, and information sharing.

Provides a holistic picture of information cultures in order to help business managers understand those cultures and to provide a foundation upon which to ground and grow future information culture research. The book highlights a wide range of topics, including information culture, business strategies, and risk assessment.

Provides a multidimensional understanding of both challenges and opportunities of fostering creativity and Problem-Based Learning in Chinese universities, and particularly discusses this implementation in a Chinese cultural context.

Focuses on surface engineering techniques to mimic biological materials. Highlighting a broad range of topics, including bio-mimetics, contact analysis, and thermodynamics, this book is designed for engineers, environmentalists, academics, researchers, and students.

Presents research on a literacy portal that offers the virtual background for the support and strengthening of reading skills and for leading the user while using the internet. The book also creates a tool based on user feedback with instructions on how to adapt current tools to meet the accessibility requirements for people with dyslexia.

Presents research on the creation of space for divergent narratives that detail a vast array of experiences. The book includes qualitative studies on diversity-based projects and video narratives that provide a comprehensive dialogue about diversity with an emphasis on personal narratives.

Identifies processes that are the essence of conscious thinking and place them in the imagined, simplified structure of cells able to memorize and transmit information in the form of impulses, which they call neurons. The purpose of the study is to explain the essence of consciousness to the degree of development of natural sciences.