Böcker utgivna av Springer Verlag, Singapore

With its wide geopolitical and educational-cultural scope, this book appeals to a global market and can be used in a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in comparative education, history of education, curriculum theory, school and society, and curriculum history.

This edited book brings out a comprehensive collection of information on the modern omics-based research. The comprehensive use of omics technology occurred in last two decades and helped greatly in the understanding of complex biological problems, improve crop productivity and ensure sustainable use of ecosystem services.

This book addresses the manufacturing methods, characteristic tubular morphologies, diverse functions, and potent applications of organic tubular architectures prepared or self-assembled from rationally designed molecular building blocks.

This book covers the theory, modeling, and implementation of different RF energy harvesting systems. This book covers all aspects of wireless power transfer (WPT)/wireless energy harvesting (WEH), basics, theoretical concepts, and advanced developments occurring in the field of energy harvesting.

1.0    Introduction to the book 1.1    An overview of the international regime on enforcement of foreign arbitral awards 1.2    Identifying the difficulties encountered in implementing this regime   2.0    The exceptions to the Enforcement of the Foreign Arbitral Awards within the New York Convention - jurisprudence from State Practice 2.1     Article V(1)(a) 2.2    Article V(1)(b) 2.3    Article V(1)(c) 2.4    Article V(1)(d) 2.5    Article V(1)(e) 2.6    Article V(2)(a) &(b) 3.0       UNCITRAL Model Law 3.1    - mapping the work of Working Group II 3.2    - UNCITRAL ML on recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards 3.3    -  Article 34 - set aside of arbitral awards 3.4    - Article 36 - refusal of recognition or enforcement of foreign arbitral awards 4.0    The Public Policy Exception to Enforcement - the origins in private law 4.1    - articulation of public policy within private international law 4.2     - public policy in international commercial arbitration 4.3     the manifestation and diversity of public policy within international commercial arbitration 4.4    - the guidance under the international instruments related to international arbitration 4.5    - The New York Convention on Public Policy 4.6    - The UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Policy   5.0  - State practice on the delimitation and interpretation - the maximalist and minimalist approaches 5.1  - instances of delimitation of Public Policy exception through statutory provisions 5.2   -  judicial interpretations on the scope of the public policy exception   6.0  - Public policy - need to rein the unruly horse 6.1  - time for a uniform approach to public policy 6.2  -  a possible content for public policy - fundamental standards of the international community and international conventions 7.0 - Conclusion

This book offers a new look at well-established quantification theory for categorical data, referred to by such names as correspondence analysis, dual scaling, optimal scaling, and homogeneity analysis.

Chapter 3 is devoted to the transport or linearized Boltzmann equation, and in Chapter 4 the Lax and Phillips formalism is introduced in scattering theory for the transport equation.

It therefor departs from other ideologies where only a certain megacity qualifies for the title of smart global megacities while in reality every megacity can, and presents how smart global megacities can be created.

This book offers an introduction to various models and methods for green supplier evaluation and selection (GSES) within different information settings. This book is useful for practitioners and researchers working in the fields of supply chain management, operation management, information science, industrial engineering, and management science.

The latest research and applications of acoustic emission (AE) are explored, with a particular emphasis on detecting and processing AE signals, the development of AE instrument and testing standards, AE of materials, engineering structures and systems, including the processing of collected data and analytical techniques.

This book includes novel and state-of-the-art research discussions that articulate and report all research aspects, including theoretical and experimental prototypes and applications that incorporate sustainability into emerging applications.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part 1: Concept and Framework for Cases Analysis from service science viewpoint.- Chapter 2. General Trend of service innovation using ICT and its impact on business innovation.- Chapter 3. ICT for Services by Generation - History and Future.- Part 2: Cases study from ICT providers'' viewpoints.- Chapter 4. Hitachi - Social Innovation Business powered by Lumada.- Chapter 5. NEC - Digital Inclusion (NEC).- Chapter 6. Smart retail (NEXTTAO).- Chapter 7. Advantech Co.: Co-creating the Future of AIoT Through Ecosystem Partnership.- Part 3: Cases study from Users'' viewpoint.- Chapter 8. Innovation of operation and maintenance applying IoT in JR.- Chapter 9. Readiness for Digital Innovation and Industry 4.0 Transformation: Studies on Manufacturing Industries in the City of Salisbury.- Chapter 10. Value co-creation between stakeholders in IoT: a case study of Sparke Autoparts.- Part 4: Cases study from the viewpoint of new application using IC.- Chapter 11. Agriculture business innovation with new ICT: Cases study of Fujitsu, Spread and MimosaTek.- Chapter 12. Life Care system for aging society:.- Chapter 13. Mobile payment (China UnionPay).- Chapter 14. Second hand digital devices recycling and exchange (Aihuishou.com).- Chapter 15. Effect of IoT on Higher Vocational Education in China: A Case Study.- Chapter 16. e-Service Innovation through Malaysian consumer perspectives (new business).- Chapter 17. Summary and discussion.

This book explores potential cellular drug targets for cancer therapy. In contrast, the subsequent chapters address the role of cyclin-dependent kinases and cell cycle regulatory proteins in the growth of cancer cells and their potential as target for cancer treatment.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of recent research on the timely topic of sustainable development goals, with a focus on developing countries.

This book addresses perovskite quantum dots, discussing their unique properties, synthesis, and applications in nanoscale optoelectronic and photonic devices, as well as the challenges and possible solutions in the context of device design and the prospects for commercial applications.

This book explores a broad range of innovations in education, such as flipped classrooms, the educational use of social media, mobile learning and educational resources.

This book discusses the unique nature and complexity of fog data analytics (FDA) and develops a comprehensive taxonomy abstracted into a process model. To deal with this big data, we require efficient and effective solutions, such as data mining, data analytics and reduction to be deployed at the edge of fog devices on a cloud.

The book highlights new trends and challenges in research on agents and the new digital and knowledge economy. It includes papers on business process management, agent-based modeling and simulation and anthropic-oriented computing that were originally presented at the 14th International KES Conference on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications (KES-AMSTA 2020), being held as a Virtual Conference in June 17ΓÇô19, 2020. The respective papers cover topics such as software agents, multi-agent systems, agent modeling, mobile and cloud computing, big data analysis, business intelligence, artificial intelligence, social systems, computer embedded systems and nature inspired manufacturing, all of which contribute to the modern digital economy.  

Covering time scales varying from years to decades, it provides a comprehensive review of the long-term changes in various physical variables, including sea level, sea surface temperature, water mass index, current and transport, as well as local issues such as sea ice and tidal mixing, and the processes and dynamics that govern them.

This book illustrates the currently available strategies for managing phytonematodes. This is followed by an in-depth discussion of the application of potential strains of biocontrol fungi, endophytes and actinomycetes to enhance plants' ability to fend off phytonematode attacks, leading to improved plant health.

Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Advances.- Entrepreneurship-Professionalism-Leadership as Dimensions of Career Space: Career Agency in the Macro Context of Boundaryless Careers.- Entrepreneurialism-Professionalism-Leadership as a Framework for Careers and Human Capital Across Levels of Social Organization.- Measurement Equivalence of Entrepreneurship, Professionalism, and Leadership Career Aspiration Scale.- Development of Measures of Entrepreneurship-Professionalism-Leadership Motivations for Working Adult Populations.- Latent Difference Score Analysis - Stability and Change in Entrepreneurship-Professionalism-Leadership Aspirations.- Operationalising "Developmental Readiness" via Entrepreneurship-Professionalism-Leadership Dimensions.- Part II: Empirical Applications in Career Studies.- A "T-shaped" Metaphor for Holistic Development: Entrepreneurial, Professional and Leadership (EPL) Efficacies Predict Self-Perceived Employability.- Measuring Preference for Non-Standard Work: Relationships with EPL Motivations, Efficacies, Perceived Employability, and Career Adaptability.