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Proceedings of the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative
No full textThis open access book presents peer reviewed articles from the United Nations/Germany Workshop on International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI 2024) held from 10 to 15 June at Neustrelitz, Germany. It highlights the current status of global space weather research, especially in developing countries. The topics of the workshop cover the entire Sun Earth system starting from the Sun where most space weather originates and the impact at various points in the inner heliosphere including those on Earth’s surface
Chromatic Visions
No full textThis open access book explores the challenges and opportunities of preserving, reconstructing, exhibiting, and communicating the phenomenon of colour change in heritage collections and artworks through advanced digital technologies, from the perspectives of the authors, many of whom belong to renowned institutions around Europe. Developed within the Horizon Europe project PERCEIVE, this is the first of two volumes offering a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to chromatic heritage. Focusing on perception, historical transformations of colour, digital heritage design, and civic participation, the book introduces five key scenarios: from ancient polychrome sculpture and paintings to textiles, historical photographs, and digital-born artworks. Through these, it investigates how colour can be experienced, interpreted, and cared for in both physical and virtual spaces. Combining scientific investigations and concept-oriented design, the volume presents new methodologies based on the concepts of care, authenticity, civic participation and accessibility. It is an essential resource for researchers, curators, designers, and all those engaged in the digital transformation of cultural heritage
Financial and Behavioral Health for Helping Professionals
No full textThis open access book brings together decades of research and practice on the intersections among financial and behavioral health concerns. By framing financial health as comprised of financial precarity, financial efficacy, and financial well-being, this new addition to the field of behavioral health helps readers understand and address the surge of interest in financial health and wellness from a holistic, psychosocial perspective. The text explores not only how financial difficulties impose hardship on individuals, couples, and families, but also how these concerns shape our feelings, perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors and thereby our health. Case examples throughout illustrate the concepts and provide a basis for engaging, assessing, and intervening. Beyond providing an overview of the financial domain of behavioral health from multiple theoretical frameworks, the chapters explore: Trauma, financial anxiety, and financial stressors affecting mental health Barriers to physical health care, financial toxicity, and medical debt Behavioral disorders including problem gambling and spending addiction Social relationship concerns involving financial enabling, infidelity, violence, and abuse A framework to guide professionals from basic financial awareness to client interventions Diagnostic and billing considerations to integrate financial concerns into clinical practice An enhanced SMART Goals approach specifically designed for financial behavior change Financial and Behavioral Health for Helping Professionals, through its exploration of money's role in intra- and interpersonal well-being, is an essential resource for professionals in social work, public health, counseling and therapy, health care, and financial planning, counseling, and coaching, and provides an enhanced perspective for research and policy. The book also would benefit professors and graduate students of these disciplines
The Global Eye Health Handbook
No full textThis open-access book provides an up-to-date, evidence-based approach and tools for diagnosing and treating ocular emergencies in low-resource settings. It provides decision trees for common eye complaints, approaches to both common and sight-threatening conditions, basic treatment strategies, and guidance for triage to tertiary settings. Each chapter presents a systematic approach to diagnosing and managing various common eye conditions such as endophthalmitis, glaucoma, and uveitis, facilitating early and accurate diagnosis in emergency practice with minimal resources. The book also addresses prompt intervention and seamless referral to tertiary settings when necessary, enabling professionals to navigate emergencies confidently. It includes some standard operating procedures useful to primary and secondary healthcare professionals. The book is relevant for eye health professionals, empowering them to deliver critical care in resource-limited environments and safeguarding vision while preventing long-term complications. It also aligns with 'SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being' and public health
Thomas Aquinas and Hervaeus Natalis on Concepts and Intentional Objects
No full textAnalysis of two key medieval reflections at the intersection of our mental representations and external reality Thought, in a sense, transforms the world. When we think of a particular thing - Charlie the dog, for example - we always think of it in a universal way: as a dog. Through this act of thinking, Charlie comes to exist in our mind and becomes the dog that is the object of our thought. Explaining how our act of thinking relates to and transforms the reality around us is often considered the hallmark of the modern age. Yet the Middle Ages offer illuminating examples of speculation on the human mind and how it functions. This book explores the views on mental acts, concepts and objects of the mind of two of the most eminent Dominican authors of the late Middle Ages: Thomas Aquinas and Hervaeus Natalis, one of his closest followers. By putting Aquinas and Hervaeus Natalis directly in conversation with each other Amerini proposes a new interpretative framework for understanding their philosophy of mind and traces the origins of modern accounts of the intentionality of the mind
The First African Conference on High Energy Physics
No full textThis open access book compiles the proceedings of the inaugural African Conference on High Energy Physics (ACHEP), which took place in Rabat and Kenitra, Morocco, from October 23 to 27, 2023. The conference brought together specialized scientists in the field of High Energy Physics (HEP) from universities and research institutes worldwide to discuss current developments, new trends, results, and perspectives. The primary goal of ACHEP meetings is to encourage young African researchers and HEP experts to express and discuss new ideas. The conference proceedings are organized into nine areas with the following titles: Electroweak and Higgs Physics Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter Searches Strong Interaction and Hadron Physics Education and Outreach in Africa Physics Beyond the Standard Model Detectors and Future Experimental Facilities Quark and Lepton Flavor Physics Heavy Ions This book is designed to cater to a diverse audience, ranging from PhD students and early-career researchers to seasoned academics. It is tailored for individuals with a background or interest in the field of HEP, encompassing both theoretical and experimental physicists, as well as researchers from related disciplines such as particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology
Functional Diseases of the Esophagus
No full textThis is an open access book on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and surgical techniques of functional diseases of the esophagus. In the past, these diseases were only studied and treated in a few centres. However, in the last thirty years, thanks to the advent of laparoscopic surgery, interest in these pathologies has broadened considerably, and not only from a surgical point of view: new diagnostic technologies have in fact been developed that have led to more appropriate classifications and endoscopic treatments have been proposed with excellent results; in addition, robotic surgery is emerging in specialised centres and is likely to replace the laparoscopic approach
Equal Rights, Equal Voices
No full textThis open access book offers a critical sociolegal examination of the rights of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, with a focus on the determination of their legal capacity in court and the wider consequences for their self-determination. Drawing on a research project undertaken in Portugal, the book features six stories and court cases of disabled people, as well as reflections on lessons learned from legal systems around the world where reforms on Article 12 have occurred. The lived-experience narratives are used to challenge the court sentences, showing how particular social contexts and power relations, institutional arrangements, societal reactions, and representations continue to hinder the realisation of human rights. An insightful analysis of the tensions arising between human rights norms and the principles enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, this is a timely resource to inform legal, social, and disability studies scholars and students, policy makers and activists, and guide needed change