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Pediatric and Lifespan Data Science
No full textThis open access book will address the unique requirements and technological tools for analysis of data across the lifespan, from childhood through advanced age. Topics such as sepsis, hospital-acquired infections, mental health, health equity, precision medicine, large language models and generative artificial intelligence, computer vision, ethical use of artificial intelligence, and large real-world electronic health record databases will be covered
Abdominal Hernia Surgery
No full textThe open-access book Abdominal Hernia Surgery - Practice, Evidence, and Advances contains seven chapters. It provides an overview of the anatomy of the abdominal wall, including neurovascular bundles. The book also provides a detailed description of ventral hernia defect closure techniques and intraperitoneal onlay mesh placement. Chapter 3 provides a state-of-the-art narrative of an enhanced view of the totally extraperitoneal technique for ventral hernia repair. The fourth chapter methodologically describes parastomal hernia, including its definition, classification, and guidelines for prevention and management. Post-herniorrhaphy pain, a common clinical problem, is the topic of two specialised chapters. Diagnostic and management algorithms for post-herniorrhaphy groin pain will guide surgeons in the event of adverse events associated with the surgical procedure. The last chapter describes the concept of open abdomen management. The original figures and summary tables have undoubtedly enhanced the book’s value. This book is a resource for students, trainees, registered nurses, certified surgeons, and others interested in hernia science
Structures and Architecture
No full textStructures and Architecture - REstructure REmaterialize REthink REuse contains the contributions to the 6th International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2025, Antwerp, Belgium, 8-11 July 2025). As a response to the pressing global climate and energy crisis, and with new settings and tools, the design and construction of our built environment needs reconsideration and extension. The papers call for a re-imagination of current practices regarding structures and architecture.
The volumes of the series are published every three years, in tandem with the conferences organised by the International Association of Structures and Architecture. They aim to reach a global audience of researchers, practitioners, and students, including architects, structural and construction engineers, builders and building consultants, constructors, material suppliers, planners, urban designers, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, artists, product manufacturers, and other professionals involved in the design and realisation of architectural, structural, and infrastructural projects
Digitale Identitäten und Nachweise
No full textDigitale Identitäten sind der Schlüssel zur digitalen Souveränität – für Personen, Unternehmen und den öffentlichen Sektor. Dieser Sammelband bündelt die zentralen Erkenntnisse des Forschungsprogramms „Sichere Digitale Identitäten“ und bietet eine fundierte Basis für ein skalierbares, zukunftssicheres Identitätsmanagement. Im Fokus stehen selbstbestimmte Identitäten, mit denen Nutzende digitale Nachweise sicher in Wallets verwalten können und damit die Kontrolle über ihre digitale Identität zurückgewinnen. Diese Technologie bildet das Herzstück der neuen europäischen eIDAS-Verordnung von 2024 und wird den Umgang mit digitalen Identitäten grundlegend verändern. Anhand praxisnaher Anwendungsbeispiele aus Wirtschaft und Verwaltung zeigt der Band, wie sichere digitale Identitäten erfolgreich eingesetzt werden. Er beleuchtet aktuelle technologische Entwicklungen und innovative Lösungsansätze, die Nutzerfreundlichkeit und Sicherheit effektiv verbinden. Ergänzt wird dies durch methodische Ansätze zur Gestaltung von Identitätslösungen, eine Einordnung der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und einen Ausblick auf die Potenziale übergreifender digitaler Ökosysteme. Dieses Buch ist ein unverzichtbarer Leitfaden für alle, die sichere digitale Identitäten für vertrauenswürdige Interaktionen erfolgreich etablieren und verwenden wollen. Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch
Quarto Rapporto. Criminalità e sicurezza a Napoli. Vite insicure: forme di violenza sulle donne
No full textThe Fourth Report on “Crime and Security in Naples”, following the previous three editions, proposes in the first section an analysis of the dynamics of crime in metropolitan cities over a long period of about twenty years coinciding with the beginning of the first data archiving that took place on the occasion of the first report and updated to 2023. The broad time period made available to scholars, and more generally to interested readers, offers a particularly valuable comparative analytical reference point on the dynamics of crime in the metropolitan areas of the country. As with previous editions, this Fourth Report also delves into and reflects on a particular crime whose visibility and rootedness have connections that are not only social but also economic and institutional: for this edition, the choice fell on gender violence and particularly that exercised in its various forms on women, a theme that although it has strongly emerged in more recent times represents a phenomenon rooted in time and that is expressed in different and heterogeneous forms, not limited to the family or interpersonal relationships but which affects the various articulations of the public space. Although aware of the difficulty of providing a decisive contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon under study, the Report - replicating an approach also used in previous editions - proposes an analysis methodology that is enriched by the contribution of various experts and that does not ignore either listening to the victims or an analysis of the stories of the perpetrators of the crimes. This Fourth Report concludes a series that has identified in the city of Naples a simple pretext from which to reason about what happens in our country in relation to certain crimes, also to break representative schemes of certain phenomena advanced without adequate support from empirical evidence.PublishedIl Quarto Rapporto su “Criminalità e sicurezza a Napoli”, nel solco delle precedenti tre edizioni, propone nella prima sezione un’analisi della dinamica della delittuosità nelle città metropolitane nel lungo periodo di circa venti anni coincidente con l’inizio della prima archiviazione dei dati avvenuta in occasione del primo rapporto e aggiornata al 2023. L’ampio periodo temporale messo a disposizione degli studiosi, e più in generale dei lettori interessati, offre un punto di riferimento analitico di tipo comparativo sulla dinamica della delittuosità nelle aree metropolitane del Paese particolarmente prezioso. Come per le precedenti edizioni, poi, anche questo Quarto Rapporto approfondisce e riflette su un particolare reato la cui visibilità e il cui radicamento presenta connessioni di tipo non solo sociale ma anche economico e istituzionale: per questa edizione, la scelta è ricaduta sulla violenza di genere e particolarmente quella esercitata nelle sue diverse forme sulle donne, un tema che sebbene sia fortemente emerso nei tempi più recenti rappresenta un fenomeno radicato nel tempo e che si esprime in forme differenti ed eterogenee, non limitate all’ambito familiare o dei rapporti interpersonali ma che interessa le diverse articolazioni dello spazio pubblico. Pur nella consapevolezza della difficoltà di fornire un contributo decisivo alla comprensione del fenomeno oggetto di studio, il Rapporto -replicando una impostazione utilizzata anche nelle precedenti edizioni- propone una metodologia di analisi che si arricchisce del contributo di vari esperti e che non prescinde né dall’ascolto delle vittime né da un’analisi delle storie degli autori dei reati. Con questo Quarto Rapporto si conclude una serie che ha individuato nella città di Napoli un semplice pretesto a partire dal quale ragionare su quanto accade nel nostro Paese relativamente a determinati crimini, anche per rompere schemi rappresentativi di determinati fenomeni avanzati senza un adeguato conforto di evidenze empiriche
Choix sous contraintes
No full textIn Europe under the domination of the National Socialist regime, particularly in ghettos, concentration camps, and extermination camps, men and women were confronted with the necessity of making choices under extreme conditions. Several accounts have reached us: a mother had to sacrifice one of her children to allow another to survive; a prisoner who became a “Kapo” was forced to choose which prisoners to protect at the expense of others; a doctor or caregiver had to decide which patients in the infirmary had the best chance of surviving in order to spare them from selection; and so on. Under these extreme conditions, all the values that guided these choices came into conflict – whether related to individual morality, professional ethics, or the logic of collective resistance. In this sense, the choice was both impossible and, at the same time, inevitable and necessary. The specialist in literature on the Jewish genocide, Lawrence L. Langer, coined the term “choiceless choices” in 1980: a non-choice, meaning a choice that is not really a choice. By mobilizing contributions from researchers from different countries and specialists in the history of the camps and testimonial literature, this book offers an interdisciplinary reflection on the question of choice and survival strategies
Desire, Education and Teaching
No full textExploring the implications of a novel theory of educational desire on the prevailing modes of educational research and theory, this book contextualises the realm of education studies through the challenging philosophies and theories of Lacan, thereby providing a genuinely alternative approach to the study of education.
Structured into three main parts, the book provides a discussion of Lacanian ideas within educational research by setting out a description and analysis of how a theory of desire may work in educational settings and practice. Using vignettes and examples to drive the discussion, chapters explore the pivotal aspects of desire, which could be imaginary, symbolic, or real, elucidated by a mapping of discourses and exploring the reluctance of educational studies to engage with themes related to desire and psychoanalysis. Ultimately, the book argues for the need to disrupt the theoretical and practical logics and models that limit teacher practice, such as accountability, visible learning, competencies, pedagogical knowledge, and professional development, and how these can be better understood from a Lacanian perspective.
This book will be of use to scholars, researchers, and academics in the fields of the philosophy of education, the theory of education, and teachers and teacher education more broadly. Those specifically interested in Lacanian psychoanalysis and a Lacanian view on how the concept of desire may influence educational research and practice will also find the book of use
Advances in Energy Recovery and Efficiency Technologies
No full textThis book, titled Advances in Energy Recovery and Efficiency Technologies, presents and covers unique and interesting topics related to advances and innovations in energy recovery and energy efficiency technologies. It is the result of contributions from a number of researchers and experts worldwide. Energy recovery and efficiency technologies and methods aim to decrease energy wasted or unutilized in various energy conversion processes, ultimately reducing the required energy input (fuel) and improving the overall energy efficiency of systems and energy conservation of natural energy resources. These technologies, once efficiently designed and their performances are optimized, will potentially improve the economics and sustainability of systems, as well as reduce their emissions, air pollution, and thermal energy waste discharged to the environment. It is hoped that the book will become a valuable source of information and a basis for extended research for researchers, academicians, policymakers, and practitioners in the area of energy recovery and energy efficiency technologies
Entre désir et devoir
No full textQue nous soyons des êtres moraux, l’histoire du monde permet certes d’en douter. Mais l’homme n’est moral que parce qu’il peut se montrer immoral ; et c’est parce qu’il peut se montrer immoral qu’existent les questions et les problèmes dont traite la philosophie morale. Aussi ces deux visages de notre humanité ne sont-ils jamais séparés dans le présent ouvrage. Ils expliquent la corde tendue en lui entre désir et devoir. Les dix leçons qui le composent manifestent diversement cette tension. Les quatre premières relient les concepts fondamentaux de la morale. Les trois suivantes posent des questions vives : peut-on vouloir le mal ? peut-on réparer toutes les injustices ? peut-on donner sans retour ? Les trois dernières s’attachent à des problèmes plus généraux, tels ceux du fondement de la morale ou des limites de l’action. Toutes cependant reviennent à la même interrogation : qu’est-ce que l’homme ? Car il est le seul être qui s’inquiète de la manière dont il doit conduire sa vie pour honorer l’espèce à laquelle il appartient – bien qu’il puisse aussi étouffer dans sa personne cette inquiétude même
Vegetation Dynamics
No full textVegetation, in general, and forest systems, in particular, are of primordial importance in providing essential ecosystem goods and services, mitigating greenhouse gas effects, and contributing to landscape restoration. The chapters of this book underscore the importance of conducting both short- and long-term trials, as well as small and large-scale studies, to effectively monitor and assess vegetation’s spatial and temporal variability and dynamics. The book highlights the convenience of proper sampling, modelling, and consideration of species traits and edaphic and climatic conditions for a comprehensive understanding of vegetation dynamics over time and across different environments. This knowledge enables the adaptation and development of management and alternative uses of the goods. Overall, understanding the ecosystems and their variability in space and time contributes to the ecosystems' sustainability, resilience and resistance to disturbances