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Technological advances have accelerated in collecting and analyzing human-sourced data (e.g., artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning), transforming psychological measurement across various fields. This book offers an integrative consolidation of key advances, issues, and challenges on technology-based assessments worldwide.

Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the longest extant Latin poems from the ancient world and one of the most influential works in Western culture. This is the first complete commentary in English on the poem and covers all aspects of the text - from textual interpretation to poetics, imagination, and ideology.

Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the longest extant Latin poems from the ancient world and one of the most influential works in Western culture. This is the first complete commentary in English on the poem and covers all aspects of the text - from textual interpretation to poetics, imagination, and ideology.

An accessible survey written by fourteen of the world's leading experts of work in recent years on the Linear B tablets, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, revealing both the earliest form of Greek and much of the society and economy of its time.

An accessible survey written by fourteen of the world's leading experts of work in recent years on the Linear B tablets, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, revealing both the earliest form of Greek and much of the society and economy of its time.

This is the first sustained study of how Shakespeare has been mobilized during conflicts spanning the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. It draws on interdisciplinary research to develop an innovative critical methodology that reveals the creativity and diversity of wartime theatre production and its variable impacts.

This Element considers place as a partner in the learning process. It aims to develop a learner's sense of place in two ways: through deepening their authentic engagement with and knowledge of Shakespeare's texts, and by expanding critical awareness of their environmental responsibilities.

This book combines all the current knowledge about the African buffalo, its ecology and management. It provides an innovative way to look at a species from a conservation and sustainable use perspective that will benefit scholars, scientists and wildlife managers interested in the species.

This volume provides readers with a broad overview of the different ways that irony emerges in human life, within interpersonal communication, instances of situational irony, literature and artistic creations. It emphasizes the importance of irony in ordinary thought, language, and communication.

The British sent two large expeditions to Africa in 1816, one to follow the Niger River to its outlet, the other to trace the Congo River to its source. The forgotten story of their disastrous failures is a revealing case study of the hubris that spurred the exploration of Africa.

Accessible to general and academic readers, Gospel Thrillers interweaves close readings of key themes in a little studied fiction genre with 'real world' tensions over biblical vulnerability, evident in political and cultural debates over the Bible and in popular literature about the Bible and Christian origins.

This is a comprehensive long-run history of economic and political change in the Iberian Peninsula. Written by a team of leading historians and including extensive new data, this will be an essential work of reference for scholars of Portugal and Spain and also of comparative European economic development.

"Exploring the diverse forms of natural theology expressed in seventeenth-century English literature, Katherine Calloway reveals how, in ways only partially recognized until now, authors such as Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Cavendish, Hutchinson, Milton, Marvell, and Bunyan describe, challenge, and even practice natural theology in their poetry"--

This book offers an entry point for understanding the comprehensive way this uniquely American artistic form has influenced literature, art, film, and other art forms, while also providing a cultural space for political commentary or social critique.

"Using an historical and theoretical approach, Richard Clements explores why global justice and management have become so intimately connected within the International Criminal Court. Mapping the ICC's management ideas and practices onto an accessible model, Clements highlights the impact of management on the global justice project"--

"This is the first book on cryptoeconomics written from an academic perspective, reviewing research challenges and existing literature. It illustrates how game theory and algorithmic mechanism design applies to the analysis and design of blockchain network protocols, providing a vital resource for students and scholars of this budding field"--

"Umut èOzsu recounts the history of the struggle to decolonize international law, commencing with the General Assembly's landmark 1960 decolonization resolution and concluding in 1982, with the close of the third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and the onset of the Latin American debt crisis"--

"Offers intermediate Greek students a reliable, up-to-date introduction to Plato's most influential work. Plato's Greek is not difficult, but his ideas have generated considerable controversy. Book I serves as a dramatic introduction to them, with its memorable confrontation between Socrates and the sophist Thrasymachus over the nature of justice"--

"This Element argues that the climate emergency requires a new approach to the study of theatre history - a suggestion that is developed through an analysis of the practice of theatrical revival during the Anthropocene era"--

Questions are raised about Christian philosophy and God. Is Christian philosophy truly philosophical? Is it Biblical? Is it capable of addressing God, a profoundly transcendent being? Does appealing to a God's eye point of view make sense? Can Christian philosophy respect religious diversity? While the integrity of Christian philosophy is defended, questions are raised about its relationship to the overall practice of philosophy. Christian philosophers value drawing others to Christian faith. Are Christian apologetics compatible with philosophy? This Element concludes with reflection on when it may be philosophically acceptable to appeal to mystery.

"An in-depth exploration and reappraisal of the 1860s in British literature, featuring chapters by a wide range of scholars on characteristic literary genres and themes. Thematic chapters range from empire and slavery to evolution, economics, and the environment. The Introduction limns historical as well as current scholarly context"--

Philosophy in the Anglophone world is in a period of unprecedented change. If the twentieth century was one of increased specialisation and narrowing of concerns, the twenty-first looks like being one of expanding horizons. In this volume, philosophers offer their suggestions for ways in which this expansion might most fruitfully be pursued.