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¿Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:Novel Experimental MethodsExtreme EnvironmentsInterfacial FractureIntegration of Models & ExperimentsMechanics of Energy & Energetic MaterialsIntegration of Models & ExperimentsIn Situ Techniques for Fatigue & FractureMicroscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior

This book builds upon the growing field of Linguistic Landscape in order to demonstrate the power of a spatialized approach to language, culture, and literacy education as it opens classrooms and cultivates new competencies.The chapters develop major themes, including re-imagining language curricula, language classrooms, and schoolscapes in dialogue with the heteroglossic discourses of the local; developing L2 learners¿ symbolic, translingual competencies through engagement with situated, multimodal texts; fostering critical social awareness through language study in the linguistic landscape; expanding opportunities for situated L2 reading and writing; and cultivating language students¿ capacities for engaged scholarship and research in out-of-class contexts.By exploring the pedagogical possibilities of place-based approaches to literacy development, this volume contributes to the reimagining of language education through the linguistic landscape.

This volume critiques the current model of the creative economy, and considers alternative models that may point to greener, cleaner, more sustainable and socially just cultural and creative industries. Aimed at the nexus of cultural and environmental concerns, the book assesses the ways in which arts and cultural activities can help develop ideas of the ¿good life¿ beyond excessive and unsustainable material consumption, and explores the complex interactions between cultural prosperity, place and the quality (and availability) of employment, leisure and the rights to self-expression. Adopting a deliberately wide and inclusive interdisciplinary and international perspective, contributors to this volume showcase current and future ways of ¿doing¿ creative economy, ecologically, otherwise and differently. In 11 chapters, the book outlines some of the most relevant arguments from among the growing literature that critically analyzes the current creativeeconomy, with a focus on issues of gentrification, inequality and environment. This volume is timely, as it emerges into a political and economic context that is seeking desperately to ¿reboot¿ the economy, re-establish ¿business as usual¿ and to do so partly through significant investment and expansion in the creative economy. The book will be suitable for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates studying a wide range of topics, including: cultural and creative industries, media and communications, cultural studies, cultural policy, human geography, environmental humanities and environmental policy, and will be of further interest to arts professionals, creative economy researchers and policymakers. The chapter ¿Towards a New Paradigm of the Creative City or the Same Devil in Disguise? Culture-led Urban (Re)development and Sustainability¿ is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Few books have been published before with details on preoperative planning, markings and performance of primary surgical techniques to correct the cleft lip and palate deformity. This information is commonly required by surgeons. Scientific papers, conferences, and video clips of these surgical procedures are limited in details about how to address this common disease.This book provides a comprehensive overview of surgery for the correction of primary cleft lip and palate, including planning, selecting the most suitable techniques, markings, performing operative techniques, and preoperative care. Unlike other literature on the topic, which focuses on surgical techniques, this operative atlas (with detailed illustrations) covers the entire spectrum of this congenital deformity: classification of cleft lip and palate, management protocols, unilateral cleft lip surgery, bilateral cleft lip surgery, cleft palate surgery, post operative care and case studies. It will be a unique and valuable resource for surgeons treating this common condition.

This heavily revised second edition provides a comprehensive multi-disciplinary review of syncope and how to care for these patients successfully. It contains detailed descriptions of the scientific basis behind the pathophysiology of conditions that cause syncope and collapse. Pathways for optimal clinical management in line with the latest guidelines are reviewed and are accompanied by clearly defined recommendations on how to treat patients with syncope. Common procedures and tests are also discussed along with their indications, methodology, interpretation and limitations. Syncope: An Evidence-Based Approach systematically describes the pathophysiology and latest clinical management guidelines for treating patients with syncope. It is an essential resource for a variety of medical professionals including cardiologists, emergency physicians, internists, general practitioners, geriatricians, cardiac electrophysiologists, neurologists and psychiatrists.

This unique book provides an introduction to the fascinating field of tropical nephrology, covering nephrology, infectious diseases and tropical medicine. These topics are connected since numerous infectious and parasitic diseases affect the kidneys and are endemic in the tropical areas of the globe. Considered neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization, they are largely linked to poverty and lack policies to prevent, treat and decrease their prevalence and incidence.The tropics currently encompass nearly 150 countries and account for 40% of the world's population, and it is predicted that by 2050 this figure will rise to 55%. Most of the countries in the tropical regions have been classified by the World Bank as low-middle income countries and have limited access to services, including health care. As such, this highly topical book is of interest to a large number of healthcare professionals and researchers who are in contact with tropical diseases, especially those investigating their complications, such as kidney injury.Divided into 23 chapters, it describes the most prevalent tropical diseases and conditions that affect the kidneys. It also presents the most recent epidemiological data, clinical manifestations, details of kidney involvement, including the pathophysiology of kidney injury, and the current treatment for each disease.

This book presents the state of the art in and offers up-to-date guidance on the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), a rapidly evolving and expanding field. Written by experts from leading institutions, it offers a comprehensive overview of this condition, from initial treatment, to surgical approaches and rehabilitation.The book covers a variety of topics, including intra-articular injection options; treatment of uni- and tri-compartmental KOA; infected, unstable and stiff total knee arthroplasty; periprosthetic fractures; and prosthetic revision.A wealth of images and cutting edge information make this book an invaluable tool for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, physiatrists, physiotherapists and all healthcare workers involved in the care of these patients.

Prologue by Helmut Kury and S┼éawomir Redo.- Part I - Rule of Law and Realities of Life in the Context of the 2030 Justice and Crime Prevention: Democracy - Human Rights - Rule of Law: European Developments and the Importance of an Independent Judiciary by Friedrich Forsthuber.- Youth Perception on Hate Crimes, Hate Speeches and Nationalism in Contemporary India by J. Maria Agnes Sasitha.- Incorporating the United Nations Norms into Iranian Post-Revolution Criminal Policy: A Criminological-Victimological Approach by Mehrdad Rayejian Asli.- Part II -  Leaving No One Behind: Intergenerational Vulnerability and Educating for Justice: Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization in the Future by Peter C. Kratcoski and Maximilian Edelbacher.- Universal Basic Income (UBI) for Reducing Inequalities and Increasing Socio-Economic Inclusion: A Proposal for a New Sustained Policy Perspective by Inez Wijngaarde, Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi, and Jeff Readman.- Prisoners and their Families - The Effects of Imprisonment on the Family by Helmut Kury.- Dealing with Mental Illness and Violence in the (Youth-)Prison by Helmut Kury and Romy He├ƒe.- On Nelson Mandela Rule 63, Prisoner''s Moral Vulnerability and Development in the context of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable World by S┼éawomir Redo and Krzysztof Sawicki.- Parents who hit. Troubled Families and Children''s Happiness: Do Gender and National Context make a Difference?  by Ineke Haen Marshall, Candence Wills and Chris E. Marshall.- The UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty - The Role of Academia in "Making the Invisible and Forgotten Visible" by Manfred Nowak and Manu Krishan.- Part III - Living in Harmony with Nature: Mother Earth''s Criminology: United Nations Initiatives in Preventing Environmental Crime by Rob White.- Assessing the Viability of Environmental Projects for a Crime Prevention-Inspired Culture of Lawfulness by Wies┼éaw P┼éywaczewski, Joanna Narodowska and Maciej Duda.- Actualising the Right to Adequate Standard of Living: A Critical Examination of Green Criminology from an Indian Perspective by Murugesan Srinivasan and Alagesan Shankar Prakash.- Notes on the Case of Orangutan Sandra, the non-human Subject of Rights by Pedro R. David.- Part IV -  Ethics and Science in the Service of Countering Crime: Surveillance and the Impossible Search for Ideal Behaviour by Toine Spapens.- Ethics and the Development of Artificial Intelligence - Challenges and Dilemmas in the Context of the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development by Aneta Breczko, Wojciech Filipkowski and Izabela Kra┼¢nicka.- From Wonders as Crime to Forensics in Service of the 2030 United Nations Agenda by Emil W. P┼éywaczewski, Ewa M. Guzik-Makaruk, Wojciech Filipkowski and Emilia Jurgielewicz-Delegacz.- The Rule of Law, Peacebuilding, and Agenda 2030: Lessons from the Western Balkans by Alistair D. Edgar.- Part V - Research & the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies: Crime, Victimization, and Intentions to Migrate in the Northern Triangle by Christopher S. Inkpen, Wayne J. Pitts and Pamela Lattimore.- Criminal Violence and its Prevention in Context. Specific Challenges for the In-tegration of Refugees and Migrants in the 21st Century by Anastasia Chalkia.- Legal Education for Profit and the United Nations Call for "Quality Education" and "Strong Institutions" in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda by Riaz Tejani.- Money Laundering: China and its Evolving Criminal Policy Response by Ling Zhou and Hanming Xu.- The Policy Relevance of Comparative Criminology: On Evidence-Based Policies, Policy Learning and the Scales of the Discipline by Susanne Karstedt.- Part VI - Countering Art Crime & Violence: United Nations Perspective on Preventing Transnational Organise

This volume presents techniques and theories drawn from mathematics, statistics, computer science, and information science to analyze problems in business, economics, finance, insurance, and related fields. The authors present proposals for solutions to common problems in related fields. To this end, they are showing the use of mathematical, statistical, and actuarial modeling, and concepts from data science to construct and apply appropriate models with real-life data, and employ the design and implementation of computer algorithms to evaluate decision-making processes. This book is unique as it associates data science - data-scientists coming from different backgrounds - with some basic and advanced concepts and tools used in econometrics, operational research, and actuarial sciences. It, therefore, is a must-read for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in a better understanding of the techniques and theories of these fields.

This edited volume collects six surveys that present state-of-the-art results on modeling, qualitative analysis, and simulation of active matter, focusing on specific applications in the natural sciences. Following the previously published Active Particles volumes, these chapters are written by leading experts in the field and reflect the diversity of subject matter in theory and applications within an interdisciplinary framework. Topics covered include:Variability and heterogeneity in natural swarmsMultiscale aspects of the dynamics of human crowdsMathematical modeling of cell collective motion triggered by self-generated gradientsClustering dynamics on graphsRandom Batch Methods for classical and quantum interacting particle systemsThe consensus-based global optimization algorithm and its recent variantsMathematicians and other members of the scientific community interested in active matter and its many applications will find this volume to be a timely, authoritative, and valuable resource.

This book investigates relations between humans and animals over several centuries with a focus on the Middle Ages, since important features of our perceptions regarding animals have been rooted in that period.

This atlas presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of ultrasonography in the head and neck and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, and otolaryngologists in private practice.