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This book explores how to utilize Buddhism in psychotherapy and how Buddhism itself acts as a form of psychotherapy, using Buddhism practices as a lens for universal truth and wisdom rather than as aspects of a religion.

The book assesses emerging powers' influence on international economic law and analyses whether their rhetoric of reforming this 'unjust' order translates into concrete reforms.

The discussions develop in the belief that old and emerging forms of inequality in urban settings need to be understood in depth, as does the machinery that, as masterfully elucidated by Hannah Arendt, operates behind oppression to sustain power and inequality.

This book asks, 'what are the implications of blurring genres for the discipline of Political Science, and for Area Studies?' It argues novelists and playwrights provide a better guide for political scientists than the work of physicists.

This book focuses on the implementation of AI for growing business, and the book includes research articles and expository papers on the applications of AI on decision-making, health care, smart universities, public sector and digital government, FinTech, and RegTech.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: DRUG-RELATED ISSUES.- Chapter 2: The Bankruptcy of the Dutch cannabis policy. Time for a restart.- Chapter 3: Illicit Performance and Image Enhancing Drug Markets in the Netherlands and Belgium.- Part II: HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION.- Chapter 4: Legal Prostitution Policies in Europe.- Chapter 5: Linking Prostitution Policies and Human Trafficking: Nordic Experiences.- Part III: MOBILITY CRIMES.- Chapter 6: The mobility of East and Central European organised crime: the cases of Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.- Chapter 7: The Outlaw Extreme: Violence, Prosecution and The Evolution of the North-American One Percent Motorcycle Club.- Part IV: SPORTS AND CRIME.- Chapter 8: Detection and prevention of money laundering in professional football.- Chapter 9: Match-fixing in sports: a crime of ''outsiders'' and Asian bookies?.- Part V: PROCUREMENT, CORRUPTION AND RISK ASSESSMENT.- Chapter 10: Criminal organizations and legal firms: how they alter and control the public procurement business.- Chapter 11: Awarding public contracts and safeguarding integrity: the challenge to put research findings into practice.- Part VI: CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.- Chapter 12: Combating organized crime Aussie-style: From law enforcement to prevention.- Chapter 13: Uneasy Truths; Criminal Informants, Witness Protection, Trust and Legitimacy in the Policing of Organized Crime.- Chapter 14: Undercover policing from a comparative perspective.- Chapter 15: Infiltration.

This book combines Hartmut Elsenhans' ideas on the laws of motion of capitalism and his approach to world system analysis and rent theory, his thoughts on development theory and finally, international relations and the past, present, and future dynamics of the international system.

This book investigates the agency and influence of medieval queens in late fourteenth-century England, focusing on the patronage and intercessory activities of the queens Philippa of Hainault and Anne of Bohemia, as well as the princess Joan of Kent.

New sections cover, for example, composite bomb cores, approximate methods for various of the calculations presented, and the physics of the polonium-beryllium "neutron initiators" used to trigger the bombs.The author delivers in this book an unparalleled, clear and comprehensive treatment of the physics behind the Manhattan project.

This book is a valuable addition to the literature and contributes to research on River Ganges which will help better planning and management of Ganga river basin.

An Overview of Retinal Diseases and Current Ocular Drug Discovery.- Ocular Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery Challenges.- Models of Pathologies Associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration and Their Utilities in Drug Discovery.- Recent Developments in Agents for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Stargardt Disease.- Targets and Strategies toward the Development of Therapeutics for Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema.- Recent Developments for the Treatment of Glaucoma.- Emerging Gene Therapy Treatments for Retinal Degenerative Diseases.  

This book is a newly revised version of the highly influential text, Rational Emotive Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Disorders: Theory, Practice and Research, based on an earlier volume by Bernard and Ellis. The revised edition incorporates recent significant advances in applying this approach to younger populations, updates best practice guidelines, and discusses the burgeoning use of technology to deliver mental health services. Featuring content from experts across a variety of areas, the book provides clinical guidance to a range of professionals working with children, including counselors, social workers, clinical and school psychologists. It also offers extensive illustrated material, self-test questions, and other useful resources to aid with use as a graduate level text or training reference.Among the topics addressed:Developing therapeutic skillsets for working with children and adolescentsPromoting self-acceptance in youthBuilding resilience in youthParent counselling and educationTeacher stress managementCognitive-Behavioral, Rational Emotive Treatment of Childhood Problems highlights the potential for evidence-based services to reach and positively influence child and adolescent populations that remain underserved by todayΓÇÖs clinical and educational systems.

This edited book aims to contribute to the political science scholarship on populism by focusing on the contemporary manifestations of populism in light of the current context.

This book explores the phenomenon of researchers at risk: that is, the experiences of scholars whose research topics require them to engage with diverse kind of dangers, uncertainties or vulnerabilities.

This book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally.

Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and infects approximately 75 million individuals worldwide.

This book examines how the liberal international theory tradition evolved in Europe. Given the prominence of the tradition, the book is surprisingly among the first to present a transnational perspective on the development of the liberal international theory tradition in Europe.

Introduction.- Chapter 1:Greece''s Position in the Cold War Confrontation.- Chapter 2: The Cold War in Balkan and in the Eastern Mediterranean.- Chapter 3: East Bloc''s Policy Towards Greece and Cyprus.- Chapter 4: Western Response to Soviet Penetration into the Region.- Chapter 5: The Israel-Arab and the Greek-Turkish Confrontation.- Chapter 6: The Role of the Mosow-Friendly Political Parties during the Cold War.- Chapter 7: The Rapprochement Between Greece and Eastern Europe during the Military Dictatorship of 1967-1974.- Chapter 8: Greece''s Ostpolitik in the 1970s.- Chapter 9: PASOK''s Foreign Policy Course towards Socialist Countries in the 1980s.- Chapter 10: Repercussions of Greece''s Opening to the Communist Countries.- Conclusions.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, held in October 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 52 submissions.

This book analyzes how the increasing number of same-sex couples is changing the traditional concepts of family and parenthood, and how these changes affect the psychological studies of family, couple relationships and human development.

This book addresses conventional and new predictive methodologies for estimating thermophysical properties of heavy petroleum fluids.

The book presents recent trends and solutions to help healthcare sectors and medical staff protect themselves and others and limit the spread of the COVID-19. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book aims to help those creating and honing technology to help with this global threat.

This book expands on the literature on the characteristics of management boards by especially focusing on family-listed and family-controlled companies, as they are ideal for studying board heterogeneity.

Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets - both in our Solar System and beyond - and their potential for habitability.

This book includes the introduction of emerging manufacturing technologies and planning cases with established technologies.

The book presents numerous examples of smart construction technologies, discusses the applications of new construction materials and technologies, and includes studies on recent trends in automation as applied to the construction sector.