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This book reviews the building renovation process by systematizing the phases of analysis and prior knowledge through a project that not only considers energy savings but also thoroughly examines complex issues, such as defining the correct new functions and answers to new needs.

An economic slowdown was natural, but few experts expected a triple socioeconomic crisis: a crisis in the medical sector along with a crisis in the social realm and an economic crisis.

This book discusses two silicon biosensors: an electrochemical sensor - the Electrolyte Insulator Silicon Capacitor (EISCAP), and a mechanical resonant cantilever sensor.

Management consultancy practice is particularly concerned with helping clients implement strategic organisational change. But what exactly are organisations, and management consultancy interventions in them? Management consulting is said to be a knowledge-intensive industry. But what kind of knowledge do management consultants possess, and how far can we rely on it? Management consultants are often criticised for unethical exploitation of their clients. But how ought management consultants to behave in order to meet acceptable ethical standards?These are questions about the philosophical topics of ontology, epistemology and ethics. The ancient Greek philosophers thought deeply about these topics, and their ideas remain fresh and relevant even to so modern a subject matter as management consulting. Writing between the end of the sixth and the end of the fourth century BCE, these philosophers were drawing upon an intellectual tradition that was very different from our own, and were responding to social and economic conditions that were wholly unlike ours. Approaching these philosophical questions from a perspective that is radically different from our own, their work provides a rich resource for novel thinking about management consulting.From the speculations of the Presocratic philosophers Heraclitus, Parmenides, Leucippus and Democritus about the nature of the universe to the thought of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle about the nature of human beings, this book uses the work of these great thinkers as a lens through which to study major philosophical questions about management consulting. Examined in this way, many established assumptions and principles of management consultancy practice seem questionable, and new ways of thinking possible.

This book offers a critical examination of certain ideas and values-such as remembering, forgiveness, story-telling through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, etc.-that under-gird the transitional practices and mechanisms of societies emerging from conflicts.

This book presents a framework for developing an analytics strategy that includes a range of activities, from problem definition and data collection to data warehousing, analysis, and decision making.

This book is dedicated to user experience design for automated driving to address humane aspects of automated driving, e.g., workload, safety, trust, ethics, and acceptance. Automated driving has experienced a major development boost in recent years.

The book Heat Shock Proteins in Cancer Therapeutics provides the most comprehensive review on contemporary knowledge on the role of HSP in various types of cancer therapeutics.

Impact of large ground deformations near seismic faults on critically important civil-infrastructures, Recent earthquakes that hit areas covered and/or underlain by pyroclastic matters and their impacts on lifelines.- Landslides in recent earthquakes and damage to lifelines.- Lessons Learned - Landslide Induced Lifelines Disasters from Past Earthquakes.- Lessons from recent geo-disasters in Hokkaido under earthquake.- Relation between horizontal direction of crustal deformation surveyed on the control points and area ratio of the slope failures triggered by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake (Mj7.3).- Seismic response of buried pipeline to strong ground motion of strike-slip fault.- Reconstruction Strategies for Mw 7.8 Earthquake-induced Landslide-affected Settlements in Nepal.- State of nuclear power plant risk assessment for ground deformation with seismic faulting.- Relationship between Arias intensity and the earthquake-induced displacements of slopes.- Recent Progress in the Landslide Initiating Science, Water exfiltration from bedrock: an effective landslide triggering mechanism.- Controls on landslide size: insights from field survey data.- Mechanism of slope disaster caused by extreme rain-fall in Izu Oshima Island, Japan, and future safety judgement.- Lessons from recent geo-disasters in Hokkaido under heavy rainfall.- Lessons from Geo-disasters caused by heavy rainfall in recent years in Kyushu Island, Japan.- An empirical method for estimating debris-flow volume in the Wenchuan earthquake area, Sichuan Province, China.-  Investigation of internal erosion of wide grading loose soil - a micromechanics-based study.- Formation Mechanism and Stability of The Instable Block Formed in Xinmo Landsilde.- Landslide Field Experiment on a Natural Slope in Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture.- Mechanism of landslide initiation in small-scale sandy slope triggered by an artificial rain.- Experimental study on formation and propagation of debris flow triggered by the glacial lake outburst flood.- Quantitative analysis of landslide processes based on seismic signals - a new method for monitoring and early warning of landslide hazards.- Earth Observation and Machine Learning, High-resolution point-cloud for Landslides in the 21st Century: from data acquisition to new processing concepts.- Detecting change of patterns in landslide displacements using machine learning, an example application.- Predicting rainfall induced slope stability using Random Forest regression and synthetic data.- Automatized dissemination of landslide monitoring bulletins for early warning applications.- General Landslide Studies, Engineering geological appreciation in landslide mapping for a natural gas pipeline project: challenges and risk reduction measures.- Loess Stratigraphy and Loess Landslides in the Chinese Loess Plateau.- The Jettan Rockslide- an engineering geological overview.- Mapping, hazard and consequence analyses for unstable rock slopes in Norway.- Landscape development and large rock slope instabilities in Manndalen, northern Norway.- Disaster Risk Assessment of the Silk Road.- Analysis of the Characteristics of Glacial Debris Flow Activity in Parlung Tsangpo Basin, Tibet.- Rehabilitation of gully-dominant hill slopes by using low-cost measures-a case study in Nepal.- Site Suitability Analysis for Nature-based Landslide Risk Mitigation.- Study on the Application of Nature Based Landslide Mitigation in Sri Lanka.- Slope stability around the northern part of the Tegucigalpa Basin, Honduras: A case of landslide process at residential development areas.- Classification of Cryogenic Landslides and Related Phenomena (by Example of the Territory of Russia).- Cutting-edge technologies aiming for better outcomes of landslide disaster mitigation.

For this reason, the editors stress the importance of raising analytical questions about the valence of particular emotions and focussing on the features that make these emotions ambivalent: how - despite their negativity - such emotions may turn out to be positive.

This book serves as a convenient entry point for researchers, practitioners, and students to understand the problems and challenges, learn state-of-the-art solutions for their specific needs, and quickly identify new research problems in their domains.

The book summarizes important aspects of cheminformatics that are relevant for natural product research. It highlights cheminformatics tools that help to match natural products with their respective biological targets or off-targets, and discusses the potential and limitations of this approach.

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory and a multitude of applications.

This two-volume set LNCS 13069-13070 constitutes selected papers presented at the First CAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in Hangzhou, China, in June 2021. The papers are organized in topical sections on applications of AI;

This book examines the current state of the field of mathematics pre-service teacher education through the theme of borders.

This book highlights recent findings in industrial, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe. A broad range of topics and issues in modern engineering is discussed, including the dynamics of machines and working processes, friction, wear and lubrication in machines, surface transport and technological machines, manufacturing engineering of industrial facilities, materials engineering, metallurgy, control systems and their industrial applications, industrial mechatronics, automation and robotics. The book gathers selected papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE), held in Sochi, Russia, in May 2021. The authors are experts in various fields of engineering, and all papers have been carefully reviewed. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to a wide readership, including mechanical and production engineers, lecturers in engineering disciplines, and engineering graduates.

In this book, we consider the networks underlying innovation - from the brain networks supporting semantic cognition to human networks such as brainstorming groups or individuals interacting through social networks - and relate the emergence of ideas to the structure and dynamics of these networks.

It covers a range of project, programme and portfolio management contexts, with the general aim of integrating sustainability into project management. The book is structured into three parts.

Therefore, while conventional breeding has had a great impact on wheat yield, with climate change becoming a reality, newer molecular breeding and management tools are needed to meet the goal of improving wheat yield for the future.

This book introduces readers to state-of-the-art cases and tools for managing innovation in today's rapidly changing business environment. It provides a wealth of methodological knowhow and guidance on practical applications, as well as case studies that reveal various challenges in technology and innovation management.

In his book, pending between history and sociology, on engineers in thirteen countries of the western part of Europe, Professor Rolf Torstendahl approaches the development from around 1850 up to the present situation from different angles.

The current state of understanding of emerging iron alloys and high-alloy ferrous systems, in comparison with some conventional steels, is compiled in this single volume to further their development.

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory and a multitude of applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, CRITIS 2021, which took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, during September 27-29, 2021.The 12 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions.