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How can we understand and respond to past and present entanglements of Christianity with colonisation? What kinds of theological perspectives and approaches are needed in the wake of colonisation and its impact? Unsettling Theologies includes responses to these questions from Aboriginal, M¿ori, Pasifika and White scholars.

The book examines how US media, public opinion, interest groups and think tanks respond to US Presidents¿ attempts to market their foreign policies in the MENA Region. The scope of the analysis extends from the war on terror to the so-called Arab Spring. It focuses on some case studies including the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Iran nuclear deal. The book fills a gap in the literature pertaining to analyzing US foreign policy in the MENA area from a political communication perspective rather than from IR or a political-theory angle, which remains the dominant literature. In so saying, the book will appeal to students, researchers as well as thinks tanks and policy makers.

This book provides a summary of the essential knowledge and working processes involved with control of rotating equipment including:machine characteristics;overall control strategies;detailed design; andbest practices.Emphasis is placed on the role of pumps and compressors as part of the overall process flow rather than treating them in isolation as this tends to optimize energy efficiency.Readers are made aware of the critical roles of rotating equipment and are given a good understanding of their dynamic behaviors, including surge/choke. The author imparts the practical know-how and skills involved in the design and implementation of capacity and anti-surge control and safe-guarding logic. Furthermore, the book discusses real-time monitoring of solutions based on operational requirements, dynamic models for control of supply and demand, cause-and-effect relationships, the useof online and offline data, and collaboration with other engineering disciplines. The text facilitates support for the day-to-day operation of in-house open-platform compressor control applications, encouraging the growth of analytic skills in troubleshooting and fixing common problems; it also inculcates a basic understanding of the principles of third-party proprietary technologies and supports decision-making between in-house and third-party solutions.Process engineers working in the oil-and-gas, refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries who bear responsibility for designing control solutions involving pumps and compressors will find this book an invaluable source of practical advice. This book also helps engineers working on design and maintenance of rotating equipment to understand the perspectives and requirements of process control.

This is the first book that sums up test-related modeling of digital circuits and systems by a new structural-decision-diagrams model. The model represents structural and functional information jointly and opens a new area of research.The book introduces and discusses applications of two types of structural decision diagrams (DDs): low-level, structurally synthesized binary DDs (SSBDDs) and high-level DDs (HLDDs) that enable diagnostic modeling of complex digital circuits and systems.Topics and features:Provides the definition, properties and techniques for synthesis, compression and optimization of SSBDDs and HLDDsProvides numerous working examples that illustrate the key points of the textDescribes applications of SSBDDs and HLDDs for various electronic design automation (EDA) tasks, such as logic-level fault modeling and simulation, multi-valued simulation, timing-critical path identification, and test generationDiscusses the advantages of the proposed model to traditional binary decision diagrams and other traditional design representationsCombines SSBDDs with HLDDs for multi-level representation of digital systems for enabling hierarchical and cross-level solving of complex test-related tasksThis unique book is aimed at researchers working in the fields of computer science and computer engineering, focusing on test, diagnosis and dependability of digital systems. It can also serve as a reference for graduate- and advanced undergraduate-level computer engineering and electronics courses.Three authors are affiliated with the Dept. of Computer Systems at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia: Raimund Ubar is a retired Professor, Jaan Raik and Maksim Jenihhin are tenured Professors. Artur Jutman, PhD, is a researcher at the same university and the CEO of Testonica Lab Ltd., Estonia.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in the field of applied mathematics as it relates to finance, marketing, and economics. It covers a range of topics including the effective utilization of applied mathematics and mathematical modeling in finance, economics, and marketing. Additionally, it explores the intersection between applied mathematics and practical applications in various scientific fields. The book targets a multidisciplinary audience, fostering the exchange of diverse ideas and showcasing the broad appeal of different subjects. It delves into recent developments in areas such as mathematical modeling in finance, mathematical modeling in marketing, the modeling of financial and economic fundamentals (e.g., interest rates, asset prices), market behavior modeling, modeling market imperfections, pricing financial derivative securities, hedging strategies, numerical methods, and financial engineering.The book features selected contributions presented at the first edition of the International Conference in Applied Mathematics to Finance, Marketing and Economics, which took place at the National School of Commerce and Management in El Jadida, Morocco, from November 26 to 27, 2020.

Urban Mobilities in Literature and Art Activism explores the entwinement of mobility and immobility in urban spaces by focusing on their representation in literary narratives but also in visual and performing arts. Across a range of geographical contexts, this volume builds on the new mobilities paradigm developed by literary scholars, sociologists and human geographers. The different chapters employ a cohesive framework that is sensitive to the intersecting dimensions of power and discrimination that shape urban kinetic features. The contributions are divided into three sections, each of which places the focus on a different aspect of urban mobility: Itinerant Subjects, Modes of Transport and Places of Transit, and Urban Liminalities.Chapter 7, "Alienation, Abjection and the Mobile Postcolonial City: Public Transport in Ousmane Sembène¿s ¿Niiwam¿ and Yvonne Veräs Without a Name" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book provides a contemporary overview of Boko Haram's activities. Since Boko Haram emerged in 2002, media-driven narratives as well as social scientific methodologies have been increasingly applied to draw generalisable conclusions on what goals the groups have pursued, what strategies it has used for these purposes and the counter campaign strategies authorities have pursued. But from 2009 to 2018, Boko Haram has pursued high-intensity violence: assassinations, bombing, kidnappings, beheading or threats of violence, conscriptions and territorial occupation. This makes it imperative to deepen and broaden our understanding of the groups¿ activities toward a problem-solving and policy-relevant analysis.Previously published in Security Journal Volume 33, issue 3, September 2020

This book gathers contributions negotiating feminism's place within medieval studies. It is about overlaps and twists, about the inseparability of multiple means of critique ¿ ecocriticism and disability studies, art history and race studies, legal history and modern activism ¿ from a feminist perspective. The feminist scholarship in this book moves in many different directions and examines the medieval past (and its role in the present) from many different angles. What remains consistent throughout is the dedication to reconfiguring medieval studies, a commitment not to be content simply with adding women on as an extra in conventional European patriarchal accounts, or with analyzing gender in history or literature without fundamentally re-envisioning the intellectual foundations upon which those fields of study have been built.Previously published in postmedieval Volume 10, issue 3, September 2019

This book gathers selected papers presented at the 19th ¿Transport Systems. Theory and Practice¿ Scientific and Technical Conference organised by the Department of Transport Systems, Traffic Engineering and Logistics at the Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. How to ensure effectiveness and reduce risk in urban public transport? What factors have an influence on activity-travel participation? What is the future of electromobility in the context of decisions to buy electric vehicles? How to support tourists travelling by people with special needs? This publication provides you with answers to these and many other questions. It also contains an abundance of numerical analyses based on significant data sets, illustrating the close affiliation between mobility and quality of life. With regard to the research results discussed and the selected solutions applied, the book primarily addresses the needs of three target groups:¿ Scientists and researchers (ITS field).¿ Local authorities (responsible for the transport systems at the urban and regional level).¿ Representatives of business (traffic strategy management) and industry (manufacturers of ITS components).The conference was held on 18¿19 September 2023 in Katowice (Poland).

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Big Data Technologies and Applications, BDTA 2023, held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in August 2023. The 8 full papers and 3 short papers of BDTA 2023 were selected from 23 submissions and present new advances and research results in the fields of big data technologies, collection and storage, big data management and retrieval, big data mining and approaches.

This book reports on cutting-edge theories and methods for analyzing complex systems, such as transportation and communication networks and discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to dependability problems encountered when dealing with complex systems in practice. The book presents the most relevant findings discussed at the 23rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication (RelStat 2023), which took place as a hybrid event on October 19 ¿ 21, 2023, in/from Riga, Latvia. It spans a broad spectrum of advanced theories and methods, giving a special emphasis to the digitalization of transport systems, as well as smart, artificial intelligence, and digital twins applications.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of wind engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the XVII Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering (IN-VENTO), held in Milan, Italy on September 4¿7, 2022. It covers highly diverse topics, including aeroelasticity, bluff-body aerodynamics, boundary layer wind tunnel testing, computational wind engineering, structural dynamics and reliability, wind-structure interaction, flow-induced vibrations, wind modeling and forecast, wind disaster mitigation, and wind climate assessment. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 4th International Workshop on Distributed Computing for Emerging Smart Networks, DiCES-N 2023, which took place in Bizerte, Tunisia, on May 27, 2023.The 6 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk. The contributions focus on vehicular networks and emerging technologies and cyber safety and security of intelligent transportation systems.

IoTHIC-2023 is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed international conference on Internet of Things (IoT) and healthcare systems with Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques such as data mining, machine learning, image processing, and meta-heuristic algorithms. The AI-based techniques are applied on many fields of healthcare systems, including predicting and detecting diseases in hospitals, clinics, smart health monitoring systems, surgery, medical services, and etc.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of agricultural technologies engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 15th International Congress on Agricultural Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture (ANKAgEng), held in Antalya, Turkey on October 29 ¿ November 1, 2022. It covers a diverse range of topics such as machinery and energy systems, agriculture information technologies, digital-smart agriculture, ergonomics, health & safety, system engineering, post-harvest technologies & process engineering, sustainable agriculture, natural resources & environmental systems, plant, animal & facility systems, agricultural engineering education and biosystems engineering. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, present a wealth of exciting ideas that will open novel research directions andfoster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

This book constitutes the 5th International Workshop, IoTBDH 2023, held in Birmingham, UK, during October 21¿25, 2023.The 7 full papers and 4 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They focus on the state-of-the-art research and applications in utilizing IoT and big data technology for healthcare by presenting efficient scientific and engineering solutions, addressing the needs and challenges for integration with new technologies, and providing visions for future research and development.

This book of the SPAR series contains 39 scientific articles presented in the Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems conference organized in November 28¿30, 2022, in Montbéliard, France.The contributions are covering a broad scope of topics within distributed robotics including mobile sensor networks, unmanned aerial vehicles, multi-agent systems, algorithms for multi-robot systems, modular robots, swarm robotics, and reinforcement learning or deep learning applied to multi-robot systems.

This book presents the first volume of the proceedings of the 12th World Conference "Intelligent systems for industrial automation", WCIS-2022 held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on November 25-26, 2022. It includes contributions from diverse areas of intelligent industrial systems design, intelligent information systems, decision making under imperfect information and others. The topics of the papers include hybrid control systems, pattern recognition, industry 4.0, information security, neural computing, fuzzy computation, decision making and support systems, and others.

This monograph explores the synergy of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) and cognitive processes to enhance spatial abilities ¿ an integral aspect of cognitive development. The ability to comprehend and manipulate spatial information is not only fundamental to our understanding of the physical world but also plays a pivotal role in numerous academic and professional fields. Recognizing the profound impact of spatial ability on scientific disciplines and educational achievement, this monograph takes on the challenge of enhancing spatial skills among users.The authors present the design and development of a mobile training system that incorporates AR features to enhance learners¿ spatial ability. Involving mental generation, transformation, and rotation of visual images for understanding spatial relationships, spatial ability is closely linked to success in various scientific disciplines and educational pursuits. While spatial visualization skills testsare available, this monograph takes a unique approach by focusing on developing targeted interventions to improve spatial ability. It aims to unlock new avenues for cognitive growth and dive into the untapped potential within the realm of spatial intelligence. Beyond its emphasis on spatial ability enhancement, this monograph goes above and beyond traditional approaches by integrating AI techniques into the training system. As such, it aims to provide personalized and adaptive learning experiences for learners. The training system, through intelligent techniques, dynamically analyzes individual learners¿ strengths, weaknesses, and progress, tailoring content and challenges to their specific needs. This effort establishes a new frontier in educational technology, offering a groundbreaking solution that not only augments spatial ability development but also showcases the transformative potential of AI in reshaping the learning experience.The book is a valuable resource for researchers, educators, developers and technology enthusiasts, as it exemplifies the profound impact of AI and AR in shaping the future of online learning experiences.

This book constitutes the refereed revised selected papers of the 10th Latin American Conference on High Performance Computing, CARLA 2023, held in Cartagena, Colombia, during September 18¿22, 2023.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: High Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence using HPC Scale and High Performance Computing Applications.

This brief offers an introduction to the fascinating new field of quantitative read-across structure-activity relationships (q-RASAR) as a cheminformatics modeling approach in the background of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) and read-across (RA) as data gap-filling methods. It discusses the genesis and model development of q-RASAR models demonstrating practical examples. It also showcases successful case studies on the application of q-RASAR modeling in medicinal chemistry, predictive toxicology, and materials sciences. The book also includes the tools used for q-RASAR model development for new users. It is a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in grasping the development algorithm of q-RASAR models and their application within specific research domains.

This book has been written to account for improvements in the regulatory regime for shipboard health, safety and welfare. It considers the various regulations and statutory requirements for sanitation, the provision of potable and non-drinkable water, food and provisions, disease and infectious transfer, management of vectors and general health and safety onboard modern merchant and cruise ships.

This book studies inequalities in the quality of life of the Argentine population at the regional level. It considers the six regions of the National Statistical System: Northwest, Northeast, Cuyo, Pampa, Metropolitan, and Patagonia. A series of thematic maps is provided and interpreted, which are related to: a. socioeconomic issues (education, health, housing) and b. environmental aspects (environmental problems and recreational resources). These dimensions (socioeconomic and environmental) are integrated into quality of life indexes that allow the comparison of the situation of the population residing in any region of the national territory.

This book provides the latest research and technology advances in building fire safety and smart firefighting. Different experts systemically review the application of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Digitalization, and Metaverse in fire safety areas. These multi-disciplinary research and technology fusion will significantly change the fire resilience design and firefighting practices in the next 20 years. Achieving urban fire safety and resilience also plays a key role in developing future smart buildings and cities. This book attracts more young researchers into the latest multi-disciplinary fire safety research and promotes the application of the new technologies in firefighting.

¿As carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other greenhouse gases constantly rise and constitute the main contributor to climate change, temperature rise and global warming, artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of things, and blockchain technologies are enlisted to help enforce energy transition and transform the entire energy sector.The book at hand presents state-of-the-art developments in artificial intelligence-empowered analytics of energy data and artificial intelligence-empowered application development. Topics covered include a presentation of the various stakeholders in the energy sector and their corresponding required analytic services, such as state-of-the-art machine learning, artificial intelligence, and optimization models and algorithms tailored for a series of demanding energy problems and aiming at providing optimal solutions under specific constraints.Professors, researchers, scientists, engineers, and students in energy sector-related disciplines are expected to be inspired and benefit from this book, along with readers from other disciplines wishing to learn more about this exciting new field of research.

This project was motivated by the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the IFIP Human Choice and Computers (HCC) conference, the event that led to IFIP¿s Technical Committee 9 (TC 9). Although IFIP committees are mainly technical, TC 9 is dedicated to research at the intersection of information and communication technology (ICT) with society. In addition to sponsoring HCC, TC 9 supports groups that have specific research interests. In consultation with their members, the leaders of each group offer chapters about their groups¿ history and goals. An additional chapter describes TC 9¿s formation, and an appendix details the national groups that work closely with TC 9. Overall, this volume is a useful guide to the historical development of research on ICT and society, providing readers with important reference works and relevant themes, and also points to likely new trends in these domains.

This book provides an insightful guide to the economic challenges currently defining Europe. With a particular focus on the Czech economy, it examines the impact of rampant inflation, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis and evaluates the social impacts of them. Through an empirical analysis, the asymmetric effects of these shocks are highlighted in relation to different social groups. Furthermore, it engages with related issues such as migration and integration policies, the evolution of the labour market, disparities in inflation¿s impact, and household energy expenditure.This book presents a practical policy framework for addressing inflation, the impact of the Ukraine conflict, and the energy crisis. It will be relevant to scholars, researchers, and policymakers interested in the political economy, labour economics, and economic policy in general.

This book explains the variation and determinants of residential quality and housing preferences in urban private housing markets. It describes the residential characteristics and housing preference dynamics of Lagos urban residents who are majorly sheltered in the city¿s private housing markets. Lagos Metropolitan Area (LMA) is a wide region with differentiated informal housing markets. The city private housing markets vary in quantity, quality, and prices which conjointly influence residents housing preferences and choices. Based on positivist philosophical stance, this book addresses the peculiarities of each residential market in Low Residential Density (LRD), Medium Residential Density (MRD), and High Residential Density (HRD) areas in terms of residential quality and housing preferences. With heuristic methods including predictive model and conjoint choice experimentation, this book unravels the level and variability of residential quality (neighborhood and structural) and housing preference (revealed and stated) decisions in Metropolitan Lagos. In addition, the residential quality and housing preferences are mapped to give their spatial patterns across Lagos megacity neighborhoods as segmented residential submarkets. Applying the positivist philosophical stance, the book provides evidence to support residential quality and housing preference variability across the city private housing submarkets. The book is both a guide and reference for students in the built environment, urban planners, urban policy decision makers, housing researchers, property managers, and real estate professionals who are interested in understanding the residential quality and preference dynamics within polarized cities.