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From Amazon to Tinder, from Google to Deliveroo, there is no facet of human life which the digital revolution has not streamlined and dematerialised. Its objective was to reduce the cost of physical interactions by forgoing face-to-face interactions, a direct result of the free-market shock of the 1980s, which sought to seamlessly expand the marketplace in every possible dimension. Today, we can be algorithmically entertained, educated, cared ...

At the end of the last century, the idea of self-esteem became enormously influential. A staggering amount of psychological research and self-help literature was published, and before long was devoured by readers. Self-esteem initiatives permeated American schools. Self-esteem became the way of understanding ourselves, our personalities, our interactions with others. Nowadays, few people think much about the idea of self-esteem--but perhaps we...

In seinem 49. Jahrgang begleitet der Mauerwerk-Kalender die erfolgreiche Bauart als verlässliches Nachschlagewerk mit den Eigenschaftswerten von Mauersteinen, Mauermörtel, Mauerwerk und Putzen, mit der aktuellen Übersicht über die Allgemeinen Bauaufsichtlichen Zulassungen bzw. Allgemeinen Bauartgenehmigungen dieses Fachgebietes und mit der Zusammenstellung der geltenden technischen Regeln für den Mauerwerksbau. Ein Schwerpunkt des diesjährige...

Discover what you want to do?and do it! Ready to bring meaning and excitement to your life? Finding Your Passion For Dummies walks you through a process of self-discovery that will help you uncover your true purpose. With fun exercises, insights, and tips, this book sheds light on your values, interests, and natural talents, so you can explore the things that interest you. Let this Dummies guide be your mentor as you contemplate taking the lea...

Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Western observers. A theocracy that aspires to a popular mandate, an anti-colonial state with imperial pretensions of its own: modern Iran is in many ways a reflection of its struggle to reconcile its traditions with the challenges of modernity. In this incisive book, globally renowned scholar of Iran Ali Ansari takes readers on a journey through the...

A superyacht is a boat that exceeds 30 metres in length, with some surpassing even 100 metres -- more than a football field. At the beginning of the 21st century, there were about 2, 000 of these vessels in the world, two decades and a financial crisis later, there are three times as many. Grégory Salle argues that these are not whimsical fads: on the contrary, luxury yachting highlights the social exclusivity of the wealthiest and the environ...

China's huge environmental challenges affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. In this fully revised and updated third edition of her acclaimed book, noted scholar of Chinese environmentalism Judith Shapiro explores China's struggle to achieve the 'ecological civilization' championed by Xi Jinping since 2017. Drawing on six core analytical concepts - globalization, governance, national identity, civ...

David Walker, a free (with a small f) black man, was one of the most significant African-American abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born in a slave society before moving to Boston where, after the American Revolutionary War, slavery was abolished, Walker devoted his life to fighting slavery and antiblack racism. In this book, Sherrow O. Pinder brings to light Walker's lived experience, activism, and the synchronizing of his Christian p...

China's huge environmental challenges affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. In this fully revised and updated third edition of her acclaimed book, noted scholar of Chinese environmentalism Judith Shapiro explores China's struggle to achieve the 'ecological civilization' championed by Xi Jinping since 2017. Drawing on six core analytical concepts - globalization, governance, national identity, civ...

The global triumph of democracy was announced thirty years ago, promising an age of consensus in which the dispassionate consideration of objective problems would give birth to a world at peace. Today, these grand hopes have been destroyed, and the era touted as new and exceptional has turned out to be remarkably similar to the old order - but not simply due to the aggression of external forces. Instead, we must look to the nature of consensus...

The global triumph of democracy was announced thirty years ago, promising an age of consensus in which the dispassionate consideration of objective problems would give birth to a world at peace. Today, these grand hopes have been destroyed, and the era touted as new and exceptional has turned out to be remarkably similar to the old order - but not simply due to the aggression of external forces. Instead, we must look to the nature of consensus...

David Walker, a free (with a small f) black man, was one of the most significant African-American abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born in a slave society before moving to Boston where, after the American Revolutionary War, slavery was abolished, Walker devoted his life to fighting slavery and antiblack racism. In this book, Sherrow O. Pinder brings to light Walker's lived experience, activism, and the synchronizing of his Christian p...

Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Western observers. A theocracy that aspires to a popular mandate, an anti-colonial state with imperial pretensions of its own: modern Iran is in many ways a reflection of its struggle to reconcile its traditions with the challenges of modernity. In this incisive book, globally renowned scholar of Iran Ali Ansari takes readers on a journey through the...

Overview of the current state of the art on the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and biology Big Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence for Medical Sciences demonstrates the efforts made in the fields of Computational Biology and medical sciences to design and implement robust, accurate, and efficient computer algorithms for modeling the behavior of complex biological systems much faster than using traditional modeling approaches ...

Erving Goffman's much-loved works are still widely cited in the field of media and communication. His work has stimulated research on news framing, mass media and social media, inviting new insights about how communication, self, audiences and public life are mediated by, but also transcend, particular technological forms. What explains the continuing relevance of this highly original theorist? In this important new book, Peter Lunt critically...

Erving Goffman's much-loved works are still widely cited in the field of media and communication. His work has stimulated research on news framing, mass media and social media, inviting new insights about how communication, self, audiences and public life are mediated by, but also transcend, particular technological forms. What explains the continuing relevance of this highly original theorist? In this important new book, Peter Lunt critically...

A comprehensive and comparative examination of every major economy in Asia Asian Economies: History, Structures and Contemporary Issues is an insightful, practical, and comprehensive look at modern economies in Asia, their recent history, and the impact that history has on their fiscal and policy choices. Author and economist Jamus Jerome Lim walks you through the key economic features of major Asian economies using historical and contemporary...

Authoritative resource delivering the professional practice of cybersecurity from the perspective of enterprise governance and risk management. Stepping Through Cybersecurity Risk Management covers the professional practice of cybersecurity from the perspective of enterprise governance and risk management. Itdescribes the state of the art in cybersecurity risk identification, classification, measurement, remediation, monitoring and reporting. ...

This book introduces model-based optimization as an emerging practice in the industry. The topics like petroleum refining processes, refinery basic economics, basic concepts in mathematical programming, applications of mathematical programming for refinery optimization are covered. More importantly, case studies related to practical refinery configuration design, retrofit and issues with industrial size and significance are emcomprassed. It wi...

The primary resource for researches to gain insights into the fundamentals, attributes and characteristics of a wide range of environment-friendly polymers and their nanocomposites, including analytical approaches as well as fabrication of materials and composites.