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![Springer Nature Switzerland Breaking Barriers with Open Innovation in Germany]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Breaking Barriers with Open Innovation in Germany
67.4 EUR
Innovation plays a pivotal role in maintaining competitiveness for companies in high-wage nations like Germany. German industrial SMEs face significant pressure to innovate to sustain their edge against emerging market competitors. This challenge underscores the need for robust innovation practices, particularly within technology-driven industries. The author, drawing on firsthand experience as an owner-manager in this sector, explores the open innovation paradigm as a transformative approach. This paradigm addresses the inherent resource constraints of SMEs by leveraging external knowledge, networks, and collaboration platforms. By critically examining innovation culture, financing, intellectual property management, and success measurement across various industries, the book offers valuable insights into overcoming challenges and fostering sustainable growth. It provides a balanced perspective between theoretical frameworks and actionable strategies for SMEs.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Negotiating Norms]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Negotiating Norms
139.09 EUR
The book explores the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) – a highly controversial right. It is mainly discussed in the context of large-scale business projects on Indigenous territories but also with respect to the creation of protected areas and communities’ traditional resource rights. From a legal anthropological perspective, it attempts to disentangle the various coexisting understandings of FPIC and provide an explanation for the multiplicity of FPIC norms or – to put it in other words – its fragmentation. It examines the right- or stakeholders of FPIC, the scope of the consent requirement, the respect for self-determined decision-making, and the right to FPIC of women in different sociolegal fields. Moreover, it explores the impact of power relations, strategic alliances, and discourses within these fields and shows that the emerging FPIC norms are the result of norm negotiation processes. The fields that are examined include transnational law – more specifically, human rights, environmental, and development law -, the Liberian post-conflict forest and land legislation, and Liberian community forests as fields in which FPIC is operationalized. Liberia is quite unique in this respect. It is not only one of the few countries in Africa recognizing FPIC but has also begun implementing it. The book shows that based on the logic of a sociolegal field, legal identities are discursively created and determine the meaning of FPIC. Moreover, different actors can resort to different legalities shaping the emerging FPIC norm.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Artificial Intelligence, Optimization, and Data Sciences in Sports]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Artificial Intelligence, Optimization, and Data Sciences in Sports
128.39 EUR
This book delves into the dynamic intersection of data science, data mining, machine learning, and optimization within sports. It compiles and presents the latest achievements in this vibrant and emerging research area, offering a comprehensive overview of how these technologies revolutionize sports analytics and performance. Topical coverage includes artificial intelligence in sports, automated machine learning for training sessions, computational social science, and deep learning applications. Readers will also explore cutting-edge concepts such as digital twins in sports and sports prediction through data analysis. This volume highlights theoretical advancements and practical case studies that demonstrate real-world applications. Ideal for researchers, practitioners, and students in fields related to sports science, data analytics, and machine learning, this book serves as a crucial resource for anyone looking to understand the transformative impact of technology on sports. Whether you are an academic scholar or a professional working in the industry, this collection offers valuable insights that bridge the gap between research and practical solutions.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Nile Water Conflict and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Nile Water Conflict and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
171.19 EUR
The book follows on from “The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile” GERD. It will have a good background introduction on the Nile basin. The value of Nile water will be presented in view of the global water stress facing mankind and the region. International importance of Nile waters will be presented with food insecurity of regions outside the basin. Food and energy demand in the upper basin and potential upstream irrigation demand on Nile waters will be presented. Analysis of the GERD three years of filling, remaining filling years, and modes of operation will be presented along with the water conflict. Climate change and climate variation (droughts and floods) impacts on the water control of 56 percent of the Nile flow (the Blue Nile and the GERD), and ensuing water war require analysis and publication. One of the major features of the Nile is the Sudd marshes in South Sudan. The importance of wetlands in the hydroclimate of the Nile basin and the merit and demerits of draining the Sudd, to get more water on the short term, will be presented. The Everglades in the United States will be presented as a global experience in regional wetland drainage and its impact on regional hydroclimate.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Posthumanism Meets Surveillance Capitalism]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Posthumanism Meets Surveillance Capitalism
37.44 EUR
The core contention of this book is that, when viewed through the lens of contemporary posthuman theory, contemporary uses of AI under platform capitalism not only undermine our sense of the “human” but also our frameworks for conceptualizing ourselves as “subjects” or “selves” at all. This radical conclusion raises issues forces us to reckon with a new, disorienting horizon for critical thought at the intersection of technology and politics. This book demonstrates that two major streams of posthuman thought—namely, accelerationism and Prometheanism—can be interpreted as attempts to liberate our desires from our reason or our rationality from our all-too-human desire, each through the offloading of various tasks to emerging technologies. But, Patrick Gamez argues, the rise of opaque, unexplainable machine learning algorithms to predict and shape our behaviour undermines the common-sense models of mind through which we ultimately make sense of both the human and the posthuman.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Regenerative Design]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Regenerative Design
46 EUR
This book aims to provide bases for reasoning on what opportunities the regenerative approaches to urban-architectural design and development can bring to our territories and living systems (environment, society, city and learning). It collects research, experiences and considerations from experts that present innovations from different contexts, especially from the Latin-Mediterranean context. The goal of this book is to provide the reader with case studies, analysis and guidelines, resulting from scientific research from academia and practice. The book collects research focused on topics that are nowadays crucial to understand how to intervene in the complicated contexts of socio-environmental emergencies. These studies are organized into seven sections, discussing from the importance of new narrative facing future environmental challenges, to the appropriate methodologies and approaches for regenerative culture with systemic view. The book closes with outputs, dreams and hopes of regenerative design: challenges and opportunities to rewrite our alliance with the environment and to move forward our relation with the socio-environmental capital.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Public Finance Management in the Development Matrix of the Global South]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Public Finance Management in the Development Matrix of the Global South
149.79 EUR
This edited volume discusses strategies for improving public finance management (PFM) processes and outcomes in the Global South with a focus on social inclusion. With its comprehensive coverage across seven parts, the book analyzes the relationship between PFM, social inclusion, and sustainable development. Chapters address a wide range of development-related issues, each with in-depth analysis and concluding policy recommendations with far-reaching relevance. Offering a combination of theoretical insights, empirical data, and practical recommendations, this volume serves as a resource for policymakers, academics, and anyone interested in the critical intersection of public finance and social inclusion in the Global South.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition
53.49 EUR
Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition is an introduction to an advanced machine learning paradigm that continuously learns by accumulating past knowledge that it then uses in future learning and problem solving. In contrast, the current dominant machine learning paradigm learns in isolation: given a training dataset, it runs a machine learning algorithm on the dataset to produce a model that is then used in its intended application. It makes no attempt to retain the learned knowledge and use it in subsequent learning. Unlike this isolated system, humans learn effectively with only a few examples precisely because our learning is very knowledge-driven: the knowledge learned in the past helps us learn new things with little data or effort. Lifelong learning aims to emulate this capability, because without it, an AI system cannot be considered truly intelligent. Research in lifelong learning has developed significantly in the relatively short time since the first edition of this book was published. The purpose of this second edition is to expand the definition of lifelong learning, update the content of several chapters, and add a new chapter about continual learning in deep neural networks—which has been actively researched over the past two or three years. A few chapters have also been reorganized to make each of them more coherent for the reader. Moreover, the authors want to propose a unified framework for the research area. Currently, there are several research topics in machine learning that are closely related to lifelong learning—most notably, multi-task learning, transfer learning, and meta-learning—because they also employ the idea of knowledge sharing and transfer. This book brings all these topics under one roof and discusses their similarities and differences. Its goal is to introduce this emerging machine learning paradigm and present a comprehensive survey and review of the important research results and latest ideas in the area. This book is thus suitable for students, researchers, and practitioners who are interested in machine learning, data mining, natural language processing, or pattern recognition. Lecturers can readily use the book for courses in any of these related fields.
![Springer Nature Switzerland High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Automation of Control and Production]()
Springer Nature Switzerland High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Automation of Control and Production
80.24 EUR
This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 13th International Conference on HPCST 2023, held in Barnaul, Russia, during May 19–20, 2023. The 21 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Hardware for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing; Information Technologies and Computer Simulation of Physical Phenomena; Computing Technologies in Data Analysis and Decision Making; Information and Computing Technologies in Automation and Control Science; Computing Technologies in Information Security Applications.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Academic Citizenship in African Higher Education]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Academic Citizenship in African Higher Education
139.09 EUR
This book addresses national development and academic citizenship in higher education in Africa. For some, the concept of academic citizenship refers to the legitimate practice of academics working within Higher Education. To others, it suggests roles that are beyond the boundaries of academic institutions. There is a dearth of research on academic citizenship in relation to Africa. This edited volume contributes to a better understanding of the role of higher education in national development by presenting case studies and perspectives from a wide range of stakeholders, educators, and researchers in the African context.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Data-Centric Business and Applications]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Data-Centric Business and Applications
181.89 EUR
Embark on a journey into the future of business with a groundbreaking book that explores the dynamic interplay between data and business, unlocking its transformative power in strategy, decision-making, and application development. Dive deep into cutting-edge topics such as data governance, analytics, knowledge discovery, and AI, and gain an in-depth understanding of managing, analyzing, and extracting insights from complex data sets. This book's holistic approach sets this book apart, seamlessly integrating the latest information and knowledge management concepts. From integrating data-centric approaches into business models to addressing considerations in data-driven decisions, the diverse topics covered will provide invaluable insights into the central role of data in shaping the future of business and applications. This book sheds light on the ongoing advances in structural management, demonstrating how previously understood knowledge, technologies, and data can pave the way for sustainable solutions in the face of innovation, meet insight, and allow businesses to thrive in the digital age.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis
149.79 EUR
This book contains the essential information required by physicians and bench scientists to understand the definition of a given autoimmune disease and its diagnostic criteria and treatment. Autoimmune diseases are a family of more than one hundred chronic, and often disabling, illnesses that develop when underlying defects in the immune system lead the body to attack its own organs, tissues, and cells. In Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis: Systemic and Organ-specific Diseases, the editors have gathered a critical review by renowned experts of more than 120 autoimmune diseases. A contemporary overview of these conditions with special emphasis on diagnosis is presented. This edition of Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis is divided into two parts, the first covering systemic autoimmune diseases, and the second covering organ-specific autoimmune diseases. They cover all the newly approved classification criteria, such as those for systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, several systemic vasculitis, etc. This edition also reviews newly described systemic autoimmune conditions: immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, VEXAS, immunoglobulin G4-associated autoimmune disease, autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA), and autoimmune manifestations induced by immune-therapies. Several organ-specific diseases have been added, including autoimmune alopecia and other immune-mediated dermatosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and autoimmune dysautonomia, among others. This is an essential guide to the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases for internists, rheumatologists, clinical immunologists, primary care physicians, and bench scientists.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Soil Conservation and Management]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Soil Conservation and Management
85.59 EUR
This updated and expanded second edition textbook, describes all main aspects of soil management, to address the serious problems of soil erosion and the attendant environmental pollution. The global high demands for food, fiber, feed, and fuel put a constant strain on the environment, which can only be mitigated by soil conservation. This edition incorporates new concepts and provides an up-to-date review of soil management principles and practices. The authors also added new chapters on cover crops, crop residues, soil water management, nutrient management, perennials in crop rotations and organic amendments. All practices have a clear perspective on addressing soil erosion, physical and chemical problems, carbon dynamics and sequestration as well as non-point source pollution. The restorative nature of many practices, also consider water conservation as a main pillar of sustaining a healthy soil. This textbook is valuable for students and professionals in soil science, agronomy, agricultural engineering, hydrology, and management of natural resources.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Time and Fractals]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Time and Fractals
171.19 EUR
This edited volume discusses time and fractal phenomena in economics, entrepreneurship, and management. Chapters embrace a wide spectrum of topics, such as time series analysis of entrepreneurial orientation, theoretical research on the effectiveness of time management in dynamics of employee-organization relationship, the degradation of goals over time and how ambiguity and managerial cognition shape distributions of project time and cost, and fractal characteristics in energy markets and organizations. Revealing emerging aspects of time and fractals across disciplines, this volume demonstrates their significance in advancing economics, entrepreneurship, and management research. As such, this text will be useful for academics, researchers, management professionals and policy makers.
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Springer Nature Switzerland Coherent Optical LiDAR
106.99 EUR
This book provides an insight into the coherent optical LiDAR system, starting from the fundamental operation of the polarization diversity coherent optical transceiver, widely used in field deployed Terabit optical communication systems. The author first defines LiDAR, i.e., Light Detection and Ranging, as a complex machine designed to measure the distance and the velocity of the target object in a two-dimensional imaging. The book provides a detailed analysis of the electrical engineering aspects of the Code-Modulated (CM) LiDAR, developing a thorough theory and modeling of coherent optical signals and noise sources involved in the detection of the received signal by means of the integrated coherent optical receiver. The author then shows that the target detection of the CM LiDAR is based on the cross-correlation process between the transmitted and received coded signals after the target reflection. To this end, large part of the book is devoted to the theory of the cross-correlation process with noise and the related probability of detection. The intent of this book is to provide a reference to the reader for the inside understanding of the coherent optical LiDAR toward an optimum design approach. Presents coherent optical LiDAR systems, which measure distance and velocity of the target in a two-dimensional imaging. Illustrates how LiDAR offers an ideal solution for low-cost and large-scale integration. Merges LiDAR specifications and optical coherent technology through a unique approach.
![Springer Nature Switzerland ICT Systems and Sustainability]()
Springer Nature Switzerland ICT Systems and Sustainability
213.99 EUR
Dr. Milan Tuba, Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Project at Singidunum University and Vice-Rector of Research at Sinergia University, is included in both versions of the Stanford University list of 2% of the most influential scientists in the world in all disciplines, one for contribution during the entire career and other for contribution in the previous year (for years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024). Prof. Tuba is the highest ranked researcher in Serbia for Computer Science field at AD Scientific Index - World Scientists Rankings. Prof. Tuba is the author or co-author of around 300 scientific papers (cited more than 7,700 times, h-index 53) and editor, co-editor or member of the editorial board or scientific committee of number of scientific journals, Springer books, congresses and international conferences. He was invited and delivered over 100 keynote and inaugural lectures at international conferences. His research interest includes Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Nature-inspired Optimization Algorithms, Image Processing, Computer Networks. Prof. Tuba is a member of the National Agency for Accreditation of Universities of the Republic of Serbia. Senior Member IEEE, Senior Member ACM, AMS, SIAM, IFNA, Executive Board of IASEI. Dr. Shyam Akashe is a professor in Electronics & Communication Engineering Department and Dean International Cooperation & Projects at ITM University Gwalior. He received M.Tech degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal in 2006 and Ph.D. Thapar University, Patiala (previously Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology), Punjab in 2013. During his Ph. D. studies, he worked on Low power memory cell design. After joining ITM University Gwalior in 2012, he leads as an M.Tech VLSI Design coordinator, focusing on low power VLSI design, modeling, FinFET based memory design, circuits for future VLSI technology, digital design and FPGA implementation. This has resulted in over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and holds more than 10 patents. Dr. Amit Joshi is currently serving as the Director of the esteemed G R Scholastic LLP, India. His academic journey includes obtaining a B.Tech from Tech in Computer Engineering, Ph.D. in areas of Cloud Computing and further obtaining a Post Doctorate in Market Analysis of International Business from National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan. Enhancing his vision with his rich experience spanning approximately 15 years and realizing the need of globalization in education and business. His active affiliations include esteemed professional societies such as ACM, IEEE, CSI, AMIE, IACSIT Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA, and more. He has presented and authored over 50 papers in reputable national and international journals and conferences, specifically those organized by IEEE and ACM. His editorial...
![Springer Nature Switzerland Soft Computing and Its Engineering Applications]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Soft Computing and Its Engineering Applications
128.39 EUR
The two-volume proceedings set CCIS 2430-2431 constitutes the revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications, icSoftComp 2024, held in Bangkok, Thailand, during December 10–12, 2024. The 58 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 501 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I : Theory and Methods. Part II : Theory and Methods; Systems and Applications; Hybrid Techniques; Soft Computing for Smart World.
![Springer Nature Switzerland 12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering]()
Springer Nature Switzerland 12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering
181.89 EUR
This book presents cutting-edge research and developments in the field of medical and biological engineering, which a special emphasis on activities carried out in the Asian-Pacific region. Gathering the proceedings of the 12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering (APCMBE 2023), held on May 18–21, 2023, in Suzhou, China, this second volume of a two-volume set covers advances in computer-aided surgery, biomechanics and micro-nanoengineering, health informatics and health engineering, as well as computational modeling and simulation, as well as AI applications in biology and medicine. It addresses a broad audience of researchers and professionals active in biomedical engineering, biomechanics, medical biophysics, and health informatics.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Polarization Vision and Environmental Polarized Light]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Polarization Vision and Environmental Polarized Light
255.73 EUR
This new edition presents a state-of-the-art exploration of polarized light and polarization vision. Part I of the book examines polarization sensitivity across many animal taxa, including invertebrates and vertebrates, and it details both terrestrial and aquatic life. Part II is devoted to the description of environmental polarization with implications to animal and human polarization vision. This includes underwater polarization, polarization signals, sky-polarimetric Viking navigation and astronomical polarization. This part also examines polarized light pollution induced by anthropogenic factors, such as reflection off asphalt surfaces, glass panes, car bodies, and other man-made structures that are now known to form ecological traps for polarotactic insects. The new edition features a number of novelties, including chapters on trilobites, springtails, bats, seals, imaging polarimetry, and astronomical polarization.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Catching Up in the Digital Age]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Catching Up in the Digital Age
96.29 EUR
This book offers a new governance framework for understanding how countries with limited institutional capacity can pursue economic catch-up in the digital age. This book introduces the concept of the Developmental Network State (DNS) to explain how learning, coordination, and embeddedness enable capability development under conditions of constraint. Focusing on transitional economies in Southeast Europe, it examines how fragmented institutions, donor dependence, and political volatility shape technological upgrading and industrial transformation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, stakeholder interviews, and comparative analysis, the book explores digital entrepreneurship, agri-food upgrading, and integration into automotive supply chains in low-capacity environments. It highlights themes such as governance as a meta-capability, industrial policy under digital disruption, and the role of diasporas and donors in shaping development trajectories. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to researchers, graduate students, policy advisors, and development practitioners interested in industrial policy, innovation systems, and governance reform in latecomer economies.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Fiction and Poetry to Help Us Age]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Fiction and Poetry to Help Us Age
117.69 EUR
This volume explores the theme of age and aging, uniquely combining personal reflections from literature professors with sound scholarly analysis of a range of fiction and poetry. Bringing together leading literary scholars, this collection of essays covers a range of writers and texts, representing both the canon and new voices. By combining the chapter authors' expertise as literary and cultural critics with their own responses to novels, short stories and poems, the book offers new insights into the life trajectories made available to fiction and poetry readers through compelling narrative and vivid literary representation.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Modern Manuscripts and the Pre-History of Digital Humanities]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Modern Manuscripts and the Pre-History of Digital Humanities
102.71 EUR
While text processing is often associated with the digital humanities, it is still seen as worlds apart from literary modernism and its aesthetic preoccupations. This book upsets that narrative. Examining literary manuscripts from some of the twentieth century's best-known and lesser-known novelists, from Marcel Proust to Mina Loy, Alex Christie reveals where authors experimented with proto-digital writing methods by hand. Instead of looking to computers as sources of inspiration, the authors discussed turned to twentieth-century media for their ability to reveal new layers of the material world. From analog fantasies of contacting the dead to digital anxieties of invisible information, the aesthetic ambitions of these novels can be traced back to their author's interest in emerging media devices and their technical operation. To capture the magic of such devices through writing, these authors devised radical methods for generating literary text, anticipating today's digital humanities.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Bio-medical Applications]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Bio-medical Applications
160.49 EUR
The book delves into advancements in personalized medicine, highlighting the transition from generalized treatments to tailored strategies through AI and machine learning. It first emphasizes the role of biomarkers in training predictive models and neural networks, enhancing disease diagnosis and patient management. It then explores AI-driven healthcare systems, particularly the use of microservices to improve scalability and management. Additionally, it examines regulatory challenges, the need for AI explainability, and the PINXEL framework, which defines explainability requirements using the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the diffusion of innovation theory (DOI). Furthermore, the book evaluates the capabilities of large language models, including ChatGPT and GPT-4V, in medical applications, with a focus on diagnosis and structured assessments in general pathology. Lastly, it introduces an AI-powered system for primary care diagnosis that integrates language models, machine learning, and rule-based systems. The interactive AI assistants “Med Primary AI assistant” and “Dermacen Analytica” leverage natural language processing, image analysis, and multi-modal AI to enhance patient interactions and provide healthcare professionals with high-accuracy, personalized diagnostic support. By taking a holistic approach, the book underscores the integration of AI into healthcare, aiming to support medical professionals in patient diagnosis and management with precision and adaptability.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Supporting Web Search and Navigation by an Overlay Linking Structure]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Supporting Web Search and Navigation by an Overlay Linking Structure
149.79 EUR
Search and navigation in hyperlinked networks have been subjects of research since the Internet emerged. Due to its incompleteness in terms of linking related content, the existing linking structure of the Web and similar networks cannot be utilized as a searchable index without prior application of suitable crawling strategies and content categorization. Following the example of sitemaps, a map-like extension to the existing link structure of the network is proposed that creates additional contextual links. For this, a concept and algorithms are devised that allow the creation of contextual cluster files, to which documents are assigned and between which semantically relevant links are established. The resulting WebMap covers all searchable resources on the original network in a contextual overlay network and enables new search and navigation approaches.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Lectures in Austrian Economics, Volume I]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Lectures in Austrian Economics, Volume I
102.71 EUR
This book, the first of two volumes, comes to life through the transcription of captivating classroom lectures spanning several years, providing a comprehensive overview of the core topics within Austrian economics. With a focus on microeconomics, it explores foundational ideas within Austrian economics, including human action, entrepreneurship, competition theory, and price theory, to give readers a deep understanding of each topic unravelling complex economic concepts with clarity and precision. Economic uncertainty, rationality, marginal utility, productivity, exchange interactions, valuation, price determination, and monopoly are also discussed. Through a seamless blend of theory and real-world examples, readers are invited to challenge conventional wisdom and explore the implications of Austrian economics on society and individual freedom. This book offers an accessible and engaging synthesis of Austrian economics that redefines the topic within modern economics. It will be relevant to students, teachers, and scholars of many other academic institutions around the world, interested in the approach of the Austrian School of economics and its relevance in today’s ever-evolving world.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Introduction to Layout Design and Automation of Photonic Integrated Circuits]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Introduction to Layout Design and Automation of Photonic Integrated Circuits
58.84 EUR
This book introduces readers to the physical design (layout) and design automation of Photonic Integrated Ciruicts (PICs) which is an essential building block of Electronic-Photonic Design Automation (EPDA). Proper PIC design automation and implementation of complex curvilinear shapes play a critical role in reliability, quality, and time-to-market of complex PIC products. The author starts by introducing some basic mathematical concepts used in implementation of photonic components, followed by a deep dive into implementation details of parameterized PIC components. The book introduces the industry-standard schematic driven layout flow and tries to simplify the concepts and implementations. The author conveys difficult concepts and advanced EPDA scripting/programming methodologies, using a simple language and coding examples.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Microplastic Occurrence, Fate, Impact, and Remediation]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Microplastic Occurrence, Fate, Impact, and Remediation
171.19 EUR
Microplastics and nanoplastics have been recently found in most environmental media and in living organisms, thus representing a serious health concern of yet poorly known adverse consequences. This book summarizes recent findings on the sources, behavior, transformation, toxicity and remediation of microplastics, with focus on soils, water, wastewater, air, soils, plants and corals. Advanced methods for sampling, characterization, removal and degradation of microplastics.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Human Emergence and Our Place in the Natural World]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Human Emergence and Our Place in the Natural World
37.44 EUR
This book challenges the prevailing, though often unacknowledged, view among most practicing scientists and philosophers that human free will is incompatible with the natural causality that is the basic presupposition of modern science. That position is essentially based on the reductionist view of modern physics that all complex phenomena are thought to be ultimately causally explainable solely as a function of the action of their elemental constituents. The book argues that this mainstream opinion is the appropriate logical result of an inadequate conception of the way nature works. To show this the book first details the fundamental philosophical incoherence in the prevailing scientific world view. It then justifies the critique by outlining and re-describing some key findings of modern science, and presents three related alternative aspects by which we can understand the occurrence of natural emergence. In so doing it is suggested that emergence is a pervasive phenomenon in the natural world, and that human free will is an entirely understandable development of these natural processes, when properly understood, in which humanity is appropriately seen as a natural emergent within the evolutionary processes operating in accord with natural selection. Human Emergence and Our Place in the Natural World is essential reading for all philosophers of metaphysics and of science.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Progress in Cryptology – INDOCRYPT 2024]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Progress in Cryptology – INDOCRYPT 2024
70.61 EUR
This 2-volume set LNCS 15495-15496 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Cryptology in India, held in Chennai, India, during December 18–21, 2024. The 31 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. They are organized into these topical sections: Part I: Foundations; symmetric-key cryptography; cryptographic constructions; and quantum cryptography. Part II: Cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptography; and blockchain and cloud computing.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Strategies for a Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Hospital Foodservice Management]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Strategies for a Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Hospital Foodservice Management
117.69 EUR
Sustainable catering aspires to reduce the environmental impacts of foodservice by serving nutritional, safe and environmentally friendly meals, and Italy has embraced the adoption of environmentally friendly diets and the minimization of food waste by introducing the minimum environmental criteria. However, there may be some tension between these two actions as environmentally friendly diets may lead to greater waste. The present book, in the field of the research projects entitled “Monitoring agri-food resilience and environmental savings in Puglia” and “Green supply chain management in the hospital catering service”, has the overarching purpose to improve the understanding of environmental, economic and social sustainability of foodservice, by considering the significant variables of energy efficiency, environmental impacts, waste management, customer satisfaction and user nutrition. The book reports the findings of different studies conducted in the hospital foodservice.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Business Ethics]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Business Ethics
74.89 EUR
This textbook not only provides the student with a solid foundation in ethics, but introduces students to the most important themes relevant to business today. Issues such as human rights violation down in the supply chain, the effect business has on nature and the environment, and inclusiveness are each discussed in separate chapters, which discuss their importance, but also their challenges. While there are numerous business ethics textbooks, few take a philosophical approach to business ethics. However, without introducing philosophical ethics, discussions about business ethics are bound to get stuck in fallacies and paradoxes. This textbook therefore fills an important societal gap by providing an introduction to profound philosophical issues in clear language at a philosophically high, but accessible level.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Superconductor Detectors]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Superconductor Detectors
126.81 EUR
This book highlights how superconductor detectors that replace conventional detectors, such as semiconductor detectors and secondary electron multipliers, can overcome the fundamental limitations of certain analytical instruments. As an educational guide to students entering this field, this book begins with the history of superconductor detectors and the fundamentals on detector operation, categorizing two detection schemes of thermal detection and quantum detection. For experts, the book offers a review on the oldest and latest endeavors. Comparison between the detector physics of superconductor detectors and that of semiconductor detectors reveals unsolved issues such as quasiparticle excitation, Fano factor, average energy consumed for generating carriers, phonon loss, and spatial inhomogeneity. Instrument developers will be stimulated by the comparison of performance figures of different superconductor detector types. The novel measurement data included will contribute to a wide range of fields, such as dentistry, molecular biology, energy-saving society, planetary science, and prebiotic organic molecules in space. This book is correspondingly suitable for a broad audience in the detector research community, seeking to deepen their understanding of detector physics and its applications.
![Springer Nature Switzerland The Political Economy of Indonesia’s Economic Development, Volume I]()
Springer Nature Switzerland The Political Economy of Indonesia’s Economic Development, Volume I
139.09 EUR
Spanning over four millennia, this sweeping historical analysis traces Indonesia’s economic journey from prehistoric agrarian societies to the democratic challenges of the 21st century. Integrating political economy, history, and development studies, the book offers a rich, multi-layered account of how geography, empire, trade, colonialism, revolution, and reform have shaped the world’s largest archipelagic nation. The first volume charts Indonesia’s transformation from early maritime kingdoms and colonial exploitation to the rise of the New Order and its dramatic collapse in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis. It interrogates the interplay between power and production, foreign influence and domestic agency, and growth and inequality, laying bare the forces that have driven, distorted, and disrupted Indonesia’s economic development. This book is essential reading for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in Southeast Asian development, global capitalism, and the long-term dynamics that shape emerging economies.
![Springer Nature Switzerland Academic Promotion for Clinicians]()
Springer Nature Switzerland Academic Promotion for Clinicians
67.4 EUR
This book is a practical guide to the appointment, promotion, and tenure (APT) process for clinical faculty members of medical schools. It provides insights and recommendations on career planning and academic promotion for clinical faculty members. It also addresses much of the “mythology” surrounding the APT process and demonstrates how academic promotion should be approached as a career-building process rather than a daunting high-risk event. Topics discussed in the first edition include concepts and processes within academic promotion; navigating the academic promotion and tenure process; and managing the outcome of the APT application. Academic Promotion for Clinicians is a valuable resource for clinical medicine faculty members as they engage in and successfully address the challenges of the APT process to realize their career goals. The biggest change for the new edition is the incorporation of the growing literature and many recent developments regarding career development and promotion for non-tenure track faculty including new chapters addressing the specific concerns of the largest groups, clinician-educators and those heavily involved in research or patient care. Since the previous edition, the faculty of US medical schools has grown by 25% to over 200,000 individuals, 75% of whom are physicians. Only 21% of faculty members have achieved professorial rank. This book aims to encourage interest in academic promotion and provide practical assistance to the 96,000 assistant professors and 42,000 associate professors in US medical schools. Women and members of groups historically underrepresented in medicine (URM) face unique issues in navigating academic promotion systems. These issues have received greater attention from institutions and in the literature since the first edition. The revision includes a summary of national and institutional efforts to make academic careers and promotion more desirable and feasible for women and faculty members from URM and other disadvantaged backgrounds, including discussion of outcomes and future directions for such programs. The sections on faculty perceptions and attitudes towards promotion have also been heavily revised to include consideration of the influence of important events and trends since the previous edition such as the COVID pandemic, transition of the last cohort of baby boomers into retirement age groups, and developments in literature on professional identity and career motivation. The update also addresses the influence of the growing “feminization of medicine” on academic careers. Since 2013, the number of female faculty members has risen from 61,000 (38% of total) to 85,000 (44%). Currently, 59% of instructors, 48% of assistant professors, and 41% of associate professors are women. The accelerating “flight from tenure” in clinical departments is also addressed. Updated data and graphs demonstrate the dramatic changes in tenure-related appointments of clinicians and the substantial...
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Springer Nature Switzerland Community-Based Participatory Research with Women in Prison
46 EUR
This innovative work tells the story of a unique partnership between a state prison administration and a team of incarcerated women, prison administrators, researchers, artists, and students known as The WoW Collective due to their joint efforts in developing a peer mentoring program called “Women’s Words/Women’s Worlds (WoW).” Using the example of WoW, the book provides a guide to doing community-based participatory research (CBPR) with women in prison that takes a collaborative—rather than the typically adversarial—approach to working together toward the goal of transformative social change. This book provides a ground-breaking example of how incarcerated women, prison administrators, researchers, and artists successfully worked together on a community-based project that led to meaningful results in the form of a peer mentoring program designed by women in prison for women in prison. Remaining closely attuned to the ethical dimensions of doing CBPR in a highly structured prison environment, this book provides inspiration to CBPR practitioners who seek to work within the criminal justice system to create real and meaningful change for the better. Co-authored by two criminologists, a senior prison administrator, and the unique collective known as WoW, this book provides both a clear step-by-step CBPR guide and a visionary approach to working with criminal justice practitioners.
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Springer Nature Switzerland The Facial Displays of Leaders
117.69 EUR
This book provides a multifaceted analysis of how the human face drives many of our most important social behaviors. People perceive the identities, genders, and attractiveness of others from the many different faces they see every day. There has been great deal of research on the psychology, neuropsychology and neuroscience of how these perceptions are formed. However the facial displays of leadership, with their almost ubiquitous role in our social lives, remain largely unexplored. Carl Senior argues that perhaps now more than ever, it is crucial to understand how facial displays communicate leadership abilities. This book brings together perspectives from a range of international experts across a variety of fields including social psychology, organisational sciences and the study of primates, with the aim to further our understanding of this fundamental social force. Scholars and professionals, as well as anyone interested in learning more about how the face is used to drive our perception of leadership, will find this book of great interest.
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Springer Nature Switzerland Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis
149.79 EUR
Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon benign chronic inflammatory condition of the breast, occurring most commonly in women of childbearing age with a higher incidence in certain geographical areas. The aetiology is uncertain and diagnosis is difficult; it is usually made by exclusion. The clinical and radiological features often overlap with those of other benign diseases of the breast in women, but also with those of breast cancer, which is why early diagnosis is necessary to allow timely intervention when required. Its evolution is unpredictable and there is currently no consensus on the optimal treatment for these patients. The aim of this book is to provide readers with an overview of the data available to date on this unknown and controversial disease. General surgeons, breast surgeons, general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, pathologists, radiologists, rheumatologists, immunologists and dermatologists will certainly benefit from this practical guide.
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Springer Nature Switzerland Passive and Active Measurement
82.38 EUR
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2026, held as a virtual event during March 23-25, 2026. The 9 full papers and 9 short papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Routing; Topology; Applications and Congestion; DNS; Wireless and Mobile; Security and Privacy; and Virtualization.
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Springer Nature Switzerland Wasserstoff für zukünftige thermische Motoren
169.99 EUR
Dieses Buch untersucht das Potenzial der Wasserstoffverbrennung in thermischen Motoren und dient als Grundlage für zukünftige Forschungsarbeiten. Wasserstoff, ein seit langem etablierter Energieträger, wurde über Jahrhunderte in Verbrennungsmotoren eingesetzt. Trotz Fortschritten und dem Interesse der Industrie hat die Massenproduktion von Wasserstoffmotoren jedoch noch nicht stattgefunden. Angesichts der jüngsten Bemühungen, den Klimawandel mit sauberer Energie und umweltfreundlichen Technologien zu bekämpfen, gewinnt der Einsatz von Wasserstoff in thermischen Motoren an Bedeutung. Dieses Buch beleuchtet die einzigartigen Herausforderungen der Wasserstoffverbrennung, die sich aus den breiten Entzündungsgrenzen, der hohen Selbstzündungstemperatur und der hohen Diffusionsfähigkeit ergeben. Es gibt einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand des Wissens zu den grundlegenden und praktischen Aspekten der Wasserstoffverbrennung und berücksichtigt aktuelle Entwicklungen sowie mögliche zukünftige Fortschritte.
Springer Nature Switzerland Breaking Barriers with Open Innovation in Germany
67.4 EUR
Innovation plays a pivotal role in maintaining competitiveness for companies in high-wage nations like Germany. German industrial SMEs face significant pressure to innovate to sustain their edge against emerging market competitors. This challenge underscores the need for robust innovation practices, particularly within technology-driven industries. The author, drawing on firsthand experience as an owner-manager in this sector, explores the open innovation paradigm as a transformative approach. This paradigm addresses the inherent resource constraints of SMEs by leveraging external knowledge, networks, and collaboration platforms. By critically examining innovation culture, financing, intellectual property management, and success measurement across various industries, the book offers valuable insights into overcoming challenges and fostering sustainable growth. It provides a balanced perspective between theoretical frameworks and actionable strategies for SMEs.
Springer Nature Switzerland Negotiating Norms
139.09 EUR
The book explores the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) – a highly controversial right. It is mainly discussed in the context of large-scale business projects on Indigenous territories but also with respect to the creation of protected areas and communities’ traditional resource rights. From a legal anthropological perspective, it attempts to disentangle the various coexisting understandings of FPIC and provide an explanation for the multiplicity of FPIC norms or – to put it in other words – its fragmentation. It examines the right- or stakeholders of FPIC, the scope of the consent requirement, the respect for self-determined decision-making, and the right to FPIC of women in different sociolegal fields. Moreover, it explores the impact of power relations, strategic alliances, and discourses within these fields and shows that the emerging FPIC norms are the result of norm negotiation processes. The fields that are examined include transnational law – more specifically, human rights, environmental, and development law -, the Liberian post-conflict forest and land legislation, and Liberian community forests as fields in which FPIC is operationalized. Liberia is quite unique in this respect. It is not only one of the few countries in Africa recognizing FPIC but has also begun implementing it. The book shows that based on the logic of a sociolegal field, legal identities are discursively created and determine the meaning of FPIC. Moreover, different actors can resort to different legalities shaping the emerging FPIC norm.
Springer Nature Switzerland Artificial Intelligence, Optimization, and Data Sciences in Sports
128.39 EUR
This book delves into the dynamic intersection of data science, data mining, machine learning, and optimization within sports. It compiles and presents the latest achievements in this vibrant and emerging research area, offering a comprehensive overview of how these technologies revolutionize sports analytics and performance. Topical coverage includes artificial intelligence in sports, automated machine learning for training sessions, computational social science, and deep learning applications. Readers will also explore cutting-edge concepts such as digital twins in sports and sports prediction through data analysis. This volume highlights theoretical advancements and practical case studies that demonstrate real-world applications. Ideal for researchers, practitioners, and students in fields related to sports science, data analytics, and machine learning, this book serves as a crucial resource for anyone looking to understand the transformative impact of technology on sports. Whether you are an academic scholar or a professional working in the industry, this collection offers valuable insights that bridge the gap between research and practical solutions.
Springer Nature Switzerland Nile Water Conflict and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
171.19 EUR
The book follows on from “The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile” GERD. It will have a good background introduction on the Nile basin. The value of Nile water will be presented in view of the global water stress facing mankind and the region. International importance of Nile waters will be presented with food insecurity of regions outside the basin. Food and energy demand in the upper basin and potential upstream irrigation demand on Nile waters will be presented. Analysis of the GERD three years of filling, remaining filling years, and modes of operation will be presented along with the water conflict. Climate change and climate variation (droughts and floods) impacts on the water control of 56 percent of the Nile flow (the Blue Nile and the GERD), and ensuing water war require analysis and publication. One of the major features of the Nile is the Sudd marshes in South Sudan. The importance of wetlands in the hydroclimate of the Nile basin and the merit and demerits of draining the Sudd, to get more water on the short term, will be presented. The Everglades in the United States will be presented as a global experience in regional wetland drainage and its impact on regional hydroclimate.
Springer Nature Switzerland Posthumanism Meets Surveillance Capitalism
37.44 EUR
The core contention of this book is that, when viewed through the lens of contemporary posthuman theory, contemporary uses of AI under platform capitalism not only undermine our sense of the “human” but also our frameworks for conceptualizing ourselves as “subjects” or “selves” at all. This radical conclusion raises issues forces us to reckon with a new, disorienting horizon for critical thought at the intersection of technology and politics. This book demonstrates that two major streams of posthuman thought—namely, accelerationism and Prometheanism—can be interpreted as attempts to liberate our desires from our reason or our rationality from our all-too-human desire, each through the offloading of various tasks to emerging technologies. But, Patrick Gamez argues, the rise of opaque, unexplainable machine learning algorithms to predict and shape our behaviour undermines the common-sense models of mind through which we ultimately make sense of both the human and the posthuman.
Springer Nature Switzerland Regenerative Design
46 EUR
This book aims to provide bases for reasoning on what opportunities the regenerative approaches to urban-architectural design and development can bring to our territories and living systems (environment, society, city and learning). It collects research, experiences and considerations from experts that present innovations from different contexts, especially from the Latin-Mediterranean context. The goal of this book is to provide the reader with case studies, analysis and guidelines, resulting from scientific research from academia and practice. The book collects research focused on topics that are nowadays crucial to understand how to intervene in the complicated contexts of socio-environmental emergencies. These studies are organized into seven sections, discussing from the importance of new narrative facing future environmental challenges, to the appropriate methodologies and approaches for regenerative culture with systemic view. The book closes with outputs, dreams and hopes of regenerative design: challenges and opportunities to rewrite our alliance with the environment and to move forward our relation with the socio-environmental capital.
Springer Nature Switzerland Public Finance Management in the Development Matrix of the Global South
149.79 EUR
This edited volume discusses strategies for improving public finance management (PFM) processes and outcomes in the Global South with a focus on social inclusion. With its comprehensive coverage across seven parts, the book analyzes the relationship between PFM, social inclusion, and sustainable development. Chapters address a wide range of development-related issues, each with in-depth analysis and concluding policy recommendations with far-reaching relevance. Offering a combination of theoretical insights, empirical data, and practical recommendations, this volume serves as a resource for policymakers, academics, and anyone interested in the critical intersection of public finance and social inclusion in the Global South.
Springer Nature Switzerland Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition
53.49 EUR
Lifelong Machine Learning, Second Edition is an introduction to an advanced machine learning paradigm that continuously learns by accumulating past knowledge that it then uses in future learning and problem solving. In contrast, the current dominant machine learning paradigm learns in isolation: given a training dataset, it runs a machine learning algorithm on the dataset to produce a model that is then used in its intended application. It makes no attempt to retain the learned knowledge and use it in subsequent learning. Unlike this isolated system, humans learn effectively with only a few examples precisely because our learning is very knowledge-driven: the knowledge learned in the past helps us learn new things with little data or effort. Lifelong learning aims to emulate this capability, because without it, an AI system cannot be considered truly intelligent. Research in lifelong learning has developed significantly in the relatively short time since the first edition of this book was published. The purpose of this second edition is to expand the definition of lifelong learning, update the content of several chapters, and add a new chapter about continual learning in deep neural networks—which has been actively researched over the past two or three years. A few chapters have also been reorganized to make each of them more coherent for the reader. Moreover, the authors want to propose a unified framework for the research area. Currently, there are several research topics in machine learning that are closely related to lifelong learning—most notably, multi-task learning, transfer learning, and meta-learning—because they also employ the idea of knowledge sharing and transfer. This book brings all these topics under one roof and discusses their similarities and differences. Its goal is to introduce this emerging machine learning paradigm and present a comprehensive survey and review of the important research results and latest ideas in the area. This book is thus suitable for students, researchers, and practitioners who are interested in machine learning, data mining, natural language processing, or pattern recognition. Lecturers can readily use the book for courses in any of these related fields.
Springer Nature Switzerland High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Automation of Control and Production
80.24 EUR
This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 13th International Conference on HPCST 2023, held in Barnaul, Russia, during May 19–20, 2023. The 21 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Hardware for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing; Information Technologies and Computer Simulation of Physical Phenomena; Computing Technologies in Data Analysis and Decision Making; Information and Computing Technologies in Automation and Control Science; Computing Technologies in Information Security Applications.
Springer Nature Switzerland Academic Citizenship in African Higher Education
139.09 EUR
This book addresses national development and academic citizenship in higher education in Africa. For some, the concept of academic citizenship refers to the legitimate practice of academics working within Higher Education. To others, it suggests roles that are beyond the boundaries of academic institutions. There is a dearth of research on academic citizenship in relation to Africa. This edited volume contributes to a better understanding of the role of higher education in national development by presenting case studies and perspectives from a wide range of stakeholders, educators, and researchers in the African context.
Springer Nature Switzerland Data-Centric Business and Applications
181.89 EUR
Embark on a journey into the future of business with a groundbreaking book that explores the dynamic interplay between data and business, unlocking its transformative power in strategy, decision-making, and application development. Dive deep into cutting-edge topics such as data governance, analytics, knowledge discovery, and AI, and gain an in-depth understanding of managing, analyzing, and extracting insights from complex data sets. This book's holistic approach sets this book apart, seamlessly integrating the latest information and knowledge management concepts. From integrating data-centric approaches into business models to addressing considerations in data-driven decisions, the diverse topics covered will provide invaluable insights into the central role of data in shaping the future of business and applications. This book sheds light on the ongoing advances in structural management, demonstrating how previously understood knowledge, technologies, and data can pave the way for sustainable solutions in the face of innovation, meet insight, and allow businesses to thrive in the digital age.
Springer Nature Switzerland Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis
149.79 EUR
This book contains the essential information required by physicians and bench scientists to understand the definition of a given autoimmune disease and its diagnostic criteria and treatment. Autoimmune diseases are a family of more than one hundred chronic, and often disabling, illnesses that develop when underlying defects in the immune system lead the body to attack its own organs, tissues, and cells. In Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis: Systemic and Organ-specific Diseases, the editors have gathered a critical review by renowned experts of more than 120 autoimmune diseases. A contemporary overview of these conditions with special emphasis on diagnosis is presented. This edition of Autoimmune Disease Diagnosis is divided into two parts, the first covering systemic autoimmune diseases, and the second covering organ-specific autoimmune diseases. They cover all the newly approved classification criteria, such as those for systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, several systemic vasculitis, etc. This edition also reviews newly described systemic autoimmune conditions: immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, VEXAS, immunoglobulin G4-associated autoimmune disease, autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA), and autoimmune manifestations induced by immune-therapies. Several organ-specific diseases have been added, including autoimmune alopecia and other immune-mediated dermatosis, autoimmune encephalitis, and autoimmune dysautonomia, among others. This is an essential guide to the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases for internists, rheumatologists, clinical immunologists, primary care physicians, and bench scientists.
Springer Nature Switzerland Soil Conservation and Management
85.59 EUR
This updated and expanded second edition textbook, describes all main aspects of soil management, to address the serious problems of soil erosion and the attendant environmental pollution. The global high demands for food, fiber, feed, and fuel put a constant strain on the environment, which can only be mitigated by soil conservation. This edition incorporates new concepts and provides an up-to-date review of soil management principles and practices. The authors also added new chapters on cover crops, crop residues, soil water management, nutrient management, perennials in crop rotations and organic amendments. All practices have a clear perspective on addressing soil erosion, physical and chemical problems, carbon dynamics and sequestration as well as non-point source pollution. The restorative nature of many practices, also consider water conservation as a main pillar of sustaining a healthy soil. This textbook is valuable for students and professionals in soil science, agronomy, agricultural engineering, hydrology, and management of natural resources.
Springer Nature Switzerland Time and Fractals
171.19 EUR
This edited volume discusses time and fractal phenomena in economics, entrepreneurship, and management. Chapters embrace a wide spectrum of topics, such as time series analysis of entrepreneurial orientation, theoretical research on the effectiveness of time management in dynamics of employee-organization relationship, the degradation of goals over time and how ambiguity and managerial cognition shape distributions of project time and cost, and fractal characteristics in energy markets and organizations. Revealing emerging aspects of time and fractals across disciplines, this volume demonstrates their significance in advancing economics, entrepreneurship, and management research. As such, this text will be useful for academics, researchers, management professionals and policy makers.
Springer Nature Switzerland Coherent Optical LiDAR
106.99 EUR
This book provides an insight into the coherent optical LiDAR system, starting from the fundamental operation of the polarization diversity coherent optical transceiver, widely used in field deployed Terabit optical communication systems. The author first defines LiDAR, i.e., Light Detection and Ranging, as a complex machine designed to measure the distance and the velocity of the target object in a two-dimensional imaging. The book provides a detailed analysis of the electrical engineering aspects of the Code-Modulated (CM) LiDAR, developing a thorough theory and modeling of coherent optical signals and noise sources involved in the detection of the received signal by means of the integrated coherent optical receiver. The author then shows that the target detection of the CM LiDAR is based on the cross-correlation process between the transmitted and received coded signals after the target reflection. To this end, large part of the book is devoted to the theory of the cross-correlation process with noise and the related probability of detection. The intent of this book is to provide a reference to the reader for the inside understanding of the coherent optical LiDAR toward an optimum design approach. Presents coherent optical LiDAR systems, which measure distance and velocity of the target in a two-dimensional imaging. Illustrates how LiDAR offers an ideal solution for low-cost and large-scale integration. Merges LiDAR specifications and optical coherent technology through a unique approach.
Springer Nature Switzerland ICT Systems and Sustainability
213.99 EUR
Dr. Milan Tuba, Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Project at Singidunum University and Vice-Rector of Research at Sinergia University, is included in both versions of the Stanford University list of 2% of the most influential scientists in the world in all disciplines, one for contribution during the entire career and other for contribution in the previous year (for years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024). Prof. Tuba is the highest ranked researcher in Serbia for Computer Science field at AD Scientific Index - World Scientists Rankings. Prof. Tuba is the author or co-author of around 300 scientific papers (cited more than 7,700 times, h-index 53) and editor, co-editor or member of the editorial board or scientific committee of number of scientific journals, Springer books, congresses and international conferences. He was invited and delivered over 100 keynote and inaugural lectures at international conferences. His research interest includes Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Nature-inspired Optimization Algorithms, Image Processing, Computer Networks. Prof. Tuba is a member of the National Agency for Accreditation of Universities of the Republic of Serbia. Senior Member IEEE, Senior Member ACM, AMS, SIAM, IFNA, Executive Board of IASEI. Dr. Shyam Akashe is a professor in Electronics & Communication Engineering Department and Dean International Cooperation & Projects at ITM University Gwalior. He received M.Tech degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal in 2006 and Ph.D. Thapar University, Patiala (previously Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology), Punjab in 2013. During his Ph. D. studies, he worked on Low power memory cell design. After joining ITM University Gwalior in 2012, he leads as an M.Tech VLSI Design coordinator, focusing on low power VLSI design, modeling, FinFET based memory design, circuits for future VLSI technology, digital design and FPGA implementation. This has resulted in over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and holds more than 10 patents. Dr. Amit Joshi is currently serving as the Director of the esteemed G R Scholastic LLP, India. His academic journey includes obtaining a B.Tech from Tech in Computer Engineering, Ph.D. in areas of Cloud Computing and further obtaining a Post Doctorate in Market Analysis of International Business from National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan. Enhancing his vision with his rich experience spanning approximately 15 years and realizing the need of globalization in education and business. His active affiliations include esteemed professional societies such as ACM, IEEE, CSI, AMIE, IACSIT Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA, and more. He has presented and authored over 50 papers in reputable national and international journals and conferences, specifically those organized by IEEE and ACM. His editorial...
Springer Nature Switzerland Soft Computing and Its Engineering Applications
128.39 EUR
The two-volume proceedings set CCIS 2430-2431 constitutes the revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications, icSoftComp 2024, held in Bangkok, Thailand, during December 10–12, 2024. The 58 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 501 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I : Theory and Methods. Part II : Theory and Methods; Systems and Applications; Hybrid Techniques; Soft Computing for Smart World.
Springer Nature Switzerland 12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering
181.89 EUR
This book presents cutting-edge research and developments in the field of medical and biological engineering, which a special emphasis on activities carried out in the Asian-Pacific region. Gathering the proceedings of the 12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering (APCMBE 2023), held on May 18–21, 2023, in Suzhou, China, this second volume of a two-volume set covers advances in computer-aided surgery, biomechanics and micro-nanoengineering, health informatics and health engineering, as well as computational modeling and simulation, as well as AI applications in biology and medicine. It addresses a broad audience of researchers and professionals active in biomedical engineering, biomechanics, medical biophysics, and health informatics.
Springer Nature Switzerland Polarization Vision and Environmental Polarized Light
255.73 EUR
This new edition presents a state-of-the-art exploration of polarized light and polarization vision. Part I of the book examines polarization sensitivity across many animal taxa, including invertebrates and vertebrates, and it details both terrestrial and aquatic life. Part II is devoted to the description of environmental polarization with implications to animal and human polarization vision. This includes underwater polarization, polarization signals, sky-polarimetric Viking navigation and astronomical polarization. This part also examines polarized light pollution induced by anthropogenic factors, such as reflection off asphalt surfaces, glass panes, car bodies, and other man-made structures that are now known to form ecological traps for polarotactic insects. The new edition features a number of novelties, including chapters on trilobites, springtails, bats, seals, imaging polarimetry, and astronomical polarization.
Springer Nature Switzerland Catching Up in the Digital Age
96.29 EUR
This book offers a new governance framework for understanding how countries with limited institutional capacity can pursue economic catch-up in the digital age. This book introduces the concept of the Developmental Network State (DNS) to explain how learning, coordination, and embeddedness enable capability development under conditions of constraint. Focusing on transitional economies in Southeast Europe, it examines how fragmented institutions, donor dependence, and political volatility shape technological upgrading and industrial transformation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, stakeholder interviews, and comparative analysis, the book explores digital entrepreneurship, agri-food upgrading, and integration into automotive supply chains in low-capacity environments. It highlights themes such as governance as a meta-capability, industrial policy under digital disruption, and the role of diasporas and donors in shaping development trajectories. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to researchers, graduate students, policy advisors, and development practitioners interested in industrial policy, innovation systems, and governance reform in latecomer economies.
Springer Nature Switzerland Fiction and Poetry to Help Us Age
117.69 EUR
This volume explores the theme of age and aging, uniquely combining personal reflections from literature professors with sound scholarly analysis of a range of fiction and poetry. Bringing together leading literary scholars, this collection of essays covers a range of writers and texts, representing both the canon and new voices. By combining the chapter authors' expertise as literary and cultural critics with their own responses to novels, short stories and poems, the book offers new insights into the life trajectories made available to fiction and poetry readers through compelling narrative and vivid literary representation.
Springer Nature Switzerland Modern Manuscripts and the Pre-History of Digital Humanities
102.71 EUR
While text processing is often associated with the digital humanities, it is still seen as worlds apart from literary modernism and its aesthetic preoccupations. This book upsets that narrative. Examining literary manuscripts from some of the twentieth century's best-known and lesser-known novelists, from Marcel Proust to Mina Loy, Alex Christie reveals where authors experimented with proto-digital writing methods by hand. Instead of looking to computers as sources of inspiration, the authors discussed turned to twentieth-century media for their ability to reveal new layers of the material world. From analog fantasies of contacting the dead to digital anxieties of invisible information, the aesthetic ambitions of these novels can be traced back to their author's interest in emerging media devices and their technical operation. To capture the magic of such devices through writing, these authors devised radical methods for generating literary text, anticipating today's digital humanities.
Springer Nature Switzerland Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Bio-medical Applications
160.49 EUR
The book delves into advancements in personalized medicine, highlighting the transition from generalized treatments to tailored strategies through AI and machine learning. It first emphasizes the role of biomarkers in training predictive models and neural networks, enhancing disease diagnosis and patient management. It then explores AI-driven healthcare systems, particularly the use of microservices to improve scalability and management. Additionally, it examines regulatory challenges, the need for AI explainability, and the PINXEL framework, which defines explainability requirements using the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the diffusion of innovation theory (DOI). Furthermore, the book evaluates the capabilities of large language models, including ChatGPT and GPT-4V, in medical applications, with a focus on diagnosis and structured assessments in general pathology. Lastly, it introduces an AI-powered system for primary care diagnosis that integrates language models, machine learning, and rule-based systems. The interactive AI assistants “Med Primary AI assistant” and “Dermacen Analytica” leverage natural language processing, image analysis, and multi-modal AI to enhance patient interactions and provide healthcare professionals with high-accuracy, personalized diagnostic support. By taking a holistic approach, the book underscores the integration of AI into healthcare, aiming to support medical professionals in patient diagnosis and management with precision and adaptability.
Springer Nature Switzerland Supporting Web Search and Navigation by an Overlay Linking Structure
149.79 EUR
Search and navigation in hyperlinked networks have been subjects of research since the Internet emerged. Due to its incompleteness in terms of linking related content, the existing linking structure of the Web and similar networks cannot be utilized as a searchable index without prior application of suitable crawling strategies and content categorization. Following the example of sitemaps, a map-like extension to the existing link structure of the network is proposed that creates additional contextual links. For this, a concept and algorithms are devised that allow the creation of contextual cluster files, to which documents are assigned and between which semantically relevant links are established. The resulting WebMap covers all searchable resources on the original network in a contextual overlay network and enables new search and navigation approaches.
Springer Nature Switzerland Lectures in Austrian Economics, Volume I
102.71 EUR
This book, the first of two volumes, comes to life through the transcription of captivating classroom lectures spanning several years, providing a comprehensive overview of the core topics within Austrian economics. With a focus on microeconomics, it explores foundational ideas within Austrian economics, including human action, entrepreneurship, competition theory, and price theory, to give readers a deep understanding of each topic unravelling complex economic concepts with clarity and precision. Economic uncertainty, rationality, marginal utility, productivity, exchange interactions, valuation, price determination, and monopoly are also discussed. Through a seamless blend of theory and real-world examples, readers are invited to challenge conventional wisdom and explore the implications of Austrian economics on society and individual freedom. This book offers an accessible and engaging synthesis of Austrian economics that redefines the topic within modern economics. It will be relevant to students, teachers, and scholars of many other academic institutions around the world, interested in the approach of the Austrian School of economics and its relevance in today’s ever-evolving world.
Springer Nature Switzerland Introduction to Layout Design and Automation of Photonic Integrated Circuits
58.84 EUR
This book introduces readers to the physical design (layout) and design automation of Photonic Integrated Ciruicts (PICs) which is an essential building block of Electronic-Photonic Design Automation (EPDA). Proper PIC design automation and implementation of complex curvilinear shapes play a critical role in reliability, quality, and time-to-market of complex PIC products. The author starts by introducing some basic mathematical concepts used in implementation of photonic components, followed by a deep dive into implementation details of parameterized PIC components. The book introduces the industry-standard schematic driven layout flow and tries to simplify the concepts and implementations. The author conveys difficult concepts and advanced EPDA scripting/programming methodologies, using a simple language and coding examples.
Springer Nature Switzerland Microplastic Occurrence, Fate, Impact, and Remediation
171.19 EUR
Microplastics and nanoplastics have been recently found in most environmental media and in living organisms, thus representing a serious health concern of yet poorly known adverse consequences. This book summarizes recent findings on the sources, behavior, transformation, toxicity and remediation of microplastics, with focus on soils, water, wastewater, air, soils, plants and corals. Advanced methods for sampling, characterization, removal and degradation of microplastics.
Springer Nature Switzerland Human Emergence and Our Place in the Natural World
37.44 EUR
This book challenges the prevailing, though often unacknowledged, view among most practicing scientists and philosophers that human free will is incompatible with the natural causality that is the basic presupposition of modern science. That position is essentially based on the reductionist view of modern physics that all complex phenomena are thought to be ultimately causally explainable solely as a function of the action of their elemental constituents. The book argues that this mainstream opinion is the appropriate logical result of an inadequate conception of the way nature works. To show this the book first details the fundamental philosophical incoherence in the prevailing scientific world view. It then justifies the critique by outlining and re-describing some key findings of modern science, and presents three related alternative aspects by which we can understand the occurrence of natural emergence. In so doing it is suggested that emergence is a pervasive phenomenon in the natural world, and that human free will is an entirely understandable development of these natural processes, when properly understood, in which humanity is appropriately seen as a natural emergent within the evolutionary processes operating in accord with natural selection. Human Emergence and Our Place in the Natural World is essential reading for all philosophers of metaphysics and of science.
Springer Nature Switzerland Progress in Cryptology – INDOCRYPT 2024
70.61 EUR
This 2-volume set LNCS 15495-15496 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Cryptology in India, held in Chennai, India, during December 18–21, 2024. The 31 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. They are organized into these topical sections: Part I: Foundations; symmetric-key cryptography; cryptographic constructions; and quantum cryptography. Part II: Cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptography; and blockchain and cloud computing.
Springer Nature Switzerland Strategies for a Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Hospital Foodservice Management
117.69 EUR
Sustainable catering aspires to reduce the environmental impacts of foodservice by serving nutritional, safe and environmentally friendly meals, and Italy has embraced the adoption of environmentally friendly diets and the minimization of food waste by introducing the minimum environmental criteria. However, there may be some tension between these two actions as environmentally friendly diets may lead to greater waste. The present book, in the field of the research projects entitled “Monitoring agri-food resilience and environmental savings in Puglia” and “Green supply chain management in the hospital catering service”, has the overarching purpose to improve the understanding of environmental, economic and social sustainability of foodservice, by considering the significant variables of energy efficiency, environmental impacts, waste management, customer satisfaction and user nutrition. The book reports the findings of different studies conducted in the hospital foodservice.
Springer Nature Switzerland Business Ethics
74.89 EUR
This textbook not only provides the student with a solid foundation in ethics, but introduces students to the most important themes relevant to business today. Issues such as human rights violation down in the supply chain, the effect business has on nature and the environment, and inclusiveness are each discussed in separate chapters, which discuss their importance, but also their challenges. While there are numerous business ethics textbooks, few take a philosophical approach to business ethics. However, without introducing philosophical ethics, discussions about business ethics are bound to get stuck in fallacies and paradoxes. This textbook therefore fills an important societal gap by providing an introduction to profound philosophical issues in clear language at a philosophically high, but accessible level.
Springer Nature Switzerland Superconductor Detectors
126.81 EUR
This book highlights how superconductor detectors that replace conventional detectors, such as semiconductor detectors and secondary electron multipliers, can overcome the fundamental limitations of certain analytical instruments. As an educational guide to students entering this field, this book begins with the history of superconductor detectors and the fundamentals on detector operation, categorizing two detection schemes of thermal detection and quantum detection. For experts, the book offers a review on the oldest and latest endeavors. Comparison between the detector physics of superconductor detectors and that of semiconductor detectors reveals unsolved issues such as quasiparticle excitation, Fano factor, average energy consumed for generating carriers, phonon loss, and spatial inhomogeneity. Instrument developers will be stimulated by the comparison of performance figures of different superconductor detector types. The novel measurement data included will contribute to a wide range of fields, such as dentistry, molecular biology, energy-saving society, planetary science, and prebiotic organic molecules in space. This book is correspondingly suitable for a broad audience in the detector research community, seeking to deepen their understanding of detector physics and its applications.
Springer Nature Switzerland The Political Economy of Indonesia’s Economic Development, Volume I
139.09 EUR
Spanning over four millennia, this sweeping historical analysis traces Indonesia’s economic journey from prehistoric agrarian societies to the democratic challenges of the 21st century. Integrating political economy, history, and development studies, the book offers a rich, multi-layered account of how geography, empire, trade, colonialism, revolution, and reform have shaped the world’s largest archipelagic nation. The first volume charts Indonesia’s transformation from early maritime kingdoms and colonial exploitation to the rise of the New Order and its dramatic collapse in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis. It interrogates the interplay between power and production, foreign influence and domestic agency, and growth and inequality, laying bare the forces that have driven, distorted, and disrupted Indonesia’s economic development. This book is essential reading for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in Southeast Asian development, global capitalism, and the long-term dynamics that shape emerging economies.
Springer Nature Switzerland Academic Promotion for Clinicians
67.4 EUR
This book is a practical guide to the appointment, promotion, and tenure (APT) process for clinical faculty members of medical schools. It provides insights and recommendations on career planning and academic promotion for clinical faculty members. It also addresses much of the “mythology” surrounding the APT process and demonstrates how academic promotion should be approached as a career-building process rather than a daunting high-risk event. Topics discussed in the first edition include concepts and processes within academic promotion; navigating the academic promotion and tenure process; and managing the outcome of the APT application. Academic Promotion for Clinicians is a valuable resource for clinical medicine faculty members as they engage in and successfully address the challenges of the APT process to realize their career goals. The biggest change for the new edition is the incorporation of the growing literature and many recent developments regarding career development and promotion for non-tenure track faculty including new chapters addressing the specific concerns of the largest groups, clinician-educators and those heavily involved in research or patient care. Since the previous edition, the faculty of US medical schools has grown by 25% to over 200,000 individuals, 75% of whom are physicians. Only 21% of faculty members have achieved professorial rank. This book aims to encourage interest in academic promotion and provide practical assistance to the 96,000 assistant professors and 42,000 associate professors in US medical schools. Women and members of groups historically underrepresented in medicine (URM) face unique issues in navigating academic promotion systems. These issues have received greater attention from institutions and in the literature since the first edition. The revision includes a summary of national and institutional efforts to make academic careers and promotion more desirable and feasible for women and faculty members from URM and other disadvantaged backgrounds, including discussion of outcomes and future directions for such programs. The sections on faculty perceptions and attitudes towards promotion have also been heavily revised to include consideration of the influence of important events and trends since the previous edition such as the COVID pandemic, transition of the last cohort of baby boomers into retirement age groups, and developments in literature on professional identity and career motivation. The update also addresses the influence of the growing “feminization of medicine” on academic careers. Since 2013, the number of female faculty members has risen from 61,000 (38% of total) to 85,000 (44%). Currently, 59% of instructors, 48% of assistant professors, and 41% of associate professors are women. The accelerating “flight from tenure” in clinical departments is also addressed. Updated data and graphs demonstrate the dramatic changes in tenure-related appointments of clinicians and the substantial...
Springer Nature Switzerland Community-Based Participatory Research with Women in Prison
46 EUR
This innovative work tells the story of a unique partnership between a state prison administration and a team of incarcerated women, prison administrators, researchers, artists, and students known as The WoW Collective due to their joint efforts in developing a peer mentoring program called “Women’s Words/Women’s Worlds (WoW).” Using the example of WoW, the book provides a guide to doing community-based participatory research (CBPR) with women in prison that takes a collaborative—rather than the typically adversarial—approach to working together toward the goal of transformative social change. This book provides a ground-breaking example of how incarcerated women, prison administrators, researchers, and artists successfully worked together on a community-based project that led to meaningful results in the form of a peer mentoring program designed by women in prison for women in prison. Remaining closely attuned to the ethical dimensions of doing CBPR in a highly structured prison environment, this book provides inspiration to CBPR practitioners who seek to work within the criminal justice system to create real and meaningful change for the better. Co-authored by two criminologists, a senior prison administrator, and the unique collective known as WoW, this book provides both a clear step-by-step CBPR guide and a visionary approach to working with criminal justice practitioners.
Springer Nature Switzerland The Facial Displays of Leaders
117.69 EUR
This book provides a multifaceted analysis of how the human face drives many of our most important social behaviors. People perceive the identities, genders, and attractiveness of others from the many different faces they see every day. There has been great deal of research on the psychology, neuropsychology and neuroscience of how these perceptions are formed. However the facial displays of leadership, with their almost ubiquitous role in our social lives, remain largely unexplored. Carl Senior argues that perhaps now more than ever, it is crucial to understand how facial displays communicate leadership abilities. This book brings together perspectives from a range of international experts across a variety of fields including social psychology, organisational sciences and the study of primates, with the aim to further our understanding of this fundamental social force. Scholars and professionals, as well as anyone interested in learning more about how the face is used to drive our perception of leadership, will find this book of great interest.
Springer Nature Switzerland Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis
149.79 EUR
Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon benign chronic inflammatory condition of the breast, occurring most commonly in women of childbearing age with a higher incidence in certain geographical areas. The aetiology is uncertain and diagnosis is difficult; it is usually made by exclusion. The clinical and radiological features often overlap with those of other benign diseases of the breast in women, but also with those of breast cancer, which is why early diagnosis is necessary to allow timely intervention when required. Its evolution is unpredictable and there is currently no consensus on the optimal treatment for these patients. The aim of this book is to provide readers with an overview of the data available to date on this unknown and controversial disease. General surgeons, breast surgeons, general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, pathologists, radiologists, rheumatologists, immunologists and dermatologists will certainly benefit from this practical guide.
Springer Nature Switzerland Passive and Active Measurement
82.38 EUR
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2026, held as a virtual event during March 23-25, 2026. The 9 full papers and 9 short papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Routing; Topology; Applications and Congestion; DNS; Wireless and Mobile; Security and Privacy; and Virtualization.
Springer Nature Switzerland Wasserstoff für zukünftige thermische Motoren
169.99 EUR
Dieses Buch untersucht das Potenzial der Wasserstoffverbrennung in thermischen Motoren und dient als Grundlage für zukünftige Forschungsarbeiten. Wasserstoff, ein seit langem etablierter Energieträger, wurde über Jahrhunderte in Verbrennungsmotoren eingesetzt. Trotz Fortschritten und dem Interesse der Industrie hat die Massenproduktion von Wasserstoffmotoren jedoch noch nicht stattgefunden. Angesichts der jüngsten Bemühungen, den Klimawandel mit sauberer Energie und umweltfreundlichen Technologien zu bekämpfen, gewinnt der Einsatz von Wasserstoff in thermischen Motoren an Bedeutung. Dieses Buch beleuchtet die einzigartigen Herausforderungen der Wasserstoffverbrennung, die sich aus den breiten Entzündungsgrenzen, der hohen Selbstzündungstemperatur und der hohen Diffusionsfähigkeit ergeben. Es gibt einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand des Wissens zu den grundlegenden und praktischen Aspekten der Wasserstoffverbrennung und berücksichtigt aktuelle Entwicklungen sowie mögliche zukünftige Fortschritte.