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Photography as Social Transformation resituates the practices of photography within contemporary sociological thinking.

Data Alchemy in the Insurance Industry: The Transformative Power of Big Data Analytics is a groundbreaking work that explores the transformative power of big data analytics within the insurance industry.

Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches.

A broad understanding of bone and tooth microstructure is necessary for constructing the biological profile of an individual or individuals within a population.

Treating nuclear, biological, and chemical agent exposures presents a unique set of challenges.

This book delves into the history of biometrics, the different systems that have been developed to date, problems that have arisen from these systems, the necessity of AI-based biometrics systems, different AI techniques developed to date (including machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and pattern recognition), their potential uses and applications, security and privacy issues in AI-based Biometric systems, current trends in AI-based biometrics, and presents case studies of AI-based biometrics.

In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, Agile Security in the Digital Era: Challenges and Cybersecurity Trends emerges as a pivotal resource for navigating the complex and ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Do you want to understand how best to embrace the challenges, surprises, and successes of research?

This volume presents a comprehensive collection of the latest research findings supporting the current and future implementations and applications of computerized multistage testing (MST).

Postdigital Play and Global Education: Reconfiguring Research is a re-turn to a large-scale, international project on children's digital play.

This concise guide equips readers with the essential skills required to analyze and critically appraise health research evidence, an integral element to evidence-based practice and professional development.

This book offers a collection of original peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 10th International Congress on Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems (CMSM'2023), held on December 18-20, 2023, in Hammamet, Tunisia.

This book offers a collection of original peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 10th International Congress on Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems (CMSM'2023), held on December 18-20, 2023, in Hammamet, Tunisia.

Studying the flagship New York City Police Department is critical to understanding policing and democratic society.

This book provides an introduction to machine learning, security and cloud computing, from a conceptual level, along with their usage with underlying infrastructure.

This book provides an introduction to machine learning, security and cloud computing, from a conceptual level, along with their usage with underlying infrastructure.

Feminism has put the critical study of men and masculinities firmly on to the academic agenda.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the methods and algorithms of modern data analytics.

First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Narrative Research?

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the methods and algorithms of modern data analytics.

False Allegations: Investigative and Forensic Issues in Fraudulent Reports of Crime provides investigators and forensic examiners with a reference manual comprised of objective protocols for managing cases.