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This three-set volume LNCS 16217-16219 constitutes the refereed proceedings of 27th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2025, held in Nanjing, China, during October 29–31, 2025.

This book analyzes Persian carpets through the holistic and multifaceted perspective of cultural linguistics and semiotics, unveiling the deep connections between art, tradition, and collective memory.

What is it like to radically change your life?

This groundbreaking book explores the complex world of elongate mineral particles (EMPs), critical occupational and environmental agents with significant public health implications.

So aktuell wie nie: "Die Waffen nieder!

This book offers a brief introduction to the three main tools available to fight online health misinformation: health information quality assurance, digital literacy and fact-checking.

Dieses Buch zeigt, dass lebenspraxisnahes Lernen – bei dem Schüler:innen wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen durchführen und innovative Lösungen für reale Probleme entwickeln – ein integraler Bestandteil der MINT- (Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik) und MINKT-Bildung (MINT + Kunst) ist.

All men have fight inside them.

This monograph explores the lives of mothers and children living with domestic violence and abuse.

A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-that promise to fundamentally shape American politics for years to come.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011 left Japan grappling with profound social, political, and environmental consequences.

Dieses Buch zeigt, dass lebenspraxisnahes Lernen – bei dem Schüler:innen wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen durchführen und innovative Lösungen für reale Probleme entwickeln – ein integraler Bestandteil der MINT- (Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik) und MINKT-Bildung (MINT + Kunst) ist.

A Madagascar, le taux d'incidence de la pauvrete extreme a repris, ces quelques annees, une courbe ascendante, pour atteindre aujourd'hui le niveau record de 75,7 %.

This book frames the many-sided fragilities of the Ghoufi Canyon (Aurès region, Algeria)’s heritage.

Fuzzy Boundaries: Threshold Between Water and Land is a curated selection of reflections on the boundaries between water and land, and its meaning amidst climate change, social, economic, and political challenges.

This volume offers a multidisciplinary reflection on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and digitalization in technology, epistemology, ethics, and governance.

This two-set volume LNAI 16138-16139 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2025, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, during November 12–15, 2025.

This three-volume set LNCS constitutes the proceedings of several Satellite Workshops held in parallel with the 23rd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2025, held in Munich, during June 2025.

Across Britain, Muslims are caught up in a battle over the very nature of their faith.

This Festschrift is dedicated to Werner Damm, a pioneering researcher and practitioner in cyber-physical systems.

This book examines the background and consequences of the reversal in gender disparities in education through the case of the Philippines.

Unlocking the future of image and video coding with AI-based Image and Video Coding: Methods, Standards, and Applications, we can explore the revolutionary impact of deep learning technologies on image and video compression.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in the environmental and forensic sciences along with chemometric methods.

This book aims to provide a holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of the social, ecological, technological, and psychological dimensions of climate-resilient agriculture.

This three-set volume LNCS 16217-16219 constitutes the refereed proceedings of 27th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2025, held in Nanjing, China, during October 29–31, 2025.

Aesthetic Femininity and Domestic Modernity in Late Victorian Advice Literature considers how the domestic interior is constituted, imag(in)ed, contested, and mediated in the public forum of advice literature.

Pourquoi les regions les plus riches en minerais sont-elles aussi les plus instables ?

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet Lehrenden, Lernenden und allen an öffentlicher Kommunikation Interessierten einen umfassenden Überblick über das Fach Kommunikationswissenschaft.

This book is an exploration of paramount significance, delving into the fundamental principles, methodologies, and cutting-edge techniques that underpin the discipline of environmental forensics.

This book provides a groundbreaking empirical study on the persistence of religious morality in an increasingly secular world.

Against the backdrop of transformations which have reconfigured access to information, communication, and collective discourse, The Political Economy of the Public Sphere critically examines the evolution of the public sphere from its origins in the 18th century to its contemporary digital transformation across Europe and the United States.

Protocol to Manage Relationships Today explains the contemporary value of protocol, not only for monarchies or diplomatic institutes, but for any non-profit or for-profit organisation.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden in Deutschland Hunderttausende Kinder von alliierten Soldaten und einheimischen Frauen geboren - aus Liebesbeziehungen, kurzen Affaren, Versorgungspartnerschaften oder Vergewaltigungen.

Deviant Space: Abjection, Failure, and Appropriation as Architectural Practice frames architecture as a fragile Symbolic construct, susceptible to appropriation, disruption, and reorientation by deviant bodies.

This book explains complex environment of climate finance in Africa, emphasizing the critical need for financial resources to reduce the effects of climate change in the region.

This book brings together explorations of embodied writing and contributions to the Writing Differently movement in management and organisation studies - in terms of content, style, format, and development.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet Lehrenden, Lernenden und allen an öffentlicher Kommunikation Interessierten einen umfassenden Überblick über das Fach Kommunikationswissenschaft.

In the 21st century, governments around the globe are faced with the question on how to tackle new migratory mobilities.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Constructive Approaches for Security Analysis and Design of Embedded Systems, CASCADE 2025, held in Saint-Etienne, France, during April 2–4, 2025.

Olonkho is the general name for the entire Yakut heroic epic that consists of many long legends - one of the longest being 'Nurgun Botur the Swift' consisting of some 36,000 lines of verse, published here.

This book examines the portrayal of contemporary policing in New South Wales, Australia by mainstream media and how its sourcing of social media influences public opinion.

Auf den ersten Blick scheint den vier Beitragen eine gemeinsame, verbindende These zu fehlen.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011 left Japan grappling with profound social, political, and environmental consequences.

Discover How Small Acts Spark Big Changes in Life and CommunityImagine a world where kindness isnt just a fleeting feeling, but a force that transforms your well-being, relationships, and the very fabric of society.

Introduction to the 100 Somethings Language Learning SeriesWelcome to an innovative approach to language learning!

Incorporating over 250 illustrations, this is the first comprehensive study in English of French artist and caricaturist George Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927) who, during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, was renowned in Japan but barely known in his own country.

This book places Bird's visit to Japan in the context of her worldwide life of travel and gives an introduction to the woman herself.

This book is an exploration of paramount significance, delving into the fundamental principles, methodologies, and cutting-edge techniques that underpin the discipline of environmental forensics.

Fuzzy Boundaries: Threshold Between Water and Land is a curated selection of reflections on the boundaries between water and land, and its meaning amidst climate change, social, economic, and political challenges.

This three-volume set LNCS constitutes the proceedings of several Satellite Workshops held in parallel with the 23rd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2025, held in Munich, during June 2025.