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The volume LNAI 15398 constitutes the revised selected papers of the 28th International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems, COINE 2024, held in Auckland, New Zealand, on May 7, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing, ANTIC 2024, held in Varanasi, India, during December 19-21, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Arithmetic of Finite Fields, WAIFI 2024, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, during June 10-12, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing, ANTIC 2024, held in Varanasi, India, during December 19-21, 2024.

The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in the world and explores how Ubuntu, emerging from Africa but being potentially applicable elsewhere, holds promise for mitigation and resolution.

Taking up the unique challenges of mega-crisis events, this book provides a framework for rethinking crisis approaches and designing a world that is better prepared to avoid or minimize these catastrophic events.

A Guide for Lewy Body Dementia Caregivers: Caring with Compassion is a daughter's heartbreaking yet hopeful account of her secondary caregiving journey for her mother who has Lewy body dementia (LBD).

The three-volume set LNCS 15338, 15339 and 15340 constitutes the refereed proceedings from the 41st Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2024, held during July 1-5, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland.

The three-volume set LNCS 15338, 15339 and 15340 constitutes the refereed proceedings from the 41st Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2024, held during July 1-5, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Soviet Climate Change Science explores the character and range of Soviet contributions to the emerging understanding of large-scale anthropogenic climate change during the post-1945 period.

Negative images of Africa, which define the continent as being riven with poverty, crime, or war, are increasingly being challenged.

This book addresses the geopolitics and geoeconomics of technological rivalry between the world's two great powers: the USA and China.

The two-volume set LNCS 14744 + 14745 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2024, which took place in Willemstad, Curacao, during March 4-8, 2024.

This book addresses the urgent need for an educational framework that integrates digital multiliteracies with global competence.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 27th International Conference, on Distributed and Computer and Communication Networks, DCCN 2024, held in Moscow, Russia, during September 23-27, 2024.

Ghosts in the Dating App Machine offers a critical examination of the shift to dating apps to illustrate key features of a broader shift to a mode of "e;data"e; colonialism based on datafication and AI orchestration.

This book examines three fundamental factors that influence the economic growth and development of the world's 93 smallest economies, which together produced 1% of global GDP.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 27th International Conference, on Distributed and Computer and Communication Networks, DCCN 2024, held in Moscow, Russia, during September 23-27, 2024.

Drawing on original primary data, this book offers a comparative account of the European bookshop model, charting how it has evolved in the contemporary economy, how recent industry transformations have impacted it, and how bookshops have sought to adapt to new market conditions.

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23-25, 2024.

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23-25, 2024.

This three-volume set LNCS 15161, 15162 and 15163 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference, COCOON 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during August 23-25, 2024.

This three-volume set LNCS 15161, 15162 and 15163 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference, COCOON 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during August 23-25, 2024.

This book presents high-quality research papers presented at Congress on Smart Computing Technologies (CSCT 2023) organized by SAU Center for Research and Innovative Learning (SCRIL), South Asian University, India, from 2-3 December 2023.

This book presents high-quality research papers presented at Congress on Smart Computing Technologies (CSCT 2023) organized by SAU Center for Research and Innovative Learning (SCRIL), South Asian University, India, from 2-3 December 2023.

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23-25, 2024.

This three-volume set CCIS 2366-2368 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Communications and Business Analytics, CICBA 2024, held in Patna, India, during January 23-25, 2024.

This unique reference book represents sustainable development of UN for providing a proper life standard and mobility for people.

Dangerous Technologies focuses on the prevalent theft of consumer electronics in post-Apartheid South Africa.

This book covers nutrients, active principles from phytotherapy/herbal products, and drug classes while identifying potential interactions.

This book covers nutrients, active principles from phytotherapy/herbal products, and drug classes while identifying potential interactions.

This informative book helped me to understand research in general and to bring focus and clarity to my current research project.

The book offers valuable insights into research related to Industry 4.

The two-volume set LNCS 14744 + 14745 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2024, which took place in Willemstad, Curacao, during March 4-8, 2024.

The two-volume set LNCS 14744 + 14745 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2024, which took place in Willemstad, Curacao, during March 4-8, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web, KGSWC 2024, held in Paris, France, during December 11-13, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web, KGSWC 2024, held in Paris, France, during December 11-13, 2024.

With a focus on the way the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unfolded in Pakistan, this book casts a critical light on the unique experiences and responses of individuals, community and government.

This book evaluates development progress using the lens of structural transformation in four groups of developing countries: Africa’s least developed countries (LDCs), Asia’s LDCs, landlocked Central Asian countries, and Pacific small island states.

This book evaluates development progress using the lens of structural transformation in four groups of developing countries: Africa’s least developed countries (LDCs), Asia’s LDCs, landlocked Central Asian countries, and Pacific small island states.

This two-volume set CCIS 2264 and CCIS 2265 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Blockchain and Trustworthy Systems, BlockSys 2024, held in Hangzhou, China, during July 12-14, 2024.

This three-volume set LNCS 15161, 15162 and 15163 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference, COCOON 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during August 23-25, 2024.

This three-volume set LNCS 15161, 15162 and 15163 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference, COCOON 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during August 23-25, 2024.

This book seeks to distinguish empirically-based knowledge from widespread misconceptions in the fields of legal and forensic psychology.

This two-volume set CCIS 2264 and CCIS 2265 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Blockchain and Trustworthy Systems, BlockSys 2024, held in Hangzhou, China, during July 12-14, 2024.

This book seeks to distinguish empirically-based knowledge from widespread misconceptions in the fields of legal and forensic psychology.

This textbook provides an overview of international drug policy using a comparative framework to explore contemporary drug issues.

This book critically examines how polycrisis is recontextualised and (ab)used in contemporary discourse from across Europe.

This book focuses on the indirect effects on environmental resilience.