Society and Social Sciences

Multilevel Inverter Technology for Renewable Energy Systems: Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability Through Advanced Power Conversion Solutions explores the pivotal role of multilevel inverter technology in advancing renewable energy systems, addressing the increasing demand for efficient and sustainable power conversion solutions.

The outbreak of COVID-19 radically transformed our daily lives, altering not only our habits and social relations, but also our most fundamental mental processes, most notably memory.

This book presents the proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2024), held on August 25-29, 2024.

The diagnosis of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) came out in the DSM in 2013, although many professionals would indicate that patients have presented with these symptoms for years.

One in four Canadians will experience a mental health problem or mental illness in their lifetime.

This edited volume delves into the unexpected, intriguing depictions of monstrous mothers in different cultures, literatures, and the arts.

This book provides an exploration of China’s evolving role in global governance and sustainable development, offering unique insights from over thirty leading scholars from most leading universities in China and beyond.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Services Computing – SCC 2025, Held as Part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2025, held in Hong Kong, China during September 27–30, 2025.

Der Sammelband vermittelt unterschiedliche Ansatze und Perspektiven hinsichtlich der Analyse der Prasentation von Sport im Film.

This book offers a first step towards getting machines to understand history in terms of analysing historical narratives.

Welches ist die wichtigste Eigenschaft, die eine Fuhrungskraft heute braucht?

This book showcases evidence-based accounts of how school systems can tackle the challenges associated with teacher training in integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education.

This edited collection draws together and contextualises research on the Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) approaches to sexual abuse carried out by the University of West England (UWE), Bristol.

This book offers a first step towards getting machines to understand history in terms of analysing historical narratives.

This book examines the social and cultural meanings of mental illness and psychiatric hospitalisation in early twentieth-century Greece.

This book explores the strategic use of narratives by Qatari policymakers and how these narratives have driven significant shifts in Qatar’s foreign policy roles and directions.

This book presents the results of a Hong Kong study that focused on refugees’ contributions, and potential, to support green urban development.

This book offers a forward-looking perspective on the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biotechnology, and its transformative impact on synthetic biology.

The Six-volume proceedings set CCIS 2473 and 2478 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2024, held in Chennai, India, during December 19–21, 2024.

Welches ist die wichtigste Eigenschaft, die eine Fuhrungskraft heute braucht?

Der Sammelband vermittelt unterschiedliche Ansatze und Perspektiven hinsichtlich der Analyse der Prasentation von Sport im Film.

This book discusses how digital technologies may improve humanities education by fostering involvement, critical thinking, and investigation.

The Six-volume proceedings set LNCS 2473 and 2478 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2024, held in Chennai, India, during December 19–21, 2024.

This book examines the role of American churches, particularly the United Methodist Church (UMC), in perpetuating a mindset of segregation and normalizing whiteness.

The Six-volume proceedings set LNCS 2473 and 2478 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2024, held in Chennai, India, during December 19–21, 2024.

This edited collection draws together and contextualises research on the Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) approaches to sexual abuse carried out by the University of West England (UWE), Bristol.

The Six-volume proceedings set CCIS 2473 and 2478 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, CVIP 2024, held in Chennai, India, during December 19–21, 2024.

This book brings together original insights from diverse researchers across BRICS nations, offering a multidimensional analysis of recurring socio-economic, cultural, and political challenges.

This edited volume delves into the unexpected, intriguing depictions of monstrous mothers in different cultures, literatures, and the arts.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Services Computing – SCC 2025, Held as Part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2025, held in Hong Kong, China during September 27–30, 2025.

Breaking away from usual fear-inducing and apocalyptic narratives, this book explores the visceral and cognitive affordances of satirical narratives in advocating critical environmentalism at individual, institutional, and collective levels.

This book examines the critical intersection of religion, democracy, and political leadership in three prominent Muslim-majority states—Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.

This book explores the role of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) among migrant communities in the UK.

This book serves as a compact resource for social work teaching at a time when new ways to understand the world and the people who live in it are continuously needed for social work professionals to be able to fulfill the task of social work.

This handbook provides an essential reference to the pivotal and dynamic field of business and human rights from an African perspective.

The African Origins of Democracy challenges the myth that democracy was born in ancient Greece.

Why is there a gender disparity in economics?

Understanding how consumers truly perceive products is at the heart of sensory and consumer science.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2024, held in Angers, France, during April 28–30, 2024.

This volume aims to present a critical and interdisciplinary reflection on diversity and migration mainly grouped into three axes of work: research methodologies applied to these topics; discourse analysis in intersectional narratives; and, knowledge transference into plural societies.

The use of directives is as a valuable tool of the administrative presidency.

This book presents a bold reimagining of urban futures through the convergence of generative artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies.

This book is the second volume of The Law and Ethics of Freedom of Thought.

This volume constitutes the proceedings of 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2025, Zakopane, Poland, during June 22–26, 2025.

 This book is about metalinguistic awareness (MLA), a broad area whose relevance has been acknowledged by several disciplines.

Why are citizens increasingly dissatisfied with democracy, and what does this mean for the future of democratic governance?

Dieser Fachleitfaden bietet einen erweiterten Überblick über die Landschaft der deutschen Familienunternehmen, einschließlich ihrer Struktur und Branchenverteilung.

This book posits that during Australia’s colonial period (1788–1900), all sport, including the hegemonic football codes (rugby union and Australian rules football), was closely tied to British nationalism.

This book provides a brief scholarly introduction to A Game of Thrones, the first volume of George R.

This volume constitutes the proceedings of 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2025, Zakopane, Poland, during June 22–26, 2025.