This book uses mathematical modeling to increase enterprise efficiency. Instead of devouring competition, it proposes a cooperative ‘win-win’ benchmarking model, proving its advantage through implementation in real companies, banks, and industrial enterprises.
Plautus’ Erudite Comedy
This collection of original essays examines the comedy of Plautus as a creative dialogue with contemporary culture. The studies explore his engagement with Greek literature, science, and philosophy, revealing his foundational influence on Latin literature.
This volume explores the confluences between post-modernism and post-colonialism. It examines their shared challenge to Eurocentric master narratives, sheds light on the East-West relation, and questions Western modes of representation in literary and cultural works.
Information Resource Science
This book introduces the new field of ‘Information Resource Science.’ While applied knowledge is developing, no theoretical study exists. This book fills that gap, solving basic issues of information resource theory to improve the creation and use of information.
This monumental work on the late Romantic Irish poet George Darley features a scholarly edition of his complete poetry and a new biography. For the first time, it establishes Darley as a translator of Virgil’s Æneid and includes newly discovered poems and over 40 new letters.
Neuroscience is the new paradigm, prefixing everything from economics to ethics. But what does this really mean? This work examines the ethics of neuroscientific investigations and their associated technologies, including the moral problems of cognitive enhancement.
A tool for teachers in the multicultural classroom, this book focuses on cross-cultural communicative competency. It provides a foundation for teaching English as a lingua franca in the age of globalization, bringing pluralism and multiculturalism center stage.
Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism
This volume explores the cultural, social and ethical dimensions of St Gregory Palamas’ works, relating his mystical theology to contemporary debates in philosophy, politics, and art. Topics include church-state relations and hesychast influences on Byzantine iconography.
This book is the third in a series presenting outcomes from the Maryvale Institute’s doctoral research programme. It provides an overview of work by students across the globe and their contribution to new knowledge in Catholic studies.
This collection challenges the view that translanguaging should only be used by language teachers. Through practical descriptions of its use in science and maths classrooms, it shows how this pedagogy can be a vehicle to help students understand difficult academic concepts.
Development Engineering
This research-backed guide shows innovators how to develop technological interventions for low-resource settings. Learn to create sustainable solutions that meet a real need, are affordable, and fit the cultural context to avoid common failures and achieve widespread use.
From Shakespeare to Star Wars, how are men represented on the page and screen? These essays argue that men must become aware of these representations to alter toxic patriarchal models, distinguish masculinity from patriarchy, and achieve liberation from its crippling constraints.
Education today needs a re-thinking. This book presents EUFICCS, an innovative, full-immersion approach to language and culture teaching. This holistic path empowers students with the intercultural and democratic competences necessary to function as future global citizens.
Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction
This collection analyzes detective series with female investigators, exploring their treatment of current social, political, and gender issues. Authors break with convention by blending crime fiction with sci-fi and the supernatural in varied settings to reinvigorate the genre.
The Cinematographic Activities of Charles Rider Noble and John Mackenzie in the Balkans (Volume Two)
This book details the engrossing story of two camera operators sent to the Balkans in the early 20th century. They filmed the first motion pictures of the region’s landscapes, cultural traditions, and public events, providing an exciting trip ‘through savage Europe’.
Exploring the Macabre, Malevolent, and Mysterious
Scholars explore how horror and dark subjects influence cultures worldwide. These topics are found not only in fiction but in belief systems, art, and government. This intellectual exploration covers witchcraft, zombies, serial killers, monsters, and the mysterious unknown.
This book provides insights into the experiences of women with disability, focusing on their social relationships and participation. It explores the barriers they face and offers ways to overcome them to achieve full integration, autonomy, and social support.
Language Teaching and Language Use in Non-Native Settings
From Cameroon to Turkey, this volume illuminates the gap between teaching norms and real-life language use. It underscores the limitations of current methods and provides well-matched answers to classroom problems for teachers, researchers, and educational policy makers.
This volume explores communication, meaning-making, and the construction of identity and gender through language. It examines language in context, from media discourse to fiction, and delves into the lexico-grammatical specificities of Romanian set against other languages.
This volume provides insights into the Theatre of the Absurd by focusing on the character. Using mathematical approaches, it introduces new algebraic and geometric models to analyze dramatic relations. Useful for any reader interested in analyzing, staging, or writing a play.