Smallpox, a scourge with a 30% fatality rate, killed 300 million in the 20th century before its eradication in 1980. But the threat remains, from viruses stored in labs to new epidemics like monkeypox, providing a unique view of the life and death of a plague.
Why do the school stories of P.G. Wodehouse, Richmal Crompton, and Enid Blyton endure? This book explores their classic tales, examining themes of camaraderie, mischief, and moral growth, revealing why these beloved authors continue to captivate generations of readers.
Process Control with MATLAB/Simulink
Master process control with this practical manual. Apply key concepts using MATLAB and its tools, like Simulink, through step-by-step solved problems. The text progresses from classical control to advanced theories, strengthening knowledge through problem-based learning.
Based on modern scientific data, this book explores the visceral sensory systems that regulate our internal organs. It details their function at the cellular and molecular levels, covering sensory receptors, information pathways, and processing in the central nervous system.
Dialogue Across Divides
This is the untold story of the Pugwash Conferences, Nobel Peace Prize winners who played a behind-the-scenes role in the world’s most intractable conflicts, from the Iran nuclear issue to talking to the Taliban, carving out a niche as contributors to diplomatic breakthroughs.
Re-reading Kazantzakis’s Askitiki
Emerging and established scholars plunge into the abyss of Kazantzakis’s most arresting philosophical treatise, Askitiki. This volume sheds new light on one of his most misunderstood works, bringing fresh voices to the study of one of Greece’s most important figures.
This book highlights the core importance of metacognition in improving English reading at the university level. It shows that acquiring cognitive and metacognitive strategies requires explicit instruction, offering insights and implications to enhance EFL reading performance.
This book provides details and implications for digitizing sustainable business, health, and environment. Understand the management opportunities, values, and challenges of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable improved, responsible results and awaken new ideas.
This book bridges economics and divinity, exploring how economic principles can be tools for spiritual growth. By examining material goods and free will, it reveals pathways to align with God’s will, transforming economics from a “dismal science” into a lens for the spiritual.
This book explores how 1990s criticism reshaped the cinematic portrayal of Turkey’s Early Republican Period. It examines how historical films about the Republic’s founding were influenced by a new scrutiny of nationalism and the previously untouchable ideals of the era.
Plasma instabilities are a major obstacle in achieving stable confinement in fusion devices. This book combines rigorous analysis with advanced simulations to uncover their dynamics and present practical strategies for mitigation, paving a path toward viable fusion energy.
For teachers of Japanese, this collection offers practical ways to boost student engagement. It explains how to use cultural products—from anime and manga to the tea ceremony—to increase interest and tackle the problem of low enrollment in foreign language courses.
This book reviews art throughout the ages to find the origin of religion in the relationship between art and ritual. A psychoanalytic perspective identifies the creative process as the prototype for the concept of death and resurrection that underpins religious belief.
Empowering Autism Education with AI
This book shows how AI can personalize learning, enhance communication, and support social development for children on the autism spectrum. A guide for educators and parents, it provides a roadmap to AI tools that foster inclusion and independence.
Globalized Injustice
This volume unearths the pervasive injustices shaping our world. It highlights the lived experiences and resistance of marginalized groups while challenging readers to recognize oppression, foster solidarity, and embrace the possibility of transformation.
Drawing on experiences from practitioners across the globe, this book re-visualizes language assessment. It provides effective, inventive concepts for teachers and developers to create assessment tools that reflect authentic, needs-based language use.
This book offers a detailed overview of tick feeding, salivary secretions, and host immune responses. It explores how ticks transmit pathogens through saliva, causing diseases in humans and animals, and examines the role of saliva toxins, control methods, and recent discoveries.
Smarter Air Pollution Monitoring for Sustainable Cities
Explore the global concern over air pollution and its impact on urban health. Discover smarter monitoring solutions driven by technologies like IoT and AI. This volume provides insights into policy, collaborative initiatives, and the future of sustainable air quality management.
A Critical Examination of Lotteries
Uncover the math behind the jackpot. This guide demystifies probability and odds, revealing how draw methods impact your chances. Explore which lotteries are easiest to win, debunk myths about lucky numbers, and learn to think critically about the game.
This book investigates how myth and folklore in Indian fiction are paradoxically used to generate new modes of writing. It explores this stylistic innovation, the use of an ‘oral narrative style’, and the relationship between women and folklore in South Asian tradition.