Books in Social sciences and humanities

Handbook of Labor Economics

1st Edition
Volume 6
September 1, 2025
Christian Dustmann + 1 more
English
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Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume Six reviews the latest research topics, empirical findings, and methods that constitute frontier research in the field. The focus lies in the most important research advances that have taken place since the publication of the previous work. Chapters in this new release include Instrumental Variables with Unobserved Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects, Firm Wage Effects, Empirical Bayes Methods in Labor Economics, Minimum Wages in the 21st Century, The Micro and Macro Economics of Short-Time Work, Job Search, Unemployment Insurance, and Active Labor Market Policies, Families, Public Policies, and the Labor Market, and much more.Other chapters cover The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market, Crime and the Labor Market, and Monopsony Power in the Labor Market.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

1st Edition
Volume 69
September 1, 2025
Jeffrey J. Lockman
English
Hardback
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Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 69, the latest release in this classic resource on the field of developmental psychology, includes a variety of timely updates, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this new release include Autonomic and Attentional Pathways in the Emergence of Autism: Bridging Mechanisms and Real-World Contexts in Infancy, The Sound-of-Words model: a developmental perspective of phonolexical acquisition, The Development of Children's Beliefs about Ability, and Assessing Children’s Spatial Thinking: Insights, Challenges, and Implications,

Reliable Decision-Making for Sustainable Transportation

1st Edition
September 1, 2025
Gholamreza Haseli + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Reliable Decision-Making for Sustainable Transportation explores decision-making methods that incorporate expert and decision-maker opinions for improved reliability. The book examines fuzzy sets that capture ambiguity and enable a more comprehensive analysis of stakeholder perspectives, focusing on transportation case studies to demonstrate techniques for weighing criteria, ranking alternatives, and selecting optimal and reliable decisions. It seeks to advance transportation planning, traffic engineering, road safety, and sustainability by integrating state-of-the-art decision support systems that leverage AI and multiple stakeholder viewpoints.This approach will benefit researchers and professionals across transportation, decision sciences, supply chain management, and operations looking for innovative ways to model uncertainty and decision-maker reliability and providing methodologies and frameworks for more robust group decisions.

Cannabinoids and Psychedelics: A Therapeutic Revolution

1st Edition
Volume 296
September 1, 2025
Sergio Arthuro + 1 more
English
Hardback
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Recent studies using cannabinoids, psychedelics, and other psychotropic substances have shown promising therapeutic potential. Clinical works on cannabinoids observed an important effect in epilepsy, and other studies found also encouraging outcomes in anxiety and dementia. Psychedelics like Ayahuasca and MDMA seem to decrease symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, respectively. Studies with ibogaine showed preliminary results in the treatment of substance abuse disorder. Altogether, it seems that these psychoactive compounds can be helpful, but there are still a lot of questions and controversies. In this special topic, we aim to provoke and articulate ideas to foster a broad discussion on these issues. We stimulate authors to submit original research, reviews, and essays, from basic science to clinical studies. This includes, but is not limited to, basic works on the neurotransmitter systems, the effects of drugs on animal and human perception, emotion and cognition, such as on memory, sleep and creativity, for example. We also encourage studies on the negative effects of casual use and dependence, since cannabis and other psychedelic substances can be a problem for adolescents and adults of some risk groups. In addition, we motivate religious, sociological and anthropological studies regarding the history of using psychoactive substances, both for traditional and modern societies, for example. Finally, we welcome philosophical works on existential questions about all these psychoactive substances. In all, we mean to convey challenges and misunderstandings in this complex research field. We believe that this interaction of neuropsychology and social sciences can be positive to foster our understanding of a wide range of neuro-psycho-sociolo... disturbances, which could facilitate the development of possible new treatments.

Smart Cities of AI Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

1st Edition
September 1, 2025
Paras Chawla + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Smart Cities of AI Robots and Autonomous Vehicles: The Vision for 2030 explores the transformative potential and challenges of integrating AI-powered robots and autonomous vehicles in urban landscapes, envisioning a futuristic smart city landscape by 2030. It examines how artificial intelligence (AI) robots and self-driving cars will transform daily life, healthcare, education, industry, agriculture, and transportation.

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

1st Edition
Volume 72
September 1, 2025
Bertram Gawronski
English
Hardback
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Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 72 is the latest update in this premier outlet for reviews of mature, high-impact research programs in social psychology. Contributions to the series provide defining pieces of established research programs, reviewing and integrating thematically related findings by individual scholars or research groups. Topics discussed in this update include effort, mindsets, social dominance orientation, economic mobility, and honesty.

Navigating Decentralized Finance

1st Edition
August 19, 2025
Pascal Egloff + 2 more
English
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Navigating Decentralized Finance: From Blockchain to Crypto Assets and Tokenization provides an in-depth overview of how blockchain and digital assets drive financial economics with a truly global approach. This comprehensive textbook covers blockchain technologies, infrastructure, applications, and regulatory and legal aspects, offering both a quick introduction for beginners and numerous, practical case studies to engage advanced students and working professionals. Here, after discussing blockchain fundamentals, experts consider blockchain contracts, scalability, CBDCs, tokenization, stablecoins, NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi), and the metaverse, among other topics, with applications explored across the financial world.Each chapter adopts a consistent structure and pedagogy accompanied by over 120 illustrations across the book, as well as a blockchain glossary. An instructor website includes a complete set of lecture slides supporting undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and faculty across the globe.

Commercial Banking

1st Edition
August 4, 2025
Allen N. Berger + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Commercial Banking: Distinct Value, Roles, and Methods is a thorough, applied, and accessible introduction to the modern theory and practice of financial intermediation as enabled by commercial banks. This textbook considers key issues in banking, regulation, coping with bank risk, competition amongst banks, global banking, careers in banking, and future directions. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on differentiating between bank and non-bank financial firms, the impact of technology on banking, evolving regulatory environments, the economic importance of banking, and innovation in banking services.Perfect for undergraduate, graduate level, and professional courses in banking, bank management, and commercial banking, this book is reinforced with full-color figures, charts, tables, learning objectives, and key term definitions, as well as lecture slides hosted on an accompany instructor site to support teaching and understanding.

The End of Driving

2nd Edition
August 1, 2025
Bern Grush + 2 more
English
Paperback
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The End of Driving: Automated Cars, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility, Second Edition explores both the potential of vehicle automation technology and the barriers it faces when considering coherent urban deployment. The book evaluates the case for deliberate development of automated public transportation and mobility-as-a-servic... as paths towards sustainable mobility, describing critical approaches to the planning and management of vehicle automation technology. It serves as a reference for understanding the full life cycle of the multi-year transportation systems planning processes, including novel regulation, planning, and acquisition tools for regional transportation.Appli... research-based, and solution-oriented, this book concludes with a detailed discussion of the systems design needed for accomplishing this shift. This thoroughly updated second edition covers the future technology application milestones that will mark the rate of progress in the years ahead, including some that may not come to pass. More importantly, reasons for the existing lack of consensus on environmental impacts of vehicle automation will be tied to the visible milestones.

The Psychology of Romantic Relationships

1st Edition
August 1, 2025
Ami Rokach + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Psychology of Romantic Relationships delves into the myriad factors that contribute to successful relationships. Starting with Intimacy in Romantic Relationships, the book unveils new facets of the complex dynamics underpinning successful marriages. From the pivotal role of communication and trust to the delicate balance of gratitude and forgiveness, each chapter provides insightful knowledge to understand and enhance marital bonds. Furthermore, the book covers additional, essential aspects such as the importance of mutual respect, the role of shared activities in bonding, and the impact of individual growth on relationship harmony. It is a must-read for psychologists, therapists, and anyone interested in the intricacies of love.

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