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    • Applied Behavior Analysis for Business and Technology Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • November 3, 2025
      • Jason C. Vladescu + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The rapid advancement in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) over the last several decades, is likely attributable to the success in application to supporting the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorder/autistic individuals. Yet, the power and potential of ABA is not in application to a specific area, but to any area of social significance. Applied Behavior Analysis for Business and Technology Applications provides a comprehensive discussion of the industries that ABA professionals could apply their skill set to. This volume introduces each business and industry, reviews applicable conceptual and basic work, and discusses how this work can be adopted for practical application. Divided into four distant sections: Business and Industries, Sports & Physical Fitness, Large Scale Interventions and Technology, this book outlines skills and knowledge necessary for entering the relevant workforce.

    • Comprehensive Energy Systems

      • 2nd Edition
      • June 1, 2025
      • Ibrahim Dincer
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Comprehensive Energy Systems, Second Edition, Ten Volume Set provides a unique source of unified information that covers the entire spectrum of energy from production to utilization, including basic to advanced levels of content that address the critical issues that face humanity. This comprehensive book describes traditional and novel energy systems with sections on system design, analysis and assessment, from single generation to multi-generation, and theory and applications. In addition, the book also presents high-level coverage on energy policies and strategies, economic dimensions, environmental impact assessments, and sustainable development.High-lev... sections include Energy Fundamentals, Energy Materials, Energy Production, Energy Conversion, and Energy Management. For this second edition, existing chapters have been improved and updated with new information, knowledge, technologies and applications. New chapters and case studies have been added on topics such as Artificial Intelligence, energy trading, transport, transmission, consumption, and recent dynamics in the energy sector after COVID-19.

    • Smart City Code

      • 1st Edition
      • June 20, 2025
      • Luca Mora + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Smart City Code: Governance Handbook for Digital Transformation Managers in the Public Sector explores how to govern the planning, implementation, and maintenance operations in smart city projects and transitions, and the urban digitalization processes that may potentially trigger. It provides readers with the evidence-based knowledge they need to approach the complexity of smart city governance, responding to the United Nations’ call for more advanced strategic and technical support on urban digital transformations to national, regional, and local governments. The book uses a comprehensive framework that details what configuration of multi-level components should be considered in the governance of smart city transitions.

    • Integrated Planning for Sustainable Resilient Regions

      • 1st Edition
      • June 20, 2025
      • Rui Alexandre Castanho
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Integrated Planning for Sustainable Resilient Regions explores the dynamic relationship between sustainable development and effective regional planning. With a focus on harmonizing the diverse elements of social equity, economic prosperity, and environmental conservation, this book offers a deep dive into the interplay among human activities, natural systems, and the landscapes they inhabit. Considering both theoretical foundations and real-world case studies, this book equips readers with the tools to navigate the complex challenges of our rapidly changing world. It examines how sustainable development goals can seamlessly integrate into regional planning initiatives, offering a roadmap for fostering resilient communities and landscapes.Through sustainability transitions, territorial dynamics, and community engagement techniques, this book offers fresh perspectives on urban planning, environmental science, and regional studies. This book resonates with a diverse audience, seeking to drive positive change through strategic and sustainable regional planning. From community engagement techniques to innovative policy frameworks, readers will find actionable guidance to transform theoretical concepts into practical and impactful development projects. By providing an essential bridge between theory and implementation, this book inspires meaningful conversations and actions that will shape the future of our regions, cities, and landscapes sustainably and harmoniously.From governments crafting policies that balance progress and environmental stewardship to architects and developers designing eco-conscious spaces, researchers, professionals, and students alike will find valuable information and practical tools to critically analyze the complex interactions among human activities, natural systems, and regional landscapes, fostering a holistic understanding of sustainable development within diverse regions.

    • Technological Innovations and Industry 5.0

      • 1st Edition
      • June 12, 2025
      • Jyri Vilko + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Technological Innovations and Industry 5.0: A Supply Chain Perspective provides a complete review of Industry 5.0, its guiding principles, and its possible effects on supply chains. Examining the difficulties and possibilities presented by the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies into supply chain management, it guides the reader through decision making to application.Robotics... artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and data analytics are increasingly changing how supply chains operate. This book presents the core ideas and potential impacts on, and risks to, supply chain structure. It includes analysis of the latest research as well as providing a sound understanding of relevant techniques and modeling for real-world advances. Evaluation approaches of decision support frameworks for circularity, sustainability, and supply chain performance are also included.This book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking alternative solutions to address supply chain issues and meet sustainability and customer demands by leveraging advancements in technology.

    • Social Anxiety

      • 4th Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Patricia M. DiBartolo + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive view of what social anxiety is, how it is related to shyness and embarrassment, and its assessment and treatment. The book integrates research by social and developmental psychologists with findings on Social Anxiety Disorder in psychiatry, neuroscience, and clinical psychology.  The new edition is fully updated, including four new chapters on issues related to gender, social media, a meta-analysis on treatment choices, and novel treatments.

    • Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 71
      • February 17, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 71 in a series that is considered the premier outlet for reviews of mature, high-impact research programs in social psychology covers a variety of topics, with this release containing chapters on Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Belief in Conspiracy Theories, Fostering Inclusion: A Model for Understanding the Factors that Enhance and Undermine Identity-Safety, Intellectual Humility: On Understanding Our Limits, Ideology, Motivation, and the Connection between Cognition and Behavior, The Psychology of Science Rejection, and more.Contributions to the series provide defining pieces of established research programs, reviewing and integrating thematically related findings by individual scholars or research groups.

    • Clinical and Organizational Applications of Applied Behavior Analysis

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Henry S. Roane + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Clinical and Organizational Applications of Applied Behavior Analysis, Second Edition offers a comprehensive revision that delves into data-based decision-making to guide treatment selections for behavior changes across various populations and contexts. This edition's chapters thoroughly address vital aspects such as data collection, single-case research design methodology, objective decision-making, and visual data inspection. The book's updated content ensures that practitioners are well-equipped to implement effective and evidence-based procedures in diverse settings, from schools and homes to community environments. In addition to these foundational topics, the revised edition introduces new chapters that explore integrated healthcare, adjudication of children's academic interventions, and applied animal behavior.The book highlights the applied behavior analysts' role in utilizing research to develop and execute effective procedures, especially for addressing behaviors linked with autism and other developmental disorders. The principles of this therapeutic approach have shown increasing effectiveness when applied to a broader range of populations, settings, and behaviors.

    • Environmental Psychology and Human Well-Being

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 30, 2025
      • Ann Sloan Devlin
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Environmental Psychology and Human Well-Being: Effects of Built and Natural Settings, Second Edition provides an understanding on how mental and physical well-being is affected by physical environments, along with insights on how the design of environments might be improved to support better health outcomes. The book's uniqueness emphasizes the impact of particular kinds of environments on humans (e.g., cities, therapeutic landscapes, schools), and thus considers the environment as the driver of behavior rather than starting with human attitudes and values. In addition, the content reviews the history, discusses theoretical constructs, research and design, and provides up-to-date research survey findings.New content on the effects of the pandemic on work and educational settings (including remote options) as well as a new chapter on shelters in response to natural disasters is included.

    • Models and Measures for Sustainable City Logistics

      • 1st Edition
      • March 1, 2025
      • Francesco Russo + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Models and Measures for Sustainable City: Behavioral Choice Processes Logistics offers a thorough understanding of urban freight movements, focusing on behavioral aspects of consumers. It outlines the role of modelling the behavioral aspects of people determining urban freight movements, mapping the behavior of the end consumer and the retailer which generates freight movements in an urban context. It provides new methods of urban freight transport simulation, taking into account the challenges of sustainable development goals, and uses the most recent approaches in modelling for city logistics scenario design and planning. It also outlines the relationships between measures and main components (expressed by indicators) of sustainable development.This book guides readers in implementing the most effective city logistics measures and actions, addressing the choice of a set of measures and the definition of planning scenarios. Readers are introduced to simulation methods for estimating impacts and system performance, which can be used for comparing the future scenario outcomes according to the set of target indicators defined by Agenda 2030. The book first specifies end consumer behaviors in purchasing processes, analyzing the individual phases of the purchase. The retailer’s behaviors are then specified, and after specifying the patterns of the decision makers, the quantities of goods that constitute the references for the choices of the decision makers are analyzed. Finally, the book presents the problems whose solution makes it possible to identify the vehicles of the various types and then the flows on the network. The overall structure of the model system and the specification of each single model are then given. Some models calibrated in different real cases are presented, highlighting their applicability to other contexts. Finally, implementable measures are presented and the relationships between measures and main components (expressed by indicators) of sustainable development are examined.Transport technicians, post-graduate students, and academics alike will find this a valuable resource for understanding how to incorporate user behavior into transport planning and logistics modeling, ultimately helping them to optimize processes and promote sustainability.

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