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Spanish Terminology for the Dental Team

• 3rd Edition
• October 1, 2025
• Elsevier Inc + 1 more
• English

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities

• 12th Edition
• October 1, 2025
• Donald DePamphilis
• English

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities: An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions, Twelfth Edition presents the most current and comprehensive M&A information available. Organized according to the context in which topics normally occur in the M&A process, the book covers M&A environments, M&A processes, M&A valuation and modeling, deal structuring and financing strategies, and alternative business and restructuring strategies. Covering industries worldwide, this new edition illustrates the most germane strategies and tactics in today's marketplace. Covering relevant academic research published since 2021 make the 12th edition a balanced, comprehensive guide to the complex and dynamically changing world of M&A.

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals

• 1st Edition
• October 1, 2025
• Léo-Paul Dana + 1 more
• English

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals is a compilation of state-of-the-art research articles and case studies on how women-owned businesses support one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Authored by experts from around the world, this book presents theoretical and empirical research to support sustainable development, especially studies of women’s entrepreneurship. This includes how sustainability is conceptualized in different contexts. The book covers topics and themes such as gender differences and how women become entrepreneurs while considering the green economy; the impact of the female workforce participating in entrepreneurial activities and its relevance regarding sustainability; the importance of female entrepreneurship and its link with sustainable development; intrapreneurial female leaders and corporate sustainability orientation; and more. Researchers, practitioners, and students of sustainability and entrepreneurship will find this a valuable source of up-to-date information on sustainable entrepreneurship issues and practical steps that can be taken to foster women in sustainable enterprises to advance the SDGs.

The Geography of Climate Change Vulnerability

• 1st Edition
• September 1, 2025
• U. Sunday Tim + 1 more
• English

Geography of Climate Change Vulnerability: Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptation explores the geographic dimensions of vulnerability of human- environmental systems to climate change. It provides information on the concepts, principles, methods and uses of GIS for climate change research and focuses on the spatial characteristics of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, which constitute the primary determinants of vulnerability. It starts with the fundamentals, reviewing the role geography plays in assessing climate change vulnerability beyond applied climatology. It then reviews the basics of GIS: what it is, what it can do and how to integrate climate science and research into existing GIS programs. Next it reviews the essentials of climate change and climate science. From there, the authors (editors) review vulnerability science and its role of in adapting to or mitigating issues stemming from climate change. The techniques of assessing climate change vulnerability are then explored, both on a theoretical and on a practical level. Finally, the applications of what the GIS data reveals are covered, including reviewing climate vulnerable human-environmental systems, scale, data sources, and more. The applications continue into specific areas of impact from water resource systems, to agricultural and ecological systems, human-land interactions and tying it in to the IPCC WGII assessment report of vulnerability.Geography of Climate Change Vulnerability will help readers learn a hands-on, problem-based approaches to providing real-world research across the different roles and modes of GIS applications in climate research. This is an essential resource for researchers across disciplines looking into issues and solutions stemming from climate variability, and for new ways to assess complex and diverse data while doing so.

International Encyclopedia of Business Management

• 1st Edition
• September 1, 2025
• Vanessa Ratten
• English

The Encyclopedia of Business Management contains more than 200 articles on a range of business management topics that are discussed in a succinct and easy to understand manner. This includes interdisciplinary topics such as cultural entrepreneurship, tourism innovation and marketing promotions. Each entry in the encyclopedia emphasizes the definition and application of the term so that it can be properly understood. Each section is based around a broad business management theme and led by a expert editor who’ll brings together subject matter experts to author each specific topic. The seven sections are structured around the following themes: business entrepreneurship, human resource management, innovation management, international business, organisational behaviour, project management, supply chain management, sport and tourism management. The articles first include definitional issues related to the specific topic in the form of a technical analysis then discuss the broad overview of the topic. Each topic will focus on a different issue thereby providing a holistic examination of that of interest.

Introduction to International Disaster Management

• 5th Edition
• September 1, 2025
• Damon Coppola
• English

Introduction to International Disaster Management, Fifth Edition, offers an unbiased, global perspective for students and practitioners alike. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the disaster management profession, covering the varied sources of risk and vulnerability, the systems that exist to manage hazard risk, and the many different stakeholders involved, from individuals to global organizations. This text also serves as a reference on scores of disaster management topics, including various technological and intentional hazards, on international disaster management structures and systems, on global humanitarian spending and support, and much more. Taking a real-world approach with considerable illustration through case studies and recent and historical disaster events, this book prepares students interested in joining the disaster management community to understand the work they will be doing. In addition, it assists those who already work with the disaster management community by helping them better navigate this complex environment. Fully updated throughout, the new edition includes revised workflows and communications, coverage of emerging global hazards and recent disaster events, and revised sections on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems, and emerging technologies for disaster risk reduction and resilience. Special emphasis is placed throughout on environmental justice, social justice, gender, and equality in global disaster management approaches. Recent disasters addressed across in-depth case studies include the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Tonga Eruption, regional heatwaves, the Beirut Port Explosion, the 2021 Haiti Earthquake, Typhoon Rai, the 2021 Surfside Condo Collapse, the 2022 South Asia Floods, and notable earthquakes. Another Voice - Expert Input boxes, along with extended exhibits, key word definitions, and chapter summaries enhance understanding, along with updated ancillary materials for students and instructors alike.

Meeting SDGs in Smart City Infrastructures

• 1st Edition
• September 1, 2025
• Manas Pradhan + 1 more
• English

Meeting SDGs in Smart City Infrastructures: Federation, Interoperability and Discoverability explains the current state-of-the-art practices in the smart city context for digitization and e-governance processes in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It discusses pros and cons of the various data standards and federation measures involved in the digital transformation of cities considering the end user as well as implementor’s viewpoint. It utilizes real-world use cases of cities around the world, highlighting their goals and what measures they have adopted. It provides guidelines for achieving long-term service federation, interoperability and discoverability while keeping the UN SDGs in perspective. This book provides the basic insights for technical and strategic viewpoints for data and communication interoperability and federation measures. Later it provides federated scaling solutions to enable service discovery and features in a cross-sector deployment. These are useful for designing digitisation measures by using one or leveraging overlapping features of many introduced solutions. These solutions are provided for specific contexts and use-cases, making understandability of the technical interfaces and their relationship with governance mechanisms easier for a range of audiences working in smart city contexts. This book will help practitioners and researchers in the smart city domain better understand existing and evolving technologies and how to better formulate their processes to provide a sustainable model for urban development. Giving them insight into the feasibility and implications of highly scalable smart city and urban solutions will allow better constructs for urban digital ecosystems, enabling information exchange and interoperability across multiple sectors. It ultimately supports infrastructure goals of ensuring security, privacy, and transparency while enabling future concepts for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Linked Data and e-governance.

Introduction to Intricate Artificial Psychology with Python

• 1st Edition
• September 1, 2025
• Peter Watson + 2 more
• English

Introduction to Intricate Artificial Psychology with Python, unlocks the mysteries of Intricate Artificial Psychology (iAp). Delve into the depths of advanced cognitive frameworks, as this comprehensive guide navigates through the complex landscape of artificial psychology using Python. Beginning with an introduction to iAp, readers explore the degrees of prediction and the application of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (IAP). The book's unique focus extends to detecting implicit bias through a fusion of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and SHAP values, providing a groundbreaking perspective on the interplay between artificial intelligence and psychological phenomena. From forecasting in iAp to unraveling the secrets of complex network analysis, this book equips readers with a powerful toolkit for understanding and applying psychological graph analysis (Pga). Discover the intersection of deep learning and neuroimaging, as well as the complexities of machine learning techniques in neuroimaging. This book also includes practical case studies, enabling readers to apply these cutting-edge techniques to real-world psychological scenarios.

Applied Computing for Intelligent Transportation Systems

• 1st Edition
• September 1, 2025
• Shiju George + 2 more
• English

Applied Computing for Intelligent Transportation Systems delves into the dynamic intersection where computer science meets transportation engineering. Its comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge ITS technologies offers sought-after research insights into the most effective integration strategies achievable through applied computing-informed methodologies.This timely, interdisciplinary exploration of the ever-progressing solutions that are contributing to the transformation of transportation systems is accompanied by sustainability-minded considerations, which are at the forefront of road- and transit-based best practices worldwide. The volume also includes practical case studies and real-world examples, showcasing success stories and lessons learnt that facilitate understanding of the feasibility of implementation in smart-city projects.With its aim of helping to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of enhancing ITS and the infrastructure that supports them, the book proves to be a valuable resource for readers in academia as well as industry.

Intelligent Urban Mobility

• 1st Edition
• September 1, 2025
• Muhammet Deveci
• English

'Intelligent Urban Mobility: Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Transportation' explores the role of technology in enabling greener, more accessible transportation in cities worldwide. This book provides insights into leveraging decision support systems to drive positive change, focusing on applied soft computing techniques, artificial intelligence, and fuzzy systems algorithms to help researchers and professionals seeking to mitigate congestion and emissions through sustainable mobility initiatives. Bridging theory and real-world practice, this book provides information on future studies to drive progress in redesigning city transportation to reduce environmental impact and carbon emissions, highlighting innovative models and frameworks for the analysis of mobility options and planning sustainable transport systems. Researchers, graduate students, and professionals in transportation, urban planning, civil engineering, and decision sciences interested in advancing sustainable urban mobility will find this to be a welcome reference offering technical guidance and expert perspectives on the application of decision support systems to evaluate and optimize planning for sustainable transit options.