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The United States of America is known for its diverse array of individuals residing inthe country. They come from varying ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, sexual orientation, andreligious backgrounds. With increasing diversity, there has been an increased emphasis on cultural sensitivity research in the workplace, healthcare, and educational environments.However, after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, there has been anestimate...

His wife died of a heart attack while orgasming. His father and grandmother killed themselves on the same day. He would have done it too if only he didn't like hoes so much. Nikola is a painter trying to become rich and famous so he can visit brothels and satisfy his perverted desires. "One prostitute a day keeps suicide away." However, in the poor and corrupted country he lives in, making it to the big league requires a lot more than a gift a...

This is the story of a little boy named Alan. He is a very good baseball player. But his fear of going to the barbershop made him unable to clearly see the baseball, because of all the extra hair falling on his eyes. This story is for boys who don't like getting their haircut because of they have fears. Encouraged by Mama and Dada who love him so much, he gives the barber a chance in this story about bravery and trust in his parents. This is R...

Etude Scientifique de l¿année 2023 dans le domaine Droit - Droit public / Droit administratif, note: Manque, , langue: Français, résumé: La question de la nationalité congolaise n¿est définitivement résolue. Elle repose, actuellement, sur un double principe d¿unicité et d¿exclusivité. Elle ne peut donc être détenue concurremment avec une autre nationalité. Elle est soit d¿origine soit d¿acquisition. La proposition déposée à l¿Assemblée nationa...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies, Systems and Applications, SmartTech-IC 2022, held in Cuenca, Ecuador, in November 16¿18, 2022. The 37 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 121 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Smart Technologies, Smart Systems, Smart Trends and Applications.

This book advances the debate on socio-economic development and multinational corporations (MNCs). It provides an actor-centered perspective and develops the framework called ¿Conflating Capitalisms¿ that allows for a better understanding of both MNC-induced institutional change in the host country and the subsequent impact on local development. The book uses the empirical case of Western MNCs in Latin America. It applies a sequential mixed-...

This atlas provides a selection of operations for intra- and extradural pathologies of the spinal cord and its nerve roots. Pathologies involving the spinal cord threaten the patients¿ mobility, independence or even life. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority are of benign nature, so that surgery plays an important role or even represents their treatment of choice. With modern imaging and microsurgical techniques neurological functions can be...

By integrating different research angles and methods of philosophy of law, sociology of law, applied linguistics, and legal translation, this book presents a groundbreaking approach to the non-standardization phenomenon in Chinese legislative language, unveils the underlying causes and adverse effects thereof, and provides potential principles, strategies, and methods to be followed in the standardization of Chinese legislative language. Divid...

Nietzsche gilt als faszinierender Philosoph, der das Denken zu einer gefährlichen Sache, zu einem Abenteuer erklärt und der den/die Leser*in verlockt, sich auf das Wagnis seines Denkens einzulassen. Philosophie erscheint nicht als abstrakte Angelegenheit, sondern als eine zutiefst persönliche Auseinandersetzung, die das Leben des/der Einzelnen verwandeln soll, selbst um den Preis seiner möglichen Zerstörung. Welche Bedeutung aber hat das gefäh...

This book provides timely studies on multi-view facets of data analytics by covering recent trends in processing and reasoning about data originating from an array of local sources. A multi-view nature of data analytics is encountered when working with a variety of real-world scenarios including clustering, consensus building in decision processes, computer vision, knowledge representation, big data, data streaming, among others. The chapters ...

Technological advancements are contributing to shape future business models and the industrial scenario. Companies face the challenge of having to adapt to the frequently shifting technology landscape. Therefore, organizations must exploit technological advances to thrive in the digital revolution. This book presents and discusses emerging digital business models in the Industry 4.0. These models are illustrated with real case studies and incl...

This Open Access textbook is a result of the work of ENTAN ¿ the European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network. It provides students with a comprehensive analysis of the different aspects and issues around the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA). The themes of each chapter have been selected to ensure a multi- and interdisciplinary overview of an emerging research field and show both in theory and in practice the possibilities of NTA in addr...

The 21st century has witnessed a considerable and increasing number of political revolutions around the world. This contradicts the popular belief of many experts in the 1970s that revolutions occurred mainly in monarchies and empires. Instead, the revolutions of this century have several new characteristics, which call for a renewed analysis of the subject. This handbook offers a comparative perspective on the new wave of revolutions of the l...

This Open Access textbook is a result of the work of ENTAN ¿ the European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network. It provides students with a comprehensive analysis of the different aspects and issues around the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA). The themes of each chapter have been selected to ensure a multi- and interdisciplinary overview of an emerging research field and show both in theory and in practice the possibilities of NTA in addr...

This book, the first of two volumes, brings together the work of Domenico Mario Nuti to highlight his significant and varied contribution to economics. Bringing together works from across Nuti¿s career, his distinctive intellectual framework is exemplified in relation to discussions on the drivers of economic growth and development, the most efficient economic system, the organisation of firms, and how economies should be managed. This volume ...

This book explores shifting representations and receptions of the arms-bearing woman on the British stage during a period in which she comes to stand in Britain as a striking symbol of revolutionary chaos. The book makes a case for viewing the British Romantic theatre as an arena in which the significance of the armed woman is constantly remodelled and reappropriated to fulfil diverse ideological functions. Used to challenge as well as to enfo...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current progress in fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP), covering manufacturing, mechanical behavior, and resistance performance. It includes the elastic and damage behavior of unidirectional FRP, and highlights the improvements achieved by adding multiwall carbon nanotubes. The material resistance is assessed through fatigue response, local behavior, local properties, and failure mechanisms, incl...

This book is addressed to researchers in operations research, data science and artificial intelligence. It collects selected contributions from the first hybrid ¿Optimization and Decision Science - ODS2021¿ international conference on the theme Optimization and Artificial Intelligence and Data Sciences, which was held in Rome 14-17 September 2021 and organized by AIRO, the Italian Operations Research Society and the Department of Statistical S...

The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion interrogates and presents robust and comprehensive contributions from interdisciplinary experts and scholars. Offering a range of perspectives and opinions through the prism of understanding the past about African Traditional religions and, more importantly, capturing their dynamics in the present and projecting their sustainability and relevance for the future, this volume is an essential ...

The book analyses the concept of discoverability, and some current epistemological problems related to it, with a special attention to science. It shows that discoverability is closely related to the sustainability of human creativity in an "eco-cognitive" perspective. Advocating the need of an integral ecology and leveraging the important concept of abduction, it demonstrates that an ecology of human creativity should have priority over other...