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This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 5th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials (ICBBM), held in Vienna, Austria, on June 21-23, 2023. Focusing on bio-based building materials (3BM) as well as their applications in sustainable building constructions, the contributions highlight the latest findings in this fast-growing field, addressing topics such as natural fibres- and aggregates, ramped earth, innovative hybrid composites based on bio-based ingredients, novel sustainable binders, energy efficiency aspects- and life cycle analysis of these materials.
This edited collection reflects contemporary challenges faced by police forces across the globe and the role of technology in addressing them. The use of science and technology raises questions about ethics, training, the well-being of people, and freedom. New technologies promise to foster police practices based on intelligence, accuracy, and preparedness, and are considered necessary to overcome challenges such as declining budgets, lack of personnel, and legitimacy. However, technologies can also be used for authoritarian and nefarious purposes. For those reasons, this book aims to discuss related topics from various contexts to establish connections among common problems in the field of policing across the globe. This book provides an internationally relevant assessment of the use of technology in the field of policing, as well as the impact on training and police well-being. It is ideal for an academic audience at both graduate and undergraduate levels in the fields of criminal justice studies, police studies, legal sociology, and public policy, and will be of interest to police practitioners, legal professionals, social service workers, and public-sector managers.
This book presents the proceedings of the fib Symposium “Building for the future: Durable, Sustainable, Resilient”, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5–7 June 2023. The book covers topics such as concrete and innovative materials, structural performance and design, construction methods and management, and outstanding structures. fib (The International Federation for Structural Concrete) is a not-for-profit association whose mission is to develop at an international level the study of scientific and practical matters capable of advancing the technical, economic, aesthetic, and environmental performance of concrete construction.
Business models are regarded as a main emerging topic in the management area for opportune science-driven practical conceptions and applications. They represent how organizations are proposed and planned, as well as how they establish a market and social relations, manage strategic resources, and make decisions. However, companies must produce new solutions for strategic sustainability, performance measurement, and overall managerial conditions for these business models to be implemented effectively. The Handbook of Research on Business Models in Modern Competitive Scenarios depicts how business models contribute to strategic competition in this new era of technological and social changes as well as how they are conceptualized, studied, designed, implemented, and in the end, how they can be improved. Featuring research on topics such as creating shared value, global scenarios, and organizational intelligence, this book provides pivotal information for scientific researchers, business decision makers, strategic planners, consultants, managers, and academicians.
This book gathers the peer-reviewed papers presented at the Italian Concrete Conference 2020, held on April 14-17, 2021. The conference topics encompass the aspects of design, execution, rehabilitation and control of concrete structures, with particular reference to theory and modeling, applications and realizations, materials and investigations, technology and construction techniques. The contributions amply demonstrate that today’s structural concrete applications concern not only new constructions, but more and more rehabilitation, conservation, strengthening and seismic upgrading of existing buildings, and that requirements cover new aspects within the frame of sustainability, including environmental friendliness, durability, adaptability and reuse of works and / or materials. As such, the book represents an invaluable, up-to-the-minute tool, providing an essential overview of structural concrete, as well as all of new materials with cementitious matrices.
Ao se deparar com a proximidade de seu meio século, ou seja, seus 50 anos de idade, Priscila Weinberg começa a ressignificar sua história de vida a qual considera um novelo bem embolado. Para ela, isso não é de fato tão ruim, pois retrata fatos e experiências que recheiam a vida. Nesse contexto, seguem-se debates e histórias, dilemas e uma busca por tornar seu novelo mais liso, algo que a personagem entende que acontecerá no reencontro com a criança que fora algum dia: livre, com sorrisos fáceis. São textos interessantes, ora filosóficos, ora bastante divertidos, temperados pelos comentários de sua amiga psiquiatra e cartomante, que dá conselhos ao final de cada capítulo. Por fim, é um recado para todas as mulheres que estão passando pela mesma situação ou para os que se interessam pelos questionamentos que o etarismo traz. É um livro leve, mostrando que ainda é cedo para crises existenciais ou de meia-idade ao se completar o fatídico "meio século".
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2021, which took place in October 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The papers included in this volume deal with the latest advances in fundamental research, innovative technology, and applications of the Semantic Web, linked data, knowledge graphs, and knowledge processing on the Web. Papers are organized in a research track, resources and in-use track. The research track details theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web and its intersection with other disciplines. The resources track promotes the sharing of resources which support, enable or utilize semantic web research, including datasets, ontologies, software, and benchmarks. And finally, the in-use-track is dedicated to novel and significant research contributions addressing theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web and its intersection with other disciplines.
Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives on environmental change in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean since the nineteenth century. Each chapter provides insightful, up-to-date syntheses of current scholarship on critical countries and ecosystems (including Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, the tropical Andes, and tropical forests) and such cross-cutting themes as agriculture, conservation, mining, ranching, science, and urbanization. Together, these studies provide valuable historical contexts for making sense of contemporary environmental challenges facing the region.
O I CIIETU foi uma semana de socialização entre toda a comunidade do Campus Xinguara, havendo o intercâmbio de saberes com as áreas que compõem o IETU e possibilitando, ao mesmo tempo, a realização de debates internos de cada faculdade. Além disso, o Congresso se revelou como um espaço de sociabilidade e lazer entre discentes, técnicos e técnicas, e os professores e professoras do Instituto, que confraternizaram o aniversário de 10 anos da UNIFESSPA. Prof. Dr. Rafael Benevides de Sousa (Diretor da Faculdade de Geografia) Ao congregar, de forma inédita, as faculdades de História, Geografia, Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia do Campus Xinguara, somadas ao Programa de Pós-Gradua...
O livro aborda o ensino em saúde em uma comunidade tradicional da Amazônia brasileira, através de uma construção compartilhada com quem vivencia aquela realidade, permeada por vulnerabilidades individuais, sociais e programáticas de forma cumulativa, em um território que agrega a dualidade de conter o maior aquífero de água doce do planeta, uma ampla biodiversidade, e uma população que ainda convive com a precariedade da oferta de água tratada para o consumo humano e as dificuldades para o acesso a serviços essenciais, desvelando realidades, resgatando aspectos culturais e consolidando o papel da universidade na promoção da saúde.