“…What is going on when a graphic novel has a twelfth-century samurai pick up a telephone to make a call, or a play has an ancient aristocrat teaching in a present-day schoolroom? …”

“…This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect all changes and additions that were made by Google since the initial stable release, and all examples are based on Material 3 (also called Material You). This book uses practical examples to help you understand the fundamental concepts of Jetpack Compose and how to use them when you are building your own Android applications. …”

“…In addition he has a more practical career in surveying, construction, and architecture, and was second in importance only to Christopher Wren in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1666. Many of the so-called "Wren churches" are Hooke designs. A unique aspect of this book is the emphasis on the way Hooke provided Newton with the key to understanding planetary dynamics, paving the way for the discoveries that made Newton one of the greatest scientists of all time…”

“…This text will allow you to learn the best practices used by seasoned engineers when configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting the many technologies called out in the latest exam topic list. Upon completing this text and the accompanying labs, you can approach the CCNA exam with great confidence and a strong desire to attack the hands-on simulations you will face in the actual exam. …”

“…It is a substantial revision to the so-called PANDA manual that has been a standard reference since its publication in 1991. …”

“…May We Make the World is an engaging reflection on the history, nature, goal, and meaning of using a new technological idea -- CRISPR-based genetic engineering -- to alter the genome of the mosquito that carries malaria. This technology, called a "gene drive," can alter the sex ratio in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, the key vector for the deadliest form of malaria, falciparum. …”

“…Since the so-called Arab Spring, citizens of African countries have continued to use digital tools in creative ways to ensure that marginalised voices are heard, and to demand for the rights they are entitled to in law: to freely associate, to form opinions, and to express them online without fear of violence or arrest. …”

“…Rich empirical contributions from an international team of contributors call attention to the social, political, economic, and educational structures shaping the ways young people view citizenship and highlight the social and political agency of children and youth amidst increasing issues of polarization, climate change, conflict, migration, extremism, and authoritarianism. …”

“…Moving the conversation beyond the reflexively-negative characterizations of industry, more than two centuries after the start of the Industrial Revolution, this book calls to re-consider the ways in which industry creates places, sustains jobs, and supports environmental sustainability in our cities"--…”

“…Chapters examine the business and growing institutional power of Facebook as it has unfolded over the fifteen years since its creation, the benefits and meanings that it has provided for its users, its disruptive challenge to the contemporary media environment, its shaping of conversations, and the emerging calls for its further regulation. It considers Facebook's alleged role in the rise of democratic movements around the world as well as its suggested role in the election of Donald Trump and the UK vote to leave the European Union. …”

“…Recent years have witnessed a rise in discussion over the relation between adaptivity and law; as if after decades of insouciance, legal scholars have finally started to understand the impacts of the scientific paradigm called adaptive management to the legal sphere. Even though the complicated relations between law and the adaptive management of socioecological systems have become more debated, a thorough examination of the scientific and theoretical fundamentals of such endeavours has yet to be presented. …”

“…Drawing on rich materials gathered from in-depth field research in China during the Xi Jinping era, Engineering Stability invites scholars of comparative politics, state theory, contentious politics, and political development to rethink and reimagine how what Yan calls "a compromised autocratic state" is rebuilt within and from itself after overcoming a traumatic moment of vulnerability. …”

“…Virtually all major research centers and universities now have research programs broadly in the field of ubiquitous computing. Whether we choose to call it ubiquitous, pervasive, invisible, disappearing, embodied, or some other variant of computing, it is clear that Mark Weiser’s original vision has only become more and more relevant since the term was coined over 10 years ago. …”

“…Multimedia has arguably expanded well beyond the scope of its original definition. Our call for papers attracted submissions from North America, Europe, and Asia. …”

“…We believe that this year's workshop will tackle various new challenges emerging in the field experimental observations in mobile networks, wireless LANs, wireless networks for the Internet-of-Things, high bandwidth networks, visible light communication, vehicular networks and testbeds of software radios, to name a few. The call for papers has attracted submissions from Asia, Europe and the United States. 5 papers are included into two full technical paper sessions. …”

“…This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss exciting new research concerning airborne robotic vehicles, often called 'drones'. We are excited to offer a program of accepted papers that includes topics such as drone-enabled IoT, various aspects important for cellular-connected UAVs, co-existence with existing services, and drone detection. …”

“…ACM PE-WASUN gives researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their views with other researchers interested in the diverse aspects of performance evaluation. The call for papers attracted a high number of submissions from Europe, North and South America. …”

“…., autonomous driving, drone delivery, and vehicle-to-everything communication, such problems become more critical than ever and thus require immediate attention and discussion in both academia and industry.In response to the call for papers of AutoSec 2020, 10 papers were submitted, and the program committee selected 7 full-length research papers and 1 short paper. …”

“…These proceedings contain the papers presented at the Ninth International Conf- ence on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2007) in Innsbruck, Austria, in September 2007. Our call for papers resulted in 150 submissions, each of which was assigned to a primary and a secondary member of our Program Committee. …”

“…The mission of IWSPA is to create a forum for interaction between data analytics and security/privacy experts and to examine the questions raised in the previous workshops.The call for papers attracted 18 abstracts and 14 papers from Asia, Europe, and North America. …”