“…"Adopting an interdisciplinary approach this book provides a cutting-edge, in-depth account of social policy research today, how we got here, and where future research should be headed. …”

“…It goes on to give insights into the development of the technology and recent cutting-edge applications. The next section identifies current challenges in 3D archaeology and then presents approaches and solutions for data management of a large number of 3D objects and ways to ensure sustainable solutions for the archiving of the produced data. …”

“…It offers current theoretical concepts and perspectives that shape social work field education and provides case studies of practice research grounded in the experiences of diverse communities and countries. Highlighting cutting-edge research and scholarship, each chapter addresses critical issues in social work practice and their implications for field education. …”

“…Featuring 28 leading international media scholars, Technics rethinks technology for the contemporary digital era, with cutting-edge theoretical, historiographical, and methodological interventions. …”

“…It is worth compiling the various cutting-edge techniques and reporting on their promising applications…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Estadio Soccer City / Boogertman Urban Edge & Populous, p. 24; Galería de Arte Circa / Studio MAS, p. 28; Centro Nike de entrenamiento de fútbol / RUFproject, p. 30; Escuela Ithuna / Universidad de Liubliana, p. 32; Centro para niños discapacitados / BASE habitat, p. 34; Centro Ubuntu / Field Architecture, p. 36; Escuela secundaria Usasazo / Noero Wolff Architects, p. 40; Centro de interpretación / Peter Rich, p. 44; Manzo Ibi-Village / Bogdan & Van Broek, p. 62; Instituto de Relaciones Internaiconales / José Forjaz, p. 66; Escuela y centro de formación / Escuela de Arquitectura de Bergen, p. 70; Centro de formación / Dominikus Stark, p. 72; Sede de la Alta Comisión Británica / Kilburn Nightingale, p. 76; Orfanato anular / Koji Tsutsui, p. 78; Complejo médico con contenedores / Tamassociati, Parrino & Strada, p. 80; Ampliación de una escuela primaria / Diébédo Francis Kéré, p. 92; Centro de salud para mujeres / FAREstudio, p. 96; Dotación de usos múltiples / Manuelle Gautrand, p. 100; Universidad de Gambia / Snohetta, p. 102; Proyecto “Emerging Ghana” / Blaanc & João Caeiro, p. 104; Dotaciones en el Parque Nacional de Mali / Diébédo Francis Kéré, p. 106; Instituto Ahmed Baba / DHK Architects, p. 110; Centro de Arquitectura en Tierra / Diébédo Francis Kéré, p. 114; Casa para ver la puesta de sol / Not Vital, p. 118; Centro de mujeres / Hollmén, Reuter & Sandman, p. 120; Renovación y prototipo de una escuela / Norman Foster, p. 122; Sucursales del Banco BMCE / Norman Foster, p. 134; Museo de Arqueología y Geociencias 7 OMA, KILO, p. 138; Centro de formación / Heringer, Rauch, Nägele, Waibel & Naji, p. 140; Campus universitario / Kabbaj, Kettani & Siana, p. 142; Universidad 7 Octubre / RMJM, p. 146; Gran Museo Egipcio / Henegham Peng, p. 158; Centro de visitantes Wadi el Gemal / Ramses Nosshi, p. 160; Recinto ferial / Hadid & Schumacher, p. 164; Universidad E-JUST de Ciencia y Tecnología / Arat Isozaki, p. 166; Regeneración de Wadi Hanfia / Moriyama & Texhuima, Buro Happols, p. 178; Kingdom Tower / Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, p. 182; Saadiyat / Ghery, Nouvel, Hadid, Ando, Foster, p. 184; Mercado Central / Norman Foster, p. 196; Ciudad de Masdar / Normar Foster, p. 200; Torre O-14/ Reiser + Umemoto, p. 204; Ciudad frente al mar / OMA, p. 208; Burj Khalifa / Adrian Smith, SOM, p. 210; Torre de oficinas / Jean Nouvel, p. 214; Museo de Arte Islámico / I.M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. ; Primary School Mzamomtsha / Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA) ; Bopitikelo community and cultural center / Peter Rich Architects ; Constitutional Court / Designworkshop:sa (ex OMM Design Workshop) ; Mpumalanga Provincial Government Complex / Co-Arc International Architects Inc. in collaboration with Aziz Tayob and Herman Schnepel Architects ; Red Location Museum of Struggle / Noero Wolff Architects in collaboration with John Blair Architects ; Apartheid Museum / GAPP Architects & Urban Designers in collaboration with Mashabane Rose Architects, BritzRoodt Partnership and Linda Mvusi Architecture and Design ; Johannesburg Ecocity / ERA architects (Environment Response Architecture) ; Law Faculty, University of Pretoria / Martin Kruger Associates ; The Northern Cape Provincial Legislature Building / Louis Ferreira da Silva Architects + Johnston Architects ; Drill Hall / Michael Hart Architects in collaboration with Johannesburg Development Agency ; Faraday Market and Transport Interchange / Albonico + Sack Achitects and Urban Designers in collaboration with MMA architects ; Beau Constance / Metropolis ; Maropeng Visitors Interpretation Centre Sterkfontein Caves Visitors Centre / GAPP Architects & Urban Designers in joint venture with MMA Architects ; Sci-Bono Discovery Center / ASM Architects and Urban Designers ; Sans Souci Cinema / 26'10 South Architects with Lindsay Bremner Architect ; Yzerfontein House / Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA) ; British Petroleum Head Offices / Martin Kruger Associates ; The Chapel of Light / Comrie + Wilkinson Architects and Urban Designers ; Courtyards on Oxford / Studio MAS Architects and Urban Designers ; Freedom Park / GAPP Architects & Urban Designers, MMA Architects, Mashabane Rose Associates ; Proud Heritage Clothing Campus (Warehouse 1 and 2) / Don Albert & Partners ; Red House / Slee and Co Architects ; Singita Lebombo Lodge and Sweni Lodge / Designerworkshop:sa (ex OMM Design Workshop) ; House Steenkamp / Elmo Swart Architects ; Inkwenkwezi Secondary School / Noero Wolff Architects in collaboration with Sonja Spamer Architects ; The Lourierpark Community Center / The Roodt Partnership, Architects and Town Planners; Gabriel's Garden Pavilion / Kate Otten Architects ; Beach House / Designworkshop:sa (ex OMM Design Workshop) ; Highveld Pavilion / Studio MAS Architects and Urban Designers ; Soccer City Stadium "The Melting Pot" / Boogertman Urban Edge and Partners Architects in collaboration with Populous ; House Wright Addition / Elmo Swart Architects…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Case of the European Union’s Science and Research Policy -- Women in cutting-edge research – gender equality and the German Excellence Initiative -- Contemporary Challenges for gender research in the context of globalisation -- ‘Security’ Architectures, New Ontologies and the Category of Gender. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Perspectives of Research into Mining Archaeology -- Fingerprints in Gold -- Summary -- Life at the Edge of the Desert – Archaeological Reconstruction of the Settlement History in the Valleys of Palpa, Peru…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Creativity; Business Cases for Innovations; CIOs Are Always on the Leading Edge of Technology…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6 Trading North: Glass-working beyond the edge of the empireIntroduction; Materials and analytical methods; Results and discussion; Opaque red glass; Opaque yellow glass; Blue glass; Clear glass; Other colours; Bead fabrication; Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Into Africa: The biography of Roman vessel glass in the Sahara Desert; Introduction; Manufacture and provenance; Trade and transport; Use and re-use; Curation, fetishism and discard; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 8 HIMT, glass composition and commodity branding in the primary glass industry…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Developable surfaces in the small made up of parabolic points; 3. Edge of regression of a developable; 4. Why the name developable?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The example of trainees / Annika Rosin -- 18. Working at the edges of legal protection: Equality law and youth work experience from a comparative perspective / Alysia Blackham -- 19. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…For-Fee Web ServicesDawn of a New Era; Part 3. The Cutting Edge; Chapter 12. ADO.NET; A Tale of Two Providers; Connections, Commands, and DataReaders; DataSets and DataAdapters; A Word About XML; Chapter 13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The ""Two Great Stochastic Systems""; The Game of Life: Emergence in Complex Systems; The Game of Life; Emergence; Cellular Automata and the Edge of Chaos; Artificial Life in Computer Programs; Intelligence: Good Minds in People and Machines…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Network Security""""Network Segmentation""; ""Network Firewalls""; ""Intrusion Detection and Prevention""; ""Hadoop Roles and Separation Strategies""; ""Master Nodes""; ""Worker Nodes""; ""Management Nodes""; ""Edge Nodes""; ""Operating System Security""; ""Remote Access Controls""; ""Host Firewalls""; ""SELinux""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Essential protein identification by a bootstrap k-nearest neighbor method based on improved edge clustering coefficientResearch of customer churn warning model for a mobile internet company; An energy consumption model for the cooperative communication in wireless ad hoc networks; Section 2: Application of computer science and communication; Research on a hierarchical solution to security of cloud computing; Exploration of improving graduates' English scientific and technological writing; MOOC and advanced education reform in China…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Stroking Shapes: Using Stroke to Edge Your Octagon in RedSpiral Shapes: Stroking Open Shapes Using Cap; Font Shapes: Creating Text Shapes Using Fonts; Summary; Chapter 4: The Depth of Digital Illustration: Using Gradients; Inkscape Illustration: Fill Gradients; Radial Fill Gradients: Enhancing Your Heart Shape; Linear Fill Gradients: Enhancing Your Text Object; Inkscape Illustration: Stroke Gradients; Radial Stroke Gradients: Enhancing Your Spiral; Summary; Chapter 5: The Imagery of Digital Illustration: Using Patterns; Inkscape Illustration: Using Fill Patterns…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Why Domain-Driven Design Matters -- The Three Pillars of Domain-Driven Design -- Considering Domain-Driven Design -- The Tricky Parts -- Wrapup -- A Journey Toward CQRS -- Introducing Cheeper, a Twitter Clone -- Architectural Styles -- A Brief Analysis -- Potential Limitations of Hexagonal Architecture -- Wrapup -- Anatomy of CQRS -- Cheeper Use Case Analysis -- Cheeper à la CQRS -- CQRS Overview -- Other CQRS Components -- Two Sides of the Same Coin -- The Command Side -- The Query Side -- Syncing the Command and Query Sides -- Wrapup -- Command Side and the Write Model -- Commands -- Command Handlers -- Command Bus -- Putting It All Together -- Wrapup -- Query Side and the Read Models -- Queries -- Query Handlers -- Query Bus -- Putting It All Together -- Wrapup -- Synchronizing the Write and the Read Models -- Multiple Read Models -- Synchronization Strategies -- Wrapup -- The Full Picture -- The Timeline Use Case -- Posting a Cheep -- Command -- Command Bus -- Command Handler -- Domain Event -- Event Bus -- Event Handler -- Projection -- Projection Bus -- Projection Handler -- Fetching the Timeline -- Query -- Query Bus -- Query Handler -- Wrapup -- Optimizations and Edge Cases -- Relying on Multiple Read Models -- Incremental Projections -- Race Conditions -- Trouble with Events -- Duplicated Messages -- Missing Events -- Dealing with Inconsistencies -- Wrapup -- CQRS and Event Sourcing -- CQRS' Biggest Challenge…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The history of the negative/positive photographic process; The basic photographic process; Colour negative film; Grain and graininess; When does grain become unacceptable?; Perforations; Edge numbers; Care, shipping and handling; 7 Basic sensitometry; 8 The laboratory; The laboratory contact; Printer lights; Contact printing; Optical printers; Negative cutting; Cinema release prints…”