“…Understand the four main aspects of being a software architect Learn the difference between architecture decisions and technology decisions Acquire crucial soft skills, such as how to communicate effectively as a team leader Explore ways to match methodologies with architecture to ensure successful implementations Discover various techniques and patterns for integrating multiple applications and databases Learn how to make your architecture more adaptable to changes in business and technology Understand application, integration, and enterprise architecture frameworks Get up to speed on architecture patterns such as CQRS and LMAX Pick up techniques, strategies, and tools for analyzing architecture Explore the impact of engineering practices like continuous delivery and evolutionary architecture Neal Ford is Director, Software Architect, and Meme Wrangler at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy. Proficient in a variety of languages, paradigms, and architectural styles, his primary consulting focus is the design and construction of large-scale enterprise applications. …”

“…Among other things, readers will also learn: How to write a business news story How to report business news on television How to report in a globalized business world How to get usable information from press conferences and briefings The basics of macroeconomics, the financial markets, and company-specific financial data How to dig for facts and get the story This book covers comprehensively the basics of business and economic reporting. …”

“…Development Engineering provides, for the first time, a coherent intellectual framework for attacking the challenges of poverty and global climate change through the design of better technologies. …”

“…Edgar Papke is a leadership psychologist, author, and globally recognized expert in business alignment, leadership, and organizational culture. …”

“…The Four Mindsets updates you on what matters most today and the most common strategies and techniques used by high performing companies, leaders and managers-globally. Explore the simplest, fastest ways to increase productivity, performance, and revenue. …”

“…Correcting (Mis)information Partnering with Communities for Effective Management of Health Emergencies Managing Infodemics in the 21st Century is required reading for public health practitioners in need of an overview of this evolving field of practice that has made major scientific and practical leaps forward since early 2020. Global, regional, and local health authorities are increasingly recognizing the need to expand their capacities for infodemic management in their efforts to better prepare for future health emergencies. …”

“…Drawing on case studies from Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, contributed by young African scientists, this book provides a unique perspective on multifunctional land use in Africa and illustrates how non-conventional uses can be profitable while promoting social and environmental sustainability. Tapping into the global discussion on land scarcity and linking food security to existing land use change processes, this volume will stimulate readers looking for diversified land uses that are compatible with both household and national food security ambitions. …”

“…L'histoire juridique de la Méditerranée antique sur un temps long permet en effet de mesurer comment l'élargissement du monde grec avec la conquête d'Alexandre, puis la formation de l'Empire mondial des Romains ont suscité l'élaboration d'une koinè juridique, qui a offert à des peuples de traditions différentes de vivre globalement en paix dans des sociétés pour l'essentiel multiculturelles…”

“…Coastal and island tourism in Europe is affected by a number of exogenous trends such as growing global tourism and the emergence of new market segments, changes in demand patterns, ageing society, an increased awareness and search for sustainability and quality, geopolitical instability in parts of the world, and a growing role of ICT as a tool for information access and benchmarking. …”

“…Ao cotejo entre as realidades sociais de Al Andalus e da Hispânia cristã, numa escala mais global, a análise foca-se, depois, na comparação entre o reino português e o castelhano para, finalmente, se concretizar nas diferentes realidades dos concelhos portugueses. …”

“…Parallel sessions touch on dark matter, neutrinos, X-ray sources, astrophysical black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, binary systems, radiative transfer, accretion disks, quasars, gamma ray bursts, supernovas, alternative gravitational theories, perturbations of collapsed objects, analog models, black hole thermodynamics, numerical relativity, gravitational lensing, large scale structure, observational cosmology, early universe models and cosmic microwave background anisotropies, inhomogeneous cosmology, inflation, global structure, singularities, chaos, Einstein-Maxwell systems, wormholes, exact solutions of Einstein's equations, gravitational waves, gravitational wave detectors and data analysis, precision gravitational measurements, quantum gravity and loop quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, strings and branes, self-gravitating systems, gamma ray astronomy, cosmic rays and the history of general relativity…”

“…Maarten van Munster, LLM, is a senior lecturer in European Union Law and Human Rights Law and a researcher at the Multilevel Regulation research group of the Global Governance Centre of Expertise at the Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. …”

“…Apart from their diverse applications in the field of bioremediation, enhanced oil recovery, cosmetic, food and medical industries, biosurfactants can also boast off their unique eco-friendly nature to attract consumers and give the chemical surfactants a tough competition in the global market. This biosurfactant focused research topic aims to summarize the current achievements and explore the direction of development for the future generation of biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers. …”

“…Matthieu Niederhauser is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Political Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and was a researcher at the Global Governance Institute at University College London until November 2022. …”

“…But, riven by tensions and dramatic debates over how to end the most recent war, they only dimly understood that their discussions of peace were giving birth to a new global conflict…”

“…This study reveals how important is for those involved in pastoral work to be acquainted with both Latin and Oriental matrimonial legislation within the context of interecclesial relationships and within the prospect of today's increasing global mobility…”

“…"Coast Lines" is peppered with captivating anecdotes about the frustrating effort to expunge fictitious islands from nautical charts, the tricky measurement of a coastline's length, and the contentious notions of beachfront property and public access.Combining maritime history and the history of technology, "Coast Lines" charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images and explores the societal impact of coastal cartography on everything from global warming to homeland security. Returning to the form of his celebrated "Air Apparent", Monmonier ably renders the topic of coastal cartography accessible to both general readers and historians of science, technology, and maritime studies. …”

“…En este contexto han aparecido nuevos enfoques en torno al espacio público europeo y los procesos de europeización; la historia transnacional y el papel de la diplomacia, la prensa, los grupos de interés; o también los estudios globales en relación con el mundo extraeuropeo, cuestiones que son abordadas en este libro…”

“…En 2016, con la inesperada victoria de Donald Trump, este lúcido ensayo sobre la pérdida de privilegios masculinos cobró una renovada actualidad que, con el auge global de las derechas populistas, merece ser analizado con mayor calma y profundidad. …”

“…The revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, riots and civil wars in the Arab world starting in 2010 (Arab spring); the waves of human asylum seekers as a direct consequence of this reality; the so-called colour revolutions that overthrew governments in Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon; the territorial conflict between Russia and Ukraine; the intensification of the anti-globalisation movements; the outraged protests around the world; the conflict between Israel and Palestine, one of the hardest and longest conflicts to date that has been reactivated over and over; the terrorist attacks in Madrid, London, Boston and Paris; or the recent global threat created by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS); all this leads societies to an unprecedented present in the realm of political communication. …”