“…Today, agile software development has penetrated to most IT companies across the globe, with an intention to increase quality, productivity, and profitability. …”

“…A wide selection of picturebooks in many languages from around the globe will be analyzed. The study will focus on contemporary picturebooks, with emphasis on those published since 1990, but important earlier examples will also be mentioned to provide a historical context"--…”

“…In three sections on “Approaches,” “Affordances,” and “Forms,” the volume proposes new theoretical approaches for the study of autofiction and the autofictional, offers fresh perspectives on many of the prominent authors in the discussion, draws them into a dialogue with autofictional practice from across the globe, and brings into view texts, forms, and media that have not traditionally been considered for their autofictional dimensions. …”

“…Various renowned sound artists provide a treasure trove of shortcuts, hot tips, and other tricks of the trade.This new edition features: - Entirely new chapters dedicated to Foley in games, television, broadcasting, and animation, as well as what is new in sound for media education - All new sound "recipes" that include proven Foley methods you can immediately use on your own projects - New case studies from well-known films, shows, games, and animations - Interviews with current sound artists from across the globe - An extensive companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/ament) featuring video demonstrations of Foley artists at work, video tutorials of specific Foley techniques, lectures from the author, teaching aids, and much more Dont miss out! …”

“…Human capital management has become a critical issue across the globe. Even in a land of billion people, identifying the right talent, training them and retaining them has become an uphill task. …”

“…Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. …”

“…Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is often portrayed as an unexpected outcome or as the tradeoff we must accept to achieve economic growth. …”

“…It covers intelligence theory, research, and practice from all over the globe. Areas covered include Great Britain, Australia, French-speaking countries, German-speaking countries, Spanish-speaking countries, India, Japan, Israel, Turkey, and China. …”

“…The contributions cover the period from the early modern to the present - a period when the emergence and consolidation of capitalism has transformed rural areas all over the globe. Three questions have guided the approach and the structure of this volume. …”

“…Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming refugees from around the globe. However, refugees have encountered varying kinds of reception in Canada. …”

“…Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. …”

“…Over the past two decades, the field of engineering education research (EER) has become a vibrant and impactful community with new journals, conferences, and doctoral and research programs established across the globe. The increased interest in this area has helped to improve the education and training of the next generation of engineers, as well as supporting growth in the use of technology for teaching and learning, increased attention to broadening participation, diversity and inclusion in the field, and a wide international expansion of the field. …”

“…The authors proceed from several assumptions: (1) megatrends are global - they operate everywhere around the globe, although with different intensity and in diverse forms; (2) they influence and sometimes generate a variety of other trends in today's world politics; and (3) megatrends are political. …”

“…Readers from all over the globe are expected to greatly benefit from this Special Issue collection regarding their own work and the goal of improving breeding efficiency with molecular breeding to generate environment-adaptive, high-yield, and high-quality vegetable crops with which to feed the global population of 9.7 billion in an extreme climate by 2050.…”

“…It serves up remarkably diverse content. It treks around the globe: from Pacific war crimes trials in the aftermath of the Second World War to Holocaust proceedings in contemporary Germany, France, and Israel; from absurd show trials in Communist Czechoslovakia to international courtrooms in Arusha, Phnom Penh, and The Hague. …”

“…The undeniable presence of the past and its cultural vestiges in the daily lives of displaced populations has been a noticeable feature of diasporas across the globe. The world of spirits and the need to keep in constant touch with them have been part and parcel of almost all pre-modern cultural systems, African ones being a prominent case in point. …”

“…With contributions from scholars across the globe, the book offers an international and timely perspective on the key fundaments of sport psychology. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…L'invention de la précision : cartographie et technique de l'astrolabe au GPS -- Aux origines de la cartographie scientifique -- La cartographie médiévale -- Les mutations de la cartographie à l'aube de l'ère moderne -- Naissance de la cartographie moderne : de Louis XIV à la carte de Cassini -- L'amélioration de la précision des mesures de la méridienne de Delambre et Méchain à la seconde guerre mondiale -- La question de la forme de la Terre -- L'évolution des cartes -- Automatisation et numérisation de la cartographie -- Les cartes et l'ordinateur -- La carte et l'État, de la Renaissance à l'internet -- La carte et l'État moderne : les débuts de la cartographie officielle -- L'État et les cartes d'apparat -- La carte au service du gouvernement : la construction d'un outil d'administration -- Après les Cassini, le temps des militaires -- Cartographies coloniales -- Guerre et cartographie au XXe siècle -- La cartographie de guerre froide et la globalisation de la géodésie -- Les nouvelles cartographies militaires -- L'arme atomique et la géographie militaire -- Cartographies secrètes -- Les satellites d'observation et la question de la souveraineté -- Les débuts de la télédétection civile -- Les globes virtuels -- La circulation des images à haute définition -- La cartographie en ligne et les litiges territoriaux -- Les États face à la cartographie en ligne -- Les imaginaires cartographiques -- L'évolution des imaginaires cartographiques -- La vogue cartographique du XVIIe siècle -- Cartographie et culture au XVIIIe siècle -- Les transformations de l'imaginaire cartographique au XIXe siècle -- Cartes et littérature au XXe siècle -- Cartes et cinéma -- Un nouveau regard sur la carte : les approches critiques -- Les imaginaires de la géographie numérique -- La grille et ses imaginaires -- Territoires de la paranoïa -- Lieux secrets -- Les nouveaux territoires de la guerre -- Les imaginaires cartographiques comme mode de lecture des cartes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Miller 8 The United States in Global Environmental History 132 Erin Stewart Mauldin 9 The Arctic and Subarctic in Global Environmental History 153 Liza Piper 10 The Middle East in Global Environmental History 167 Alan Mikhail 11 Australia in Global Environmental History 182 Libby Robin 12 Oceania: The Environmental History of One-Third of the Globe 196 Paul D'Arcy 13 The Environmental History of the Soviet Union 222 Stephen Brain PART III DRIVERS OF CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS 245 14 The Grasslands of North America and Russia 247 David Moon 15 Global Forests 263 Nancy Langston 16 Fishing and Whaling 279 Micah S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…the Amazonian way""; ""Filtering the possibilities""; ""Spreading out around the globe""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 11: Playing Well with Others""; ""Don't pass what you need, depend on it""; ""Simplifying collection access""; ""Transparently caching others' data""…”