“…These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such problems for decades. …”

“…A respected commentator on Middle Eastern politics, Ibrahim Fraihat compares three countries grappling with political transitions in the wake of the Arab Spring: Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Two Chrysanthos, 1767-1810: Grappling with the Vicissitudes of Ottoman Power / Theoharis Stavrides -- ch. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Sharp Things -- Other Dangers -- Part the Second: The Adventure -- Chapter 4 Decoder Armguard: Wherein our heroes get the message -- Build the Decoder Armguard -- Step 1: The Armguard Base -- Step 2: Bits and Pieces -- Step 3: The Code -- Step 4: The Decoder Mechanism -- Step 5: Odds and Ends -- Chapter 5 Signaling Periscope: Wherein our heroes pass the message along -- Build the Signaling Periscope -- Step 1: Cut Out Your Pieces -- Step 2: Put the Pieces Together -- Step 3: Install the Lights -- Step 4: Finish It Off -- Chapter 6 Goggles: Wherein our heroes prepare for a trip -- Build the Goggles -- Step 1: Cut the Gasket Pieces -- Step 2: Prepare the Lenses -- Step 3: Assemble the Gaskets and Lenses -- Step 4: Embellish Your Goggles -- Chapter 7 Grappling Hook Launcher: Wherein our heroes get a lift -- Make the Grappling Hook Launcher -- Step 1: Cut Your Pipe Sections -- Step 2: Assemble the Launcher Mechanism -- Step 3: Flesh It Out -- Step 4: The Tank -- Step 5: The Grappling Hook -- Step 6: The Shaft -- Step 7: Embellishments -- Chapter 8 Airship Harness: Wherein our heroes fly by night -- Make an Airship Harness -- Step 1: Make a Strap -- Step 2: From Strap to Belt -- Step 3: The Back Strap -- Step 4: Shoulder Straps -- Step 5: The Up Straps…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Riess -- Cutting the way into the nation : Hungarian Jewish Olympians in the interwar era / Mihály Kálmán -- Grappling with ghosts : Jewish wrestlers and antisemitism / William Kornblum, Erin Sodmiak, and Phil Oberlander -- Spotting a nation : the origins of athleticism in modern Israel / Nina Spiegel -- Gyms and the academy : professional and personal reflections on stepping up to the scholarly plate / Jeffrey S. …”

“…Through the texts analysed, Anti-Empire offers in-depth interrogations of contemporary power in terms of racial politics, gender performance, socio-economic divisions, political structures, and the intersections of these facets of domination and hegemony. By way of grappling with Empire's discursive field and charting new modes of producing meaning in opposition to that of Empire, the texts read from Brazil, Cabo Verde, East Timor, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe open new inquiries for Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies while contributing theoretical debates to the study of Lusophone cultures…”

“…"Sensory Futures explores deaf people's desires to create habitable worlds, grappling with their futures amid a surge in biotechnical interventions and disability rights activism. …”

“…The book will be of interest to readers approaching these well-known authors for the first time or for scholars grappling with larger issues of cultural production and reception…”

“…Americans have been grappling with questions like these throughout the nation's history, and especially since the emergence of the United States as a major world power in the late nineteenth century. …”

“…Meacham re-creates the history of a nation grappling with religion and politics--from John Winthrop's "city on a hill" sermon to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.'…”

“…This book examines both military and peaceful Soviet and post-Soviet nuclear programs for the long duree - before the war, during the Cold War, and in Russia to the present - whilst also grappling with the political and ideological importance of nuclear technologies, the associated economic goals, the social and environmental costs, and the cultural embrace of nuclear power. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Navigating the mazes of complexity -- A picture of complexity -- Challenges of complexity -- Pragmatism-A way to grapple with complexity -- References -- 9. Building institutions for flourishing -- Intervening in normality -- Caraction -- Creating flourishing mini-worlds -- Steps for academic institutions -- Steps for businesses -- Steps for government -- Steps for individuals -- Notes -- References -- Epilogue -- Note -- References -- Appendix: Putting Sustainability in Its Place -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ConclusionChapter 3: Impact: Strategies, Accountability and Challenges; Grappling with Culture; Accountability & Implementation; The Executive; New Ways of Exploring Substantive Impact; Other Kinds of Substantive Impact; Challenges; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Early Life Experiences and Post-Conflict Transformation Priorities; Women's Interests vs. …”

“…The collection touches on aspects of the life writing art that are particularly pertinent to political figures: public perception and ideology; identifying important political successes and policy initiatives; grappling with issues like corruption and age-old political science questions about leadership and ‘dirty hands’. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword -- Table of contents -- Executive Summary -- Governments are waking up to the opportunities and challenges brought by digital transformation -- Despite the ongoing effects of the crisis, information technology services continue to grow and spur a positive outlook -- Developing apace, communication infrastructures and services are upgrading for a new surge of data -- ICT usage keeps growing but remains unequally distributed across countries and among firms and individuals Digital innovation and new business models are driving transformation, including of jobs and tradeEffective use of ICTs in life and for work requires more specialist and generic skills in ICTs complemented by better foundational skills -- Concerns about digital security and privacy restrain ICT adoption and business opportunities -- The promises of artificial intelligence are accompanied by important policy and ethical questions -- The potential of blockchain hinges on grappling with technical hurdles and policy challenges List of acronyms, abbreviations and units of measurePart I Policies -- Chapter 1 Going digital -- The digital transformation is high on the global agenda -- The 2016 CancÃðn Ministerial on the Digital Economy has set the OECD agenda for the digital transformation -- Box 1.1. …”

“…This book aims to show the many resources at our disposal for grappling with the Holocaust as the darkest occurrence of the twentieth century. …”

“…As companies transform their businesses to meet the demands of the digital age, they find themselves grappling with uniquely human challenges. Organizational knowledge becomes siloed, employees move to safeguard their expertise, and customer data creates polarization and infighting between teams. …”

“…In the face of what has increasingly been referred to as an ongoing "permacrisis", governments must cope with and respond to emerging threats while already grappling with longstanding issues such as climate change, digital disruption and low levels of trust. …”

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“…This book would serve a student aspiring to be an engineer to begin grappling with the phenomena involved and the techniques used to analyze these phenomena. …”