“…Rome's most distinctive aspects--including its twin governments (civic and papal), unique role as the seat of global Catholicism, disproportionately male population, and status as artistic capital of Europe--are examined from numerous perspectives. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Leonyuk Comparative Investigation on the Emission Properties of RAI (BO3)4 (R = Pr, Eu, Tb, Dy, Tm, Yb) Crystals with the Huntite Structure Reprinted from: Crystals 2019, 9, 44, doi:10.3390/cryst9010044 -- Feifei Chen, Xiufeng Cheng, Fapeng Yu, Chunlei Wang and Xian Zhao Bismuth-Based Oxyborate Piezoelectric Crystals: Growth and Electro-Elastic Properties, Reprinted from: Crystals 2019, 9, 29, doi:10.3390/cryst9010029 -- Johannes Buchen, Volker Wesemann, Steffen Dehmelt, Andreas Gross and Daniel Rytz / Twins in YAI (BO3), and K Al B2O, Crystals as Revealed by Changes in Optical Activity, Reprinted from: Crystals 2019, 9, 8, doi:10.3390/cryst9010008 -- Galina M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Debt and Feminist Agendas -- Debt, Economic Violence and Feminist Agenda -- Debt, Development and Gender -- Debt and Climate Change: Twin Crises Burdening Women in the Global South -- Human Rights and Debt Approach -- Legal Standards on Debt and Women’s Rights -- Letter from UN Special Procedures to the IMF (2022) -- Impact of Debt on Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights – Introduction to the 2023 Report of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, ‘Gendered Inequalities of Poverty: Feminist and Human Rights-Based Approaches’ -- Debt and Human Rights in the World and Regional Conferences on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean -- International Financial Institutions, Gender and Diversity -- Gender Mainstreaming at the International Monetary Fund -- Why are Neoliberal Policies Machistas? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5; Camera Types; Single Lens Reflex Cameras; Twin Lens Reflex Cameras; Rangefinder Cameras; Wide Angle Cameras; Panoramic Cameras; Press Cameras; Cameras with Swing and Tilt Control; Studio Cameras; Motor Drives; Chapter 6Shutters; Focal Plane Shutters; Lens Shutters; Operating the Cameras; Chapter 7Image Quality; Handheld or Tripod; Handheld Photography; Camera Use and Operation on a Tripod; Selecting a Tripod; Monopods; Chapter 8Lens Design and Performance; Lens Cost; Focal Length; Angle of View; Area Coverage; Covering Power; Lens Aperture; Lens Names and Engravings…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Sustainable Urban and Rural Integration -- 1.1 The Rapid Urbanization and Sustainability Issues -- 1.2 Need for Integrating Urban and Rural Development for All Ages and Social Classes -- 1.3 Key Challenges in Sustainable Urban and Rural Integration -- 1.4 Strategic Solutions -- 1.5 Highlights of the Book Features -- References -- Chapter 2 Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing as Smart Rural Service Platform Technology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Needs for Smart Rural Service Platform -- 2.1.2 Definitions of Service Design and Smart Servicing -- 2.1.3 Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing as Smart Rural Service Platform -- 2.1.4 Mobile Crowdsensing Applications -- 2.2 Crowdsourcing Technology for Service Design and Crowd-Based Service Outsourcing -- 2.2.1 Crowdsourcing Concept -- 2.2.2 Crowdsourcing System -- 2.2.3 Crowdsourcing Technologies for Service Design -- 2.3 Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing for Smart City/Village-Case Study -- 2.3.1 Case Study-Crowdsourcing Platform for Rural Farming -- 2.3.2 Crowdsensing for Collective Decision-Making -- 2.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Integrating Crowdsourcing and Digital Twin Technologies for Smart Service Design and Servicing Platform -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Digital Twin and Its Relationship to Digital Shadow and Digital Tread -- 3.3 Digital Twin Framework for Smart City -- 3.4 Service-Oriented Platform Development Supported by Digital Twin-Case Study -- 3.4.1 Industrial Background and Requirements -- 3.4.2 The Service-Oriented Hybrid DT and Digital Thread Conceptual Model -- 3.4.3 The Architecture of the DT Platform Prototype -- 3.4.4 Implementation of Service Provider Coordination Mechanism on the Platform…”

“…This open access book explores the key dimensions of a future education system designed to enable individuals, schools, and communities to achieve the twin twenty-first century challenges of sustainability and human well-being. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Medium-term growth outlook based on the complexity of the economy; Growth is going to become stronger, but inflationary pressures and the twin deficits persist; The economy is gaining strength; Figure 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Closed -- The Hybrid Web -- An Open Economic System -- Chapter 3 Be Who You Want to Be -- The Rise of the Avatars -- Digital Fashion -- iCommerce -- A Cambrian Explosion of Identity -- Chapter 4 Be Where You Want to Be -- Virtual Worlds -- Gaming in the Metaverse -- Sports in the Metaverse -- Media and Entertainment in the Metaverse -- Education in the Metaverse -- Power to the Creators -- Chapter 5 Unbounded Creativity for Brands -- Beyond flash -- The Power of an Immersive Community -- Endless New Touchpoints -- Continuous and Real-Time Insights -- Increased Sustainability -- Virtual World Considerations -- The Era of Experience Marketing -- Creativity, Community, and Co-Creation -- Chapter 6 Exponential Enterprise Connectivity -- A Changing World -- The Future of Immersive Work -- The Metaverse Job Market -- How to Get Started -- Digital Twins -- The Role of Governments -- Chapter 7 The Creator Economy -- A Vibrant Metaverse Economy -- Why Tokens Matter -- Challenges of NFTs -- Digital Real Estate -- Economic Mechanisms -- From DeFi to MetaFi -- Chapter 8 Digitalism in the Metaverse -- Technology Is Neutral -- Dangers of the Metaverse -- The Datafication of Everything -- Privacy Is an Illusion -- Abuse, Harassment, and Illegal Content -- Imposter Avatars -- Data Security -- Increased Inequality -- Bad Bots Controlling the Web…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Costs and benefits in the choice of the audit and underwriting quality in the IPO market: an empirical analysis of competing theories Siamese twins and virtual mergers: dual-listed companies in Australia; Equity issuance trends in Australia's listed investment fund markets; Do underwriters create value for issuers by subjectively determining offer prices?…”

“…Research in the complex multinational context in which IEA studies operate imposes significant burdens and challenges in terms of the methodologies and technologies that have been developed to achieve the stated study goals. The demands of the twin imperatives of validity and reliability must be satisfied in the context of multiple and diverse cultures, languages, orthographies, educational structures, educational histories, and traditions. …”

“…Contributors from multi-lateral agencies and NGOs discuss the changing patterns of Official Development Assistance and their effects on impact assessment, providing theoretical, political, structural, methodological, and practical frameworks, discussions, and a theory-practice nexus. With twin foci of economics and policy this book raises the potential for making sophisticated and coherent decisions on aid allocation to developing countries. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Emery: Associations between Single Motherhood and Depression: a Co-twin Control Study -- Mine Hancioglu: Changes in Lone Mothers’ Health: A Longitudinal Analysis -- Carmel Hannan: Growing-Up in a One-Parent Family: The Case of Ireland -- Conclusions: Laura Bernardi, Dimitri Mortelmans. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chapter 1 America-The Change Makers -- Founder Effects -- The Peopling of America -- Positivity -- Embracing the New -- Assimilation over Accommodation -- Mammon: Tamed and Untamed -- The Triumph of Functionality -- Increasing Plurality -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 2 Sub-Saharan Africa: Under Nature's Shadow -- How Modern Humans Populated Africa -- Nature's Crucible: The Forces Shaping Africa's Cultural DNA -- Community and Beyond -- Naturalness: Expressed and Denied -- In the Moment -- Metaphor, Analogy, and the Connectedness of Things -- The Big Man and His Alter Ego -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 3 India: Beyond This World -- The Peopling of India -- The Toba Event -- The Forces That Have Shaped India's Cultural DNA -- Ahimsa -- Individual Paths -- Inner Directedness -- Horizontal Stratification -- Mathematics: The Art of the Hindus -- Ritualistic Thinking -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 4 The Middle East: Ambivalence and Uncertainty in the Modern Age -- How Modern Humans Populated the Middle East -- Deserts and Civilization: The Twin Drivers of Middle Eastern Cultural DNA -- The Rules of Life -- The Commercial Instinct -- The Best Ideas in the World -- The Honor-Modesty System -- The Other Sex -- Concentric Circles of Belonging -- Managing Contradictions and Tensions -- Chapter 5 China: The Seekers of Harmony -- The Peopling of China -- The Forces That Shaped China's DNA -- The Drive for Harmony -- The Authoritarian Compact -- Concrete and Practical Inventiveness -- Fast Slow…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Multi Stroboscopic FlashSpeedlites in Studio or Location; Macro Twin Lite; Ring Lite; Camera Accessories; Printers; Other Accessories; Rebel Links; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Multi Stroboscopic FlashSpeedlites in Studio or Location; Macro Twin Lite; Ring Lite; Camera Accessories; Printers; Other Accessories; Rebel Links; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: DRAWING BASICSFOR POSING AND EXPRESSIONS; Twinning; Using Perspective to Create Depth; Clothing: Depth Killers?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Aim and Scope -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1 Digital Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence in Industry 5.0 -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Transformative Journey: Industry 1.0 to 5.0 -- 1.3 Artificial Intelligence in Industry 5.0 -- 1.3.1 AI-Powered Digital Manufacturing Processes -- 1.3.2 AI-Powered Smart Automation and Robotics -- 1.3.3 AI-Powered Supply Chain Optimization -- 1.3.4 AI-Powered Product Quality and Inspection -- 1.3.5 Human-Machine Collaboration in Industry 5.0 -- 1.3.6 AI-Powered Digital Twins -- 1.3.6.1 Digital Twins Applications -- 1.4 Success Stories in AI-Powered Manufacturing -- 1.4.1 Case 1: Ford Motors-Predictive Maintenance With AI -- 1.4.2 Case 2: Boeing-AI-Powered Defect Detection in Aircraft Manufacturing -- 1.4.3 Case 3: Adidas-AI-Driven Demand Forecasting and Customization -- 1.4.4 Case 4: Siemens-AI-Powered Optimization of Production Lines -- 1.4.5 Case 5: Schneider Electric-AI-Powered Supply Chain Management -- 1.5 Challenges and Opportunities -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 The Rise of Industry 5.0: How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping the Future of Manufacturing -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 First Industrial Revolution (Eighteenth to Nineteenth Century) -- 2.1.2 Second Industrial Revolution (After Nineteenth to Before Twentieth Century) -- 2.1.3 Third Industrial Revolution (Late Twentieth Century) -- 2.1.4 Fourth Industrial Revolution (Twenty-First Century) -- 2.2 Characteristics of Industry 5.0 -- 2.3 Importance of AI in Industry 5.0 -- 2.3.1 Techniques and Approaches -- 2.3.2 Challenges and Considerations -- 2.4 Importance of AI in Industrial Transformation -- 2.5 Key Drivers for AI Adoption in Industry 5.0 -- 2.6 Applications of AI in Industry 5.0.…”

“…In Crap Shoot Investing , Barron’s Washington Editor Jim McTague reveals the twin causes of this massive transformation: high-frequency traders using mathematical hocus pocus, and blundering regulators whose attempts to promote long-term investment have massively backfired. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté "Hábitats urbanos y suburbanos" : Casita, Tokio / Kazuyo Sejima ; Villa Tofu, Kioto / Jun Tamaki ; Casa estudio en Winchester / Richard Rose.Casemore ; Casa en una maleta, Barcelona / Eva Prats y Ricardo Flores ; Casa Latapie, Floirac / Lacaton y Vassal ; Casa Kern, Lochau / Carlo Baumschlager y Dietmar Eberle ; Casa en Twin Peaks, San Francisco / Ace Architects ; Casa cochera, Londres / Seth Stein ; Loft Morton, Nueva York / LOT/EK Architects ; Apartamento Schretter, Viena / Eichinger, Oder Knechtl ; Reforma de una casita colonial, Sidney / Burley/Katon, Halliday…”