“…These methods require detailed knowledge of (i) the wave features as a function of the generation mechanism, (ii) the shoreline run-up and (iii) the interaction with structures.Despite a significant increase in research activities after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, there certainly can be -- and needs to be -- more research with the aim to reduce the destruction caused by tsunamis to us and our environment."…”

“…Water is a game of ways and patterns that wave and ripple and can pull us under, the talk is about surfacing but languaging is about feeling, moving the ways that it makes are having variances moving the thresholds in thinking feeling of a rally that comes from cutting the grammars out and that is the way of perception that is cut by grammar and people need art to dance this dance of relation. …”

“…Major carbon-emitting countries or entities such as the European Union, US, Japan, Korea, China, and India have proposed specific timetables for net-zero carbon emissions and carbon neutrality before or at the COP26. …”

“…What does the crisis in the euro area tell us about exchange rate regimes in general? Clearly, a new model is needed, one that is conducive to both stability and prosperity. …”

“…At issue as well in the media capture of sports are the values that inform our daily lives, the physical and emotional health of the population, and the symbols so long central to a sense of Canadian identity.Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this collection set out to explore the impact of the media on our reception of, and attitudes toward, sports--to unpack the meanings that sports have for us as citizens and consumers. Well-known hockey writer Roy MacGregor delves into the influence of big media and big sports on the practice of objective journalism; Richard Gruneau examines the worrisome relationship between sports participation and socioeconomic class; blogger Derrick Newman investigates the impact of fantasy leagues on sports coverage; sociologist Harry Hiller looks at the iconic dimensions of the Vancouver Olympics. …”

“…By simultaneously apprehending the needs of humans and non-humans, the common property approach to land and resources presented in this book invites us to identify and invest in the room for manoeuvre that will allow the diversity of users to assert their prerogatives and assume their duties. …”

“…Our health economic model nevertheless does not provide us with the grounds to conclude that the drug is cost-effective…”

“…We can not rule out a possible publication bias in the material which means that studies with a negative effect might not have been published or not identified by us…”

“…The quality of the documentation for the effect of the intervention is too low for us to draw conclusions on whether rehabilitation contributes to the patients social and community participation. …”

“…Focusing on some of the most important names in wine history—particularly Pietro Carlo Rossi, Secondo Guasti, and the Gallos—he chronicles a story driven by ambition and creativity but realized in a complicated tangle of immigrant entrepreneurship, class struggle, racial inequality, and a new world of consumer culture.Skillfully blending regional, social, and immigration history, Soft Soil, Black Grapes takes us on an original journey into the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine…”

“…If we expect legislators to respect values of legitimacy when they create the legal rules that govern our lives, shouldn’t we expect the same from the designers whose code has a much more direct rule over us?…”

“…Business Dashboards, Organizational About Us pages, Sales presentations – virtually whatever the organization’s creatives can think up you’ll learn to develop in Mental Canvas! …”

“…Ken Tovo, former commander of U.S. Army special forces, characterized the book as “the Ranger Handbook for AI implementation!” …”

“…TurboTax's Tax Knowledge Engine uses advanced AI to translate more than 80,000 pages of US tax requirements and instructions into a software oracle that can explain computations to DIY tax filers so they have greater confidence in the calculations in their returns, and can maybe save some of the 7 billion hours Americans spend collectively filing taxes every year. …”

“…Drumbl and Fournet have done us all a great service in knitting together - in a single, powerfully imagined, volume - these essays about how we might experience the institutionalisation of judgment in atrocity trials. - Gerry Simpson, Professor of Public International Law, LSE Law School (London). …”

“…Until now, Kracauer has been known primarily for his writings on the cinema. This volume brings us the full scope of his gifts as one of the most wide-ranging and penetrating interpreters of modern life -- Contracub…”

“…Sweeping in its scope, Rethinking World Politics is a landmark work of international relations theory that upends much of our received wisdom about how world politics works and offers us new ways to think about the forces shaping the contemporary world…”

“…John Joseph intersperses all these discussions with accounts of Saussure's research and the courses he taught highlighting the ways in which knowing about his friendships and family history can help us understand not only his thoughts and ideas but also his utter failure to publish any major work after the age of twenty-one…”

“…And he recounts Annan's effort to respond to criticism with sweeping reform - an effort which ultimately shattered under the resistance of U.S. Ambassador John Bolton. In The Best Intentions, Traub recounts the dramatically entwined history of Kofi Annan, the United Nations, and American foreign policy from 1992 to the present. …”

“…Grand Hotel Abyss shows how much these ideas still tell us about our age of social media and runaway consumption…”