“…Through a comprehensive analysis of the nature of and need for regional cooperation in today's world, this Handbook argues for greater and more pressing discussions on regional policy, the value of integration and its resulting application in organisations. A crucial text for global governance, international relations and public policy academics and students, this is also an invigorating read for regional studies scholars. …”

“…En segon lloc, que les primeres companies transnacionals ingleses i holandeses van ser, en el seu origen, un mitjà polític i instrumental per competir a escala global amb els imperis ibèrics, especialment mitjançant la delegació de funcions i l’atribució de competències estatals…”

“…Wie kann der Begriff der Menschenwürde begründet werden - und wie lassen sich Menschenrechte global absichern? Die Beiträge des Bandes widmen sich diesen Fragen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven…”

“…While grounded in the complex realities of South Africa's past and present, the volume speaks to concerns that resonate in many contexts in the Global South and beyond. It will appeal to scholars, students, policymakers and general readers concerned with both the theory and practice of redistributive justice. …”

“…Our extreme and growing energy consumption, based on fossil fuels, has significantly increased the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which may lead to global and irreversible climate changes. We have plenty of renewable energy, e.g., sun and wind, but the fluctuations over time and geography call for a range of new ideas and, possibly, novel technologies. …”

“…This risk also emerged during the global Covid-19 pandemic where states used the security sector, notably the military and police, in various ways to respond to the pandemic. …”

“…Despite this, MBDs linger as one of the major challenges for public health and vector control programs at both global and local levels. This book provides a comprehensive overview of MBDs and vector control strategies…”

“…This first bilingual edition and analysis of the earliest Shakespeare plays translated into Hebrew - Isaac Edward Salkinson's Ithiel the Cushite of Venice (Othello) and Ram and Jael (Romeo and Juliet) - offers a fascinating and unique perspective on global Shakespeare. Differing significantly from the original English, the translations are replete with biblical, rabbinic, and medieval Hebrew textual references and reflect a profoundly Jewish religious and cultural setting. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Biodiversità e reti ecologiche / Francesco Monacci -- English abstract -- 1 Una necessaria premessa: il declino della biodiversità globale -- 2 Biodiversità e reti ecologiche: riferimenti normativi e strumenti di pianificazione -- 3 Rassegna sullo stato dell'arte degli indicatori per il monitoraggio della biodiversità -- 4 Proposte per l'integrazione e l'implementazione degli indicatori di biodiversità -- 5 Indicatori per il monitoraggio della connettività e della frammentazione -- 6 Indice di frammentazione del territorio rurale -- 7 Definizione di un framework per l'analisi della biodiversità in un territorio -- Bibliografia -- Capitolo 6 La qualità sociale. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Series -- Handbook of Applied Health Economics in Vaccines -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction to the handbook -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Contributors -- 1 Principles of vaccine economics -- 1.0 Section introduction: principles of vaccine economics -- 1.1 Introduction to global vaccine systems -- 1.2 Relevance of health economics to vaccines -- 1.3 Cost of finding and making vaccines: implications for immunization programs -- 1.4 Vaccination as investment in human capital -- 1.5 Economics of vaccine delivery -- 2 Estimating the cost of immunization services -- 2.0 Section introduction: estimating the cost of immunization services -- 2.1 Why costing studies are needed -- 2.2 Defining immunization costs -- 2.3 Designing a primary costing study or analysis -- 2.4 Data analysis -- 2.5 Costing new vaccine introduction -- 3 Economic evaluation of vaccines and vaccine programs -- 3.0 Section introduction: economic evaluation of vaccines and vaccine programs -- 3.1 Overview of decision analysis and cost-​effectiveness -- 3.2 Defining the scope and study design of cost-​effectiveness analysis -- 3.3 Parameter estimation -- 3.4 Measuring and valuing health outcomes -- 3.5 Reporting and interpreting results of economic evaluation -- 3.6 Budget impact analysis and return on investment -- 3.7 Introduction to decision tree modeling -- 4 Advanced methods in economic evaluation -- 4.0 Section introduction: advanced methods in economic evaluation -- 4.1 Introduction to Markov modeling -- 4.2 Static and dynamic modeling -- 4.3 Probabilistic sensitivity analysis and value of information analysis -- 4.4 Economic evaluation reference case with Markov model -- 5 Financing and resource tracking of vaccination programs -- 5.0 Section introduction: financing and resource tracking of vaccination programs…”

“…Written by a distinguished leader and innovator who has been instrumental in spearheading digital, cloud, and AI transformations across global brands, Unleashing the Power of Data with Trusted AI is an indispensable resource that will make you AI-ready. …”

“…Written with passion and intelligence, the letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in World War II express the raw idealism of anti-fascist soldiers who experienced the war in boot camps, cockpits, and foxholes, but never lost sight of the great global issues at stake. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield: the U.S. veterans of the Lincoln Brigade, a volunteer army of about 2,800 men and women who had enlisted to defend the Spanish Republic from military rebels during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). …”

“…This is an urgent societal need due to the expected further intensification and geographical spreading of wildfire regimes under Global Change. Fire has been part of the Earth's System for the last 400 million years, and humans are the sole species that controls and manages fire. …”

“…or at least pretend to be. As a global executive coach, I work with many superhero-leaders. …”

“…This book tells the story of why food system transformation is needed, how it can be achieved and how research can be a catalyst for change. Written by a global interdisciplinary team of researchers, it brings together perspectives from multiple areas including climate, environment, agriculture, and the social sciences to describe how different tools and approaches can be used to tackle food system transformation. …”

“…It is an era of expansion for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an increasingly influential actor in the global governance of migration. Bringing together leading experts in international law and international relations, this collection examines the dynamics and implications of IOM's expansion in a new way. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Artificial Intelligence - key technologies and opportunities / Wolfram Burgard -- Automating supervision of AI delegates / Jaan Tallinn and Richard Ngo -- Artificial moral agents - conceptual issues and ethical controversy / Catrin Misselhorn -- Risk imposition by artificial agents - the moral proxy problem / Johanna Thoma -- Artificial Intelligence and its integration into the human lifeworld / Christoph Durt -- Artificial Intelligence and the past, present and future of democracy / Mathias Risse -- The new regulation of the European Union on Artificial Intelligence - fuzzy ethics diffuse into domestic law and sideline international law / Thomas Burri -- Fostering the common good - an adaptive approach regulating high-risk AI-driven products and services / Thorsten Schmidt and Silja Voeneky -- China's normative systems for responsible AI - from soft law to hard law / Weixing Shen and Yun Liu -- Towards a global Artificial Intelligence Charter / Thomas Metzinger -- Intellectual debt - with great power comes great ignorance / Jonathan Zittrain -- Liability for Artificial Intelligence - the need to address both safety risks and fundamental rights risks / Christiane Wendehorst -- Forward to the past - a critical evaluation of the European approach to Artificial Intelligence in Private International Law / Jan von Hein -- Differences that make a difference -- computational profiling and fairness to individuals / Wilfried Hinsch -- Discriminatory AI and the law - legal standards for algorithmic profiling / Antje von Ungern-Sternberg -- Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Data Protection / Ralf Poscher -- Artificial Intelligence as a challenge for Data Protection Law - And Vice Versa / Boris Paal -- Data governance and trust - lessons from South Korean experiences coping with COVID-19 / Haksoo Ko, Sangchul Park and Yong Lim -- From corporate governance to algorithm governance - Artificial Intelligence as a challenge for corporations and their executives / Jan Lieder -- Autonomization and antitrust - on the construal of the cartel prohibition the light of algorithmic collusion / Stefan Thomas -- Artificial Intelligence in financial services - new risks and the need for more regulation? …”

“…Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum is a major collection that aims to address these issues from a global perspective. An international team of leading scholars illustrate the necessity and advantages of reform from specific decolonial perspectives, with evidence-based arguments from classroom contexts, as well as establishing new critical agendas. …”