Word And Image The Art Of The Early Middle Ages 600-1050 | Visual Studies

Despite improvements in the last 20 years we still have a long way to go before all of our buildings places and spaces are easy and comfortable for all of us to use. This book puts forward a powerful case for a totally new attitude towards inclusivity and accessibility. Exploring both the social and the business cases for striving for better this book will empower architects to have more enlightened discussions with their clients about why we should be striving for better than the bare minimum and challenging the notion that inclusive design should be thought of reductively as simply a list of “special features” to be added to a final design or that inclusivity is only about wheelchair access. This book will be to help make inclusive design business as usual rather than something that is added on to address legislation at the end of the development process. Accessible and engaging this book will be an invaluable resource for students as well as practicing architects richly illustrated with case studies showing both good and bad examples of inclusive design and celebrating inclusion. |Are you an inclusive designer? | Architecture

Winner of the Gold Axiom Business Book Award 2024 in the Philanthropy / Non Profit / Sustainability category. A Top 10 Best New Management Book for 2024 (Thinkers50) Tech For Good reveals how Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies will help solve the world’s greatest challenges like climate change biodiversity loss inequality and poverty. Tech For Good presents a unique perspective on how business can successfully apply advanced technologies in a purpose-driven manner while unlocking new markets and seizing business opportunities. Packed with 75 real-life business cases of companies from all over the world this inspiring book unfolds a compelling narrative about how businesses commercially synergize technology and sustainability. The purpose of this book is to imagine the unprecedented possibilities advanced technologies offer business to drive sustainable growth. Tech for Good will be vital for realizing our Global Goals. |Tech For Good Imagine Solving the World’s Greatest Challenges | Business

This book is a reference guide for healthcare executives and technology providers involved in the ongoing digital transformation of the healthcare sector. The book focuses specifically on the challenges and opportunities for health systems in their journey toward a digital future. It draws from proprietary research and public information along with interviews with over one hundred and fifty executives in leading health systems such as Cleveland Clinic Partners Mayo Kaiser and Intermountain as well as numerous technology and retail providers. The authors explore the important role of technology and that of EHR systems digital health innovators and big tech firms in the ongoing digital transformation of healthcare. 　 Importantly the book draws on the accelerated learnings of the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic in their digital transformation efforts to adopt telehealth and virtual care models. 　 Features of this book: Provides an understanding of the current state of digital transformation and the factors influencing the ongoing transformation of the healthcare sector. Includes interviews with executives from leading health systems. Describes the important role of emerging technologies; EHR systems digital health innovators and more. Includes case studies from innovative health organizations. Provides a set of templates and frameworks for developing and implementing a digital roadmap. Based on best practices from real-life examples the book is a guidebook that provides a set of templates and frameworks for digital transformation practitioners in healthcare. |Healthcare Digital Transformation How Consumerism Technology and Pandemic are Accelerating the Future | Business Improvement

This foundational workbook prepares clinicians for safe and competent trauma work by enhancing self-awareness and ethical practice. Integrating holistic client understanding with the tri-phasic framework, it helps identify personal values and reduce vicarious traumatization risks. Featuring experiential activities for reflection and skill application, it supports evaluation and gatekeeping in counseling, psychology, social work, and related fields. Designed for students and professionals, it fills a critical gap in trauma education, promoting both client care and clinician development. A vital resource for graduate programs and supervisors, available at RS to support mental health training and practice.

This workbook is a foundational and unique resource for clinicians preparing to work with clients affected by trauma. Chapters integrate a holistic understanding of the unique client within trauma-specific case conceptualization promote trainees’ identification of personal values and past experiences that could impact their ability to provide safe and ethical services and offer ways to reduce the risk of occupational hazards such as vicarious traumatization. The trauma treatment process is presented within the tri-phasic framework which is applicable across settings disciplines and various theoretical orientations. Each chapter also provides experiential activities that link the chapter content with clinician reflection and application of knowledge and skills which instructors and supervisors can easily utilize for evaluation and gatekeeping regarding a student’s mastery of the content. An ideal resource for graduate-level faculty and supervisors this book offers a versatile application for mental-health related fields including counseling psychology social work school counseling substance abuse and marriage and family therapy. Designed for students and professional clinicians this groundbreaking text fills an important education and training gap by providing a comprehensive and enlightening presentation of trauma work while also emphasizing the clinician’s growth in self-awareness and professional development. |Preparing for Trauma Work in Clinical Mental Health A Workbook to Enhance Self-Awareness and Promote Safe Competent Practice | Mental Health

In this ground-breaking book pre-eminent thought leader in the fields of sustainability and flourishing John R. Ehrenfeld critiques the concept of sustainability as it is understood today and which is coming more and more under attack as unclear and ineffective as a call for action. Building upon the recent work of cognitive scientist Iain Mc Gilchrist who argues that the human brain’s two hemispheres present distinct different worlds this book articulates how society must replace the current foundational left-brain-based beliefs – a mechanistic world and a human driven by self interest – with new ones based on complexity and care. Flourishing should replace the lifeless metrics now being used to guide business and government as well as individuals. Until we accept that our modern belief structure is itself the barrier we will continue to be mired in an endless succession of unsolved problems. |The Right Way to Flourish Reconnecting to the Real World | Business

Volume IV of the Six Volume Remote Sensing Handbook Second Edition is focused on the use of remote sensing in forestry biodiversity ecology land use and land cover and global terrestrial carbon mapping and monitoring. It discusses remote sensing studies of multi-scale habitat modeling forest informatics tree and stand height studies land cover and land use (LCLU) change mapping forest biomass and carbon modeling and mapping and advanced image analysis methods and advances in land remote sensing using optical radar Li DAR and hyperspectral remote sensing. This thoroughly revised and updated volume draws on the expertise of a diverse array of leading international authorities in remote sensing and provides an essential resource for researchers at all levels interested in using remote sensing. It integrates discussions of remote sensing principles data methods development applications and scientific and social context. FEATURES Provides the most up-to-date comprehensive coverage of remote sensing science for forests biodiversity land cover and land use change (LCLUC) biomass and carbon. Discusses and analyzes data from old and new generations of satellites and sensors spread across 60 years. Extensive forestry LCLUC studies biomass and carbon using optical radar Li DAR and hyperspectral data. Includes numerous case studies on advances and applications at local regional and global scales. Introduces advanced methods in remote sensing such as machine learning cloud computing and AI. Highlights scientific achievements over the last decade and provides guidance for future developments. This volume is an excellent resource for the entire remote sensing and GIS community. Academics researchers undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners decision makers and policymakers will benefit from the expertise of the professionals featured in this book and their extensive knowledge of new and emerging trends. |Remote Sensing Handbook Volume IV Forests Biodiversity Ecology LULC and Carbon

The Routledge Handbook of Turkey's Diasporas is a comprehensive resource exploring the socio-political dynamics of Turkey's 6.5 million diaspora population. This pioneering volume brings together scholars to examine diaspora policymaking, identity, transnational belonging, and cultural production across Europe, North America, and Oceania. With six analytical sections covering historical context, governance, micro-spaces, and country-specific perspectives, it offers multidisciplinary insights from anthropology, political science, sociology, and more. Ideal for researchers, students, and policymakers interested in Middle Eastern studies, migration, and global diaspora communities. Enhance your understanding with this essential reference, available now at RS.

This handbook the first of its kind provides a rich overview of the socio-political issues and dynamics impacting Turkey’s diasporic groups and diaspora policymaking. Turkey constitutes an important case study in the field of diaspora studies with a diaspora population of around 6.5 million. This handbook therefore brings together emerging and established scholars to explore the central issues actors and processes relating to Turkey’s diasporic groups and diaspora outreach. Taken together the historical and contemporary analyses presented in this volume provide readers a multi-lens perspective on the trajectories of Turkey’s diasporic communities and diaspora policymaking in a wide range of regional contexts including Europe North America and Oceania. The handbook comprises six analytical parts: Contextualising Turkey’s diasporas: past and present Localisation transnational belongings and identity Governing diasporas Micro-spaces and everyday practices Cultural production aesthetics and creativity Country-specific perspectives The volume offers insights into the debates and processes that structure each of these thematic clusters but also provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics shaping Turkey’s diverse diaspora populations today. The contributions encompass a range of disciplines including anthropology history human geography political science international relations and sociology and the volume will be vital reading for anyone interested in Turkey the Middle East and diasporas. |Routledge Handbook of Turkey's Diasporas | Middle Eastern Studies

Uninspired by all your old fave positions? Revitalize your sex life with this handy book of 52 sex positions. Each position is illustrated and includes a description of how to best enjoy it, so you can share a whole year of sexual happiness. Includes a to/from page for gifting to your lover. This book has been designed for couples with two penises. However, many positions can also be enjoyed with a strap-on. These positions can be enjoyed by all genders, whatever pronouns you use.

What is internal communication? What role does it play in contemporary organizations? What are the consequences of malfunctioning internal communication? There are many aspects of internal communication – work related social formal informal vertical horizontal between coworkers between coworkers and managers communication before and under organizational changes internal crisis communications and so forth. We think of different forms of communication channels such as intranet staff magazines electronic billboards and internal television. This book interconnects these different parts and emphasizes the strategic value and importance of internal communication. We understand internal communication as an unused capital with a large potential for organizational success. Further we understand internal communication as a basic prerequisite of organizations that is performed by all members of an organization – managers coworkers and communication professionals. Traditionally there has been too much emphasis on the work and function of communication professionals when internal communication is discussed but most of the communication value is actually produced by managers and coworkers. However communication professionals are the communication experts in organizations that strategically facilitate the organization. This book is based on a cooperation between Susanne Dahlman senior communication consultant and Mats Heide Professor in Strategic Communication at Lund University. Hence this book has a unique approach that covers both practical and academic aspects of internal communication. This book is a response to the demand for a book that covers the strategic aspects of internal communication in practice and as such is ideal reading for both practitioners and advanced students. |Strategic Internal Communication A Practitioner’s Guide to Implementing Cutting-Edge Methods for Improved Workplace Culture | Business

Many leaders and managers have led improvement initiatives in a variety of different industry sectors. Most believe that when they begin these efforts they already have the tools they need in their improvement backpack. Using these tools they make substantial improvements to processes in a wide array of industry segments. As time passes however most realize that there is a missing link in their arsenal of tools for improvement. The author of this book faced this same predicament and he discovered what the missing link was in his improvement tool kit: Theory of Constraints (TOC). Once he learned the details of TOC his ability to make major improvements jettisoned upward to levels he had not seen before. TOC is the common denominator in all the case studies presented in this book.　 This book opens with a chapter on what Theory of Constraints is and why it works so well in improvement efforts. The second and third chapters cover the important points related to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma as well as key points related to variability. Chapter 4 demonstrates how to effectively combine these three components to achieve maximum improvement and the corresponding enhancement to your company’s profitability. The remainder of this book is composed of true case studies from different industry segments using this integrated improvement methodology.　 Essentially this book lays the foundation for what most practitioners are just beginning to understand-this integrated improvement methodology is superior to the three components used in isolation from each other. This book presents a step-by-step method of how to combine the Theory of Constraints Lean and Six Sigma and then demonstrates its effectiveness in a very diverse array of industries. |Theory of Constraints Lean and Six Sigma Improvement Methodology Making the Case for Integration | Business Improvement

This is the first book of its kind to examine Schibsted one of the largest traditional media and newspaper companies in the Nordic region which is today considered a regional and international digital media pioneer. The book examines the rise and role of Schibsted - an early mover and proactive media company in terms of technology adoption digitization and online expansion - in its home region along with its major international ventures. The book focuses on its position in the Nordic digital media landscape one of the world’s most digitally mature media markets and most digitally networked region which is today influenced by fierce competition from expanding global internet giants and platform infrastructure. Drawing on a wealth of sources including original interviews with senior Schibsted executives which allow unprecedented insight into the company the book also details its digital expansion internationally and particularly its pioneering role as originator of the world’s largest online classified advertising company. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of global media and communication studies particularly those specializing in international communication and media industries in a global context. |Schibsted The Digital Transformation of a Nordic Media Giant | Media & Cultural Studies

Domestic violence legislation is a key response to the entrenched social problem of intimate partner violence across the globe yet little is known about the legal players who implement these laws in terms of their perceptions of intimate partner violence and femicide. Through in-depth critical analysis of judicial transcripts this book demonstrates that legal understandings of intimate partner femicide continue to be based upon outdated notions of 'couple conflict' and gender-neutral constructions of intimate partner violence. Contending that judicial understandings of ‘what happened’ must be re-aligned with feminist understandings of intimate partner violence and femicide Intimate Partner Femicide: Contesting the Legal Story ... represents a call to uphold the rights of women to live free from male-perpetrated violence and femicide. This book will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in gendered violence law social justice and criminology. |Intimate Partner Femicide Contesting the Legal Story | Sociology

Historically security managers have tended to be sourced from either the armed forces or law enforcement. But the increasing complexity of the organisations employing them along with the technologies employed by them is forcing an evolution and expansion of the role and security managers must meet this challenge in order to succeed in their field and protect the assets of their employers. Risk management crisis management continuity management strategic business operations data security IT and business communications all fall under the purview of the security manager. This book is a guide to meeting those challenges providing the security manager with the essential skill set and knowledge base to meet the challenges faced in contemporary international or tech-oriented businesses. It covers the basics of strategy risk and technology from the perspective of the security manager focussing only on the 'need to know'. The reader will benefit from an understanding of how risk management aligns its functional aims with the strategic goals and operations of the organisation. This essential book supports professional vocational accreditation and qualifications such as the Chartered Security Professional (CSy P) or Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and advises on pathways to higher education qualifications in the fields of security and risk management. It is ideal for any risk manager looking to further their training and development as well as being complementary for risk and security management programs with a focus on practice. |Professional Security Management A Strategic Guide | Business

Hamilton explores in a short history how all men gained the vote self-government and the secret ballot in South Australia (1856) Victoria (1857) and New South Wales (1858). Australia permanently democratised without a violent revolution and at a very early time. In 1851–1858 local parliaments in the British colonies of New South Wales Victoria and South Australia gave all men the vote including Aboriginal and Chinese men the secret ballot and self-government of local affairs. Britain approved this book examines the parliamentary debate which led to these radical democracies. Debates covered voting eligibility the secret ballot the upper house of parliament equal electorates multiple voting illiterate voters control of Crown lands terms of parliament payment of members and separation of Church and State. British parliamentary tradition was combined with the advanced liberal thinking of the time Chartism with the British constitution. The democratisation of 1851–1858 in the three largest Australian colonies was as fundamental to Australian prosperity as the ‘mixed’ market economy. This is a vital text for scholars of democracy as well as those interested in Australian Studies Australian History Political Science Constitutional Law and the building blocks of first-world prosperity. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. |The Australian Horn of Plenty How Britain's Australian Colonies Began Democracy

New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera from the unique perspectives of living practitioners (composers librettists directors producers singers dramaturgs and administrators) who provide valuable first-hand insight into the coming into being of an opera today. The edited collection captures the ethos of contemporary opera-making in the global context and serves as a timely intervention in addressing the array of heterogenous dramaturgical practices that go into making an opera today in an era of flux. The collection is split into four parts: Part I presents the new dramaturgical considerations that the field is currently exploring; Part II investigates the ways in which non-Western cultures and perspectives can and have been represented; Part III explores the roles of space nature and environment in contemporary opera; and finally Part IV looks at the ways in which technology has intersected with the creation of contemporary opera. With perspectives from practitioners throughout this collection is essential reading for advanced students researchers and scholars of contemporary opera as well as practicing dramaturgs in this field. |New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera The Practitioners’ Perspectives | Theatre and Performance

Imagine if every architect had an apprentice who could consistently observe and understand their intentions take over routine tasks and monitor technical environmental and economic constraints. This apprentice would continually improve freeing the architect to concentrate on truly creative work. This book outlines a plan to turn this vision into reality. It evaluates the development of artificial intelligence from its inception to the present focusing on the last two decades of applying AI in architectural design and planning; the current state of architectural practice is also examined. Integrating architecture computer science AI robotics economics law neurobiology and philosophy the vision is built on three key premises: (i) authentic poetic creativity that transcends parameterization and algorithmizing (ii) innovative learning strategies and training approaches not yet applied concerning architectural design and (iii) the convergence of architecture’s inherent spatiality with virtual reality technology and new theories of human thinking and intelligence poised for implementation in machine learning. |Artificial Intelligence in Architecture and the Built Environment The Revolution Yet to Come

Apulian limestones constitute the historic building constructions of the Puglia region (in the south of Italy) named trulli (representing an outstanding universal value for UNESCO) but also other stone buildings of the well-known Itria Valley. Trulli are drywall (mortarless) constructions made of roughly worked limestone blocks collected from neighbouring fields. The limestone for trulli is quarried from different Apulian localities and together with another local lithotype represents the stone heritage of the Itria Valley. This book begins with an introduction to the region of southern Italy where trulli and other typical stone architecture can be found. The Itria Valley with its towns and landscape and the town of Alberobello are described from an architectural point of view. The second section describes the different examples of building constructions in local stone of the Itria Valley focusing on ancient and contemporary quarries. In this part petrographic and physical mechanical characteristics of the main kind of limestones are reported and discussed. The third part focuses on the main examples of stone architecture of Itria Valley distinguishing the historical rural buildings from the other historical civil ones. In this section particular attention is given to best practices of evaluation action protection rules and restoration methods for stone heritage in Itria Valley and Alberobello. This book serves as a useful source of information to geologists archaeologists architects historians and stone industry operators specifically and to academic and non-academic communities travellers and tourism industry operators in general. The book will also be of interest to students researchers and rock enthusiasts spanning all age groups and academic levels. |Natural Stone and World Heritage Itria Valley and Alberobello Apulia Region Italy | Balkema Reference Books

A Concise Introduction to Financial Derivatives seeks to present financial derivatives in a manner that requires minimal mathematical background. Readers will obtain in a quick and engaging way a working knowledge of the field and a collection of practical working insights. The book is ideal for aspiring young practitioners advanced undergraduates and masters-level students who require a concise and practice-led introduction to financial derivatives. Features: • Practical insights and modelling skills • Accessible to practitioners and students without a significant mathematical background Eben Maré holds responsibility for absolute return portfolio management and has been working in the financial markets for the last 33 years. He has also held senior roles in risk management treasury derivatives trading and asset management. He has a Ph D in Applied Mathematics and is an associate professor in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He has wide research interests in financial derivatives asset management and financial markets.|A Concise Introduction to Financial Derivatives | Mathematics

The world’s challenges are becoming more and more complex and adapting to those challenges will increasingly come from teams of people innovating together. The Practitioner’s Handbook of Team Coaching provides a dedicated and systematic guide to some of the most fundamental issues concerning the practice of team coaching. It seeks to enhance practice through illustrating and exploring an array of contextual issues and complexities entrenched in it. The aim of the volume is to provide a comprehensive overview of the field and furthermore to enhance the understanding and practice of team coaching. To do so the editorial team presents synthesizes and integrates relevant theories research and practices that comprise and undergird team coaching. This book is therefore an invaluable specialist tool for team coaches of all levels; from novice to seasoned practitioners. With team coaching assuming an even more prominent place in institutional and organizational contexts nowadays the book is bound to become an indispensable resource for any coaching training course as well as a continuing professional development tool. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in coaching in both practice and educational settings. It will be of use not only for professional coaches but also for leaders managers HR professionals learners and educators in the business public independent and voluntary sectors.|The Practitioner’s Handbook of Team Coaching | Business