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Bench to Bedside Diagnostic Microbiology for the Clinicians

Bench to Bedside Diagnostic Microbiology for the Clinicians

This reference text is a must have for any current or future clinicians or students of microbiology. It is concisely organized to provide vital information on many of the microbes one will regularly encounter and the most efficacious ways of addressing associated infections. Discussion of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and measures to combat them are also one of the key features of this text. Whether you desire to utilize this book at the bedside for prompt treatment decisions or as a reference manual to be used at your leisure you will find it to be a valuable addition to your library. | Bench to Bedside Diagnostic Microbiology for the Clinicians

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An International Perspective An International Perspective

An International Perspective An International Perspective

While the health effects of many aspects of life from diet to marital status have been extensively explored little study has been made of the health effects of work. Covering such topics as on-the-job dangers the role of unions in worker protection and occupational health in both developed and developing countries this collection of articles conclusively demonstrates the negative impact that neglect of citizens' working lives has on pubic health. With more Americans dying each year from job-related causes than were killed in a decade of combat in Vietnam Health and Work Under Capitalism is a long-overdue and unusually significant book. | An International Perspective An International Perspective

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The Nano Age of Digital Immunity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Applications The Intelligent Cyber Shield for Smart Cities

The Nano Age of Digital Immunity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Applications The Intelligent Cyber Shield for Smart Cities

Present anti-virus technologies do not have the symmetrical weaponry to defeat massive DDoS attacks on smart cities. Smart cities require a new set of holistic and AI-centric cognitive technology such as autonomic components that replicate the human immune system and a smart grid that connects all IoT devices. The book introduces Digital Immunity and covers the human immune system massive distributed attacks (DDoS) and the future generations cyber attacks the anatomy and critical success factors of smart city Digital Immunity and the role of the Smart Grid how Digital Immunity defends the smart city and annihilates massive malware and Digital Immunity to combat global cyber terrorism. | The Nano Age of Digital Immunity Infrastructure Fundamentals and Applications The Intelligent Cyber Shield for Smart Cities

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Combatting Cyberbullying in Digital Media with Artificial Intelligence

Combatting Cyberbullying in Digital Media with Artificial Intelligence

Rapid advancements in mobile computing and communication technology and recent technological progress have opened up a plethora of opportunities. These advancements have expanded knowledge facilitated global business enhanced collaboration and connected people through various digital media platforms. While these virtual platforms have provided new avenues for communication and self-expression they also pose significant threats to our privacy. As a result we must remain vigilant against the propagation of electronic violence through social networks. Cyberbullying has emerged as a particularly concerning form of online harassment and bullying with instances of racism terrorism and various types of trolling becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. Addressing the issue of cyberbullying to find effective solutions is a challenge for the web mining community particularly within the realm of social media. In this context artificial intelligence (AI) can serve as a valuable tool in combating the diverse manifestations of cyberbullying on the Internet and social networks. This book presents the latest cutting-edge research theoretical methods and novel applications in AI techniques to combat cyberbullying. Discussing new models practical solutions and technological advances related to detecting and analyzing cyberbullying is based on AI models and other related techniques. Furthermore the book helps readers understand AI techniques to combat cyberbullying systematically and forthrightly as well as future insights and the societal and technical aspects of natural language processing (NLP)-based cyberbullying research efforts. Key Features: Proposes new models practical solutions and technological advances related to machine intelligence techniques for detecting cyberbullying across multiple social media platforms. Combines both theory and practice so that readers (beginners or experts) of this book can find both a description of the concepts and context related to the machine intelligence. Includes many case studies and applications of machine intelligence for combating cyberbullying. | Combatting Cyberbullying in Digital Media with Artificial Intelligence

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The British Empire and the First World War

The British Empire and the First World War

The British Empire played a crucial part in the First World War supplying hundreds of thousands of soldiers and labourers as well as a range of essential resources from foodstuffs to minerals mules and munitions. In turn many imperial territories were deeply affected by wartime phenomena such as inflation food shortages combat and the presence of large numbers of foreign troops. This collection offers a comprehensive selection of essays illuminating the extent of the Empire’s war contribution and experience and the richness of scholarly research on the subject. Whether supporting British military operations aiding the British imperial economy or experiencing significant wartime effects on the home fronts of the Empire the war had a profound impact on the colonies and their people. The chapters in this volume were originally published in Australian Historical Studies The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History First World War Studies or The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. | The British Empire and the First World War

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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Flags Football and the NFL’s “Foxy” Patriotism Problem

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Flags Football and the NFL’s “Foxy” Patriotism Problem

This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength might and besting a clear and definitive foe. Nevertheless since September 11 a variety of staged patriotic vignettes dominated most NFL broadcasts giving the once easy and unforced union a stilted feel. That the War on Terror became a fixture of modern- day Super Bowls was easy to portend; what was more difficult to predict was the imprint it would leave on U. S. citizens and American politics. Ben Fountain’s award-winning novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk reveals what passes for patriotism in a country that has reduced the sober and stark reality of combat to pageantry and production for the crowd back home leaving our troops to unwittingly play the part of entertainers destined to be sexualized just like the cheerleaders and dancers so frequently performing alongside them. | Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Flags Football and the NFL’s “Foxy” Patriotism Problem

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Traditional Herbal Remedies of Sri Lanka

Traditional Herbal Remedies of Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan medicinal system predominantly utilizes herbs and spices for the treatment of various ailments. This is mostly because Sri Lanka is a tropical country a biodiverse hot-spot blessed with a plethora of flora and fauna. Traditional Herbal Remedies of Sri Lanka looks at the traditional medicinal practices of the country that utilize plant material from a cultural philosophical and scientific perspective. When it comes to the scientific aspects several Sri Lankan herbs have been in the spotlight for possessing bioactive constituents with promising therapeutic effects. It is hoped that these will be considered as strong candidates to combat currently prevailing global disease conditions. Key Features:Reveals the science behind the traditional wisdom passed down in Sri Lanka’s long history of using herbal medicinesEmphasizes the increasing global interest in botanical drugsReviews the hot topic of Sri Lankan herbs which possess bioactive constituents and have promising therapeutic effectsAids the international natural product communities to better understand the herbal resources in Sri Lanka

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Hydrostatic Testing Corrosion and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion A Field Manual for Control and Prevention

Hydrostatic Testing Corrosion and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion A Field Manual for Control and Prevention

Hydrostatic Testing Corrosion and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: A Field Manual for Control and Prevention teaches industry professionals managers and researchers how to combat corrosion failure associated with hydrotesting. It discusses how a test liquid must be selected how corrosion by bacteria should be controlled and how to eliminate the risk of leakage. Rather than teaching how hydrotests should be conducted it helps the reader evaluate the quality of a hydrotest that’s already been conducted in terms of oxygen scavenger use biocide testing inhibitor addition and water quality and explains the tasks that top and middle management must ensure are taken with respect to corrosion assessment of hydrotesting. The manual also discusses microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) as the main corrosion mechanism related to post-hydrotesting and offers essential knowledge on combating this corrosion process. In addition to being a manual for top and middle management on how to deal with corrosion this book also: | Hydrostatic Testing Corrosion and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion A Field Manual for Control and Prevention

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Climate Health Risks in Megacities Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning

Climate Health Risks in Megacities Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning

Climate Health Risks in Megacities: Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning courageously confronts the immense challenges of alleviating climate change and takes the initiative to layout an agenda that calls for action in the rapidly changing landscape of our global climate. This guide provides a constructive methodology for developing and implementing risk management and operational continuity management systems to climate change effects on urban populations. It addresses key issues such as physical location proper sanitation food security and vector-borne diseases against the backdrop of climate change and then model its effect on the urban dwellers. The author also reveals the benefits of implementing a unique risk management approach to combat global threats and focuses on building urban resilience in the face of disasters. Prepared with a comprehensive and forward-thinking style this book draws on indispensable case studies in key megacities like New York Los Angeles Beijing Rio de Janeiro London Mumbai and Lagos and links researchers scientists city’s mayors environmentalists policy-makers and world leaders from central areas to review reflect and expound on future directions. | Climate Health Risks in Megacities Sustainable Management and Strategic Planning

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Mobile Point-of-Care Monitors and Diagnostic Device Design

Mobile Point-of-Care Monitors and Diagnostic Device Design

Efficient mobile systems that allow for vital sign monitoring and disease diagnosis at the point of care can help combat issues such as rising healthcare costs treatment delays in remote and resource-poor areas and the global shortage of skilled medical personnel. Covering everything from sensors systems and software to integration usability and regulatory challenges Mobile Point-of-Care Monitors and Diagnostic Device Design offers valuable insight into state-of-the-art technologies research and methods for designing personal diagnostic and ambulatory healthcare devices. Presenting the combined expertise of contributors from various fields this multidisciplinary text:Gives an overview of the latest mobile health and point-of-care technologiesDiscusses portable diagnostics devices and sensors including mobile-phone-based health systemsExplores lab-on-chip systems as well as energy-efficient solutions for mobile point-of-care monitorsAddresses computer vision and signal processing for real-time diagnosticsConsiders interface design for lay healthcare providers and home usersMobile Point-of-Care Monitors and Diagnostic Device Design provides important background information about the design process of mobile health and point-of-care devices using practical examples to illustrate key aspects related to instrumentation information processing and implementation.

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Forging Pathways to Improvise Music For Classical Jazz Comedic and Church Musicians

Forging Pathways to Improvise Music For Classical Jazz Comedic and Church Musicians

A step-by-step resource on forging one’s own pathway to improvise music this book guides the musician through a clear and simple method that will easily translate to the reader’s genre of choice. Many musicians struggle with improvisation. Coincidentally educators also find it challenging to integrate improvisation into curriculum. This book breaks down the barriers most performers and educators combat in the learning and teaching of improvisation and is a helpful approach to demystify the complicated sphere of music improvisation. Divided into three sections the first part of the book helps the reader develop an improvisatorial mindset to mentally conceive musical ideas regardless of genre. The second portion then connects the improviser’s mindset to translating those ideas into a compelling musical performance in real time. The book’s final third assists the reader with discovering how to apply this method of improvisation to the nuanced liturgical comedic jazz and classical styles. Forging Pathways to Improvise Music offers a practical introduction to improvisational methods essential for educators students and musicians of diverse educational backgrounds and musical genres. | Forging Pathways to Improvise Music For Classical Jazz Comedic and Church Musicians

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Human-Robot Interactions in Future Military Operations

Human-Robot Interactions in Future Military Operations

Soldier-robot teams will be an important component of future battle spaces creating a complex but potentially more survivable and effective combat force. The complexity of the battlefield of the future presents its own problems. The variety of robotic systems and the almost infinite number of possible military missions create a dilemma for researchers who wish to predict human-robot interactions (HRI) performance in future environments. Human-Robot Interactions in Future Military Operations provides an opportunity for scientists investigating military issues related to HRI to present their results cohesively within a single volume. The issues range from operators interacting with small ground robots and aerial vehicles to supervising large near-autonomous vehicles capable of intelligent battlefield behaviors. The ability of the human to 'team' with intelligent unmanned systems in such environments is the focus of the volume. As such chapters are written by recognized leaders within their disciplines and they discuss their research in the context of a broad-based approach. Therefore the book allows researchers from differing disciplines to be brought up to date on both theoretical and methodological issues surrounding human-robot interaction in military environments. The overall objective of this volume is to illuminate the challenges and potential solutions for military HRI through discussion of the many approaches that have been utilized in order to converge on a better understanding of this relatively complex concept. It should be noted that many of these issues will generalize to civilian applications as robotic technology matures. An important outcome is the focus on developing general human-robot teaming principles and guidelines to help both the human factors design and training community develop a better understanding of this nascent but revolutionary technology. Much of the research within the book is based on the Human Research and Engineering Directorate (HRED) U. S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) 5-year Army Technology Objective (ATO) research program. The program addressed HRI and teaming for both aerial and ground robotic assets in conjunction with the U. S. Army Tank and Automotive Research and Development Center (TARDEC) and the Aviation and Missile Development Center (AMRDEC) The purpose of the program was to understand HRI issues in order to develop and evaluate technologies to improve HRI battlefield performance for Future Combat Systems (FCS). The work within this volume goes beyond the research results to encapsulate the ATO's findings and discuss them in a broader context in order to understand both their military and civilian implications. For this reason scientists conducting related research have contributed additional chapters to widen the scope of the original research boundaries.

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Applied Biomedical Microbiology A Biofilms Approach

Applied Biomedical Microbiology A Biofilms Approach

From the slippery covering on rocks in a stream to the clogging slime in a bathtub drain biofilms are present in everyday life in a variety of forms. This seemingly harmless build-up also accounts for 80 percent of all microbial infections. With chapters authored by experienced contributors from academia and industry Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach demonstrates effective ways to combat the health and economic havoc that biofilms are wreaking while also tapping into their positive potential. Replete with Tables and Illustrations Many in ColorUnder the editorial guidance of esteemed industrial microbiologist Dr. Daryl Paulson this book presents an in-depth discussion of medically challenging biofilms. It provides a solid foundation in the basic microbiology of biofilms and then goes on to discuss the biofilms associated with medical devices catheters and dental unit water lines as well as those that impact cardiovascular medicine the gastrointestinal system periodontal disease and chronic wounds. This informative work concludes with an exploratory chapter of the various methods used to investigate biofilms. Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach presents key information clearly and concisely – a useful guide for environmental food and water microbiologists as well as biochemists pharmaceutical scientists and product and biofilm engineers. | Applied Biomedical Microbiology A Biofilms Approach

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Astrocytes Wiring the Brain

Astrocytes Wiring the Brain

Astrocytes play diverse roles in central nervous system (CNS) function and dysfunction and the connections that the astrocyte makes with other cells of the brain are essential for a variety of important neural tasks. Bringing together contributions from international experts at the top of their field Astrocytes: Wiring the Brain emphasizes cellular connections and surveys the most current findings on astrocyte activity. The first section of the book identifies major astrocyte biomarkers and describes how they define the different connectivity domains. Next the book examines the role of these connections. It explains how their function can be manipulated under physiological conditions and how dysfunction of the connectivity leads to aberrant brain performance. The final section explores the alterations of glia that have been observed in specific diseases of the brain. These include epilepsy autoimmune encephalitis Alzheimer’s disease autism and major depression. The book identifies key mechanisms responsible for these alterations. An important and emerging field astrocytes and their functions are critical to neuroscientists and neurologists both in academia and in industry particularly in the search for and development of new drugs to combat a variety of diseases affecting the CNS. As research continues to grow in this area this volume will spur heightened advances and understanding into the effects of these neural cells on a range of pathologies. | Astrocytes Wiring the Brain

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Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Climate Governance

Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Climate Governance

Over the last decade the world has increasingly grappled with the complex linkages emerging between efforts to combat climate change and to protect human rights around the world. The Paris Climate Agreement adopted in December 2015 recognized the necessity for governments to take into consideration their human rights obligations when taking climate action. However important gaps remain in understanding how human rights can be used in practice to develop and implement effective and equitable solutions to climate change at multiple levels of governance. This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to offer a timely and comprehensive analysis of the opportunities and challenges for integrating human rights in diverse areas and forms of global climate governance. The first half of the book explores how human rights principles and obligations can be used to reconceive climate governance and shape responses to particular aspects of climate change. The second half of the book identifies lessons in the integration of human rights in climate advocacy and governance and sets out future directions in this burgeoning domain. Featuring a diverse range of contributors and case studies this Handbook will be an essential resource for students scholars practitioners and policy makers with an interest in climate law and governance human rights and international environmental law. | Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Climate Governance

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Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook

Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook

A detailed reference for the practicing engineer Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook Second Edition focuses on air pollution control systems and outlines the basic process engineering and cost estimation required for its design. Written by seasoned experts in the field this book offers a fundamental understanding of the factors resulting in air pollution and covers the techniques and equations used for air pollution control. Anyone with an engineering or science background can effectively select techniques for control review alternative design methods and equipment proposals from vendors and initiate cost studies of control equipment using this book. This second edition of a bestseller includes new methods for designing control equipment enhanced material on air pollution science updates on major advances in the field and explains the importance of a strategy for identifying the most cost-effective design. The book also covers: New legislation and updates on air regulation New advances in process integration design techniques The atmospheric and health effects of air pollution Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook Second Edition helps combat the solution problem with extensive coverage of air pollution control processes. Fully updated with new legislation air regulations and extensive reviews of the design of control equipment this book serves as an ideal reference for industry professionals or anyone with an engineering or science background needing a basic introduction to air pollution control equipment design.

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Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention

Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention

Functional foods and nutraceuticals dietary supplements and natural antioxidants have established their potential roles in the protection of human health against disease. Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention examines the benefits efficacy and success of properly designed nutraceuticals and functional foods in human health and their possible application in disease prevention. The book demonstrates diverse disease pathophysiology and how nutraceuticals and functional food can be used to combat and prevent disease. The book discusses global food habits and trends safety and toxicology and how food addiction or overindulgence of food can lead to a variety of disease states. It then highlights how supplements help in disease prevention. Although a significant number of nutraceuticals and functional foods have demonstrated their efficacy a large number of supplements are still surviving on false claims. Therefore the editors underscore risks and benefits and why government regulatory agencies are so critical of these nutraceutical supplements. With the global nutraceuticals market expected to reach $204. 8 billion by 2017 what once seemed a very niche sector has become big business. An overview of nutraceuticals and functional foods and their application in human health this book exhaustively covers antioxidants functional foods and nutraceuticals in human health and disease prevention. With contributions from experts and pioneers the book gives insight into the role of functional foods in optimal diet and exercise.

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Emotional and Cognitive Overload The Dark Side of Information Technology

Emotional and Cognitive Overload The Dark Side of Information Technology

We live in a world of limitless information. With technology advancing at an astonishingly fast pace we are challenged to adapt to robotics and automated systems that threaten to replace us. Both at home and at work an endless range of devices and Information Technology (IT) systems place demands upon our attention that human beings have never experienced before but are our brains capable of processing it all? In this important new book an in-depth view is taken of IT's under-studied dark side and its dire consequences on individuals organizations and society. With theoretical underpinnings from the fields of cognitive psychology management and information systems the idea of brain overload is defined and explored from its impact on our decision-making and memory to how we may cope with the resultant 'technostress'. Discussing the negative consequences of technology on work substitution technologically induced work-family conflicts and organizational design as well as the initiatives set up to combat these the authors go on to propose measurement approaches for capturing the entangled aspects of IT-related overload. Concluding on an upbeat note the book's final chapter explores emerging technologies that can illuminate our world when mindfully managed. Designed to better equip humans for dealing with new technologies supported by case studies and also exploring the idea of 'IT addiction' the book concludes by asking how IT processes may aid rather than hinder our cognitive functioning. This is essential reading for anyone interested in how we function in the digital age. | Emotional and Cognitive Overload The Dark Side of Information Technology

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Optimization of Multilayered Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) using Nature Inspired Algorithm

Optimization of Multilayered Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) using Nature Inspired Algorithm

Stealth technology is a crucial pre-requisite in the combat zone where swiftness surprise and initiative are the decisive elements for survivability. The supreme goal here is to reduce the visibility of military vehicles by shaping application of radar absorbing materials passive cancellation active cancellation etc. With respect to multilayered radar absorbing structures (RAS) this book presents an efficient algorithm based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) for the material selection as well as optimization of thickness of multilayered RAS models considering both normal as well as oblique incidence cases. It includes a thorough overview of the theoretical background required for the analysis of multilayered RAS as well as the step-by-step procedure for the implementation of PSO-based algorithm. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the indigenously developed code is also clearly established using relevant validations and case studies. FEATURES Provides step-by-step procedure for the implementation of particle swarm optimization (PSO) based algorithm in the context of multilayered radar absorbing structures (RAS) design Helps to understand the EM design analysis and optimization of multilayered RAS Describes the theoretical background required for the analysis of multilayered RAS Illustrates in detail the theoretical formulation supported by intuitive ray diagrams and comprehensive flowcharts to implement the algorithm with ease Includes elaborate validations and case studies This book will serve as a valuable resource for students researchers scientists and engineers involved in the electromagnetic design and development of multi-layered radar absorbing structures. | Optimization of Multilayered Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) using Nature Inspired Algorithm

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Accounting Irregularities in Financial Statements A Definitive Guide for Litigators Auditors and Fraud Investigators

Accounting Irregularities in Financial Statements A Definitive Guide for Litigators Auditors and Fraud Investigators

Accounting irregularities are at the heart of those kinds of frauds that hit financial statements and include misstatement misclassification as well as misrepresentation. In essence they involve manipulation of accounting data description or disclosure in order to distort the true financial picture of the organization in question. This book provides an in-depth practical reference designed for litigators investigators auditors accountants and other professionals who need to understand and combat accounting irregularities and to uphold the integrity of financial statements. Regulators will find this book an essential source of ideas and references when considering reforms. Educators and students will see this book as an alternative inspiring way of understanding accounting and how to stay alert for accounting irregularities. The first two chapters introduce the basics of accounting irregularities in the context of the financial reporting environments and generally accepted accounting principles in the UK and Hong Kong. Perpetrators often seek ways to creating financial illusions in four common directions - selling more costing less owning more and owing less as discussed in Chapters 3 to 6. The seventh chapter considers various ways that perpetrators manipulate the classification and disclosure of financial statements. Chapter 8 explores three scenarios of accounting irregularities - tax evasion theft and commercial dispute. The concluding chapter sets out the deterrents to accounting irregularities in two dimensions. At the micro-level deterrents are implemented within the authority of the organization in question whilst the macro-level deterrents refer to the external environment beyond the controls of any individual organization. | Accounting Irregularities in Financial Statements A Definitive Guide for Litigators Auditors and Fraud Investigators

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Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps Forward Deployment Crisis Response and the Tyranny of History

Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps Forward Deployment Crisis Response and the Tyranny of History

This book examines the US Navy and Marine Corps during the interwar years from a new perspective. Rather than focusing on the technologies developed the wargames conducted or the results of the now famous Fleet Problems this work analyzes the global deployments of the rest of the US fleet. By examining the annual reports of the Secretary of the Navy the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps over 20 years the book traces the US ships squadrons and fleets conducting naval diplomacy and humanitarian missions maritime security patrols and deployments for deterrent effect across the world’s oceans. Despite the common label of the interwar years as isolationist the deployments of the US Navy and Marine Corps in that period were anything but isolated. The majority of the literature on the era has a narrow focus on preparation for combat and wartime which provides an incomplete view of the history of US naval power and also establishes a misleading set of precedents and historical context for naval thinkers and strategists in the contemporary world. Offering a wider and more complete understanding of the history of the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps from 1920 to 1939 this book demonstrates the tension between the execution of peacetime missions and the preparation for the next war while also offering a broader understanding of American naval forces and their role in American and global history. This book will be of much interest to students of naval and military history sea power and International History. | Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps Forward Deployment Crisis Response and the Tyranny of History

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Financial Crimes A Threat to Global Security

Financial Crimes A Threat to Global Security

Financial market reform has focused chiefly on the threats to stability arising from the risky uncontrolled activity of the leaders of financial institutions. Nevertheless organized crime white-collar crime and corruption have a huge impact on financial systems worldwide and must also be confronted if true reform is to be achieved. A collection of articles written by experts in their fields of study Financial Crimes: A Threat to Global Security spotlights the importance of addressing the problem of illegal financial activity as part of a greater comprehensive plan for reforming the financial sector. Drawn from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) held in Vienna the book explores the major themes discussed at this elite symposium. In the first section the contributors examine changing concepts in security over the course of history and across nations. They discuss how an event in Austria led to the implementation of a new security philosophy that is now followed by the majority of the European Union. The book examines the diverse models of preventing security threats that have grown from that idea as well as the gradual expansion of the role of the security council of the United Nations. The next section analyzes the present state of security worldwide and examines the wide array of criminal activity that plagues the financial sector. Expert contributors reveal methods to identify certain types of behavior and criminals as well as efforts to combat illegal activity—including the role of the media. The final section investigates alternative approaches to preventing another worldwide financial disaster through investigative reporting human factors analysis legislative initiatives and other methods. Filled with insight from international experts the book highlights both the warning signs to illegal activity as well as the mos | Financial Crimes A Threat to Global Security

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Global Trafficking in Women and Children

Global Trafficking in Women and Children

War poverty and famine; political social and economic change; and the deep seated views and rituals rooted in a culture’s history and traditions all contribute to the widespread and growing trafficking of women and children. The multilayered complexity myriad contributing factors enormous amount of money involved and sheer magnitude of the problem render it impossible to solve with the fractured and isolated measures of individual organizations and countries. Only complete cooperation and collaboration at all levels can establish the most proactive and self-sustaining approach to reduce this global crime. Gathering knowledge and experience from more than 40 countries Global Trafficking in Women and Children clearly demonstrates the scale and spread of the problem providing a powerful analysis of the circumstances that contribute to the abuse and victimization of women and children as well as the international policies and strategies used to combat this crime. Divided into two parts the book begins with an introduction to the definition nature and scope of human trafficking. It discusses several social theories as well as evident environmental influences. It also examines measures to control and prevent human trafficking from stricter laws and monetary aid to global community and law enforcement collaboration. Part 2 consists of case studies drawing examples from a range of countries involved in every stage in the process and highlighting the unique characteristics of human trafficking in each. Chapters include the prevalence of child pornography in Japan child abduction in China bonded child labor in India and child soldiering in Congo (Zaire) and other African countries. The final chapters discuss law enforcement in the US and UK community policing in Australia and the cooperative national plan in place in Croatia.

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Designing for Safe Use 100 Principles for Making Products Safer

Designing for Safe Use 100 Principles for Making Products Safer

How do you prevent a critical care nurse from accidentally delivering a morphine overdose to an ill patient? Or ensure that people don't insert their arm into a hydraulic mulcher? And what about enabling trapped airline passengers to escape safely in an emergency? Product designers and engineers face myriad such questions every day. Failure to answer them correctly can result in product designs that lead to injury or even death due to use error. Historically designers and engineers have searched for answers by sifting through complicated safety standards or obscure industry guidance documents. Designing for Safe Use is the first comprehensive source of safety-focused design principles for product developers working in any industry. Inside you’ll find 100 principles that help ensure safe interactions with products as varied as baby strollers stepladders chainsaws automobiles apps medication packaging and even airliners. You’ll discover how protective features such as blade guards roll bars confirmation screens antimicrobial coatings and functional groupings can protect against a wide range of dangerous hazards including sharp edges that can lacerate top-heavy items that can roll over and crush fumes that can poison and small parts that can pose a choking hazard. Special book features include: Concise illustrated descriptions of design principles Sample product designs that illustrate the book’s guidelines and exemplify best practices Literature references for readers interested in learning more about specific hazards and protective measures Statistics on the number of injuries that have arisen in the past due to causes that might be eliminated by applying the principles in the book Despite its serious subject matter the book’s friendly tone surprising anecdotes bold visuals and occasional attempts at dry humor will keep you interested in the art and science of making products safer. Whether you read the book cover-to-cover or jump around the book’s relatable and practical approach will help you learn a lot about making products safe. Designing for Safe Use is a primer that will spark in readers a strong appreciation for the need to design safety into products. This reference is for designers engineers and students who seek a broad knowledge of safe design solutions. . | Designing for Safe Use 100 Principles for Making Products Safer

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