This book contains the best papers on tourism sustainability, economics and management presented at the 10th Tourism Outlook Conference, held in Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2017 and the 11th Tourism Outlook Conference held in Eskişehir, Turkey from 3-5 October 2018. The papers provide a distinctly multidisciplinary perspective that brings together experts in the fields of management, economics and tourism to develop and disseminate solutions to emerging issues and challenges related to...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking, UNet 2021, held in May 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 16 revised full papers presented together with 6 invited papers and 3 special sessions were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections: ubiquitous communication technologies and networking; tactile internet and internet of things; ...

Essential Notes in General Surgery is a summary of years of work, after reading several text books, articles, attending the conferences, hospital daily rounds, and many review courses. It is précis, digested, updated and provides essential knowledge that will help you pass the board exams, especially the American, Canadian, and Saudi board exams.This book was designed to be sufficiently used by medical students, general surgery residents and senior general surgeon.The book ...

These proceedings gather outstanding research papers presented at the Second International Conference on Data Engineering 2015 (DaEng-2015) and offer a consolidated overview of the latest developments in databases, information retrieval, data mining and knowledge management. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to address key challenges in these fields, discuss advanced data engineering concepts and form new collaborations. The topics cov...

The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in which more countries are emerging from deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of processes-judicial as well as non-judicial-are mo...

This book addressed an in-depth comprehension of the classifications and characterizations of POPs, which have become global issues due to bioaccumulation, persistency, and toxicity. It represents the milestones of the development of pesticide application, industry, and management. Banned SC-POPs have special investigations. It discusses air-sea exchange, ocean currents, phase distribution, speciation, adsorption, desorption, and degradation as the key processes that control POP's fate. Th...

This book constitutes selected papers of the Second International Conference on Advanced Communication Systems and Information Security, ACOSIS 2019, held in Marrakesh, Morocco, in November 2019.The 10 full papers and 10 short papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. The papers are organized accroding to the following topical sections: wireless communications and services; vehicular communications; channel coding; construction of error correcting codes; int...

As global industries face pressure to reduce their environmental footprint, warehousing undergoes a shift toward sustainability. Innovations in green and energy-efficient warehousing reduce operational costs while aligning logistics with environmental goals. From the integration of renewable energy sources to the adoption of smart energy management systems and sustainable building materials, warehouses become smarter and greener. Advanced automation, LED lighting, and high-efficiency HVAC ...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems, CRiSIS 2021, which took place during November 11-13, 2021. The conference was originally planned to take place in Ames, IA, USA, but had to change to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 9 full and 3 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: CPS...

Ever wondered how the Prophet (peace be upon him) spent his Ramadan? How were his mornings? His evenings? His nights?Mishkah Institute is grateful to be revealing the Hard-copy version of our book "Ramadan with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)!A Ramadhan With the Prophet (Peace be upon him) goes through a typical Ramadan of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and is written from a perspective that makes us feel that we are there with him.Discover how the Pr...

Why is the Atlantic slowly filling with crude petroleum, threatening a millions-of-years-old ecological balance? Why did traders at prominent banks take high-risk gambles with the money entrusted to them by hundreds of thousands of clients around the world, expanding and leveraging their investments to the point that failure led to a global financial crisis that left millions of people jobless and hundreds of cities economically devastated? Why would the world’s most powerful military spen...

Chomsky observes the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "Path to a Better World," while chronicling how far off the trail the United States is with respect to actual political practice and conduct. Analysing the contradictions of U.S. power while illustrating the real progress won by sustained popular struggle, Chomsky cuts through official political rhetoric to examine how the United States not only violates the UD, but at times uses it as a weapon to wield...