Atlas of Endoscopic Laryngeal Surgery is a valuable resource for physicians providing practical information on microscopic surgery of the larynx. Beginning with an introduction to the basic principles and procedures, the text goes on to discuss benign and malignant lesions of the larynx, neurogenic disorders and laryngeal trauma. Almost 400 images, including previously unpublished intra-operative photographs help guide clinicians through the different conditions and types of surgery.
Atlas of Endoscopic Laryngeal Surgery is a valuable resource for physicians providing practical information on microscopic surgery of the larynx. Beginning with an introduction to the basic principles and procedures, the text goes on to discuss benign and malignant lesions of the larynx, neurogenic disorders and laryngeal trauma. Almost 400 images, including previously unpublished intra-operative photographs help guide clinicians through the different conditions and types of surgery.
This book presents a comprehensive framework for IoT, including its architectures, security, privacy, network communications, and protocols. The book starts by providing an overview of the aforementioned research topics, future directions and open challenges that face the IoT development. The authors then discuss the main architectures in the field, which include Three- and Five-Layer Architectures, Cloud and Fog Based Architectures, a Social IoT Application Architecture. In the security chapter, the authors outline threats and attacks, privacy preservation, trust and authentication, IoT data security, and social awareness. The final chapter presents case studies including smart home, wearables, connected cars, industrial Internet, smart cities, IoT in agriculture, smart retail, energy engagement, IoT in healthcare, and IoT in poultry and farming. Discusses ongoing research into the connection of the physical and virtual worlds; Includes the architecture, security, privacy, communications, and protocols of IoT; Presents a variety of case studies in IoT including wearables, smart cities, and energy management.
European jihadism is a multi-faceted social phenomenon. It is not only linked to the extremist behaviour of a limited group, but also to a broader crisis, including the lack of utopia and loss of meaning among the middle classes, and the humiliation and denial of citizenship among disaffiliated young people in poor districts all over Western Europe. Fundamentally, it is grounded IN AN UNBRIDLED AND MODERN IMAGINATION, IN AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC REALITY. THAT IMAGINATION IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK AMONG YOUNG WOMEN AND THEIR LONGING FOR ANOTHER FAMILY MODEL, ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR DESIRE TO BECOME ADULTS AND TO OVERCOME THE FAMILY CRISIS, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS FOR WHOM JIHAD WAS A CATHARSIS, YOUNG CONVERTS WHO SOUGHT TO REALIZE THEIR DREAM OF A DIFFERENT RELIGION, IN CONTRAST WITH A DISENCHANTED SECULAR EUROPE. The family and its crisis, in many ways, played a role in promoting jihadism, particularly in families of immigrant origin whose relationship to patriarchy was different from that of the mainstream society in Europe. Among middle class families, the crisis of authority was a key factor for the departure of middle-class youth. At the urban level, a large proportion of jihadists come from poor and ethnically segregated districts with high levels of social deviance and the stigma attached to them. Within these poor districts, a specific subculture was built up (we call it the Slum Culture), which influenced young people and imposed on them a lifestyle likely to combine resentment and deviance with humiliation and denial of citizenship in a difficult relationship with mainstream society. BUT JIHADISM WAS ALSO AN EXPRESSION OF THE LOSS OF HOPE IN THE FUTURE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD AMONG MIDDLE CLASS AND LOWER-CLASS YOUTH. THE CALIPHATE IN SYRIA PROMISED THE EARTH TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE DURING ITS ASCENT BETWEEN 2014-2015 AND EVEN AFTER, THIS TIME AS A PROPHET OF A GLOOMY END TIMES"--
The authors of this book tried to make these experiences available to those interested, considering the experience of several years of training, research, and implementation of projects in the supply chain performance evaluation field. This book intends to identify the current performance and competitive position of that supply chain compared to other supply chains by presenting and reviewing the techniques and models for measuring the efficiency and performance of the supply chain. Determining the performance of a supply chain is a good description of the status quo (what is). Determining the performance of a supply chain is useful for describing the past and present of supply chain processes, and on the other hand, it can be used to set performance goals and initiate the improvement process. To realize this, a strategic framework or model is needed to be able to extract indicators related to the efficiency of the supply chain and design the appropriate model.
This book presents a step by step Asset Health Management Optimization Approach Using Internet of Things (IoT). The authors provide a comprehensive study which includes the descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analysis in detail. The presentation focuses on the challenges of the parameter selection, statistical data analysis, predictive algorithms, big data storage and selection, data pattern recognition, machine learning techniques, asset failure distribution estimation, reliability and availability enhancement, condition based maintenance policy, failure detection, data driven optimization algorithm, and a multi-objective optimization approach, all of which can significantly enhance the reliability and availability of the system.
Laryngeal Surgery is the first in the series “Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.” Divided into five sections, the book begins with an introduction to the basic principles and procedures of laryngeal surgery. The following chapters discuss surgery for different disorders including benign structural lesions, premalignant and malignant lesions of the larynx, neurogenic voice disorders and laryngeal trauma. Written by an internationally recognised author and editor team from the USA, led by series editor Robert T Sataloff from Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, this reference features numerous highly illustrated clinical photographs, flow charts and tables. An interactive DVD ROM of intraoperative photographs and videos of surgical procedures is included to help illustrate the techniques described in the book. Forthcoming topics in the series include atlases of otologic and neurotological surgery, rhinologic and sinus surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, pediatric otolaryngologic surgery, and head and neck surgery. Key points First title in Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery series covering laryngeal surgery Includes interactive DVD ROM of intraoperative photographs and surgical techniques US author and editor team, led by Robert T Sataloff
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