This book maps the increasing convergence of US domestic and international security regimes, analyzing the trend towards global pacification in the name of 'security'. The dream of liberal world peace after the Cold War is on the verge of collapsing into permanent global pacification – not only in the global south but also in pockets of the ‘Third World’ within the territory of Western states. In this volume, the author explores the ways in which regimes of security have been extended into increasingly large aspects of social life and shows that their expansion has been driven by a constant broadening of the notion of 'war'. Filling a gap in the literature, the book demonstrates how US security agencies have sought to develop indeterminate security capabilities aimed at distinguishing between legitimate and illegitimate flows of people and resources. This analysis of regimes of security is tied to a more general discussion about the persistence, or even multiplication, of illiberal forms of power within liberal governmentality. This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, war and conflict studies and international relations in general.
Research in context-aware computing has produced a number of middleware systems for context management. However, development of ubiquitous context-aware applications is still a challenge because most current middleware systems are still focused on isolated and static context-aware environments. Context-aware environments are inherently dynamic as a result of occasional additions or upgrade of sensors, applications or context inference mechanisms. Context Management for Distributed and Dynamic Context-Aware Computing proposes a novel architecture for context management based on the concept of context domains, allowing applications to keep context interests across distributed context management systems. The authors describe a distributed middleware that implements the aforementioned concepts, without compromising scalability and efficiency of context access.
Recent Advances in Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, Volume 6 is the latest in the annual series, edited by Anil K Lalwani based at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and Markus HF Pfister from the Kantonsspital Obwalden in Meggen, Switzerland. This comprehensive volume is divided into fourteen chapters and has been fully updated to provide the very latest information in the field. Important new topics have been added to the sixth volume including endoscopic ear surgery, robotics in head and neck surgery, management of CSF rhinorrhea, microbiome in rhinology, chin augmentation, and round window membrane as a portal for inner ear therapy. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this new volume will assist in the ongoing training of practising otolaryngologists and researchers, keeping them up to date with current developments in this field. Key Points Latest volume in Recent Advances in Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery series Previous volume published May 2016 (9789351529408) Covers current developments in the field of otorhinolaryngology Internationally recognised editor team from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and Kantonsspital Obwalden, Switzerland
Presents an evolutional and historical accounting of the cat family, as well as the physical attributes, life expectancies, native environments, and daily habits of its major members.
Presents an evolutional and historical accounting of the cat family, as well as the physical attributes, life expectancies, native environments, and daily habits of its major members.
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