This book explores and discusses various aspects of intelligent systems technologies and their applications. Presenting the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (ISTA 2019), held at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K), Trivandrum, India, on December 18–21, 2019, it covers a variety of topics, such as knowledge discovery, data mining, pattern recognition, signal processing, intelligent image processing, artificial vision, ad hoc and wireless sensor networks, business intelligence and big data analytics.

This book explores how and why the transposition of EU directives in the new and contentious policy area ‘Business and Human Rights’ differs between member states. It reveals the extent to which individual member states are pursuing diverging approaches in dealing with the ‘discretionary space’ in EU directives, and highlights theoretical and political explanations. Drawing on historical institutionalism and rational choice institutionalism, the book establishes a link between the degree of corporatism in a given political economy and government behaviour in terms of Business and Human Rights policy. Moreover, it identifies political salience within the policy subsystem as a pertinent factor for explaining national transposition outcomes.

This volume interrogates the intertwining of the local and the digital in environmental communication. It starts by introducing a wave metaphor to tease out major shifts in the field, and situates the intersections of local places and digital networks in the beginning of a third wave.

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope

2020 release, the third album by the Swiss heavy metal band. The album was produced at the Little Creek Studio in Switzerland by V.O. Pulver (Pro-Pain, Destruction, Nervosa, Pänzer) and Destruction frontman Schmier, who helped and advised as a close friend of the band. An all-female Swiss heavy metal ensemble, Burning Witches engage in a punishing blend of old-school power metal and neck-snapping thrash that invokes names like Dio, Judas Priest, and Grave Digger. Founded by guitar player Romana Kalkuhl in 2015 in the town of Brugg, the group coalesced around a lineup that also featured bassist Jeanine Grob, vocalist Seraina Telli, and drummer Lala Frischknecht. The band called on producers V.O. Pulver (Panzer) and Schmier (from Destruction) to help shape their eponymous 2017 debut.

This book investigates ‘capitalism and freedom’—the guiding forces of many political systems—in African philosophy. It builds on classical and neoliberal capitalism rooted in private property and freedom, and argues for the presence of these elements in the traditional and modern African political systems.

As one of today's most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin has now collected the most provocative short pieces from his pioneering blog.

Nel momento in cui tutti viviamo l'esperienza dell'isolamento e della paura che un'epidemia distrugga le nostre vite e il nostro mondo, un invito a ritrovare in noi e nelle relazioni che segnano la nostra vita gli esempi di carità e di prossimità, a riscoprire l'insegnamento del Vangelo, e soprattutto ad accogliere il dono della salvezza portata da Gesù: risorse che permettono una ripresa di comunione e solidarietà in famiglia, nelle comunità, nella società, per edificare vita buona. Un vero anticipo di resurrezione.