Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a widely used non-invasive brain stimulation technique. It represents an exciting new frontier in neuroscience research and can be used to examine neural processes, providing insights into pathophysiology and treating a variety of neuropsychiatric illnesses. A Practical Guide to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Neurophysiology and Treatment Studies presents an overview of the use of TMS as both an investigational tool and as treatment fo...

A collection of essays exploring the history of an antisemitic accusation that haunted Jewish people in Europe and Russia, and how it spread.This innovative reassessment of ritual murder accusations brings together scholars working in history, folklore, ethnography, and literature. Favoring dynamic explanations of the mechanisms, evolution, popular appeal, and responses to the blood libel, the essays rigorously engage with the larger social and cultural worlds that ...

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Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to Big Ideas and their Development, Second Editionguides readers through the history and development of artificial intelligence (AI), from its early mathematical beginnings through to the exciting possibilities of its potential future applications. To make this journey as accessible as possible, the authors build their narrative around accounts of some of the more popular and well-known demonstrations of artificial intelligence, inc...

When Red Guards arrived in Tibet in 1966, intent on creating a classless society, they unleashed a decade of revolutionary violence, political rallies, and factional warfare marked by the ransacking of temples, the destruction of religious artifacts, the burning of books, and the public humiliation of Tibet's remaining lamas and scholars. Within Tibet, discussion of those events has long been banned, and no visual records of this history were known to have survived.In Forbidden...

The three-volume set constitutes revised selected papers of the 21st International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2025, held in Xi'an, China, during October 19-22, 2025.The 79 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 315 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Post-Quantum Cryptography; Functional Encryption; Cryptanalysis and Implementations I; Cryptanalysis a...

Obesity is an epidemic - more than 40% of the United States population suffers from obesity and, as such, it has a high burden of weight-related conditions and diseases. Metabolic and bariatric surgery has proven to be the most effective and durable treatment of severe obesity. Technological advances including applications of laparoscopy, robotics and endoluminal techniques have rapidly advanced this field. Data and outcomes examining treatments have also improved and, as providers, we hav...

The three-volume set constitutes revised selected papers of the 21st International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2025, held in Xi'an, China, during October 19-22, 2025.The 79 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 315 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Post-Quantum Cryptography; Functional Encryption; Cryptanalysis and Implementations I; Cryptanalysis a...

The three-volume set constitutes revised selected papers of the 21st International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2025, held in Xi'an, China, during October 19-22, 2025.The 79 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 315 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Post-Quantum Cryptography; Functional Encryption; Cryptanalysis and Implementations I; Cryptanalysis a...

An unprecedented look into the basic physics, chemistry, and technology behind the LCDMost notably used for computer screens, televisions, and mobile phones, LCDs (liquid crystal displays) are a pervasive and increasingly indispensable part of our lives. Providing both an historical and a business-minded context, this extensive resource describes the unique scientific and engineering techniques used to create these beautiful, clever, and eminently useful devices.

Respiratory Neurobiology: Physiology and Clinical Disorders, Part Two, Volume 189 is one of two volumes on the neurology of breathing. This volume focuses on pathologies attributable to abnormalities of the neural control of breathing, breathing problems that may occur in neurological diseases, and the neurological complications of respiratory diseases, while volume one focuses on the neurophysiology of breathing. - Explores the assessment and treatment of neural disorders of breathing - I...

Respiratory Neurobiology: Physiology and Clinical Disorders, Part One, Volume 188 is one of two volumes on the neurology of breathing. This volume focuses on the neurophysiology of breathing, while the second volume focuses on pathologies attributable to abnormalities of the neural control of breathing, breathing problems that may occur in neurological diseases, and the neurological complications of respiratory diseases. - Explores the assessment and treatment of neural disorders of breath...