This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.It’s so easy not to maintain your posture. Yet when you do so, you risk straining your joints. Those bad habits occur when you drive, sit at a desk for long periods of time, when you’re pregnant, or when you’re overweight.They can happen to anyone. The bad news is that they wreak havoc on more than just your joints. They also impact your muscles and even your general health. This is because they put pressure on ...

The all-embracing, "whaddya got?" nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume—but not see—their queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations.Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closet—...

Kommunen erfolgreich führen Öffentlicher Druck, klamme Finanzen, bürokratische Hürden, gesellschaftliche Polarisierung, unvorhergesehene Krisen und allgemein ein rasanter technologischer wie ökologischer Wandel – das Bürgermeisteramt ist eine anspruchsvolle wie auch komplexe Aufgabe. Gleichzeitig kann in kaum einem anderen Amt das Zusammenleben der Menschen derart konkret und unmittelbar gestaltet werden. Somit können Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister eine Schlüsselfunktion in lokalen T...

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the First International Workshop on Computer-Aided Pelvic Imaging for Female Health, CAPI 2025, and the 10th International Workshop on Skin Image Analysis, ISIC 2025, held in conjunction with the 28th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2025, in , Daejeon, South Korea, in September 2025.The 7 full papers and 1 short paper presented at CAPI 2025, and the 6 full papers presented...

This book provides methods and practical cases and experiences with the aim of stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) through the direct engagement of researchers, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), citizens, industry stakeholders, policy and decision makers, research funders and communicators. The book furthermore aims to advance debate on Responsible Research and Innovation and also to reinforce the RRI community identity. With chapters covering governance, public engagem...

"In 70 minutes, Richard Russell went from invisible to immortal, hijacking not just a plane—but the world’s attention. But what drove an ordinary man to take to the skies in a desperate act of rebellion, only to end in tragedy? This is the untold story of the man behind the myth."What would drive an ordinary man to hijack a multi-million-dollar airplane, take to the skies with no formal training, and fly for over an hour—captivating the world in the process...

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future...