What the fates of seabirds reveal about the changing ocean and our shared futureEvery spring, thousands of rhinoceros auklets return to Destruction Island off Washington’s coast, where they dig burrows, lay eggs, and raise their chicks. Small, gray, and adorned with a curious horn on their bill, these funny-looking birds have become an unlikely but vitally important indicator for the health of oceans and the Pacific ecosystem as a whole.In Seabirds as S...

On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square miles of what had been lush forests and wild rivers were to all appearances destroyed.Ecologists thought they would have to wait years, or even decades, for life to return to the mountain, but when forest scientist Jerry Franklin helicoptered into the blast area a couple of weeks after the eruption, he found small plants bursting ...

Hey, manager: please shut up already! Too many new managers, often promoted from the best of the front-line workers, lack the basic ability to interact effectivelyspeaking when they should be listening, and listening well, not much. And when it comes to more advanced skills like improving worker performance, maximizing productivity, handling customers, and driving real success with their products, all bets are off. With no real background or training in management skills, todays managersev...

Das Metaverse ist eine virtuelle Welt, in der Menschen zusammenkommen und miteinander interagieren können. Teilweise wird auch von einer neuen Generation des Internets gesprochen, die sowohl die Arbeitswelt als auch viele Bereiche der Freizeit verändern wird und immer mehr an wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung gewinnt.Im Metaverse stellen sich rechtliche Fragen aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen, wie insbesondere IPR und allgemeines Zivilrecht, Zivilprozessrecht, Arbeitsrecht, Gesellschaftsrec...

"You're always looking for what you can learn from everybody. I've learned something from every writer I've ever read. The strongest influences are certainly Joyce, the blind man who saw, and Ezra Pound, the crazy man who understood." - Robert Anton Wilson, Beyond Chaos and BeyondStraight Outta Dublin explores James Joyce's influence on Robert Anton Wilson, examining mosbunall of Wilson's work including his novel Masks of the ...

Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Interventions focuses on developmentally appropriate approaches to the assessment, prevention, or treatment of substance use problems among adolescents. Organized into 16 chapters, this book begins with an assessment of adolescent substance use; theory, methods, and effectiveness of a drug abuse prevention approach; and problem behavior prevention programming for schools and community groups. Some chapters follow on the community-, family- and scho...

2020 als globaler WendepunktEine akribisch recherchierte Untersuchung einer pandemischen Zeit, in der nichts mehr sicher war und alles auf dem Spiel stand: Der renommierte US-Soziologe und Bestsellerautor Eric Klinenberg über ein Jahr, das unser aller Leben auf den Kopf stellte.»Eine packende, tief bewegende Darstellung eines bedeutenden Jahres in der modernen Geschichte.« Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer-Preisträger...

Les techniques d'imagerie dans l'exploration du pancréas sont en constante évolution.Ce nouveau volume de la collection des Syllabus de la Société française de radiologie propose un état de l'art sur l'imagerie du pancréas en présentant la radioanatomie normale et pathologique de la glande et en détaillantles protocoles de réalisation des principaux examens :échographie, tomodensitométrie et IRM. La place de l'échoendoscopie et de la TEP/TDM est également abordée. La stratégie d'exploratio...

Från Sönderlandets öar fem, kommer ingen levande hem.Det har gått ett år sedan Nora Wagners närmaste kollega sköts till döds. Både hon själv och hennes kollegor anser att hon borde ha kunnat stoppa mordet, och mardrömmarna förföljer henne. Hennes närmaste chef skickar iväg henne på en nyinrättad tjänst i skärgården för att ge henne tid att läka.Men ute bland öarna vilar sedan länge dolda hemligheter och när en ung kvinna faller ihop medvetslös på polisstationens golv dras N...

Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of newer developments in 2020. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2020 Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ground game? To communicate their message? How are citizens making use of online sources to become informed...

Catch up with current theories on a major public health menace! Adolescent smoking has increasingly become a concern as a public health issue, yet the theoretical and empirical literature in the area remains skimpy. Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents furnishes researchers and medical professionals with a comprehensive overview of current theories and statistics. Moreover, it offers fresh empirical research as well as suggestions for promising avenues of investigation.The first half of Ni...

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more dynamic and ubiquitous, it is dramatically empowering people in all walks of life while also giving rise to urgent questions about the future of humanity—a historic challenge whose contours and consequences are revealed by three eminent thinkers in Genesis.As it absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, AI will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitica...