The former advisor to President Trump shares an insider account of the investigation into Russian collusion in a memoir that "unfolds like a spy thriller" ( Publishers Weekly).As a young, ambitious foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, George Papadopoulos became the first Trump official to plead guilty in special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He then became the first campaig...

Sweet and sour cherries (Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus) are important fruit crops for which demand is high and growing. A significant number of new varieties, rootstocks and training systems have been released or developed in recent years in order to improve the efficiency and profitability of cherry orchards. Cherries: Botany, Production and Uses covers the genetics, ecophysiology, production, protection and uses of cherries. Presenting up-to-date scientific data and applied information...

This unique book provides an international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in relation to social work.Case studies based on the latest research from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia allow readers to make critical comparisons and gain understanding of the global nature of the social work profession. Detailed analysis covers the opportunities and challenges presented by labour market mobility, the i...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 37th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Testing Software and Systems, ICTSS 2025, held in Limassol, Cyprus, during September 17–19, 2025.The 19 full papers and 4 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Foundations and Advanced Testing Techniques; Intelligent and Automated Testing; LLMs, Agents, and AI-Driven Testing; Tes...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2025, held in Limassol, Cyprus, during May 5–7, 2025.The 17 full papers and 6 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Personalized Persuasion; Theory and Exploration; Design and Solutions; Emotions and Behaviour; Behavior Change Games; Personality and Individua...

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2024, held in Limassol, Cyprus, during June 19–20, 2024.The 9 full papers presented together with 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. They focus on the following topics: artificial intelligence and reuse; variability and reuse; adaptation and reuse; and code reuse.

This book constitutes of the proceedings from the 28th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 2024, held in Limassol, Cyprus, during June 19–21, 2024.The 18 full papers and 4 short papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. These papers have been categorized into the following sections: Machine Learning and Complex Systems; Neural Network Verification; A.I. for Software Engineering; Smart Contract; Formal Met...

Peach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits. This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate c...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Euro-Par 2023, held in Limassol, Cyprus, in August/September 2023.The 49 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 164 submissions. They are covering the following topics: programming, compilers and performance; scheduling, resource management, cloud, edge computing, and workflows; architectures and accelerators; data analytics, AI, ...

This volume presents the proceedings of ECSCW 2013, the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Each conference offers an occasion to critically review our research field, which has been multidisciplinary and committed to high scientific standards, both theoretical and methodological, from its beginning. The papers this year focus on work and the enterprise as well as on the challenges of involving citizens, patients, etc. into collaborative settings. The papers em...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing, IHAW 2022, held in Larnaca, Cyprus, in December 2022.The revised 14 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully selected from 33 submissions. The papers are thematically arranged in the following sections: Visual Impairment and ICT for Mobility; ICT and Student Health; ICT and Wellbeing and ICT & Health prevention

This book constitutes the constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 6.12 European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing , ESOCC 2023, held in Larnaca, Cyprus, during October 24–26, 2023.The 12 full papers and 4 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Microservices; Quality of Service; Service Orchestration; Edge Computing; PhD Symposium; and Industry ...