Disagreements on constitutional rights (such as racial and religious discrimination or abortion) are increasingly divisive. From the role of abortion in US presidential elections to debates about the competence creep of EU fundamental rights, the question arises: should the power to decide these matters rest with a central/federal union, or be left to individual states?This book addresses this crucial federal boundary question from both theoretical and comparative...

Artificial Intelligence succeeded the challenge of surpassing the World Champion in the Ancient Chinese Game “Go”. Google’s Ai Deep Mind Alpha Team Spent Years Trying to Master this Strategic game that has more possible moves than the number of atoms in the world. In theory, all the computers in the world would be required to compute the number of possible variations to victory. Mastering Billions of Predictive Patterns by the Best Ai is microscopic compared to the Magnificent Creation of ...

"حفلة انتحار" مجموعة قصصيَّة تضمُّ ثماني عشرة قصَّة تستمدُّ أحداثها مِن الواقع المؤلم الَّذي تعيشه طائفة كبيرة مِن المهمَّشين والمضطهَدين، مِمَّن رماهم القدَر بسهام الحرمان، أو اليُتم، أو الجوع، أو التَّسلُّط، أو التَّهميش. رُوِيَت هذه القصص في معظمها بأسلوب ساخر، يمزج بين التِّراجيديا والكوميديا السَّوداء، وينتهي معظمها بنهايات قد لا تُرضِي أبطالها ولا تشفي غليل قُرَّائها، ولكنَّها قد تدفعهم إلى التَّساؤل عمَّا يمكن أن يَحدث لو أنَّ القدَر وقف إلى جانب أبطالها، وكادَ لهم بدلًا مِن أن يكيد...

This book consists of two parts. The first part studies selected recent developed strategies of control and management for renewable energy resources. The strategies of control are tested in the presence of unbalance power, voltage faults, frequency deviation, wind speed variation and parametric uncertainties. The second part is especially focused on study of hybrid photovoltaic (PV)-Concentrated solar power (CSP) coupled to a thermal storage system. It gathers a set of chapters covering r...

This book studies selected advanced flight control schemes for an uncertain quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems in the presence of constant external disturbances, parametric uncertainties, measurement noise, time-varying external disturbances, and random external disturbances. Furthermore, in all the control techniques proposed in this book, it includes the simulation results with comparison to other nonlinear control schemes recently developed for the tracking control of a qua...

A contest is afoot in Muslim discourses around the world in the twenty-first century. Prevalent norms and acts are subject to competing motivations, trends and forces. The image of a monolithic Islam is thus wholly inadequate to identify and interpret the different expressions of Muslim thought and practice in their specific yet connected contexts. This book proposes competing and persuasive perspectives for interpreting what Muslims say, do and think in collective settings or in the light...

Our mind and body nourish the soul. The journey of life experiences requires determination and patience, often making us question and seek answers. When we are open to receive, inspiration and opportunity are available when we least expect, affirming the ever-present power within and beyond to motivate and guide. This poetry collection of 66 poems, prayers and affirmations is a witness to that journey, with the accompanying photos and images capturing a deeper meaning behind the writing. M...

This book reports on research and developments in the field of 3D printing, with a special emphasis on methods to analyse the products of additive manufacturing, and optimize different steps of the manufacturing process. Gathering selected contributions to the 3rd Advances in Additive Manufacturing Conference (AIAM' 2024), held on May 17-19, 2024, in Hammamet, Tunisia, this book covers a variety of topics, including: analysis of microstructure and material behavior, numerical simulation an...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences, ICCABS 2025, held in Atlanta, GA, USA, during January 12–14, 2025.The 26 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. ICCABS has the goal of bringing together researchers, scientists, and students from academia, laboratories, and industry to discuss recent advances on computational techniqu...

Over the last two centuries the Muslim world has undergone dramatic transformations, impacting the Islamic tradition and throwing into question our understanding of tradition. The notion of tradition as an unmoving edifice is contradicted by the very process of its transmission, and the complex role human beings play in creating and sustaining traditions is evident in the indigenous mechanisms of change within the Islamic tradition.Politics of the Islamic Tradition locates...

In this timely Research Handbook, leading legal scholars join forces with political scientists to discuss court adjudication in common and civil law systems. Chapters cover topical problems and debates in judicial studies and examine the institutional framework within which judges operate.Developing a multi-disciplinary analysis that combines legal, socio-legal, and political science perspectives, this Research Handbook explores the transformation of the justice system, adopting a ...

The Opuntia fruits*,* commonly known as cactus pears or prickly pears, have been suggested by the Food and Agriculture Organization to be a promising and strategic crop in regions suffering from lack of water. In Mexico, India, South Africa, and the Mediterranean, the Opuntia fruits have become popular due to their nutritive value and health-promoting benefits, including antioxidant, antiulcerogenic and antiatherogenic traits and protective effects against LDL oxidation. ...