Imaging of Bones and Joints: A Concise, Multimodality ApproachThis book is unique. It will guide you through the essentials of musculoskeletal imaging using a multimodality approach. Organized by categories of musculoskeletal disorders, it uses a "findings within-the-image" method to help you identify the typical imaging features of each condition.As a comprehensive reference compiled by well-known specialists in the field, it is useful for both practicing ...

This work poses a straightforward - yet at the same time perplexing - question about World War I: Why did it happen? Several of the oft-cited causes are reviewed and discussed. The argument of the alliance systems is inadequate, lacking relevance or compelling force. The arguments of mass demands, those focusing on nationalism, militarism and social Darwinism, it is argued, are insufficient, lacking indications of frequency, intensity, and process (how they influenced the various decisions...

Offering exhaustive coverage, detailed analyses, and the latest historical interpretations of events, this expansive, five-volume encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and detailed reference source on the First World War available today.One hundred years after the beginning of World War I in 1914, this conflict still stands as perhaps the most important event of the 20th century. World War I toppled all of the existing empires at the time, transformed the Middle E...

The major European powers drafted war plans before 1914 and executed them in August 1914; none brought the expected victory by Christmas. Why? This tightly focused collection of essays by international experts in military history reassesses the war plans of 1914 in a broad diplomatic, military, and political setting for the first time in three decades. The book analyzes the war plans of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia on the basis of the latest research a...

This book brings together key ideas from neuroscience and artificial intelligence to show how they can work together. It helps readers understand how studying the brain can lead to more adaptable and efficient AI systems. Instead of treating the two fields as separate, it highlights how brain-inspired models can help overcome current challenges in AI, improve existing techniques, and spark new and creative solutions.The journey begins with the biological foundations of intelligence,...

This insightful book provides a comprehensive account and assessment of the mechanisms of judicial accountability of EU agencies within the multi-layered system of EU administrative governance. It sheds light on the extent to which the peculiarities of EU agencies’ nature and actions affect litigation.The contributors provide expert analysis of the way in which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) reviews complex economic or technical appraisals carried out by EU agenc...

This book collects peer-reviewed and presented papers from 2025 9th International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval (NLPIR 2025), held in Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan during December 14–16, 2025. Nowadays, advances in computer engineering made it possible that humans may interact with the machines in their natural language either in the written or the spoken manner. At the same time, the amount of (textual) data available in big data bases as well as ...

This book serves as both a cutting-edge reference and a practical guide to building AI systems that are transparent, trustworthy, and tuned for real-world impact, featuring contributors from three continents and backed by leading institutions.Unlock the next wave of graph-based artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and human-centric machine learning with this authoritative Springer proceedings book. Twenty-four rigorously peer-reviewed chapters—spanning semantic similarity in Wikip...

The 17th International Conference on Autonomous Systems highlights the crucial role of autonomous technologies in computer science and communication networks. Moving beyond the realms of automotive and robotics, these systems tackle complex challenges across diverse domains—adapting, learning, and ensuring reliable, secure, and efficient operation.The conference presents groundbreaking research, innovative hardware and system designs, and practical applications that push the bounda...

The move towards a system of integrated administration in the EU poses considerable legal challenges. This book explores ways in which accountability, legality, legitimacy and efficiency can be ensured in the multiple forms of co-operation of European and national administrations in the delivery of EU and EC policies.Examining the procedures and structures of European administrative integration, this innovative book will be a stimulating read for academics, researchers and both und...

The Great War toppled four empires, cost the world 24 million dead, and sowed the seeds of another worldwide conflict 20 years later. This is the only book in the English language to offer comprehensive coverage of how Germany and Austria-Hungary, two of the key belligerents, conducted the war and what defeat meant to them.This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, including new developments in the historiography and, in particular, addressing new work on the cultural...

This volume deals with the law governing the administrative implementation of European Union public policy. Much of this law is specific to individual policy sectors. The volume provides a study of such specialized admininstrative law for more than twenty sectors. This cross-sectoral approach allows for detailed comparisons of EU administration in diverse policy fields. It identifies situations where legal structures and approaches may be unnecessarily duplicated, thus indicating where a c...