In a galaxy governed by the mysterious Flow, legends are not born; they are forged in blood, loss, and rebellion. Valere, once called the Purple Justice, carries the scars of battles that shattered worlds. But among all her memories, one figure stands above the rest: Apollo, the nameless boy who rose from exile and suffering to shake the foundations of empires.Raised in shadows and tempered by cruelty, Apollo was never meant to be a prince or a hero. Yet kingdoms trembled when he w...

Robotic surgery in pediatrics is slowly gaining ground in the treatment of surgical pathologies in children, just as had already happened with the advent of laparoscopy in the 1990s. There are still some limitations in the use of the robot in children, related to the size of the instruments, which makes it difficult to use in patients weighing under eight kilograms.In recent years, courses in robotics, specific to pediatric pathologies, have multiplied, and recently the University o...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modelling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Addressing World Challenges, TMM-CH 2025, held in Athens, Greece during April 7-9, 2025.The 38 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 477 submissions. They were categorized under the topical sections as follows: Developments in Digital Heritage; Utilization of ...

As governments are major buyers of goods and services, foreign companies are keen to be able to participate in procurement opportunities on an equal footing with national firms. This has given rise to the inclusion of procurement disciplines in trade agreements and to internationally-agreed good regulatory practices in this important policy area. The contributions to this book examine how the dynamic mix of bilateral, regional, plurilateral and international norms on government procurement...

This book represents the culmination of an extended period of field work on the Palauan language, carried out while I was a graduate student at the University of California at San Diego. The book was born as a short term paper written in 1982; from a forgettable infancy, that paper grew and grew, reaching the age of majority in my dissertation at the end of 1985. Some of its offspring have gone off on their own, as indepen dent papers, as course materials, or as thoughts that have not yet ...

This volume constitutes selected and revised papers presented during the Third International Conference on Trandisciplinary Multispectral Modelling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2023, held in Athens, Greece, in March 2023.The 17 full papers and 17 short papers presented in ths volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 416 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on scientific innovations in the diagnosis and preservation o...

This two-volume set CCIS 961 and 962 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2018, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2018.73 revised full papers of 237 submissions are included in these volumes. The papers of the first volume are organized in the following topical sections: the project of the rehabilitation of Holy Sepulch...

This volume constitutes selected and revised papers presented during the Second International Conference on Trandisciplinary Multispectral Modelling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2021, held in Athens, Greece, in December 2021.The 17 full papers and 6 short papers presented in ths volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 310 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on scientific innovations in the diagnosis and preservati...

This two-volume set CCIS 961 and 962 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modeling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, TMM_CH 2018, held in Athens, Greece, in October 2018.73 revised full papers of 237 submissions are included in these volumes. The papers of the first volume are organized in the following topical sections: the project of the rehabilitation of Holy Sepulch...