This book offers a comprehensive overview of the various concepts and research issues about blogs or weblogs. It introduces techniques and approaches, tools and applications, and evaluation methodologies with examples and case studies. Blogs allow people to express their thoughts, voice their opinions, and share their experiences and ideas. Blogs also facilitate interactions among individuals creating a network with unique characteristics. Through the interactions individuals experience a ...

A Portable, Reader-Friendly Source of Knowledge for Neurosurgical TraineesNeurological surgery is a complex, highly selective specialty, so navigating a huge array of neurosurgical information can be overwhelming for medical students and residents. Neurosurgery Fundamentals, Second Edition by Nitin Agarwal is a portable reference that enables swift assimilation of neurosurgical care essentials. Pivotal elements of the book include: the roadmap to a career ...

With the high prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among the younger generation, there is a shortage of adequate resources to deliver care for these individuals. Therefore, social media and online forums help create a sense of community and a sense of social network, where members provide support for each other. Assessing Social Support and Stress in Autism-Focused Virtual Communities: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical reference volume featuring the latest academic resea...

The Collaborative Blueprint for Creating Successful Neurosurgical Advanced Practice ProvidersNeurosurgery Fundamentals for Advanced Practice Providers, edited by Abigail G. Crum and Nitin Agarwal, is a landmark contribution that eloquently demonstrates that excellence in neurosurgical care is achieved through collaboration. At the heart of this collaborative model are advanced practice providers (APPs)—clinicians whose clinical judgment, procedural experti...

Surviving Neurosurgery: Vignettes of Resilience is a practical guide to the inner workings of the lives of neurosurgeons, healthcare partners, and patients. To this end, this text serves as a first-hand documentary of the unique challenges faced as one progresses through their career. It is a snapshot in time capturing the experiences of both patients and providers. The text is divided into seven parts that run the gamut of a neurosurgeon’s career symbolic of the seven years of ne...

The most comprehensive, practical, compact, and current neurosurgical referenceSince its inception in 1990, Greenberg's Handbook of Neurosurgery, by Mark Greenberg and new associate editor Nitin Agarwal, has been widely acclaimed and referenced by thousands of neurosurgical residents and practitioners. Now in its 11th edition, numerous new topics have been added, others have been updated, and many existing sections reflect the latest national clinical guid...

This book contains the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling, SBP-BRiMS 2026, which took place in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, during October 12–14, 2026.The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They are divided into the following themes: Modeling Agents and Behaviors; Large Language Models and Network Modeling; Social Media, Narratives, and Identity.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Social-Behavioral Phenomena in Creative Societies, MSBC 2024, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in September 2024.The 16 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. These papers have been categorized under the following topical sections: Computational intelligence and game theory in social sciences; Data analysis and Large language mo...

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of LangChain, empowering you to effectively harness large language models (LLMs) for Gen AI applications. It focuses on practical implementation and techniques, making it a valuable resource for learning LangChain.The book starts with foundational topics such as environment setup and building basic chains, then delves into key components such as prompt templates, tool integration, and memory management. You will also explore practical ...

The contributors in this book share, exchange, and develop new concepts, ideas, principles, and methodologies in order to advance and deepen our understanding of social networks in the new generation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) enabled by Web 2.0, also referred to as social media, to help policy-making. This interdisciplinary work provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students from sociology, behavioral science, computer science, psycholog...

High-yield Visual Learning Resource for Medical Students and Neurosurgical ResidentsNeurosurgery Infographics, edited by Nitin Agarwal and David T. Fernandes Cabral, is a compilation of visual abstracts that enables quick review of high-yield neurosurgical topics. The one-stop, reader-friendly guide fills a gap in the literature, sparing learners from navigating dense atlases and sprawling monographs. The unique book distills the vast and intricate complex...

This book describes the methodologies and tools used to conduct social cyber forensic analysis. By applying these methodologies and tools on various events observed in the case studies contained within, their effectiveness is highlighted. They blend computational social network analysis and cyber forensic concepts and tools in order to identify and study information competitors.Through cyber forensic analysis, metadata associated with propaganda-riddled websites are extracted. This...