As the popularity of the national parks grows, so do the challenges of visiting and managing them. This innovative book uses crowdsourcing - postings by park visitors on a range of social media sites - to start 100 conversations on issues associated with visiting and managing the national parks. The authors then use their experience and expertise to prepare short, plainspoken, and engaging essays that respond to the postings and complete the conversations. The book is written for park visi...

"Remarkable . . . If you want to double your happiness and your income, start using these powerful brain-changing exercises today!" -John Assaraf, New York Times -bestselling author and CEO of NeuroGymAdapted from a business school course they created for professionals, bestselling author Mark Waldman and Chris Manning present simple brain exercises, based on the latest neuroscience research, to...

How much can we use the environment without spoiling what we find so valuable about it? Determining the carrying capacity of parks and related areas is a perennial question whose urgency grows each year as the number of visits continues to increase. Parks and Carrying Capacity represents a comprehensive assessment of the issue, as it:offers a historical and conceptual treatment of carrying capacitydescribes and illustrates research approaches for assessing carrying capacity, ...

The two-volume main proceedings set LNCS 16605 and 16606 constitutes the refereed main proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2026, which was held in Münster, Germany, during June 8–10, 2026.Given the large number of high-quality contributions, the 2026 proceedings are published in three volumes: LNCS 16605 and 16606 as main proceedings include all accepted full papers, while LNCS 16607 contains all...

The two-volume proceedings set LNCS 16605 and 16606 constitutes the refereed main proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2026, which was held in Münster, Germany, during June 8–10, 2026.Given the large number of high-quality contributions, the 2026 proceedings are published in three volumes: LNCS 16605 and 16606 as main proceedings include all accepted full papers, while LNCS 16607 contains all acce...

Governments and academics are increasingly interested in understanding the entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) phenomenon as a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework to foster resilient economies. Current literature on the EEs mainly concentrates on studies investigating more developed ecosystems with less evidence and understanding of ecosystem dynamics in regions with limited resources.Global, Regional, and National Entrepreneurial Ecosystemsincludes chapters wit...

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This volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2023, which was held in Guangzhou, China, during August 16–18, 2023.The 114 full papers and 30 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 395 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: knowledge science with learning and AI; knowledge engineering research and applications; knowledge m...

Locked beneath Manel's crumbling empire, Catelan Vanstrom labours in secret. She builds a new breed of weaponry for a war anticipated since before she was born. As the eldest daughter of the empire's greatest weaponeer, she masters a craft no lady is meant to touch. Society's segregation, a trusted friend, and a charming spy each keep her away from the marksman she loves most. Catelan and her mechanical beasts become a coveted prize in a game she never agreed to play.Mark Beormann'...

A product recall can be one of the most stressful situations in today's business environment. Depending on the complexity and products involved, there could be lives at risk, tens to hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, and the company's fate at hand, requiring accurate and decisive decision-making skills. Robert Manning, who has led teams of operations, quality, and external consulting teams, will take you through the process of what happened, decisions made, and outcomes throughout ...

This third volume of the book series “Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling” presents new application cases for domain-specific modeling languages and for the engineering of modeling languages and tools. All cases use the ADOxx metamodeling platform or toolkits from the Digital Innovation Environment, shared by the OMiLAB Community of Practice and available for open use. Through this platform, participants can share ideas and engage in an exploration process regarding model-based decision ma...

In 1964, less than one year into his tenure as publisher of the Bogalusa Daily News, New Orleans native Lou Major found himself guiding the newspaper through a turbulent period in the history of American civil rights. Bogalusa, Louisiana, became a flashpoint for clashes between African Americans advocating for equal treatment and white residents who resisted this change, a conflict that generated an upsurge in activity by the Ku Klux Klan. Local members of the KKK stepped up acts ...