"The Mughal emperor Timur (1336–1405), known also as Tamerlane, conquered large parts of central Asia in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. He was renowned for being an exceptionally good military strategist, but also for being a ruthless conqueror. His purported autobiography was not published in English until 1830, when it was translated by the orientalist Charles Stewart (1764–1837) from a Persian version of the Chagatai original. This reissue offers an insight into Timur's m...

The Mulfuzāt Timūry, presented as the autobiographical memoirs of Timūr, is a striking work of royal self-fashioning that combines martial narrative, political reflection, and ethical instruction. Framed as the emperor's own recollections, it recounts campaigns, administrative principles, and the exercise of sovereignty in a prose style at once direct and ceremonious, characteristic of Persianate court historiography. Whether read as authentic autobiography or as a later text shaped by Tim...

800+ images make this the most effective overview of operative techniques in vascular and endovascular surgery availableA Doody's Core Title for 2026!Using full-color anatomic procedural illustrations, CT/MRI images, and step-by-step videos taken from surgeons’ head-mounted GoPro cameras, Gateways in Vascular Surgery: An Operative Atlas covers operative techniques for both open and endovascular surgery. Concise, high-yield...

This book analyzes initiatives and concepts initiated by China, Japan and South Korea (the Republic of Korea) toward Central Asia to ascertain their impact on regionalism and regional cooperation in Central Asia.Using the case study of Uzbekistan, the book focuses on the formation of the discourse of engagement with the region of Central Asia through the notion of the Silk Road narrative. The author puts forward the prospects for engagement and cooperation in the region by analyzin...

This book examines picroilmenites and their ferromagnetic behavior in the kimberlites from the Yakut diamondiferous province. Picroilmenites are minerals used to identify the location of diamonds. The author shows a solid interpretation of the magnetic-mineralogical analysis of ferromagnetic minerals based on a large number of experimental data and modeling of the magnetic state. He also presents the problems of the variability of the composition of picroilmenites from various kimberlite p...

For many Muslims, there is an inseparable connection between sound and meaning, particularly when it comes to Islamic verse and scripture. This provides fertile ground for a comparative study across traditions and forms.Timur Yuskaev offers a meditation on the Qur’an and human sensibilities, heard together, in American Muslim sermons. Foregrounding sound, poetry and music, it is a cultural anthropology of the Qur’an, carried out in conversation with colleagues in multiple disciplin...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, CASC 2024, which took place in Rennes, France, during September 2 - September 6, 2024.The 19 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. The annual International Workshop CASC 2024 aims to bring together researchers in theoretical computer algebra (CA), engineers, scholars, as well as other allied professional...

Preference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. It happens frequently in everyday life, such as when we tell the host of a dinner party that we are enjoying the food when we actually find it bland. In Private Truths, Public Lies Kuran argues convincingly that the phenomenon not only is ubiquitous but has huge social and political consequences. Drawing on diverse intellectual traditions, i...

This volume explores emerging patterns of migration from Central Asia to underrepresented destinations such as Australia, Japan, South Korea, Nordic countries, and Türkiye. It critically examines diverse dimensions of mobility—labor migration, student migration, return migration, gendered experiences, diaspora activism, digital media, and host country responses—through empirically grounded and theoretically rich chapters. Drawing on in-depth case studies and fieldwork, this volume contribu...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, CASC 2026, held in Bath, UK, during August 31–September 4, 2026.The 21 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 28submissions. The CASC workshop series has been running for over two decades to explore the interaction of Computer Algebra Systems and the underlying algorithms for Symbolic Computation, as well as their implem...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, CASC 2025, which took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during November 24–28, 2025.The 22 full papers and included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. They focus on all aspects of computer algebra, symbolic computation, scientific computing, and related fields, alongside the country’s strategic focus on advancing rese...

Robotic spine surgery is one of the fastest growing segments of the spine surgery market. Surgeons specialising in spine surgery are highly motivated to learn and improve their understanding of the indications,application,and future clinical scope of using new technological platforms. Spinal surgeons face time pressures but are hungry for new ways to effectively treat patients. This book presents information in the case study format. By using examples of surgical cases of an advanced natur...