Today's Christian Church is mired in a culture of personal preferences, consumerism, turf wars and top-heavy, self-perpetuating hierarchies. Can God's Church be freed from this unseeable quagmire of opposing forces--this 21st century dragon? Pastor Nathan Martin is ready to try. Can he identify his dragon? Can it be slain? His quest exemplifies the quandary of God's willing-but-stuck heroes and heroines everywhere, who ask themselves, "Where's my dragon?"

Recent advancements in medical and industrial Internet of Things have raised security concerns, as vulnerabilities can impact critical systems, workflows, privacy, and safety. The window of vulnerability, ranging from days to months, allows attackers to exploit weaknesses before patches are applied. Manual mitigation is time-consuming, especially when specific component versions are affected.To address this, a multi-modal security architecture was developed, dividing complex systems...

Ob im privaten Umfeld, in der Arbeit oder im öffentlichen Leben – alles wird digital. Der technologische Fortschritt birgt enorme Chancen, aber auch große Risiken. Welche gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen bringt dieser Fortschritt mit sich? Welche Rolle spielen ethische Überlegungen? Was ist zu beachten, damit die digitale Revolution dem Wohl der Menschen dient? Experteninnen und Experten aus unterschiedlichsten Bereichen, darunter Informatik, Wirtschaft, Soziologie und Philosophie, ste...

Dieses Werk umfasst Beiträge von 31 prominenten Juristinnen und Juristen aus Kanzleien, Unternehmen und Personalberatung rund um das Thema „Wie werde ich Partner in einer Anwaltskanzlei?“ Im Focus stehen dabei die bereits etablierten Partnerinnen und Partner aus internationalen Wirtschaftskanzleien, aber auch aus Kanzleien mittlerer Größe, aus Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz und USA. Die Palette reicht von erfahrenen, langjährigen Partnern bis zu eher frisch gekürten. Die Verfasser vermit...

Everything is digital – whether it concerns the private sphere, work or public life. The technological progress involves both enormous chances and great risks. What are the social challenges we face? Which role does ethics play? Will the digital revolution necessarily serve the common good?Experts from various fields, among them computer science, economy, sociology and philosophy, address these questions and contribute to a necessary critical dialogue.

This five-volume set LNCS 15520-15524 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2025, held in Nara, Japan, January 8–10, 2025.The 135 full papers and 41 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 348 submissions. The MMM conference was organized in topics related to multimedia modelling, particularly: audio, image, video processing, coding and compression; multimodal analysis for retrieval ...

This five-volume set LNCS 15520-15524 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2025, held in Nara, Japan, January 8–10, 2025.The 135 full papers and 41 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 348 submissions. The MMM conference was organized in topics related to multimedia modelling, particularly: audio, image, video processing, coding and compression; multimodal analysis for retrieval ...

This five-volume set LNCS 15520-15524 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2025, held in Nara, Japan, January 8–10, 2025.The 135 full papers and 41 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 348 submissions. The MMM conference was organized in topics related to multimedia modelling, particularly: audio, image, video processing, coding and compression; multimodal analysis for retrieval ...

This five-volume set LNCS 15520-15524 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2025, held in Nara, Japan, January 8–10, 2025.The 135 full papers and 41 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 348 submissions. The MMM conference was organized in topics related to multimedia modelling, particularly: audio, image, video processing, coding and compression; multimodal analysis for retrieval ...

This five-volume set LNCS 15520-15524 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2025, held in Nara, Japan, January 8–10, 2025.The 135 full papers and 41 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 348 submissions. The MMM conference was organized in topics related to multimedia modelling, particularly: audio, image, video processing, coding and compression; multimodal analysis for retrieval ...