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Water-filtered Infrared A (wIRA) Irradiation: From Research to Clinical Settings
The aim of this open access book is to provide a unique, timely, critical and comprehensive compilation of more than 30 years of robust international experimental and clinical research related to the basic science and therapeutic application of…
Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis: Improving State-of-the-Art Management and Search for Novel Targets
This open access book is supported by the European Atherosclerosis Society Association (EAS). This follow-up edition of the well-received Handbook volume 'Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs' reflects the state-of-the-art and most recent developments in…
Sovereign Debt Sustainability: Multilateral Debt Treatment and the Credit Rating Impasse
In 2020, the G20 proposed a solution for the debt-related issues affecting the world’s poorest countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, their initiatives have failed to meet their objectives. The author argues that the reason for this failure…
Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection
This open access book collects expert contributions on actuarial modelling and related topics, from machine learning to legal aspects, and reflects on possible insurance designs during an epidemic/pandemic. Starting by considering the impulse given…
New Directions in Geometric and Applied Knot Theory
The aim of this book is to present recent results in both theoretical and applied knot theory—which are at the same time stimulating for leading researchers in the field as well as accessible to non-experts. The book comprises recent research results…
Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Real and Complex Domains
This book explores topics in multivariate statistical analysis, relevant in the real and complex domains. It utilizes simplified and unified notations to render the complex subject matter both accessible and enjoyable, drawing from clear exposition…
Investigating Human Interaction through Mathematical Analysis: The Queue Transform
Investigating Human Interaction through Mathematical Analysis offers a new and unique approach to social intragroup interaction by using mathematics and psychophysics to create a mathematical model based on social psychological theories. It draws on…
Security Technologies and Methods for Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection and Mitigation
The rapid growth of the Internet interconnectivity and complexity of communication systems has led us to a significant growth of cyberattacks globally often with severe and disastrous consequences. The swift development of more innovative and…
Humanitarian Journalists : Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone
This book documents the unique reporting practices of humanitarian journalists – an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises. Based on a 5-year study, involving over 150 in-depth interviews,…
The Carbon Chain in Carbon Dioxide Industrial Utilization Technologies
A shift towards implementation of renewable energy has disadvantages, such as power availability, storage capacity, and accompanying costs, and therefore the potential of clean fossil fuel technologies to ensure the stability of electricity…