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The aim of this Special Issue was to update readers with the latest research in different areas of orthodontics, with an emphasis on diagnostic and therapeutic advances to widen our knowledge and support scientific and clinical activities. In recent…

Artificial intelligence (AI), which is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, is having a growing impact on healthcare. Via AI, researchers can provide new approaches to merge, analyze, and process complex “big data” and gain…

Biomaterials can be used as implantable devices or drug delivery platforms with a significant influence on a patients’ quality of life. Indeed, every year a substantial number of new biomaterials and scaffolding systems are engineered and introduced…

In Dividing the Public, Matthew Gardner Kelly takes aim at the racial and economic disparities that characterize public education funding in the United States. With California as his focus, Kelly illustrates that the use of local taxes to fund public…

Bone is a specialized connective tissue with the ability to regenerate following injury and trauma. However, when the extension of bone loss exceeds the regenerative capacity of tissue, additional treatments are required; these have been investigated…

Before the U.S. campaign finance system can be fixed, we first have to understand why it has developed into the system as it exists today. The nature of democracy itself, the American capitalist economic system, the content of the U.S. Constitution…

The present volume uses a comparative regional approach to analyze how permacrisis—an extended period of instability and insecurity—has been experienced and dealt with in the European Union (EU) and Latin America. Written by academicians and policy…

This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to coordinate the work of…

As anti-globalization and geopolitical tensions continue to rise, the use of local content requirements (LCRs) around the world has become more noticeable than ever before. The reasons for adopting LCRs range from ensuring domestic supply…

Businesses have faced a variety of difficulties as a result of the global pandemic, and how they responded to this disruption has affected both their resilience and their ability to get through this crisis. Digital technologies have played a crucial…