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This book examines the principles and mechanisms of each type of speech acoustic analysis, step by step, while maintaining a close link between the physiological properties and the acoustic characteristics of phonation. Illustrated with accessible mathe... (Read more)

This book studies formal semantics in modern type theories (MTT-semantics). Compared with simple type theory, MTTs have much richer type structures and provide powerful means for adequate semantic constructions. This offers a serious alternative to the ... (Read more)

In a competitive and complex world, where requirements from different fields are ever-growing, organizations need to be responsible for their actions in their respective markets. However, this responsibility must not be deemed one-time-only but instead ... (Read more)

Organizations, both private and public, are now evolving in a globalized “information society” that has been accelerated by digitization. They find themselves drawn into a spiral of transformations fueled by the incessant reinvention of information and... (Read more)

This book questions the relationship and compatibility between current beliefs in neurology and contemporary textual linguistic theories, interpretative semantics and discourse analysis. It begins with a critical examination of the screenings for Alzhei... (Read more)

The detection of marine pollution requires a scientific and operational response to identify contaminants, chemicals and hydrocarbons, and to support contrasting observations. Remote Detection and Maritime Pollution originates from the proceedings of CE... (Read more)

Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)

Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)

This book was written with the intention of presenting – in an integrated way – the basic knowledge and techniques on which modern digital communication systems are based and how they are implemented in their realization. Digital Communications 1 is... (Read more)

The second volume of these books on digital communications deals with knowledge and skills acquisition. Digital Communications 2 is structured into two parts; the first deals with the tutorial aspect. This is an ordered set of thirty-three problems cove... (Read more)

The cultural sciences are now being re-established as an important paradigm for demanding interdisciplinarity and for considering the responsibility of researchers in their work. Making Sense, Making Science demonstrates the federative relevance of the ... (Read more)

The use of experimental methodology in the field of linguistics has boomed in recent decades. However, implementation of such methods does require an understanding and mastery of specific theoretical and methodological principles. Introduction to Experi... (Read more)

Nursing students’ access to higher education does not mark the beginning of basic scientific research into this discipline, and it is now a struggle for this fact to remain visible. Prejudices, misrepresentations and myths mislead nurses about the ori... (Read more)

Technical superiority is one of the keys to military domination. Thus, defense industries have supported the development of increasingly efficient systems and made significant contributions to technical progress. However, since the late 1980s, defense i... (Read more)

The wild beauty of deserts has always been a source of fascination the world over. Mankind and Deserts 1 – the first of three volumes – describes their location and geographic variety. There are both hot and cold deserts, those at high altitude or thos... (Read more)

Equity crowdfunding is a new way for seed stage start-ups to generate initial capital and, as such, raises questions around the choices made by investors within this area. Understanding it is important for investor protection, as investors are generally un... (Read more)

Since the publication of the first Shanghai ranking in 2003, the international rankings of universities have become ever-more important. This book examines the evolution of higher education systems and the role of universities in contemporary societies, wh... (Read more)

Art and science are not separate universes. This book explores this claim by showing how mathematics, geometry and numerical approaches contribute to the construction of works of art. This applies not only to modern visual artists but also to important ... (Read more)

The brand is the company’s most important asset. In their financial statements, companies are faced with a lack of accounting recognition for the brands they have created, and value recognition for the brands they have acquired. This book studies the nat... (Read more)

This book focuses on near-zero energy buildings (NZEBs), smart communities and microgrids. In this context, demand response (DR) is associated with significant environmental and economic benefits when looking at how electricity grids, communities and build... (Read more)

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply the maximization of a company’s value over time, undertaken because, in the long run, social and environmental problems ultimately become financial problems. The justification for CSR is therefore associate... (Read more)

This book is a compilation of tools, techniques and frameworks for use in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation (E&I) education. Developed and honed over the past two decades, these teaching approaches are combined with well-versed practical insight... (Read more)

This book provides easy access to the basic principles and methods for solving constrained and unconstrained convex optimization problems. Included are sections that cover: basic methods for solving constrained and unconstrained optimization problems with ... (Read more)

The accelerating pace of technological change (AI, cobots, immersive reality, connected objects, etc.) calls for a profound re-examination of how we conduct business. This requires new ways of thinking, acting, organizing and collaborating in our work. ... (Read more)

This book is the first of two volumes on random motions in Markov and semi-Markov random environments. This first volume focuses on homogenous random motions. This volume consists of two parts, the first describing the basic concepts and methods that ha... (Read more)

This book is the second of two volumes on random motions in Markov and semi-Markov random environments. This second volume focuses on high-dimensional random motions. This volume consists of two parts. The first expands many of the results found in Volu... (Read more)

Artificial intelligence, since its birth in the 1950s, has captured the attention of defense agencies around the world; yet it was only after twenty years that it met with real success in the application of expert military systems. Today, artificial intell... (Read more)

I.AM catalyzes the “convergence for good” of the biological, physical and digital worlds, helping us to better tackle the toughest challenges of the 2020s: climate change, resource depletion, an aging population, social inclusion, the empowerment of pe... (Read more)

This book explores, discusses and considers spatial research and its relevant pedagogic perspectives on the crossings, interactions and transformations of contemporary territorialities. The book addresses the issue of conceiving “translocal” spaces of ... (Read more)

As a result of knowledge exchange between the academic and industrial worlds, this book analyzes the process industries impacted by the digital revolution that accompanies the ongoing energy and environmental transitions. Process Industries 2 first disc... (Read more)

Transportation technologies affect the depletion of non-renewable resources and the environment. Beyond organizational and behavioral solutions, improvement of existing technologies or development of new technologies is now a major challenge. After decades... (Read more)

In analyzing the complex link between entrepreneurship, innovation and development in the context of the emerging world, this book offers a holistic reading of this triptych based on a theoretical foundation that is itself subject to controversy: the natio... (Read more)

Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena. In Volume 1, the theoretical foundations relat... (Read more)

This collective work highlights the new challenges facing the French wine industry and the issues that arise from it. Written on the basis of academic work and field studies, conducted by a group of Montpellier academics in Economics and Management Science... (Read more)

Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)

Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)

This book analyzes stochastic evolutionary models under the impulse of diffusion, as well as Markov and semi-Markov switches. Models are investigated under the conditions of classical and non-classical (Levy and Poisson) approximations in addition to jumpi... (Read more)

Educational Studies in the Light of the Feminine analyzes a professional trajectory in which engagement in research is a driving force for development, psychosocial integration and socio-professional commitment. This book promotes the emergence of an et... (Read more)

Current descriptions of the future of humanity suggest that some problems reside in our relationship with technique – what it gives us and takes away from us, what we are with and possibly without it. This book studies the relationship that we have wi... (Read more)

Dimensional analysis is the basis for the determination of laws that allow the experimental results obtained on a model to be transposed to the fluid system at full scale (a prototype). The similarity in fluid mechanics then allows for better redefinition ... (Read more)

This book presents the different models of terrestrial bipedalism, from the most distant – that of the dinosaurs – to the closest – that of the great apes. Comparative biomechanical analysis allows us to identify the functional characteristics of ... (Read more)

Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)

This book, comprising two volumes, has a dual purpose. The first is to introduce a general methodology for solving diffraction problems in geometries constituted of angular regions – The Wiener-Hopf Solution – Theory (Volume 1). The second is to offer ... (Read more)

The current “generalized digitization” of society is influencing the health environment, healthcare organizations as well as actors. In this context, human and social sciences deconstruct, nuance and sometimes even challenge certain preconceived ideas ... (Read more)

Despite a persistent digital divide, the integration and use of information and communication technology (ICT) in African countries is becoming increasingly apparent in various sectors of activity (banking, education, trade, etc.). The increase in ICT rais... (Read more)

The question of using research methods from the humanities and social sciences to investigate cybersecurity currently remains unexplored. For these disciplines, this new, complex and multifaceted phenomenon can be considered from a variety of complementary... (Read more)

Manipulating and processing masses of digital data is never a purely technical activity. It requires an interpretative and exploratory outlook – already well known in the social sciences and the humanities – to convey intelligible results from data ana... (Read more)

By paying attention to entrepreneurs, we can see that the entrepreneurial process is an exciting project that lasts a lifetime. But it won’t always be easy! For entrepreneurs, winning clients can often mean working with or for large groups and organizati... (Read more)

In From Clouds to the Brain, a historical and epistemological journey is retraced. The focus of this book is the history of medical electricity, and it is this journey that is explored, accompanied by a look at electricity’s medical effects on the body, ... (Read more)

This book is a collective volume authored by leading scientists in the field of stochastic modeling for dependent data, associated statistical topics and corresponding applications. These issues are crucial, as we face a growing need for increasingly compl... (Read more)

This book exposes the general concepts and results concerning stability issues, especially for non-conservative systems. It then presents an approach of stability that is different from Lyapunov’s theory and leads to the second-order work criterion (whic... (Read more)