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  • Esports and the Media

    Challenges and Expectations in a Multi-Screen Society

    Edited by Angel Torres-Toukoumidis ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture
    This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. A diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world.Chapters offer a coherent response to the following questions: What role do esports play in the entertainment industry? What communication skills can be ... Read more

    Free

  • Learning Concurrency in Kotlin

    Build highly efficient and scalable applications

    by Miguel Angel Castiblanco Torres ...
    Take advantage of Kotlin\\'s concurrency primitives to write efficient multithreaded applicationsKey FeaturesUnderstand Kotlin’s unique approach to multithreadingLearn how to write concurrent non-blocking code with the help of practical examplesImprove the overall execution speed in multiprocessor and multicore systemsBook DescriptionKotlin is a modern and statically typed programming language ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation, Resilience, Leadership and Sustainability in Higher Education

    Edited by Jesús Martín-Vaquero, Luis Hernández-Álvarez, Antonio González Sánchez, Deolinda M.L.D. Rasteiro, Ion Mierlus Mazilu, Miguel Ángel González de la Torre, Araceli Queiruga-Dios ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book addresses relevant issues related to higher education and sustainable development goals (SDGs). The book has a high degree of originality and brings innovation to the contemporary solution for 21st century higher education, innovative contextualisation and conceptualisation of ICT-enabled critical thinking. It facilitates the achievement of the UN-defined SDGs and introduces ... Read more

    Free

  • Communication and Applied Technologies

    Proceedings of ICOMTA 2022

    Edited by Paulo Carlos López-López, Daniel Barredo, Ángel Torres-Toukoumidis, Andrea De-Santis, Óscar Avilés ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book features selected papers from the International Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies (ICOMTA 2022), jointly organized by the Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia) and the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Cuenca, Ecuador), and as collaborators at the University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain), the University of Santiago de Compostela-Political Research Team (Galicia, Spain ... Read more

    $408.59 CAD

  • The Politics of a Majority-Minority Nation

    Aging, Diversity, and Immigration

    Edited by Jacqueline L. Angel, PhD, Juan Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD ...
    "As the twin demographic shifts of population aging and diversity speed forward in America, it is hard to imagine a timelier or more needed work."- Paul Irving, Chairman, Milken Institute Center for the Future of AgingThis timely and critical book takes on a new phenomenon facing the United States and poses the stark question: Will the United States be prepared by 2050, when its older population ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles

    Values, Design, Production and Consumption

    Edited by Miguel Angel Gardetti, Ana Laura Torres ...
    There is no doubt that the textile industry – the production of clothing, fabrics, thread, fibre and related products – plays a significant part in the global economy. It also frequently operates with disregard to its environmental and social impacts. The textile industry uses large quantities of water and outputs large quantities of waste. As for social aspects, many unskilled jobs have ... Read more

    $82.44 CAD

  • Sustainability in Hospitality

    How Innovative Hotels are Transforming the Industry

    Edited by Miguel Angel Gardetti, Ana Laura Torres ...
    This ground-breaking research represents the most complete collection yet on how the hospitality industry is addressing sustainability and ethical issues. Covering supply chain management, innovative sustainability initiatives, CSR programmes, biologically-respectful tourism and Value Creation, Sustainability in Hospitality: How Innovative Hotels are Transforming the Industry presents valuable ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Global Cities and Immigrants

    A Comparative Study of Chicago and Madrid

    Edited by Francisco Velasco Caballero, María de los Angeles Torres ...
    Series series
    Global Cities and Immigrants provides a detailed set of comparative case studies of the immigration policies of two global cities undergoing dramatic demographic changes. At the heart of this research are several theoretical questions. One is about the increased importance of municipal and local governments in a globalized world, particularly regarding immigrants. As the world globalizes and ... Read more

    $53.79 CAD

  • Sustainable Luxury

    Managing Social and Environmental Performance in Iconic Brands

    Edited by Miguel Angel Gardetti, Ana Laura Torres ...
    Most consumers of luxury products and services use them as status symbols – symbols of success. However, the definition of success – and the way it is perceived by others – is changing. Increasingly, consumers want the brands they use to address growing concerns that luxury products invariably come at a heavy social and environmental cost. The luxury industry faces its biggest challenge yet in ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • Hybrid Algorithms for Service, Computing and Manufacturing Systems: Routing and Scheduling Solutions

    Edited by Jairo R. Montoya-Torres, Angel A. Juan, Luisa Huaccho Huatuco, Javier Faulin, Gloria L. Rodriguez-Verjan ...
    In a global, highly competitive environment, organizations face increasing economic pressure and customer demands for more complex products and services. Hybrid algorithms have the potential to play an important role in helping organizations achieve cost reduction and increased product development. Hybrid Algorithms for Service, Computing and Manufacturing Systems: Routing and Scheduling Solutions ... Read more

    $189.59 CAD

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  • Trump and Political Philosophy

    Leadership, Statesmanship, and Tyranny

    Edited by Angel Jaramillo Torres, Marc Benjamin Sable ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book aims to recover from ancient and modern thinkers valuable arguments about statesmanship, leadership, and tyranny which illuminate reassessments of political science and practice after the election of Donald Trump. Like almost everyone else, contemporary political scientists were blind-sided by the rise of Trump. No one expected a candidate to win who repeatedly violated both political ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Trump and Political Philosophy

    Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism, and Civic Virtue

    Edited by Marc Benjamin Sable, Angel Jaramillo Torres ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book seeks to address the relation of political philosophy and Donald Trump as a political phenomenon through the notions of patriotism, cosmopolitanism, and civic virtue. Political philosophers have been prescient in explaining trends that may explain our political misgivings. Madison warned during the debates on the Constitution that democracies are vulnerable to factions based on passion ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD