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Neusner on Judaism Volume 1: History

Neusner on Judaism Volume 1: History

Jacob Neusner has published more than 1000 books and articles scholarly and academic popular and journalistic and is one of the most published humanities scholars in the world. Over a period of fifty years he has made significant insightful and challenging contributions to the study of Rabbinic Judaism particularly in the disciplines covered in the three volumes which make up Neusner on Judaism: the study of history (volume 1) literature (volume 2) and religion and theology (volume 3). These unique volumes of selective writings by Jacob Neusner with new introductions by the author offer scholars an invaluable resource in the field of Judaic Studies. | Neusner on Judaism Volume 1: History

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An Introduction to Existential Coaching How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients Live with Greater Awareness Courage and Ownership

An Introduction to Existential Coaching How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients Live with Greater Awareness Courage and Ownership

In An Introduction to Existential Coaching Yannick Jacob provides an accessible and practical overview of existential thought and its value for coaches and clients. Jacob begins with an introduction to coaching as a powerful tool for change growth understanding and transformation before exploring existential philosophy and how it may be integrated into coaching practice. The book goes on to examine key themes in existentialism and how they show up in the coaching space including practical models as well as their application to organisations and leadership. Jacob concludes by evaluating ethical dimensions of working existentially and offers guidance on how to establish an existential coaching practice including how to gain clients and build relationships with strategic partners. With reflective questions exercises interventions and activities throughout An Introduction to Existential Coaching will be invaluable for anyone wanting to live and work at greater depth or to succeed as an existential coach. Accessibly written and with a wide selection of references and resources An Introduction to Existential Coaching is a vital guide for coaches in training as well as an inspiring addition to the repertoir of experienced practitioners. It serves academics and students to understand existential philosophy and allows professionals with coaching responsibilities to access more meaningful conversations. | An Introduction to Existential Coaching How Philosophy Can Help Your Clients Live with Greater Awareness Courage and Ownership

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American Security and the Global War on Terror

American Security and the Global War on Terror

This book delivers an interpretive framework for making sense of today’s geopolitical landscape and casts new light on the impact ideology and technology have had on American foreign policy and contemporary security practices. Edwin Daniel Jacob argues that America’s security practices in the Global War on Terror have been guided by an anachronistic Cold War logic that has subordinated strategy to tactics. Jacob shows that deep-rooted prejudices and presuppositions regarding American exceptionalism have had a disastrous impact on the policies of the United States not only in dealing with terrorism but also in seeking to impose American hegemony in the Middle East. Ineffectual security practices of dubious moral character from rendition and torture to preemptive strikes and nation building to drones and assassinations privilege exigency over ethics. Yet the result of this “post-strategic” approach to security where interchangeable tactics like these masquerade as strategy only increases insecurity. Jacob offers a fresh perspective on American foreign policy that links national security with human security in regional terms. This approach highlights the need for order predictability and stability—the cornerstone of political realism. Making use of insights derived from Machiavelli Hobbes Marx Weber Schmitt and Morgenthau this interdisciplinary work provides an overview of American foreign policy in the twenty-first century and speaks to crucial themes in the fields of history political science and sociology. | American Security and the Global War on Terror

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Studies in the Theory of International Trade

Studies in the Theory of International Trade

In this book originally published in 1937 Jacob Viner traces in a series of studies of contemporary source-material the evolution of the modern orthodox theory of international trade from its beginnings in the revolt against English mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries through the English currency and tariff controversies of the 19th century to the late 20th century. The author offers a detailed examination of controversies in the technical literature centering on important propositions of the classical and neo-classical economists relating to the theory of the mechanism of international trade and the theory of gain from trade. | Studies in the Theory of International Trade

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Literary Interventions in the Campaign Biography

Literary Interventions in the Campaign Biography

Literary Interventions in the Campaign Biography considers campaign biographies written by major authors including Nathaniel Hawthorne William Dean Howells Lew Wallace Jacob Riis and Rose Wilder Lane. Whereas a number of cultural historians have previously considered campaign biographies to be marginal or isolated from the fictional output of these figures this volume revisits the biographies in order to understand better how they inform and are informed by seismic shifts in the literary landscape. The book illuminates the intersection of American literature and politics while charting how the Presidency has developed in the public imagination. In so doing it poses questions of increasing significance about how we understand the office as well as its occupants today.

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The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics

The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics

The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics provides a state-of-the-art overview of the wide breadth of research in pragmatics. An introductory section outlines a brief history the main issues and key approaches and perspectives in the field followed by a thought-provoking introductory chapter on interdisciplinarity by Jacob L. Mey. A further thirty-eight chapters cover both traditional and newer areas of pragmatic research divided into four sections: Methods and modalities Established fields Pragmatics across disciplines Applications of pragmatic research in today’s world. With accessible refreshing descriptions and discussions and with a look towards future directions this Handbook is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates postgraduates and researchers in pragmatics within English language and linguistics and communication studies.

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Systemic Diagnosis The Application of Family Systems Theory

Systemic Diagnosis The Application of Family Systems Theory

Systemic Diagnosis: An Application of Family Systems Theory helps marriage and family therapists incorporate theory-driven assessment and diagnosis into their practice demonstrating how they can diagnose systems not just individuals. This introductory textbook argues that theory and diagnosis are key to providing excellent care in family therapy. Rooted in family systems theory Jacob B. Priest offers readers a model to diagnosis the history structure and boundaries of family systems. Chapters begin by looking at traditional and relational models of diagnosis before diving into systemic diagnosis. Readers are introduced to the EPIC assessment and guided on how to use it in their practice. Filled with case studies throughout the book also includes digital content so students can practice a diagnosis process rooted in family systems theory. Designed to be used on COAMFTE accredited programs this book is essential for couple and family therapy students who are taking courses in assessment and mental health diagnosis and treatment. | Systemic Diagnosis The Application of Family Systems Theory

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Woman in Italy From the Introduction of the Chivalrous Service of Love to the Appearance of the Professional Actress

Woman in Italy From the Introduction of the Chivalrous Service of Love to the Appearance of the Professional Actress

First published in 1910 this study in social evolution from the 13th to the 16th century functioned as a successor to Jacob Burckhardt’s The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). The author developed Burckhardt’s idea of studying continuous trends over time whilst challenging his idea that Early Modern women enjoyed extraordinary freedom in comparison to their Medieval predecessors. Boulting contrasts the idealization of women with real women at home and in life portraying women as expanding from protective bondage due to economic progress alongside what contemporary scholars saw as the degeneration of the Catholic Faith during and following the Counter Reformation. He explores various roles of Renaissance women including maidens married women housewives motherhood widowhood styles of dress nuns saints courtesans and academics. In doing so Boulting hoped to demonstrate how very substantial yet how wholly partial the emergence of women was during this Late Medieval and Early Modern period and that this coincided with the complete amelioration of humanity and an increase in kindliness and sense of duty among both men and women. | Woman in Italy From the Introduction of the Chivalrous Service of Love to the Appearance of the Professional Actress

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Colonial Slavery An Abridged Translation

Colonial Slavery An Abridged Translation

Jacob Gorender's (1923–2013) 1978 book Colonial Slavery (O Escravismo Colonial) comes alive for English language readers thanks to Bernd Reiter and Alejandro Reyes's brilliant translation. Gorender argued that slave-holding societies produced an economic system sui generis not fitting into any of the established societal categories offered by Karl Marx and Max Weber. As such Gorender proposed a theory of colonial slavery as the structuring force of slave-holding societies. For him slave-holding societies are different from other societies in that slavery structured them differently. This is of the utmost relevance to this day as it allows for a new and different way to explain contemporary racial inequalities in post-slavery societies. An accomplished interpreter of Brazilian social formation Gorender was motivated by the need to understand the historical roots of class domination and the emergence of Brazilian capitalist society. His presentation of rich historical data rigorous theoretical and analytical framework and militant action as an active member of the Brazilian Communist Party are the hallmarks of his writing. Colonial Slavery: An Abridged Translation is a must-read for researchers teachers and students of history sociology economics politics as well as activists of the Black movement and other movements committed to anti-racism. | Colonial Slavery An Abridged Translation

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Project CHANGE Pedagogical Tools to Identify and Respond to Giftedness in the Early Years

Project CHANGE Pedagogical Tools to Identify and Respond to Giftedness in the Early Years

This book assists teachers in providing curriculum to identify gifted students of diversity in the early years without the formal use of traditional measures of ability. Appropriate for small and large group settings the pedagogical tools and lessons in this book provide young students with teaching and learning experiences designed to uncover and promote behaviors associated with the concept of giftedness. The product of a five-year research grant funded by a U. S. Department of Education Jacob K. Javits grant and aligned with grade-specific standards the tools in this book reinforce both the introduction and application of word meaning curiosity problem solving and creativity as components to learn and apply across subject areas. The nature and format of each lesson follows a distinctly articulated pattern outlining both its purpose and specific procedures that define how to integrate the content into basic curriculum to achieve academic social and emotional goals. This book is a must-read for educators interested in providing all students with teaching and learning opportunities that promote self-identity and develop and sustain interests abilities and potential in the critical early years. | Project CHANGE Pedagogical Tools to Identify and Respond to Giftedness in the Early Years

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Photography A Critical Introduction

Photography A Critical Introduction

Now in its sixth edition this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses it provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing. Individual chapters cover: • Key debates in photographic theory and history • Documentary photography and photojournalism • Personal and popular photography • Photography and the human body • Photography and commodity culture • Photography as art. This revised and updated edition includes new case studies on topics such as: Black Lives Matter and the racialised body; the #MeToo movement; materialism and embodiment; nation branding; and an extended critical discussion of landscape as genre. Illustrated with over 100 colour and black and white photographs it features work from Bill Brandt Susan Derges Rineke Dijkstra Fran Herbello Hannah Höch Mari Katayama Sant Khalsa Karen Knorr Dorothea Lange Susan Meiselas Lee Miller Ingrid Pollard Jacob Riis Alexander Rodchenko Andres Serrano Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall. A fully updated resource information including guides to public archives and useful websites full glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography plus additional resources at routledgetextbooks. com/textbooks/9780367222758/ make this an ideal introduction to the field. | Photography A Critical Introduction

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Introduction to Sensors for Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Introduction to Sensors for Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Sensors are all around us. They are in phones cars planes trains robots mils lathes packaging lines chemical plants power plants etc. Modern technology could not exist without sensors. The sensors measure what we need to know and the control system then performs the desired actions. When an engineer builds any machine he or she needs to have basic understanding about sensors. Correct sensors need to be selected for the design right from the start. The designer needs to think about the ranges required accuracy sensor cost wiring correct installation and placement etc. Without the basic knowledge of sensors fundamental no machine can be built successfully today. The objective of this book is to provide the basic knowledge to electrical and mechanical engineers engineering students and hobbyist from the field of sensors to help them with the selection of “proper” sensors for their designs. No background knowledge in electrical engineering is required all the necessary basics are provided. The book explains how a sensor works in what ranges it can be used with what accuracy etc. It also provides examples of industrial application for selected sensors. The book covers all the major variables in mechanical engineering such as temperature force torque pressure humidity position speed acceleration etc. The approach is always as follows: - Explain how the sensor works what is the principle - Explain in what ranges and with what accuracy it can work - Describe its properties with charts eventually equations - Give examples of such sensors including application examples | Introduction to Sensors for Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

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Recent Trends in Computational Intelligence and Its Application Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Trends in Informat

Recent Trends in Computational Intelligence and Its Application Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Trends in Informat

The increase in computing power and sensor data has driven Information Technology on end devices such as smart phones or automobiles. The widespread application of IT across the globe includes manufacturing engineering retail e-commerce health care education financial services banking space exploration politics (to help predict the sentiments of voter demographics) etc. The papers in this conference proceeding examine and discuss various interdisciplinary researches that could accelerate the advent of Information Technology. | Recent Trends in Computational Intelligence and Its Application Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Trends in Informat

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Critics Not Caretakers Redescribing the Public Study of Religion

Critics Not Caretakers Redescribing the Public Study of Religion

The essays collected together in Critics Not Caretakers argue that the study of religion must be rethought as an ordinary aspect of social historical existence a stance that makes the scholar of religion a critic of cultural and historical practices rather than a caretaker of religious tradition or a font of timeless wisdom and deep meaning. The book begins with several essays that outline the basis of an alternative sociorhetorical approach to studying religion before moving on to a series of discrete dispatches from the ongoing theory wars each of which uses the work of such writers as Karen Armstrong Walter Burkert Benson Saler and Jacob Neusner as a point of entry into wider theoretical issues of importance to the field’s future. The author then examines the socio-political role of this brand of critical scholarship—a role that differs dramatically from the type of sympathetic caretaking generally associated with scholars of religion who feel compelled to “go public. ” Concluding the work is a consideration of how scholars as teachers can address issues of theory method and critical thinking in a variety of undergraduate classrooms—the location where they have always been publicly accountable intellectuals. The new edition of this still read and for some controversial book preserves the original essays but includes a new opening chapter and new introductory commentaries across all of the chapters to demonstrate how little the field has changed since the volume was first published in 2001. Accordingly the book continues to provide a viable alternative for those wanting to take a more critical approach to the study of religion. | Critics Not Caretakers Redescribing the Public Study of Religion

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The Filmmaker's Eye Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

The Filmmaker's Eye Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

This fully revised and updated edition of the classic book on cinematic composition provides readers with the necessary skills and technical know-how to create polished and narratively eloquent images using a unique approach that combines an analytical technical and aesthetic understanding of the essential visual grammar of the shot. Containing well over a hundred full-color case studies this second edition was expanded to include brand-new shot types and was completely updated to reflect developments in filmmaking technology and practices including the DSLR revolution the advent of mirrorless and compact cinema cameras improvements in CMOS sensor performance the introduction of 4K and higher video resolutions and drone cinematography. The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition 2nd edition is essential reading for anyone with an interest in motion media and cinematic storytelling including independent filmmakers directors producers cinematographers editors as well as those studying filmmaking media aesthetics and film studies. | The Filmmaker's Eye Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

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The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth

The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth

In The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology: The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth Inácio Cunha explores the motif of lower limbs by amplifying their symbolism from a wide range of source materials including an intriguing statuette from prehistoric Brazilian culture. Taking a Jungian perspective Cunha gathers and compares rich material from different historical anthropological and mythological viewpoints as well as from fetish dreams fairy tales and physical symptoms. Noticing how often the subject of legs and feet manifested in his analytical practice not only as symptoms but also as dreams and fantasies Cunha set out to deeply scrutinize our symbolic understanding of these body segments. By observing the lower limbs in the context of evolution and their occurrence in mythology he proposes a parallel between the evolution in the manner of walking in different species and the development of consciousness. Cunha also surveys dreams relating to these body parts in multiple manifestations as part of complexes fantasies and fetishes and through the description of physical marks spots and injuries. Mythological icons such as Ulysses Achilles Oedipus Jacob and others are utilized to amplify the meaning of the feet and legs as far as their psychological meaning is concerned. The book also explores the lower limbs as a sign of creativity and projection of creative power before moving to investigate a clay icon from a pre-Columbian indigenous tribe the Tapajó: an ancient statuette of a girl with her left big toe in her mouth. Cunha analyzes the relevance of this image as an archetypal pattern occurring not only in his clinical work— in clients’ dreams and physical and emotional issues related to their lower limbs—but also in other cultures’ depictions of the left toe in stories and images. The utilization of material gathered in his extensive research from multiple sources characterizes the method of amplification advocated in analytical psychology as a possibility to extract symbolic meaning of a given image. The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology: The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth is an original overview of a rarely examined part of analytical psychology and symbolism and will have great appeal to Jungian analysts analytical psychologists and psychotherapists interested in somatic psychosomatic and symbolical understanding. It will also be of interest to academics and students of Jungian studies psychotherapy mythology anthropology history and symbolism. | The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth

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Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Diagnostics: Test don’t guess. Learn all the skills you need to pass Level 3 and 4 Vehicle Diagnostics courses from IMI City & Guilds and BTEC as well as ASE AUR and other higher-level qualifications. Along with 25 new real-life case studies this fifth edition of Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis includes new content on diagnostic tools and equipment: VCDS decade boxes scanners pass through sensor simulators break out boxes multimeter updates for HV use and more . It explains the fundamentals of vehicle systems and components and it examines diagnostic principles and the latest techniques employed in effective vehicle maintenance and repair. Diagnostics or faultfinding is an essential part of an automotive technician's work and as automotive systems become increasingly complex there is a greater need for good diagnostic skills. Ideal for students included throughout the text are useful definitions key facts and ‘safety first’ notes. This text will also assist experienced technicians to further improve their performance and keep up with recent industry developments. | Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis Automotive Technology: Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

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Social Sensing and Big Data Computing for Disaster Management

Social Sensing and Big Data Computing for Disaster Management

Social Sensing and Big Data Computing for Disaster Management captures recent advancements in leveraging social sensing and big data computing for supporting disaster management. Specifically analysed within this book are some of the promises and pitfalls of social sensing data for disaster relevant information extraction impact area assessment population mapping occurrence patterns geographical disparities in social media use and inclusion in larger decision support systems. Traditional data collection methods such as remote sensing and field surveying often fail to offer timely information during or immediately following disaster events. Social sensing enables all citizens to become part of a large sensor network which is low cost more comprehensive and always broadcasting situational awareness information. However data collected with social sensing is often massive heterogeneous noisy and unreliable in some aspects. It comes in continuous streams and often lacks geospatial reference information. Together these issues represent a grand challenge toward fully leveraging social sensing for emergency management decision making under extreme duress. Meanwhile big data computing methods and technologies such as high-performance computing deep learning and multi-source data fusion become critical components of using social sensing to understand the impact of and response to the disaster events in a timely fashion. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Digital Earth.

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Capturing the Universe A Photographer’s Guide to Deep-Sky Imaging

Capturing the Universe A Photographer’s Guide to Deep-Sky Imaging

This book provides a thorough introduction to and exploration of deep sky astrophotography for the digital photographer. With over 280 images graphs and tables this introductory book uses a progressive and practical style to teach readers how to image the night sky using existing affordable equipment. The book opens with a brief astronomy primer followed by chapters that build progressively to explain the challenges offer solutions and provide invaluable information on equipment choice through image capture calibration and processing in affordable software. The book’s focus ranges from how to image sweeping vistas and star trails using only a camera body lens and tripod to more advanced methods suitable for imaging galaxies clusters nebulae and stars. Other features of the book include: Real-world assignments showing how and when to use certain tools and how to overcome challenges and setbacks Practical construction projects Evaluations of the most recent developments in affordable hardware and software Exploration on how sensor performance and light pollution relate to image quality and exposure planning Ground-breaking practical chapters on lucky imaging and choosing and using the latest CMOS cameras Written in an accessible easy to follow format this comprehensive guide equips readers with all the necessary skills to progress from photographer to astrophotographer. | Capturing the Universe A Photographer’s Guide to Deep-Sky Imaging

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Cryptography Theory and Practice

Cryptography Theory and Practice

Through three editions Cryptography: Theory and Practice has been embraced by instructors and students alike. It offers a comprehensive primer for the subject’s fundamentals while presenting the most current advances in cryptography. The authors offer comprehensive in-depth treatment of the methods and protocols that are vital to safeguarding the seemingly infinite and increasing amount of information circulating around the world. Key Features of the Fourth Edition:New chapter on the exciting emerging new area of post-quantum cryptography (Chapter 9). New high-level nontechnical overview of the goals and tools of cryptography (Chapter 1). New mathematical appendix that summarizes definitions and main results on number theory and algebra (Appendix A). An expanded treatment of stream ciphers including common design techniques along with coverage of Trivium. Interesting attacks on cryptosystems including:padding oracle attackcorrelation attacks and algebraic attacks on stream ciphersattack on the DUAL-EC random bit generator that makes use of a trapdoor. A treatment of the sponge construction for hash functions and its use in the new SHA-3 hash standard. Methods of key distribution in sensor networks. The basics of visual cryptography allowing a secure method to split a secret visual message into pieces (shares) that can later be combined to reconstruct the secret. The fundamental techniques cryptocurrencies as used in Bitcoin and blockchain. The basics of the new methods employed in messaging protocols such as Signal including deniability and Diffie-Hellman key ratcheting. | Cryptography Theory and Practice

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The Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics Integrated Platforms and Industry Use Cases

The Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics Integrated Platforms and Industry Use Cases

This book comprehensively conveys the theoretical and practical aspects of IoT and big data analytics with the solid contributions from practitioners as well as academicians. This book examines and expounds the unique capabilities of the big data analytics platforms in capturing cleansing and crunching IoT device/sensor data in order to extricate actionable insights. A number of experimental case studies and real-world scenarios are incorporated in this book in order to instigate our book readers. This bookAnalyzes current research and development in the domains of IoT and big data analyticsGives an overview of latest trends and transitions happening in the IoT data analytics spaceIllustrates the various platforms processes patterns and practices for simplifying and streamlining IoT data analytics The Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics: Integrated Platforms and Industry Use Cases examines and accentuates how the multiple challenges at the cusp of IoT and big data can be fully met. The device ecosystem is growing steadily. It is forecast that there will be billions of connected devices in the years to come. When these IoT devices resource-constrained as well as resource-intensive interact with one another locally and remotely the amount of multi-structured data generated collected and stored is bound to grow exponentially. Another prominent trend is the integration of IoT devices with cloud-based applications services infrastructures middleware solutions and databases. This book examines the pioneering technologies and tools emerging and evolving in order to collect pre-process store process and analyze data heaps in order to disentangle actionable insights. | The Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics Integrated Platforms and Industry Use Cases

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