Books published by IGI Global

The design and development of renewable energy systems remain a challenge. This book focuses on nature-inspired computing approaches which offer the most prevailing solutions. As such, it provides new solutions to the renewable energy domain.

Focuses on various applications of artificial intelligence in additive manufacturing, such as aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products, industrial products, medical devices and more. The book not only highlights the latest research status in the domain but also identifies future scope of work for the field of manufacturing.

Moves beyond the theoretical areas of FinTech to comprehensively explore the recent FinTech initiative in RCEP scenarios with respect to processes, strategies, challenges, lessons learned, as well as outcomes. In addition, the book highlights in new business models, applications, processes, products, or services.

Addresses the impact and power of technology driven approaches for prevention and detection of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death. The book provides insights on causes and symptoms of SCA and SCD and evaluates whether AI Technologies can improve the accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction.

Many teachers had not taught online prior to COVID-19. This book develops online teaching practices for teachers and students in order to receive the highest benefit from their education. This book focuses on remote learning for early childhood and elementary classrooms.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the basic fundamental science of low temperature plasma (FS-LTP) knowledge required for the practice of medical physics in modern medicine. The book covers a broad range of topics, including plasma oncology and plasma medicine.

Summarizes current cybersecurity guidance and provides a compendium of innovative and state-of-the-art compliance and assurance practices and tools that can function both as a reference and pedagogical source for practitioners and educators.

The main goal of this book is to show how to put Virtual Reality in action by linking academic and informatics researchers with professionals who use and need VR in their day-a-day work, with a special focus on healthcare professionals and related areas.

Identifies strategies of SMEs that have recovered and how they recovered for preparation for future crises and other external impacts. The book showcases the resulting impact of external events, such as an environmental impact, and other impacts like the COVID-19 pandemic, on businesses and educational entities.

Explores language with technology, focusing on the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context and sharing with educators how the effective use of technology can bring a positive transformation to the class dynamics and the students' learning process.

Reflects on the challenges that higher education has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated projected socio-economic impact, how different universities have addressed challenges and learnt from what has or has not worked, and speculates on future implications for a vision of a new higher education sector in a changing world.

Addresses communication and politics and the impact on democracy. The book offers a valuable contribution regarding the challenges and threats faced by traditional and stable democracies while disinformation, polarization, and populism have a main role in the present hybrid communicative scenario.

Offers a comprehensive overview of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from a business and economics perspective. The book provides theoretical and empirical analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing multinational enterprises and their foreign direct investment activities abroad in relation to BRI.

Focuses on understanding creativity and innovation and how education can develop these cognitive abilities and skills, and on how education can be improved to meet future challenges and demands using creativity and innovation.

Brings together the topics of digital transformation, information technologies, new management strategies and digital practices in human resources and new forms of work. At the same time, the book provides theoretical infrastructure to share the latest empirical research findings within management, AI and digital business functions and strategies.

Discusses ways of promoting active student learning and unique experiences through indigenous scholarship and studies among contemporary college students. The book provides an understanding of the essential link between practices for incorporating island indigenous curriculum, strategies for effective student learning, and course design.

Offers insight into the information parents will need to support their Autistic child from their first day of school until their last. Each chapter provides knowledge regarding a critical aspect of parenting, including specific steps, potential challenges, and research about different aspects of the Autistic individual's academic experience.

Unpacks the developing new world order in an era of politics that seemingly eschews globalization and international cooperation. This book is especially of interest to political science departments, those interested in the 2020 campaign, international relations scholars/students and more.

Provides a comprehensive overview of research conducted into the role of information and the media during times of international crises, particularly examining the COVID-19 pandemic. This book provides a better understanding of how to use the media as a tool for managing pandemics in the event of future global health crises.

Examines the relationship between microfinance and sustainable economic development in Africa through industry experts, experienced researchers and policymakers. The focus is on Sub-Saharan Africa, which has witnessed an increase in microfinance institutions. Theoretical and empirical insight is provided.

Presents research on food safety practices investigated within food service establishments. The findings generated from these studies will help the food industry pinpoint the risks and non-compliance relating to food safety practices thus to improve practices in preventing food borne illnesses from occurring.

Examines the ability of an area and its communities to recover quickly from difficulties; the rigidness and resistance of an area and its communities to possible crisis; the ability of an area, its communities, infrastructure, and business to spring back into shape; and the responsiveness and mitigation towards the crisis.

Presents the main results of quantitative research on the study of the collaboration established between museum and school, and the didactic planning of school visits to museums from the perspective of museum educators and teachers who visit two Spanish archaeological museums with their school group.

Presents unique cases from Middle Eastern patients that are very rare in other countries and cases not included in other literature on this topic. The book includes over 600 pictures of different corneal ulcers/keratitis, including before and after treatment photos over 10 years of practice.

Describes the development of the high-performance finance function (HPFF) framework (based on a literature review of current trends in finance functions and a survey of financial professionals), and explores the experiences, lessons learned and results achieved by finance functions that have transformed themselves into HPFFs using the framework.

Unlike initial political communication studies, this book is not about examining established political structures. Rather, it recognises and explores the impact and intersection of music and politics in society, in this case, various societies in the Asian continent.

Places the emphasis on and increases the bridge of knowledge between information communications technology (ICT), tourism, and culture, considering ICT as the main driver that creates the development environment and enhances the tourist experience in general.

Places the emphasis on and increases the bridge of knowledge between information communications technology (ICT), tourism, and culture, considering ICT as the main driver that creates the development environment and enhances the tourist experience in general.

A comprehensive compendium that analyses the struggles and accomplishments of the LGBTQ+ community with a focus on the current climate around the world and the continued impact to these individuals. Multiple settings are discussed, including education, healthcare, and online communities.