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This book proposes a conceptualisation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements as a form of international organisations, exploring the ways in which they have expanded over time by discussing the nuances of authority in global governance. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations and international law.

Recent Advances in Internet of Things Security discusses the critical importance of robust security frameworks to protect Internet of Things ecosystems against various cyber threats. It highlights the security risks associated with Internet of Things devices and applications and present a variety of potential solutions.

Using the investigation of criminal culture as an example application, this edited volume presents a novel approach to agent-based simulation: interpretive agent-based social simulation as a methodological and transdisciplinary approach to examining the potential of qualitative data and methods for agent-based modelling (ABM).

The fast-growing number of patients suffering from various ailments has overstretched the carrying capacity of traditional healthcare systems. This handbook addresses the increased need to tackle security issues and preserve patients' privacy concerns in AIoMT devices and systems.

This handbook takes a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of the processes, conditions, and activities that hold the potential to control corruption.

This book emphasizes fundamental concepts of biomaterials science, structure-property relationships and processing methods, and biological responses in biomedical engineering. It focuses on recent advancements in biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering, wound healing, drug delivery, cancer treatments, bioimaging, and theranostics.

Die Möglichkeit, Berufstätigkeit und Pflege miteinander zu vereinbaren, ist ein entscheidender Faktor zur Sicherstellung der Betreuung Pflegebedürftiger. Aktuell werden mehr als die Hälfte der Pflegebedürftigen zu Hause durch Angehörige betreut.Für die Übernahme der Pflege durch Angehörige ist insbesondere die finanzielle Situation von Pflegebedürftigem und pflegendem Angehörigen von Bedeutung. Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchtet die Arbeit die Regelungen des Familienpflegezeitgesetzes näher.Zunächst wird der Rechtsanspruch auf Familienpflegezeit hinsichtlich seiner Verfassungsmäßigkeit geprüft und die Rechtfertigung des Eingriffs in Art. 12 Abs. 1 GG durch Art. 6 Abs. 1 GG und Art. 3 Abs. 2 GG herausgearbeitet. Der Vorschlag zu einer künftigen, effizienteren Finanzierung der Familienpflegezeit nimmt vertieft die Finanzierung durch Steuermittel in Anlehnung an das Elterngeld sowie eine Finanzierung im Rahmen der sozialen Pflegeversicherung in den Blick.

A chronological account of the life and career of Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, who rose to be British India's Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and of Burma. The work also serves as a means to assess British intentions towards India at a critical time with the brewing of Indian nationalism.

This book explores how the financial sector in the UK operates fraud databases to help combat fraud, and to explain the phenomenon of 'debanking'. It offers a practical slant to the theory behind the secretive counter-fraud and money-laundering investigation techniques, technology, and practices employed by financial organisations.

Comprehensive treatment of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and employment rights.

This book considers the ways in which the concept of the Rule of Law will need to evolve in order to ensure that the exercise of power by Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not become arbitrary and does not proceed unchecked. It presents the Rule of Law and its impact on the past and the present; it considers what AI is, what it does, and what it might become in future; and it looks at how AI will need to be harnessed to allow power to be exercised more effectively in the future. The book argues that the Rule of Law has for centuries been the concept that protects against the arbitrary exercise of power. However, the exercise of power by AI unchecked by humans strains the concept's ability to provide this protection.

This handbook identifies the key issues facing the police and safety governance across the globe and offers insights into the implications for policing theory and practice, proposing solutions to some of the most intransigent problems facing contemporary societies.

This handbook provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of global land and resource grabbing.

This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.