The complexities of consumer behavior call for comprehensive and detailed analytical studies. The need for both businesses and academics across the world to understand the behavior of consumers in crisis situations has been clearly illustrated by the Covid pandemic. A New Era of Consumer Behavior - In and Beyond the Pandemic presents research on both theoretical and practical aspects of this topic in three sections: “Digital Shifts in Consumer Behavior”, “Digitalization of Consumer Behavior in the Tourism Sector” and “Consumer Protection and Sustainability”.

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Building on concepts from Science & Technology Studies, Simon David Hirsbrunner investigates practices and infrastructures of computer modeling and science communication in climate impact research. The book characterizes how scientists calculate future climate risks in computer models and scenarios, but also how they circulate their insights and make them accessible and comprehensible to others. By discussing elements such as infrastructures, visualizations, models, software and data, the chapters show how computational modeling practices are currently changing in light of digital transformations and expectations for an open science. A number of inventive research devices are proposed to capture both the fluidity and viscosity of contemporary digital technology.

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Das weltweit erste Programmpaket zur Implementierung von Achtsamkeitstrainings in die unterschiedlichen Funktionsbereiche von Hochschulen führt die Megatrends Achtsamkeit, Digitalisierung und Transformation zusammen. Das von mehr als 10.000 Studierenden, Lehrenden, Mitarbeitenden und Führenden an Hochschulen und Universitäten in der DACH-Region erprobte Modell adaptiert und verbindet Übungen aus den international anerkannten Achtsamkeitstrainings Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, Dyadentraining und Social Presencing Theater. Die Herausgeber und Projektentwickler beschreiben die Erfolgsgeschichte ihrer Arbeit, ordnen sie kulturpolitisch ein und lassen Fachwissenschaftler:innen aus den Human-, Ingenieur-, Medizin- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften zu Wort kommen. In beeindruckenden Erfahrungsberichten und praxisnahen Detailstudien richten sie sich nicht nur an das akademische Fachpublikum, sondern an alle, die wissen möchten, wie sich Bildung in der digitalen Gesellschaft auf achtsame Weise gestalten lässt. Mit einem Vorwort von Jon Kabat-Zinn sowie mit Beiträgen u.a. von Aldous Huxley, Claus Otto Scharmer, Mike Sandbothe, Reyk Albrecht, Maria Kluge, Nicola Döring und Nils Altner.

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The development of a closed-loop cycle is a necessary condition so as to develop a circular economy model as an alternative to the linear model, in order to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible. For this motive, the definition of the value must be demonstrated for both the environment and the economy. The presence of these analyses should be associated with the social dimension and the human component. A strong cooperation between social and technical profiles is a new challenge for all researchers. End of life of products attract a lot of attention, and the final output could be the production of technologies suitable for managing this waste.

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This Special Issue compiles recent research studies, findings, and accomplishments pertaining to the advanced planning, construction, monitoring, maintenance, and administration of railway infrastructure. Within this collection, a diverse range of innovative and unique research topics is featured, encompassing advanced analytical and numerical simulation methodologies, alongside experimental contributions applied to the field of railway infrastructure. The scientific themes explored in this issue can be outlined as follows: structural integrity; structural condition assessment; automatic damage detection/identification; wayside and onboard monitoring systems; digital twins; model calibration and validation; novel health monitoring; new sensors and technologies (photogrammetry, laser scanning, drones, wireless); computer vision techniques; non-destructive testing (NDT); remote inspection strategies; BIM; Big Data and Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; augmented reality and virtual reality; disaster risk reduction; emergency management; intelligent management systems; condition assessment under extreme load scenarios/climate changes (wind, seismic, flooding, scour). As the Guest Editors, we express our gratitude to all authors who contributed papers to this Special Issue. All the papers published were peer-reviewed by experts in the field, whose insightful comments significantly enhanced the overall quality of the publication.

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The construction industry makes a significant contribution to the global economy. Effective management of construction projects is essential to ensuring timely completion that meets quality standards within a project’s prescribed scope and budget. Furthermore, assuring sustainability is crucial to reducing the impact of construction on the environment. The construction industry is also affected by globalization and increasing susceptibility to disasters highlighting the need for health and safety and resilience in the industry, especially after global pandemics and natural disasters. Digitalization and industrialization pave the way to the solution or mitigation of numerous issues in the construction industry by transforming business operations, improving productivity and safety, ensuring quality and compliance to standards, increasing sustainability, among other measures. It is imperative for project managers and other construction stakeholders to be digitally oriented. This reprint comprises of a collection of cutting-edge research articles in construction and project management that explores advances in digital, sustainable, and industrialized construction solutions for prevalent issues in construction and project management and investigates the needs of health and safety and resilience in the construction industry.

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This book deals with sustainable agriculture at a time of climate change. It seeks to identify a number of solutions to deal with the agricultural stresses caused by climate change. These range from the identification and cultivation of appropriate crop varieties and the adoption of climate adaptive agricultural practices. Significant sustainable agricultural innovation is required to deal with these challenges. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) may be of crucial importance for modern agriculture. They serve to make R&D in agriculture attractive, by encouraging investment in new technologies and generating tradeable assets. A number of the chapters of this book refer to the principal IPRs relevant to agricultural innovation, namely: (i) patents, which protect inventions; (ii) plant variety rights, which protect the breeding of new and distinct plant varieties; and (iii) trademarks and geographical indications, which facilitate the marketing of products by providing protection for the symbols of their manufacturing or geographic origin. The United Nations Climate Change Panel has urged the consideration of the agricultural practices of traditional communities and some of these practices particularly involving rice, banana, and brassica cultivation are explored in the book. This book is essential reading for officials of governments and international organizations concerned with sustainability, as well as scholars and students concerned with these subjects

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Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important topic in the cultural sector. While museums have long focused on building digital object databases, the existing data can now become a field of application for machine learning, deep learning and foundation model approaches. This goes hand in hand with new artistic practices, curation tools, visitor analytics, chatbots, automatic translations and tailor-made text generation. With a decidedly interdisciplinary approach, the volume brings together a wide range of critical reflections, practical perspectives and concrete applications of artificial intelligence in museums, and provides an overview of the current state of the debate.

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Ob Corona-Pandemie oder Klimawandel – Datenbilder sind zu einem zentralen Bestandteil gesellschaftlicher Diskurse geworden. Doch gerade ihre Anschaulichkeit verstellt den Blick auf die Komplexität von Bildprozessen. Was zeigen Datenvisualisierungen und was verschweigen sie? Und von wem und wie werden Daten visualisiert? Paul Heinicker formuliert eine Kritik an der abbildungsgetriebenen Kultur der Datenvisualisierung und entwickelt alternative Modelle, die sich näher an den produktionstheoretischen Realitäten der Datengestaltung orientieren – wozu auch die Beschreibung eigener Visualisierungspraktiken gehört. Dabei zeigt sich: Anderes Visualisieren realisiert sich im Dazwischen von Theorie und Praxis.

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The notion of annotation is associated in the Humanities and Information Sciences with different concepts that vary in coverage, application and direction of impact, but have conceptual parallels as well. This publication reflects on different practices and associated concepts of annotation, puts them in relation to each other and attempts to systematize their commonalities and divergences in an interdisciplinary perspective.

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For 10 years (2017–2026), the Convergences #DigitAg Institute conducted research on digital agriculture—the result of the transformation of agriculture through digitalization—and, in doing so, brought together an interdisciplinary community of researchers from various French research and higher education institutions (INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, the University of Montpellier, INRIA, Acta, AgroParisTech). This book describes the tools and methods developed, covering the entire data chain: from sensors to satellite imagery, including data processing, artificial intelligence, and decision support systems… Their applications for phenotyping, sustainable livestock farming, and food security are detailed herein. The book also explores the impacts of digitalization on farmers’ practices, ecosystems, and agricultural models in France and the Global South. Interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the discussion here: how has this community managed to bring together diverse areas of expertise? What has been the contribution of this approach to rethinking the agriculture of tomorrow? These are all questions to which this book provides concrete answers, drawing on a decade of collaborative research. This book is intended for students and researchers, as well as anyone interested in methodological advances in digital science and technology in agriculture.

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In the next decades the working world will change fundamentally. What powers affect the labor market? What changes are to be expected? And what does that mean for those involved in labor politics? This conclusive report by the Commission "Work in the Future" – with members from the fields of science, businesses and unions as well as practitioners – presents a diagnosis of the current situation and provides a perspective of the future of work. Particularly, however, the commission offers food for thought on the question how society can master the fast changes so that work in the digital economy guarantees the participation in society and more than mere livelihood.

Die Arbeitswelt wird sich in den kommenden Jahrzehnten fundamental verändern. Welche Kräfte wirken auf dem Arbeitsmarkt? Mit welchen Veränderungen ist zu rechnen? Und was bedeutet dies für die arbeitsmarktpolitischen Akteure? Dieser Abschlussbericht der Kommission »Arbeit der Zukunft« – mit Mitgliedern aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, Wirtschaft und Gewerkschaften – liefert eine Diagnose der aktuellen Lage und gibt einen Ausblick auf die Zukunft der Arbeit. Vor allem aber liefert die Kommission Denkanstöße dafür, wie die Gesellschaft den rasanten Wandel so meistern kann, dass Arbeit in der digitalen Ökonomie soziale Teilhabe und mehr als die bloße Existenzsicherung garantiert.

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As algorithmic data processing increasingly pervades everyday life, it is also making its way into the worlds of art, literature and music. In doing so, it shifts notions of creativity and evokes non-anthropocentric perspectives on artistic practice. This volume brings together contributions from the fields of cultural studies, literary studies, musicology and sound studies as well as media studies, sociology of technology, and beyond, presenting a truly interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art picture of the transformation of creative practice brought about by various forms of AI.

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The pandemic period has caused severe socio-economic damage, but it is accompanied by environmental deterioration that can also affect economic opportunities and social equity. In the face of this double risk, future generations are ready to be resilient and make their contribution not only on the consumption side, but also through their inclusion in all companies by bringing green and circular principles with them. Policy makers can also favor this choice.

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How are human computation systems developed in the field of citizen science to achieve what neither humans nor computers can do alone? Through multiple perspectives and methods, Libuse Hannah Veprek examines the imagination of these assemblages, their creation, and everyday negotiation in the interplay of various actors and play/science entanglements at the edge of AI. Focusing on their human-technology relations, this ethnographic study shows how these formations are marked by intraversions, as they change with technological advancements and the actors' goals, motivations, and practices. This work contributes to the constructive and critical ethnographic engagement with human-AI assemblages in the making.

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Digitale Technologien und soziale Medien verändern die Selbst- und Körperwahrnehmung und verzerren, verstärken oder produzieren dabei spezifische Körperbilder. Die Beiträger*innen kartographieren diese Phänomene, fragen nach ihrer medialen Existenzweise sowie nach den Möglichkeiten ihrer Kritik. Dabei begegnen sie ihrer Neuartigkeit mit einer transdisziplinären Herangehensweise. Aus sowohl der Perspektive künstlerischer und gestalterischer Forschung als auch der Kunst-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaft sowie der Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft wird die Landschaft rezenter Körperbilder und Techniken einer digitalen Körperlichkeit untersucht.

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Die Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung von Körperlichkeit und Körperbildern erfährt durch digitale Technologien einen weitreichenden Wandel, der auch in die Techniken ihrer Produktion hineinreicht. Die Beiträger*innen kartographieren diese Entwicklungen und fragen nach ihren Voraussetzungen, Folgen sowie Möglichkeiten der Kritik. Im zweiten Band des »Atlas der Datenkörper« beschreiben sie den digitalen Körper am historischen und rezenten Bauhaus, analysieren das Phänomen seiner Mystifizierung und dekonstruieren den Datenkörper als politischen Gegenstand. Aus sowohl der Perspektive künstlerischer und gestalterischer Forschung als auch der Kunst-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaft entsteht so ein umfassender, transdisziplinärer Querschnitt zum Verhältnis Mensch-Technik im digitalen Zeitalter.

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Der soziale, kulturelle und politische Prozess der Digitalisierung hat neue Gemeinschafts- und Bildungsformen denkbar werden lassen, die u.a. durch drei Szenen entscheidend geprägt wurden: die kybernetisch-künstlerischen Hintergründe der PC-Kultur als Basis des Silicon Valley, die Popularisierung des Internets in den 1990er Jahren und aktuelle Entwicklungen, die unter dem Begriff des digitalen Nomadentums gefasst werden. Martin Donner und Heidrun Allert fragen vor dem Hintergrund der damit verbundenen Verschiebungen der Gemeinschaftsverständnisse nach praxistauglichen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der digitalen Gesellschaft.

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Die Covid-Pandemie führte in pädagogischen Praxisfeldern zwangsweise zu zahlreichen Veränderungen - sei es durch Ad-hoc-Distanzierungen oder Ad-hoc-Digitalisierung. Im Fokus der Beiträger*innen stehen Entdeckungen und Herausforderungen in der Kunstpädagogik, die in diesem Kontext virulent wurden. Die im Rahmen der digitalen Arbeitstagung Fachdidaktik Kunst und Design gewonnenen Erkenntnisse bieten Ansätze zur forschenden Weiterentwicklung aktueller und zukünftiger Lehr- und Lernpraktiken. Darüber hinaus regt der Modus des kollaborativen digitalen Arbeitens zwischen verschiedenen Akteur*innen aus Forschung, Hochschullehre und Schulpraxis zum disziplinären und interdisziplinären Weiterdenken an.

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Which new challenges, labor-political and ethical issues will the implementation of autonomous systems into the working world bring about? An interdisciplinary contribution to the debate.

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Accessible environments enable people with impairments to participate in social life. But what exactly does accessibility mean? What makes a condition in the environment a barrier? What aspects determine whether environments are conducive or obstructive to social participation? How can these aspects be measured, assessed and classified? What does this mean for the planning and assessment of designed environments? The contributions to the book deal with these questions from different disciplinary perspectives. They show the multi-layeredness and complexity of the topic of accessibility. The book is intended to give substance to the discussion on barriers and accessibility - a field that is still little researched - and to inspire interdisciplinary dialogue and reflection on practice.

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How do artificial neural networks and other forms of artificial intelligence interfere with methods and practices in the sciences? Which interdisciplinary epistemological challenges arise when we think about the use of AI beyond its dependency on big data? Not only the natural sciences, but also the social sciences and the humanities seem to be increasingly affected by current approaches of subsymbolic AI, which master problems of quality (fuzziness, uncertainty) in a hitherto unknown way. But what are the conditions, implications, and effects of these (potential) epistemic transformations and how must research on AI be configured to address them adequately?

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No library can buy or hold everything its patrons need. At a certain point, librarians need to pool their resources and collaborate to provide access to what they don't have: Collaboration and partnership, centralized and shared collection storage, digitization projects, interlibrary loan and resource sharing, purchase on demand, PDA and EBA are notably key to success. The 2022 edition of the Erasmus Mobility Staff Training week organized at the University of Liège Library focused on services, projects and policies that libraries can deploy and promote to increase and ease access to materials that do not belong to their print or electronic holdings. More than 20 librarians, managers, and researchers in library science share their experiences and visions in this book.

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Praxistransfer in der Hochschule ist entscheidend, da er Studierenden und Lehrenden Einblicke in ihre Berufsfelder bietet, kritisches Denken fördert, Engagement steigert und Theorie mit Praxis verbindet. In diesem Kontext widmen sich die Beiträger*innen der Kompetenzentwicklung in kooperativen Netzwerken an verschiedenen Hochschulen und versammeln wissenschaftliche Beiträge, Hypothesen sowie Labor- und Werkstattberichte laufender Projekte. Damit spiegeln sie die Vielfalt von Arbeits-, Forschungs- und Lehrentwicklungsweisen sowie praktischen Herangehensweisen wider - und geben Bildungsforschenden und Didaktiker*innen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen wertvolles Material an die Hand.

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In recent years, the progress of digitization in the architecture and construction sectors has produced enormous advances in the automation of analysis and evaluation processes. This is the case with environmental analysis systems, such as the life cycle analysis. Methodology practitioners have found a fundamental ally in the building information modeling platforms, which allow tasks that conventionally consume large amounts of energy and time to be carried out more automatically and efficiently. In this publication, the reader will find some of the latest advances in this area.

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Unlock the transformative power of blockchain technology with Blockchain Applications - Transforming Industries, Enhancing Security, and Addressing Ethical Considerations. This edited volume brings together leading experts and their thought-provoking chapters on blockchain’s diverse applications. From healthcare to finance and from energy to supply chain, delve into the latest advancements in cybersecurity, smart contracts, and audit digitalization. Discover how blockchain is revolutionizing the tourism industry and enabling decentralized autonomous organizations. Explore the potential of deep learning for disease detection and gain insights into the legal and market challenges of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). With real-world examples and case studies, this book showcases blockchain’s tangible benefits, which include increased transparency, enhanced security, and improved efficiency. It also improves understanding of the ethical considerations and regulatory implications surrounding blockchain adoption for responsible implementation. This invaluable resource is for professionals, researchers, and technology enthusiasts alike, offering unique perspectives and cutting-edge research. Join us on a captivating journey through the world of blockchain applications. Experience its potential to reshape industries, enhance security, and pave the way for a transparent and decentralized future. Discover the keywords defining this volume: blockchain technology, transformative potential, cybersecurity, smart contracts, decentralized autonomous organizations, deep learning techniques, non-fungible tokens, transparency, security, efficiency, ethical considerations, regulatory implications, real-world examples, and cutting-edge research. Embrace the revolution and unlock the limitless possibilities of blockchain technology.

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A rigorous examination of the most recent advancements in blockchain technology (BCT) and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled supply chain networks is provided in this book. The edited book brings together the perspectives of a number of authors who have presented their most recent views on blockchain technology and its applications in a variety of disciplines. The submitted papers contribute to a better understanding of how blockchain technology can improve the efficacy of human activities during a pandemic, improve traceability and visibility in the automotive supply chain, support food safety and reliability through digitalisation of the food supply chain, and increase the performance of next-generation digital supply chains, among other things. The book attempts to address and prepare a way to address the complicated issues that supply chains are encountering as a result of the global pandemic.

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Buildings celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023. During this time, Buildings has achieved a lot. Indeed, its number of published papers, rejection rate, number of full-text downloads, number of citations received by published papers, Impact Factor, and submission-to-publication time have all consistently improved. The scope of the journal is comprehensive and includes almost every aspect of building design, construction, and operation. The Editorial Board is composed of a relatively small but wonderful mix of highly accomplished and well-established academics and practitioners, representing many countries in turn. Many members and non-members of the Editorial Board of Buildings contributed to the “10th Anniversary” Special Issue by writing papers in their respective areas of expertise, thus reflecting the scope of the journal and covering historical trends, current challenges, the state of the art, creative and innovative solutions, and future developments in building science, engineering, and management. With this Special Issue, Buildings is clearly an important player in the publication of high-quality research papers on diverse building-related issues.

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Buildings celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023. During this time, Buildings has achieved a lot. Indeed, its number of published papers, rejection rate, number of full-text downloads, number of citations received by published papers, Impact Factor, and submission-to-publication time have all consistently improved. The scope of the journal is comprehensive and includes almost every aspect of building design, construction, and operation. The Editorial Board is composed of a relatively small but wonderful mix of highly accomplished and well-established academics and practitioners, representing many countries in turn. Many members and non-members of the Editorial Board of Buildings contributed to the “10th Anniversary” Special Issue by writing papers in their respective areas of expertise, thus reflecting the scope of the journal and covering historical trends, current challenges, the state of the art, creative and innovative solutions, and future developments in building science, engineering, and management. With this Special Issue, Buildings is clearly an important player in the publication of high-quality research papers on diverse building-related issues.

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This book examines the influence exerted by digital technology platforms (DTPs) on changes to business models. The author identifies critical factors for the successful implementation and usage of such platforms, including barriers which may be related, for example, to the absence of sufficient knowledge about DTPs or the inability to obtain a sufficient amount of financial resources. Business Models and Digital Technology Platforms develops a comprehensive model of DTPs based on empirical research in Poland. It demonstrates how platforms influence changes in the operations of companies, their level of competitiveness, the consumer’s role in the process of joint development of innovations and the consumer’s experience as well as implications of the use of AI for the autonomy of DTPs. This book offers a unique, holistic understanding of the complexities involved and showcases their role within digital business. Combining theory with practice, this book is a valuable resource for researchers and academics of business model innovation, strategic management, innovation management, digital transformation and organisational change.

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The world steel industry is strongly based on coal/coke in ironmaking, resulting in huge carbon dioxide emissions corresponding to approximately 7% of the total anthropogenic CO2 emissions. As the world is experiencing a period of imminent threat owing to climate change, the steel industry is also facing a tremendous challenge in next decades. This themed issue makes a survey on the current situation of steel production, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions, as well as cross-sections of the potential methods to decrease CO2 emissions in current processes via improved energy and materials efficiency, increasing recycling, utilizing alternative energy sources, and adopting CO2 capture and storage. The current state, problems and plans in the two biggest steel producing countries, China and India are introduced. Generally contemplating, incremental improvements in current processes play a key role in rapid mitigation of specific emissions, but finally they are insufficient when striving for carbon neutral production in the long run. Then hydrogen and electrification are the apparent solutions also to iron and steel production. The book gives a holistic overview of the current situation and challenges, and an inclusive compilation of the potential technologies and solutions for the global CO2 emissions problem.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has causedenormous upheaval at the micro-, meso- and macrosocial levels, with a profound influence on the diverse dimensions of human existence. This reprint offers contributions by authors from various backgrounds and origins for a better understanding of the multiple and interdependent consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic that pose multiple and complex scientific, moral, social and political challenges, considered from social science perspectives.

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Die Veröffentlichung von ChatGPT im Herbst 2022 heizte die Kontroverse um Künstliche Intelligenz an und führte zu einer seitdem unaufhörlichen Fragelust - verstärkt dadurch, dass dieselben Prompts schon kürzeste Zeit später andere Outputs generieren. In einem experimentellen Format präsentieren die Herausgeber*innen erste kommentierte Gespräche mit KI-Sprachmodellen. Sie geben Einblick in dialogische Szenen, die eine fortlaufende Transformation der Technik und Eigentümlichkeiten maschinellen Lernens erfassen. Die Sammlung zielt in Form witziger, unheimlicher und - mehr oder weniger - kluger Dialoge zwischen Mensch und Maschine auf die Dokumentation einer mediengeschichtlichen Passage in eine neue Ära allgegenwärtiger KI.

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This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the CIRC-UITS project, funded by the European Union community under the Horizon Europe programme, the goal of which is to demonstrate the improvement of circularity of automotive and mass electronics sectors by recovering materials from waste products, as well as supporting the reuse and remanufacturing of electronic components into new (high value) products in these sectors. To this aim, the CIRC-UITS project wants to unlock the full potentials/benefits of circular practices through digital technologies. Specifically, within the project, digital twins, augmented reality, web platforms and simulation tools have been developed. Another important objective is the increase of resource efficiency/independency and reduction of the negative environmental footprint of electronics production processes through circular behaviors. To this aim, within the CIRC-UITS project a set of methodologies and decision-support tools for the assessment and advisory of sustainability and circularity performances have been developed. Another important objective is the improvement/standardization of information/data sharing/exchange among industrial leaders involved in the same and/or similar value chain. To this aim, the CIRC-UITS project’s consortium has been actively involved in the development of two CEN Workshop Agreements, one about the implementation of a Digital Product Passport (DPP) dedicated to electronic components and another dedicated to the application of the standard EN 45554 in the automotive industry. Finally, the CIRC-UITS project demonstrated the benefits coming from the adoption of a Digital Circular Economy through 4 pilots, one on Electronic Control Units (ECU), one on Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors (TPMS), one on In-Mold Electronics (IME) and one on sorting of obsolete Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) from washing machines.

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Today, more than ever, the world needs to be considered a finite and limited system, characterised by scarce resources and as a place where restocking is not possible in an infinite way. As such, careful resource management needs to be planned and set by the concurrent actions of heterogeneous stakeholders, from policymakers up to academics and practitioners, to effectively implement the Circular Economy. This reprint highlights new opportunities and challenges for the Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Performance Management, focusing on technological advancements and management initiatives, including public-private partnerships between stakeholders.

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The circular economy, as a new business model that is different from the economy, can achieve the reuse and recycling of waste for waste minimization, improve the efficiency of resource utilization, and mitigate carbon emissions. It is no doubt that promoting the development of the circular economy can facilitate the transition to low-carbon processes and carbon-neutral development. However, there are still several questions that need to be answered: (1) How can the circular economy contribute to a low-carbon transition? (2) How do we address the fact that the circular economy model may also cause some new environmental problems, and how should we identify what the most environmentally friendly solution is among multiple alternatives for the circular economy? (3) Governmental regulation, policies and incentives play a significant role in promoting the development of the circular economy, so what are the policy instruments that can contribute to its development? (4) How can technological progress and solutions contribute to the circular economy? (5) How can environmental impact assessments contribute to the circular economy? (6) How can we achieve a circular economy or low-carbon transition through changes in consumption behaviors? In order to answer the above-mentioned questions, we launched a Special Issue in Energies. There are a total of six papers published in this Special Issue. This e-book collects these papers to build a platform for sharing advanced concepts, tools and methods for the users to take actions to achieve a circular economy.

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This open access book examines how digital technologies are used to promote citizen participation in democratic urban development. It assesses the emergence, use, applicability and functions of digital modes of citizen participation in multiple cities around the world, where political regimes invite ordinary citizens to partake in policy processes through information technologies. The book also explores these initiatives alongside issues of democracy, social justice and power. It is an essential reference for practitioners, policymakers and academics interested in the relationship between citizen participation, technology and urban governance.

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Die Geschichte des Computers ist reich an technopolitischen Imaginationen. Sowohl in der Science-Fiction-Literatur als auch in wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen finden sich Visionen darüber, welchen Nutzen vernetzte Computer für die Menschheit haben oder haben könnten. Jonas Frick entschlüsselt die prägenden politischen Ideen der Computerkultur von 1960 bis 2000 anhand von aktivistischen Netzwerkexperimenten, Cyberpunk-Romanen, libertären Manifesten, Programmieranleitungen, Zeitschriften und cyberfeministischen Erzählungen. So liefert er einen umfassenden Überblick über die Imaginationsgeschichte des Computers, der sich als Handbuch eignet.

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