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This second edition of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Risk Management, and Resilience continues to be an essential resource for understanding and protecting critical infrastructure across the US. This book addresses the changes that have occurred in critical infrastructure protection and risk management since the first edition.

In China's Galaxy Empire, John Keane and Baogang He target a development of enormous significance: China's return, after two centuries of decline and subjugation, to a position of prominence in world affairs. The daring thesis is that China is a newly rising empire of a kind never before witnessed: a galaxy empire. The galaxy empire interpretation rejects clich?d misdescriptions of China as a "big power", and it explains why China defies older definitions of land, sea, and air-based empires. The book warns against the perils of simple-minded, friend-versus-enemy thinking and "Big China, Bad China" politics, but it also proffers a forewarning to China's rulers: no empire lasts forever, and some are stillborn, because they indulge illusions of greatness and reckless power adventures.

The advent of the Internet, exponential growth in computing power, and rapid developments in artificial intelligence have raised numerous cybersecurity-related ethical questions across various domains. From a liberal democratic perspective, this work analyses key ethical concepts in the field and develops ethical guidelines to regulate cyberspace.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credit -- Dedicated -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Diving into Amazon EC2 Fundamentals -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Amazon EC2 and Its Benefits -- Unveiling Amazon Web Services and EC2 -- Benefits of EC2 -- Amazon EC2 versus traditional hosting -- EC2 use cases -- Web application hosting -- Big data processing and analytics -- A multitude of other use cases -- Amazon EC2's standout features compared to other cloud platforms -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Understanding Core Components of Amazon EC2 -- Introduction to core components -- Amazon EC2 instances -- Definition and types of instances -- Instance lifecycle and instance states -- Instance state and instance lifecycle use cases for instance management -- Instance metadata and user data -- What is instance metadata and user data? -- How to avoid instance impersonation attacks with instance identity documents -- Example of an instance identity document -- Steps to retrieving an instance identity document -- Instance purchasing options - On-Demand, Spot, and Reserved Instances -- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) -- Core components of AMIs -- EBS -- Types of EBS volumes -- EBS snapshots and backups -- ENIs - fundamentals, configuration, and use cases -- Understanding ENIs, their properties, and configuration options -- Attaching, detaching, and managing ENIs -- Security and performance implications -- Use cases for multiple ENIs -- Enhanced networking - fundamentals, capabilities, and use cases -- Supported instance types and enabling enhanced networking -- ENA use cases -- EFA - fundamentals, capabilities, and use cases -- Significant features of EFA -- Security groups and key pairs -- Security groups - virtual firewalls for your instances -- Key pairs - secure authentication for your instances.

"In Britain in the 1750s, women had no power and no rights - all money and property belonged to their fathers or husbands. A brave group risked everything to think and live as they wished, despite the sneers of contemporaries who argued that books frazzled female brains and damaged their wombs. Meet the Bluestockings: ELIZABETH MONTAGU hosted a series of glittering salons in her London drawing room, where a circle of women and men discussed theatre, philosophy and the classics, competing to outdo each other in wit and brilliance. Discover how she took on Voltaire and won. Whilst nursing twelve children and helping run her bullying husband's brewery, HESTER THRALE took key writers under her wing - Dr Johnson moved into her house for several years. Her vivid diaries offer a powerful chronicle of what happened when she finally decided to follow her heart. Find out how poetess and former milkmaid ANN YEARSLEY fought back when her snobbish patron refused to hand over her earnings because she was working class and thus irresponsible... Or how CATHERINE MACAULEY's eight volume history of England caused such a sensation that she became a leading light in the American Revolution - while her unorthodox love-life scandalised her contemporaries... In this brilliant book, Susannah Gibson explores the lives and legacies of these and other figures who went on to inspire writers and thinkers from Mary Wollstonecraft to Virginia Woolf and lead the way for feminism. Bluestockings: the unexpected and inspiring stories of the forgotten heroines of Britain's very first women's movement"--Publisher's description

"Wittgenstein is acknowledged as one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, but he is often considered difficult to read, let alone understand. So how can we begin to understand his ideas? In this Beginner's Guide Peter Hacker introduces the philosophy of Wittgenstein's Investigations to those with an enquiring mind. The book presupposes no philosophical knowledge, only curiosity and a willingness to shed prejudices. It presents a magisterial understanding of the Investigations in an accessible and witty form. "

"Microbial systems have strong potential to develop green and sustainable technologies, including sources of renewable energy, alternative fuels, and biosynthetic materials for sustainable applications. Advances in these technologies are evolving to meet growing demand and industries are adapting to green technologies such as solar panels and more. With the aid of sophisticated technology and integration strategies, these industries are moving toward being more environmentally friendly and sustainable. This book serves as a guide to the newest technologies that will enable the implementation of microbial technologies in fostering an eco-friendly industrial and environmental landscapes"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction to Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry -- Section A: Technological Innovations in Construction -- 2 Global Application of Digital Twins and Virtual Reality in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review -- 3 Aligning Digital Technologies in Off-site Construction with Industry 5.0 Design Principles for a Sustainable Future -- 4 Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of BIM Technology on Sustainable Smart Cities Aligned with Industry 5.0: A Systematic Literature Review -- 5 Geospatial Applications and Risk-related Management in the Construction Industry: Opinions for Caribbean Scenarios -- Section B: Digital Integration and Building Information Modelling -- 6 BIM and Lean Integration for Management of Built Assets: A Systematic Review -- 7 Framework for the Integration of BIM in Architectural Education -- 8 Blockchain-based BIM and Digital Twin Potentials for the Transition toward Circular Construction: A Systematic Literature Review -- 9 The Application of Lean Manufacturing in Off-site Construction: A Bibliometric Review -- Section C: Sustainable and Efficient Construction -- 10 Exogenous Influence on Offsite Construction: A Comparative Study to Evaluate Economic and Environmental Feasibility -- 11 Designing Out Waste in Construction: Case Studies in Reducing Formwork for Concrete Casting -- 12 Using the 5Ps Model to Evaluate the State of the Construction Sector in South Africa -- 13 Offsite Construction for Mass-Retrofit: Barriers and Opportunities -- Section D: Future Construction Workforce and Adaptions -- 14 Future-proofing Construction Workforce Adaptations and Management.