Sustainable Green Cloud Computing: Principles and Practices: Volume 2
English | 2026 | ISBN: 9798898813918 | 130 pages | True PDF | 17.92 MB
Sustainable Green Cloud Computing: Principles and Practices offers a comprehensive and analytically grounded examination of cloud computing through the lens of sustainability, security, and modern software engineering. Addressing the growing environmental and operational challenges associated with large-scale digital infrastructure, this volume integrates green computing principles with cloud service design, virtualization technologies, and secure programming practices. It provides a structured framework for developing cloud systems that are efficient, scalable, environmentally responsible and resilient.

Sustainable Approaches in Postharvest Handling and Management
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1779641060 | 528 pages | True PDF,EPUB | 33.55 MB
With the rise in population and an increase in endemic diseases, food that is fresh, healthy, affordable, and safe is the need of the hour. Effective postharvest handling and management that emphasizes quality retainment of produce ensures this. This new book, Sustainable Approaches in Postharvest Handling and Management, presents new research on sustainable postharvest handling and management techniques for fresh produce with quality, safety, and self-life extension.

Sustainable AI: Tools for Moving Toward Green AI by Raghavendra Selvan
English | November 18th, 2025 | ISBN: 1098155513 | 290 pages | True EPUB (Retail Copy) | 10.20 MB
In the era of big data and even bigger machine learning models powering the current generative AI revolution, the environmental footprint of these developments can no longer be ignored. This much-needed guide confronts the challenge head-on, offering a groundbreaking exploration into making deep learning (DL) both efficient and accessible. Author Raghavendra Selvan exposes the high costs-both environmental and economic-of traditional DL methods and presents practical solutions that pave the way for a more sustainable AI.

Sustainability in Cruise Tourism: Balancing Growth, Oceans and Responsibility
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1800628420 | 194 pages | True PDF, EPUB | 15.33 MB
The lure of the ocean has inspired exploration, trade, and adventure for centuries, but today, it also poses one of tourism's greatest paradoxes. The cruise industry, built on the beauty of the sea, contributes to the very pressures threatening its future. Can an industry so often seen as incompatible with sustainability chart a new course? This book takes readers on a deep dive into that question. Written by leading experts and industry voices, the book reveals the environmental, social, cultural and regulatory challenges shaping the future of cruising, and the creative solutions to address them. Each chapter explores an aspect of the many sustainability challenges, from ship design and consumer behavior to pollution, regulation, food waste, workforce ethics, and destination impacts, and uncovers what it really takes to make cruising sustainable. Engaging, insightful, and practical, this book bridges the gap between research and real-world action. Through case studies, key takeaways, and inspiring examples, it shows how the cruise industry can chart a more responsible course that honours both people and planet.

Sustainability Reporting: A Guide for Professionals and Students by Richard Barker, Alan Teixeira
English | April 27th, 2026 | ISBN: 1394354436 | 384 pages | True EPUB | 0.80 MB
Discover a self-contained, authoritative guide to IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards

Survival Analysis: Principles and Applications in Clinical Trials and Beyond
English | 2026 | ISBN: 0367341868 | 734 pages | True EPUB | 2.9 MB
Survival analysis is crucial in many fields, including biomedical research, actuarial science, reliability analysis, business and customer analytics, econometrics, and social science. It has witnessed significant advancements in recent decades. However, most of this progress remains in scattered theoretical and applied publications, often focusing on exploratory analysis rather than the design and analysis of clinical trials. Non-proportional hazards are less well addressed. Competing risks are frequently overlooked, and the counting process approach often remains a mystery to many practitioners. Consequently, these critical topics are often not well understood or thoroughly analyzed.

Surgeon on the Edge by Frances Mei Hardin
English | February 24th, 2026 | ISBN: 9798992233964 | 270 pages | True EPUB | 1.50 MB
Surgeon on the Edge is a literary memoir about the cost of becoming a surgeon and the even greater cost of leaving.

Surface Pattern Design using Adobe Illustrator: Beginner's Guide to Creating Repeat Patterns
by Jolieke Ubachs
English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GM1CRP4J | 84 Pages | PDF | 23 MB

Supporting Equitable Assessment for Multilingual Learners of English
English | 2026 | ISBN: 104104027X | 165 pages | True PDF,EPUB | 24.44 MB
Supporting Equitable Assessment for Multilingual Learners of English introduces the E5 model of equitable assessment, an original ramework developed by the authors to guide fair and culturally responsive evaluation of multilingual learners of English. The model integrates five guiding principles: equity, equality, educational justice, equanimity, and empowerment, across three interrelated dimensions: affective, social-moral, and technical. Drawing on research, professional expertise, and lived classroom experience, the book examines the historical context of language assessment as well as its policies, the central role of emotional well-being, and the balance between content rigor and language accessibility. Each chapter combines conceptual foundations with practical tools, adaptable rubrics, and reflection prompts that enable educators to design assessments fostering student agency, cultural relevance, and academic mastery. The authors also address emerging opportunities and challenges, including the integration of technology, the impacts of global migration, and shifts in educational policy. By centering student voice and identity, this book provides educators, leaders, and policymakers with actionable strategies for building assessment systems that are academically rigorous, culturally grounded, and responsive to the evolving needs of today's students.

Supervising Agents Like Openclaw: How to Work With Agents Without Losing Control (Openclaw Personal AI Agents Book 2)
by Alex Mercer
English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GM9NZWZ9 | 186 Pages | PDF | 40 MB