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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795669503321

Autore

Jackson Peter A.

Titolo

Capitalism magic Thailand : modernity with enchantment / / by Peter A. Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

981-4951-97-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 pages)

Disciplina

133.43

Soggetti

Magic - Economic aspects - Thailand

Wealth - Thailand - Religious aspects

Cults - Thailand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Images -- Note on Transliteration, Referencing and Honorific Titles -- Introduction: Modern Magic and Prosperity in Thailand -- Key Terms: Debates, Theories and Contexts -- Part One Why Religious Modernity Trends in Two Opposing Directions -- 1. Fundamentalism against Magic: The Contradictions of Religious Modernity -- 2. Buddhist in Public, Animist in Private: Semicolonial Modernity and Transformations of the Thai Religious Field -- Part Two Thailand’s Cults of Wealth -- 3. Context, Hierarchy and Ritual: Theorizing the Total Thai Religious Field -- 4. Thailand’s Cults of Wealth: Royal Spirits, Magic Monks, Chinese and Indian Deities -- 5. Empowered Amulets and Spirit Possession: Material and Ritual Dimensions of the Thai Cults of Wealth -- 6. The Symbolic Complex of Thai Cults of Wealth -- Part Three How Modernity Makes Magic -- 7. Capitalism, Media and Ritual in the Enchantment of Thai Modernity -- Conclusion Conclusion: The Thai Cults of Wealth into the Twenty-first Century -- Glossary of Thai and Buddhist Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

By studying intersections among new cults of wealth, ritually empowered amulets and professional spirit mediumship--which have emerged together in Thailand's dynamic religious field in recent



decades--Capitalism Magic Thailand explores the conditions under which global modernity produces new varieties of enchantment. Bruno Latour's account of modernity as a condition fractured between rationalizing ideology and hybridizing practice is expanded to explain the apparent paradox of new forms of magical ritual emerging alongside religious fundamentalism across a wide range of Asian societies. In Th.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996668469503316

Autore

Gervasi Osvaldo

Titolo

Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops : Istanbul, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2025, Proceedings, Part XI / / edited by Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Chiara Garau, Yeliz Karaca, Maria Noelia Faginas Lago, Francesco Scorza, Ana Cristina Braga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2026

ISBN

9783031976544

9783031976537

Edizione

[1st ed. 2026.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (659 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 15896

Altri autori (Persone)

MurganteBeniamino

GarauChiara

KaracaYeliz

Faginas LagoMaria Noelia

ScorzaFrancesco

BragaAna Cristina

Disciplina

004.6

Soggetti

Computer networks

Computer engineering

Computer systems

Artificial intelligence

Computer Communication Networks

Computer Engineering and Networks

Computer System Implementation

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

-- Smart, Safe, and Healthy Cities (SSHC 2025).  -- Assessing walking accessibility: a GIS-based analysis of postal offices in the city of Naples.  -- Land Suitability Analysis of Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the Sardinia Region, Italy.  -- Leveraging Gamification in E-Commerce for Climate Change: A Persuasive Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) Approach.  -- Visibility Graph Analysis vs. Human Mobility Patterns: An Empirical Validation of Simulation-Based Analysis Using Space Syntax in Public Squares  -- Smart, Close, and Happy City: A Global Index for Measuring Urban Well-Being. The Case Study of the San Benedetto Neighbourhood, Cagliari (Italy).  -- From structural to TRAnsformative-change of City Environment: challenges & solutions & perspectives (TRACE 2025).  -- Valuing nature: experimenting the GiVal toolkit for the economic evaluation of Nature-Based Solutions in Milan.  -- Understanding Airbnb Supply in Rome: Multivariate Analysis of Prices and Accommodation Patterns.  -- Quantifying the Loss of Property Value Due to Energy Ineeffciency: A Stranded Asset Risk Assessment in the Real Estate Sector.  -- Rationalizing evaluation legal models for affordable home ownership and leasehold interests in Italy.  -- A GIS-based spatial evaluation model for planning urban regeneration investments.  -- A set of criteria for the assessment of the suitability of a building to be converted for use as a healthcare facility.  -- Spatial analysis of urban decay: spillover effects and significant patterns for the city of Rome (Italy).  -- Construction Cost Estimate and Building Information Modeling in Renovation Projects Early Design Stages.  -- Supporting the Transition to Ecological Economy in cities Regeneration: circular model tools for reusing architecture and infrastructures (TReE 2025).  -- Multi-Criteria Decision Aiding for adaptive reuse of Cultural Heritage: an application in the city of Naples (Italy).  -- Participatory strategies for supporting decision making in cultural heritage adaptive reuse interventions.  -- The Role of Urban Planning in Building the Circular Urban Model. The case of Naples.  -- Adaptive reuse of religious cultural heritage: the case study of the Church "Santissimo Nome di Gesù" in Turin (Italy).  -- Cultural and Creative Practices as Drivers of Circular Economy: A 9R Framework Perspective.  -- Building the future while preserving the past: Digital Tools and Community Engagement to "Re-Generate" Historic Buildings in post-disaster scenarios.  -- Transport Infrastructures for Smart Cities (TISC 2025).  -- Interpretable Crash Severity Prediction Models to Improve Cyclist Safety.  -- A Macroscopic and Physically-based Relationship between Bike Speeds and Energy Expenditure during commuting trips  -- Estimation of pedestrian flows with open-source crowding data: An integrated model in Nomentano-Tiburtina district, Rome.  -- A multivariable econometric model for forecasting passenger demand at Cagliari-Elmas airport.  -- Assessing Skid Resistance of Indoor Pavements Using the Tortus friction test and British Pendulum Devices: A Case Study.  -- Road accidents - Study of the evolution and mapping of accidents within the Municipality of Cagliari - Italy.  -- Traffic Light Control at Intersections in case of Heterogeneous Traffic using Reinforcement Learning.  -- Web of Things based Advanced Smart Parking Management Solution.

Sommario/riassunto

The fourteen-volume set LNCS 15886-15899 constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during June 30–July 3, 2025. The 362 full papers, 37 short papers and 2 PHD showcase included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 1043 submissions. In addition, the conference consisted of 58 workshops,



focusing on very topical issues of importance to science, technology and society: from new mathematical approaches for solving complex computational systems, to information and knowledge in the Internet of Things, new statistical and optimization methods, several Artificial Intelligence approaches, sustainability issues, smart cities and related technologies.

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Record Nr.

UNISA996647868003316

Autore

Su Ruisheng

Titolo

Image Analysis in Stroke Diagnosis and Interventions : 4th International Workshop, SWITCH 2024, and 6th International Challenge, ISLES 2024, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 10, 2024, Proceedings / / edited by Ruisheng Su, Ezequiel de la Rosa, Leonhard Rist, Ewout Heylen, Frank te Nijenhuis, Danny Ruijters, Markus D. Schirmer, Richard McKinley, Susanne Wegener, Roland Wiest, Theo van Walsum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9783031811012

3031811011

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 15408

Altri autori (Persone)

de la RosaEzequiel

RistLeonhard

HeylenEwout

te NijenhuisFrank

RuijtersDanny

SchirmerMarkus D

McKinleyR. A (Richard Alexander)

WegenerSusanne

WiestRoland

Disciplina

006.37

Soggetti

Computer vision

Medical informatics

Social sciences - Data processing

Application software

Education - Data processing

Artificial intelligence

Computer Vision

Health Informatics

Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Computer and Information Systems Applications



Computers and Education

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International MICCAI Stroke Workshop on Imaging and Treatment Challenges, SWITCH 2024, as well as the Ischemic Stroke Lesion Segmentation Challenge, ISLES 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, in Marrakesh, Morocco, on October 10, 2024. The 12 revised full papers presented in this volume were selected form 16 submissions. The papers describe research advancements in image analysis for the diagnosis and intervention of ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke and present the latest developments in segmentation, disease prognosis, stroke diagnosis and treatment, and other clinically relevant applications.