The first report in a new flagship series, WIPO Technology Trends, aims to shed light on the trends in innovation in artificial intelligence since the field first developed in the 1950s.

Examining 36 democracies from 1945 to 2010, this text arrives at conclusions about what type of democracy works best.

First published in English in 2007 under title: The history of terrorism: from antiquity to al Qaeda. “Provides a useful and levelheaded survey of a subject that is regularly misunderstood and often manipulated.”—San Francisco ...

This comprehensive manual reviews the management of cardiorenal syndrome in heart failure.

This volume is a tribute to Professor Dr Da Ruan, who passed away suddenly on July 31, 2011, aged 50.

The contributors to this book analyse how this was not only a matter of rebuilding ravaged cities and destroyed infrastructure, but also of repairing people’s damaged bodies and upended daily lives, and rethinking and reforming societal, ...

This book will have wide appeal to academics in technology management, strategy, marketing, and human resource management.

This book, written by experts and scientists working in the field and enriched by several images and tables, clearly describes some of the main types of vinegar produced in the world in their peculiar aspects.

"Ready or not, it’s high time to make BIM a part of your practice, or at least your vocabulary, and this book has as much to offer beginners as it does seasoned users of building information modeling software." —Chicago Architect The ...

Austria, Germany, and Switzerland are increasingly relying on hybridization at the nexus of vocational training and higher education to increase permeability and reform their highly praised systems of collective skill formation.