Matthew Moran Livres

The book explores Tim Berners-Lee's vision for the Semantic Web, emphasizing the need for automated processes to enhance the web's potential beyond mere browsing. It discusses the integration of ontologies, metadata, and advanced computing infrastructures, highlighting the multi-disciplinary efforts required for implementation. The text argues that the Semantic Web can significantly aid clinical information discovery, benefiting scientific communities that rely on diverse, fragmented knowledge resources. The importance of trust, security, and expressivity in these fields is also addressed.

Exploring the causes of recent high-profile riots worldwide, this book delves into incidents from Sydney to London, examining the underlying factors that drive collective disorder. It analyzes the common features of these events and their implications for democratic societies. By investigating the nature and significance of riots, the author sheds light on the social tensions that fuel such outbursts and invites readers to reconsider the dynamics of anger and violence in contemporary contexts.

This book examines Iran's controversial nuclear program through the lens of nuclear hedging, analyzing its intentions and strategies. It discusses the implications of Iran's actions beyond civil nuclear needs, aiming to provide insights into nuclear proliferation and a deeper understanding of the Iranian nuclear challenge.

In 2005, the deaths of two teenagers in Clichy-sous-Bois provoked three weeks of rioting in French banlieues. Cars were burned, buildings were damaged and young people clashed with the police in unprecedented scenes of violence. The government declared a state of emergency as the riots spread across France. Two years later, the French public were met with familiar images when riots broke out in the Parisian suburb of Villiers-le-Bel. What were the underlying causes of these episodes of extreme violence? What did the riots signify? What do they tell us about French society? This book takes the reader inside the world of the banlieues and explores the nature and causes of the riots. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork conducted in Villiers-le-Bel, the author offers a unique insight into the motivating factors behind the violence. On a larger scale, the book examines the relationship between the underprivileged suburbs and the French republican model. The author explores a triad of interconnections: between republican ideals and the reality of daily life in the banlieues; between national projections of unity and localized realities of disunity; and between figures of authority and ordinary citizens.