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Experimental Robotics IX: The 9th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics By Marcelo H. AngJr.Oussama Khatib
English | PDF | 2006 | 618 Pages | ISBN : 3540288163 | 30.77 MB
The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) is a series of bi-annual meetings which are organized in a rotating fashion around North America, Europe and Asia/Oceania.
Designing Impedance Networks Converters By Dr. Guidong Zhang, Bo Zhang, Zhong Li
English | PDF | 2018 | 129 Pages | ISBN : 3319636545 | 6.96 MB
Research and application of impedance network converters are very popular in recent years, but it still lacks of understanding of and guidelines of impedance networks application, therefore, there is quiet a large potential market about impedance networks converters. This book can serve as a teaching material for graduates and guidelines for engineers as designing an impedance source converter.
The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education By Danah Henriksen
English | PDF | 2018 | 101 Pages | ISBN : 331959544X | 2.85 MB
?This book focuses on rethinking creativity for 21st century education. The specific emphasis examines the way that creativity spans disciplines, through a set of common thinking skills that the most accomplished thinkers in any field use. These seven transdisciplinary thinking skills are rooted in historical exemplars of creativity across disciplines.
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Corruption, Ideology, and Populism: The Rise of Valence Political Campaigning By Luigi Curini
English | PDF | 2018 | 219 Pages | ISBN : 3319567349 | 3.17 MB
This book investigates the ideological conditions inducing political actors to highlight corruption issues through valence campaigns. Using case studies and comparative analyses of party programmes, legislatives speeches and social media data, the author demonstrates that the more parties and/or candidates present a similar policy programme, the more they rely on valence campaigns.
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Self-Referentiality of Cognition and (De)Formation of Ethnic Boundaries: A Comparative Study on Korean Diaspora in Russia, China, the United States and Japan By Oleg Pakhomov
English | PDF | 2017 | 213 Pages | ISBN : 9811055041 | 2 MB
This book develops a new approach towards the formation of the ethnic boundary as a complex interrelation between cognitive operations and ethnic/national boundaries formation process. Korean diaspora in China, Russia, the United States, and Japan illustrate how this process correlates with the nationalism of the host societies, highlighting the differences and similarities.
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Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance for Mechatronic Systems:Recent Advances By Professor Fabrizio Caccavale, Professor Luigi Villani
English | PDF | 2003 | 199 Pages | ISBN : 354044159X | 4.6 MB
The book reports an extended version of the lectures given by distinguished scholars at the workshop "Fault diagnosis and fault tolerance for dynamic systems" held in conjuction with the 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Vancouver, Canada, 27-30 October 2002 . The book collects some of the most recent results in fault diagnosis and fault tolerant systems with particular emphasis on mechatronic systems.
The Philosophy of Geo-Ontologies By Dr. Timothy Tambassi
English | PDF | 2018 | 60 Pages | ISBN : 3319640321 | 1 MB
This book is intended as a philosophical introduction to geo-ontologies, in response to their increasing diffusion within the contemporary debate, where philosophy plays a fundamental, though still unexplored, role. Accordingly, the first part offers a short overview of the ontological background of geo-ontologies, which comprehends computer science, philosophy and geography.
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Policing in Russia: Combating Corruption since the 2009 Police Reforms By Dr. Serguei Cheloukhine
English | PDF | 2017 | 78 Pages | ISBN : 3319610996 | 1.44 MB[
This Brief provides an in-depth look at crime and corruption in Russian Law Enforcement, in the fifteen years since the 2009 police reforms. It focuses on corruption and organized crime at various levels of public services and law enforcement, how these organized crime networks operate, and how to enhance police integrity and legitimacy in this context.
Postgrowth and Wellbeing: Challenges to Sustainable Welfare By Milena Büchs, Prof. Max Koch
English | PDF | 2017 | 153 Pages | ISBN : 331959902X | 2 MB
This book presents a detailed and critical discussion about how human wellbeing can be maintained and improved in a postgrowth era. It highlights the close links between economic growth, market capitalism, and the welfare state demonstrating that, in many ways, wellbeing outcomes currently depend on the growth paradigm. Here the authors argue that notions of basic human needs deserve greater emphasis in debates on postgrowth because they are more compatible with limits to growth.
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Well-being, Poverty and Justice from a Child’s Perspective: 3rd World Vision Children Study By Sabine Andresen, Susann Fegter, Prof. Klaus Hurrelmann, Ulrich Schneekloth
English | PDF | 2017 | 243 Pages | ISBN : 3319575732 | 2.9 MB
This book presents evidence that children are the real experts of their lives. 2600 boys and girls in Germany between the ages of 6 of 11 years, with and without a migration background, were interviewed. Next to established topics of family, friends, leisure time and school, the focus of this study was on the topic of justice. Children were asked what justice in their opinion was and whether they felt treated justly or not.
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Extra-Territorial Ethnic Politics, Discourses and Identities in Hungary By Szabolcs Pogonyi
English | PDF | 2017 | 206 Pages | ISBN : 3319524666 | 3.9 MB
This book explores the causes and consequences of the discursive and legal construction of the Hungarian transborder nation through the institutionalization of non-resident citizenship and voting. Through the in-depth analysis of Hungarian transborder and diaspora politics, this book investigates how the political engagement of non-resident Hungarians impacts inter- and intra-state ethnic relations.
Heroin, Acting, and Comedy in New York City By Barry Spunt
English | PDF | 2017 | 193 Pages | ISBN : 1137599715 | 1.8 MB
This book focuses on New York City-based actors and comedians who are self-acknowledged heroin users. Barry Spunt examines a number of hypotheses about the reasons why actors and comedians use heroin as well as the impact of heroin on performance, creativity, and career trajectory.
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North Korea’s New Diplomacy: Challenging Political Isolation in the 21st Century By Dr. Virginie Grzelczyk
English | PDF | 2018 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 1137450231 | 2.57 MB
This book examines how North Korea has managed to weather an uncertain political future and catastrophic economic system since the end of the Cold War. Emerging as a state that has successfully developed and tested missiles and nuclear weapons, North Korea has consolidated the Kim family dynasty through the appointment of Kim Jong Un as Pyongyang’s latest strongman.
The Politics of Drugs: Perceptions, Power and Policies By Susanne MacGregor
English | PDF | 2017 | 364 Pages | ISBN : 1137496819 | 3 MB
This book explores the complexities of drugs policy in Britain, contradicting the over simplified representation found in the public sphere. It focuses on developments in Britain since the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971, covering debates at national level and local experiences set in international and European context, emphasizing the interconnectivity between people and countries in this global age.
Anthropology of Our Times: An Edited Anthology in Public Anthropology By Sindre Bangstad
English | PDF | 2017 | 231 Pages | ISBN : 1137538481 | 3.05 MB
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Flight International - 25 - 31 July 2017
English | True PDF | 44 Pages | 11.75 MB
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SAP MII: Functional and Technical Concepts in Manufacturing Industries By Suman Mukherjee, Saptaparna Mukherjee (Das)
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 358 Pages | ISBN : 1484228138 | 25 MB
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 358 Pages | ISBN : 1484228138 | 25 MB
Leverage the flexibility and power of SAP MII to integrate your business operations with your manufacturing processes. You'll explore important new features of the product and see how to apply best practices to connect all the stakeholders in your business.
This book starts with an overview of SAP's manufacturing integration and intelligence application and explains why it is so important. You'll then see how it is applied in various manufacturing sectors.
Mostly Codeless Game Development: New School Game Engines By Robert Ciesla
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 233 Pages | ISBN : 148422969X | 6.37 MB
Get a head start in your game development career with this all-genre guide for absolute beginners. Whether you're into action games, role-playing games, or interactive fiction, we've got you covered. Mostly Codeless Game Development empowers new developers with little or no previous programming experience and explores all major areas of game development in a succinct, entertaining fashion.
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Introduction to Deep Learning Using R: A Step-by-Step Guide to Learning and Implementing Deep Learning Models Using R By Taweh Beysolow II
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 240 Pages | ISBN : 1484227336 | 10 MB
Understand deep learning, the nuances of its different models, and where these models can be applied.
The abundance of data and demand for superior products/services have driven the development of advanced computer science techniques, among them image and speech recognition. Introduction to Deep Learning Using R provides a theoretical and practical understanding of the models that perform these tasks by building upon the fundamentals of data science through machine learning and deep learning. This step-by-step guide will help you understand the disciplines so that you can apply the methodology in a variety of contexts. All examples are taught in the R statistical language, allowing students and professionals to implement these techniques using open source tools.
Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 18th Annual Conference, TAROS 2017, Guildford, UK, July 19–21, 2017, Proceedings By Yang Gao, Saber Fallah, Yaochu Jin, Constantina Lekakou
English | PDF | 2017 | 719 Pages | ISBN : 3319641069 | 93.94 MB
English | PDF | 2017 | 719 Pages | ISBN : 3319641069 | 93.94 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotics, TAROS 2017, held in Guildford, UK, in July 2017.
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Perl 6 Fundamentals: A Primer with Examples, Projects, and Case Studies By Moritz Lenz
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 151 Pages | ISBN : 1484228987 | 3.46 MB
Gain the skills to begin developing Perl 6 applications from the ground up in this hands-on compact book, which includes a foreword from Larry Wall, creator of Perl. You’ll learn enough to get started building with Perl 6, using Perl 6’s gradual typing, handy object orientation features, powerful parsing capabilities, and human-usable concurrency.
After a short introduction, each chapter develops a small example project, explaining the Perl 6 features used. When the example is done, you’ll explore another aspect, such as optimizing further for readability or testing the code.
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Cyber Security on Azure: An IT Professional’s Guide to Microsoft Azure Security Center By Marshall Copeland
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 217 Pages | ISBN : 1484227395 | 16.9 MB
Prevent destructive attacks to your Azure public cloud infrastructure, remove vulnerabilities, and instantly report cloud security readiness. This book provides comprehensive guidance from a security insider's perspective.
Cyber Security on Azure explains how this 'security as a service' (SECaaS) business solution can help you better manage security risk and enable data security control using encryption options such as Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography. Discover best practices to support network security groups, web application firewalls, and database auditing for threat protection. Configure custom security notifications of potential cyberattack vectors to prevent unauthorized access by hackers, hacktivists, and industrial spies.
