Constructed Layered Systems

"Emotional and painful but also layered with humour, I'm Afraid of Men will widen your lens on gender and challenge you to do better. This challenge is a necessary one--one we must all take up. It is

Prepare to be enchanted! Layered 3-D scenes accented with foil make for an irresistible edition of thisGuess How Much I Love You winter adventure.The Nutbrown Hares are playing I Spy as they hop throu

A many-layered alphabet book from an international star of the children's book world,Daytime Visions is graphically strong and intelligent in how it explores words and situations. Whether it's a kiwi

Embedded systems exposed!From operating our cars, to controlling the elevators we ride, to doing our laundry or cooking our dinner, the special computers we call embedded systems are quietly and unobt

One of a new series of vibrant animal novelty board books by an award-winning creator. What do cats like? Flip the layered pages and see - but watch out for the grrr-eat surprise! Innovative and brigh

In this richly layered compendium, Aliki, the beloved creator of many award-winning books for children, shares her keen insight about music and all its themes and variations. Ah, Music! is abou

這本書透過簡單又有趣的活動，帶孩子認識藝術家法蘭克．波林的創作世界。用顏料、拼貼、回收物，發揮想像力，畫出自己的地圖與夢想世界。不只介紹波林的生平與作品，也鼓勵孩子動手創作、表達自己，從藝術中找到樂趣與靈感。適合對繪畫與創意充滿好奇的孩子一起探索。Meet the Artist: Frank Bowling is packed with make-and-dos and inspiring activities for budding young artists. Experiment with paints and glue in ways you never imagined, make layered collages using recycling and design your own world using stencils and fantasy maps!Meet the Artist: Frank Bowling is packed with make-and-dos and inspiring activities for budding young artists. Experiment with paints and glue in ways you never imagined, make layered collages using recycling and design your own world using stencils and fantasy maps! Bursting with inspiring activities, the revised and expanded Meet the Artist series of activity books introduces children to internationally renowned artists in a fun and engaging way. Every book includes a brief introduction to the artist's life followed by a series of activities that explore prominent themes and ideas in the artist's bod

Find out about the shy and rarely seen red panda! This level 1 reader documents the lives of red pandas in their environment. The carefully constructed text and beautiful photographs guarantees a succ

This text is suitable for students in courses on aircraft design and for professionals with various engineering backgrounds who need to learn about unmanned aircraft systems. "The objective is to prov

An introduction to the principles of aircraft digital and electronic systems, this book is written for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering d

This attractive, full-colour coursebook, written by two highly experienced IB teachers, is tailored to the thematic requirements and assessment objectives of the IB's Environmental Systems and Societi

Electrical, electronic and programmable electronic systems increasingly carry out safety functions to guard workers and the public against injury or death and the environment against pollution. The in

High up in the Bolivian Andes-4,000 meters above sea level-lies Pumapunku, an ancient ruined city that simply could never have been constructed by its Stone Age inhabitants."Something here really stin

An official Minecraft manga adventure! Peaceful life in a perfectly constructed town bores ten-year-old Nico into mischief. Riding Creepers while they explode is fun and all, but what he really wants is to escape the blocky confines of his home and take his crafting skills on an adventure to the ends of the world. Just how big is the world, anyway, and what could possibly stand in his way? Nico has made it! Finally, he and his friends have set foot in the Nether. But, wait...what are all these enemies doing? How did Nico get surrounded? Nico and his incredible ability to create MODs are really going to be put to the test now!

An official Minecraft manga adventure! Peaceful life in a perfectly constructed town bores ten-year-old Nico into mischief. Riding Creepers while they explode is fun and all, but what he really wants is to escape the blocky confines of his home and take his crafting skills on an adventure to the ends of the world. Just how big is the world, anyway, and what could possibly stand in his way? Nico's journey, following his father to the end of the world, has reached a new level of intensity! He's gathered friends who adventure alongside him, explored a whole lot of the world, and helped a ton of people. What's next? What in the world is Enderman?!

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five "breakthroughs" in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow. In the last decade, capabilities of artificial intelligence that had long been the realm of science fiction have, for the first time, become our reality. AI is now able to produce original art, identify tumors in pictures, and even steer our cars. And yet, large gaps remain in what modern AI systems can achieve--indeed, human brains still easily perform intellectual feats that we can't replicate in AI systems. How is it possible that AI can beat a grandmaster at chess but can't effectively load a dishwasher? As AI entrepreneur Max Bennett compellingly argues, finding the answer requires diving into the billion-yea

An official Minecraft manga adventure! Peaceful life in a perfectly constructed town bores ten-year-old Nico into mischief. Riding Creepers while they explode is fun and all, but what he really wants is to escape the blocky confines of his home and take his crafting skills on an adventure to the ends of the world. Just how big is the world, anyway, and what could possibly stand in his way? Meet Owl, an expert sniper with the mod power of Clairvoyance. On top of that incredible fact, it turns out that he's a friend of Icco White, Nico's long-lost father! A love of crafting and adventure really do run in the White family. Nico's adventure is still getting started, and it looks like his father blazed an amazing trail for him to follow!

An official Minecraft manga adventure! Peaceful life in a perfectly constructed town bores ten-year-old Nico into mischief. Riding Creepers while they explode is fun and all, but what he really wants is to escape the blocky confines of his home and take his crafting skills on an adventure to the ends of the Overworld. Just how big is the world, anyway, and what could possibly stand in his way? Nico has set off on an adventure to the ends of the Overworld! He now has what every great adventurer needs--an adventuring party. Turns out it's good he has friends with him, because he's about to face a spider larger than his whole party combined!

This volume is a translated and edited collection of studies on the Shi ji (Records of the historian) by SimaQian, authored by the prestigious Japanese sinologist Miyazaki Ichisada. Providing a pathbreaking analysis of the structure and formation of the Shi ji, it serves not only as an excellent introduction to Sima Qian’s masterpiece but also offers historiographical and methodological insights that will stimulate further debate and research.In this volume, Miyazaki presents fascinating evidence of the influence of narrative fiction and drama in Sima Qian’s recreation of the entire length and breadth of Chinese history right up to his own time. By establishing a foundational model for writing comprehensive histories in China, Sima Qian’s work is essential for understanding the subsequent tradition of historical writing. This volume offers readers valuable insights into how Sima Qian constructed his seminal work.A monument of Japanese scholarship on the Shi ji, Prof. Miyazaki Ichisada’

Hong Kong and Macau have both been Special Administrative Regions of China since 1999. To this day, however, the two SARs and mainland China have yet to form a cohesive agreement for extradition. Yanhong Yin proposes a theoretical model—the China Arrest Warrant—that fulfils three essential criteria: compliance with the framework of “One Country, Two Systems,” allowance for differences within the three divergent legal systems, and sufficient human rights protection.This model takes direct inspiration from the European Arrest Warrant, which is undergirded by the principle of mutual recognition—the idea that while states may make different decisions on a wide range of matters, results will be accepted as equivalent to decisions made by one’s own state. The success of the European Union’s adoption of mutual recognition across political, economic, and legal situations is instrumental in providing a blueprint for judicial cooperation among mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Macau SAR. This a

Blending documentary and conceptual photography, de Middel's account of migrants traveling to California brings the plight of immigration into harsh reliefCristina de Middel (born 1975), the first Spanish head of Magnum Photos, has been traveling for years with Mexican migrants on the train they call "the beast" interviewing sicarios (hired killers) and talking for hours with "coyotes" (clandestine smugglers) and police officers. She combines her own photographs with objects found in the desert and archival footage, creating a multi-layered narrative that evokes the hardships and dangers of searching for a better life. The journey begins in Tapachula, a city on the southern border of Mexico with Guatemala, and ends in Felicity, a small town in California dubbed the "Center of the World." This saga is punctuated by the accounts of three migrants recounting their crossing, as well as a commentary by the artist. An afterword by Mexican journalist Pedro Anza illuminates the issues at stake

非常適合課堂和家庭使用！您準備好參加有關工廠系統的終極測驗了嗎？你有沒有想知道...為什麼當你觸摸含羞草時，葉子會關閉？為什麼有些植物會捕捉並「吃」昆蟲？為什麼蝴蝶和蜜蜂會拜訪花朵？科學家如何判斷一棵樹的年齡？加入 Quiz Champs 主持人 Sunny Sunflower，尋找諸如此類的有趣問題的答案。測試您對主題的掌握程度，學習有趣的事實，並一路上講一些愚蠢的笑話！Quiz Champs 系列經過專門設計，為年輕學習者提供有趣且具教育意義的學習體驗。該系列與新加坡小學科學課程大綱和劍橋小學科學課程保持一致，還包括豐富的問題，以拓展好奇心。已提供答案和附加資訊以幫助學習、複習和準備測驗。系列特色：與最新的2023年新加坡小學科學課程大綱和劍橋小學科學課程保持一致參與測驗題和笑話有趣、俏皮的外觀和感覺適合年輕讀者的簡單語言吉祥物隱藏在這本書的25頁中盡可能注入幽默有關主題的附加信息Great for classroom and home use!Are you ready to take the ultimate quiz on plant systems?Have you ever wanted to know ...why touch-me-not leaves close when you touch them?why some plants capture and 'eat' insects?why butterflies and bees visit flowers?how scientists can tell the age of a tree?Join Quiz Champs host Sunny Sunflower as you find answers to intriguing questions such as these. Test your mastery of the topic, learn fun facts and crack up at silly jokes along the way!The Quiz Champs series has been specially crafted to be a fun and educational learning experience for young learners. Th

非常適合課堂和家庭使用！您準備好參加有關工廠系統的終極測驗了嗎？你有沒有想知道...為什麼當你觸摸含羞草時，葉子會關閉？為什麼有些植物會捕捉並「吃」昆蟲？為什麼蝴蝶和蜜蜂會拜訪花朵？科學家如何判斷一棵樹的年齡？加入 Quiz Champs 主持人 Sunny Sunflower，尋找諸如此類的有趣問題的答案。測試您對主題的掌握程度，學習有趣的事實，並一路上講一些愚蠢的笑話！Quiz Champs 系列經過專門設計，為年輕學習者提供有趣且具教育意義的學習體驗。該系列與新加坡小學科學課程大綱和劍橋小學科學課程保持一致，還包括豐富的問題，以拓展好奇心。已提供答案和附加資訊以幫助學習、複習和準備測驗。系列特色：與最新的2023年新加坡小學科學課程大綱和劍橋小學科學課程保持一致參與測驗題和笑話有趣、俏皮的外觀和感覺適合年輕讀者的簡單語言吉祥物隱藏在這本書的25頁中盡可能注入幽默有關主題的附加信息Great for classroom and home use!Are you ready to take the ultimate quiz on plant systems?Have you ever wanted to know ...why touch-me-not leaves close when you touch them?why some plants capture and 'eat' insects?why butterflies and bees visit flowers?how scientists can tell the age of a tree?Join Quiz Champs host Sunny Sunflower as you find answers to intriguing questions such as these. Test your mastery of the topic, learn fun facts and crack up at silly jokes along the way!The Quiz Champs series has been specially crafted to be a fun and educational learning experience for young learners. Th

您準備好接受有關人體系統的終極測驗了嗎？你是否想知道...嬰兒真的比成人有更多的骨頭嗎？你的糞便是由什麼構成的？為什麼你的鼻孔長毛？你體內的哪塊肌肉一天 24 小時都在自行工作？Quiz Champs 系列是經過專門設計，為年輕學習者提供有趣且具有教育意義的學習體驗。 該系列與新加坡小學科學課綱和劍橋小學科學課程保持一致，內含豐富的問題，以開拓小學生好奇心，並提供答案和附加資訊來幫助學習、複習和準備考試。Are you ready to take the ultimate quiz on human body systems?Have you ever wanted to know ...if babies really have more bones than adults?what your poop is made of?why you have hair inside your nose?which muscle in your body works by itself 24 hours a day?Join Quiz Champs host Skip Skeleton as you find answers to intriguing questions such as these. Test your mastery of the topic, learn fun facts and crack up at silly jokes along the way!The Quiz Champs series has been specially crafted to be a fun and educational learning experience for young learners. The series is aligned with the Singapore primary Science syllabus and the Cambridge primary Science curriculum, and also includes enrichment questions to stretch curious minds. Answers and additional information have been provided to ai

"Outrageous!" the judges cried. "Ridiculous!" Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clousseau's painting quacks, he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation.That's when the trouble begins. The concept and plot are clever and beautifully constructed with twists and turns, and Jon Agee's trademark wit, humour and sense of the surreal. A playful examination of what realism in art actually means, and the difference between 2 and 3 dimensional

Modern power and energy systems are characterized by the wide integration of distributed generation, storage and electric vehicles, adoption of ICT solutions, and interconnection of different energy carriers and consumer engagement, posing new challenges and creating new opportunities. Advanced testing and validation methods are needed to efficiently validate power equipment and controls in the contemporary complex environment and support the transition to a cleaner and sustainable energy system. Real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation has proven to be an effective method for validating and de-risking power system equipment in highly realistic, flexible, and repeatable conditions. Controller hardware-in-the-loop (CHIL) and power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) are the two main HIL simulation methods used in industry and academia that contribute to system-level testing enhancement by exploiting the flexibility of digital simulations in testing actual controllers and power equipment.

Chinese medicine has a rich history that has only been made more complex by its integration with “Western” biomedicine. Legitimization of Chinese medicine in biomedicine-dominated health systems, such

The EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representativ

By the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in LiteratureMoving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, Gravel Heart is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of ParadiseSalim has always believed that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, he is a bookish child, a dreamer haunted by night terrors.It is the 1970s and Zanzibar is changing. Tourists arrive, the island's white sands obscuring the memory of recent conflict: longed-for independence from British colonialism swiftly followed by bloody revolution. When his father moves out, retreating into dishevelled introspection, Salim is confused and ashamed. His mother explains neither this nor her absences with a strange man; silence is layered on silence.When glamorous Uncle Amir, now a senior diplomat, offers Salim an escape, the lonely teenager travels to London for college. But nothing h

A new theory is taking hold in neuroscience. It is the theory that the brain is essentially a hypothesis-testing mechanism, one that attempts to minimise the error of its predictions about the sensory input it receives from the world. It is an attractive theory because powerful theoretical arguments support it, and yet it is at heart stunningly simple. Jakob Hohwy explains and explores this theory from the perspective of cognitive science and philosophy. The key argument throughout The Predictive Mind is that the mechanism explains the rich, deep, and multifaceted character of our conscious perception. It also gives a unified account of how perception is sculpted by attention, and how it depends on action. The mind is revealed as having a fragile and indirect relation to the world. Though we are deeply in tune with the world we are also strangely distanced from it.The first part of the book sets out how the theory enables rich, layered perception. The theory's probabilistic and statist

Shares fully illustrated, whimsical explanations about the human body's most superlative parts and systems, providing uproarious and jargon-free profiles of everything from tonsils and adenoids to the

In today’s world, where religious divides and cultural differences so often have tragic consequences, a sound understanding of the belief systems and practices of other peoples and cultures is essenti

In today’s world, where religious divides and cultural differences so often have tragic consequences, a sound understanding of the belief systems and practices of other peoples and cultures is essenti

In today’s world, where religious divides and cultural differences so often have tragic consequences, a sound understanding of the belief systems and practices of other peoples and cultures is essenti

In today’s world, where religious divides and cultural differences so often have tragic consequences, a sound understanding of the belief systems and practices of other peoples and cultures is essenti

SANSBURY SHOWS HOW SUPERLUMINAL ORBITAL SYSTEMS INSIDE ATOMIC NUCLEI CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE SPACE TIME DISTORTIONS OFRELATIVITY AND THE DISCONTINUITIES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS?2011 Cern discovery of a faste

Learning to Emulate the Wise is the first book of a three-volume series that constructs a historically informed, multidisciplinary framework to examine how traditional Chinese knowledge systems and gr

The new 6th edition of Applied Combinatorics builds on the previous editions with more in depth analysis of computer systems in order to help develop proficiency in basic discrete math problem solving