As a new interdisciplinary research area, “image-based geometric modeling and mesh generation” integrates image processing, geometric modeling and mesh generation with finite element method (FEM) to s
'Stalin's last generation' was the last generation to come of age under Stalin, yet it was also the first generation to be socialized in the post-war period. Its young members grew up in a world that
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In this book, Chiarot offers a uniquely poignant social commentary: the current generation, whether consciously or subconsciously, has taken a Nietzscheian approach to dealing with guilt. Clever prose
Connect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangersEveryday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the
This book presents new concepts for a next generation of PV. Among these concepts are: Multijunction solar cells, multiple excitation solar cells (or how to take benefit of high energy photons for the
Novel Techniques for Dialectal Arabic Speech describes approaches to improve automatic speech recognition for dialectal Arabic. Since speech resources for dialectal Arabic speech recognition are very
The Fourth Edition to the Introduction of Random Signals and Applied Kalman Filtering is updated to cover innovations in the Kalman filter algorithm and the proliferation of Kalman filtering applicati
This book comprises selected papers of the Third International Conference on Future Generation Information Technology, FGIT 2011, held in Jeju Island, Korea, in December 2011.The papers presented were
The Beat Generation writers and artists are typically identified as an American movement. Yet travel, Buddhism, drug experimentation, and European surrealism and romanticism were an integral part of t
The Beat Generation writers and artists are typically identified as an American movement. Yet travel, Buddhism, drug experimentation, and European surrealism and romanticism were an integral part of t
"Journey Towards Professionalism: Straight Talk for Today's Generation" is the highly anticipated new book written with an in your face, straight forward style aimed at today's generation. This simpli
"Automatic control is a multidisciplinary subject covering topics of interest for electrical, mechanical, aerospace, chemical and industrial engineers. The objective of this text is to provide a compr
The concept of the “generation” is a popular staple in the media, from the “Greatest Generation” of US World War II veterans to the contemporary “Millennial” generation. Yet there has been remarkably
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO POWER GENERATION--FULLY REVISEDUpdated throughout to cover the latest technologies and applications, Power Generation Handbook, Second Edition, focuses on the basics of power g
This volume examines the outlook for renewable energy in electricity generation-particularly wind and solar power-as a substitute for conventional fuels such as coal and natural gas. Economist Benjami
The book “Mechatronics: Recent Technological and Scientific Advances” provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the evolving disciplines of mechatronics for nanotechnology, automatic control &
This book concentrates on the luminescence and structural properties of the new generation of europium and terbium activated phosphors, associated phenomena, and related topics, from basic principles
Since their first inception, automatic reading systems have evolved substantially, yet the recognition of handwriting remains an open research problem due to its substantial variation in appearance. W
With music technology becoming an increasingly central aspect of the music composition curriculum in England and Wales, Armstrong (St Mary's U. College, England) questions assumptions of automatic inc
Timely and provocative, Generation Freedom looks at the historic youth uprisings sweeping the Middle East and what they mean for the future of peace, coexistence, and relations with the West. At a t
Spinning directlyout of UNCANNY X-MEN comes the most important new X-Book in years--GENERATION HOPE! When Hope Summers returned from the future she triggered the rebirth of the mutant gene. Five lig
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology allows for automatic identification of information contained in a tag by scanning and interrogation using radio frequency (RF) waves.An RFID tag contai
This book focuses on next generation data technologies in support of collective and computational intelligence. The book brings various next generation data technologies together to capture, integrate
The dynamics of financial returns varies with the return period, from high-frequency data to daily, quarterly or annual data. Multifractal Random Walk models can capture the statistical relation betwe
Generation X includes individuals born roughly between 1961 and 1981. This generation has faced major advances in technology, environmental degradation, and widening economic injustice, all of which a
This volume contains refereed research or review papers presented at the 6th Seminar on Stochastic Processes, Random Fields and Applications, which took place at the Centro Stefano Franscini (Monte Ve
In 2008, Barack Obama lobotomized a generation. For an entire year, otherwise clear-thinking members of the most affluent, over-educated, information-drenched generation in American history fell prey
This collection of fourteen articles on database queries showcases advanced scholarship in the searching of a variety of database systems. Topics discussed include automatic categorization in web data
This book comprises selected papers of the Second International Conference on Future Generation Information Technology, FGIT 2010, in Jeju Island, Korea, in December 2010.The 60 full papers presented
Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs is the proceedings of the final symposium of MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas: Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthrough
In recent decades, a group of second generation religious Zionist West Bank settlers have turned away from the collectivist political messianic ideology of the first generation of settlers and have be
"Stalin's last generation" was the last generation to come of age under Stalin, yet it was also the first generation to be socialized in the post-war period. Its young members grew up in a world that
Surprising, especially to someone used to a later generation of weapons or the staged exploits of so may film heroes. Military IllustratedStunning colour photography The text is authoritative and this
Imagine what would happen if there was an outbreak of kindness in the world--if everybody did one kind thing on a daily basis. The Random Acts of Kindness: A Year of Touching Stories and Thoughtful S
Grimmett's concise and masterful introduction to the basic mathematical ideas needed to model such random processes as viral marketing, epidemics, random algorithms, and efficient routing. The selecti
Rapid development of computer hardware has enabled usage of automatic object recognition in an increasing number of applications, ranging from industrial image processing to medical applications, as
Generation A is set in the near future in a world where bees are extinct, until five unconnected people all around the world— in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka
The activity of neurons in the brain is noisy in that their firing times are random when they are firing at a given rate. This introduces a random or stochastic property into brain processing which we
