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This textbook introduces readers to the fundamental notions of modern probability theory. The only prerequisite is a working knowledge in real analysis. Highlighting the connections between martingales and Markov chains on one hand, and Brownian motion and harmonic functions on the other, this book provides an introduction to the rich interplay between probability and other areas of analysis.Arranged into three parts, the book begins with a rigorous treatment of measure theory, with applications to probability in mind. The second part of the book focuses on the basic concepts of probability theory such as random variables, independence, conditional expectation, and the different types of convergence of random variables. In the third part, in which all chapters can be read independently, the reader will encounter three important classes of stochastic processes: discrete-time martingales, countable state-space Markov chains, and Brownian motion. Each chapter ends with a selection of illu

Migrate from pandas and scikit-Learn to PySpark to handle vast amounts of data and achieve faster data processing time. This book will show you how to make this transition by adapting your skills and leveraging the similarities in syntax, functionality, and interoperability between these tools. Distributed Machine Learning with PySpark offers a roadmap to data scientists considering transitioning from small data libraries (pandas/scikit-learn) to big data processing and machine learning with PySpark. You will learn to translate Python code from pandas/scikit-learn to PySpark to preprocess large volumes of data and build, train, test, and evaluate popular machine learning algorithms such as linear and logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, support vector machines, Na鴳e Bayes, and neural networks. After completing this book, you will understand the foundational concepts of data preparation and machine learning and will have the skills necessary to apply these methods using

拉邦動作分析 (Laban Movement Analysis, LMA) 是一個有系統的解析學理，用來歸類與分析人類的動作模式邏輯。經由瞭解動作分析理論，學習者不但能瞭解人的身體極限，也可以挑戰自己的動作潛能，懂得自己的身體，亦可經由對自我的清楚認知而能超越身心極限。在拉邦動作分析的學理中，學習者可經由肢體與空間、時間、勁力的關係，尋求出動作質地的各種可能性。更重要的是能瞭解人的一靜一動如何影響其自身的情感表達，並與他人溝通互動，更甚者，能協助處理人與人之間的微妙關係。 本教科書內容依循美國於紐約市的拉邦動作研究中 (Laban Institute of Movement Studies, LIMS)，用來訓練拉邦動作分析師 (Laban Movement Analyst, LMA) 之課程教學架構來書寫。本書共有六個章節，其中第一章是整體介紹拉邦動作分析的歷史根源，第六章則總結於多位受過訓練者的書寫範例。第二至第五章，則以教科書的方式，主要針對拉邦動作分析學理以及如何實際操作使用，給予說明以及實作訓練，從人類行為的身體 (Body)、描述動作質地的勁力 (Effort)、身體的動作塑型 (Shape)、環繞於人體的內、外空間和諧 (Space Harmony) 等四大分析面向進行對人類行為的理論探討。希冀藉由對動作質地進行的科學性剖析，瞭解人的身體極限以及人類動作的功能性 (Functional Movement)與表達性 (Expressive Movement)，進而能夠分析動作之意義、動機，以及其背後的情緒與心理狀態。

[內容簡介]拉邦動作分析 (Laban Movement Analysis, LMA) 是一個有系統的解析學理，用來歸類與分析人類的動作模式邏輯。經由瞭解動作分析理論，學習者不但能瞭解人的身體極限，也可以挑戰自己的動作潛能，懂得自己的身體，亦可經由對自我的清楚認知而能超越身心極限。在拉邦動作分析的學理中，學習者可經由肢體與空間、時間、勁力的關係，尋求出動作質地的各種可能性。更重要的是能瞭解人的一靜一動如何影響其自身的情感表達，並與他人溝通互動，更甚者，能協助處理人與人之間的微妙關係。 本教科書內容依循美國於紐約市的拉邦動作研究中 (Laban Institute of Movement Studies, LIMS)，用來訓練拉邦動作分析師 (Laban Movement Analyst, LMA) 之課程教學架構來書寫。本書共有六個章節，其中第一章是整體介紹拉邦動作分析的歷史根源，第六章則總結於多位受過訓練者的書寫範例。第二至第五章，則以教科書的方式，主要針對拉邦動作分析學理以及如何實際操作使用，給予說明以及實作訓練，從人類行為的身體 (Body)、描述動作質地的勁力 (Effort)、身體的動作塑型 (Shape)、環繞於人體的內、外空間和諧 (Space Harmony) 等四大分析面向進行對人類行為的理論探討。希冀藉由對動作質地進行的科學性剖析，瞭解人的身體極限以及人類動作的功能性 (Functional Movement)與表達性 (Expressive Movement)，進而能夠分析動作之意義、動機，以及其背後的情緒與心理狀態。[名家推薦]劉鳳學新古典舞團／唐樂舞創辦人、創團藝術總監財團法人新古典表演藝術基金會創辦人財團法人新古典表演藝術基金會紅樹林劇場創辦人國立臺灣師範大學體育與運動科學系榮譽教授拉邦舞譜、拉邦動作分析學理研究者歐建平中國藝術研究院舞蹈研究所名譽所長、博士生導師《中國大百科全書》第三版「舞蹈學科」主編牛津大學出版社《國際舞蹈百科全書》中國特約撰稿人國家社科基金藝術學重點專案「現當代舞蹈的傳播與跨文化研究」負責人中國文化部「優秀專家」、中國舞蹈家協會「突出貢獻舞蹈家」稱號獲得者

This volume details preparations, separations, identification, analysis of postbiotics types and mechanism, uses of postbiotics in health, pharma, aquacultures, and the food industry. Divided into five sections chapters provide methods on antimicrobials, antibiofilm, anti-inflammatory, antiallergies, antiobesity, meurotransmitter activity, dietary supplementation and Immunomodulatory activity of postbiotics, postbiotics as biopreservatives, and as well as food packing material. . Written in the format of the Methods and Protocols in Food Science series, chapters list necessary materials and methods for readily reproducible protocols. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Postbiotics aims to be a foundation for future studies and to be a source of inspiration for new investigations in the field.

Precision CNC Machining for High-Performance Gears: Theory and Technology covers basic theories and methods, key technologies, and machining equipment in precision CNC machining of high-performance gears. Sections cover research status and development trends of machining technologies and CNC machining equipment of high-performance gears, calculation theories of the precision modification method of high-performance gears, methods of reducing the machining principle errors of high-performance gears, the modeling method of multi-source errors and the compensation technique of CNC gear machine tools, the key technologies of precision CNC gear machine tools, the optimization method of the process parameters of hobbing and grinding, key technologies, and more.

本書根據高等教育國際化相關要求，為滿足“互換性與測量技術”課程雙語教學和留學生英文授課需要而編寫，系統介紹了互換性與測量技術的基本概念、相關標準的構成、基本內容及具體規定，並提供在線課程。同時，每章均給出教學目標、綜合性教學案例剖析，並附有知識脈絡圖、思考/練習題、重點術語及定義。本書可作為高等學校機械類相關專業雙語教學或全英文授課的教材或參考書，也可供相關工程技術人員參考。This book is compliled to meet the needs of bilingual and English teaching of the “Interchangeability and Measurement Technology”course for international students，according to the requirements of the internationalization of higher education.In this book，the fundamental concepts of interchangeability and measurement technology，as well as the basic content and specific regulations of the relevant standards are systematically introduced.And the corresponding online open course is also provided.Meanwhile，teaching objectives，analysis of comprehensive teaching cases，knowledge frame diagram，questions and exercises，and definitions for key terms are given in each chapter.This book can simultaneously serve as th

UNIT 1 BASIC CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLESCHAPTER 1 Cells and OrganismsCHAPTER 2 Basic GeneticsCHAPTER 3 Nucleic Acids and ProteinsCHAPTER 4 Genes, Genomes, and DNACHAPTER 5 Manipulation of Nucleic AcidsUNIT 2 THE GENOMECHAPTER 6 Polymerase Chain ReactionCHAPTER 7 Cloning Genes for Synthetic BiologyCHAPTER 8 DNA SequencingCHAPTER 9 Genomics and Systems BiologyUNIT 3 THE CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGYCHAPTER 10 Cell Division and DNA ReplicationCHAPTER 11 Transcription of GenesCHAPTER 12 Processing of RNACHAPTER 13 Protein SynthesisCHAPTER 14 Protein Structure and FunctionCHAPTER 15 Proteomics: The Global Analysis of ProteinsUNIT 4 REGULATING GENE EXPRESSIONCHAPTER 16 Regulation of Transcription in ProkaryotesCHAPTER 17 Regulation of Transcription in EukaryotesCHAPTER 18 Regulation of Protein SynthesisCHAPTER 19 Noncoding RNACHAPTER 20 Genome DefenseCHAPTER 21 Analysis of Gene ExpressionCHAPTER 22 Epigenetics and EpigenomicsUNIT 5 SUBCELLULAR GENETIC ELEMENTSCHAPTER 23 PlasmidsC

The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics provides an ecumenical introduction to Christian ethics, its sources, methods, and applications. With contributions by theological ethicists known for their excellence in scholarship and teaching, the essays in this volume offer fresh purchase on, and an agenda for, the discipline of Christian ethics in the 21st century.The essays are organized in three sections, following an introduction that presents the four-font approach and elucidates why it is critically employed through these subsequent sections. The first section explores the sources of Christian ethics, including each of the four fonts: scripture, tradition, experience, and reason. The second section examines fundamental or basic elements of Christian ethics and covers different methods, approaches, and voices in doing Christian ethics, such as natural law, virtue ethics, conscience, responsibility, narrative, worship, and engagement with other religions.The third section addresses

There are now over 900 randomized controlled trials demonstrating the positive effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for a wide range of areas. ACT is listed as an empirically supported therapy for multiple clinical concerns and is being disseminated as an evidence-based treatmentby organizations including the United States Veterans Health Administration and the World Health Organization. In The Oxford Handbook of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Michael P. Twohig, Michael E. Levin, and Julie M. Petersen bring together contributions from the world's leading scholars to create a comprehensive volume on established areas of ACT. The Handbook presents a scholarly review of thetreatment as it has developed over the past two to three decades. Featuring 33 chapters on key aspects of the treatment, the contributors offer analysis on ACT's conceptual and theoretical underpinnings, applications to specific populations and problems, methods of implementation, and other specialtopi

This concise, easy-to-read pocket guide offers medical trainees, researchers, and clinicians at every level the perfect resource on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). Based on the author's many years of experience teaching EBM to medical students and medical residents at Columbia University, this handy title addresses not only all the basic concepts and issues in EBM, but also takes an example-based approach and is replete with numerous illustrations. This brief book provides readers with all the tools needed to tell the good from the bad in healthcare research. It discusses every type of study design, from the assessment of diagnostic tests to clinical trials and meta-analysis. The work also introduces readers to novel methods, such as the Bayesian analysis of clinical trials. In addition, to help readers better retain the information, the guide includes thought-provoking review questions and answers in an appendix. In all, Pocket Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survival Guide for Clinicians a

Why did Egyptian cults, especially those dedicated to the goddess Isis and god Sarapis, spread so successfully across the ancient Mediterranean after the death of Alexander the Great? How are we limited by the established methodological apparatus of historiography and which innovative methods from other disciplines can overcome these limits? In this book, Tomáš Glomb shows that while the interplay of different factors such as the economy, climate, and politics created favorable conditions for the early spread of the Isiac cults, the use of innovative quantitative methods can shed new light and help disentangle the complex interplay of individual factors. Using a combination of geospatial modeling, mathematical modeling, and network analysis, Glomb determines that, at least in the regions of the Hellenistic Aegean and western Asia Minor, the political channels created by the Ptolemaic dynasty were a dominant force in the local spread of the Isiac cults. An important contribution to th

Human rights abuses and violations in Saudi Arabia attract international condemnation. But within the country, an Islamic civil rights movement, ‘HASM’, has called for change. While its members have received international human rights awards, the Saudi authorities have persecuted and imprisoned them.This book is the first to study human rights in the kingdom from the perspective of these prominent Saudi civil rights activists, uncovering the actual ideas that motivate their activism. Based on analysis of the group’s texts, the book highlights that HASM neither supports an overthrow of the government, of which they are accused, nor are they “liberal” advocates of universal human rights. Their complex thought is a contribution to contemporary Islamic discourse because they make a case for ‘peaceful civil jihad ’ through the protection of citizens’ basic rights, but within a rigid, Salafist interpretation of social affairs that imposes heavy limits on politics, human rights and democrac

Natalie Davidson offers an alternative account of Alien Tort Statute litigation by revisiting the field's two seminal cases, Filártiga (filed 1979) and Marcos (filed 1986), lawsuits ostensibly concerned with torture in Paraguay and the Philippines, respectively. Combining legal analysis, archival research and ethnographic methods, this book reveals how these cases operated as transitional justice mechanisms, performing the transition of the United States and its allies out of the Cold War order. It shows that US courts produced a whitewashed history of US involvement in repression in the Western bloc, while in Paraguay and the Philippines the distance from US courts allowed for a more critical narration of the lawsuits and their underlying violence as symptomatic of structural injustice. By exposing the political meanings of these legal landmarks for three societies, Davidson sheds light on the blend of hegemonic and emancipatory implications of international human rights litigation in

Introducing foundational concepts in infinite-dimensional differential geometry beyond Banach manifolds, this text is based on Bastiani calculus. It focuses on two main areas of infinite-dimensional geometry: infinite-dimensional Lie groups and weak Riemannian geometry, exploring their connections to manifolds of (smooth) mappings. Topics covered include diffeomorphism groups, loop groups and Riemannian metrics for shape analysis. Numerous examples highlight both surprising connections between finite- and infinite-dimensional geometry, and challenges occurring solely in infinite dimensions. The geometric techniques developed are then showcased in modern applications of geometry such as geometric hydrodynamics, higher geometry in the guise of Lie groupoids, and rough path theory. With plentiful exercises, some with solutions, and worked examples, this will be indispensable for graduate students and researchers working at the intersection of functional analysis, non-linear differential e

In recent years the development of new classification and regression algorithms based on deep learning has led to a revolution in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analysis. The development of a theoretical foundation to guarantee the success of these algorithms constitutes one of the most active and exciting research topics in applied mathematics. This book presents the current mathematical understanding of deep learning methods from the point of view of the leading experts in the field. It serves as both a starting point for researchers and graduate students in mathematics trying to get into the field, as well as an invaluable reference for future research.

During the past half-century, exponential families have attained a position at the center of parametric statistical inference. Theoretical advances have been matched, and more than matched, in the world of applications, where logistic regression by itself has become the go-to methodology in medical statistics, computer-based prediction algorithms, and the social sciences. This book is based on a one-semester graduate course for first year Ph.D. and advanced master's students. After presenting the basic structure of univariate and multivariate exponential families, their application to generalized linear models including logistic and Poisson regression is described in detail, emphasizing geometrical ideas, computational practice, and the analogy with ordinary linear regression. Connections are made with a variety of current statistical methodologies: missing data, survival analysis and proportional hazards, false discovery rates, bootstrapping, and empirical Bayes analysis. The book con

The thalamus is a key structure in the mammalian brain, providing a hub for communication within and across distributed forebrain networks. Research in this area has undergone a revolution in the last decade, with findings that suggest an expanded role for the thalamus in sensory processing, motor control, arousal regulation, and cognition. Moving beyond previous studies of anatomy and cell neurochemistry, scientists have expanded into investigations of cognitive function, and harness new methods and theories of neural computation. This book provides a survey of topics at the cutting edge of this field, covering basic anatomy, evolution, development, physiology and computation. It is also the first book to combine these disciplines in one place, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of thalamus research, and will be an essential resource for students and experts in biology, medicine and computer science.

During the past half-century, exponential families have attained a position at the center of parametric statistical inference. Theoretical advances have been matched, and more than matched, in the world of applications, where logistic regression by itself has become the go-to methodology in medical statistics, computer-based prediction algorithms, and the social sciences. This book is based on a one-semester graduate course for first year Ph.D. and advanced master's students. After presenting the basic structure of univariate and multivariate exponential families, their application to generalized linear models including logistic and Poisson regression is described in detail, emphasizing geometrical ideas, computational practice, and the analogy with ordinary linear regression. Connections are made with a variety of current statistical methodologies: missing data, survival analysis and proportional hazards, false discovery rates, bootstrapping, and empirical Bayes analysis. The book con

Paul Hedley Jones presents a coherent reading of 1 Kings 13 that is attentive to literary, historical and theological concerns. Beginning with a summary and evaluation of Karl Barth’s overtly theological exposition of the chapter – as set out in his Church Dogmatics – Jones explores how this analysis was received and critiqued by Barth's academic peers, who focused on very different questions, priorities and methods. By highlighting substantive material in the text for further investigation, Jones sheds light on a range of hermeneutical issues that support exegetical work unseen, and additionally provides a wider scope of opinion into the conversation by reviewing the work of other scholars whose methods and priorities also diverge from those of Barth and his contemporaries. After evaluating four additional in-depth readings of 1 Kings 13, Jones presents a more theoretical discussion about perceived dichotomies in biblical studies that tend to surface regularly in methodological deba

This book explores the legal and practical implications of the digital age for employment and industrial relations. To that end, the book analyses the problems arising from the digitalisation of work and the negative effects on working conditions in fields such as platform work, robotisation, discrimination, data protection, and freedom of speech. It also looks at how to ensure decent working conditions for workers affected by digitalisation, by investigating the minimum standards that should be ensured to mitigate negative effects – and how these could be best guaranteed by legislation and collective bargaining.The book presents a theoretical framework on the impact of automatisation, robotics, and digitalisation on the very basic principles of individual and collective labour law. The chapters provide an in-depth analysis of new patterns of work prompted by digitalisation, including: classification of platform workers; recognition of employment and social security rights; competition

本書為配合北京大學信息科學技術學院本科生主幹基礎課、北京市精品課"電路分析原理"課堂教學而編寫，是北京市高校"優質本科教材課件"。可作為高等院校電子類基礎課"電路分析""電路原理""電路基礎"的教材，亦可供相關領域科技人員自學或參考。為使讀者在學習和選擇參考書時減少困惑，本書力圖體現如下特點：理論和知識體系完整，內容闡述簡明生動、更容易理解和掌握。理實交融，例題、思考題、研討題和習題豐富並富有啟發，拓展題取材於科研一線，習題三星分層並附參考答案，方便自學自測。配合雙語教學，章節綱要、名詞術語、例題習題均採用中英雙語，便於留學生使用。This book is written for the undergraduate course "Principles of Circuit Analysis" of the School of EECS in Peking University. It is the "high-quality undergraduate textbook" for colleges and universities in Beijing. The book can be used as the teaching material of electronic-basic courses such as "Circuit Analysis" or "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits". It can also be used for self-study or reference by researchers in related fields.The book includes the following characteristics. First, the theory and knowledge system are complete and easier to understand. Second, the book combines theory with practice. There are many examples, topics, problems, and exercises for discussion and practice. The extended topics are based o

This book mainly describes the basic concepts, fundamental theories and standard methods in essential Calculus of one single variable. It is written in English. The content is compact, popular and concise. Various types of examples and exercises have been devised in each section and chapter. The emphasis is on the fundamental computational abilities, especially the normal computation methods used in Calculus and subsequent courses. The main contents of this book includes Functions and Limits, Differentiation of Functions of One Single Variable, Integrals of Functions of One Single Variable and Applications of Integration, Differential Equations and Infinite Series. This book can serve as a textbook in English of essential Calculus taken by nonmathematics major students and international students, and is also suitable for other readers for reference purposes.

Forensic DNA analysis plays a central role in the judicial system. A DNA sample can change the course of an investigation with immense consequences. Because DNA typing is recognized as the epitome of forensic science, increasing public awareness in this area is vital. Through several cases, examples and illustrations, this book explains the basic principles of forensic DNA typing, and how it integrates with law enforcement investigations and legal decisions. Written for a general readership, Understanding Forensic DNA explains both the power and the limitations of DNA analysis. This book dispels common misunderstandings regarding DNA analysis and shows how astounding match probabilities such as one-in-a-trillion are calculated, what they really mean, and why DNA alone never solves a case.

Big History seeks to retell the human story in light of scientific advances by such methods as radiocarbon dating and genetic analysis. This book provides a deep, causal view of the forces that have shaped the universe, the earth, and humanity. Starting with the Big Bang and the formation of the earth, it traces the evolutionary history of the world, focusing on humanity's origins. It also explores the many natural forces shaping humanity, especially the evolution of the brain and behaviour. Moving through time, the causes of such important transformations as agriculture, complex societies, the industrial revolution, the enlightenment, and modernity are placed in the context of underlying changes in demography, learning, and social organization. Humans are biological creatures, operating with instincts evolved millions of years ago, but in the context of a rapidly changing world, and as we try to adapt to new circumstances, we must regularly reckon with our deep past.

Three basic forces dominated sixteenth-century religious life. Two polarized groups, Protestant and Catholic reformers, were shaped by theological debates, over the nature of the church, salvation, prayer, and other issues. These debates articulated critical, group-defining oppositions. Bystanders to the Catholic-Protestant competition were a third force. Their reactions to reformers were violent, opportunistic, hesitant, ambiguous, or serendipitous, much the way social historians have described common people in the Reformation for the last fifty years. But in an ecology of three forces, hesitations and compromises were natural, not just among ordinary people, but also, if more subtly, among reformers and theologians. In this volume, Christopher Ocker offers a constructive and nuanced alternative to the received understanding of the Reformation. Combining the methods of intellectual, cultural, and social history, his book demonstrates how the Reformation became a hybrid movement produc

Big History seeks to retell the human story in light of scientific advances by such methods as radiocarbon dating and genetic analysis. This book provides a deep, causal view of the forces that have shaped the universe, the earth, and humanity. Starting with the Big Bang and the formation of the earth, it traces the evolutionary history of the world, focusing on humanity's origins. It also explores the many natural forces shaping humanity, especially the evolution of the brain and behaviour. Moving through time, the causes of such important transformations as agriculture, complex societies, the industrial revolution, the enlightenment, and modernity are placed in the context of underlying changes in demography, learning, and social organization. Humans are biological creatures, operating with instincts evolved millions of years ago, but in the context of a rapidly changing world, and as we try to adapt to new circumstances, we must regularly reckon with our deep past.

This self-contained introduction to machine learning, designed from the start with engineers in mind, will equip students with everything they need to start applying machine learning principles and algorithms to real-world engineering problems. With a consistent emphasis on the connections between estimation, detection, information theory, and optimization, it includes: an accessible overview of the relationships between machine learning and signal processing, providing a solid foundation for further study; clear explanations of the differences between state-of-the-art techniques and more classical methods, equipping students with all the understanding they need to make informed technique choices; demonstration of the links between information-theoretical concepts and their practical engineering relevance; reproducible examples using Matlab, enabling hands-on student experimentation. Assuming only a basic understanding of probability and linear algebra, and accompanied by lecture slide

Why do people run for office with opposition parties in electoral authoritarian regimes, where the risks of running are high, and the chances of victory are bleak? In Activist Origins of Political Ambition, Keith Weghorst offers a theory that candidacy decisions are set in motion in early life events and that civic activism experiences and careers in civil society organizations funnel aspirants towards opposition candidacy in electoral authoritarian regimes. The book also adapts existing explanations of candidacy decisions derived from leading democracies that can be applied to electoral authoritarian contexts. The mixed-methods research design features an in-depth study of Tanzania using original survey data, sequence methods, archival research, and qualitative data combined with an analysis of legislators across authoritarian and democratic regimes in Africa. A first-of-its kind study, the book's account of the origins of candidacy motivations offers contributions to its study in aut

Close corporations, which are legal forms popular with small and medium enterprises, are crucial to every major economy's private sector. However, unlike their 'public' corporation counterparts, close corporation minority shareholders have limited exit options, and are structurally vulnerable in conflicts with majority or controlling shareholders. 'Withdrawal remedies'-legal mechanisms enabling aggrieved shareholders to exit companies with monetary claims-are potent minority shareholder protection mechanisms. This book critically examines the theory and operation of withdrawal remedies in four jurisdictions: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. Developing and applying a theoretical and comparative framework to the analysis of these jurisdictions' withdrawal remedies, this book proposes a model withdrawal remedy that is potentially applicable to any jurisdiction. With its international, functional, and comparative analysis of withdrawal remedies, it challenges prec

A compact, comprehensive guide to looking at stars and planets for readers from around the world.The clearest, most accessible guide to observing the night sky.Authoritative text, crystal-clear charts, and a systematic approach make the DK Handbook of Star and Planets the perfect beginner’s guide to the night sky. A highly visual introduction explains the basic concepts of astronomy and gives advice on the best methods and equipment for observation, including binoculars and telescopes. Each of the planets in the solar system is described and illustrated in detail, with images taken from space probes as well as from the ground, showing them as you can expect to see them. More than 160 star charts were made especially for this book by the Royal Greenwich Observatory. There is a separate, detailed chart for each of the 88 constellations, adding up to a complete atlas of the sky. The text for each constellation reveals its history and mythology and lists notable stars, galaxies, nebulae, a

This book provides a series of gesture and behavior recognition methods based on multimodal datarepresentation. The data modalities include image data and skeleton data, and the modeling methods includetraditional codebook, topological graph, and LSTM architectures. The tasks include single gesture recognitionclassification, single action recognition classification, continuous gesture classification, complex behaviorclassification of human interaction and other tasks of different complexity. This book focuses on the dataprocessing methods of each modality, and the modeling methods for different tasks. We hope the reader canlearn basic gesture and action recognition methods from this book, and develop a model system that suits theirneeds on this basis. This book can be used as a textbook for graduate, postgraduate and PhD students majoring in computerscience, automation, etc. It can also be used as a reference for the reader who is interested in gesturerecognition, human action inter

Brilliant Inks offers beginners and beyond exciting techniques, lessons, and projects for painting, drawing, and lettering with vibrant colored inks. Apply these skills to eye-catching projects that include jewelry, accessories, dimensional artwork, and more.Discover a world filled with vibrant color and creative possibilities as you explore an array of painting, drawing, printing, and lettering techniques and styles using vivid colors of artist’s ink.In Brilliant Inks, artist, illustrator, and top Skillshare teacher Anna Sokolova shares her own unique methods that get the most out of this versatile medium. With her guidance, create beginner-friendly florals and foliage, animals, still lifes, figures and portraits, and hand lettering.Learn about the various types of inks and the best tools and surfaces to use with them. Then, try basic techniques such as color mixing, creating visual texture, negative painting, and splattering.Work with a variety of brushes, dip pens, and droppers to g

This timely text covers the theory and practice of surface and nanostructure determination by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD): it is the first book on such quantitative structure analysis in over 30 years. It provides a detailed description of the theory, including cutting-edge developments and tested experimental methods. The focus is on quantitative techniques, while the qualitative interpretation of the LEED pattern without quantitative I(V) analysis is also included. Topics covered include the future study of nanoparticles, quasicrystals, thermal parameters, disorder and modulations of surfaces with LEED, with introductory sections enabling the non-specialist to follow all the concepts and applications discussed. With numerous colour figures throughout, this text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students and researchers, whether experimentalists or theorists, in the fields of surface science, nanoscience and related technologies. I

Stochastic games have an element of chance: the state of the next round is determined probabilistically depending upon players' actions and the current state. Successful players need to balance the need for short-term payoffs while ensuring future opportunities remain high. The various techniques needed to analyze these often highly non-trivial games are a showcase of attractive mathematics, including methods from probability, differential equations, algebra, and combinatorics. This book presents a course on the theory of stochastic games going from the basics through to topics of modern research, focusing on conceptual clarity over complete generality. Each of its chapters introduces a new mathematical tool – including contracting mappings, semi-algebraic sets, infinite orbits, and Ramsey's theorem, among others – before discussing the game-theoretic results they can be used to obtain. The author assumes no more than a basic undergraduate curriculum and illustrates the theory with num

The range of phenomena that manifest at all different time and length scales and the wide range of sizes of space objects, from minor bodies in the Solar System to exoplanets, and from dust particles to Jupiter-size bodies, require the development of dynamical modeling and analysis tools that can handle these different scales. This volume collects contributions given by distinguished scientists at the hybrid IAU Symposium 364. The methods in dynamics modeling of space objects have already reached a state of maturity, and their implementation provided a large number of important results pertaining to both the theory and their applications. The contributions cover the recent advances in the multi-scale dynamics of natural and artificial space objects from various perspectives, which will benefit graduate students and researchers working in the fields of celestial mechanics, astrodynamics, planetary sciences, applied mathematics and dynamical systems.

Preferential Services Liberalization offers the first, comprehensive analysis of the conditions that the World Trade Organization sets for preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the area of services. Johanna Jacobsson provides an in-depth analysis of the relevant GATS rules, puts forward a practical method to analyze services PTAs, and applies the method to services agreements concluded by the EU. The result is a detailed examination of the legal criteria for services PTAs and methods to study them, combined with a better understanding of the level of liberalization reached by the EU and its member states. This book does go beyond the EU in analyzing the implications that multi-level governance has for international services liberalization. It proposes a new approach to study services commitments of any federal state and argues that lower levels of government should receive more attention in international negotiations over services trade.

In this distinctive study, Nicholas Luke explores the abiding power of Shakespeare's tragedies by suggesting an innovative new model of his character creation. Rather than treating characters as presupposed beings, Luke shows how they arrive as something more than functional dramatis personae - how they come to life as 'subjects' - through Shakespeare's orchestration of transformational dramatic events. Moving beyond dominant critical modes, Luke combines compelling close readings of Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear with an accessible analysis of thinkers such as Badiou, Žižek, Bergson, Whitehead and Latour, and the 'adventist' Christian tradition flowing from Saint Paul through Luther to Kierkegard. Representing a significant intervention into the way we encounter Shakespeare's tragic figures, the book argues for a subjectivity which is not singular or abiding, but perilous and leaping.

The Genera of Orchidaceae in Hong Kong is a handy reference for both amateurs and professional botanists in Asia who wish to enter the field of modern orchidology. Orchid appreciation is an art deeply rooted in Asian cultures. But in 1977, when this book was first published, orchidology as a science was new to people there. The technical vocabulary was unfamiliar and the subject matter difficult to understand. Therefore, this volume was intended as a general, easy-to-use reference book, with illustrations of the basic structure of orchids and their habit and habitat clearly described in Chapter I. The book may also be used as a self-help guide for naturalists and gardeners in Hong Kong who wish to identify an orchid new to them. In Chapter II, keys, descriptions, and illustrations are given to allow the reader to look up and gain information about individual orchid species. Chapter III provides an analysis of the composition and an interpretation of the phytogeographic significance of