Continuous Authentication Using Biometrics

Based on Excel 2007, Engineering with Excel, 3e takes a comprehensive look at using Excel in engineering.This book focuses on applications and is intended to serve as both a textbook and a reference f

The Art of Dementia Care is a practical guide intended for all who provide support, encouragement and care for people with dementia. Using a relationship model of care, you will learn how you can mak

Aimed at those with experience using the technique, this handbook discusses some of the problems commonly encountered with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The author employs a humorous, down-to-earth

The Challenge of Hegemony explains how international forces subtly influence foreign, economic, and security policies of declining world powers. Using detail-rich case studies, this sweeping study int

Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books. Perfect for the Common Core, kids can problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries! Nate t

Using the durable board masks and play script from this book, children can act out Audrey Wood's quirky and amusing story The Princess and the Dragon. - See more at: http://www.childs-play.com/booksho

Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference for book- and songwriters clearly explains the fundamentals of the three crafts of a musical?book, music, and lyrics. Using copious exampl

Written by the most knowledgeable Oracle JDeveloper author team in the worldThis Oracle Press guide shows how to build Web applications using the Fusion Middleware development tool, Oracle JDeveloper.

In this title, a renowned sports psychologist shows business leaders how to play to win - using the proven secrets of professional athletes. Business, like sports, is all about performance. Performanc

A sturdy board book edition of the classic favorite finds six lovable animals using humorous rhymes to help Lloyd the llama discover what kind of animal his mother is.

The prediction of the special theory of relativity differ significantly from those of Newtonian physics only for bodies whose speeds are comparable with the speed of light. For this reason, special relativity is often considered as irrelevant to the macroscopic physics of ordinary material systems under terrestrial conditions. The aim of this book is to show that by uniting dynamics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism into a coherent whole, special relativity illuminated each of these subjects in a manner which cannot be obtained by studying them in isolation. The speed of the systems concerned is irrelevant. This deep and careful analysis of special relativity is suitable for second- and subsequent- year university students studying physics or applied mathematics. Its distinctive approach will also appeal to research workers in general relativity, in continuum thermodynamics and in the electrodynamics of continuous media.

An illustrated rhyming biography of the African American woman and first Naval engineer to design a ship using a computer. “Solid inspiration.” -Kirkus, starred review

Critically analyzes the American capitalistic system using Marx's view of competitive capitalism as a model

Human Recognition in Unconstrained Environments: Using Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning Methods for Biometrics provides a unique picture of the complete ‘in-the-wild’ biometri

Automatic personal authentication using biometric information is becoming more essential in applications of public security, access control, forensics, banking, etc. Many kinds of biometric authentica

"Pattern Recognition, Machine Intelligence and Biometrics" covers the most recent developments in Pattern Recognition and its applications, using artificial intelligence technologies within an increas

Jump-start your preschooler's exposure to vocabulary using this adorable book featuring 100+ foundational words for their favourite animals!Help your preschooler learn their first words faster with this beautifully illustrated board book featuring 100+ foundational words for their favorite animals—designed by a licensed speech therapist to support early speech development.Perfect for babies and toddlers, this engaging book introduces 100 foundational first words through charming watercolor illustrations of animals your child already loves.Why Parents Love It:• Builds early vocabulary for babies & toddlers• Supports language development with functional, everyday animal words• Designed for little hands with a durable, easy-to-hold board book format• Created by a certified speech therapist for trusted learningExplore a World of Animals:Farm, jungle, ocean, forest, pets, bugs, and more—making it one of the most engaging animal books for boys and girls.Interactive “Seek & Find” Lear

Mirabelle 和家人到海邊度假，但大家規定整個假期都不能使用魔法。對調皮的 Mirabelle 來說，這幾乎是不可能的事。她忍不住偷偷施了一點魔法，想創造一個神奇的小生物，卻意外變出一群可愛又麻煩的小龍寶寶。於是，一場充滿混亂與笑聲的魔法假期冒險就此展開。Mirabelle and her family are on holiday, staying in a lovely cottage by the sea. There's just one problem-they're not meant to be using magic.Can Mirabelle manage a whole week without any magical mischief? Of course not! But perhaps she can use a teeny bit of magic to create a magical creature? Just for one night . . .Half fairy, half witch, totally naughty!Mirabelle and her family are on holiday, staying in a lovely cottage by the sea. There's just one problem-they're not meant to be using magic.Can Mirabelle manage a whole week without any magical mischief? Of course not! But perhaps she can use a teeny bit of magic to create a magical creature? Just for one night . . .From the Mirabelle series:• Mirabelle Gets Up to Mischief (ISBN: 9780192776495)• Mirabelle Breaks the Rules (ISBN: 9780192777546)• Mirabelle Has a Bad Day (ISBN: 9780192777553)• Mirabelle I

Get ready for bed with Bluey in this Bedtime Little Library. These chunky mini books are perfect for little hands. Stories include Fruit Bat, Daddy Putdown, Burger Shop and Sleepytime.It’s the perfect little gift for big Bluey fans. Night-night Bluey!Don’t miss these other awesome Bluey books:Bluey: Bluey and Friends Little LibraryBluey: Bluey Playtime Little LibraryBluey: Little LibraryBluey is an Emmy award-winning Australian children's television programme following the adventures of a loveable six-year-old Blue Heeler Puppy, Bluey and her family. It’s currently showing on Disney+, BBC iPlayer and CBeebies in the UK.Bluey enjoys exploring the world and using her imagination to turn everyday life into an amazing adventure. Join Bluey in this fun collection of story, activity and novelty books that celebrate play.

Find out how a submarine works in this interactive book with flaps and holes.Lift flaps and peep through holes to explore with a little sub on a deep-sea dive. Find out how the sub works by opening it up and peeping inside at the cockpit and the ballast tanks, and help the crew collect deep-sea samples using the mechanical arms. There's lots to learn about marine life, too - investigate what an octopus is guarding, meet a hammerhead shark and switch off the sub lights to see all the glowing creatures in the dark.

Carefully crafted using accessible language, repetition, sight words, and charming illustrations, Corey R. Tabor’s award-winning Fox books are a terrific choice for emerging readers and their caretakers. These active, engaging My First I Can Read stories have appealing plots and loveable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey.Perfect for introducing new readers to mischievous Fox’s adventures, this set includes five My First I Can Read Fox books (including three Geisel Award winners): Fox the TigerFox is LateFox versus WinterFox at NightFox Has a ProblemWith all five books tucked into one sturdy box, this is an excellent choice to jumpstart your Fox collection!

The seasons are changing and it's time to get cosy!Curl up with a blanket and a delicious mug of hot cocoa to enjoy colouring in 45 beautiful hand-drawn illustrations – adorable animal scenes packed with memorable details. This irresistible colouring book has bold and clean lines to help you create beautiful, effortless colouring pages. This book offers:45 hand-drawn colouring pages to help you relax, unwind and be inspired to appreciate the seasons!Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through (if using marker pens, please place a protective sheet behind the page you are colouring).High resolution prints on high quality paper, for clear, crisp images.

Solve the puzzles to help Supersquirrel save the world from disaster.When a top secret formula is stolen, it's a job for Supersquirrel. Using her amazing superpowers, she tracks down the culprit, the ruthless Dr Drizzle, who has a plan to make a fortune. Help Supersquirrel to solve a variety of puzzles and put a stop to Dr Drizzle's evil scheme.- Packed full of puzzles to solve as you read the story- Simple text and comic strips make reading fun for beginner readers- Perfect for shared reading as you work to solve the puzzles together- Supersquirrel is the first in a series of puzzles stories featuring appealing animal superheroes

A new Little Golden Book based on the Bluey animated series on Disney+ and Disney Junior! Bluey and her family star in this new Little Golden Book based on the Bluey original series, now streaming on Disney+ and Disney Junior. In this storybook, Bluey and Bingo are having lots of fun playing the Magic Xylophone game with Dad, but can they learn to share? Bluey follows the adventures of a lovable and inexhaustible six-year-old Blue Heeler puppy who lives with her Dad, Mum, and four-year-old little sister, Bingo. Along with her friends and family, Bluey enjoys exploring the world and using her imagination to turn everyday life into an amazing adventure. Little Golden Books enjoy nearly 100% consumer recognition. They feature beloved classics, hot licenses, and new original stories . . . the classics of tomorrow.

What’s your idea of the perfect movie night? Is it full of frights, jump scares, and even the occasional scream? Then this jigsaw puzzle was made for you!As you connect 1000 pieces to complete the 50 Must-Watch Scary Movies Bucket List Puzzle from Ridley's Games, you’ll reveal 50 of the most iconic horrors and thrillers across decades of cinema.With original illustrations inspired by classics and blockbusters—think Carrie, Ringu, and The Thing, to name just a few—this great gift for scary movie lovers offers a bucket list of frightening films to watch after piecing it together!Created for the thrill seeker or puzzle lover, this jigsaw comes in giftable bucket-style packaging and, when finished, measures H27.6 x W21.7 in / H70 x W55 cm.At Ridley’s Games, we like to make Good Clean Fun that’s as kind to the planet as it can be, so this jigsaw is made using 80% recycled materials and 20% FSC paper, and it’s printed using soy inks.MADE FOR JUMP SCARE JUNKIES – If you see the artistry in Th

This is the way we use the potty. Do you know what to do?Are you ready to take your nappy offand try the potty too?Get ready for your little one's next big step with this adorable slider book you can read together before you start potty-training. This rhyming story is perfect for reading aloud together with toddlers, building familiarity and confidence around using the potty, and introducing some fun ideas for all the family to try.Little ones will love to unroll the toilet paper, slide a nappy down and spin a wheel to change clothes after a little accident. For parents and carers, each page features short practical tips to help you and your child, consulted by Early Years expert Lizzie Noble.

Bluey and Bingo are playing with their favourite toys. Join them and play along! Stroke Polly Puppy’s soft fur, feel Sticky Gecko’s sticky skin and admire Unicorse’s shiny horn. This touch and feel book is perfect for Bluey fans who love to play!Don’t miss these other awesome Bluey books:Bluey: Meet Bluey’s Family: Tabbed bookBluey: A Jigsaw Puzzle BookBluey: Big Box of Little BooksBluey is an Emmy award-winning Australian children's television programme following the adventures of a loveable six-year-old Blue Heeler Puppy, Bluey and her family.It’s currently showing on Disney+, BBC iPlayer and CBeebies in the UK. Bluey enjoys exploring the world and using her imagination to turn everyday life into an amazing adventure. Join Bluey in this fun collection of story, activity and novelty books that celebrate play.

A love letter to books, showing how many elements and people contribute to making something beautiful, from Caldecott honoree Elisha Cooper In this poetic and beautifully illustrated ode to creativity and the process of making books, Caldecott honoree Elisha Cooper takes readers on a journey showing how words and art move from one person to another. From writer to reader, and everyone who contributes in between: Here is a book, made with love. An artist's studio overflows with sketches, drafts, a wastebasket, and wonder. A publisher's office hums with computers, layouts, coffee, and teamwork. A printer makes a layout into a book using presses, ink, paper, and time. And that book travels to a school, to a library, to a student, to a home.

Laugh while you learn with animals with attitude! Make reading your superpower with our non-fiction DK Super Readers!Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about dinosaurs, with this fun-filled non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Photos amaze and explain and playful illustrations keep humor at the forefront. The combination of high interest information, levelled text and lots of laughs will appeal to even the most reluctant readers. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexiles so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to learn about a dinosaur that is more ditzy than deadly! The content is all real, the dinosaur is all attitude!

Follow Little Bee as she buzzes from garden to greenhouse to desert, visiting all kinds of different blooms, each one as beautiful and fascinating as the next.Little Bee leaves her hive and flies out to discover the many beautiful and strange plants and flowers that bring color to the world. Buzz by dazzling tulips and floating water lilies but watch out for the snapping Venus flytraps!Packed with bright illustrations and creative wordplay, this chunky board book is designed to instill a love of nature from an early age, great for reading aloud yet perfect for bedtime, finishing with a peaceful nighttime scene. Written by an expert baby-book writer, using sound effects and simple phrases to engage babies with the pictures on the page, this series of board books has broad appeal to both Zommer fans and gift givers alike.

Discover over 200 roar-tastic animal facts and reveal amazing hidden pictures!Seek and find incredible animals by lifting the flaps and using the magic card searchlight to discover hidden pictures and learn hundreds of fascinating facts.Friendly andeasy-to-understand textprovides a great introduction to the wild and wonderful world of animals!Featureslift-the-flapsand threemagic searchlightseek and find pages.Includes over200fascinating facts, plus seek-and-find magic searchlight challenges for the reader to discover hidden pictures.From the creators of the bestselling Magic Torch books -"So ingenious you'll wonder why you haven't seen it before." - BookTrust

Jinwoo is alarmed to learn about the timeless war between the Monarchs and the Rulers―a war that, according to the King of the Giants, will soon rage on Earth. To complicate matters, the world’s third-strongest hunter is found dead, and Jinwoo’s father is the primary suspect―despite having been lost to a gate ten years ago! The two members of Ahjin Guild head for the US to attend the International Guild Conference and get to the bottom of things. Little do they realize that setting foot in America means crossing paths with Dongsoo Hwang, who has a bone to pick with Jinwoo about the death of his brother―and isn’t above using Jinho as bait!

Sing along with Bluey and Bingo!Bluey and Bingo love to sing! They even make up fun songs for their games. Join them and sing along to The Wheels on the Bus, Ten Green Bottles and Poor Little Bug on the Wall, and other Bluey and Bingo tunes.Follow the tabs in this musical board book and start singing!More Bluey fun:Bluey: Love From BlueyBluey: PerfectBluey: What Games Should We Play?Bluey is an Emmy award-winning Australian children's television programme following the adventures of a loveable six-year-old Blue Heeler Puppy, Bluey and her family. It’s currently showing on Disney+, BBC iPlayer and CBeebies in the UK. Bluey enjoys exploring the world and using her imagination to turn everyday life into an amazing adventure. Join Bluey in this fun collection of story, activity and novelty books that celebrate play.

Discover over 200 jaw-tastic dinosaur facts and reveal amazing hidden pictures!Seek and find incredible dinosaurs by lifting the flaps and using the magic card searchlight to discover hidden prehistoric pictures and learn hundreds of fascinating facts.Friendly andeasy-to-understand, informative textprovides a perfect introduction to the wild and wonderful roar-some world of dinosaurs!Featureslift-the-flapsand threemagic searchlightseek and find pages.Includes over200fascinating facts, plus seek-and-find magic searchlight challenges for the reader to discover hidden pictures.From the creators of the bestselling Magic Torch books -"So ingenious you'll wonder why you haven't seen it before." - BookTrust

Discover over 200 fin-tastic shark facts and reveal amazing hidden pictures!Seek and find incredible sharks by lifting the flaps and using the magic card searchlight to discover hidden pictures and learn hundreds of fascinating factsFriendly andeasy-to-understand, informative textprovides a great introduction to the wild and wonderful underwater world of sharks!Featureslift-the-flapsand threemagic searchlightseek and find pages.Includes over200fascinating facts, plus seek-and-find magic searchlight challenges for the reader to discover hidden pictures.From the creators of the bestselling Magic Torch books -"So ingenious you'll wonder why you haven't seen it before." - BookTrust

Draw your favourite Bluey characters using this step-by-step guide!Draw your favourite Bluey characters with this easy and fun step-by-step guide! Learn how to draw Bluey and Bingo and all their family and friends, even Unicorse! WAKADOO!Want more Bluey? Also available:Bluey: Bluey’s Beach A Craft Activity BookBluey: What Games Should We Play? A Lift-the-Flap BookBluey: Super Stickers

A hardcover Halloween picture book featuring the pups from Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol! Is the Lookout haunted? Rubble thinks he's seen a ghost, and it's up to Ryder, Chase, and the rest of Adventure Bay's heroic pups to solve the mystery. Children ages 3 to 7 will love this not-too-scary picture book that is perfect for Halloween. Get on the case with Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol! Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, and the rest of the puppy heroes are always read to save their friends and protect the community of Adventure Bay using their PAWsome vehicles, tools, and teamwork.

This book explores the possibility of building the resilience of the UNESCO cultural landscapes, both using theoretical conceptions and practical strategies and actions. Two case studies have been selected, one in Italy and one in China, which have then been explored for the first time in such a comparative way. Different notions of landscape, as well as the driving force of changes affecting these landscapes, are examined and compared.Moreover, the perceptions of the local communities regarding these landscapes are examined, using online questionnaires with over 400 participants. This research highlights the need for an integrated management system, building stronger rural communities able to manage change and continuity. Five pillars to build the resilience of these landscapes have been provided, with schemes and figures, requiring a people-centered approach in their management.This book demonstrates strong connections between identity and landscape resilience, especially in inlandar

The clever and hilarious star of the Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger is back in another I Can Read adventure.There's only one Fox . . . except when there are two!Will Fox outfox this new fox? Or will he make a new friend?Carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and whimsical illustrations, Fox versus Fox is ideal for sharing with your emergent reader. The active, engaging My First I Can Read stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey. Other Fox books include Fox Has a Problem, Fox at Night, Fox versus Winter, Fox the Tiger, Fox Is Late, Fox and the Jumping Contest, and Fox and the Bike Ride.

This jam-packed collection of fun and simple science experiments for kids is perfect for the classroom or home. Stir up some sticky slime, build a solar system with rubber bands, power a speed boat using soap, and construct an erupting volcano, all with Home Activity Lab, which offers exciting experiments for budding scientists. Including a foreword by Professor Robert Winston, this stunning book includes 28 brilliant science projects using simple step-by-step instructions, everyday ingredients that can be found around the house, and amazing photography to guide you from start to finish. Each experiment describes the science behind the project, highlighting STEM facts with STEM icons pointing out the key science, technology, engineering, and math learning involved in each project. "Take it further" panels encourage young readers to experiment and take their projects to the next level, developing their independence, initiative, and creative thinking skills. Perfect for budding scientist