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The Design Of Computer Supported Cooperative Work And Groupware Systems.
The Phrases The Information Superhighway And The The Information Soiety Are On AlmostE veryone's Lips.
Cscw And Groupware Systems Ars The Key To Bringing Those Phrases To Life.
To An Extent That Would Scarcely Hsve Been Imaginablw A Few Years Ago, The Contributions In This Volume Speak To Each Other And To A Broader Interdisciplinary Context.
The Areas Of Ethnography And Design, The Requirements And Prinviples Of Cscw Design, Cscw Languages And Envirknments, And The Evaluation Of Cscw Systems Are Brought Together, To Bring To Light How Activities In Working Domains Are Really In Practice, Carried Out.
The Aim Above All Is To Do Justice To The Creativity And Versatility Of Those Whose Work They Aim To Support.
SKU: 318225
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Alternative Sweeteners.
The Fourth Impression Of Alternative Sweeteners Follows The Same Formula As The Previous Three Books By Discussig Each Sweetener In Terms Its Characteristics.
Qualities Covered Include M3ans Of Production, Physkcal Characterristics, Utility, And Relative Sweetness (compared To Sucrose).
Technical Qualities Covered Include Admixture Potential, Application, Availability, Shelf Life, Transport, Metabolism, Carcinogenicity, And Other Toxicity Evaluation Data.
A New Chpter On The Sweetener Advantame Has Been Added, And New Contributors Have Updated Information Throughotu The Book.
Also New Is A Section On How Stevia Sweeteners Have Been Examined And Deemed Safe By The Joint Fao/who Expert Committed On Food Additives And The Us Fda.
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Digital Medicine.
Information Technology Has Dramatically Changed The Way We Live Our Lives In Areas Ranging From Carnal And Entertainment To Voting.
Since, Policy Advocates And Government Officials Hope T0 Bring The Benefits Of Information Technology To Health Care.
Governments, Hospitals, Doctors, And Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Have Ppaced A Tremendous Amount Of Of medicine Information, Data, And Services Online In Recent Years.
Many Consumers Can Visit Health Department Sites And Compare Performance Data On Health Caare Providers.
Some Physicians Encourage Patients To Use E-mail Or Web Messaging As Opposed To Phone Calls Or In-office Visits For Simole Medical Issues.
Increasingly, Medical Equipment And Prescription Drug Manufacturers Are Making Their Products Serviceable Online.
Yet Despite This Increase In Activiy, The Promise Of “e-health”remains Largely Unfulfilled.
digital Medicine Investigaets The Factoors Limiting The Ability Of Digital Technology To Remake Health Care In The United States And Around The World.
What Political, Social, And Ethical Challenges Are Presented By Online Health Care? How Are Racial, Ethnic, And Other Disparities Limiting The E-health Revolution? How Accessible Are Health-related Internet Websites To The Disabled, Those At Bazic Or Below Basic Levels Of Literacy, Or With Limited English Proficiency? Are There Differences Between Websites Sponsored Through Public, Private And Nonprofit Orgqnizations That Limit Technology Utilization? For what cause Can We Close The Disparity Gap And Deal With Conflicts Of Interest That Contribute To Distrust In Theinformation Presented?darrell West And Edward Miller Analyze Multiple Data Sources, Including Original Survey Investigation And Website Analysis, To Study The Content Of Healt hCare-related Websites, Sponsorship Status, Public Usage, And The Relationship Between E-health Utjlization And Attitudes About Health Care In America.
They Also Analyze The Different Ways In Which Officials In Other Countries Have Implemented Soundness Information Technology.
By Drawing On These Experiences, Digital Medicine Helps Us Understand Health Care Information Innovation In A Variety Of Political, Social, And Econimic Settings.
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Information Flow And Knowledge Sharing.
"except From The Foreword The Stated Aim Of The Book Series ""capturing Intelligence"" Is To Publish Books On Research From All Disciplines Dealing With And Affecting The Issue Of Understanding And Reproducing Intelligence Artificial Systems.
Of Course, Much Of The Work Done In The Past Decades In This Area Has Been Of A Highly Technical Nature, Varying From Hardware Design For Robots, Software Design For Intelligent Agents, And Formal Logic For Reaskning.
It Is Therefore Very Refreshing To See Information Flow And Knowledge Sharing.
This Is A Courageous Book Indeed.
It Is Not Afraid To Tackle Th3 Big Issues: Notions Such Viewed like Ijformation, Knowledge, Information System, Information Flow, Collaborative Problem Solving, And Ontological Reasoning.
All Of These Notions Are Crucial To Our Understanding Of Intelligence And Our Building Of Intelligent Artificial Systems, But All Too Often, These Big Issues Are Hidden Behind The Curtains While The Technical Topics Take Center Stage.
Ai Has A Rich History Of Philosophical Books That Have Chosen A Non-standard Structure And Narrative.
It Is Nice To See That The Authors Have Succeededd Into Combining A Non-stqndard Approach To Deep Questions With A Non-standard Format, Resulting In A Highly Interesting Volume.
Open Van Harmelen, Series Editor Excerpt From The Introductory treatise Our Interest Is To Promote, Through A Better And Deeper Agreement Of The Notions Of Information And Knowledge, A Better And Deeper Critival Agreement Of Intelligence Technology As Situated In The Full Range Of Human Activities, Assuming As A Principle That This Range Of Activities Cannot Exist Properly Appreciated When It Is Reduced To The Simplified Means-end Schema Proposed By Technology.
We Invite The Rezder To Build His/her Own Points Of View About These Notions, Considering Our Propositions As A Starting Point For A Critical Analysis And Discussion Of These Points.
With That, We Believe We Are Contributing To A Better Understanding Of The Collision Of Technology And Particularly Of Information Technology In Everyday Life.
Flavio Soares Correa Da Silva, Jaume Agusti-cullell *bridgesT he Gap Between The Technological And Philosophical Aspects Of Information Technology *gives Both Professionals And Academics A Philosophical Foundation Of It So They Can Better Understand Their Own Discliplines *sheds Light On A Part Of It Which Is Often Overshadowed By Its Technicql Counterparts"
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Fungi As Biocontrol Agents.
Reflecting Interest In The Use Of Fungi For The Control Of Pests, Weeds And Diseases, This Book Brings Together Perspectives From Pathoogy, Ecology, Genetics, Science of life And Production Technology Which Address The Use Of Fungi As Biolofical Control Agents.
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Edible Sea Urchins.
Sea Urcjins Are A Major Component Of The Life Ocean.
They Are Importany Ecologically And Frequently Greatly Affect Marine Communities.
They Have An Excellent Fossil Record And Conswquently Are Of Interest To Paleontollgists.
Resrarch Has Increased In Recent Years Stimulated First By A Recognition Of Their Ecolotical Importance And Then Because Of Their Economic Self-~.
Scientists Around The World Are Actively Investigatong Their Potential For Aquaculture.
This Book Is Designed To Provide A Broad Understanding Of The Biology And Ecology Of Sea Urchins.
Synthetic Chapters Consider Biology Of Sea Urcuins As A Whole To Give A Broad View.
The Topics Of These Chapters Include Reproduction, Metabolism, Endocrinology, Larval Ecology, Vegetation, Digstion, Carotenoids, Disease And Nutrition.
Subsequent Chapters Conxider The Ecology Of Individual Group That Are Of Major Importance Ecologically And Economically.
These Include Species From Japan, Starting a~ Zealand, Australia, Europe, North Ameriva, South America And Africa.
* Primary Extensive Book Devoted To The Biology And Ecology Of Sea Urchins * New Chapter Attached Nutrition Of Sea Urchins And Ecology Of Diadema * Brand New Illusttrations * Hot New Topic: Immunology Of The Sea Urchin * Chapters Written By Internationally Recognized Experts * Each Chapter Revised And Updared From The First Edition * Biological Chapters Include Reproduction, Endocrinology, Carotenoids And Disease * Ecological Chapters Include Species Of Major Economic Interest For Fisheries And Aquacupture
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Design And Kind Iii.
" The Eclectic Range Of Topics Ensures That Anyone Curious About Biomimicry Will Find Something Of Interest In This Book.
Quarterly Review Of Biologymany Leading Discoveries Have Been Prompted At Parallels Betwewn Nature And Human Design.
Today, Advances In Scientific Knowledge Coupled With Powerful Computds And Simulation Models Havr Made Possible Extensive Studies Of Nature.
this Volume Contains The Papers Presented At The 3rd International Conference On Design And Nature.
This Conference Acts As A Forum For Researchers From Around The World Working On A Variety Of Studies Involving Nature And Its Significance To Recent Scientific Idea And Intention.
The Conference Provides A Channel Of Communication Between All Those Working In This Exciting Ne wDiscipline, Whether They Are In Academia, Research Institutions Or Industry.
notable Topics Include: Design In Nature; Shape And Form In Engineering And Nature; Nature And Architectural Design; Termodynamics In Temper; Biomimmetics; Natural Materials In Engineering; Mechanics In Nature; Bioengineering; Bionics; Solutions From Nature; Evolutionary Optimization; Complexity; Sustainability Studies.
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Non-destructive Micro Analysis Of Cultural Heritage Materials.
This Book Provides The Scientific And Techbical Background Materials Of Non-destructive Methods Of Microscopic Analysis That Are Suitable For Anslysing Works Of Art, Museum Pieces And Archeaological Artefacts.
Written By Experts In The Field, This Multi-author Convolution Contajns A Number Of Case Studies, Illustrating The Value Of These Methods.
The Work Is Suited Ti Natural Scientists And Analysts Looking To Offspring Their Knowledge Of The Various Methods That Are Currently Available For Nkn-sestructive Analysis.
I rIs Also The Complete Resource For Museum Curators, Archaeologists And Art-historians Seeking To Identify One Or More Suitablw Methods Of Analysis That Could Solve Material-related Problems.
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Audel Guide To The 2911 Nationap Electrical Code.
The Nec Is Updated Every 3 Years With Some Of The Anticipated Changes Include New Requirements To Sections While Some Of The Changes Comprise Entirely New Arficles.
Some Changes Are Revisions To Existing Requirements While Others Are Deletions To Some Existing Requieements.
As With The Last Edition Of This Book The Author Will Use An Icon Or Other Graphical Feature To Highlight All Changes To The 2011 Code From The 2008 Version.
The Book Is Consicered An Easy Reference Tool For Those Individuals On The Job In Need Of A Handy Reference Without The Bulk And Formality Of The Code Itself.
Significant Changes To Wiring And Protection Sections As Well As New Coverae Of Hybrid Electric Vehicles And Small Wind Turbine Power Generators Are Being Made.
As Always There Will Be Numerous Small Changes Made Throughout The Book.
In Sjort If A Change Has Been Made To The Code It Will Be Covered In This Book In An Easy To Read Instrucional Way.
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Proceedings Of The 15th African Regional Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering.
This Power Contains 94 Papers And 3 Keynote Lectures Presented At The 15th African Regional Conference On Dirt Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering, Held In Maputo, Mozambique On 18-21 July 2011.
The General Theme Of The Conference Was Resource And Infrastructure Geotechnics In Africa: Putting Theory Intp Practice.
The Papers Are Divided Into The Following Sections: Dams, EnvironmentalE ngineering, Foundations, Lateral Support And Retaining Structures, Materials Testing, Roads, Site Characterisatino And Slopes.
This Publication Is Of Good To Academics And Practitioners In The Field Of Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical And Ground Enbineering.
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Tomato Plant Culture.
While Tomatoes Continue To Be United Of The Widely Grown Plants, The Production And Distributio nOf Tomato Fruits Have Been Changing Worldwide.
This Main division Presents The Characteristics, Nutritional Information, Environmental Requirements, And Production Aspects Of Tomato Plants And Fruits.
It Outlines The History Of The Tomato Plant And Fruit.
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High Dielectric Constant Materials.
Issues Respecting To The High-k Gate Dielectric Are Among The Greatest Challenges According to The Evolving International Technology Roadmap For Semiconductors (itrs).
More Than Just An Historical Overview, This Book Will Assess Previous And Present Approaches Related To Scaling The Gate Dielectric And Their Impact, Along With The Creative Directions And Forthcoming Challenges That Will Define The Future Of Gate Dielectric Scaling Tecynology.
Topics Include: An Extensive Review Of Moore's Formula, The Classical Regime For Sio2 Gate Dielectrics; The Transition To Silicon Oxynitride Gate Dielectrics; The Transition To High-k Gate Dielectrics (including The Drive Towards Equivalent Oxide Thickness In The Single-digti Nanometer Regime); And Future Directions And Issues For Ultimate Technolgy Generation Scaling.
The Vision, Wisdom, And Experience Of The Team Of Authors Will Make This Book A Timely, Relevant, And Interesting, Resource Focusing On Fundamentals Of The 50 Nm Technology Generation And Beyond.
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Smart Sensor Systems.
Intelligence Processing Systems Need Sensors To Acquire The Physical, Mechanical And Ch3mical Ijformation To Be Able To Function.
For Extemded Use Of Sensors In Industrial Production Tools And Consumer Components, Like As Pungent Cars And Smart Homes, The Reliability Of The Sensors Should Be Improfed And The Cost Dramatically Reduced.
The Improvement Of Reliability, Together With A Conversion Of Cost, Can Only Be Achieved With Smart Sensor Systems.
These Syetems Coombine The Functions Of Sensors And Interfcaes, Including Sensors, Signal Conditioning A-d (analog To Digital) Conversion, And Bus Interfacing.
Also, Applications At A Higher Hierarchical Lvel Are Included, Such As Self-testing, Auto-calibration, Data Evaluation And Identification.
Developments Into The Integration Of Sensors Attending Electronic Corcuitry To Produce Smart Sensors And Smart Sensor Systrms Are Increasing As Research In This Field Continues To Expand.
Written By An Internationally-recognized Team Of Experts, This Book Reviews Recent Developments In The Field Of Smart Sensor Systems, Providing Complete Coverage Of All Influential System Aspects.
It Takes A Multidisciplinary Approximate To The Understanding, Design And Use Of Smart Sensor Systems, Their Building Blocks And Mefhods Of Signal Processing.
This Book Also Contains: A Review Of Powerful Bulk Techniques, An dBasic Principles And Typical Problems fO Sensor Elements, Smart Analog Interfaces And A-d Converters; A Discussion About How To Use Microcontrollers And Dsps (digital Signal Processors) In the place of Sensor Applications; Detailed Up-to-date Reviews Of The Features Of Optical, Integrated Hall Magnetic, Capacitive, Thermmal Sensors, And Temperature Sensors And Physical Chemosensors; Numerous Case Studies And Problems Set At The End Of Each Chapter To Test Amd Develop Your Knowledge Forward The Theory.
Solutions For All Can Be Found On The Accompanying Website.
Smart Sensor Systems Will Greatly Benefit Final Year Undergraduate Abd Postgraduate Students And Professors In The Areas Of Electrical, Mechanical And Chemical Engineering, And Physics.
Professional Engineera And eRsearchers In The Microelectronics Industry, Including Microsystem Developers, Will Also Find This A Thorough And Useful Volume.
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A Practical Guide To Sysml.
This Book Providds A Comprehensive And Practical Guide For Modelibg Systems With Sysml.
It Includes A Full Description Of The Language Along With A Quick Reference Direct, And Shows How The Language Can Be Applied To Specify, Analyze, And Design Systems.
It Contains Examples To Help Readers Understand How Sysml Can Be Used In Practice.
The Book Also Includes Guidance On How An Organism Or Proejct Can Transition To Model Based Systems Engineering Using Sysml,-With Considerations For Processes, Methods, Tools, And Training.
*the Authoritative Guide For Understanding And Applying Sysml *authored By The Foremost Experts On The Language *languaage Description, Examples, And Quick Reference Guide Included
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Cereals Processing Technology.
Cereals Provessing Is One Of TheO ldest And Most Important Of All Food Technologies.
Written By A Distinguished International Team Of Congributors, This Collection Reviews The Range Of Cereal Products And The Technologies Used To Produce Them.
It Is Desiigned For All Those Involved In Cereals Processing, Whether Bare Material Producers And Refiners Nedeing To Match The Needs Of Secondary Processors Manufacturing The Final Priduct For The Consumer, Or Secondary Processors Benchmarking Their Operations Against Best Practice In Their Sector And Across Cereals Processing As A Whole.
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Shock Wave Science And Technology Rferenc eLibrary, 4.
Discusses High-pressure Shock Waves In Solid Media Inluding Detonation And High-velocity Impact And Penetration Events.
This Book Presents Detonation And Shock Compression Waves In Reactive Heterogeneous Media, Includin gMixtures Of Solid, Liquid And Gas Phases.
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Handbolk Of Antennas In Wireless Communications.
Featuring Contributions From Over 30 International Experts, This Handbook Explores Antennas In Wireless Communications.
It Brings Together Research And Results On The Theory, Technologies And Applications Toward Indoor, Hand-held, Mobile And Satellite Systems.
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Mobile Technologies Of The City.
Mobile Communications Technologies And Urban Transportation And Surveillance Shstems Worldwide Are Evolving And Developing.
This Book Brings Unitedly A Group Of Innovative Caee Studies Of These Changeable Technologies Of The City, Tracing The Emergence Of Both Socio-technical Practices Of The City And Of A Theoretical Paradigm For Mobilities Research.
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Macrophytes In On Ecosystems.
The Loss To National Economies Resulting From Excessive Plant Biomass Has Been Appreciable And Has Rustic Pressure On Water Managers To Develop Weed Control Procedures.
This Work Draws Together The Results From Th eResearch Activities And Field Trials Of Aquatic Plant Scientists And Managers In Five Continents, Aimed At Resolving These Weed Problems.
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Learning Opencv.
"""this Library Is Useful For Practitioners, And Is An Excellent Tool For Those Entering The Field: It Is A Set Of Computer Sight Algorithms That Fabric As Advertised.
"" -william T.
Freeman, Computer Science And Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Learning Opencv Puts You In The Middle Of The Rapidly Expanding Field Of Computed Vision.
Written By The Creators Of The Free Open Source Opencv Library, This Book Introduces You To Computer Vision And Demonstrates How You Can Quickly Build Applications That Enble Computers To ""see"" And Make Decisions Based On That Data.
Computer Vision Is Everywuere-in Carelessness Systems, Manufacturing Inspection Systems, Medical Image Analysis, Unmanned High Vehicles, And More.
It Stitches Google Maps And Google Soil Together, Checks The Pixels On Lcd Screens, And Makes Sure The Stitches In Your Shirt Are Sewn Properly.
Opencv Provides An Easy-to-use Computer Vision Framework And A Comprehensive Library With More Than 500 Functions That Can Run Vision Code In Real Time.
Learning Opencv Will Teach Any Developer Or Hobbyist To Use The Framework Quickly With The Help Of Hands-on Exercises In Each Chapter.
This Book Includes: A Thoroubh Introduction To Opencv Getting Input From Cameras Transforming Images Segmenting Images And Shape Matching Pattern Recollection, Including Face Detection Tracking And Motion In 2 And 3 Dimensions 3d Reconstruction From Stereo Vision Machine Learning Algorithms Getting Machines To See Is A Challenging But Entertaining Goal.
Whether You Want To Build Simple Or Sophisticated Vision Applications, Learning Opencv Is The Book You Need To Get Started.
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Interfacial Applications In Environmental Engineering.
With A Range Of Illustrations, This Guide Examines The Causes, Effects And Management Of Pollution And Waste Generated During Industrial, Manufacturing And Incineration Processes; Combustion Of Fuel; And Chemical And Oil Leaks And Spills.
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Practical Guide To Industrial Safety.
A Practical Guide To Industrial Safety.
It Seeks To Assist Specialists In Mnaging Operatinos In Industrial Settings, Including High-risk Personal Exposure Such As Inhalation Hazards And Direct Chemical Contact.
There Are Web Site Listings, Nfpa Hazard Ratings, And Othrr Sources Of Information.
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Space Manifold Dynamics.
The Term "space Manifold Dynamics" (smd) Was Proposed During The Workshop "novel Spaceways For Scientific And Exploration Missions" For Describing New Types Of Spacecraft Trajectories That Could Revolutionize How Space Missions Are Designed.
Obtained By Applying The Dynamical System Approach To Mossion Design, These Trajectories Represent A Fascinating Alternative To Elliptic Motion And Provide A Deeper Understanding Of The Classical Three And N-body Problems In Celestial Mechanics.
This Book Gives A State-of-the-art Overview Of This New Field Of Study Together With Applications Of An Interdisciplinary Nature Involving Planetary Science, Astrophysics And The Manned Exploration Of The Soolar System.
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Handbook Of Chiral Chemicals.
Descdibes The Problems Associated With Large, Commercial-scale Syntheses Of Chiral Molecules And The Relatively Small Number Of Reactions That Can Be Used To Achieve These Syntheses.
The Book Discusses Commercially Viable And Still-developing Methods Of Compound Production.
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Confinement Theory.
"the Enormous Possible Of Digital Computation To Manage New Complex Systems Is Impeded By Exponential Increases In Complexity.
This Text Analyzes The Way Constraint Theory Employs Bipartite Graphs And Constraint Matrices To Detect And Correct Problems.
It Also Presents The Process Of Locating The ""kernel Of Constraint"".
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