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Urban Mobility and the Smartphone: Transportation, Travel Behavior
and Public Policy provides a global synthesis of the transformation
of urban mobility by the smartphone, clarifying the definitions of
new concepts and objects in mobility studies, accounting for the
changes in transportation and travel behavior triggered by the
spread of the smartphone, and discussing the implications of these
changes for policy-making and research. Urban mobility is
approached here as a system of actors: the perspectives of
individual behavior (including lifestyles), the supply of mobility
services (including actors, business models), and public
policy-making are considered. The book is based on an extensive
review of the academic literature as well as systematic observation
of the development of smartphone-based mobility services around the
world. In addition, case studies provide practical illustrations of
the ongoing transformation of mobility services influenced by the
dissemination of smartphones. The book not only consolidates
existing research, but also picks up on weak signals that help
researchers and practitioners anticipate future changes in urban
mobility systems. Key Features * Synthesizes existing research into
one reference, providing researchers and policy-makers with a clear
and complete understanding of the changes triggered by the spread
of the smartphone. * Analyzes numerous case studies throughout
developed and developing countries providing practical
illustrations of the influence of the smartphone on travel
behavior, transportation systems, and policy-making. * Provides
insights for researchers and practitioners looking to engage with
the "smart cities" and "smart mobility" discourse.
The Flowering of Ecology presents an English translation of Maria
Sibylla Merian's 1679 'caterpillar' book, Der Raupen wunderbare
Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen-Nahrung. Her processes in making
the book and an analysis of its scientific content are presented in
a historical context. Merian raised insects for five decades,
recording the food plants, behavior and ecology of roughly 300
species. Her most influential invention was an 'ecological'
composition in which the metamorphic cycles of insects (usually
moths and butterflies) were arrayed around plants that served as
food for the caterpillars. Kay Etheridge analyzes the 1679
caterpillar book from the viewpoint of a biologist, arguing that
Merian's study of insect interactions with plants, the first of its
kind, was a formative contribution to natural history. Read Kay
Etheridge's blogpost on "Art Herstory". See inside the book.
Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy, Volume 152 in the Methods in
Cell Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with
this new volume presenting interesting chapters focusing on FIB-SEM
of mouse nervous tissue: fast and slow sample preparation,
Serial-section electron microscopy using ATUM - Automated Tape
collecting Ultra-Microtome, Software for automated acquisition of
electron tomography tilt series, Scanning electron tomography of
biological samples embedded in plastic, Cryo-STEM tomography for
Biology, CryoCARE: Content-aware denoising of cryo-EM images and
tomograms using artificial neural networks, Expedited large-volume
3-D SEM workflows for comparative vertebrate microanatomical
imaging, and many other interesting topics.
Type II diabetes is a massive industry, but it's terrible medicine.
Insulin resistance is not a malfunction to be fixed. It's the way
cells defend themselves against toxicity from too much glucose
uptake. Yet conventional medicine insists on overriding those
defenses with drugs, forcing cells to take up far too much glucose,
simply to clear it from the blood. The results are worsening
glucose toxicity, insulin resistance, and heart disease risk. A
total re-thinking of type II diabetes is long overdue, and is now
here, written by a scientist who has lived through and beaten his
own type II diabetes.
BIG DATA, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA ANALYSIS SET Coordinated
by Jacques Janssen Data analysis is a scientific field that
continues to grow enormously, most notably over the last few
decades, following rapid growth within the tech industry, as well
as the wide applicability of computational techniques alongside new
advances in analytic tools. Modeling enables data analysts to
identify relationships, make predictions, and to understand,
interpret and visualize the extracted information more
strategically. This book includes the most recent advances on this
topic, meeting increasing demand from wide circles of the
scientific community. Applied Modeling Techniques and Data Analysis
1 is a collective work by a number of leading scientists, analysts,
engineers, mathematicians and statisticians, working on the front
end of data analysis and modeling applications. The chapters cover
a cross section of current concerns and research interests in the
above scientific areas. The collected material is divided into
appropriate sections to provide the reader with both theoretical
and applied information on data analysis methods, models and
techniques, along with appropriate applications.
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CASE AGAINST SUGAR Conventional
weight-loss advice is failing millions of people. For years we've
heard the mantra eat less, lose more. And yet, doctors treating
diabetes and obesity are experiencing results among patients by
taking a different approach: not by counting calories, but by
eating a low-carb, high-fat diet. In this explosive, groundbreaking
book, Gary Taubes breaks down the nutritional dogma that has led us
to the current diabetes and obesity crisis and sets out the case
for this ''ketogenic'' approach to eating. Full of eureka moments
and essential practical advice, The Case for Keto establishes how
many of us can achieve and maintain a healthy weight - for life.
Forensic Examination of Signatures explains the neuroscience and
kinematics of signature production, giving specific details of
research carried out on the topic. It provides practical details
for forensic examiners to consider when examining signatures,
especially now that we are in an era of increasing digital
signatures. Written by a foremost forensic document examiner, this
reference provides FDEs, the legal community, the judiciary, and
the academic community with a comprehensive record of the
state-of-the-art of signature examination and plans for addressing
future research into improving the reliability of FDEs.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1979.
A perfume-flavorist's practical description of most of the
commercially available perfume and flavor chemicals, with their
chemical structure and practical physical data, appearance, odor
and flavor type, reported and suggested uses, production and
evaluation, with literature references for further details and
study. Volume III Monographs 2929:
TETROHYDRO-2-(para-TOROLOXY)-PYRAN to 3102: ZINGIBERENE Also
includes reprise of Monographs 2926/2927 Tables of odors and
flavors, classified in basic groups Explanation to Index Radicle
synonym list Index to all volumes Literature References
Engineering Standards for Forensic Application presents the
technologies and law precedents for the application of engineering
standards to forensic opinions, discussing Fundamentals,
Disciplines, Engineering Standards, The Basics and the Future of
Forensics. The book explores the engineering standard and how it is
used by experts to give opinions that are introduced into evidence,
and how they are assumed to be the best evidence known on the topic
at hand. Final sections include coverage of NFL Brain Injuries and
the Flint Water Crisis. Examples of the use of engineering
standards are shown and discussed throughout the work.
Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the
History of Physics Textbooks and More is a milestone in the history
of physics textbooks and the instruction of women in the sciences.
It also covers views of its author on epistemology, religion, and
innovations in scientific equipment, including telescopes and
microscopes. Today, 250 years later, we study this work of Euler's
as a foundation for the history of physics teaching and analyze the
letters from an historical and pedagogical point of view.
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