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Intelligent Data Sensing and Processing for Health and Well-being
Applications uniquely combines full exploration of the latest
technologies for sensor-collected intelligence with detailed
coverage of real-case applications for healthcare and well-being at
home and in the workplace. Forward-thinking in its approach, the
book presents concepts and technologies needed for the
implementation of today's mobile, pervasive and ubiquitous systems,
and for tomorrow's IoT and cyber-physical systems. Users will find
a detailed overview of the fundamental concepts of gathering,
processing and analyzing data from devices disseminated in the
environment, as well as the latest proposals for collecting,
processing and abstraction of data-sets. In addition, the book
addresses algorithms, methods and technologies for diagnosis and
informed decision-making for healthcare and well-being. Topics
include emotional interface with ambient intelligence and emerging
applications in detection and diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Finally, the book explores the trends and challenges in an array of
areas, such as applications for intelligent monitoring in the
workplace for well-being, acquiring data traffic in cities to
improve the assistance of first aiders, and applications for
supporting the elderly at home.
After being recruited by Rebel Alliance leader Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly), former criminal Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) is tasked with stealing the plans for the Death Star so that the weapon can be destroyed before it causes damage to the galaxy.
Teaming up with Rebel Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), master swordsman Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen) and a band of hardy freedom fighters, Jyn takes on the might of the Empire in a challenge tougher than anything she could have imagined.
The role of race in politics, citizenship, and the state is one of
the most perplexing puzzles of modernity. While political thought
has been slow to take up this puzzle, Diego von Vacano suggests
that the tradition of Latin American and Hispanic political
thought, which has long considered the place of mixed-race peoples
throughout the Americas, is uniquely well-positioned to provide
useful ways of thinking about the connections between race and
citizenship. As he argues, debates in the United States about
multiracial identity, the possibility of a post-racial world in the
aftermath of Barack Obama, and demographic changes owed to the age
of mass migration will inevitably have to confront the intellectual
tradition related to racial admixture that comes to us from Latin
America.
Von Vacano compares the way that race is conceived across the
writings of four thinkers, and across four different eras: the
Spanish friar Bartolome de Las Casas writing in the context of
empire; Simon Bolivar writing during the early republican period;
Venezuelan sociologist Laureano Vallenilla Lanz on the role of race
in nationalism; and Mexican philosopher Jose Vasconcelos writing on
the aesthetic approach to racial identity during the cosmopolitan,
post-national period. From this comparative and historical survey,
von Vacano develops a concept of race as synthetic, fluid and
dynamic -- a concept that will have methodological, historical, and
normative value for understanding race in other diverse societies."
Meet all kinds of dinosaurs as enormous as the magnificent T. Rex,
or even bigger! From gentle giants such as the Brachiosaurus to the
scary stalking Giganotosaurus. With plenty of big stickers to bring
the exciting scenes to life.
Diego Luna directs this biographical drama based on the life and
achievements of Mexican American civil rights activist and labour
movement leader Cesar Chavez. The film shows how Chavez (Michael
Peña) went from being just another Latino American farm worker to a
passionate and respected spokesperson whose embrace of non-violent
means of protest led to the securing of a living wage for workers
like himself.
Books with X-Ray Vision: Animal Armour is an ingenious and
innovative new title where children can hold some of the pages up
to the light to see the insides of some of the animals that use
their shells, exoskeletons and carapaces to defend themselves and
survive. Alongside these dazzling optical effects, the books also
provide fascinating introductions, in bite-sized chunks of text, to
the many different forms of animal armour and the advantages that
they give to different creatures. You'll meet the toughest beetle
in the world, the diabolical ironclad, learn how a narwhal uses its
tusk to stun small prey and how armadillos and pangolins can roll
up into tight balls, protected by their shells and scales, to
protect themselves against attack.
Books with X-Ray Vision: Animals in the City is an ingenious and
innovative new title where children can hold some of the pages up
to the light to see the insides of some of the diverse animal
species that live in cities worldwide. Alongside these dazzling
optical effects, the books also provide fascinating introductions,
in bite-sized chunks of text, to the strange, surprising and
extraordinary ways that some animals have adapted to urban life.
You'll dive under New York pavements to discover the populations of
ants that have made it their home, learn about the many nasty
diseases carried by rats, and marvel at the ways that spiders and
birds have found to use streetlights and traffic to gather food.
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Homeland - Season 1 (Blu-ray disc)
Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Jackson Pace, …
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All 12 episodes from the first season of the Golden Globe-winning
US drama about a CIA officer determined to prove that a returned
hero is actually an Al-Qaeda mole. Out of favour with her superiors
after returning home from an unauthorised operation in Iraq, CIA
officer Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is warned by one of her
contacts that an American prisoner has been turned by his terrorist
captors. When she subsequently learns of the rescue of US Marine
sergeant Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) after eight years in
captivity, Carrie's suspicions are immediately raised. But with the
returning Brody hailed a hero, and her concerns falling on deaf
ears, she's soon forced to break ranks to prove her theory.
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Contraband (Blu-ray disc)
Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna, …
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Mark Wahlberg stars in this action thriller set in the cut-throat
world of international smuggling. Once a professional criminal
specialising in contraband goods and counterfeit money, Chris
Farraday (Wahlberg) left his life of crime behind a long time ago
and is now happily settled into family life with his wife, Kate
(Kate Beckinsale). But when his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry
Jones), becomes involved in a botched gangland drug deal, Chris
finds himself dragged back into the criminal underworld as he goes
all out to save Andy's skin.
Douglas Schulze directs this unconventional genre movie in which a
group of horror fans get more than they bargained for when they
find themselves immersed in their own nightmare. Russell (Taylor
John Piedmonte) and Duane (Allen Maldonado) attend a horror
convention where they listen to Alfonso Betz (Sid Haig) rail
against the media presenting horror movies as an influence on real
life murders. After the lecture, Russell and Duane meet Judith
(Lauren Mae Shafer), an attractive fellow convention attendee who
invites them to a party that night at an isolated farmhouse.
Something bizarre happens at the party and Russell and Duane awake
to find themselves under attack from hordes of zombies. As horror
devotees, the pair are only too aware that their predicament eerily
echoes the classic Romero movie 'Night of the Living Dead'. Will
they be able to elude a traditional horror ending?
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Tucker can’t wait to become an allergy detection dog! But this
perky poodle has a lot to learn before that happens in this early
graphic novel. During a smell test, Tucker can’t sit still and
wanders off. Is he following a scent or getting distracted from his
job?
Bloodhounds have sensitive noses, and Ellie is learning how to use
hers in this early graphic novel. She comes from a family of
search-and-rescue dogs. Ellie wants to be the best, but will the
pressure get to her before she finishes her first training?
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