Ricardo el mago es un libro de aventura y ciencia ficcion. Ricardo un nino que vivia con su madre, no podia dormir por sus constantes pesadillas. Al contarsela a su madre ella decide contarle toda la verdad, el era descendiente de los magos mas poderosos del mundo. Y para conseguir la respuesta a sus constantes pesadillas debia emprender un viaje hacia las piramides de Egipto. Durante el viaje tiene que aprender a dominar sus poderes que ya comenzaban a manifestarse en el.

El Caballero de la Pendola Dorada es una fascinante aventura que te transportara a tiempos remotos. Alli viviras la inolvidable experiencia que paso el joven Ryan Jon cuando fue en busca del mitico caballero para que este le ayudara a el y a la gente que vivia en las aldeas a luchar contra la opresion y las injusticias del rey Carlomagno. La gente de las aldeas se revelo en contra del rey, por lo cual este decidio terminar con la insurgencia utilizando su ejercito, el cual entraba a las aldeas y destruian todo lo que encontraban en su camino. Cinco jovenes escucharon hablar de las hazanas del caballero de la pendola dorada y tomaron la decision de ir en busca del mismo. Debes de estar preparado o preparada para vivir de cerca el dolor, la muerte, la esperanza y el amor. Lograra el joven encontrar al poderoso guerrero? Y si lo encuentra estara este dispuesto a ayudar a los aldeanos? Esta y otras interrogantes te mantendran sumergido en este emocionante libro de aventura.

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in Second Generation Image and Video Coding Techniques. These techniques introduce new concepts from image analysis that greatly improve the performance of the coding schemes for very high compression. This interest has been further emphasized by the future MPEG 4 standard. Second generation image and video coding techniques are the ensemble of approaches proposing new and more efficient image representations than the conventional canonical form. As a consequence, the human visual system becomes a fundamental part of the encoding/decoding chain. More insight to distinguish between first and second generation can be gained if it is noticed that image and video coding is basically carried out in two steps. First, image data are converted into a sequence of messages and, second, code words are assigned to the messages. Methods of the first generation put the emphasis on the second step, whereas methods of the second generation put it on the first step and use available results for the second step. As a result of including the human visual system, second generation can be also seen as an approach of seeing the image composed by different entities called objects. This implies that the image or sequence of images have first to be analyzed and/or segmented in order to find the entities. It is in this context that we have selected in this book three main approaches as second generation video coding techniques: Segmentation-based schemes Model Based Schemes Fractal Based Schemes GBP/LISTGBP Video Coding: The Second Generation Approach is an important introduction to the new coding techniques for video. As such, all researchers, students and practitioners working in image processing will find this book of interest.

Jos Luis Torres naci en Ibdes, provincia de Zaragoza, Espa a, en el tiempo de la Rep blica. El destino lo llev a Venezuela, donde vivi en Sanare, un pueblecito de las monta as del Estado de Lara, y fund el colegio "Santa Rosa de Lima." Pocos a os despu s se trasladado al Pao, donde se encuentran las minas de hierro y convivi exitosamente con gentes de todas las nacionalidades, religiones, ideas pol ticas y culturales. Aqu fue el comienzo de la idea de la novela. Vol til como su destino se ubic en Estados Unidos donde ha vivido la gran parte de su vida, pasando por Nueva York, Michigan, y Los Angeles, California. En California, asisti al colegio Chapman College, donde obtuvo la Licenciatura en Espa ol, y donde en ste mismo fue miembro de la facultad como profesor de espa ol de la nica universidad flotante del mundo (World Campus a Float). Aqu fue donde la idea se hizo realidad, al convertirla en un libro que present como su tesis para la Licenciatura, y as naci "Romoleto Un Emigrante en Venezuela." Autor del m todo biling e llamado "Learn Spanish - Aprenda Ingl s," utiliz este m todo ense ado espa ol por tel fono para grupos de adultos que debido a sus condiciones f sicas les imposibilitaba asistir personalmente a clases. Posteriormente "Learn Spanish - Aprenda Ingl s" fue traducido al sistema Braille. Jos Luis Torres actualmente radica en Kissimme, Florida con su esposa e hijo.

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in Second Generation Image and Video Coding Techniques. These techniques introduce new concepts from image analysis that greatly improve the performance of the coding schemes for very high compression. This interest has been further emphasized by the future MPEG 4 standard. Second generation image and video coding techniques are the ensemble of approaches proposing new and more efficient image representations than the conventional canonical form. As a consequence, the human visual system becomes a fundamental part of the encoding/decoding chain. More insight to distinguish between first and second generation can be gained if it is noticed that image and video coding is basically carried out in two steps. First, image data are converted into a sequence of messages and, second, code words are assigned to the messages. Methods of the first generation put the emphasis on the second step, whereas methods of the second generation put it on the first step and use available results for the second step. As a result of including the human visual system, second generation can be also seen as an approach of seeing the image composed by different entities called objects. This implies that the image or sequence of images have first to be analyzed and/or segmented in order to find the entities. It is in this context that we have selected in this book three main approaches as second generation video coding techniques: Segmentation-based schemes Model Based Schemes Fractal Based Schemes GBP/LISTGBP Video Coding: The Second Generation Approach is an important introduction to the new coding techniques for video. As such, all researchers, students and practitioners working in image processing will find this book of interest.