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Our World: China
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Nǐ hǎo! Let's spend a day in China! Fly kites in the square, buy
sweet lychee at the market and go paddle boating at the lake.
Author Songju Ma Daemicke and illustrator Jam Dong draw on their
personal experiences growing up in China to create this appealing
board book as part of the Our World Series for very young readers.
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The Big I Am (DVD)
Leo Gregory, Vincent Regan, Michael Madsen, Robert Fucilla, Steven Berkoff, …
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British crime thriller. Mickey Skinner (Leo Gregory) is a
small-time crook saddled with mounting debts and a seemingly
endless run of bad luck. Mickey's break finally comes when he is
unexpectedy given the keys to the empire of gangland boss Don
Barber (Vincent Regan). But does he have what it takes to make it
in the big league?
The first book to systematically discuss the skills and literacies
needed to use digital media, particularly the Internet, van Dijk
and van Deursen's clear and accessible work distinguishes digital
skills, analyzes their roles and prevalence, and offers solutions
from individual, educational, sociological, and policy
perspectives.
This book treats essentials from neurophysiology (Hodgkin-Huxley
equations, synaptic transmission, prototype networks of neurons)
and related mathematical concepts (dimensionality reductions,
equilibria, bifurcations, limit cycles and phase plane analysis).
This is subsequently applied in a clinical context, focusing on EEG
generation, ischaemia, epilepsy and neurostimulation. The book is
based on a graduate course taught by clinicians and mathematicians
at the Institute of Technical Medicine at the University of Twente.
Throughout the text, the author presents examples of neurological
disorders in relation to applied mathematics to assist in
disclosing various fundamental properties of the clinical reality
at hand. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter; answers
are included. Basic knowledge of calculus, linear algebra,
differential equations and familiarity with MATLAB or Python is
assumed. Also, students should have some understanding of
essentials of (clinical) neurophysiology, although most concepts
are summarized in the first chapters. The audience includes
advanced undergraduate or graduate students in Biomedical
Engineering, Technical Medicine and Biology. Applied mathematicians
may find pleasure in learning about the neurophysiology and clinic
essentials applications. In addition, clinicians with an interest
in dynamics of neural networks may find this book useful, too.
The first book to systematically discuss the skills and literacies
needed to use digital media, particularly the Internet, van Dijk
and van Deursen's clear and accessible work distinguishes digital
skills, analyzes their roles and prevalence, and offers solutions
from individual, educational, sociological, and policy
perspectives.
Found within the eclectic South Austin neighborhood of Bouldin
Creek is Thai Fresh, a gluten-free bakery, coffeehouse, vegan ice
cream mecca, and, most importantly, Thai restaurant and learning
center. Chef Jam Sanitchat built this culinary complex and teaching
space piece by piece by expanding into neighboring spaces, forging
relationships with local growers and producers, and adding new
facets to her culinary repertoire as time and money allowed. The
result is a wildly successful amalgam of food, beverages, and
services that probably shouldn't work but somehow does. Thai Fresh
is the roadmap to that success. Follow Jam from her early days of
cooking for friends during graduate school at the University of
Texas at Austin, to her popular farmers market stand, to her
current establishment. Along the way, she taught thousands of
people the art of cooking Thai cuisine, and fed eager crowds at
countless cultural and community events. Discover why this
collection of Jam's top-selling and most sought-after recipes, like
Thai-Style Chicken and Waffle and The ULTIMATE Sauce-all stunningly
captured by James Beard award-winning photographer Jody Horton-was
requested by, and 100 percent funded by, her loyal community.
This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the
general title of "Disorders of Human Communication." Each monograph
deals in detail with a particular aspect of vocal communication and
its disorders, and is written by internationally distinguished
experts. Therefore, the series will provide an authoritative source
of up-to-date scientific and clinical informa tion relating to the
whole field of normal and abnormal speech communication, and as
such will succeed the earlier monumental work "Handbuch der Stimm
und Sprachheilkunde" by R. Luchsinger and G. E. Arnold (last issued
in 1970). This series will prove invaluable for clinicians,
teachers and research workers in phoniatrics and logopaedics,
phonetics and linguistics, speech pathology, otolaryngology,
neurology and neurosurgery, psychology and psychiatry, paediatrics
and audiology. Several of the monographs will also be useful to
voice and singing teachers, and to their pupils. G. E. Arnold,
Jackson, Miss. F. Wincke1, Berlin B. D. Wyke, London Since it was
their chatter which prompted the question. this book is dedicated
to Sarah and VickY; to Peter who provided some of the answers; to
Dorothy in gratitude; and to Him who in the beginning was the Word.
Preface These pages are the long-delayed product of questions
prompted by the sponta neous chatter of my two daughters when they
were little. It was only possible to begin to explore these
unformed thoughts through the repeated kindness of medi cal friends
who allowed me to record their new-born children."
There is an interesting and far-reaching disagreement between Smith
and Frederick Stoutland. In his 'The Real Reasons' Stoutland argues
that one of the mistakes that turned the belief-desire model of
action into the 'received view' is the underlying commitment to the
idea that there is an underlying unity to all action explanations.
According to Stoutland the unity is no deeper than the superficial
fact that actions are responses of agents to the world, and the
challenge for the philosophy of action is to make sense of that
fact without falling victim to the un fruitful assumption that
reasons should be understood as the normative content of
determinate representational inner states of agents. Stoutland
suggests an alternative according to which reasonable agents
possess the know how to respond appropriately to the normative
import of the external situations they find themselves in. These
situations are, Stout land claims, the real reasons. Stoutland
raises an important issue. If beliefs and desires should be
understood as reasons, as introducing normative constraints that de
serve respect, it seems we are bound to distinguish between on the
one hand the content of our beliefs and desires and on the other
hand their objects. Moreover, it seems we have good reasons to
believe that the content of our beliefs and desires derives its
normative import qua normative import from the objects of our
beliefs and desires.
Circulation through the deep femoral artery and its branches is
critical to patients with aortoiliac and infrainguinal
arteriosclerosis. It is, accordingly, essential that all physicians
who are seriously interested in treating patients with lower
extremity ischemia have a good working knowledge of this crucial
artery's anatomy and func tion. It is equally essential that they
be aware of arteriosclerotic disease patterns that involve this
important artery, how these patterns can be Clccurately defined,
and, most importantly, what therapeutic options are available and
when they should be used. All this important information relating
to the deep femoral artery and its surgical significance is
included in Dr. Merlini's fine volume. Eighteen authors have
contributed 11 well-edited and nicely illustrated chapters that
provide all the facts that the com mitted vascular surgeon would
ever want to know about the deep femoral artery and how it should
be managed in patients with lower limb ischemia. Although some of
the chapters overlap in some areas, this adds to the value of the
book since the different authors are' all acknowledged experts and
their varying perspectives. are beneficial to a reader seeking to
formulate his own unbiased views.
This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium
on Mathematical Morphology and its Applications to Image and Signal
Processing IV, held June 3-5, 1998, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The purpose of the work is to provide the image analysis community
with a sampling of recent developments in theoretical and practical
aspects of mathematical morphology and its applications to image
and signal processing. Among the areas covered are: digitization
and connectivity, skeletonization, multivariate morphology,
morphological segmentation, color image processing, filter design,
gray-scale morphology, fuzzy morphology, decomposition of
morphological operators, random sets and statistical inference,
differential morphology and scale-space, morphological algorithms
and applications. Audience: This volume will be of interest to
research mathematicians and computer scientists whose work involves
mathematical morphology, image and signal processing.
Game Theoretical Applications to Economics and Operations Research
deals with various aspects of game theory and their applications to
Economics and OR related problems. It brings together the
contributions of a wide spectrum of disciplines such as Statistics,
Mathematics, Mathematical Economics and OR. The contributions
include decision theory, stochastic games, cooperative and
noncooperative games. The papers in the volume are classified under
five different sections. The first four sections are devoted to the
theory of two-person games, linear complimentarity problems and
game theory, cooperative and noncooperative games. The fifth
section contains diverse applications of these various theories.
Taken together they exhibit a rich versatility of these theories
and lively interaction between the mathematical theory of games and
significant economic problems.
The fields of image analysis, computer vision, and artificial
intelligence all make use of descriptions of shape in grey-level
images. Most existing algorithms for the automatic recognition and
classification of particular shapes have been devel oped for
specific purposes, with the result that these methods are often
restricted in their application. The use of advanced and
theoretically well-founded math ematical methods should lead to the
construction of robust shape descriptors having more general
application. Shape description can be regarded as a meeting point
of vision research, mathematics, computing science, and the
application fields of image analy sis, computer vision, and
artificial intelligence. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Shape
in Picture" was organised with a twofold objective: first, it
should provide all participants with an overview of relevant
developments in these different disciplines; second, it should
stimulate researchers to exchange original results and ideas across
the boundaries of these disciplines. This book comprises a widely
drawn selection of papers presented at the workshop, and many
contributions have been revised to reflect further progress in the
field. The focus of this collection is on mathematical approaches
to the construction of shape descriptions from grey-level images.
The book is divided into five parts, each devoted to a different
discipline. Each part contains papers that have tutorial sections;
these are intended to assist the reader in becoming acquainted with
the variety of approaches to the problem."
In this book, we approach neurophysiology at the interface of
neurology and clinical neurophysiology. The medical disciplines of
the nervous system, n- rology and clinical neurophysiology, rest
heavily on other sciences, notably cellular biology, neuro-anatomy,
neuro-physiology, applied physics and ma- ematical biology.
Existing medical textbooks on neurophysiology, neurology and
clinical neurophysiology are an excellent source of the
phenomenology of various principles and diseases. Here, we choose
to elucidate some of the under- ing physiological, physical
processes and experimental methods, intended for a broad audience -
medical residents and students, as well as students in the emerging
area of medical technical sciences. We feel that a good
understanding of fundamentals may signi?cantly - hance insight into
various aspects of clinical neurology and clinical neu- physiology.
This book, therefore, is focused on a selection of clinical signs
and symptoms to highlight basic principles of neurology,
(neuro-)physiology and neuroanatomy. While we believe this text to
be of interest to medical students or residents in neurology or
clinical neurophysiology, we speci?cally aim at students - terested
in contributing to new developments and innovations in neurology
and clinical neurophysiology. These students are involved with
patients, even though they are not trained for routine patient
care.
In this book, we approach neurophysiology at the interface of
neurology and clinical neurophysiology. The medical disciplines of
the nervous system, n- rology and clinical neurophysiology, rest
heavily on other sciences, notably cellular biology, neuro-anatomy,
neuro-physiology, applied physics and ma- ematical biology.
Existing medical textbooks on neurophysiology, neurology and
clinical neurophysiology are an excellent source of the
phenomenology of various principles and diseases. Here, we choose
to elucidate some of the under- ing physiological, physical
processes and experimental methods, intended for a broad audience -
medical residents and students, as well as students in the emerging
area of medical technical sciences. We feel that a good
understanding of fundamentals may signi?cantly - hance insight into
various aspects of clinical neurology and clinical neu- physiology.
This book, therefore, is focused on a selection of clinical signs
and symptoms to highlight basic principles of neurology,
(neuro-)physiology and neuroanatomy. While we believe this text to
be of interest to medical students or residents in neurology or
clinical neurophysiology, we speci?cally aim at students - terested
in contributing to new developments and innovations in neurology
and clinical neurophysiology. These students are involved with
patients, even though they are not trained for routine patient
care.
Winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award It is late at night in
the city. From his father's shoulder, a sleepless baby watches the
snow drift down from the sky onto the busy street below. What are
all those noises? What are all those lights? His tired but patient
father explains everything, from the bustle of taxis swishing
through the slush to the grinding and slamming of the early-morning
garbage trucks. Teddy Jam's lyrical prose and Eric Beddows's
detailed illustrations cast Night Cars in that magical light
between sleep and waking. This classic baby book, now available in
a board book format, is a perennial favorite.
There is an interesting and far-reaching disagreement between Smith
and Frederick Stoutland. In his 'The Real Reasons' Stoutland argues
that one of the mistakes that turned the belief-desire model of
action into the 'received view' is the underlying commitment to the
idea that there is an underlying unity to all action explanations.
According to Stoutland the unity is no deeper than the superficial
fact that actions are responses of agents to the world, and the
challenge for the philosophy of action is to make sense of that
fact without falling victim to the un fruitful assumption that
reasons should be understood as the normative content of
determinate representational inner states of agents. Stoutland
suggests an alternative according to which reasonable agents
possess the know how to respond appropriately to the normative
import of the external situations they find themselves in. These
situations are, Stout land claims, the real reasons. Stoutland
raises an important issue. If beliefs and desires should be
understood as reasons, as introducing normative constraints that de
serve respect, it seems we are bound to distinguish between on the
one hand the content of our beliefs and desires and on the other
hand their objects. Moreover, it seems we have good reasons to
believe that the content of our beliefs and desires derives its
normative import qua normative import from the objects of our
beliefs and desires."
This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium
on Mathematical Morphology and its Applications to Image and Signal
Processing IV, held June 3-5, 1998, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The purpose of the work is to provide the image analysis community
with a sampling of recent developments in theoretical and practical
aspects of mathematical morphology and its applications to image
and signal processing. Among the areas covered are: digitization
and connectivity, skeletonization, multivariate morphology,
morphological segmentation, color image processing, filter design,
gray-scale morphology, fuzzy morphology, decomposition of
morphological operators, random sets and statistical inference,
differential morphology and scale-space, morphological algorithms
and applications. Audience: This volume will be of interest to
research mathematicians and computer scientists whose work involves
mathematical morphology, image and signal processing.
Game Theoretical Applications to Economics and Operations Research
deals with various aspects of game theory and their applications to
Economics and OR related problems. It brings together the
contributions of a wide spectrum of disciplines such as Statistics,
Mathematics, Mathematical Economics and OR. The contributions
include decision theory, stochastic games, cooperative and
noncooperative games. The papers in the volume are classified under
five different sections. The first four sections are devoted to the
theory of two-person games, linear complimentarity problems and
game theory, cooperative and noncooperative games. The fifth
section contains diverse applications of these various theories.
Taken together they exhibit a rich versatility of these theories
and lively interaction between the mathematical theory of games and
significant economic problems.
The fields of image analysis, computer vision, and artificial
intelligence all make use of descriptions of shape in grey-level
images. Most existing algorithms for the automatic recognition and
classification of particular shapes have been devel oped for
specific purposes, with the result that these methods are often
restricted in their application. The use of advanced and
theoretically well-founded math ematical methods should lead to the
construction of robust shape descriptors having more general
application. Shape description can be regarded as a meeting point
of vision research, mathematics, computing science, and the
application fields of image analy sis, computer vision, and
artificial intelligence. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Shape
in Picture" was organised with a twofold objective: first, it
should provide all participants with an overview of relevant
developments in these different disciplines; second, it should
stimulate researchers to exchange original results and ideas across
the boundaries of these disciplines. This book comprises a widely
drawn selection of papers presented at the workshop, and many
contributions have been revised to reflect further progress in the
field. The focus of this collection is on mathematical approaches
to the construction of shape descriptions from grey-level images.
The book is divided into five parts, each devoted to a different
discipline. Each part contains papers that have tutorial sections;
these are intended to assist the reader in becoming acquainted with
the variety of approaches to the problem."
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