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A description of the design and implementation of spoken language dialogue within the context of spoken language dialogue systems development. Using an applications-oriented SLDS developed through the Danish Dialogue project, the authors describe the complete process involved, and in so doing present several innovative practical tools, such as dialogue design guidelines, in-depth evaluation methodologies, and speech functionality analysis. The...

Black women film and video makers have been producing films since the early part of this century. Unfortunately, not only has their work been overlooked by distributors, but critical reviews have been few and far between. Conceived to redress that omission, this book is the first comprehensive history and analysis of the genre.

Die Entwicklung digitaler Bildverarbeitung, gekoppelt an Mikroskopsysteme, ermöglichte in neuerer Zeit einen zunehmenden Einsatz der Bildanalyse von Mikroben - ein wertvolles Hilfsmittel für das Verständnis der Strukturen, des Verhaltens und der Diversität mikrobieller Populationen. Dieser aktuelle, interdisziplinär angelegte Abriß der digitalen Bildverarbeitung wurde von einem internationalen Team von Mikrobiologen, Biotechnologen und Compute...

Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living. Her awards and honours include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, the T.S. Eliot Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the MacArthur ¿Genius¿ Award.

Radical Presence is a book about our lives as well as our work, suggesting that the "secrets" of good teaching are the same as the secrets of good living.

Now available in paperback, this is the only modernised critical edition of the 1603 quarto of Shakespeare's Hamlet in print.

Based on field research carried out over a two year period, this book describes processes of transformation that took place over a fifteen year period in five European universities. Five common features identified - described as "organizational pathways of transformation" - are highlighted and used to frame the case-study accounts.

In today's world "health" means far more than merely the absence of illness. Indeed the impact that social, cultural and economic pressures have on health is well documented. The main task for health promoters is therefore to create conditions which promote rather than damage health by bringing about changes in policy on a local, national and international level. In "Rethinking Health Promotion: A Global Approach, " Theodore H. MacDonald sweep...

The "The Concise Compendium of the World's Languages" provides clear snapshots of over one hundred languages. Drawn from the more comprehensive two volume Compendium of the World's Languages, the articles selected for this volume discuss most languages spoken today by populations of at least five to ten million people, as well as minor languages that figure prominently in the contemporary socio-political context. This combination allows little...

Legendary Atlantis long has hovered between fable and folk tale, taken as fact by some, allegory by others. Author Rodney Castleden incorporates the entire body of scholarship extant on Bronze Age cultures to demonstrate how what he calls the "myth" of Atlantis evolved. 30 photos. 50 line figures. 19 maps.

Using new evidence from a three year programme of research in developing countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa, the authors describe how government organizations have been privatised, decentralised or restructured while private sector organizations - both non-profit and commercial - have taken on increasingly important roles in resource management and service supply. This book provides an important and easily accessible point of referenc...

As the world's financial markets become increasingly integrated and competitive Financial Systems: Principals and Organization offers an explanation of how and why change occurs. Data from four major financial systems are used to highlight principal financial system features. There is also a detailed exploration of the economic principles behind financial deals. It also offers: * Wider scope than other books on the subject making it an ideal i...

International Media Research" provides a critical review of key approaches and concerns of contemporary media research. Comprised of essays from specialists in the area, the book begins by examining the historical development of the field and the difficulty in achieving a coherent academic identity. From there, the essays provide a broad and international array of perspectives on some of the pivotal areas of recent media research. Together, th...

Philosophy and Mystification reflects on the nature, methods and resources of philosophic enquiry are carefully grounded in the central problems that have dogged Western philosophy in the modern era: logical necessity, machine intelligence, the relation of science and religion, determinism, scepticism and the questions of foundations and origins.

The "Reader in Gender Archaeology" presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory. The articles here, which draw on evidence from a wide range of geographic areas, explore the subject of gender difference and its construction as a natural or cultural one. The contributors demonstrate how archaeological investigation can benefit from an awareness of issues of...

The Moral Self" addresses the question of how morality enters into our lives. Pauline Chazan draws upon psychology, moral philosophy, and literary interpretation to rebut the view that morality's role is to limit desire and control self-love. Preserving the ancients' connection between what is good for the self and what is morally good, Chazan argues that a certain kind of care for the self is central to moral agency. This book offers a dynami...

In this comprehensive sourcebook, Ilias Arnaoutoglou presents a collection of ancient Greek laws, which are situated in their legal and historical contexts and are interpreted with relevant selections from Greek literature and epigraphical testimonies. A wide area of legislative activity in major and minor Greek city-states is covered, ranging from Delphoi and Athens in mainland Greece, to Gortyn in Crete, Olbia in South Russia and Aegean citi...

Depuis maintenant plus de quarante ans, des clauses de credits d'impt fictif sont incluses dans les conventions fiscales bilaterales, y compris celles conclues entre pays de l'OCDE. Pourtant, le monde a beaucoup change depuis l'epoque ou les pays Memb

Following the failure of 'really existing socialism' in Eastern Europe and Asia, the market is now generally perceived, by Left and Right, to be supreme in any rational economic system. The current debate now focuses on the proper boundaries of markets rather than the system itself. This book examines the problems of defining these boundaries for the recent defences of the market, and shows that they highlight major weaknesses in the cases mad...

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