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A study of multispectral image processing and pattern recognition. It covers: geometric and orthogonal moments, minimum description length method for facet matching, an integrated vision system for ALV navigation, fuzzy Bayesian networks, and more.

The diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies is brought alive in this stimulating "Companion. " Winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuels Book Award in 2002. Invites readers to explore and enjoy Milton's rich and fascinating work. Comprises 29 fresh and powerful readings of Milton's texts and the contexts in which they were created, each written by a leading scholar. Looks at literary production and cultural...

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Distinguished poet and translator David R. Slavitt here provides a translation of and meditation upon the Book of Lamentations, the biblical account of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 587 B.C., on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av--Tish'a b'Av. (Six centuries later the Romans destroyed the second Temple on the same day.) Most of the Jewish population was deported to Babylon, and the ensuing period came to be known as the Ba...

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Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Stewart Lee Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and frothy history .

Focusing on the struggle of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), to form a union in Chicago (HQ of the Pullman Company), this work charts the quest of African Americans for civil rights in the inter-war period. New ground was broken by backing up demands with collective action.

Die Entwicklung des Informationszeitalters vollzieht sich in atemberaubendem Tempo. Viele Unternehmen werden von dieser komplexen Entwicklung regelrecht überrollt, und obwohl sie zu Online Strategien übergehen, geschieht dies meistens nicht freiwillig und aus den richtigen Gründen. Ein bisschen Zauberei wirkt da schon wahre Wunder bei der Suche nach dem richtigen Weg. "Corporate Voodoo" - ein kontroverses Buch mit einer Zukunftsvision: Geschäf...

This autobiographical novel is one of the last things written by Kazantzakis before he died in 1957. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in Crete, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Italy, Jerusalem, Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Russia.

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Contains the papers presented at the Third International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, held in 2001. They show the substantial growth in knowledge in the field of Thin-Walled Structures and also state that these structures are used in the Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical, Automobile, Chemical and other fields.

The purpose of medical humanities is to improve the delivery of effective health care through a better understanding of disease in society, and in the individual. The interfaces between the science of medicine and the arts, philosophy, sociology and law interpret causes and effects of disease.

This invaluable book provides a balanced and integrated introduction to the quantum world of atoms and molecules. The underlying basis of quantum mechanics is carefully developed, with respect for the historical tradition and from a molecular angle. The fundamental concepts in the theory of atomic and molecular structure are thoroughly discussed, as are the central techniques needed in quantum-chemical applications. Special attention is paid t...

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To think in terms of 'alternative modernities' is to admit that modernity is inescapable and to desist from speculations about modernity's end. Modernity is global and multiple and no longer has a Western 'governing center' to accompany it. This collection approaches the dilemmas of modernity from transnational and transcultural perspectives.

An extremely accessible, well structured and imaginative reading of market and social theory in terms of the myth of the Wild West frontier' New Formations This book, written by the author of the celebrated volume Six Guns and Society, explains why the myth of the Wild West is popular around the world. It shows how the cultural icon of the Wild West speaks to deep desires of individualism and liberty and offers a vision of social contract the...

This work presents the state of integration of wavelet theory and multiresolution analysis into soft computing. Much attention is given to approaches (fuzzy-wavelet) that permit one to develop, using wavelet techniques, linguistically interpretable fuzzy systems from data.

Transient current and voltage peaks in a power network frequently result in damage to system components. Occurrences range from voltage oscillations after the interruption of short-circuit currents to the effects of lightning strikes. Encompassing the fundamentals of transient phenomena, this reference provides effective techniques for the prediction and limitation of transient behaviour. With the current emphasis on quality of power supply, ...

Despite the growing availability of information on effective drug and violence prevention programmes, schools continue to use programmes that have not been proven effective. Some are using model programmes, but have changed the content or design enough so that the features that made them effective are gone. Or worse, they continue to use programmes that have been proven ineffective simply because that is what is easiest, or most familiar. The ...