Dario Martinelli, "Basics of Animal Communication"
English | ISBN: 1443881708 | 2017 | 160 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This volume represents a short, yet systematic introduction to the topic of animal communication, in a way that blends natural sciences and humanities into a multidisciplinary approach. It is structured in a way that allows students and teachers in this field to employ it as a useful pedagogical tool, and it is written with a style that is clear and engaging. A glossary of difficult terms and a rich bibliography are also available, altogether making Basics of Animal Communication very informative reading.
Stephan Haggard, "Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World "
English | ISBN: 1108958400 | 2021 | 75 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Assaults on democracy are increasingly coming from the actions of duly elected governments, rather than coups. Backsliding examines the processes through which elected rulers weaken checks on executive power, curtail political and civil liberties, and undermine the integrity of the electoral system. Drawing on detailed case studies, including the United States and countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa, the book focuses on three, inter-related causal mechanisms: the pernicious effects of polarization; realignments of party systems that enable elected autocrats to gain legislative power; and the incremental nature of derogations, which divides oppositions and keeps them off balance. A concluding chapter looks at the international context of backsliding and the role of new technologies in these processes. An online appendix provides detailed accounts of backsliding in 16 countries, which can be found atwww.cambridge.org/backsliding.
Philip Howell, "At Home and Astray: The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain"
English | ISBN: 0813936861 | 2015 | 264 pages | PDF | 44 MB
Although the British consider themselves a nation of dog lovers, what we have come to know as the modern dog came into existence only after a profound, and relatively recent, transformation in that country's social attitudes and practices. In At Home and Astray, Philip Howell focuses on Victorian Britain, and especially London, to show how the dog's changing place in society was the subject of intense debate and depended on a fascinating combination of forces even to come about.
Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining in Healthcare by Malek Masmoudi
English | PDF | 2021 | 211 Pages | ISBN : 3030452395 | 5.3 MB
This book presents recent work on healthcare management and engineering using artificial intelligence and data mining techniques. Specific topics covered in the contributed chapters include predictive mining, decision support, capacity management, patient flow optimization, image compression, data clustering, and feature selection.
Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining in Healthcare
by Malek Masmoudi
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030452395 | 214 Pages | EPUB | 18 MB
Arguments: Why We Argue and How You Can Use the Art of Persuasion to Effectively Defend Your Opinion by Jessica Forrest
English | November 16, 2016 | ISBN: 1540442780 | 82 pages | Rar (PDF, AZW3) | 0.52 Mb
[b]Learn Today the Art of Persuasion to Effectively Defend an Opinion!
Allen Feldman, "Archives of the Insensible: Of War, Photopolitics, and Dead Memory"
English | ISBN: 022627733X | 2015 | 432 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In this jarring look at contemporary warfare and political visuality, renowned anthropologist of violence Allen Feldman provocatively argues that contemporary sovereign power mobilizes asymmetric, clandestine, and ultimately unending war as a will to truth. Whether responding to the fantasy of weapons of mass destruction or an existential threat to civilization, Western political sovereignty seeks to align justice, humanitarian right, and democracy with technocratic violence and visual dominance. Connecting Guantánamo tribunals to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, American counterfeit killings in Afghanistan to the Baader-Meinhof paintings of Gerhard Richter, and the video erasure of Rodney King to lynching photography and political animality, among other scenes of terror, Feldman contests sovereignty's claims to transcendental right -whether humanitarian, neoliberal, or democratic-by showing how dogmatic truth is crafted and terror indemnified by the prosecutorial media and materiality of war.
Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society: APPLEPIES 2020 by Sergio Saponara
English | PDF | 2021 | 300 Pages | ISBN : 3030667286 | 55.3 MB
This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large. It covers a broad spectrum of application domains, from automotive to space and from health to security, while devoting special attention to the use of embedded devices and sensors for imaging, communication and control.
Dustin R. Rubenstein, "Animal Behavior Ed 11"
English | ISBN: 1605355488 | 2018 | 672 pages | PDF | 59 MB
A comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments.
Steven Rutledge, "Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting "
English | ISBN: 0199573239 | 2012 | 424 pages | PDF | 10 MB
In antiquity, Rome represented one of the world's great cultural capitals. The city constituted a collective repository for various commemoratives, cultural artefacts, and curiosities, not to mention plunder taken in war, and over its history became what we might call a "museum city." Ancient Rome as a Museum considers how cultural objects and memorabilia both from Rome and its empire came to reflect a specific Roman identity and, in some instances, to even construct or challenge Roman perceptions of power and of the self. In this volume, Rutledge argues that Roman cultural values and identity are indicated in part by what sort of materials Romans deemed worthy of display and how they chose to display, view, and preserve them.