English | 2023 | ISBN: 978-3110761993 | 298 pages | True PDF EPUB | 98.26 MB
THE SERIES: INTELLIGENT BIOMEDICAL DATA ANALYSIS
By focusing on the methods and tools for intelligent data analysis, this series aims to narrow the increasing gap between data gathering and data comprehension. Emphasis is also given to the problems resulting from automated data collection in modern hospitals, such as analysis of computer-based patient records, data warehousing tools, intelligent alarming, effective and efficient monitoring. In medicine, overcoming this gap is crucial since medical decision making needs to be supported by arguments based on existing medical knowledge as well as information, regularities and trends extracted from big data sets.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1440858284 | 460 pages | True PDF EPUB | 54.74 MB
Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road covers life along the Silk Road over 5000 years as it can be understood by considering objects. In this first object-based study to consider all of the peoples involved on the Silk Roads, objects provide the vehicles for explorations of different aspects of life for the various peoples of the Silk Roads, including the sedentary peoples who established urban life on the Silk Roads, the steppe nomads who regularly interacted with the settled peoples, and the peoples at either end of the Silk Roads who drove certain kinds of economic exchanges.
The book looks at Central Asia as an international zone during ancient times when multiple religious, political, and technological ideas found acceptance in the region and allows for a better understanding of how some ideas and forms developed in Central Asia while others passed through or were modified.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 978-1440871863 | 424 pages | True PDF EPUB | 65.82 MB
Artifacts from 19th Century America examines a broad array of objects representing various aspects of 19th century American society. The objects have been chosen to illuminate daily life in a number of categories including cooking, entertainment, grooming, clothing and accessories, health, household items, religious life, work, and education.
The book's 53 entries include a brief introduction to the background of the object, when and why it was made, and who used it, followed by a detailed description of the object itself. Finally, each entry provides a deep dive into the object's significance and how the object reveals clues about the social, political, economic, and intellectual life of the society in which it was produced and utilized. Students and general readers alike will not only learn about the time period but also learn to use the skills of material culture theory and method, including how to draw meaningful conclusions from each object about their historical context and significance.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 059308649X | 368 pages | True EPUB | 5.6 MB
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author ofHow to Be an Artist: a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times
Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering work of African American, LGBTQ+, and other long-marginalized creators. Sotheby's Institute of Art has called him, simply, "theart critic."

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1595348786 | 537 pages | PDF | 58.56 MB
Why is something a masterpiece? Art History 101 . . . Without the Exams is about revisiting famous works of art that we may have studied in an art history class or seen in a textbook. Each discussion delves into one great masterpiece and asks the questions that help us understand how it has shaped history. What is the piece about? How did the original owner look at this piece? Where was it originally placed? Why is it in this museum now? How did it get famous? From the sixth-century mosaics of Ravenna and the painted bulls of Altamira, Spain, dated 12,500 BCE, to an incense burner from twelfth-century Seljuk Iran, frescoes from a Late Byzantine funerary chapel, and masterworks by Botticelli, Caravaggio, Monet, and Sargent, this book shows readers how to look closely. It welcomes us to the joy of art history—but without the papers, notes, and exams.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 1399008358 | 185 pages | True PDF EPUB | 57.4 MB
The ascent of the Plantagenets to the English throne in 1154 led to the beginning of a new historical phase in the British Isles, which was marked by numerous wars that were fought between the Kingdom of England and the 'Celtic nations' of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. During the rule of the Norman kings, the English armies had not completed the conquest of Wales and had established only some footholds in Ireland; Scotland was still independent and was ready to contest the Plantagenets' possession of northern England. As a result of this situation, the two centuries between the rise of the new dynasty and the beginning of the Hundred Years' War were characterized by a series of wars that ravaged feudal England. Gabriele Esposito covers all these conflicts, following the campaigns of Richard the Lionheart as well as those of his younger brother who was defeated on the continent at the large Battle of Bouvines; the conquest of Wales is analyzed in detail, as well as the First Scottish War of Independence that saw William Wallace playing a prominent role. The organization and equipment of all the troop types taken into account is described in full detail and lavishly illustrated with color images of reenactors, bringing these forces to life.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 180323332X | 236 pages | True PDF | 16.61 MB
Build CD pipelines following GitOps principles like declarative and immutable changes stored in version control, all continuously reconciled by Argo CD, and minimize the failure of deployments.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1801075670 | 433 pages | True PDF | 33.83 MB
A practical handbook packed with expert advice on architectural considerations for designing solutions using SAP BTP to drive digital innovation
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1789258448 | 285 pages | True PDF EPUB | 50.99 MB
About the Author: J. Grant Stauffer is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His doctoral research is on landscape transformations, mound building, and coalescence at the Cahokia site in Illinois. His research interests include iconographic analysis, ceramic analysis, geoarchaeology, geophysical prospection in archaeology, and their applications in the Eastern Woodlands of North America. Bretton T. Giles is Assistant Research Professor in the Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Department at Kansas State University. He serves as KSU supervisory archaeologist at the Fort Riley Army Installation in north-central Kansas. Shawn P. Lambert is an assistant professor of anthropology and senior research associate with the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University. He is also a co-editor of the book, New Methods and Theories for Analyzing Mississippian Imagery.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 0262544709 | 325 pages | True EPUB | 66.51 MB
The story of the British amusement arcade from the 1800s to the present.
Amusement arcades are an important part of British culture, yet discussions of them tend to be based on American models. Alan Meades, who spent his childhood happily playing in British seaside arcades, presents the history of the arcade from its origins in traveling fairs of the 1800s to the present. Drawing on firsthand accounts of industry members and archival sources, including rare photographs and trade publications, he tells the story of the first arcades, the people who made the machines, the rise of video games, and the legislative and economic challenges spurred by public fears of moral decline.