Automating Crime Prevention, Surveillance, and Military Operations English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030732754 | 252 Pages | PDF | 4 MB This interdisciplinary volume critically explores how the ever-increasing use of automated systems is changing policing, criminal justice systems, and military operations at the national and international level. The book examines the ways in which automated systems are beneficial to society, while addressing the risks they represent for human rights. Automatically Ordering Events and Times in Text by Leon R.A. Derczynski English | EPUB | 2017 | 220 Pages | ISBN : 3319472402 | 1.6 MB The book offers a detailed guide to temporal ordering, exploring open problems in the field and providing solutions and extensive analysis. It addresses the challenge of automatically ordering events and times in text. Aided by TimeML, it also describes and presents concepts relating to time in easy-to-compute terms. Audiovisual Quality Assessment and Prediction for Videotelephony by Benjamin Belmudez English | PDF | 2015 | 196 Pages | ISBN : 3319141651 | 5.7 MB The work presented in this book focuses on modeling audiovisual quality as perceived by the users of IP-based solutions for video communication like videotelephony. It also extends the current framework for the parametric prediction of audiovisual call quality. The book addresses several aspects related to the quality perception of entire video calls, namely, the quality estimation of the single audio and video modalities in an interactive context, the audiovisual quality integration of these modalities and the temporal pooling of short sample-based quality scores to account for the perceptual quality impact of time-varying degradations. Atlas of Thoracoscopic-lapacoscopic Esophagectomy By Yi Zhang English | EPUB | 2018 | 199 Pages | ISBN : 9811075689 | 127.8 MB This Atlas provides an easy-to-follow operational guide to laparoscopic techniques. It features a wealth of photos to illustrate esophageal carcinoma surgery. Atlas of Ocular Optical Coherence Tomography By Fedra Hajizadeh English | EPUB | 2018 | 486 Pages | ISBN : 3319667564 | 112.7 MB This book provides a collection of optical coherence tomographic (OCT) images of various diseases of posterior and anterior segments. It covers the details and issues of diagnostic tests based on OCT findings which are crucial for ophthalmologists to understand in their clinical practice. Throughout the chapters all aspects of this non-invasive, popular imaging technique, known for ingenuity and accuracy, is clearly illustrated.
Assessing Headache Triggers: A Practical Guide for Applied Research and Clinical Management English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030819485 | 95 Pages | PDF EPUB | 2.28 MB This book synthesizes the current research on headache triggers and details how improving the measurement properties of trigger assessments can benefit clinical and research efforts. Applied Discrete-Time Queues, Second Edition by Attahiru S. Alfa English | EPUB (True) | 2016 | 400 Pages | ISBN : 149393418X | 4.5 MB This book introduces the theoretical fundamentals for modeling queues in discrete-time, and the basic procedures for developing queuing models in discrete-time. There is a focus on applications in modern telecommunication systems. Aerospace Robotics II by Jerzy Sąsiadek English | PDF | 2015 | 203 Pages | ISBN : 3319138529 | 8 MB This book presents a selection of conference contributions from CARO'13 (Conference on Aerospace Robotics), which was held in Warsaw from July 1 to 3, 2013. It presents the most important and crucial problems of space automation in context of future exploration programs. These programs could involve such issues as space situational awareness program, planetary protection, exploitation of minerals, assembly, manufacturing, and search for new habitable location for next human generations. Advances in Smart System Technologies: Select Proceedings of ICFSST 2019 by P. Suresh English | EPUB | 2021 | 823 Pages | ISBN : 981155028X | 177.4 MB This book presents select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Smart Systems Technologies (ICFSST 2019). It focuses on latest research and cutting-edge technologies in smart systems and intelligent autonomous systems with advanced functionality. Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811616418 | 460 Pages | PDF | 16 MB This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles (AREEV 2020), and examines related emerging trends, feasible solutions to shape and enable the development of mankind. The topics covered include renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, energy storage systems, power system protection & security, smart grid and wide band-gap semiconductor technologies. The book also discusses applications of signal processing, artificial neural networks, optimal and robust control systems, and modeling and simulation of power electronic converters. The book will be a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in power systems, renewable energy, and electric vehicles. |