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 Disturbance Ecology English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030987558 | 316 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 70 MB This edited work presents a multi-faceted view on the causes and consequences of disturbance in ecosystems. Vegetation can be affected by a variety of different disturbances such as wind, floods, fire, and insect attack, leading to an abrupt change in live biomass. Disturbance is a motor of vegetation dynamics, but also sensitive to climate change and poses a challenge for ecosystem management.  Discriminative Learning in Biometrics by David Zhang, Yong Xu, Wangmeng Zuo English | PDF(True) | 2016 | 267 Pages | ISBN : 9811020558 | 7.4 MB This monograph describes the latest advances in discriminative learning methods for biometric recognition. Specifically, it focuses on three representative categories of methods: sparse representation-based classification, metric learning, and discriminative feature representation, together with their applications in palmprint authentication, face recognition and multi-biometrics. The ideas, algorithms, experimental evaluation and underlying rationales are also provided for a better understanding of these methods. Lastly, it discusses several promising research directions in the field of discriminative biometric recognition.  Discrete Linear Control Systems by V. N. Fomin English | PDF | 1991 | 316 Pages | ISBN : 0792312481 | 24.9 MB One service mathematics has rendered the 'Bt mm, ...· si j'avait su comment en revenir, human race. It has put common sense back je n'y serais point alIe.' Jules Verne where it belongs. on the topmost shelf next to the dusty canister labelled 'discarded non The series is divergent; therefore we may be sense'. Eric T. Bell able to do something with it.  Disability Rights and the American Social Safety Net By Jennifer L. Erkulwater 2006 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0801444179 | PDF | 27 MB The recent history of the American welfare state has been viewed with dismay by those on the left because of the steady contraction of benefits under both Republican and Democratic administrations. In contrast, Jennifer L. Erkulwater describes the remarkable success of advocacy for the disabled at a time when the federal government was seemingly impervious to liberal policy innovations.Since the War on Poverty the American public's support for social-welfare policies has gradually eroded as conservative politicians have gained power and demographic changes and uncertain economic growth have enhanced pressures for fiscal retrenchment. Yet, the past thirty years have also seen a dramatic expansion of disability benefits. This book is the first to examine how entitlements for the disabled have fared in the wake of the disability-rights movement. This movement initially fought to end the institutionalization of the severely disabled and moved on to claim that antidiscrimination laws would allow the disabled to work and become less dependent on welfare. It also had a profound impact on entitlements.Erkulwater demonstrates that the Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs enacted between 1972 and 2000 succeeded because policy elites switched from welfare-based approaches to the civil-rights rhetoric used by the disability-rights movement. The work of liberal advocates who sought to end the segregation of the disabled in custodial institutions and integrate them into their home communities contributed to the growth of programs providing financial assistance to disabled citizens and to the recent controversies surrounding the future direction of disability policy.
 Bruce J. Dierenfield, "Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District " English | ISBN: 0252043200 | 2020 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB In 1988, Sandi and Larry Zobrest sued a suburban Tucson, Arizona, school district that had denied their hearing-impaired son a taxpayer-funded interpreter in his Roman Catholic high school. The Catalina Foothills School District argued that providing a public resource for a private, religious school created an unlawful crossover between church and state. The Zobrests, however, claimed that the district had infringed on both their First Amendment right to freedom of religion and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  Dinosaur Origami (Dover Origami Papercraft) By John Montroll 2010 | 120 Pages | ISBN: 0486477800 | PDF | 12 MB It's been 65 million years since they roamed the Earth-but in the imaginations of people of all ages, dinosaurs still rule! This collection of 25 origami models of prehistoric creatures is suitable for enthusiasts at all skill levels, especially intermediate folders.Familiar species include the triceratops, stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus, and pteranodon. In addition, intriguing but lesser-known dinosaurs range from the dimetrodon and protoceratops to the elasmosaurus and tanystropheus. Master origami designer John Montroll explains each model with clear, complete instructions. Numerous illustrations appear throughout the book.  Digital Twins: Basics and Applications English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031114000 | 164 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 19 MB This book comprehensively introduces readers to Digital Twins, from the basic concepts, core technologies and technical architecture, to application scenarios and other aspects. Readers will gain a profound understanding of the emerging discipline of Digital Twins. Covering the latest and cutting-edge application technologies of Digital Twins in various fields, the book offers practitioners concrete problem-solving strategies. At the same time, it helps those working in Digital Twins-related fields to deepen their understanding of the industry and enhance their professional knowledge and skills. Given its scope, the book can also be used as teaching material or a reference book for teachers and students of product design, industrial design, design management, design marketing and related disciplines at colleges and universities. Covering a variety of groundbreaking Digital Twins technologies, it can also provide new directions for researchers.
 Doug Smith, "Digital Signal Processing Technology: Essentials of the Communications Revolution" English | 2001 | ISBN: 0872598195 | PDF | pages: 231 | 33.8 mb Readers] interested in advances in DSP and communications processing can learn from the excellent presentation of this needed material Dennis Silage, PhD, K3DS, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA  Dependent Capitalisms in Contemporary Latin America and Europe by Aldo Madariaga and Stefano Palestini English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030713148 | 282 Pages | True PDF | 4.42 MB  Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows By Lee Feigon 1995 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1566630894 | PDF | 36 MB This authoritative view of the history and culture of Tibet comes at a time when this ancient land is in danger of losing its identity and culture under Chinese rule. In a compact narrative account, Lee Feigon describes Tibet's long and independent history, which belies Chinese claims to hegemony over the Tibetan people. Beginning in the seventh century with the origins of the Tibetan state, Tibetans have borrowed cultural and political forms from their neighbors, including China and India, but have always developed them in their own distinct manner. Tibet has in fact at times ruled vast portions of China, India, Nepal, Central Asia, and even the Middle East. As Tibetans assimilated Buddhist ideals, they gradually cultivated the powerful and magical religious aura that has given birth to legends of Shangri-la. Tracing this history through Mongol and Manchu rule in China, the advent of nineteenth-century Western imperialism, and the radical and sometimes racist policies of Communist China, which have aimed to transform Tibet, Feigon shows how Tibet's grand history has produced its present-day culture, and how the future of that culture now lies largely in China's hands. |
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