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 Mel Stanfill, "Exploiting Fandom: How the Media Industry Seeks to Manipulate Fans" English | 2019 | ISBN: 160938623X | PDF | pages: 268 | 1.1 mb As more and more fans rush online to share their thoughts on their favorite shows or video games, they might feel like the process of providing feedback is empowering. However, as fan studies scholar Mel Stanfill argues, these industry invitations for fan participation indicate not greater fan power but rather greater fan usefulness. Stanfill's argument, controversial to some in the field, compares the "domestication of fandom" to the domestication of livestock, contending that, just as livestock are bred bigger and more docile as they are domesticated, so, too, are fans as the entertainment industry seeks to cultivate a fan base that is both more useful and more controllable.  Jason R. Rich, "Expert Sniper Strategies for Fortniters: An Unofficial Guide to Battle Royale " English | ISBN: 1510749713 | 2019 | 128 pages | EPUB | 42 MB Hit your target every time with this Fortnite expert sniper guide. A full-color guide to help anyone play and win!  Excel PivotTables Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide to PivotTables in Excel English | 2021 | ISBN: 9788740337709 | 702 pages | EPUB | 8.84 MB This book is a complete guide to PivotTables in Excel.  Ivan R Schwab, "Evolution's Witness: How eyes evolved" English | 2011 | ISBN: 0195369742 | PDF | pages: 323 | 14.3 mb With predation and carnivory as catalysts, the first known eye appeared in a trilobite during the Cambrian explosion approximately 543 million years ago. This period was a crucible of evolution and teemed with anatomic creativity although the journey to formed vision actually began billions of years before that.  Ethnobotany by José L. Martinez English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032059869 | 265 pages | True PDF | 17.31 MB  Essentials of Mechanical Stress Analysis; 2 by Javidinejad Amir English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032317558 | 267 pages | True PDF | 32.19 MB  Essentials of Health Policy and Law by Wilensky, Sara E.;Teitelbaum, Joel B.; English | 2022 | ISBN: 1284247457 | 394 pages | True EPUB | 50.06 MB  Ensemble Methods for Machine Learning (MEAP V08) English | 2022 | ISBN: 9781633439481 | 455 Pages | PDF EPUB | 25 MB Many machine learning problems are too complex to be resolved by a single model or algorithm. Ensemble machine learning trains a group of diverse machine learning models to work together to solve a problem. By aggregating their output, these ensemble models can flexibly deliver rich and accurate results. Ensemble Methods for Machine Learning is a guide to ensemble methods with proven records in data science competitions and real-world applications. Learning from hands-on case studies, you'll develop an under-the-hood understanding of foundational ensemble learning algorithms to deliver accurate, performant models.
 Fred Gallo, Anthony Robbins, "Energy Tapping for Trauma: Rapid Relief from Post-Traumatic Stress Using Energy Psychology" English | 2007 | ISBN: 1572245018 | 184 pages | EPUB | 0.63 MB Energy psychology is a scientifically validated body of research and core set of treatment techniques that conceptualizes thoughts, feelings, emotions, and other psychological phenomena as manifestations of energy working though the system of the human body. If some psychological phenomenon is causing pain, distress, or a lack of function to an individual, the somatic techniques of energy psychology work to disrupt the flow of energy causing that phenomenon. One of the more common techniques in the energy psychology repertoire is called energy tapping, a practice, similar to acupressure, that involves manipulating and tapping certain points along the body's energy meridians to influence psychological events. In this new book, author Fred Gallo applies energy psychology techniques specifically to recovering from acute trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Some techniques in this book are adapted from Energy Tapping by Fred Gallo and Harry Vincenzi.  Grace Q. Zhang, "Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch our Words" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1107028442, 1108718914 | PDF | pages: 259 | 1.8 mb Elastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in 'He loves her, kind of'. It is used like a slingshot, targeting various strategic goals. Consolidating current research and charting new directions, this book develops a refreshing theory of elasticity, empirically attested by natural language data from tension-prone encounters between Australian Customs officers and passengers. The theory proposes three principles (fluidity, stretchability and strategy) and offers a systematic look at how elastic language, as a sliding scale, works to balance strengthening and weakening speech tones, to firm and soften a speaker's stance, and to reveal and evade the truth. The comparative analysis of forms, functions, and context confirms that elastic language is fluid, stretchable, and strategic. It serves both cooperative and competitive functions, and social and speech factors impact on its use. This book will appeal to students and researchers working in pragmatics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and communication. |
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