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JANAKIRAM, "Grid Computing: A Research Monograph"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0070600961 | PDF | pages: 326 | 10.8 mb
The book traces the evolution and progress of models of computation, from clusters to grid computing. The interesting journey of evolution of these models of computation in the past ten years at the distributed and object systems lab at iit, madras reflects the various developments and breakthroughs in the field. The book includes among several other topics:anonymous remote computing (arc): a programming model that provides a platform to enable sequential and parallel loads to coexist in a cluster environment.anonymous remote computation and communication (arcc): an extinction of arc to provide inter-task communication using the concept of distributed pipes (dp)p-corba: a part of the pivotal work to marry the two areas of object orientation and parallel computing over clusters.moset: an anonymous remote mobile cluster computing paradigm. Moset enables mobile devices (mainly laptop kind of devices) to be integrated into the cluseter.it includes a cd containing software developed for the

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Greeks and Barbarians (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World) edited by Thomas Harrison
English | November 9, 2001 | ISBN: 0415939585, 0415939593 | PDF | 288 pages | 63.7 MB
Greeks and Barbarians examines ancient Greek conceptions of the "other." The attitudes of Greeks to foreigners and there religions, and cultures, and politics reveals as much about the Greeks as it does the world they inhabited. Despite occasional interest in particular aspects of foreign customs, the Greeks were largely hostile and dismissive viewing foreigners as at best inferior, but more often as candidates for conquest and enslavement.

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Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World by Dahlia Schweitzer
English | March 9, 2018 | ISBN: 0813593158, 081359314X | PDF | 256 pages | 5.9 MB
Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world?

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Young Kyun Baek, "Gaming for Classroom-Based Learning: Digital Role Playing as a Motivator of Study (Premier Reference Source)"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 1615207139 | 359 pages | PDF | 4,2 MB
In order to effectively use games in the classroom, teachers and parents need to agree on games positive functions toward students learning, decide and select good educational games relevant to content and tasks in the classroom, and disseminate their acquired knowledge into the teaching field.

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Richard Van Eck, "Gaming and Cognition: Theories and Practice from the Learning Sciences"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 1615207171 | 432 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The idea that games can have positive impacts upon critical thinking and problem solving is widely accepted in today s digital society, yet the effect of video games on human cognition is still largely unexplored. Gaming and Cognition:

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Steve Rabin, "Game AI Pro 3: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals"
English | ISBN: 1498742580 | 2017 | 540 pages | AZW3 | 9 MB
Game AI Pro3: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents state-of-the-art tips, tricks, and techniques drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. This book acts as a toolbox of proven techniques coupled with the newest advances in game AI. These techniques can be applied to almost any game and include topics such as behavior trees, utility theory, path planning, character behavior, and tactical reasoning.

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Michael Smithson, Jay Verkuilen, "Fuzzy Set Theory: Applications in the Social Sciences (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)"
English | 2006-02-17 | ISBN: 076192986X | 113 pages | PDF | 3.5 mb
Fuzzy set theory deals with sets or categories whose boundaries are blurry or, in other words, "fuzzy." This book presents an accessible introduction to fuzzy set theory, focusing on its applicability to the social sciences.

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Frugal Minimalism And Loving It: 50 Proven Steps To Live A Minimalist Lifestyle, Clear Your Clutter And Live With Less by Kathy Stanton
English | January 3, 2019 | ISBN: 1793089612 | 33 pages | MOBI | 0.22 Mb
Discover 50 Proven Steps To Live A Minimalist Lifestyle, Clear Your Clutter And Live With Less!Today only, get this Amazon bestseller for just $2.99. Regularly pricedat $5.99. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device.You're about to discover 50 proven steps and strategies on how to make changes in your life to live a frugal minimalist lifestyle and live your life clutter free. Each chapter in this book will help you make all of the changes needed in order to help you live a minimalist lifestyle. You will find numerous tips and strategies that you can start doing right now to change your life, live a clutter free life and reduce the stress in your life. You will learn how removing the clutter from your home can save you money as well as time. You will also learn how to not only remove the clutter from your home, but from your entire life in order to be happier and stress free. By the time you finish this book you will understand how adapting to the minimalist lifestyle will help you focus on what is really important to you and your family by removing what is taking away from your core values.

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Jane F. Fulcher "French Cultural Politics and Music: From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War"
English | 1999-01-14 | ISBN: 0195120213 | 304 pages | PDF | 21,1 MB
This book draws upon both musicology and cultural history to argue that French musical meanings and values from 1898 to 1914 are best explained not in terms of contemporary artistic movements but of the political culture.

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Free Speech Theory: Understanding the Controversies (Studies in Law and Politics) by Helen J. Knowles and Brandon T. Metroka
English | Jun 30, 2020 | ISBN: 1433155958 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
The rallying cry of "Free speech!" has long served as a touchstone for liberals and conservatives, alike, engaged in political polarization conflict and discourse. The democratization of media and the feverish pitch of political polarization, however, have contributed to the weaponization of free expression. From Colin Kaepernick to "fake news," boycotts of partisan television programming to removals of Confederate monuments, internet neutrality to the silencing of college professors and all points between, citizens and pundits all too frequently wield the slogan of "Free speech!" as the sword and shield of political discourse. Oftentimes, ironically they do so with little regard for the views of their opponents. As a result, society risks trading a substantive value for an empty slogan or, far worse, blind authority.To rediscover the underlying assumptions and social values served by free expression, and to move current controversies beyond rhetorical flourishes, Helen J. Knowles and Brandon T. Metroka assemble an impressive group of legal and political scholars to address one overarching question: "Why should we value free speech?" Through analyses of several recent controversies invoking concerns for free expression, the contributors to this volume make complex political theory accessible, informative, and entertaining. Beginning with internet neutrality and ending with an overview of developing free expression controversies in comparable western democracies, experts reestablish the link between free expression and the underlying values it may serve. In doing so, this volume unearths values previously unexamined in our modern―but increasingly impoverished and bitter―political discourse.

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