Death Scene Investigation: A Field Guide

Animation and Performance Capture Using Digitized Models (Cognitive Systems Monographs)

Springer, 2009

The realistic generation of virtual doubles of real-world actors has been the focus of computer graphics research for many years. However, some problems still remain unsolved: it is still time-consuming to generate character animations using the traditional skeleton-based pipeline, passive performance capture of human actors wearing arbitrary...

Digital Design for Print and Web: An Introduction to Theory, Principles, and Techniques

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Digital Design for Print and Web: An Introduction to Theory, Principles, and Techniques was written to help people succeed with digital design. It is a learning product that incorporates both video lessons and an in-depth textbook written from two perspectives—that of a student, and that of a teacher.

First I put myself in...

Piracy at Sea (WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs)

Springer, 2013

âOver more than three decades starting in the 1990s, thousands of robberies, acts of piracy, and other violent attacks against merchant vessels have been reported in many of the world’s waters. The grave danger of piracy poses a direct threat not only to the security and efficiency of marine transportation, but more seriously, to...

Uncertainty in the Electric Power Industry: Methods and Models for Decision Support

Springer, 2004

Starting in Chile, the UK and Norway, liberalization and privatization
have been a major theme in the electricity industry during the last decade.

Through the introduction of competition and economic considerations,
governments around the world have attempted to obtain more reliable and
cheaper services for the electricity...

Adobe Acrobat 8 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Peachpit Press, 2006

Adobe Acrobat 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach beginning and intermediate users how to be more productive with Adobe Acrobat. Author John Deubert takes readers step by step through all of the Adobe Acrobat 8 essentials, both basic--creating and viewing...

The Lady Is a Spy: Virginia Hall, World War II Hero of the French Resistance (Scholastic Focus)

Scholastic Nonfiction, 2019

The Lady Is a Spy is the audacious and riveting true story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest spy and unsung hero, brought to vivid life by acclaimed author Don Mitchell.

When Hitler invaded Poland, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted,...