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Local Binary Patterns: New Variants and Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2013

This book introduces Local Binary Patterns (LBP), arguably one of the most powerful texture descriptors, and LBP variants. This volume provides the latest reviews of the literature and a presentation of some of the best LBP variants by researchers at the forefront of textual analysis research and research on LBP descriptors and variants. The...

Loft Conversions

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Pressure on space and changes in planning law mean that loft conversions are now at the forefront in the race to improve the performance of Britain's ageing housing stock. Since 1990, roof space conversions have increased UK housing capacity by more than 200 million square feet - a living area equivalent to a medium-sized city - without...

Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanomedicine and Nanorobotics

CRC Press, 2010

The tools of nanodiagnostics, nanotherapy, and nanorobotics are expected to revolutionize the future of medicine, leading to presymptomatic diagnosis of disease, highly effective targeted treatment therapy, and minimum side effects. Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanomedicine and Nanorobotics presents an up-to-date overview of...

Translational Neuroscience: A Guide to a Successful Program

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Translational research looks to take the latest innovations made in the laboratory setting to translate findings into effective and sustainable medical interventions and improved preventative measures. Funding support is increasingly tied to practical healthcare outcomes, with this trend likely only to increase in coming years,...

Chembiomolecular Science: At the Frontier of Chemistry and Biology

Springer, 2012

At the forefront of life sciences today is the emerging discipline of chembiomolecular science. This new term describes the integration of the frontier fields of chemical biology, chemistry, and pharmacology. Chembiomolecular science aims to elucidate new biological mechanisms as potential drug targets and enhance the creation of new drug...

The Toxicology of Carbon Nanotubes

Cambridge University Press, 2012

The widespread and increasing use of carbon nanotubes in scientific and engineering research and their incorporation into manufactured goods has urged an assessment of the risks and hazards associated with exposure to them. The field of nanotoxicology studies the toxicology of nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes and has become a major...

Computers and Typography

Intellect, 2002

This book is intended as a companion volume to the original Computers and Typography, but in no way supercedes it. The first book discussed many of the traditional typographic guidelines, and related them to modern technology. It recognised that this knowledge had not been part of the training or experience of the earlier...

Baxter's The Foot and Ankle in Sport, 2e

Mosby, 2007

The original volume of The Foot and Ankle in Sport by Don Baxter has become a widespread authority on the diagnosis and treatment of athletic injuries to the foot and ankle. It is an ominous task to improve on this text. In fact, our attempt with the second edition is to update the already authoritative text and provide the same authoritative...

Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging

CRC Press, 2007

Interest in clinical cardiovascular imaging has skyrocketed over the past quarter century. Dozens of new imaging modalities have arisen from advances in the physical sciences, electrical engineering, information technology, chemical synthesis, and in pharmacology. Mostly driven by newly developed technology, these advances have...

Android 3.0 Animations: Beginner's Guide

Packt Publishing, 2011

Android 3.0 Animation, a Beginner's Guide, will introduce each of the most popular animation techniques to you as an Android developer. Using step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to create interactive dynamic forms, moving graphics, and 3D motion.

You will be taken on a journey from simple stop motion animations...

Pattern Recognition in Speech and Language Processing (Electrical Engineering & Applied Signal Processing Series)

CRC Press, 2003

Over the last 20 years, approaches to designing speech and language processing algorithms have moved from methods based on linguistics and speech science to data-driven pattern recognition techniques. These techniques have been the focus of intense, fast-moving research and have contributed to significant advances in this field.
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The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media offers original insights into the complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media, and in doing so, showcases new research at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory.

Brings together a collection of new, cutting-edge...

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