The Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel : Scott, Brontë, Eliot, Wilde. by Dawson, Terence

Table of Contents: “…'Light Enough To Trusten By': Structure and Experience in Silas Marner; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.…”
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Introducing the Transcendentalists

Table of Contents: “…The Transcendental Movement Defined (0:55) -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) (1:25) -- Emerson's "Self Reliance" (2:16) -- Emerson's Hard Won Optimism (2:35) -- Emerson's Essay: "The Transcendentalist" (3:36) -- Emerson's Essay: "The American Scholar" (2:18) -- Emerson's Essay: "The Experience" (2:24) -- Emerson's Essay: "Nature" (3:12) -- Class Project: Thinking Like Emerson (3:39) -- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) (0:37) -- "Walden; Or, Life in the Woods" (5:48) -- Henry David Thoreau: God in Nature (1:07) -- Henry David Thoreau: Autumn, Winter, Spring (2:05) -- Thoreau's Gospel According to Present Time (1:06) -- Appreciating the Transcendentalists (3:20) -- Dissecting Living Deliberately (2:21) -- Symbolism (2:08) -- Principles (1:25) -- Winter Walks: In Thoreau's Footsteps (4:30) -- Boston Fitchburg Railroad (2:13)…”
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Problems in Mathematical Biophysics A Volume in Memory of Alberto Gandolfi

Table of Contents: “…A research project -- Predicting and explaining with models: A few remarks on Mathematical Immunology -- A scenario-based study on hybrid PDE-ODE model for Cancer-on-chip experiment -- The Effect of Substratum Stiffness and Stochasticity on Cell Reorientation over a Stretched Substratum -- Kinetic and macroscopic equations for action potential in neural networks -- Mechanics-Based Models to Predict the Alignment of Cells on a Cyclically Stretched Substrate -- Modelling of Cancer Stem Cell Driven Solid Tumors -- Optimal strategies for pathological epidermis:the optimal control of basal cell dynamics -- On the qualitative behaviour of oscillating biochemical systems: the stochastic approach -- What is a good model? …”
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E-government in Canada : transformation for the digital age by Roy, Jeffrey

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Part One: Four Main Dimensions of Change; Chapter 1: Service; Chapter 2: Security; Chapter 3: Transparency; Chapter 4: Trust; Part Two: The Canadian Experience; Chapter 5: Government of Canada; Chapter 6: The Provinces; Chapter 7: Local and Intergovernmental Perspectives; Part Three: Looking Ahead; Chapter 8: Organization and Accountability; Chapter 9: Participation and Engagement; Chapter 10: Beyond Canada's Borders; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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HUMAN FACTORS IN SIMULATION AND TRAINING application and practice.

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3D DEEP LEARNING WITH PYTHON design and develop your computer vision model with 3D data using PyTorch3D and more by Ma, Xudong

Table of Contents: “…PART 2: 3D Deep Learning Using PyTorch3D -- Chapter 3: Fitting Deformable Mesh Models to Raw Point Clouds -- Technical requirements -- Fitting meshes to point clouds -- the problem -- Formulating a deformable mesh fitting problem into an optimization problem -- Loss functions for regularization -- Mesh Laplacian smoothing loss -- Mesh normal consistency loss -- Mesh edge loss -- Implementing the mesh fitting with PyTorch3D -- The experiment of not using any regularization loss functions -- The experiment of using only the mesh edge loss -- Summary…”
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Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems by Juang, Jengnan

Table of Contents: “…Wireless Sphygmomanometer with Data Encryption -- Design and Implementation of Multimedia Social Services on Elgg -- On Migration and Consolidation of  VMs in Hybrid CPU-GPU Environments -- A Case of Security Encryption Storage System Based on SAN Environments -- Applying General Probabilistic Neural  Network to Adaptive Measurement Fusion -- Reorder Adapting TCP -- A Novel and Feasible System for Rule Anomaly and Behavior Mismatching Diagnosis among Firewalls -- A Secure Routing Protocol to Prevent Co-operative Black Hole Attack in MANET -- IP Address Management in Virtualized Cloud Environments -- A Fuzzy C-Means Method for Determining Motor’s Quality Types Based on Current Waveforms -- License Plate Recognition Based on Rough Set -- Electroencephalogram Lifting Recognition Using Unsupervised Gray-Based Competitive Clustering Networks -- Adapting intensity degradation to enhance fisheye images shot inside cup-shaped objects -- A Method to Implementation of Lane Detection under Android System Based on OpenCV -- Automatic Broadcast Soccer Video Analysis, Player Detection and Tracking Based on Color Histogram -- Conversion of 3D Triangular-Meshed Model to Dot Representation -- Image retrieval system base on EMD similarity measure and S-tree -- Tri-axis Accelerometer based body motion detection system -- On Mapping the Sorted-Set Intersection Problem onto a Graphics Processing Unit -- A Novel Double Dynamic Stress Accelerated Degradation Test to Evaluate Power Fade of Batteries for Electric Vehicles -- The Development of Estimating Deviations Directly from Point Clouds -- Using Modified Digital Halftoning Technique to Design Invisible 2D Barcode by Infrared Detection -- Color Visual Evoked Potential Response for Myopia Subjects -- License Plate Recognition Under NonUniform Illumination -- A Cross-Coupled MIMO Fuel Cell System Design by Using Intelligent Fuzzy-Neural Controller -- The Development of Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation and Approaching Degree Toolbox via Matlab -- Deploying autonomous coordinating agent for assessment model in smart urban space: A case study of cozy space design pattern -- Quantum-Membership-Function-Based Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System -- A Set-Checking Algorithm for Mining Maximal Frequent Itemsets from Data Streams -- Parallel Matrix Transposition and Vector Multiplication Using OpenMP -- Designing Parallel Sparse Matrix Transposition Algorithm Using CSR for GPUs -- Analysis of USDA Food Classifications using Neural Network Classifier -- Optimization Path Programming Using Improved Multi-Group Ant Colony Algorithms -- Conceptual Information Retrieval System based on automatically constructed Semantic Word Network -- An Intelligence-Based Approach to Optimal Power Flow Control Considering Flexible AC Transmission Systems -- Modern Heuristic Optimization Approaches for Electrical Power System Applications -- A New Product Design Process – Combining the System Model and VRTC -- The Study of Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Motor Control System through the Combination of BP Neural Network and PID Control -- Power Compensation Methodology for Electric Vehicles -- Model-Based Robust Control for Nonlinear Networked Control Systems -- Control Strategies Development for a Series Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Based on Engine Experimental Map -- Japanese Calligraphy Using Whole Body Motion of a Humanoid Robot -- Design and Experiment of the Auto-Alignment Control System for TPS Storage Ring Girder -- A Proposed System for Practicing Industrial Robot Remotely -- An Intelligent Sensorless Drive Strategy for a Brushless DC Motor Based on Back-EMF Detection -- Establishment of the Photovoltaic Simulation System using Mixed Programming with LabVIEW and Simulink -- Implementation of Fuzzy Force Control for an Electro-Hydraulic Servo Press System -- Sizing Cloud Applications with ISO/IEC 19761: A case study -- Development of a Fuzzy-Control-Based Battery Charging Technique for Li-ion Battery Module for Light Electrical Vehicles -- Low-cost and High Speed Eye Tracker -- Using Hedge Algebra to control varied parameter object -- Variable-Speed Wind Generator System with Maximum Output Power Control -- FPGA-Based Control for a Boost PFC Converter with Improved Dynamic Performance -- Robotic Manipulator Trajectory Tracking Using Direct Collocation -- Objective Function Design in Real-number-coding Genetic Algorithm for Laser-cutting Tool-path Minimization -- A Fuzzy Control Load Balancing Method for Dual CAN Bus -- Backup Host Plan for Banking Information System Based on Capacity on Demand Model -- A Design of LED Panel Lamp for Indoor Illumination -- Analysis of Voltage Variations of a Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Connected to Taipower Grid -- Source-End Layouts on ESD/LU Reliabilities in an HV 0.25um 60V nLDMOS -- The Functional Catoptric LED Luminaire in T8 Form Factor -- A Sigma Delta ADC Design for Audio Applications -- Applications of ZigBee on Building a Home Automation System -- Design of a Smart Battery System for Laptop Computer -- A Novel Fuzzy Neural Network Controller for Maglev System with Controlled-PM Electromagnets -- CMOS Transimpedance Amplifiers for Optical Wireless Communications -- Dependable Embedded Memory for Intelligent Systems -- Research and Development of Versatile Autonomous Vehicles for Education -- New Ultrasonic Parking Sensor System in Automobiles -- Using the Gate-Diffusion Input Technique for Low Power Programmable Logic Array Design -- Using LC-3 Soft Core on an FPGA Development Board for Microprocessor Labs -- Executing Linux-based Software of Electronic Design Automation on Windows Platform of Microsoft -- Design of a Transparent Pipeline Based on Synchronous Elastic Circuits -- The Wireless Electric Guitar with Digitally Integrated Effector -- Implementation and Study of Constant-Frequency LLC Resonant Converter -- Exercise Bracelet with Bluetooth Low Energy Module and Accelerometer for Sporting Events -- Design and Implementation of an eBooks Access Control Protocol -- Novel T-Shaped non-Orthogonal Dual-Mode Bandpass Filters with two Differently Structured Resonators -- A Novel Method to Simplify the Structure of Dual-Band Bandpass Filters: Design the Resonators on Combined Substrates -- Constructing an Integrated Communication and Oriented Protocols into EV Preliminary Operation: A Case Study of EV Surveillance Application -- The Design of Capacitive Coupling Bandpass Filter Using Stepped Impedance Resonator -- A Novel Power Effective and Reliable Wireless Thermal Convection Angular Accelerometer without any Movable Parts and Grooved Cavity -- Parallel Operation of the Piezoelectric Energy Harvest Using the Taguchi Method -- Effect of Anisotropy Parameters on the Initiation of Plastic Yielding in Thin Hollow Disks Subject to Thermo-Mechanical Loading -- Development of MEMS Gyroscope Module for Rotating Machine Performance Characterization -- Design and Surface Roughness Analysis of Thin-Sheet Plastic Injection Forming -- A Comparison of Correlation Technique and Random Decrement Algorithm for Modal Identification from Nonstationary Ambient Vibration Data Only -- Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Mechanical Properties and the Spherical Indentation of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy -- The Analysis of Engine Intake Air Cooling Device by Using Thermoelectric Module -- Effects of Deposition Temperature and Hydrogen Plasma on the Properties of the Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Deposition ZnO-Al2O3 Films -- The Influences of Post Annealing Temperature on the Properties of Sr0.6Ba0.4Nb2O6 Thin Films -- Improving the Properties of Sol-Gel Deposition SrBi4Ti4O15 Thin Films by Post-Annealing Process -- Water Tank Simulation of a Continuous Hot-Dip Galvanized Zinc Pot -- The Finite Element Analysis study of the laser lift-off (LLO) of III-nitride compound -- Combining Quality Function Deployment and TRIZ to Solve the Drainer Problems -- A Study on Improving Polishing Process Effectiveness for Silicon Reclaim Wafer -- Detection of CO Concentration by using SnO2 SPR Apparatus and Common-Path Heterodyne Interferometer -- Magnetic field correction based on intelligent shimming method -- Innovative Designs for Quartz Crystal Microbalance -- Semi-active Control of Tunable Hybrid Shape Memory Material for Vibration Attenuation -- Simultaneous thickness measurement and material composition analysis using X-ray Fluorescence technique -- Integration Design and installation of girder systems in the injection section of Taiwan Photon Source -- FTIR Characterizations of the Gamma-Ray-Irradiated Silica Nanoparticles/γ-APTES Nanocomposite with UV Annealing -- Improvement of Radiation-Induced Degradation in MOSFET by Using Glass Fiber/Epoxy/Silica Nanoparticles/γ-APTES Composite as Shielding Materials for High Energy Radiation -- An Invention of Pneumatically Powered and Charged LED Flashlight -- The invention in the safety protection device of the table saw -- Applying the Principles of Lean Manufacturing to Optimize Conduit Installation Process -- Portable Measurement System for Static and Dynamic Characterization of MEMS Component -- Effects of BaTi4O9 Concentration on Dielectric Constants of the Polyetherimide/BaTi4O9 Composites -- Design the Bandwidth of Zero Phase Filter of Iterative Learning Controller by Improved Particle Swarm Optimization -- Prognostic Diagnosis of Hollow Ball Screw Pretension on Preload Loss through Sensed Vibration Signals -- Simulation and Experiment of Langevin Type Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Horn for Micro Tool Motion -- A New Low-Temperature Fabrication Method of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells -- A Cell Culture System with Programmable Physical Stimulation for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation and Promotion -- A Spray Method for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells -- An Intelligent Approach for High Material Removal Rate Machining -- The Position and Correction System of Laser PSD -- Study of Cutting Parameter Effect on Spindle Vibration .…”
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The Computing Dendrite From Structure to Function. by Cuntz, Hermann

Table of Contents: “…4.2.6 Segment Diameters4.3 Neuronal Morphologies; 4.3.1 Parameter Optimization; 4.4 Synaptic Connectivity; 4.4.1 Connectivity: Terminology and Measures; 4.4.2 Connectivity: Statistical Measures of Connectivity; 4.4.3 NETMORPH Example; 4.4.4 Validation of Morphological Shapes; 4.4.5 Connection Probability Versus Intersomal Euclidean Distance; 4.4.6 Multiplicity of Connections; 4.4.7 Path Distances and Euclidean Distances; 4.5 Comparison with Available Experimental Data; 4.5.1 Connection Probability; 4.5.2 Multiplicity; 4.5.3 Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Distances; 4.6 Discussion.…”
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Desiccation cracks and their patterns : formation and modeling in science and nature by Goehring, Lucas

Table of Contents: “…6.2.2 Crystals and Cages -- 6.2.3 Aggregation -- 6.3 Pore-Scale Processes -- 6.3.1 Structure of a Drying Soil -- 6.3.2 Dynamics of a Drying Soil -- 6.4 Continuum Models of Drying -- 6.4.1 Surface Drying -- 6.4.2 Internal Transport: Carman-Kozeny -- 6.5 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7 Patterns of Crack Networks in Homogeneous Media -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Experimental Observations -- 7.2.1 Sequential Fragmentation and Length Scale Selection -- 7.2.2 Scaling of Crack Width -- 7.2.3 Distribution of Angles Between Cracks -- 7.3 Directional Drying…”
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Intuitively Rational: How We Think and How We Should by McGee, Andrew, Foster, Charles

Table of Contents: “…Limits of trolley-problem-style thought experiments -- Chapter 10. Realistic trolleyology? -- Chapter 11. …”
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Quantum-Like Models for Information Retrieval and Decision-Making

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Adult entertainment psychosocial study of an American obsession

Table of Contents: “…(4:59) -- Sex and Pornography Addiction and Symptoms (3:05) -- Porn Stars on Pornography (4:39) -- Sex Clubs and Brief History of Pornography (4:29) -- Porn Stars, Venereal Disease, and Sexual Behavior (4:41) -- Pornography and Educators (3:50) -- Sexually Oriented Businesses (SOBs) (3:50) -- Sex Club Experiences (4:56) -- Government Officials and Pornography (5:48) -- Postlude: Conclusions About Pornography (3:18)…”
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A comprehensive laboratory manual for environmental science and engineering by Sreemahadevan Pillai, P. R., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…General Information -- IV. Introduction -- Experiments -- 1 Determination of Solids -- 2 Turbidity -- 3 Determination of Alkalinity -- 4 Determination of Hardness -- 5 Determination of pH -- 6 Determination of Chloride -- 7 Determination of Iron and Manganese -- 8 Determination of Sulphate and Sulphide -- 9 Jar Test for Determining Optimum Coagulant Dosage -- 10 Determination of Dissolved Oxygen…”
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Reviews in Fluorescence 2017

Table of Contents: “…-Modeling food fluorescence with Parafac -- Derivatives Of 2,5-Diaryl-1,3-Oxazole And 2,5-Diaryl-1,3,4-Oxadiazole as Environment-Sensitive Fluorescent Probes For Studies of Biological Membranes -- Dynamics of Water and Ions near DNA: Perspective from Time-Resolved Fluorescence Stokes Shift Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulation -- Fluorescence Made Easier: Fluorescence Techniques for the Novice -- Resolving Internal and Global Dynamics of Proteins by Combination of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy.…”
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The Analysis of Structured Securities : Precise Risk Measurement and Capital Allocation. by Raynes, Sylvain

Table of Contents: “…20 Automobile Receivable Securitizations21 CDOs of ABS; 22 Aircraft Receivable Securitizations; 23 Trigger Theory; Concluding Remarks; Appendices; Appendix A: Numerical Experiments in Random Number Generation; Appendix B: The Physics of Markov Chains; Appendix C: The Markov Property and the Efficient Market Hypothesis; Appendix D: An Example of Nonlinear Regression; Appendix E: The Symmetry and Nonnegative Definiteness of Two Special Matric.…”
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A history of transportation in Canada. Volume I, Continental strategy to 1867 by Glazebrook, G. P. de T.

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Physics of Negative Refraction and Negative Index Materials Optical and Electronic Aspects and Diversified Approaches by Krowne, C. M. (Clifford M.)

Table of Contents: “…Generalizing the Concept of Negative Medium to Acoustic Waves -- 9. Experiments and Simulations of Microwave Negative Refraction in Split Ring and Wire Array Negative Index Materials, 2D Split Ring Resonator and 2D Metallic Disk Photonic Crystals -- 10. …”
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Applications of Synchrotron Light to Scattering and Diffraction in Materials and Life Sciences by Gomez, Marian

Table of Contents: “…From Fundaments to Application -- A Basic Introduction to Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering -- Fundaments of Soft Condensed Matter Scattering and Diffraction With Microfocus Techniques -- The Use of Scattering and Spectroscopic Synchrotron Radiation Methods in Material Science -- Synchrotron Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Colloidal Suspensions -- Applications of Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction to the Study of the Phase Behaviour in Liquid Crystalline Polymers -- Structural Analysis of Biological and Technical nanocomposites by X-ray Scattering -- Application of Non-Crystalline Diffraction With Microfocus to Carbon Fibres -- Simultaneous Calorimetric, Dielectric and SAXS/WAXS Experiments During Polymer Crystallization -- Discovering New Features fo Protein Complexes Structures by Small Angle X-ray Scattering -- Protein Shape and Assembly Studies With X-ray Solution Scattering: Fundaments and Practice -- Diagnosis Applications of No-Crystaline Diffraction of Collagen Fibres: Breast Cancer and Skin Diseases -- X-ray Diffraction From Live Music Fibres -- Index.…”
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Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems 13th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2013, Held as Part of the 8th International Federated Conference on Distributed C... by Dowling, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Semantically Aware Contention Management for Distributed Applications -- FITCH: Supporting Adaptive Replicated Services in the Cloud -- Network Forensics for Cloud Computing -- Dynamic Deployment of Sensing Experiments in the Wild Using Smartphones -- AJITTS: Adaptive Just-In-Time Transaction Scheduling -- Strategies for Generating and Evaluating Large-Scale Powerlaw-Distributed P2P Overlays -- Ambient Clouds: Reactive Asynchronous Collections for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Applications -- Bandwidth Prediction in the Face of Asymmetry -- A Scalable Benchmark as a Service Platform -- Failure Analysis and Modeling in Large Multi-site Infrastructures -- Evaluating the Price of Consistency in Distributed File Storage Services -- An Effective Scalable SQL Engine for NoSQL Databases -- EZ: Towards Efficient Asynchronous Protocol Gateway Construction -- Autonomous Adaptation of Cloud Applications -- Toward Unified and Flexible Security Policies Enforceable within the Cloud -- Towards Decentralised Workflow Scheduling via a Rule-Driven Shared Space -- Strengthening Consistency in the Cassandra Distributed Key-Value Store -- Distributed Architecture for a Peer-to-Peer-Based Virtual Microscope.…”
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