Machine learning theory and applications : hands-on use cases with Python on classical and quantum machines by Vasques, Xavier

Table of Contents: “…Foreword xiii -- Acknowledgments xv -- General Introduction xvii -- 1 Concepts, Libraries, and Essential Tools in Machine Learning and Deep Learning 1 -- 1.1 Learning Styles for Machine Learning 2 -- 1.1.1 Supervised Learning 2 -- 1.1.1.1 Overfitting and Underfitting 3 -- 1.1.1.2 K-Folds Cross-Validation 4 -- 1.1.1.3 Train/Test Split 4 -- 1.1.1.4 Confusion Matrix 5 -- 1.1.1.5 Loss Functions 7 -- 1.1.2 Unsupervised Learning 9 -- 1.1.3 Semi-Supervised Learning 9 -- 1.1.4 Reinforcement Learning 9 -- 1.2 Essential Python Tools for Machine Learning 9 -- 1.2.1 Data Manipulation with Python 10 -- 1.2.2 Python Machine Learning Libraries 10 -- 1.2.2.1 Scikit-learn 10 -- 1.2.2.2 TensorFlow 10 -- 1.2.2.3 Keras 12 -- 1.2.2.4 PyTorch 12 -- 1.2.3 Jupyter Notebook and JupyterLab 13 -- 1.3 HephAIstos for Running Machine Learning on CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs 13 -- 1.3.1 Installation 13 -- 1.3.2 HephAIstos Function 15 -- 1.4 Where to Find the Datasets and Code Examples 32 -- Further Reading 33 -- 2 Feature Engineering Techniques in Machine Learning 35 -- 2.1 Feature Rescaling: Structured Continuous Numeric Data 36 -- 2.1.1 Data Transformation 37 -- 2.1.1.1 StandardScaler 37 -- 2.1.1.2 MinMaxScaler 39 -- 2.1.1.3 MaxAbsScaler 40 -- 2.1.1.4 RobustScaler 40 -- 2.1.1.5 Normalizer: Unit Vector Normalization 42 -- 2.1.1.6 Other Options 43 -- 2.1.1.7 Transformation to Improve Normal Distribution 44 -- 2.1.1.8 Quantile Transformation 48 -- 2.1.2 Example: Rescaling Applied to an SVM Model 50 -- 2.2 Strategies to Work with Categorical (Discrete) Data 57 -- 2.2.1 Ordinal Encoding 59 -- 2.2.2 One-Hot Encoding 61 -- 2.2.3 Label Encoding 62 -- 2.2.4 Helmert Encoding 63 -- 2.2.5 Binary Encoding 64 -- 2.2.6 Frequency Encoding 65 -- 2.2.7 Mean Encoding 66 -- 2.2.8 Sum Encoding 68 -- 2.2.9 Weight of Evidence Encoding 68 -- 2.2.10 Probability Ratio Encoding 70 -- 2.2.11 Hashing Encoding 71 -- 2.2.12 Backward Difference Encoding 72 -- 2.2.13 Leave-One-Out Encoding 73 -- 2.2.14 James-Stein Encoding 74 -- 2.2.15 M-Estimator Encoding 76 -- 2.2.16 Using HephAIstos to Encode Categorical Data 77 -- 2.3 Time-Related Features Engineering 77 -- 2.3.1 Date-Related Features 79 -- 2.3.2 Lag Variables 79 -- 2.3.3 Rolling Window Feature 82 -- 2.3.4 Expending Window Feature 84 -- 2.3.5 Understanding Time Series Data in Context 85 -- 2.4 Handling Missing Values in Machine Learning 88 -- 2.4.1 Row or Column Removal 89 -- 2.4.2 Statistical Imputation: Mean, Median, and Mode 90 -- 2.4.3 Linear Interpolation 91 -- 2.4.4 Multivariate Imputation by Chained Equation Imputation 92 -- 2.4.5 KNN Imputation 93 -- 2.5 Feature Extraction and Selection 97 -- 2.5.1 Feature Extraction 97 -- 2.5.1.1 Principal Component Analysis 98 -- 2.5.1.2 Independent Component Analysis 102 -- 2.5.1.3 Linear Discriminant Analysis 110 -- 2.5.1.4 Locally Linear Embedding 115 -- 2.5.1.5 The t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding Technique 123 -- 2.5.1.6 More Manifold Learning Techniques 125 -- 2.5.1.7 Feature Extraction with HephAIstos 130 -- 2.5.2 Feature Selection 131 -- 2.5.2.1 Filter Methods 132 -- 2.5.2.2 Wrapper Methods 146 -- 2.5.2.3 Embedded Methods 154 -- 2.5.2.4 Feature Importance Using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) 167 -- 2.5.2.5 Feature Selection Using HephAIstos 168 -- Further Reading 170 -- 3 Machine Learning Algorithms 175 -- 3.1 Linear Regression 176 -- 3.1.1 The Math 176 -- 3.1.2 Gradient Descent to Optimize the Cost Function 177 -- 3.1.3 Implementation of Linear Regression 182 -- 3.1.3.1 Univariate Linear Regression 182 -- 3.1.3.2 Multiple Linear Regression: Predicting Water Temperature 185 -- 3.2 Logistic Regression 202 -- 3.2.1 Binary Logistic Regression 202 -- 3.2.1.1 Cost Function 203 -- 3.2.1.2 Gradient Descent 204 -- 3.2.2 Multinomial Logistic Regression 204 -- 3.2.3 Multinomial Logistic Regression Applied to Fashion MNIST 204 -- 3.2.3.1 Logistic Regression with scikit-learn 205 -- 3.2.3.2 Logistic Regression with Keras on TensorFlow 208 -- 3.2.4 Binary Logistic Regression with Keras on TensorFlow 210 -- 3.3 Support Vector Machine 211 -- 3.3.1 Linearly Separable Data 212 -- 3.3.2 Not Fully Linearly Separable Data 214 -- 3.3.3 Nonlinear SVMs 216 -- 3.3.4 SVMs for Regression 217 -- 3.3.5 Application of SVMs 219 -- 3.3.5.1 SVM Using scikit-learn for Classification 220 -- 3.3.5.2 SVM Using scikit-learn for Regression 222 -- 3.4 Artificial Neural Networks 223 -- 3.4.1 Multilayer Perceptron 224 -- 3.4.2 Estimation of the Parameters 225 -- 3.4.2.1 Loss Functions 225 -- 3.4.2.2 Backpropagation: Binary Classification 226 -- 3.4.2.3 Backpropagation: Multi-class Classification 227 -- 3.4.3 Convolutional Neural Networks 230 -- 3.4.4 Recurrent Neural Network 232 -- 3.4.5 Application of MLP Neural Networks 233 -- 3.4.6 Application of RNNs: LST Memory 242 -- 3.4.7 Building a CNN 246 -- 3.5 Many More Algorithms to Explore 249 -- 3.6 Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithms 251 -- 3.6.1 Clustering 251 -- 3.6.1.1 K-means 253 -- 3.6.1.2 Mini-batch K-means 255 -- 3.6.1.3 Mean Shift 257 -- 3.6.1.4 Affinity Propagation 259 -- 3.6.1.5 Density-based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise 262 -- 3.7 Machine Learning Algorithms with HephAIstos 264 -- References 270 -- Further Reading 270 -- 4 Natural Language Processing 273 -- 4.1 Classifying Messages as Spam or Ham 274 -- 4.2 Sentiment Analysis 281 -- 4.3 Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers 286 -- 4.4 BERT's Functionality 287 -- 4.5 Installing and Training BERT for Binary Text Classification Using TensorFlow 288 -- 4.6 Utilizing BERT for Text Summarization 294 -- 4.7 Utilizing BERT for Question Answering 296 -- Further Reading 297 -- 5 Machine Learning Algorithms in Quantum Computing 299 -- 5.1 Quantum Machine Learning 303 -- 5.2 Quantum Kernel Machine Learning 306 -- 5.3 Quantum Kernel Training 328 -- 5.4 Pegasos QSVC: Binary Classification 333 -- 5.5 Quantum Neural Networks 337 -- 5.5.1 Binary Classification with EstimatorQNN 338 -- 5.5.2 Classification with a SamplerQNN 343 -- 5.5.3 Classification with Variational Quantum Classifier 348 -- 5.5.4 Regression 351 -- 5.6 Quantum Generative Adversarial Network 352 -- 5.7 Quantum Algorithms with HephAIstos 368 -- References 372 -- Further Reading 373 -- 6 Machine Learning in Production 375 -- 6.1 Why Use Docker Containers for Machine Learning? …”
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Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 118: Neurologic Imaging -- Chapter 119: Interventional Radiology -- Section 3: Procedures -- Chapter 120: Vascular Access -- Chapter 121: Intubation and Airway Support -- Chapter 122: Arterial Blood Gas and Placement of A-line -- Chapter 123: Feeding Tube Placement -- Chapter 124: Thoracentesis -- Chapter 125: Lumbar Puncture -- Chapter 126: Paracentesis -- Chapter 127: Arthrocentesis -- PART VI: CLINICAL CONDITIONS IN THE INPATIENT SETTING -- Section 1: Cardiovascular Medicine -- Chapter 128: Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Chapter 129: Heart Failure -- Chapter 130: Myocarditis, Pericardial Disease, and Cardiac Tamponade -- Chapter 131: Valvular Heart Disease -- Chapter 132: Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias -- Chapter 133: Bradycardia -- Chapter 134: Ventricular Arrhythmias -- Chapter 135: Cardioversion -- Chapter 136: Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Cardiac Resynchronization Devices in Hospital Medicine -- Section 2: Critical Care -- Chapter 137: Inpatient Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation -- Chapter 138: Acute Respiratory Failure -- Chapter 139: Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in the Critical Care Setting -- Chapter 140: Mechanical Ventilation -- Chapter 141: Sepsis and Shock -- Chapter 142: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Chapter 143: Prevention in the Intensive Care Unit Setting -- Section 3: Dermatology -- Chapter 144: Flushing and Urticaria -- Chapter 145: Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions -- Chapter 146: Psoriasis and Other Papulosquamous Disorders -- Chapter 147: Diabetic Foot Infections -- Chapter 148: Venous Ulcers -- Chapter 149: Dermatologic Findings in Systemic Disease -- Section 4: Endocrinology -- Chapter 150: Glycemic Emergencies -- Chapter 151: Inpatient Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia -- Chapter 152: Thyroid Emergencies -- Chapter 153: Adrenal Insufficiency -- Chapter 154: Pituitary Disease -- Section 5: Gastroenterology -- Chapter 155: GERD and Esophagitis -- Chapter 156: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Chapter 157: Acute Pancreatitis -- Chapter 158: Jaundice, Obstruction, and Acute Cholangitis -- Chapter 159: Acute Liver Disease -- Chapter 160: Cirrhosis and Its Complications -- Chapter 161: Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Chapter 162: Small Bowel Disorders -- Chapter 163: Large Bowel Disorders -- Chapter 164: Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Section 6: Geriatrics -- Chapter 165: Principles of Geriatric Care -- Chapter 166: Agitation in Older Adults -- Chapter 167: Elder Mistreatment -- Chapter 168: Malnutrition and Weight Loss in Hospitalized Older Adults -- Section 7: Hematology -- Chapter 169: Abnormalities in Red Blood Cells -- Chapter 170: Disorders of the White Cell -- Chapter 171: Quantitative Abnormalities of Platelets: Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytosis -- Chapter 172: Approach to Patients with Bleeding Disorders -- Chapter 173: Hypercoagulable States -- Chapter 174: Hematologic Malignancies -- Section 8: Oncology -- Chapter 175: Overview of Cancer and Treatment -- Chapter 176: Oncologic Emergencies -- Chapter 177: Approach to the Patient with Suspected Malignancy -- Chapter 178: Breast, Ovary, and Cervical Cancer -- Chapter 179: Menђ́ةs Cancers -- Chapter 180: Cancers of the Kidney, Renal Pelvis, and Ureter -- Chapter 181: Oncologic Issues of the Aerodigestive Tract -- Chapter 182: Gastrointestinal Cancers -- Chapter 183: Immune-Related Adverse Events (irAEs) in Cancer Patients -- Section 9: Infectious Disease -- Chapter 184: Fundamentals of Antibiotics -- Chapter 185: Antibiotic Resistance -- Chapter 186: Community-Acquired Pneumonia.…”
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Architectural drawing by Dernie, David

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Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility—Volume 1 Proceedings of the 2nd American University in the Emirates International Research Conference, AUEIRC'18 – Dubai, UAE 2018...

Table of Contents: “…A 10 Step Design Process for Architectural Design Studios -- A Design Chart to Determine the Sizing of Vertical Windows for Daylighting -- An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Role of Intermediaries for Value-Added Services -- An Overview of Bahrain’s Microenterprises Role in Eliminating Unemployment -- Assessing Crop Yield and Risk: A New Method for Calculating Insurance Based on Rainfall -- Banking System in the MENA Region: A Comparative Analysis between Conventional and Islamic Banking in the UAE -- Blockchain Technology, Sustainability and Business A Literature Review and the Case of Dubai and UAE -- Experimental Sustainable Practices in Fashion Education -- HR Analytics, Fad or Fashion for Organizational Sustainability -- Measurement of Financial and Asset Performance of Agricultural Farms: Operational Proposal for a New Rating Model for Agricultural Companies for a Sustainable Development of the Industry -- Multimedia Applications in Digital Transformation Art -- Occupants’ Behavior and Energy Usage in Emirati’s Individual Houses in Al Ain: Exploratory Investigation -- Private Initiatives Versus State Interventions in Downtown Cairo: An On-going Debate Questioning the Sustainability of Newly Pedestrianised Streets; The Cases of Kodak and Al-Alfi Passageways -- Producing Green Concrete by Using Recycled Materials in UAE -- Psychology of Organizational Sustainability -- Sustainability and Financing Project: The UAE Paradigm -- Sustainable Concrete Production Using Ceramic Waste Powder (CWP) -- Technology Assisted Student-Centred Learning for Civil Engineering Students -- The Assurance of Sustainability Reporting: An Extra Fee or A Guarantee -- The Business Going Concern: Financial Return and Social Expectations -- The Effect of Shop Lighting on the Costumer Behavior: (Dressing Room) -- The Effect of the EU Referendum on the GBP: Evidence from Brexit -- The Existence of Modified Environmental Kuznets Curve for Gender Inequality in MENA Economies: Panel Data Model -- The Impact of Financial Education and Self-Efficacy on Financial Behavior in Croatia: Are We More Similar to Homo Economicus or Homer Simpson? …”
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Computer Security. ESORICS 2021 International Workshops CyberICPS, SECPRE, ADIoT, SPOSE, CPS4CIP, and CDT&SECOMANE, Darmstadt, Germany, October 4–8, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Table of Contents: “…CyberICPS 2021 -- Communication and Cybersecurity Testbed for Autonomous Passenger Ship -- A Cybersecurity Ontology to Support Risk Information Gathering in Cyber-Physical Systems -- GLASS: Towards Secure and Decentralized eGovernance Services using IPFS -- Integrated Design Framework for Facilitating Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis -- Attack path analysis and cost-efficient selection of cybersecurity controls for com-plex cyberphysical systems -- Analysis of Cyber Security features in Industry 4.0 Maturity Models -- Cybersafety analysis of a natural language user interface for a consumer robotic System -- SECPRE 2021 -- Integrating Privacy-by-Design with Business Process Redesign -- Disclosing Social and Location Attributes on Social Media: The Impact on Users’ Privacy -- BioPrivacy: Development of a Keystroke Dynamics Continuous Authentication System -- Privacy and Informational Self-determination through Informed Consent: the Way Forward -- Building a Privacy Testbed: Use Cases and Design Considerations -- ADIoT 2021 -- Assessing Vulnerabilities and IoT-enabled Attacks on Smart Lighting Systems -- TAESim: A Testbed for IoT Security Analysis of Trigger-action Environment -- Adversarial Command Detection Using Parallel Speech Recognition Systems -- Security Measuring System for IoT Devices -- Battery Depletion Attacks on NB-IoT Devices using Interference -- Security- and privacy-aware IoT application placement and user assignment -- Room Identification with Personal Voice Assistants (Extended Abstract) -- SPOSE 2021 -- Why IT Security Needs Therapy -- Transferring Update Behavior from Smartphones to Smart Consumer Devices -- Organisational Contexts of Energy Cybersecurity -- SMILE - Smart eMaIl Link domain Extractor -- A Semantic Model for Embracing Privacy as Contextual Integrity in the Internet of Things (Short Paper) -- Data Protection Impact Assessments in Practice - Experiences from Case Studies -- CPS4CIP 2021 -- Resilience quantification for critical infrastructure: Exemplified for airport Operations -- Severity level assessment from semantically fused video content analysis for physical threat detection in ground segments of space systems -- Diminisher: A Linux Kernel based Countermeasure for TAA Vulnerability -- The Rise of ICS Malware: A Comparative Analysis -- CDT& SECOMANE 2021 -- Framework proposal to measure the Stress as Adversarial Factor on Cyber Decision Making -- Measuring the impact of Tactical Denial of Sustainability -- A Mathematical Framework for Evaluation of SOAR Tools with Limited Survey Data.…”
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International Business in the Information and Digital Age. by Van Tulder, Rob

Table of Contents: “…FDI by Digital MNEs: Asset-Lightness; 2.4. FDI by Digital MNEs: Intangibles and Cash; 2.5. …”
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Storming the reality studio : a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction

Table of Contents: “…Vollmann -- Before the lights came on : observations of a synergy / Steve Brown -- The automation of the robot / Jean Baudrillard -- Cyberpunk and neuromanticism / Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. -- From Of grammatology / Jacques Derrida -- Yin and Yang duke it out / Joan Gordon -- Cybernetic deconstructions : cyberpunk and postmodernism / Veronica Hollinger -- From Postmodernism, or, The cultural logic of late capitalism / Fredric Jameson -- Television and the triumph of culture / Arthur Kroker and David Cook -- Bet on it : cyber/video/punk/performance / Brooks Landon -- The cyberpunk : the individual as reality pilot / Timothy Leary -- The postmodern / Jean-Francois Lyotard -- An interview with William Gibson ; Cutting up : cyberpunk, punk music, and urban decontextualizations / Larry McCaffery -- Postcybermodernpunkism / Brian McHale -- The wars of the coin's two halves : Bruce Sterling's mechanist/shaper narratives / Tom Maddox -- Frothing the synaptic bath / Davis Porush -- Literary MTV / George Slusser -- Preface from Mirrorshades / Bruce Sterling -- On Gibson and cyberpunk SF / Darko Suvin -- The Japanese reflection of Mirrorshades / Takayuki Tatsumi.…”


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Practical puppetry A-Z : a guide for librarians and teachers by Exner, Carol R., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Egg Carton PuppetsEyes; Festivals; Finger Puppet Theaters; Finger Puppets; Fist Puppets; Flannel Boards; Foam Rubber Puppets; Focus; Giant Puppets; Glove Puppets; Glue Gun Techniques; Grants and Internships; Greeting Card Theaters; Guignol; Hair and Wigs; Hamburger Box Puppets; Hand Puppets; Hands; Hands as Puppets; Hanging Stages; Hanging Toy Theaters; Hinges; History of Puppetry; India and Puppetry; Internet Links; Islamic Puppetry; Jumping Jacks; Junk Puppets; Karagoz; Life-Sized Puppets; Lighting; Limberjacks; Marionettes; Mask Puppets with Movable Mouths; Masks; Mime; Mouth Puppets.…”
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The museum of innocence by Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The happiest moment of my life -- The Şanzelize boutique -- Distant relations -- Love at the office -- Fuaye -- Füsun's tears -- The merhamet apartments -- Turkey's first fruit soda -- F -- City lights and happiness -- The feast of the sacrifice -- Kissing on the lips -- Love, courage, modernity -- Istanbul's streets, bridges, hills, and squares -- A few unpalatable anthropological truths -- Jealousy -- My whole life depends on you now -- Belkis's story -- At the funeral -- Füsan's two conditions -- My father's story: pearl earrings -- The hand of Rahmi Efendi -- Silence -- The engagement party -- The agony of waiting -- An anatomical chart of love pains -- Don't lean back that way, you might fall -- The consolation of objects -- By now there was hardly a moment when I wasn't thinking about her -- Füsun doesn't live here anymore -- The streets that reminded me of her -- The shadows and ghosts I mistook for Füsun -- Vulgar distractions -- Like a dog in outer space -- The first seeds of my collection -- To entertain a small hope that might allay my heartache -- The empty house -- The end-of-summer party -- Confession -- The consolations of life in a Yali -- Swimming on my back -- The melancholy of autumn -- Cold and lonely November days -- Fatih hotel -- A holiday on Uludağ -- Is it normal to leave your financée in the lurch? …”


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Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities. by Martin, Lucy C.

Table of Contents: “…OtherSummary -- Chapter 6 -- Strategies: Practical Tips to Help Students -- Strategies that Address Difficulties with Attention -- Hear Yourself Think -- Sound of Silence -- Emergency Treatment for Chatty Classes -- Recording Blanks -- Mostly Listening with a Chance of Discussion -- Lights Out! -- Strategies that Address Difficulties with Memory -- Fading -- Adding Sensory Feedback to Flashcards -- Envelope Sort -- Mistakes that Help -- Flying Apostrophe -- Environmental Cues -- Cutting for Comprehension -- Whatâ€?…”
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OpenCV for Secret Agents. by Howse, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Setting up the Eclipse WorkspaceGetting a cascade file and audio files; Specifying the app's requirements; Laying out a camera preview as the main view; Tracking back and forth gestures; Playing audio clips as questions and answers; Capturing images and tracking faces in an activity; Summary; Chapter 5: Equipping Your Car with a Rearview Camera and Hazard Detection; Planning The Living Headlights app; Detecting lights as blobs; Estimating distances (a cheap approach); Implementing The Living Headlights app; Testing The Living Headlights app at home; Testing The Living Headlights app in a car…”
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Wrigley Field : the centennial : 100 years at the friendly confines by Krantz, Les

Table of Contents: “…August 19, 1969: Lucky Kenny Holtzman and His (First) No-HitterMay 12, 1970: Ernie Belts No. 500; September 2, 1972: Almost Perfect-Milt Pappas' "Disappointing No-Hitter"; Part V: 1980s and 1990s; 1982: Harry Caray Starts a Singing Tradition; August 18, 1982: Turning 21 at Wrigley; 1984: Second City Pandemonium, Orwellian Climax; June 23, 1984: The Sandberg Game; August 8, 1988: Let There Be Lights!; 1989: Zim's 89er Rush; 1990: All-Star Charm, Just Not Lucky; 1998: The Season of Thrills; Part VI: Modern Times (2000-2013); 2003: From Bounty to Bartman; 2005: Greg Maddux's 3,000th Strikeout.…”
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Robert Louis Stevenson : writer of boundaries

Table of Contents: “…Sborgi -- Voices of the Scottish Empire / Manfred Malzahn -- Stevenson and the property of language: narrative, value, modernity / Robbie B.H. Goh -- Light, darkness, and shadow: Stevenson in the South Seas / Ann C. …”
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Trepanation, Trephining and Craniotomy History and Stories by González-Darder, José M.

Table of Contents: “…TREPANATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES. 11 Trepanation in the medieval Islamic and Christian cultures -- PART V. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. TREPANATION AND TREPHINE IN MODERN EUROPEAN CULTURES -- 12 Surgical instruments for trepanation and trephine -- 13 Trepanation during the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries -- 14 Paré, Della Croce, Alcázar and other relevant European surgeons in trepanation over the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries -- 15 Trepanation out of Europe: New World and Japan -- 16 Trepanation during the eighteenth century: to trepan or not to trepan -- 17 Trepanation during the nineteenth century -- 18 Trepanation at war times (1): Napoleonic Wars and North American Civil War -- 19 The question of the high mortality of trepanation and trephine -- 20 Evolution of the surgical technique of the trepanation and trephine -- 21 Evolution of the surgical instruments for trepanation and trephine -- 22 Evolution of the indications for trepanation and trephine -- 23 ‘State-of the-art’ of the cranial opening in the second half of the nineteenth century -- 24 Trepanation and trephine: Illustrative cases -- PART VI. …”
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Video Displays, Work, and Vision. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""Video Displays, Work, and Vision""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Summary of Findings""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Background""; ""Focus of the Study""; ""Organization of the Report""; ""The Literature Base""; ""The Nature of VDT Work""; ""FIELD STUDIES OF VDT WORKERS AND WORKSTATIONS""; ""Studies of Radiation Emission from VDTs""; ""Cataracts""; ""Field Surveys Based on Self-Reports of VDT Operators""; ""EQUIPMENT AND WORKSTATION DESIGN""; ""VDT Design and Display Quality""; ""Lighting and Reflections""; ""Human Factors""…”
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The Beloved in Middle Eastern Literatures : the Culture of Love and Languishing. by Korangy, Alireza

Table of Contents: “…From the Lips of the Grail: Figures of SeductionUnbearable Lightness; The Abode of Wine; More than You Know; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Dialectical Love; 12 Lovers in the Age of the Beloveds: Classical Ottoman Divan Literature and the Dialectical Tradition; Introduction; Debates on Philosophy and Literature; Dialectical Discourse in Ottoman Divan Love Poetry; Analysis of the Dialectical Discourse in Poems; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.…”
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Advanced microscopy : a strong analytical tool in materials science

Table of Contents: “…Saratha -- CLARITY-Based Tissue Clearing Techniques and Light Sheet Microscopy: For Imaging and Investigation of Neurodegenerative Disorders / Dania Alphonse Jose and P. …”
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Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2012 : Selected papers from 'Going Romance' Leuven 2012

Table of Contents: “…As discussed earlier, following Kayne (1993), Rizzi (2000), and Tortora (2010), I take compound tense clauses to be "lightly" bi-clausal, whereby the participial clause has a bit of functional architecture pro.…”
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Statistical Methodologies with Medical Applications. by Poduri, S. R. S. Rao

Table of Contents: “…6.7 Odds ratio6.8 Relative risk; Exercises; Appendix A6; 7 Tests of hypotheses: Means and variances; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Principle steps for the tests of a hypothesis; 7.3 Right-sided alternative, test statistic and critical region; 7.4 Left-sided alternative and the critical region; 7.5 Two-sided alternative, critical region and the p-value; 7.6 Difference between two means: Variances known; 7.7 Matched samples and paired comparison; 7.8 Test for the variance; 7.9 Test for the equality of two variances; 7.10 Homogeneity of variances; Exercises.…”
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The whole wide world, without limits : international relief, gender politics, and American Jewish women, 1893-1930 by McCune, Mary

Table of Contents: “…Gender Dynamics in War: Cooperation and Conflict -- Growing Support for Women's Rights -- Poised for Future Action -- 3 THE MOVE TOWARD AUTONOMY: THE NCJW AND HADASSAH IN THE POSTWAR WORLD -- The JDC in the Postwar World -- Breaking New Ground: The NCJW and International Work -- Hadassah and Palestine: "A Joyful Mother of Children" -- Hadassah's Struggle for Independence -- Benefits and Limitations of Separatism -- 4 WOMEN ORGANIZING WOMEN: GENDER AND AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITY, 1920-1930 -- Growing Diversity, Common Problems -- NCJW Involvement in American Politics.…”
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