Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems 12th International Conference, Living Machines 2023, Genoa, Italy, July 10–13, 2023, Proceedings, Part I

Table of Contents: “…Simple Synthetic Memories of Robotic Touch -- Distributed adaptive control for virtual cyborgs: A case study for personalized rehabilitation -- Robotic active tactile sensing inspired by serotonergic modulation using active inference -- Detecting Human Distraction from Gaze: An Augmented Reality Approach in the Robotic Environment -- Learning Time and Recognition Rate Improvement of CNNs Through Transfer Learning for BMI Systems -- Optimization of EMG-derived features for upper limb prosthetic control A 3D-printed thermoresponsive artificial Venus flytrap lobe based on a multilayer of shape memory polymers -- Charge-dependent flexural rigidity of a conductive polymer laminate for bioinspired non-thermal compliance modulation -- A 3D-printed biomimetic porous cellulose-based artificial seed with photonic cellulose nanocrystals for colorimetric humidity sensing -- FRESH-printing of a Multi-actuator Biodegradable Robot Arm for Articulation and Grasping -- Wrinkle-free Sewing with Robotics: the Future of Soft Material Manufacturing -- Bioinspired soft actuator based on photothermal expansion of biodegradable polymers -- Anisotropic Actuation in Salty Agarose Gel Actuators -- Soft Electroactive Suction Cup with Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics -- Miniature soil moisture sensors for a root-inspired burrowing growing robot -- Soft Tubular Strain Sensors for Contact Detection -- Bioderived Hygromorphic Twisted Actuator for Untethered Sustainable Systems -- Underactuated Robotic Fish Control: Maneuverability and Adaptability through Proprioceptive Feedback -- Design and Performance of a Cownose Ray-Inspired Robot for Underwater Exploration -- Sucker attachment and detachment patterns in Octopus vulgaris -- Understanding preload force for grasping objects with different stiffness using sensorized suction cups -- Development, Modeling, and Testing of a Passive Compliant Bistable Undulatory Robot -- Synthetic Nervous System Control of a Bioinspired Soft Grasper for Pick-and-Place Manipulation -- Fly H1-cell distance estimation in a monocular virtual reality environment -- A Dynamic Simulation of a Compliant Worm Robot Amenable to Neural Control -- Inchworm locomotive soft robots actuated by a single pneumatic line -- A Synthetic Nervous System for On and Off Motion Detection Inspired by the Drosophila melanogaster Optic Lobe -- Driving hexapods through insect brain -- Weighting elementary movement detectors tuned to different temporal frequencies to estimate image velocity -- Comparison of Trochanteral Strain in Locomotor Model Organisms using Robotic Legs -- An insect-inspired soft robot controlled by soft valves -- Effects of tarsal morphology on load feedback during stepping of a robotic stick insect (Carausius morosus) limb. .…”
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Data structures and algorithms for game developers by Sherrod, Allen

Table of Contents: “…""Additional Types of Sorting""""Summary""; ""Chapter Review Questions""; ""Programming Projects""; ""9 Trees""; ""Introduction to Trees""; ""Tree Example""; ""Binary Trees""; ""k-dimensional Trees""; ""Additional Types of Trees""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter Review Questions""; ""Programming Projects""; ""10 Heaps""; ""Introduction to Heaps""; ""Heap Sort""; ""Priority Queues Using Heaps""; ""STL Heap Functions""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter Review Questions""; ""Programming Projects""; ""11 Graphs""; ""Introduction to Graphs""; ""Searching with Graphs""; ""Topological Sorting""; ""Weighted Graphs""…”
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Progress in Positron Annihilation : Selected Papers from Proceeding of the 39th Polish Seminar on Positron Annihilation (PSPA-10), 20-25 June 2010, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland

Table of Contents: “…Phase Transitions in Polymers Containing Long Self-Assembled CH2 Sequences in the Side Chain: A Positron Lifetime StudyPositron Annihilation Studies in Gamma Irradiated Polyesters; Effect of Dynamic Vulcanization on the Structure and Properties of Polypropylene/Rubber Mixtures Studied by Positron Annihilation and Thermostimulated Luminescence Techniques; The Effect of Impact Pressure on Positron Lifetime in Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (PE-UHMW)Chirulen®1120; Depth of Electron Traps in N-Alkanes; Positronium in Normal Alkanes. …”
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Applied computer vision and soft computing with interpretable AI

Table of Contents: “…Improved healthcare system using artificial intelligence : technology and challenges / Anand Khandare, Shreya Kakade, Apeksha Kamath, Payal Kunwar and Yumna Khan -- A brain MRI segmentation method using feature weighting and a combination of efficient visual features / Amin Golzari Oskouei, Mohammad Ali Balafar and Taymaz Akan -- Vision based skin cancer detection : various approaches with comparative study / Kavita Sonawane and Gavin Dsouza -- MentoCare : an improved mental healthcare system for public / Anand Khandare, Shreya Kakade, Apeksha Kamath, Yumna Khan and Payal Kunwar -- Employee health monitoring system using WBANs and machine learning / Yash Ringe, Pratik Sonar, Darshan Medhane and Satish Devane -- Monitoring operational parameters in manufacturing industry using web analytical dashboards / Masood Tamboli, Tejas Patil, Niraj Patil, Ankita Shinde and Leena Deshpande -- Concurrent line perpendicular distance functions for contour points analysis / Ratnesh Kumara and Kalyani Malib -- A resemblance of convolutional neural network architectures for classifying ferrograph images / Sangita M. …”
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Digital Relationships in Developing Countries : an Economic Perspective. by James, Jeffrey

Table of Contents: “…3 The digital divide across all citizens of the world: A new conceptReconceptualizing the digital divide; Change in Internet use and the size of the digital divide, 1998-2004; Weighting changes in the 'shrinking' digital divide; Examining the distribution of Internet use within countries; Conclusions; 4 Sharing mobile phones in developing countries: Implications for the digital divide; The digital divide; Concepts, explanations and measures of sharing; Empirical evidence; Conclusions; 5 From the relative to the absolute digital divide in developing countries.…”
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2018 International Fire Code

Table of Contents: “…Hazard ranking -- G. Cryogenic fluids -- weight and volume equivalents -- H. Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statement (HMIS) instructions -- I. …”

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Pregnancy after assisted reproductive technology

Table of Contents: “…Male factor subfertilityUterine anomalies; Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Other diagnoses; Thrombophilia; Antispermatozoon antibodies; Thyroid antibodies; Increased natural killer cells; General risk factors; Ethnicity/race; Weight; Smoking; Anxiety; Early pregnancy failure: assisted reproductive technology-dependent factors; Ovarian stimulation/ovulation induction; Stimulation agents; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues; Luteal phase support; In vitro techniques; Gamete and zygote intra-Fallopian transfer; Intracytoplasmic spermatozoon injection; In vitro maturation; Assisted hatching…”
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CHALLENGES sustainable land management - climatechange.

Table of Contents: “…Influence of Soil Organic Carbon on Soil Erodibility in Forest Soils in Rasina Catchment / Ratko Kadović, Snežana Belanović, Nada Dragovic, Jelena Beloica,Mirjana Todosijević, Tijana Andrijanić and Boban Milojkovic -- An Approach for Conversion of Erosion Data Produced by EPM Method in Weight Measure / Ivan Blinkov -- Changes in the Properties of Eroded Soils in a Long Time Period / Ilyusya Gabbasova, Manfred Fruehauf, Ilgiz Khabirov, Ruslan Suleymanov and Peter Liebelt -- CHAPTER 2 LAND CONSERVATION…”
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Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 21 : NextMed by Westwood, J. D.

Table of Contents: “…""Application of Learning Record Stores and Other Forms of Electronic Competency Records in Modeling Competency Degradation""""Computation and Visualization of Risk Assessment in Deep Brain Stimulation Planning""; ""An Ultrasound-Based Navigation System for Minimally Invasive Neck Surgery""; ""Virtual Reality for Improving Body Image Disorders and Weight Loss After Gastric Band Surgery: A Case Series""; ""Do Not Forget the Oldest Old: Design Principles for the 80+""; ""Developing Clinically Relevant Aspects of the Nuss Procedure Surgical Simulator""…”
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Nano-scaled and smart materials by Haghi, A. K.

Table of Contents: “…Solution Concentration ; 2.1.3. Molecular Weight ; 2.1.4. Surface Tension ; 2.1.5. Solution Conductivity ; 2.2. …”
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Algorithms and Data Structures 17th International Symposium, WADS 2021, Virtual Event, August 9–11, 2021, Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Adjacency Labelling of Planar Graphs (and Beyond) -- Algorithms for Explainable Clustering -- On the Spanning and Routing Ratios of the Directed Ѳ6-Graph -- The Minimum Moving Spanning Tree Problem -- Scheduling with Testing on Multiple Identical Parallel Machines -- Online Makespan Minimization With Budgeted Uncertainty -- Pattern Matching in Doubling Spaces -- Reachability Problems for Transmission Graphs -- On Minimum Generalized Manhattan Connections -- HalftimeHash: Modern Hashing without 64-bit Multipliers or Finite Fields -- Generalized Disk Graphs -- A 4-Approximation of the 2π/3 -MST -- Dynamic Dictionaries for Multisets and Counting Filters with Constant Time Operations -- The Neighborhood Polynomial of Chordal -- Incomplete Directed Perfect Phylogeny in Linear Time -- Euclidean maximum matchings in the plane—­­­­local to global -- Solving Problems on Generalized Convex Graphs via Mim-Width -- Improved Bounds on the Spanning Ratio of the Theta-5 Graph -- Computing Weighted Subset Transversals in H-Free Graphs -- Computing the Fréchet Distance Between Uncertain Curves in One Dimension -- Finding a Largest-Area Triangle in a Terrain in Near-Linear Time -- Planar Drawings with Few Slopes of Halin Graphs and Nested Pseudotrees -- An APTAS for Bin Packing with Clique-graph Conflicts -- Fast deterministic algorithms for computing all eccentricities in (hyperbolic) Helly graphs -- ANN for time series under the Fréchet distance -- Strictly In-Place Algorithms for Permuting and Inverting -- A Stronger Lower Bound on Parametric Minimum Spanning Trees -- Online bin packing of squares and cubes -- Exploration of k-Edge-Deficient Temporal Graphs -- Parameterized Complexity of Categorical Clustering with Size Constraints -- Graph Pricing With Limited Supply -- Fair Correlation Clustering with Global and Local Guarantees -- Better Distance Labeling for Unweighted Planar Graphs -- How to Catch Marathon Cheaters: New Approximation Algorithms for Tracking Paths -- Algorithms for Radius-Optimally Augmenting Trees in a Metric Space -- Upper and Lower Bounds for Fully Retroactive Graph Problem -- Characterization of Super-stable Matching -- Uniform Embeddings for Robinson Similarity Matrices -- Particle-Based Assembly Using Precise Global Control Independent Sets in Semi-random Hypergraphs -- A Query-Efficient Quantum Algorithm for Maximum Matching on General Graphs -- Support Optimality and Adaptive Cuckoo Filters -- Computing the Union Join and Subset Graph of Acyclic Hypergraphs in Subquadratic Time -- Algorithms for the Line-Constrained Disk Coverage and Related Problems -- A universal cycle for strings with fixed-content (which are also known as multiset permutations) -- Routing on Heavy-Path WSPD-Spanners -- Mapping Multiple Regions to the Grid with Bounded Hausdorff Distance -- Diverse Partitions of Colored Points -- Reverse Shortest Path Problem for Unit-Disk Graphs.…”
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Aviation Mechanic Oral and Practical Exam Guide by Crane, Dale

Table of Contents: “…Area of Operation: Aircraft Drawings -- III. Area of Operation: Weight and Balance -- IV. Area of Operation: Fluid Lines and Fittings -- V. …”
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Zimbabwe's Lost Decade. Politics, Development and Society.

Table of Contents: “…Society, Livelihoods & Migration; Introduction; Classes, Wealth and Poverty; Education, Health and Epidemics; Displacement and its Consequences; Livelihoods and Pressures for Migration; The Zimbabwe Diaspora, Remittances and Livelihoods; Culture, Values and Ideas; Ideas; Conclusion; 9. Punching above its Weight in Foreign Relations; Introduction; Zimbabwe's Foreign Policy and National Interests; Foreign Relations and Interventions in Southern Africa.…”
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Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt. by Quirke, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Learning from schemata information blocks? -- The weight of kingship in ancient Egyptian compositions -- Constellations Outside Writing -- Evidence beyond words and images? …”
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Immigration and health

Table of Contents: “…; Do Acculturation and Socioeconomic Status Explain Ethnic/Nativity Disparities in Weight Gain?; Findings from Supplementary Models; Discussion; Limitations and Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Intergenerational Health Transmission among Mexican Americans: Further Evidence of the Protective Effect of Spanish-languag ... ; Introduction…”
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Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, Canoeing by McKenzie, Don

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword by ICF President; Foreword by IOC President; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Introduction; Internationalia Reprasentantskapet for Kanotidrott (IRK); Canoeing as an olympic sport; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Biomechanics and equipment (sprint and slalom):; CANOE SPRINT; CANOE SLALOM; Bibliography; Chapter 3: The canoe/kayak athlete; Body composition: a performance variable; Energy metabolism and measurements; Body composition, carbohydrate intake, and rapid weight loss; Relative energy deficiency; Calcium and vitamin D…”
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Applied Topics in Health Psychology by Caltabiano, Marie Louise

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Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering. Volume 1 : Proceedings of the International Conference ICCAE, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4-6, 2016

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical analysis of the deformation of shield tunnel segment under fireOptimization of composition of the claddings of wooden structures; Evaluation of the ultimate strength of RC I-shaped members subjected to a combined action; Three-dimensional centrifuge and numerical modeling of pile group due to twin tunnelling in different depth; Index selection and weight analysis of the underground development of urban municipal public facilities; Risk assessment of pipelines in operation based on AHP and application of MATLAB.…”
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Enterprise Information Systems 19th International Conference, ICEIS 2017, Porto, Portugal, April 26-29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Table of Contents: “…Databases and Information Systems Integration -- Towards a Framework for Aiding the Collaborative Management of Informal Projects -- Using a Time-based Weighting Criterion to Enhance Link Prediction in Social Networks -- Professional Competence Identification through Formal Concept Analysis -- Data Quality Problems in TPC-DI based Data Integration Processes -- Efficient Filter-based Algorithms for Exact Set Similarity Join on GPUs -- Experimenting and Assessing a Probabilistic Business Process Deviance Mining Framework based on Ensemble Learning -- Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems -- Triplet Markov Chains based- Estimation of Nonstationary Latent Variables Hidden with Independent Noise -- Detection and Explanation of Anomalous Payment Behavior in Real-time Gross Settlement Systems -- Quality of Care Driven Scheduling of Clinical Pathways under Resource and Ethical Constraints -- Information Systems Analysis and Specification -- Strategies to Foster Software Ecosystem Partnerships - A System Dynamics Analysis -- Task-oriented Requirements Engineering for Personal Decision Support Systems -- Feature Model as a Design-pattern-based Service Contract for the Service Provider in the Service Oriented Architecture -- A Method and Programming Model for Developing Interacting Cloud Applications based on the TOSCA Standard -- Security Requirements and Tests for Smart Toys -- An Approach for Semantically-Enriched Recommendation of Refactorings Based on the Incidence of Code Smells -- Software Agents and Internet Computing -- A Scoring Method based on Criteria Matching for Cloud Computing Provider Ranking and Selection -- Describing Scenarios and Architectures for Time-Aware Recommender Systems for Learning -- Towards Generating Spam Queries for Retrieving Spam Accounts in Large-Scale Twitter Data -- Statistical Methods for Use in Analysis of Trust-Skyline Sets -- Enabling Semantics in Enterprises -- Human-Computer Interaction -- Behavioral Economics through the Lens of Persuasion Context Analysis: A Review of Contributions in Leading Information Systems Journals -- YouMake: A Low-cost, Easy for Prototyping, Didactic and Generic Platform for Acquisition and Conditioning of Biomedical Signals -- A Human-centered Approach for Interactive Data Processing and Analytics -- Enterprise Architecture -- Understanding Governance Mechanisms and Health in Software Ecosystems: A Systematic Literature Review -- Exploring the Ambidextrous Analysis of Business Processes: A Design Science Research -- Toward an Understanding of the Tradeoffs of Adopting the MEAN Web Server Stack -- Recognition of Business Process Elements in Natural Language Texts -- An Interface Prototype Proposal to a Semiautomatic Process Model Verification Method based on Process Modeling Guidelines.…”
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Pediatric cancer in Africa : a case-based guide to diagnosis and management by Stefan, Daniela Cristina, Harif, Mhamed

Table of Contents: “…Dedication; Foreword; Foreword; Introduction; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Epidemiology of€Childhood Cancer in Africa; Case Presentation; Geographical Variations; Acute Leukemias; Lymphomas; Central Nervous System Tumors; Neuroblastomas; Retinoblastomas; Kidney Tumors; Liver Tumors; Osteosarcoma; Ewing Sarcoma; Mesenchymal tumors; Germ Cell Tumors; Thyroïd Carcinomas; Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas; Environmental or Iatrogenic Risk Factors; Ionizing Radiation; Chemotherapy; Electromagnetic Fields; Chemical Exposures; Parental Smoking; Parental Alcoholism; Birth Weight.…”
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