The sol-gel handbook

Table of Contents: “…ia Lourdes Calzada -- Organic-Inorganic Hybrids for Lighting / V?ania Teixeira Freitas, Rute Amorim S Ferreira, Luis D Carlos -- Sol-Gel TiO Materials and Coatings for Photocatalytic and Multifunctional Applications / Yolanda Castro, Alicia Dur?…”
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Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications (2021)

Table of Contents: “…-- Recognizing Arabic handwritten literal amount using Convolutional Neural Networks -- A Novel Separable Convolution Neural Networkfor Human ActivityRecogni tion -- Image processing: Image compression using compressed sensing, discrete cosine transform and wavelet transform -- On the use of the convolutional autoencoder for Arabic writer identification using handwritten text fragments -- Local Directional Strength Pattern for effective Offline Handwritten Signature Verification -- Sentiment Analysis of Algerian Dialect Using a Deep Learning Approach -- Hybrid Approach to WebRTC Videoconferencing on Mobile Devices -- The Internet of Things Security Challenges: Survey -- A CBR approach based on ontology to supplier selection -- A Comparative Study between the Two Applications of the Neural Network and Space Vector PWM for Direct Torque Control of a DSIM Fed by Multi-Level Inverters -- Control the Degree of Observability in GPS-INS Integration Based the Extended Kalman Filter For land-vehicle navigation -- Multi Agent Systems based CPPS – An Industry 4.0 Test Case -- RONI-based Medical Image Watermarking using DWT and LSB Algorithm -- A Study of Wireless Sensor Networks Based Adaptive Traffic Lights Control -- Multi-agents Communities Based Routing Algorithm: A routing protocol proposition for UAVs network -- Forwarding Strategies in NDN-based IoT Networks: A Comprehensive Study -- Multi-Robot Visual Navigation Structure based on Lukas-Kanade Algorithm -- Modeling and Simulation of Urban Mobility in a Smart City -- A Novel Methodology For Geovisualizing Epidemiological Data -- OAIDS: An Ontology-Based Framework for Building an Intelligent Urban Road Traffic Automatic Incident Detection System -- Prediction of Cancer Clinical Endpoints Using Deeplearning and RPPA data -- Clustering Educational Items from Response Data using Penalized Pearson coefficient and deep autoencoders -- A social media approach for improving decision-making systems -- A Comprehensive Study of Multicast Routing Protocols in the Internet of Things -- Dilated Convolutions based 3D U-net for Multi-Modal Brain Image Segmentation -- Artificial intelligent in upstream oil and gas industry: a review of applications, challenges and perspectives -- GA-based approaches for Optimization energy and coverage in wireless sensor net work: State of the art -- Data-Intensive Scientific Workflow Scheduling Based on Genetic Algorithm in Cloud Computing -- Machine Learning Algorithms for Big Data Mining Processing: A review -- New Approach for Multi-Valued Mathematical Morphology Computation -- Machine Learning Based Indoor Localization using WiFi and Smartphone in a Shopping Malls -- An external archive guided NSGA-II algorithm for Multi-Depot Green Vehicle Routing Problem -- A hybrid LBP-HOG model and naive Bayes classifier for knee osteoarthritis detection: data from the osteoarthritis initiative -- Rational Function Model Optimization Based On Swarm Intelligence Metaheuris-tic Algorithms -- Segmentation of the Breast Masses in Mammograms Using Active Contour for Medical Practice: AR based surgery -- Interval versus Histogram of Symbolic Representation Based One-Class Classifierfor Offline Handwritten Signature Verification -- Image restoration using proximal-splitting methods -- Deep learning for seismic data semantic segmentation -- Maximum Power Point Tracking of a Wind Turbine Based on Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Controllers -- Deep approach based on user’s profile analysis for capturing user’s interests -- A Comparative Study Of Road Traffic Forecasting Models -- Road Segments Traffic Dependencies Study Using Cross-Correlation -- Ball bearing monitoring using decision-tree and adaptative nero-fuzzy inference system -- Real-time speed control of a mobile robot using PID controller -- Ranking social media news feeds: A comparative study of Personalized and Non-Personalized prediction models -- Residual Neural Network for Predicting Super-enhancers on Genome Scale, -- A CNN approach for the identification of dorsal veins of the hand -- Security issues in self-organized ad-hoc networks (MANET, VANET, and FANET): A survey -- Auto-Scaling,Efficient and Cost Effective Architecture in Apache Hadoop -- Applying Artificial intelligence techniques for predicting amount of CO2 emissions from calcined cement raw materials -- Deep Neural networks based TensorFlow Model for IoT lightweight cipher at tack -- Feature Fusion for Kinship Verification based on Face Image Analysis -- Digital Text Authentication Using Deep Learning: Proposition for the Digital Quranic Text.…”
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The VR book : human-centered design for virtual reality by Jerald, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Content creation : High-level concepts of content creation : Experiencing the story ; The core experience ; Conceptual integrity ; Gestalt perceptual organization -- Environmental design : The scene ; Color and lighting ; Audio ; Sampling and aliasing ; Environmental wayfinding aids ; Real-world content -- Affecting behavior : Personal wayfinding aids ; Center of action ; Field of view ; Casual vs. high-end VR ; Characters, avatars, and social networking -- Transitioning to VR content creation : Paradigm shifts from traditional development to VR development ; Reusing existing content -- Content creation: design guidelines : High-level concepts of content creation ; Environmental design ; Affecting behavior ; Transitioning to VR content creation --…”


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Public safety networks from LTE to 5G by Yarali, Abdulrahman

Table of Contents: “…3.3.3 Requirements for Evolution in Communications 42 -- 3.4 Public Safety Networks 43 -- 3.4.1 Land Mobile Radio Systems (LMRS) 44 -- 3.4.1.1 SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum 46 -- 3.4.1.2 Wireless Broadband 46 -- 3.4.1.3 Wi-Fi in Ambulances 47 -- 3.4.1.4 Satellite Communications in EMS and Public Protection and Disaster Relief PPDR 47 -- 3.4.1.5 Technology in Patrol Communications 48 -- 3.4.1.6 Video Cameras 48 -- 3.4.2 Drivers of the Broadband Evolution 49 -- 3.5 4G and 4G LTE 50 -- 3.5.1 Benefits of 4G LTE in Public Safety Communication 51 -- 3.6 Fifth Generation (5G) 52 -- 3.6.1 Performance Targets and Benefits of 5G 55 -- 3.6.1.1 Security and Reliability 55 -- 3.6.1.2 Traffic Prioritization and Network Slicing 55 -- 3.6.1.3 Facial Recognition and License Plate Scanning in 5G 55 -- 3.6.1.4 Support for Sensor Proliferation and IoT 56 -- 3.6.1.5 Reduction of Trips Back to the Station 56 -- 3.7 Applying 4G and 5G Networks in Public Safety 57 -- 3.7.1 The Right Time to Implement 3GPP in Public Safety 59 -- 3.7.1.1 3GPP 59 -- 3.7.2 4G LTE as a Basis for Public Safety Communication Implementation 61 -- 3.7.3 Implementation of 5G in Public Safety 61 -- 3.8 Conclusion 61 -- References 62 -- 4 Keys to Building a Reliable Public Safety Communications Network 67 -- 4.1 Introduction 67 -- 4.2 Supporting the Law Enforcement Elements of Communication 67 -- 4.3 Components of Efficient Public Safety Communication Networks 68 -- 4.4 Networks Go Commercial 68 -- 4.5 Viable Business Prospects 69 -- 4.5.1 The Core Network 69 -- 4.5.2 The Radio Network 69 -- 4.6 The Industry Supports the Involvement of the Mobile Network Operators 70 -- 4.7 Policies for Public Safety Use of Commercial Wireless Networks 71 -- 4.8 Public Safety Networks Coverage: Availability and Reliability Even During Outages 72 -- 4.9 FirstNet Interoperability 72 -- 4.10 Solutions for Enhancing Availability and Reliability Even During Outages 73 -- 4.11 National Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) 73 -- 4.12 Important Objectives of NPSBN 74.…”
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A reader in medical anthropology : theoretical trajectories, emergent realities

Table of Contents: “…Corbett ; Mot Luuk problems in northeast Thailand : why women's own health concerns matter as much as disease rates / Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Mark Nichter, and Jen Pylypa ; The new malaise : medical ethics and social rights in the global era / Paul Farmer ; Humanitarianism as a politics of life / Didier Fassin -- Part VII: Postcolonial disorders. …”


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Islamic economics : a short history by El-Ashker, Ahmed Abdel-Fattah, 1943-

Table of Contents: “….) -- Introduction -- Sources of the Islamic Economic Thought -- Economic Thought in the Qur"àn and the Sunnah Basic Philosophy -- Basic Philosophy -- Application of Basic Philosophy -- Islamic Economics in the Qur"àn and Sunnah and the Present Time -- CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF THE RIGHTLY GUIDED CALIPHS (632 A.C.-661 A.C.) -- Introduction -- The Caliphate -- The First Caliph Abu-Bakr (632-634) -- The Second Caliph Umar (634-644) -- The Third Caliph Uthmān (644-656) -- The Fourth Caliph Ali (656-661) -- CHAPTER FOUR THE DYNASTIC CALIPHATES THE UMAYYADS AND THE REFORMS (661 A.C.-750 A.C.) -- Introduction -- The Caliphate and the Dynasty -- Islamic Expansion and the Need for Administrative Reform -- Administrative and Economic Reforms -- Monetary Reform -- Islamic Urbanisation -- Agriculture -- Trade and Commerce -- Legal Forms of Business -- State Finance -- CHAPTER FIVE THE ABBASĪD'S GOLDEN AGE THE FLORESCENCE OF ISLAMIC ECONOMICS (750 A.C.-1000 A.C.) -- Introduction -- Leading Specialised Work on Islamic Economics -- Main Changes in the Economic Features -- Intellectual Development -- Jurisprudence Schools of Thought -- The First Specialised Books on Islamic Economics -- Abū Yūsuf (113-182 A.H., 731-798 A.C.) -- Kitāb al-Kharāj, Treatise in al-Kharāj -- Al-Shaibānī; (132-189 A.H., 750-804 A.C.): From Macro-Economics to Micro-Economics -- Kitāb al-Iktisāb, Book of Earnings -- Abū-Ubaid (d. 224 H., 838 A.C.) -- Kitāb al-Amwāl, Book of Wealth -- The Contribution of Sūf̄iism to Islamic Economic Thought -- Abdullah al-OEarith bin Asad al-Muoeasibī, (d. 243 A.H., 857 A.C.) -- Kitāb Risalat al-Iktisāb wa al Wara", Treatise on Earning and Asceticism -- CHAPTER SIX POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY (1000 A.C.-1400 A.C.) -- Introduction -- Political Fragmentation -- The Collapse and Restoration of the Caliphate -- Intellectual Diversity -- Abū al-Hasan al-Māwardī; (364-450 A.H., 972-1058 A.C.) -- al-Aoek224;m al-S249;lt224;niyyah, Book of State Ordinance -- Al-Rāghib al-A8250;fah224;n236; (d. 502 A.H./1108 A.C.) -- al-Zar236;"ah fi Mak224;rim al-Sharī"ah, Means of Glorious Sharʻiah -- Abū-Hamid al-Ghazālī; (450-505 A.H./1058-1111 A.C.) -- Ioeya" Ul249;m al-Dīn, The Revival of the Science of Religion -- Ja"afer al-D236;mashq236; (late 12th century) -- al-Isharah fi Maoe224;sin al-Tijarah, Book of Good Trading -- The Institution of 292;isbah and Business Sector Governance -- Writing on 292;isbah -- Ibn-al-Ukh249;wwah (d. 1329) -- Ma"alim al-Q249;rbah fi Aoek224;m al-OEisbah -- Rules of Accountability and Public Duties -- T$1.…”
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Regional Economic Outlook. by African Dept., International Monetary Fund

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The Modern Law of Contract. by Stone, Richard

Table of Contents: “…; 4.7 SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS; 4.8 FURTHER READING; 5 Privity; 5.1 OVERVIEW; 5.2 INTRODUCTION; 5.3 THE RATIONALE FOR THE DOCTRINE; 5.4 DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCTRINE; 5.5 EVADING THE DOCTRINE; 5.6 THE CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999; 5.7 DAMAGES ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER; 5.8 THE TRUST OF A PROMISE; 5.9 COLLATERAL CONTRACTS; 5.10 THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE; 5.11 STATUTORY EXCEPTIONS; 5.12 PRIVITY AND EXCLUSION CLAUSES.…”
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Taxation of intellectual property under domestic law, EU law and tax treaties

Table of Contents: “…The relevance of EU private law instruments on IP rights -- 4.2.4. Using the OECD Model Commentary -- 4.3. …”
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The criminal justice system and women : offenders, prisoners, victims, and workers

Table of Contents: “…Prostitution and the globalization of sex workers' rights / Kamala Kempadoo -- 9. The war on drugs and the war on abortion / Lynn M. …”


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Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship by Durrani, Shiraz

Table of Contents: “…To inform is to liberate -- Setting the scene (1) : rocking the boat -- Veterinary information in Kenya (1979) -- Lessons in Kenyan librarianship : leadership, management and the library worker (1984) -- Rural information in Kenya (1985) -- Agricultural information services in Kenya and third world needs (1987) -- Libraries, communication & development in Kenya : the missing political factor (1990) -- Human rights and information in Kenya : a question of political power (1994) -- The mirage of democracy in Kenya (1994) -- Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity (1998) -- Information relevance, equality and material security : the Kenyan experience (1998) -- Politics of information, information for politics -- Setting the scene (2) : a mere librarian doing research -- The politics of food (1983) -- The other Kenya : underground and alternative literature (1997) -- Information in Kenyan liberation struggle : facts and fiction (2000) -- Voices of resistance : underground publishing in Kenya, 1963-1998 -- Setting the scene (3) : no equality of conditions -- The search for social justice -- Black communities and information workers in search of social justice (1999) -- Combating racism in library and information services (2000) -- Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries (2000) -- Equality : a service development approach (2000--SD, PJ) -- Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs (2003--SD/ES) -- Create a people-orientated public library service (2004) -- Creating a new library, creating a new library manager (2005) -- Comments on "new direction in social policy" (2005) -- The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society (2007) -- Politics of information and resistance -- Capitalism and socialism : has the contradiction been resolved? …”


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Zonas protegidas y operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz.

Table of Contents: “…EL PAPEL DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES NO GUBERNAMENTALES: EL INFORME DE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH; 3. MISIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN DE LA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL FRANCESA SOBRE LOS SUCESOS DE SREBRENICA; 4. …”
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The politics of charity by O'Halloran, Kerry

Table of Contents: “…Van Deth -- Gender equality, citizenship and human rights : controversies and challenges in China and the Nordic countries / edited by Pauline Stoltz ... …”
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Guide to sustainable development and environmental policy

Table of Contents: “…2.6 Sustainable Society: Challenges, Institutions, and Mechanisms 3 MAIN FACTORS BEHIND DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; 3.1 Population, Poverty, and Underdevelopment; 3.2 Affluence and Consumption; 3.3 Technology; 3.4 Political Economy; 3.4.1 Externalities; 3.4.2 Property and User Rights; 3.4.3. Scarcity; 3.5 Worldviews and Social Traps; 4 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT; 4.1 Globalization; 4.2 Capital Shortages and Foreign Debt; 4.2.1 Practices, Trends, and Problems; 4.2.2 Debt Relief; 4.2.3 Multilateral Lending Institutions; 4.2.4 Foreign Assistance.…”
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Economic and social development of the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 2: Euro-Mediterranean Trade: Shallow Versus Deep Integration2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Tariff and NTM Between the SEMC and the EU; 2.3 The Application of a Specific Gravity Model with Trade Costs; 2.3.1 Model Specification, Data and Sources; 2.3.2 Choice of the Estimators and Sensitivity Analysis; 2.3.3 Estimation and Results; 2.4 Conclusions and Policy Implications; References; Chapter 3: The EU-Turkey Customs Union: A Model for Future Euro-Med Integration; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Customs Union; 3.3 Technical Barriers to Trade; 3.4 Competition Policy; 3.5 Intellectual Property Rights.…”
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Taxation of Interest under Domestic Law. by et, Autilia Arfwidsson

Table of Contents: “…Timing of the inclusion in income of cross-border interest -- 2.2.3.1. Sale of rights to interest -- 2.2.3.2. Sale of obligations with accrued interest -- 2.2.4. …”
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Terraforming Mars

Table of Contents: “…-- 5.2.2 Sovereignty -- 5.2.3 Human Rights -- 5.2.4 Abortion -- 5.3 Ethical Considerations -- 5.3.1 General…”
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Boards and Shareholders in European Listed Companies : Facts, Context and Post-Crisis Reforms. by Belcredi, Massimo

Table of Contents: “…Regulatory impact and reform proposals; 6.2.1. Shareholder rights; 6.2.2. Shareholder powers; 6.2.3. Reform proposals; 6.3. …”
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Modern sports ethics : a reference handbook by Lumpkin, Angela

Table of Contents: “…-- Cheating -- Gamesmanship and violence -- Discriminatory actions and societal factors -- Performance-enhancing drugs -- Youth sport -- Problems and controversies in youth sports -- Fun -- Learning sport skills -- Winning as the only measure of success -- Teaching values in youth sports -- Interscholastic sport -- Problems and controversies in interscholastic sport -- Academics -- Eligibility -- Conduct -- Emphasis on winning -- Teaching values in interscholastic sports -- Intercollegiate athletics -- Recruiting -- Academics -- Commercialism -- Proposed reforms and teaching values in intercollegiate athletics -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Worldwide Perspective -- Amateurism in the Olympic games -- Nationalism and politics in the Olympic games -- Racism and human rights in the Olympic games -- Racism in international sports -- Females in the Olympic games -- Sexism in international sports -- Bidding scandals in the Olympic games -- Unethical behavior among officials in the Olympic games -- Use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes in the Olympic games -- Doping scandals in international cycling -- Gamesmanship and cheating in international sports -- Gambling and fixing outcomes in international sports -- Codes of ethics -- Examples of sportsmanship in the Olympic games -- References -- 4: Chronology -- Examples of unethical behaviors in sport -- Examples of ethical behaviors in sport --…”
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Global Competition or Convergence? : Ideological and Economic Interactions of a Rising China and the U.S.

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Perception of the Individual and Authority2.3 Harmony versus Chaos; 2.4 The Conception of Rights and Duties; 2.5 Tradition meets Modernity; 2.6 Failures of Democratic Experiments in China; 3. …”
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