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Overview: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Active Inference, IWAI 2020, co-located with ECML/PKDD 2020, held in Ghent, Belgium, in September 2020. .The 13 full papers along with 6 short papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. They are organized in the topical sections on ​active inference and continuous control; active inference and machine learning; active inference: theory and biology..978-3-030-64918-0978-3-030-64919-7Series ISSN 1865-0929 Series E-ISSN 1865-0937

Overview: During the summer of 1980, the First International symposium on Arctic and Alpine Mycology (ISAM-I) was held at the then extant Naval Arctic Research Laboratory near Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A., well within the Arctic Circle (Laursen and Ammirati, Arctic and Alpine Mycology. The First International symposium on Arcto-Alpine Mycology. Univ. Wash. Press, 1982). The facility is currently owned and operated by the Utkeagvik Inupiat community and is named the National Academic and Research Laboratory, thus retaining its acronym NARL. Twenty-five scientists participated in that historic first m

Overview: Interest in the study of family business has increasedsignificantly over the last decade. The research on this subject- and the related subject of entrepreneurship - hasdeveloped in parallel within a number of different disciplines, makingit the perfect candidate for an annotated bibliography. .This book aims to catalog the major empirical, theoretical, andpractical articles on family business. Included for each articlelisted are a summary of key findings, and a list of the methodologiesand key conceptual models used. It also features a review of theliterature, a discussion of how fa

Overview: Acoustic Interculturalism is a study of the soundscapes of intercultural performance through the examination of sound‘s performativity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines an akoumenological reception of sound to postulate the need for an acoustic knowing – an awareness of how sound shapes the intercultural experience.978-1-349-34628-8978-1-137-01695-9Series ISSN 2947-4949 Series E-ISSN 2947-4957

Overview: First published in 1972, the second edition of this highly respected classic of Trollope criticism will be welcomed by Trollope scholars everywhere. David Skilton examines the literary background against which Trollope wrote, and drawing on the vast evidence of mid-Victorian periodical criticism, he shows how this criticism controlled the novelist‘s creativity. He then goes on to examine Trollope‘s particular type of realism in the context of the theories of literary imagination current in the 1860s. ‘A book I admire. It has been of great value to me.‘ - J. Hillis Miller ‘The first a

Overview: Provides comprehensive analysis and descriptions of China’s ageing finance system: theories, current situation and development trend.Broad studies of other developed countries’ experiences in ageing fThis book provides comprehensive analysis and descriptions of China’s ageing finance system . China is undergoing the largest, fastest and longest process of population ageing in the world. It  becomes a pressing challenge to the Chinese social security system in this era. Many developed countries have been going through this process. Pension and other financial tools have been studied a

Overview: 978-3-540-11587-8978-3-540-39342-9Series ISSN 0075-8434 Series E-ISSN 1617-9692

Overview: Highlights recent research on Archiving Strategies for Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms.Provides an overview of the different archiving methods which allow convergence of Multi-obj.This book presents an overview of archiving strategies developed over the last years by the authors that deal with suitable approximations of the sets of optimal and nearly optimal solutions of multi-objective optimization problems by means of stochastic search algorithms. All presented archivers are analyzed with respect to the approximation qualities of the limit archives that they ge

Overview: Tips for CT differential diagnosis summarized in table.Typical images for frequent, uncommon and rare diseases.Written by experts with wealth of clinical experienceAiming to equip readers with the knowledge required for accurate and timely diagnosis, this book presents illustrative cases that address a broad spectrum of clinical problems, including frequent, uncommon and rare diseases of brain, head and neck, spine, musculoskeletal system, chest and abdomen. To make readers understand easily, tips in differential diagnosis are summarized in the table, accompanying with typical images

Overview: 978-3-7643-5308-7978-3-0348-6073-4

Overview: Annual book of Pediatric Continous Renal Replacement Therapy (PCRRT) Foundation and International Collaboration of Nephrologists & Intensivists for Critical Care in Children (ICONIC).Covers advances i.The book covers advances in critical care pediatric nephrology, including care of sick children with acute kidney injury. The book contains detailed guidance on point of care ultrasound in children with acute kidney injury and use of biomarkers in critically sick children..This is an annual theme-based book with the current theme of ‘point of care ultrasound in critical care pediatric n

Overview: Offers an elementary introduction that includes more advanced topics such as Gabriel’s theorem on quivers.Based on the authors’ extensive undergraduate teaching experience.Provides numerous worked exa.This carefully written textbook provides an accessible introduction to the representation theory of algebras, including representations of quivers..The book starts with basic topics on algebras and modules, covering fundamental results such as the Jordan-Hölder theorem on composition series, the Artin-Wedderburn theorem on the structure of semisimple algebras and the Krull-Schmidt theor

Overview: No book on advancements in electric machines has been published so far.Trends and future development of electric machines are predictedTraditionally, electrical machines are classi?ed into d. c. commutator (brushed) machines, induction (asynchronous) machines and synchronous machines. These three types of electrical machines are still regarded in many academic curricula as fundamental types, despite that d. c. brushed machines (except small machines) have been gradually abandoned and PM brushless machines (PMBM) and switched reluctance machines (SRM) have been in mass p- duction and

Overview: .Conference on Cryptologic Research, CRYPTO 2020, which was held during August 17–21, 2020. Crypto has traditionally been held at UCSB every year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it will be an online event in 2020...The 85 papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 371 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:..Part I: Security Models; Symmetric and Real World Cryptography; Hardware Security and Leakage Resilience; Outsourced encryption; Constructions...Part II: Public Key Cryptanalysis; Lattice Algorithms and Cryp

Overview: This collection of essays articulates theoretical and philosophical arguments, and advances practical applications, as to why animals ought to matter to social work, in and of themselves. It serves as a persuasive corrective to the current invisibility of animals in contemporary social work practice and thought.978-1-349-47607-7978-1-137-37229-1Series ISSN 2634-6672 Series E-ISSN 2634-6680

Overview: Single Moms: die eigenen Emotionen verstehen, die Situation gestalten.Hilfe für zuhause: mit Achtsamkeit, Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit zurück ins Leben.Dieses Buch ist Ihr Psychotherapeut für das Sofa .Dieser Selbsthilfe-Ratgeber ist für Alleinerziehende geschrieben. Auf deren Schultern lastet das Gewicht einer ganzen Welt: die Welt eines oder mehrerer Kinder. Besonders dann, wenn Kinder involviert sind, stellt eine Trennung oder Scheidung vieles auf den Kopf. Oft bleibt kein Stein auf dem anderen. Veränderungen sind vielfältig und die Anspannung ist oft groß. Lang andauernde psychisc

Overview: For the first time shares an overview on new Atlas of National Mineral Resources Distribution in China.Offers new methods on construction and maintenance mechanism of the mineral resources database.Pr.This open access book includes instruction of national mineral database 2020 and atlas of national mineral deposits distribution derived from national mineral database 2020. National mineral database 2020 is based on data from National Geological Archives China(NGAC)..Moreover, it introduces the construction method and updates maintenance mechanism of the mineral deposits database and p

Overview: User-friendly guide to the optimal use and interpretation of SPECT-CT Considers the full range of potential clinical applications Includes hundreds of high-quality images Designed as a reference text The field of nuclear medicine has evolved rapidly in recent years, and one very important aspect of this progress has been the introduction of hybrid imaging systems. PET-CT has already gained widespread acceptance in many clinical settings, especially within oncology, and now SPECT-CT promises to emulate its success. Useful applications of this new approach have been identified not only

Overview: State-of-the-art of flow control.Well balanced combination of theoretical and experimental results.Combines new developments in actuator technology, sensing, robust and optimal open- and closed-loop cThe interest in the field of active flow control (AFC) is steadily increasing. In - cent years the number of conferences and special sessions devoted to AFC org- ized by various institutions around the world continuously rises. New advanced courses for AFC are offered by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Ast- nautics (AIAA), the European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and

Overview: Defoe occupies a central place in the history of English literature. As the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders he can claim to be the creator of the first novels in English, and he was one of the earliest practitioners of the ‘desert island‘ myth which has had such an influence on the human imagination. In A Journal of the Plague Year and A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain he forged a distinctive documentary style which deeply influenced later writers.978-1-349-38924-7978-0-230-37470-6