Title:
Suborbital Industry at the Edge of Space / by Erik Seedhouse.
Springer Praxis Books
Springer Praxis Books
Author:
Seedhouse, Erik. author.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The Industry -- Suborbital Spaceflight -- Suborbital Reusable Vehicle Markets -- Training Suborbital Astronauts.- The Operators and Their Vehicles -- The Frontrunners -- Systems under Development -- Launch sites -- The Missions -- Science Missions -- Payload and Tourist Missions -- The Industry Today & Emerging Markets.
Until recently, spaceflight has been the providence of a select corps of astronauts whose missions, in common with all remarkable exploits, were experienced vicariously by the rest of the world via television reports and Internet feeds. These spacefarers risked their lives in the name of science, exploration and adventure, thanks to government-funded manned spaceflight programs. All that is about to change The nascent commercial suborbital spaceflight industry will soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists and, of course, spaceflight participants. Suborbital explains the tantalizing science opportunities offered when suborbital trips become routine and describes the difference in training and qualification necessary to become either a spaceflight participant or a fully fledged commercial suborbital astronaut. Suborbital also explains how the commercial suborbital spaceflight industry is planning and preparing for the challenges of marketing the hiring of astronauts. It examines the role of commercial operators as enablers accessing the suborbital frontier and how a partnership with governments and the private sector will eventually permanently integrate the free market’s innovation of commercial suborbital space activities.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319034850
Subject:
Engineering.
Entrepreneurship.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Entrepreneurship.
Series:
Springer Praxis Books
Springer Praxis Books
Contents:
The Industry -- Suborbital Spaceflight -- Suborbital Reusable Vehicle Markets -- Training Suborbital Astronauts.- The Operators and Their Vehicles -- The Frontrunners -- Systems under Development -- Launch sites -- The Missions -- Science Missions -- Payload and Tourist Missions -- The Industry Today & Emerging Markets.
Physical Description:
XXVI, 184 p. 84 illus., 79 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03485-0
Publication Date:
2014.
Title:
Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems TAIGA Concept / edited by Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, Kyoko Okino, Michinari Sunamura.
Author:
Ishibashi, Jun-ichiro. editor.
Okino, Kyoko. editor.
Sunamura, Michinari. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Introduction: concept of TAIGA -- Geochemical constraints on potential biomass sustained by subseafloor water-rock interactions -- Microbial cell densities, community structures, and growth in the hydrothermal plumes of subduction hydrothermal systems -- Systematics of distributions of various elements between ferromanganese oxides and seawater from natural observation, thermodynamics, and structures -- Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity analyses -- Quantification of microbial communities in hydrothermal vent habitats of the Southern Mariana Trough and the Mid-Okinawa Trough -- Development of hydrothermal and frictional experimental systems to simulate sub-seafloor water–rock–microbe interactions -- Experimental hydrogen production in hydrothermal and fault systems: Significance for habitability of subseafloor H2 chemoautotroph microbial ecosystems -- Experimental assessment of microbial effects on chemical interaction between seafloor massive sulfides and seawater at 4℃ -- A compilation of the stable isotopic compositions of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in soft body parts of animals collected from deep-sea hydrothermal vent and methane seep fields: variations in energy source and importance of subsurface microbial processes in the sediment-hosted systems -- Tectonic background of four hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge -- Indian Ocean hydrothermal systems: seafloor hydrothermal activities, physical and chemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids, and vent-associated biological communities -- Petrology and geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts from the southern Central Indian Ridge -- Petrology of peridotites and related gabbroic rocks around the Kairei-hydrothermal field in the Central Indian Ridge -- Distribution and Biogeochemical Properties of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Rodriguez Triple Junction -- Vent fauna in the Central Indian Ridge -- The mantle dynamics, the crustal formation, and the hydrothermal activity of the Southern Mariana Trough back-arc Basin -- Seismic structure and seismicity in the Southern Mariana Trough and their relation to hydrothermal activity -- Electrical resistivity structure of the Snail site at the Southern Mariana Trough spreading center -- Asymmetric seafloor spreading of the southern Mariana Trough back-arc basin -- Geochemical characteristics of active backarc basin volcanisms at the southern end of Mariana Trough -- Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal minerals collected from hydrothermal vent fields in the Southern Mariana spreading center -- Dating of hydrothermal mineralization in active hydrothermal fields in the Southern Mariana Trough -- Intra-field variation of prokaryotic communities on and below the seafloor in the back-arc hydrothermal system of the Southern Mariana Trough -- Vent fauna in the Mariana Trough -- Population history of a hydrothermal vent-endemic snail Alviniconcha hessleri in the Mariana Trough -- Hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough backarc basin -geological background and hydrothermal mineralization- -- Active rifting structures in Iheya Graben and adjacent area of the mid-Okinawa Trough observed through seismic reflection surveys -- ESR dating of barite in sea-floor hydrothermal sulfide deposits in the Okinawa Trough -- Fluid geochemistry of high-temperature hydrothermal fields in the Okinawa Trough -- Sediment‒pore water system associated with native sulfur formation at Jade hydrothermal field in Okinawa Trough -- Comparative investigation of microbial communities associated with hydrothermal activities in the Okinawa Trough -- In situ determination of bacterial growth in mixing zone of hydrothermal vent field on the Hatoma Knoll, Southern Okinawa Trough -- Vent Fauna in the Okinawa Trough -- Brief report of side-scan sonar observations around the Yokoniwa NTO massif -- Examination of volcanic activity: AUV and submersible observations of fine-scale lava flow distributions along the Southern Mariana Trough spreading axis -- Brief report of side-scan sonar imagery observations of the Archaean, Pika, and Urashima hydrothermal sites -- The Yoron Hole: the shallowest hydrothermal site in the Okinawa Trough -- The Irabu Knoll: Hydrothermal site at the eastern edge of the Yaeyama Graben -- Tarama Knoll: Geochemical and biological profiles of hydrothermal activity -- Petrography and geochemistry of basement rocks drilled from Snail, Yamanaka, Archean, and Pika hydrothermal fields at the Southern Mariana Trough by Benthic Multi-coring System (BMS) -- Pore fluid chemistry beneath active hydrothermal fields in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Results of shallow drilling by BMS during TAIGA11 cruise -- The characteristics of the seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Hakurei Site in the Izena Hole, the Middle Okinawa Trough -- Occurrence of hydrothermal alteration minerals at the Jade hydrothermal field, in the Izena Hole, mid-Okinawa Trough -- Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids collected from active hydrothermal systems in the southern Mariana Trough backarc spreading center -- Gamma ray doses in water around sea floor hydrothermal area in South Mariana -- 226Ra-210Pb and 228Ra-228Th dating of barite in submarine hydrothermal sulfide deposits collected at Okinawa Trough and South Mariana Trough -- OSL dating of sea floor sediments at the Okinawa Trough -- Immediate change of radiation doses from hydrothermal deposits -- Periodic behavior of deep sea current in the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal system -- The gelatinous macroplankton community at the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal vent.
Open Access
This book is the comprehensive volume of the TAIGA (“a great river ” in Japanese) project. Supported by the Japanese government, the project examined the hypothesis that the subseafloor fluid advection system (subseafloor TAIGA) can be categorized into four types, TAIGAs of sulfur, hydrogen, carbon (methane), and iron, according to the most dominant reducing substance, and the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria/archaea that are inextricably associated with respective types of TAIGAs which are strongly affected by their geological background such as surrounding host rocks and tectonic settings. Sub-seafloor ecosystems are sustained by hydrothermal circulation or TAIGA that carry chemical energy to the chemosynthetic microbes living in an extreme environment. The results of the project have been summarized comprehensively in 50 chapters, and this book provides an overall introduction and relevant topics on the mid-ocean ridge system of the Indian Ocean and on the arc-backarc systems of the Southern Mariana Trough and Okinawa Trough.
Publisher:
Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Tokyo :
ISBN:
9784431548652
Subject:
Earth sciences.
Geochemistry.
Oceanography.
Geobiology.
Earth sciences.
Biogeosciences.
Oceanography.
Geochemistry.
Contents:
Introduction: concept of TAIGA -- Geochemical constraints on potential biomass sustained by subseafloor water-rock interactions -- Microbial cell densities, community structures, and growth in the hydrothermal plumes of subduction hydrothermal systems -- Systematics of distributions of various elements between ferromanganese oxides and seawater from natural observation, thermodynamics, and structures -- Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity analyses -- Quantification of microbial communities in hydrothermal vent habitats of the Southern Mariana Trough and the Mid-Okinawa Trough -- Development of hydrothermal and frictional experimental systems to simulate sub-seafloor water–rock–microbe interactions -- Experimental hydrogen production in hydrothermal and fault systems: Significance for habitability of subseafloor H2 chemoautotroph microbial ecosystems -- Experimental assessment of microbial effects on chemical interaction between seafloor massive sulfides and seawater at 4℃ -- A compilation of the stable isotopic compositions of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in soft body parts of animals collected from deep-sea hydrothermal vent and methane seep fields: variations in energy source and importance of subsurface microbial processes in the sediment-hosted systems -- Tectonic background of four hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge -- Indian Ocean hydrothermal systems: seafloor hydrothermal activities, physical and chemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids, and vent-associated biological communities -- Petrology and geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts from the southern Central Indian Ridge -- Petrology of peridotites and related gabbroic rocks around the Kairei-hydrothermal field in the Central Indian Ridge -- Distribution and Biogeochemical Properties of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Rodriguez Triple Junction -- Vent fauna in the Central Indian Ridge -- The mantle dynamics, the crustal formation, and the hydrothermal activity of the Southern Mariana Trough back-arc Basin -- Seismic structure and seismicity in the Southern Mariana Trough and their relation to hydrothermal activity -- Electrical resistivity structure of the Snail site at the Southern Mariana Trough spreading center -- Asymmetric seafloor spreading of the southern Mariana Trough back-arc basin -- Geochemical characteristics of active backarc basin volcanisms at the southern end of Mariana Trough -- Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal minerals collected from hydrothermal vent fields in the Southern Mariana spreading center -- Dating of hydrothermal mineralization in active hydrothermal fields in the Southern Mariana Trough -- Intra-field variation of prokaryotic communities on and below the seafloor in the back-arc hydrothermal system of the Southern Mariana Trough -- Vent fauna in the Mariana Trough -- Population history of a hydrothermal vent-endemic snail Alviniconcha hessleri in the Mariana Trough -- Hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough backarc basin -geological background and hydrothermal mineralization- -- Active rifting structures in Iheya Graben and adjacent area of the mid-Okinawa Trough observed through seismic reflection surveys -- ESR dating of barite in sea-floor hydrothermal sulfide deposits in the Okinawa Trough -- Fluid geochemistry of high-temperature hydrothermal fields in the Okinawa Trough -- Sediment‒pore water system associated with native sulfur formation at Jade hydrothermal field in Okinawa Trough -- Comparative investigation of microbial communities associated with hydrothermal activities in the Okinawa Trough -- In situ determination of bacterial growth in mixing zone of hydrothermal vent field on the Hatoma Knoll, Southern Okinawa Trough -- Vent Fauna in the Okinawa Trough -- Brief report of side-scan sonar observations around the Yokoniwa NTO massif -- Examination of volcanic activity: AUV and submersible observations of fine-scale lava flow distributions along the Southern Mariana Trough spreading axis -- Brief report of side-scan sonar imagery observations of the Archaean, Pika, and Urashima hydrothermal sites -- The Yoron Hole: the shallowest hydrothermal site in the Okinawa Trough -- The Irabu Knoll: Hydrothermal site at the eastern edge of the Yaeyama Graben -- Tarama Knoll: Geochemical and biological profiles of hydrothermal activity -- Petrography and geochemistry of basement rocks drilled from Snail, Yamanaka, Archean, and Pika hydrothermal fields at the Southern Mariana Trough by Benthic Multi-coring System (BMS) -- Pore fluid chemistry beneath active hydrothermal fields in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Results of shallow drilling by BMS during TAIGA11 cruise -- The characteristics of the seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Hakurei Site in the Izena Hole, the Middle Okinawa Trough -- Occurrence of hydrothermal alteration minerals at the Jade hydrothermal field, in the Izena Hole, mid-Okinawa Trough -- Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids collected from active hydrothermal systems in the southern Mariana Trough backarc spreading center -- Gamma ray doses in water around sea floor hydrothermal area in South Mariana -- 226Ra-210Pb and 228Ra-228Th dating of barite in submarine hydrothermal sulfide deposits collected at Okinawa Trough and South Mariana Trough -- OSL dating of sea floor sediments at the Okinawa Trough -- Immediate change of radiation doses from hydrothermal deposits -- Periodic behavior of deep sea current in the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal system -- The gelatinous macroplankton community at the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal vent.
Physical Description:
XVIII, 666 p. 372 illus., 235 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54865-2
Publication Date:
2015.
Title:
Subset selection in regression / Alan Miller.
Monographs on statistics and applied probability ;
Author:
Miller, Alan J.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 Objectives -- 1.1 Prediction, explanation, elimination or what? -- 1.2 How many variables in the prediction formula? -- 1.3 Alternatives to using subsets -- 1.4 'Black box' use of best-subsets techniques -- 2 Least-squares computations -- 2.1 Using sums of squares and products matrices -- 2.2 Orthogonal reduction methods -- 2.3 Gauss-Jordan v. orthogonal reduction methods -- 2.4 Interpretation of projections -- Appendix A. Operation counts for all-subsets regression -- A.1 Garside's Gauss-Jordan algorithm -- A.2 Planar rotations and a Hamiltonian cycle -- A.3 Planar rotations and a binary sequence -- A.4 Fast planar rotations -- 3 Finding subsets which fit well -- 3.1 Objectives and limitations of this chapter -- 3.2 Forward selection -- 3.3 Efroymson's algorithm -- 3.4 Backward elimination -- 3.5 Sequential replacement algorithms -- 3.6 Replacing two variables at a time -- 3.7 Genierating all subsets -- 3.8 Using branch-and-bound techniques -- 3.9 Grouping variables -- 3.10 Ridge regression and other alternatives -- 3.11 The nonnegative garrote and the lasso -- 3.12 Some examples -- 3.13 Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A. An algorithm for the lasso -- 4 Hypothesis testing -- 4.1 Is there any information in the remaining variables? -- 4.2 Is one subset better than another? -- 4.2.1 Applications of Spj-tvoll's method -- 4.2.2 Using other confidence ellipsoids -- Appendix A.Spjotvoll's method - detailed description -- 5 When to stop? -- 5.1 What criterion should we use? -- 5.2 Prediction criteria -- 5.2.1 Mean squared errors of prediction (MSEP) -- 5.2.2 MSEP for the fixed model -- 5.2.3 MSEP for the random model -- 5.2.4 A simulation with random predictors -- 5.3 Cross-validation and the P SS statistic -- 5.4 Bootstrapping -- 5.5 Likelihood and information-based stopping rules -- 5.5.1 Minimum description length (MDL) -- Appendix A. Approximate equivaence of stppingules -- A.1 F-to-enter -- A.2 Adjusted R2 or Fisher's A-statistic -- A.3 Akaikesinformatibn criterion (AIC) -- 6 Estatmaion of regression eficients -- 6.1 Selection bias -- 6.2 Choice between two varies -- 6.3 Selection rduction -- 6.3.1 Monte C o et tionfias i f d lection -- 6.3.2 Shrinkage methods -- 6.3.3 Using the jack-knife -- 6.3.4 Independent; data sets ; -- 6.4 Conditional likiood estimations -- 6.5 Estimationofpopulation means -- 6.6 Estimating least-squares projections ; -- Appendix A. Changing projections to equate sums of squares -- 7 Bayesian mnethods -- 7.1 Bayesian introduction -- 7.2 'Spike and slab'prior -- 7.3 Normal prior for regression coefficients -- 7.4 Model averaging -- 7.5 Picking the best model -- 8 Conclusions and some recommendations -- References -- Index.
Publisher:
Chapman & Hall/CRC,
Publication Place:
Boca Raton :
ISBN:
1584881712 (acid-free paper)
Subject:
Regression analysis.
Least squares.
Series:
Monographs on statistics and applied probability ; 95
Edition:
2nd ed.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1 Objectives -- 1.1 Prediction, explanation, elimination or what? -- 1.2 How many variables in the prediction formula? -- 1.3 Alternatives to using subsets -- 1.4 'Black box' use of best-subsets techniques -- 2 Least-squares computations -- 2.1 Using sums of squares and products matrices -- 2.2 Orthogonal reduction methods -- 2.3 Gauss-Jordan v. orthogonal reduction methods -- 2.4 Interpretation of projections -- Appendix A. Operation counts for all-subsets regression -- A.1 Garside's Gauss-Jordan algorithm -- A.2 Planar rotations and a Hamiltonian cycle -- A.3 Planar rotations and a binary sequence -- A.4 Fast planar rotations -- 3 Finding subsets which fit well -- 3.1 Objectives and limitations of this chapter -- 3.2 Forward selection -- 3.3 Efroymson's algorithm -- 3.4 Backward elimination -- 3.5 Sequential replacement algorithms -- 3.6 Replacing two variables at a time -- 3.7 Genierating all subsets -- 3.8 Using branch-and-bound techniques -- 3.9 Grouping variables -- 3.10 Ridge regression and other alternatives -- 3.11 The nonnegative garrote and the lasso -- 3.12 Some examples -- 3.13 Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A. An algorithm for the lasso -- 4 Hypothesis testing -- 4.1 Is there any information in the remaining variables? -- 4.2 Is one subset better than another? -- 4.2.1 Applications of Spj-tvoll's method -- 4.2.2 Using other confidence ellipsoids -- Appendix A.Spjotvoll's method - detailed description -- 5 When to stop? -- 5.1 What criterion should we use? -- 5.2 Prediction criteria -- 5.2.1 Mean squared errors of prediction (MSEP) -- 5.2.2 MSEP for the fixed model -- 5.2.3 MSEP for the random model -- 5.2.4 A simulation with random predictors -- 5.3 Cross-validation and the P SS statistic -- 5.4 Bootstrapping -- 5.5 Likelihood and information-based stopping rules -- 5.5.1 Minimum description length (MDL) -- Appendix A. Approximate equivaence of stppingules -- A.1 F-to-enter -- A.2 Adjusted R2 or Fisher's A-statistic -- A.3 Akaikesinformatibn criterion (AIC) -- 6 Estatmaion of regression eficients -- 6.1 Selection bias -- 6.2 Choice between two varies -- 6.3 Selection rduction -- 6.3.1 Monte C o et tionfias i f d lection -- 6.3.2 Shrinkage methods -- 6.3.3 Using the jack-knife -- 6.3.4 Independent; data sets ; -- 6.4 Conditional likiood estimations -- 6.5 Estimationofpopulation means -- 6.6 Estimating least-squares projections ; -- Appendix A. Changing projections to equate sums of squares -- 7 Bayesian mnethods -- 7.1 Bayesian introduction -- 7.2 'Spike and slab'prior -- 7.3 Normal prior for regression coefficients -- 7.4 Model averaging -- 7.5 Picking the best model -- 8 Conclusions and some recommendations -- References -- Index.
Physical Description:
xvii, 238 p. : ill. ;
Electronic Location:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2002020214.html
Publication Date:
c2002.
Title:
Subsidies in the Context of the WTO's Free Trade System A Legal and Economic Analysis / by Gurwinder Singh.
Author:
Singh, Gurwinder. author.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Regulating free trade from the WTO perspective -- Subsidies in international trade from the WTO perspective -- Discussing agriculture subsidies from the WTO perspective -- Subsidies for dumping -- Unfolding the intricacies of trade subsidies through the WTO rules of origins -- The impact of trade subsidies on the environment: a problem for the WTO trading system -- Remedies: the procedural measures -- Conclusions and suggestions.
This book analyses subsidies from various perspectives and creates a model that determines whether or not their use is justified. Further, it analyses the various causes of trade distortion, trade-discriminatory practices, and other issues associated with unregulated subsidies. In addition, the book considers how these issues fall within the scope of subsidies described under the SCM Agreement. The primary discussion from the perspective of WTO objective concerns the trade practice of awarding subsidies, for exports and also for protectionist purposes. Here, the terms justifiable and non-justifiable are used as hypothetical parameters to determine the extent of state support, considering the country classification based on economic and technological criteria, and their objectives for development. These parameters are distinct from Prohibited, Actionable, and Non-Actionable subsidies, as classified under the SCM Agreement. Subsidies awarded for the purposes of development and for welfare are considered as justifiable, whereas subsidies for the promotion of exports or state measures adopted for protectionist purposes are non-justifiable. Lastly, the book addresses the implications of such subsidies on the core objectives of the WTO and in connection with fair trade values.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319624228
Subject:
Law.
International law.
Trade.
Law.
International Economic Law, Trade Law.
Business law.
Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.
Contents:
Regulating free trade from the WTO perspective -- Subsidies in international trade from the WTO perspective -- Discussing agriculture subsidies from the WTO perspective -- Subsidies for dumping -- Unfolding the intricacies of trade subsidies through the WTO rules of origins -- The impact of trade subsidies on the environment: a problem for the WTO trading system -- Remedies: the procedural measures -- Conclusions and suggestions.
Physical Description:
XIX, 351 p. 1 illus. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62422-8
Publication Date:
2017.
Title:
Subspace learning of neural networks / Jian Cheng Lv, Zhang Yi, Jiliu Zhou.
Automation and control engineering
Automation and control engineering.
Author:
Lv, Jian Cheng.
Yi, Zhang.
Zhou, Jiliu.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-228) and index.
"Using real-life examples to illustrate the performance of learning algorithms and instructing readers how to apply them to practical applications, this work offers a comprehensive treatment of subspace learning algorithms for neural networks. The authors summarize a decade of high quality research offering a host of practical applications. They demonstrate ways to extend the use of algorithms to fields such as encryption communication, data mining, computer vision, and signal and image processing to name just a few. The brilliance of the work lies with how it coherently builds a theoretical understanding of the convergence behavior of subspace learning algorithms through a summary of chaotic behaviors"--
Publisher:
CRC Press,
Publication Place:
Boca Raton, FL :
ISBN:
9781439815359 (hc)
1439815356 (hc)
Subject:
Neural networks (Computer science)
Computer algorithms.
Series:
Automation and control engineering
Automation and control engineering.
Physical Description:
xxii, 233 p. : ill. ;
Publication Date:
c2011.
Title:
Subspace Methods for Pattern Recognition in Intelligent Environment edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Lakhmi C. Jain.
Studies in Computational Intelligence,
Studies in Computational Intelligence,
Author:
Chen, Yen-Wei. editor.
C. Jain, Lakhmi. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Active Shape Model and Its Application to Face Alignment -- Condition Relaxation in Conditional Statistical Shape Models -- Independent Component Analysis and Its Application to Classification of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images -- Subspace Construction from Artificially Generated Images for Traffic Sign Recognition -- Local Structure Preserving based Subspace Analysis Methods and Applications -- Sparse Representation for Image Super-Resolution -- Sampling and Recovery of Continuously-Defined Sparse Signals and Its Applications -- Tensor-Based Subspace Learning for Multi-Pose Face Synthesis.
This research book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art subspace learning methods for pattern recognition in intelligent environment. With the fast development of internet and computer technologies, the amount of available data is rapidly increasing in our daily life. How to extract core information or useful features is an important issue. Subspace methods are widely used for dimension reduction and feature extraction in pattern recognition. They transform a high-dimensional data to a lower-dimensional space (subspace), where most information is retained. The book covers a broad spectrum of subspace methods including linear, nonlinear and multilinear subspace learning methods and applications. The applications include face alignment, face recognition, medical image analysis, remote sensing image classification, traffic sign recognition, image clustering, super resolution, edge detection, multi-view facial image synthesis.
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642548512
Subject:
Engineering.
Artificial intelligence.
Pattern recognition.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Engineering.
Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
Pattern Recognition.
Series:
Studies in Computational Intelligence, 552
Studies in Computational Intelligence, 552
Contents:
Active Shape Model and Its Application to Face Alignment -- Condition Relaxation in Conditional Statistical Shape Models -- Independent Component Analysis and Its Application to Classification of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images -- Subspace Construction from Artificially Generated Images for Traffic Sign Recognition -- Local Structure Preserving based Subspace Analysis Methods and Applications -- Sparse Representation for Image Super-Resolution -- Sampling and Recovery of Continuously-Defined Sparse Signals and Its Applications -- Tensor-Based Subspace Learning for Multi-Pose Face Synthesis.
Physical Description:
XVI, 199 p. 99 illus., 52 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54851-2
Publication Date:
2014.
Title:
Substance Abuse Inpatient and Outpatient Management for Every Clinician / edited by Alan David Kaye, Nalini Vadivelu, Richard D. Urman.
Author:
Kaye, Alan David. editor.
Vadivelu, Nalini. editor.
Urman, Richard D. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Demographics -- Legal Issues -- The multidisciplinary approach to substance abuse management -- Why a multidisciplinary approach? -- The role of the physician -- The role of the psychologist -- The role of the nurse -- The role of the physical therapist and the occupational therapist -- The role of the pharmacist -- Screening and assessment for substance abuse -- Inpatient screening and assessment -- Outpatient screening and assessment -- Substances of Abuse -- Food -- Alcohol (genetics, prevention, complications, and treatment) -- Tobacco -- Induction agents (propofol, nitrous oxide, and inhaled agents) -- Prescription drugs -- Cocaine -- Amphetamines -- Herbs -- Opioids -- Treatment Modalities -- Pharmacotherapy in substance abuse and addiction -- Methadone -- Buprenorphine -- Opioid sparing drugs(ketamine, clonidine, gabapentin, and novel analgesics) -- Non-pharmacological approaches (relaxation techniques, acupuncture, nerve stimulation, hypnosis, etc.) -- Special Clinical Scenarios -- Post-operative pain management (including regional anesthesia) -- Management of chronic pain -- Management of acute pain -- Unique Issues in Selected Populations -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Healthcare professionals.
This book is written for any clinician who encounters substance abuse in a patient and wonders what to do. Experts from a cross-section of specialties and health professions provide up-to-date, evidence-based guidance on how non-expert clinicians can recognize, understand, and approach the management of substance abuse in their patients. They detail the range of treatments available and whether and how they work. The central importance of using a carefully selected multimodal approach that is tailored to the individual patient is emphasized throughout and illustrated in case scenarios from actual clinical practice. .
Publisher:
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
New York, NY :
ISBN:
9781493919512
Subject:
Medicine.
Pain medicine.
Primary care (Medicine).
Psychiatry.
Medicine & Public Health.
Pain Medicine.
Primary care ( Medicine ).
Psychiatry.
Contents:
Demographics -- Legal Issues -- The multidisciplinary approach to substance abuse management -- Why a multidisciplinary approach? -- The role of the physician -- The role of the psychologist -- The role of the nurse -- The role of the physical therapist and the occupational therapist -- The role of the pharmacist -- Screening and assessment for substance abuse -- Inpatient screening and assessment -- Outpatient screening and assessment -- Substances of Abuse -- Food -- Alcohol (genetics, prevention, complications, and treatment) -- Tobacco -- Induction agents (propofol, nitrous oxide, and inhaled agents) -- Prescription drugs -- Cocaine -- Amphetamines -- Herbs -- Opioids -- Treatment Modalities -- Pharmacotherapy in substance abuse and addiction -- Methadone -- Buprenorphine -- Opioid sparing drugs(ketamine, clonidine, gabapentin, and novel analgesics) -- Non-pharmacological approaches (relaxation techniques, acupuncture, nerve stimulation, hypnosis, etc.) -- Special Clinical Scenarios -- Post-operative pain management (including regional anesthesia) -- Management of chronic pain -- Management of acute pain -- Unique Issues in Selected Populations -- Children and adolescents -- Older adults -- Healthcare professionals.
Physical Description:
XX, 658 p. 65 illus., 29 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1951-2
Publication Date:
2015.
Title:
Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Center Christine bajjaly
Author:
Bajjaly,Christine
Raed al nabel supervisour
General Notes:
This Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelors of Sciences in Sapatial Planning,German Jordaninan University (Amman, Jordan), school of Architectur and built Environment , Department of Architectur , 2014. , This Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelors of Sciences in Sapatial Planning,German Jordaninan University (Amman, Jordan), school of Architectur and built Environment , Department of Architectur , 2014.
Subject:
Architectural design.
Architecture.
Physical Description:
Page:98 ill;
Publication Date:
2014.
Title:
Substance abuse rehabilitation center Omniyah Hasan
Author:
Hasan,Omniyah
Raed al nabel supervisour
General Notes:
This Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelors of Sciences in Sapatial Planning,German Jordaninan University (Amman, Jordan), school of Architectur and built Environment , Department of Architectur , 2014.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Architectural design.
Architecture.
Dissertation Note:
This Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelors of Sciences in Sapatial Planning,German Jordaninan University (Amman, Jordan), school of Architectur and built Environment , Department of Architectur , 2014.
Physical Description:
81 p. : ill.
Publication Date:
2014.
Title:
Substance Abusing Inmates Experiences of Recovering Drug Addicts on their Way Back Home / by Lior Gideon.
Author:
Gideon, Lior.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
<P>In a manner similar to asking an immigrant to describe his/her first few months, and even their first year, in the country they migrate to, asking released inmates how they reform their lives is the key to unlocking their individual Pandora's Box. Anyone who ever went through the migration process experienced many of the same difficulties encountered by those who are released from incarceration and try to rehabilitate their life. </P> <P></P> <P>There are more than nine million people imprisoned worldwide, and it is known that the majority of them will be released back to the community. Currently, in the United States there are about 700,000 people reentering the society after serving time in state and federal prisons. These numbers are much higher for jail inmates who are estimated by the millions each year. Considering the fact that more than two thirds of offenders sentenced to jails and prisons have histories of substance abuse, reentry and reintegration practices become even more of a challenge. </P> <P></P> <P>This book is a product of an original study that examined inmates who participated in a prison-based therapeutic community and where followed for up to seven years after their release. It will describe the challenges faced by recovered addicts who were released from a prison-based therapeutic community and their journey to freedom; freedom from drugs and freedom from further involvement in criminal activity. </P>
Publisher:
Springer New York,
Publication Place:
New York, NY :
ISBN:
9780387098067
Subject:
Social sciences.
Criminology.
Social sciences.
Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.
Physical Description:
XVIII, 165p. 2 illus. digital.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09806-7
Publication Date:
2010.
Title:
The Substance of Truth edited by Tolu Olorunda.
Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ;
Transgressions:Cultural Studies and Education ;
Author:
Olorunda, Tolu.
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General Notes:
Tolu Olorunda is a cultural critic whose work has regularly appeared on AlterNet, Black Commentator, CounterPunch, Truthout, and several other publications including ColorLines magazine, The Nation magazine, and Wiretap magazine. His book, The Substance of Truth, takes a frank look into what has become of a society that touts grand and lofty ideals which it often fails to fulfill. With essays addressing issues as broad as the education system, 21st century media culture, Hip-Hop culture, youth culture, neoliberalism, and moral poverty, Olorunda argues the days ahead would darken in promise if rigorous action isn’t soon applied to rectify the way people think, how they respond to their surroundings, and the decisions they take to make the world better than it stands today. This struggle, he insists, could define whether or not a livable future would exist for the most vulnerable of all—children, whose plights are increasingly cast aside and ignored. From the book: “At risk of appearing alarmist, it’s easy to ignore all the warning signs hanging around us that suggest the clock is ticking fast—real fast!—and that time left for due action is short. But if life for the next generation should contain some semblance of sanity—where life itself means more than shopping malls and commodities, where Power stands accountable to the demands of communities—all fear of coming across hyperbolic would have to give way to the realities staring us down. The risk also extends to coming across Pollyannaish, as though all the impurities and iniquities holding hostage society can be cured with essays or lectures. But we cannot afford to let this moment slip by unattended, unengaged. The problems number endless—and so do the possibilities. And at no other moment has a generation been more fortunate, with the ease of technology, to make miracles happen amidst frightening circumstances. At no other moment has the clarion call blared this clearly and loudly.”
Publisher:
SensePublishers,
Publication Place:
Rotterdam :
ISBN:
9789460915345
Subject:
Education.
Education.
Sociology of Education.
Series:
Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ; 71
Transgressions:Cultural Studies and Education ; 71
Physical Description:
X, 202p. digital.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-534-5
Publication Date:
2011.
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