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Computational Engineering of Historical Memories With a Showcase on Afro-Eurasia (ca 1100-1500 CE)

Computational Engineering of Historical Memories With a Showcase on Afro-Eurasia (ca 1100-1500 CE)

Nanetti outlines a methodology for deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance historical research. Historical events are the treasure of human experiences the heritage that societies have used to remain resilient and express their identities. Nanetti has created and developed an interdisciplinary methodology supported by practice-based research that serves as a pathway between historical and computer sciences to design and build computational structures that analyse how societies create narratives about historical events. This consilience pathway aims to make historical memory machine-understandable. It turns history into a computational discipline through an interdisciplinary blend of philological accuracy historical scholarship history-based media projects and computational tools. Nanetti presents the theory behind this methodology from a humanities perspective and discusses its practical application in user interface and experience. An essential read for historians and scholars working in the digital humanities. | Computational Engineering of Historical Memories With a Showcase on Afro-Eurasia (ca 1100-1500 CE)

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Correspondence Analysis in Practice

Correspondence Analysis in Practice

Drawing on the author’s 45 years of experience in multivariate analysis Correspondence Analysis in Practice Third Edition shows how the versatile method of correspondence analysis (CA) can be used for data visualization in a wide variety of situations. CA and its variants subset CA multiple CA and joint CA translate two-way and multi-way tables into more readable graphical forms — ideal for applications in the social environmental and health sciences as well as marketing economics linguistics archaeology and more. Michael Greenacre is Professor of Statistics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Spain where he teaches a course amongst others on Data Visualization. He has authored and co-edited nine books and 80 journal articles and book chapters mostly on correspondence analysis the latest being Visualization and Verbalization of Data in 2015. He has given short courses in fifteen countries to environmental scientists sociologists data scientists and marketing professionals and has specialized in statistics in ecology and social science.

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Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R

Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R

Full of real-world case studies and practical advice Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R Second Edition focuses on four fundamental methods of multivariate exploratory data analysis that are most suitable for applications. It covers principal component analysis (PCA) when variables are quantitative correspondence analysis (CA) and multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) when variables are categorical and hierarchical cluster analysis. The authors take a geometric point of view that provides a unified vision for exploring multivariate data tables. Within this framework they present the principles indicators and ways of representing and visualising objects that are common to the exploratory methods. The authors show how to use categorical variables in a PCA context in which variables are quantitative how to handle more than two categorical variables in a CA context in which there are originally two variables and how to add quantitative variables in an MCA context in which variables are categorical. They also illustrate the methods using examples from various fields with related R code accessible in the FactoMineR package developed by the authors.

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Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture 16th–18th Centuries

Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture 16th–18th Centuries

The studies presented in this collection are concerned most particularly with the material conditions of life in the mature Ottoman state of the 16th-18th centuries. They range from the evaluation of sources of livelihood and conditions in the workplace on the one hand to notions of domesticity and organization of the private sphere on the other and deal with the provinces in both the Balkans and in Asia as much as with Istanbul. At the same time the volume aims to illuminate Ottoman imperial institutional forms and norms as they existed in the high imperial era before the rapid change and transformation associated with late imperial times when the empire was more exposed both to global economic forces and external political pressures. This concentration on the relatively stable conditions that prevailed in the empire throughout the bulk of the early modern era (ca. 1450-ca. 1750) provides the reader with an opportunity to assess Ottoman institutional development and observe social and economic organization in their relatively 'pure' state before the double impact of industrialization and increasing Westernization in the late nineteenth century. | Studies on Ottoman Society and Culture 16th–18th Centuries

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Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Adsorption Technology

Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Adsorption Technology

In the Eastern corridor of Northern region of Ghana presence of high fluoride concentration in the groundwater has made many drilled boreholes unusable for drinking. Little is however known about the factors contributing to the occurrence of high fluoride in this part of Ghana and it’s spatial distribution. Treatment of the fluoride-contaminated groundwater by adsorption is also hampered by the lack of suitable adsorbents that are locally available. Based on principal component analysis and saturation indices calculations this thesis highlights that the predominant mechanisms controlling the fluoride enrichment probably include calcite precipitation and Na/Ca exchange processes both of which deplete Ca from the groundwater and promote the dissolution of fluorite. The mechanisms also include F-/OH- anion exchange processes as well as evapotranspiration processes which concentrate the fluoride ions hence increasing its concentration in the groundwater. Spatial mapping showed that the high fluoride groundwaters occur predominantly in the Saboba Cheriponi and Yendi districts. The thesis further highlights that modifying the surface of indigenous materials by an aluminium coating process is a very promising approach to develop a suitable fluoride adsorbent. Aluminum oxide coated media reduced fluoride in water from 5. 0 ± 0. 2 mg/L to ≤ 1. 5 mg/L (which is the WHO health based guideline for fluoride) in both batch and continuous flow column experiments in the laboratory. Kinetic and isotherm studies thermodynamic calculations as well as analytical results from Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy suggest the mechanism of fluoride adsorption onto aluminium oxide coated media involved both physisorption and chemisorption processes. Field testing in a fluoritic community in Northern Ghana showed that the adsorbent is also capable of treating fluoride-contaminated groundwater in field conditions suggesting it is a promising defluoridation adsorbent. The adsorbent also showed good regenerability potential that would allow re-use which could make it practically and economically viable. Additional research is however required to further increase the fluoride adsorption capacity of developed adsorbent. | Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Adsorption Technology

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Valuing People in Construction

Valuing People in Construction

Valuing People in Construction provides contemporary perspectives on the ‘glue’ that binds the construction process together; people. The book addresses people issues in the construction industry where behavioural outcomes impact upon business and project performance. The main proposition of the book is that as people continue to lead the completion of construction activities their health safety and well-being should be seen as a priority and valued by stakeholders. As employers and employees the role of people in construction must be to strive for the improvement of individual lives and society. This edited collection which is the first book to focus specifically on placing value on people in construction focuses on people at work gender at work conditions at work and respect at work. In addition to an editorial overview the book presents tested and refined empirical work and case studies by leading construction researchers from Africa Australia and Europe. Essential reading for researchers students and professionals interested in construction management the sociology of construction HRM in construction gender work and health studies.

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Pavement Roadway and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway and Bridge Life Cy

Pavement Roadway and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway and Bridge Life Cy

An increasing number of agencies academic institutes and governmental and industrial bodies are embracing the principles of sustainability in managing their activities. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an approach developed to provide decision support regarding the environmental impact of industrial processes and products. LCA is a field with ongoing research development and improvement and is being implemented world-wide particularly in the areas of pavement roadways and bridges. Pavement Roadway and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 contains the contributions to the International Symposium on Pavement Roadway and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 (Davis CA USA June 3-6 2020) covering research and practical issues related to pavement roadway and bridge LCA including data and tools asset management environmental product declarations procurement planning vehicle interaction and impact of materials structure and construction. Pavement Roadway and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 will be of interest to researchers professionals and policymakers in academia industry and government who are interested in the sustainability of pavements roadways and bridges. | Pavement Roadway and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment 2020 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Pavement. Roadway and Bridge Life Cy

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Create Stunning Renders Using V-Ray in 3ds Max Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers

Create Stunning Renders Using V-Ray in 3ds Max Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers

Create Stunning Renders using V-Ray in 3ds Max: Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers is a step-by-step guide on how to create realistic renderings using V-Ray in 3ds Max. The potentials of V-Ray are detailed using a bedroom scene as an example. The book introduces the 3ds Max interface and the basic commands allowing readers to familiarize themselves with the work environment from the very beginning. This book is intended for architects interior designers and anyone else wanting to create photorealistic renderings using V-Ray in 3ds Max. The reader does not need experience to follow this book but any prior knowledge of working in 3ds Max will help the reader jump right in. Margarita Nikita is the co-founder of High Q Renders LLC an award-winning creative company based in San Francisco CA with offices in Greece. Nikita has published several design books on 2D and 3D graphic design some of which are used in university courses actively contributing to the formation of the new generation of 3D modelers in her native country Greece. She shares her knowledge advice and tips and tricks on her YouTube channel Margarita Nikita. More of her work is available at her Instagram account @margarita. nikita. | Create Stunning Renders Using V-Ray in 3ds Max Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers

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Planting Design Connecting People and Place

Planting Design Connecting People and Place

Landscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However the potential for plants in the landscape to elicit human involvement and provide mental stimulation and restoration is much less well understood. This book meshes the art of planting design with an understanding of how humans respond to natural environments. Beginning with an understanding of human needs preferences and responses to landscape the author interprets the ways in which an understanding of the human-environment interaction can inform planting design. Many of the principles and techniques that may be used in planting design are beautifully illustrated in full colour with examples by leading landscape architects and designers from the United Kingdom Europe North America and Asia including: Andrea Cochran Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture San Francisco CA Design Workshop Inc. Richard Hartlage Land Morphology Seattle WA Shunmyo Masuno Japan Landscape Consultants Ltd. Yokohama Piet Oudolf Hummelo The Netherlands Melody Redekop Vancouver Christine Ten Eyck Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Inc. Austin TX Kongjian Yu Turenscape Ltd. Beijing. The book stimulates thought provides new direction and assists the reader to find their own unique design voice. Because there are many valid processes and intentions for landscape design the book is not intended to be overly prescriptive. Rather than presenting a strict design method and accompanying set of rules Planting Design provides information insight and inspiration as a basis for developing the individual designer’s own expression in this most challenging of art forms. | Planting Design Connecting People and Place

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Restorative and Responsive Human Services

Restorative and Responsive Human Services

In Restorative and Responsive Human Services Gale Burford John Braithwaite and Valerie Braithwaite bring together a distinguished collection providing rich lessons on how regulation in human services can proceed in empowering ways that heal and are respectful of human relationships and legal obligations. The human services are in trouble: combining restorative justice with responsive regulation might redeem them renewing their well-intended principles. Families provide glue that connects complex systems. What are the challenges in scaling up relational practices that put families and primary groups at the core of health education and other social services? This collection has a distinctive focus on the relational complexity of restorative practices. How do they enable more responsive ways of grappling with complexity than hierarchical and prescriptive human services? Lessons from responsive business regulation inform a re-imagining of the human services to advance wellbeing and reduce domination. Readers are challenged to re-examine the perverse incentives and contradictions buried in policies and practices. How do they undermine the capacities of families and communities to solve problems on their own terms? This book will interest those who harbor concerns about the creep of domination into the lives of vulnerable citizens. It will help policymakers and researchers to re-focus human services to fundamental outcomes at the foundation of sustainable democracies. This book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. routledge. com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license.

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Statistics in Action A Canadian Outlook

Statistics in Action A Canadian Outlook

Commissioned by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) Statistics in Action: A Canadian Outlook helps both general readers and users of statistics better appreciate the scope and importance of statistics. It presents the ways in which statistics is used while highlighting key contributions that Canadian statisticians are making to science technology business government and other areas. The book emphasizes the role and impact of computing in statistical modeling and analysis including the issues involved with the huge amounts of data being generated by automated processes. The first two chapters review the development of statistics as a discipline in Canada and describe some major contributions to survey methodology made by Statistics Canada one of the world’s premier official statistics agencies. The book next discusses how statistical methodologies such as functional data analysis and the Metropolis algorithm are applied in a wide variety of fields including risk management and genetics. It then focuses on the application of statistical methods in medicine and public health as well as finance and e-commerce. The remainder of the book addresses how statistics is used to study critical scientific areas including difficult-to-access populations endangered species climate change and agricultural forecasts. About the SSCFounded in Montréal in 1972 the SSC is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in Canada. Its mission is to promote the use and development of statistics and probability. The SSC publishes the bilingual quarterly newsletter SSC Liaison and the peer-reviewed scientific journal The Canadian Journal of Statistics. More information can be found at www. ssc. ca. | Statistics in Action A Canadian Outlook

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