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Computer Science (R0)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging network superstructure that will connect physical resources and actual users. It will support an ecosystem of smart applications and services bringing hyper-connectivity to our society by using augmented and rich interfaces. Whereas in the beginning IoT referred to the advent of barcodes and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which helped to automate inventory, tracking and basic identification, today IoT is characterized by a dynamic trend t...

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Stefan Silbernagl, Florian Lang

Understanding pathophysiology is the first step toward clinical medicine. This book presents the most important mechanisms of how disease develops in nearly 200 vivid color plates accompanied by clear text. Every double page, with text on the left and pictures on the right, gives a rapid and complete overview of its topic.The contents are organized systematically and a color-coded thumb index makes it easy to navigate through the book. Where necessary for clarity, the basics of phy...

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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

This volume provides a comprehensive account of Friedrich Schleiermacher’s philosophy of religion. The contributors cover the historical context of Schleiermacher’s work, specific aspects of his philosophy of religion, and the ways that his work can contribute to contemporary debates.Friedrich Schleiermacher is considered one of the outstanding representatives of 19th‑century Protestant theology. This volume brings together scholars from both continental and analytic traditions to ...

Combining different perspectives from materials science, engineering, and computer science, this reference provides a unified view of the various aspects necessary for the successful realization of intelligent systems.The editors and authors are from academia and research institutions with close ties to industry, and are thus able to offer first-hand information here. They adopt a unique, three-tiered approach such that readers can gain basic, intermediate, and advanced topical know...

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Philosophy and Religion (R0)

The self, self-awareness and emotions are central subjects within contemporary philosophy of mind but comparatively little attention has been paid to the relationships between them.This volume brings together philosophers from different specialisms to explore these relationships from three different angles. First, whether a theory of self-awareness can contribute to a theory of emotion, including how different aspects and kinds of self-awareness are related to different emotions. S...

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Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post conference proceedings of the third edition of the Semantic Web Evaluation Challenge, SemWebEval 2016, co-located with the 13th European Semantic Web conference, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in May/June 2016.This book includes the descriptions of all methods and tools that competed at SemWebEval 2016, together with a detailed description of the tasks, evaluation procedures and datasets. The contributions are grouped in the are...

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Stefan Silbernagl, Florian Lang

Understanding pathophysiology is the first step toward clinical medicine. This book presents the most important mechanisms of how disease develops in nearly 200 vivid color plates accompanied by clear text. Every double page, with text on the left and pictures on the right, gives a rapid and complete overview of its topic.The contents are organized systematically and a color-coded thumb index makes it easy to navigate through the book. Where necessary for clarity, the basics of phys...

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Ludwig Fahrmeir, Thomas Kneib, Stefan Lang, Brian D. Marx

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Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

Now in its second edition, this textbook provides an applied and unified introduction to parametric, nonparametric and semiparametric regression that closes the gap between theory and application. The most important models and methods in regression are presented on a solid formal basis, and their appropriate application is shown through numerous examples and case studies. The most important definitions and statements are concisely summarized in boxes, and the underlying data sets and code ...

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Thomas Kneib, Brian Marx, Stefan Lang, Ludwig Fahrmeir

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Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

The aim of this book is an applied and unified introduction into parametric, non- and semiparametric regression that closes the gap between theory and application. The most important models and methods in regression are presented on a solid formal basis, and their appropriate application is shown through many real data examples and case studies. Availability of (user-friendly) software has been a major criterion for the methods selected and presented. Thus, the book primarily targets an au...

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Amos Oz, Claire Bloom

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Stefan Rudnicki

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Nicholas de Lange

Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history.It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was t...

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Andrew Lang

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various narrators, Stefan Rudnicki, Justine Eyre, Orson Scott Card, John Rubinstein, Paul Boehmer, Mirron Willis, Roxanne Hernandez, Gabrielle de Cuir

Once upon a time …Fairytales are a universal part of childhood. No matter what time or what place you grew up, you have at one point or another heard that classic phrase “once upon a time.” They are usually the first stories we ever hear or read. These types of tales set us up to understand the art of stories and storytelling, and they are certainly worth revisiting.Here in The Blue Fairy Book, the first of Andrew Lang’s beloved collection...

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Amos Oz, Claire Bloom

Narrated by

Stefan Rudnicki

Translated by

Nicholas de Lange

Strange things are happening in Tel Ilan, a century-old pioneer village. A disgruntled retired politician complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of digging at night. Could it be their tenant, that young Arab? But then the young Arab hears the digging sounds too. Where has the mayor’s wife gone, vanished without a trace, her note saying “Don’t worry about me”?Around the village, the veneer of new wealth—gourmet restaurants, art galleries, a winery—barely conceals the scar...