If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours,' - Henry Rex, forever Written by King Henry VIII to his sweetheart, the seductive and vivacious Anne Boleyn, his passion for her would be so great that Henry would make Anne his queen, and change the course of English history. But the woman whom Henry had promised to love for all time would go from palace to prison, charged with heinous crimes. Her life ended on a bloody scaffol...

Ten remarkable women. One remarkable era.In the Tudor period, 1485–1603, a host of fascinating women sat on the English throne. The dramatic events of their lives are told in The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens.The Turbulent Crown begins with the story of Elizabeth of York, who survived conspiracy, and dishonor to become the first Tudor Queen, bringing peace and order to England after years of civil war. From there, the list...

As machines are trained to “think,” many tasks that previously required human intelligence are becoming automated through artificial intelligence. However, it is more difficult to automate emotional intelligence, and this is where the human worker’s competitive advantage over machines currently lies. This book explores the impact of AI on everyday life, looking into workers’ adaptation to these changes, the ways in which managers can change the nature of jobs in light of AI developments, a...

Championne du monde des aides aux entreprises et pays en tête du classement des rémunérations versées aux actionnaires, la France est aussi la reine des impôts et des taxes.Résultat : un amenuisement des productions par manque d’innovation, une stagnation de la consommation et une régression du modèle social.Quelles en sont les véritables causes ? Comment relancer l’innovation pour relever les défis du futur ? Quelles solutions mettre en place pour une réussite durable ?

L’œuvre de Borges n’est pas seulement un objet de recherche, elle est aussi un objet d’enseignement aux défis particuliers. L’incorporation de Ficciones (1944-1956) et de El Hacedor (1960-1974) aux programmes de concours français a été l’occasion de proposer une réflexion sur les problèmes spécifiques à ces ouvrages lors d’une première lecture. Les inscriptions et les déclinaisons de la figure d’auteur font l’objet d’une étude par R. Lefere, dont le travail a permis de saisir la complexité...

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "wattles", a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia. It examines the biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography of wattles in their native ranges, including the evolutionary forces that have driven past speciation and adaptation to diverse environments, the conservation status, uses and human perceptions of these species. It considers the differe...

As machines are trained to "think," many tasks that previously required human intelligence are becoming automated through artificial intelligence. However, it is more difficult to automate emotional intelligence, and this is where the human worker's competitive advantage over machines currently lies. This book explores the impact of AI on everyday life, looking into workers' adaptation to these changes, the ways in which managers can change the nature of jobs in light of AI developments, a...

Découvrez l'intégrale de 5 histoires inédites autour du thème des princesses et princes à travers des contes modernes et actuels ! Un bundle haut en couleur composé de 5 histoires drôles, touchantes : - PRINCESSE KEVIN de Michaël Escoffier & Roland Garrigue - PRINCESSE MOUSTACHE de Eve-Marie Lobriaut & Aurélie Grand - CHEVALERESSE MATHILDE de Fabien Fernandez & Bérengère Delaporte - LE CHEVALIER EDMOND ET SON COCHON de Richard Petitsigne & Jess Pauwels - LE PETIT PRINCHE de Alice Brière-Ha...

Rendus responsables des « fièvres » depuis le siècle des lumières, les étangs sont asséchés ou abandonnés en France et ailleurs. Mais un autre regard sur l'étang est possible. Il peut être labouré et semé ; des parcelles cultivées peuvent être remises en eau ; un étang piscicole peut aussi jouer un rôle d'épuration. Cette multifonctionnalité lui ouvre des perspectives de développement futur. Son exploitation s'appuie sur des technologies douces qui agissent favorablement sur l'environnemen...

This, the 38th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains extended and revised versions of six papers selected from the 68 contributions presented at the 27th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2016, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2016. Topics covered include query personalization in databases, data anonymization, similarity search, computational methods for entity resolution, array-based computations i...

This two volume set of LNCS 11029 and LNCS 11030 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2018, held in Regensburg, Germany, in September 2018.The 35 revised full papers presented together with 40 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers of the first volume discuss a range of topics including: Big data analytics; data integrity and privacy; decision support s...

This two volume set of LNCS 11029 and LNCS 11030 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2018, held in Regensburg, Germany, in September 2018.The 35 revised full papers presented together with 40 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers of the first volume discuss a range of topics including: Big data analytics; data integrity and privacy; decision support s...