Introduction to Design Theory introduces a comprehensive, systematic, and didactic outline of the discourse of design. Designed both as a course book and a source for research, this textbook methodically covers the central concepts of design theory, definitions of design, its historical milestones, and its relations to culture, industry, body, ecology, language, society, gender and ideology.Demonstrated by a shift towards the importance of the sociocultural context in whic...

Märchen sind oft die ersten Geschichten, die Kindern erzählt werden. Sie sind voller Magie, aber auch voller Klischees. Sie teilen die Welt in Gut und Böse und prägen unsere Vorstellung, wie Mädchen und Jungen sein sollen, von klein auf. Karrie und Jonathan haben sich beim Lesen der Märchen darüber geärgert, wie veraltet die Bilder sind, die wir unseren Kindern mitgeben, und wollten herausfinden, was passiert, wenn Rapunzel einen Bart herunterlässt und Dornröschen von einer Prinzessin erlö...

A leading childhood nutrition researcher and an experienced public health educator explain the hidden danger sugar poses to a child's development and health and offer parents an essential 7- and 28-day "sugarproof" program.Most of us know that sugar can wreak havoc on adult bodies, but few realize how uniquely harmful it is to the growing livers, hearts, and brains of children. And the damage can begin early in life. In his research on the effects of sugar on kids'...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2018, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA in November 2018.The total of 66 papers presented in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: ST: computational bioimaging; computer graphics; visual surveillance; pattern recognition; vitrual reality; deep learning; motion and tracking; visualization; object dete...