Forty-year-old detective Eiji Kirisame has found maybe the strangest witness of his life: a silent high school girl named Tsugumi Kuchinashi who was at the scene of the crime. Her statements mostly consist of shoddy doodles on a drawing pad, but Eiji is no stranger to piecing together the truth from limited evidence—and besides, it seems like Tsugumi might have a knack for deduction! So he’ll take every page seriously if it might help solve the case. But, uh, does that last page really say...

This book presents the fundamentals of mobile visual computing in iOS development and provides directions for developers and researchers interested in developing iOS applications with image processing and computer vision capabilities.Presenting a technical overview of some of the tools, languages, libraries, frameworks, and APIs currently available for developing iOS applications Image Processing and Computer Vision in iOS reveals the rich capabilities in image processing ...

This edition is a stunning photographic survey capturing the diversity and varied perspectives of the sacred monolith. Morro Rock is the most prominent of the Nine Sister mountain range located within San Luis Obispo County and fronts a beachfront gateway to the city of Morro Bay, California.The ancient sacred rock is geographically termed a protruding plug rising from the Pacific Ocean. A volcanic plug can also be called a neck as it is an object formed when magma hardens within a...

"Waterways of Mill Valley" is a visual examination of four water bodies located in the Marin County city of Mill Valley. Over 145 color images by photographer Marques Vickers trace the routings of the Pickleweed Inlet and Mill, Corte Madera de Presidio and Coyote Creeks.The creeks that eminently flow throughout Marin County are important draining outlets originating from the elevated mountain ranges that frame the skeleton of the region. Each creek becomes an important tributary th...

What if, after you die… you don't go straight to Heaven or Hell?What if you end up in a bar first?In The Last Call: Tales from the Bar Between Heaven and Hell, souls arrive confused, unaware they've died, looking for a drink and a moment of peace. Instead, they find something far stranger: a quiet bar where a calm bartender, a sarcastic talking lamp, and a brutally honest jukebox wait to witness their final truth.Here, there are no judges. No trials. No spe...

This edition profiles and documents some of the Eastern United States most infamous abductions, assassinations and law enforcement related murders. More pointedly, in most of the chapters, you are transported to the actual killing site where the homicides occurred.The images and accompanying profiles offer a descriptive account and follow-up aftermath providing an important understanding into the far-reaching effects of each crime. For criminals still living, their current incarcer...

The J Family: Frank's InfernoBefore the world burned, before chaos spread, there was Frank. A man who thrived on danger, ruled the prison like a king, and survived where others fell.

This SpringerBrief presents the fundamentals of driver drowsiness detection systems, provides examples of existing products, and offers guides for practitioners interested in developing their own solutions to the problem. Driver drowsiness causes approximately 7% of all road accidents and up to 18% of fatal collisions. Proactive systems that are capable of preventing the loss of lives combine techniques, methods, and algorithms from many fields of engineering and computer science such as s...

'Breathtakingly original, and a captivating sense of place' VAL McDERMID'A brilliantly inventive and twisty tale' CLAIRE McGOWAN, bestselling author of The Push'A distinctive, intriguing, immersive debut' MARI HANNAH, multi-award winning author of Without a TraceA local woman is found in a children's playground, tied up and burned to death. Her clothes are neatly folded and laid at the base of a near...

The development of the railroads during the 1840s enabled the importation of materials such as marble and granite for the construction of more elaborate commercial and residential structures. The steamboat building industry coupled with river commerce brought prosperity to Cincinnati establishing it by 1850 as the fastest growing city in the United States. The population exceeded over 100,000 crammed into an area of approximately seven square milesThe Italianate design style took r...

Mark and Tara, a young couple in London, share a deep love, but find themselves yearning for something more in their relationship. When Mark is sent on a business trip to Tokyo with his confident and magnetic boss, Veronica, an unexpected spark forms between them. Tara, feeling the strain of their separation, surprises Mark in Tokyo, where their reunion ignites a new level of passion.In a city filled with allure and mystery, the trio’s chemistry culminates in an intense, uncharted ...

Current Trends and Advances in Computer-Aided Intelligent Environmental Data Engineering merges computer engineering and environmental engineering. The book presents the latest finding on how data science and AI-based tools are being applied in environmental engineering research. This application involves multiple domains such as data science and artificial intelligence to transform the data collected by intelligent sensors into relevant and reliable information to support decision-making....