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Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Transportation Development Conference, held in Shanghai, China, May 27-30, 2020. Sponsored by the International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, and the Construction Institute of ASCE.This collection contains 86 peer-reviewed papers on the construction, management, and maintenance of sustainable transportation systems.Topics include: transportation planning and systems development; infrastructure design and construction; transportation systems management and maintenance; multi-modal systems; urban railway planning and management; intelligent maintenance technologies for rail transit systems; rail noise and vibration control; sustainability and environmental and public health; and autonomous and connected vehicles.This proceedings will be of interest to practitioners and researchers addressing the design, construction, and maintenance challenges of advanced transportation systems.

Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Transportation Development Conference, held in Shanghai, China, May 27-30, 2020. Sponsored by the International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, and the Construction Institute of ASCE.This collection contains 86 peer-reviewed papers on the construction, management, and maintenance of sustainable transportation systems.Topics include: transportation planning and systems development; infrastructure design and construction; transportation systems management and maintenance; multi-modal systems; urban railway planning and management; intelligent maintenance technologies for rail transit systems; rail noise and vibration control; sustainability and environmental and public health; and autonomous and connected vehicles.This proceedings will be of interest to practitioners and researchers addressing the design, construction, and maintenance challenges of advanced transportation systems.

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Automated People Movers and Automated Transit Systems, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 17–20, 2016. Sponsored by the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE. This collection contains 27 peer-reviewed papers that cover a broad range of subjects within the automated people movers (APMs) and automated transit systems (ATSs) industry. Topics include: airport projects and other major activity centers; automated train control; personal rapid transit; facility planning and design; system improvement, safety, and security; and standards and policy. Transportation engineers, builders, designers, planners, owners, and operators of automated transit in all forms will find these papers of interest.

CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide Second Edition Master ICND2 640-816 and CCNA 640-802 exam topics with the official study guide Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM Wendell Odom, CCIE® No. 1624 CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCNA® ICND2 exam. This fully updated edition presents complete reviews and a more challenging and realistic exam preparation experience. Senior instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. The material is presented in a concise manner, focused on increasing your understanding of exam topics and preparing you for the numerous challenges the exams present. CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly and help increase your speed in answering questions, a difficult hurdle many exam candidates face on the new exams. A Final Preparation chapter guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your final study plan. Special troubleshooting sections help you master the complex scenarios you will face on the exam. The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a chapter-by-chapter basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text. The bonus DVD contains more than 60 minutes of personal video mentoring from the author focused mainly on bringing difficult subnetting concepts to life. Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging practice questions, this book provides you with more detailed information and more realistic practice exercises than any other CCNA study guide, enabling you to succeed on the exam the first time. CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guid ...

Selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Automated People Movers and Automated Transit Systems, held in Chicago, Illinois, June 29-July 2, 2020. Sponsored by the Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE.This collection contains 11 peer-reviewed papers on the current state and future of APMs and ATSs.Topics include: airport and other major activity centers projects; system improvements; facility planning and design; safety and security; standards; and automated train control.This proceedings will be of interest to planners, inventors, designers, suppliers, builders, owners, and operators of automated transit in all forms.

Selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Automated People Movers and Automated Transit Systems, held in Chicago, Illinois, June 29-July 2, 2020. Sponsored by the Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE.This collection contains 11 peer-reviewed papers on the current state and future of APMs and ATSs.Topics include: airport and other major activity centers projects; system improvements; facility planning and design; safety and security; standards; and automated train control.This proceedings will be of interest to planners, inventors, designers, suppliers, builders, owners, and operators of automated transit in all forms.

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Selected papers from the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, held April 19-23, 2021. Sponsored by the Aerospace Division of ASCE.This collection contains55 peer-reviewed papers on multidisciplinary approaches to engineering in extreme environments.Topics include: advanced materials and designs for aerospace structures; terrestrial structures under extreme environments; dynamics, controls, and smart structures; and health monitoring and sensors.This collection will be of interest to engineers, scientists, educators, and professionals from varied disciplines working in challenging environments.

Selected papers from the 18th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, held in Beijing, China, July 5–8, 2018. Sponsored by the Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA), Tsinghua University, Jiaotong International Cooperation Service Center, and the Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE. This collection contains 277 peer-reviewed papers on current trends in transportation science and engineering. Topics include: autonomous and connected vehicles and transportation systems; freight transportation and logistics; public transit, smart mobility, and shared economy; pavement materials and highway construction and maintenance; rail and road operations, management, and control; traffic safety, security, and emergency response; transportation energy, environment, and sustainability; and transportation policy, planning, and modeling. Transportation professionals, both academic and practitioner, will find this proceedings a valuable resource for current trends in transportation science and engineering.

• 1. International law and revolution: 1917 and beyond Kathryn Greenman, Anne Orford, Ntina Tzouvala and Anna Saunders
• Part I. Imperialism: 2. Looking eastwards: the Bolshevik theory of imperialism and international law Ntina Tzouvala and Robert Knox
• 3. Lenin at Nuremberg: anti-imperialism and the juridification of crimes against humanity Amanda Alexander
• Part II. Institutions and Orders: 4. Excluding revolutionary states: Mexico, Russia and the League of Nations Alison Duxbury
• 5. Law, class struggle and nervous breakdowns Mai Taha
• 6. Microcosm: Soviet constitutional internationality Scott Newton
• 7. Law and socialist revolution: early Soviet legal theory and practice Owen Taylor
• Part III. Intervention: 8. Intervention: sketches from the scenes of the Mexican and Russian Revolutions Dino Kritsiotis
• 9. Mexican revolutionary constituencies and the Latin American critique of US intervention Juan Pablo Scarfi
• 10. Mexican post-revolutionary foreign policy and the Spanish Civil War: legal struggles over intervention at the League of Nations Fabia Fernandes Carvalho Vecoso
• Part IV. Investment: 11. 1917: property, revolution and rejection in international law Kate Miles
• 12. 1917 and its implications for the law of expropriation Daria Davitti
• 13. Contestations over legal authority: the Lena Goldfields Arbitration 1930 Andrea Leiter
• 14. The Mexican Revolution: alien protection and international economic order Kathryn Greenman
• Part V. Rights: 15. 'Animated by the European spirit': European human rights as counterrevolutionary legality Anna Saunders
• 16. Human Rights, revolution and the 'good society': the Soviet Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Jessica Whyte.
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In 1917, the October Revolution and the adoption of the revolutionary Mexican Constitution shook the foundations of the international order in profound, unprecedented and lasting ways. These events posed fundamental challenges to international law, unsettling foundational concepts of property, statehood and non-intervention, and indeed the very nature of law itself. This collection asks what we might learn about international law from analysing how its various sub-fields have remembered, forgotten, imagined, incorporated, rejected or sought to manage the revolutions of 1917. It shows that those revolutions had wide-ranging repercussions for the development of laws relating to the use of force, intervention, human rights, investment, alien protection and state responsibility, and for the global economy subsequently enabled by international law and overseen by international institutions. The varied legacies of 1917 play an ongoing role in shaping political struggle in the form of international law.
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• Preface. Introduction. 1: General Overviews. Opportunities and approaches for doubling the structural efficiency of metallic materials
• D.B. Miracle. The challenge for materials design: integrating modeling and computation
• C.S. Hartley. The main tendencies in elaboration of materials with high specific strength
• S. Firstov. 2: Amorphous, Nanocrystalline and Quasicrystalline Materials. Nanostructured materials produced by severe plastic deformation
• H.P. Stuwe. Development of nanostructured and nanoparticle dispersion-reinforced metallic systems
• P.R. Subramanian, et al. Nanostructured and nanocomposite light metal-based compounds for hydrogen storage
• R.A. Varin, et al. Strength and ductility of nanostructured SPD materials
• R.Z. Valiev. Consolidation of Cu and amorphous Zr-based powders by severe plastic deformation
• K.T. Hartwig, et al. Structure and properties of carbon-based nanocomposite films
• G. Radnoczi, et al. Nanocrystallization in iron alloys induced by friction treatment and nitrogen diffusion
• A. Yurkova, et al. Influence of scandium on amorphization of aluminum alloys
• A. Slipenyuk, et al. Structure peculiarities of Al63Cu25Fe12 ingots with a quasicrystalline component
• M. Yefinov, et al. Consolidation of Al-Cu-Fe powders with quasicrystalline component by using high quasihydrostatic pressures
• O. Bykov, et al. 3: Advanced Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys. High strength aluminum alloys for cryogenic applications
• O.N. Senkov, et al. Effect of Fe and Si on structure and mechanical properties of complex Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys produced by P/M casting techniques
• Yu. Milman, et al. Study of a zirconium modified 2014 aluminumalloy: analysis of the best warm forming conditions
• P. Cavaliere. Study of fatigue resistance properties of a zirconium modified 2014 aluminum alloy
• P. Cavaliere. High strain rate superplastic behavior of Al-Li-Mg-Cu-Sc alloy subjected to severe plastic deformation
• M.R. Shagiev, et al. Microstructure and mechanical properties od Al-Al4C3 materials
• M. Besterci, L'. Parilak. Creep behavior and strength of magnesium-based composites
• V. Sklenicka, et al. 4: Advanced Titanium Alloys and Composites. Multicomponent Ti-Si-based systems
• M. Bulanova, et al. Effect of Zr on structure and mechanical behavior of Ti-Al-Si alloys
• I. Gornaya, et al. High-temperature fatigue crack growth resistance of thermo-mechanically and heat treated cast Ti-Si-Al-Zr composites
• B. Vasyliv, et al. Structure and fracture features of Ti-Si- and Ti-B-based in situ composites
• O.D. Vasylyev, M.D. Bega. Effect of thermomechanical treatment on structure and properties of titanium-boride eutectic alloys
• T. Velikanova, et al. New high-strength weldable titanium alloy T110
• V.N. Samkov, et al. Features of application of high-strength materials for units of the landing gear of aircrafts 'AN'
• A.G. Molyar, V.A. Trofimov. 5: Advanced Refractory Alloys. Structures and properties of the refractory silicides Ti5Si3 and TiSi2 and Ti-Si-(Al) eutectic alloys
• G. Frommeyer, R. Rosenkranz. Refractory metal/silicide multiphase systems for high temperature structural applications
• M.G. Mendiratta, et al. Microstructural effects and kinetics of high temperature oxidation in Nb-Si base alloys
• E.S.K. Menon, et al. Development of ductile Cr-Re alloys for high temperature application.
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In the fall of 1998, Prof. Sergey Firstov invited me to the Frantcevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science (IPMS) in Kyiv, Ukraine to discuss possible collaborations in the area of advanced metals research. During this visit, a strong mutual interest was evident in a broad range of structural metals technologies, and a quick friendship was established. Countless subsequent emails and a reciprocal visit to the U. S Air Force Research Laboratory by Prof. Firstov and a team of scientists from IPMS ensued to discuss and detail a broad collaboration in the area of structural metals. Two years after the initial visit, a major investment by the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) was established to pursue the technologies defined by these interactions. The annual reviews of the AFOSR Ukrainian Metals Initiative were held in late May, a most beautiful time in Kyiv when the lilacs are in bright display and the air is scented with the smell of falling blossoms from the chestnut trees that line the major streets and many parks. The sunny days and mild evenings provide a welcome break from winter, and on weekend evenings festive crowds spill onto the Khreshchatyk, Kyiv's downtown boulevard, to listen to street musicians, watch jugglers and comedians, or simply to celebrate with friends. The annual reviews featured long days of intensive discussion of technical progress, followed in the evenings by the warm hospitality of the Ukrainian hosts.
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• Keynote Presentation.- Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management.- Medical Services.- Aspects of Anatomical and Chronological Sequence Diagrams in Software-Supported Emergency Care Patient Report Forms.- Mobile Devices in Emergency Medical Services: User Evaluation of a PDA-Based Interface for Ambulance Run Reporting.- Feasible Hardware Setups for Emergency Reporting Systems.- Team Support.- Supporting Implicit Coordination Between Distributed Teams in Disaster Management.- AMIRA: Advanced Multi-modal Intelligence for Remote Assistance.- SaR Resource Management Based on Description Logics.- Geospatial Information.- Adding Space to Location in Mobile Emergency Response Technologies.- Intelligent Cartographic Presentations for Emergency Situations.- Hybrid Radio Frequency Identification System for Use in Disaster Relief as Positioning Source and Emergency Message Boards.- Wearable Computing.- Managing Catastrophic Events by Wearable Mobile Systems.- Towards the Integration of Real-Time Real-World Data in Urban Search and Rescue Simulation.- Playing with Fire: User-Centered Design of Wearable Computing for Emergency Response.- Communication Technology.- Improving Communication for Mobile Devices in Disaster Response.- Robust Audio Indexing and Keyword Retrieval Optimized for the Rescue Operation Domain.- Extending the Fire Dispatch System into the Mobile Domain.- Recalling Resilient Actions During Emergency Response.
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the First International Workshop on Mobile Information Technology for Emergency Response, MobileResponse 2007 held in Sankt Augustin, Germany in February 2007. The 16 revised papers presented together with one keynote lecture were carefully reviewed and selected. The papers are organized in topical sections on medical services, team support, geospatial information, wearable computing, and communication technology.
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• Establishment of Groundwater Level Warning for Covered Karst Areas in Northern China
• Flow Chocking Characteristics of Leak-Floor Flip Buckets . - Effects of Brackish Water Salinity on the Soil Salt and Water.- Movements and the Cotton Seedling Growth Under Film Hole Irrigation.- Risk Assessment of Rainstorm Waterlogging in New District.- International Comparison of Water Resources Utilization Efficiency in China
• Dynamic Water Environmental Capacity Calculations of Rivers Based on Hydrological Processes
• Hourly Campus Water Demand Forecasting Using a Hybrid EEMD-Elman Neural Network Model
• The Study on Groundwater Recharge and Evolution in Northwestern China. .
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This book presents the gatherings of the "2016 International Conference on Water Resource and Hydraulic Engineering, " which primarily focused on the sustainable development of water resources and the environment in both China and the United States. The respective papers cover a wide variety of research areas, including watershed hydrology; river hydraulics; groundwater hydrology; water resources management and sustainability development; water supply planning under climate change; water quality analysis and water pollution; sponge city development and urban watershed management; environment and sustainability; global connections between air and water; and irrigation and drainage issues for agricultural engineering. The contributions will be of interest to a global readership and highlight the emerging problems facing developing countries, as well as research and measures to successfully deal with them and promote a greener and more eco-friendly living environment.
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• Establishment of Groundwater Level Warning for Covered Karst Areas in Northern China
• Flow Chocking Characteristics of Leak-Floor Flip Buckets . - Effects of Brackish Water Salinity on the Soil Salt and Water.- Movements and the Cotton Seedling Growth Under Film Hole Irrigation.- Risk Assessment of Rainstorm Waterlogging in New District.- International Comparison of Water Resources Utilization Efficiency in China
• Dynamic Water Environmental Capacity Calculations of Rivers Based on Hydrological Processes
• Hourly Campus Water Demand Forecasting Using a Hybrid EEMD-Elman Neural Network Model
• The Study on Groundwater Recharge and Evolution in Northwestern China. .
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This book presents the gatherings of the "2016 International Conference on Water Resource and Hydraulic Engineering, " which primarily focused on the sustainable development of water resources and the environment in both China and the United States. The respective papers cover a wide variety of research areas, including watershed hydrology; river hydraulics; groundwater hydrology; water resources management and sustainability development; water supply planning under climate change; water quality analysis and water pollution; sponge city development and urban watershed management; environment and sustainability; global connections between air and water; and irrigation and drainage issues for agricultural engineering. The contributions will be of interest to a global readership and highlight the emerging problems facing developing countries, as well as research and measures to successfully deal with them and promote a greener and more eco-friendly living environment.
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Selected papers from the 20th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, held in Xi'an, China, August 14-16, 2020. Sponsored by the Chinese Overseas Transportation Association, Chang'an University, and the Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE.This collection contains 400 peer-reviewed papers on current issues in transportation science and engineering.Topics include: advanced transportation information and control engineering; transportation infrastructure engineering; vehicle operation engineering and transportation management; transportation planning and policy; transportation behavior and safety; and modern logistics and future transportation systems.Transportation professionals, both academic and practitioner, will find this collection a valuable resource.

• pt. A. Biophysics. Bio-physics Manifesto for the future of physics and biology / Y. Oono. Single molecule force measurement for protein dynthesis on the ribosome / S. Uemura. A rod probe reveals gait of Myosin V / K. Shiroguchi. Mechanism of spontaneous oscillation emerging from collective molecular motors / Y. Shimamoto and S. Ishiwata. Simulated rotational diffusion of F[symbol] molecular motor / H. Yamasaki and M. Takano
• pt. B. Nonequilibrium statistical physics and related topics. Thermodynamic time ssymmetry and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics / P. Gaspard. A measurement-based purification scheme and decoherence / H. Nakazato. Quantum fluctuation theorem in the existence of the tunneling and the thermal activation / T. Monnai. Statistical properties of the inter-occurrence times in the two-dimensional stick-slip model of earthquakes / T. Hasumi and Y. Aizawa. Second harmonic generation and polarization microscope observations of quantum relaxor lithium doped potasium tantalate / H. Yokota and Y. Uesu. Thermoelectric properties of Ni-doped LaRhO[symbol] / S. Shibasaki, Y. Takahashi and I. Terasaki. Collective precession of chiral liquid crystals under transmembrane mass flow / G. Watanabe, S. Ishizuka and Y. Tabe. Interplay of excitons with free carriers in carrier tunneling dynamics / S. Lu, A. Tackeuchi and S. Muto
• pt. C. Astrophysics as interdisciplimary science. New view on quantum gravity: micro-structure of spacetime and origin of the universe / B. L. Hu. Colliding branes and its application to string cosmology / Y. Takamizu. One-loop corrections to scalar and tensor perturbations during inflation / Y. Urakawa and K. Maeda. Variational calculation for the equation of state of nuclear matter toward supernova simulations / H. Kanzawa ... [et al.]. Two strong radio bursts at high and medium galactic latitude / S. Kida and T. Daishido. Effects of QCD phase transition on the ejected elements from the envelopes of compact stars / Y. Yasutake ... [et al.].

This volume presents the new objectives of physics on self-organizing systems composed of multi-components, in order to create a new field and establish universal comprehension in physics. The book covers broad topics such as the thermodynamic time asymmetry in both transient and stationary nonequilibrium states, the seriousness of auxiliary conditions in physicochemical processes and biological systems, the quantum-classical and micro-macro interfaces which are familiar in mesoscopic physics, the purification scheme of quantum entanglement, topics on gamma-ray bursts, and the walking mechanism of single molecular motors.

• Bio-physics Manifesto for the future of Physics and Biology / Y. Oono
• Single Molecule Force Measurement for Protein Synthesis on the Ribosome / S. Uemura
• A Rod Probe Reveals Gait of Myosin / K. Shiroguchi
• Mechanism of Spontaneous Oscillation Emerging from Collective Molecular Motors / Y. Shimamoto and S. Ishiwata
• Simulated Rotational Diffusion of F₀ Molecular Motor / H. Yamasaki and M. Takano
• Thermodynamic Time Asymmetry and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics / P. Gaspard
• A Measurement-Based Purification Scheme and Decoherence / H. Nakazato
• Quantum Fluctuation Theorem in the Existence of the Tunneling and the Thermal Activation / T. Monnai
• Statistical Properties of the Inter-occurrence Times in the Two-dimensional Stick-slip Model of Earthquakes / T. Hasumi and Y. Aizawa
• Second Harmonic Generation and Polarization Microscope Observations of Quantum Relaxor Lithium Doped Potasium [sic] Tantalate / H. Yokota and Y. Uesu
• Thermoelectric Properties of Ni-doped LaRhO₃ / S. Shibasaki, Y. Takahashi and I. Terasaki
• Collective Precession of Chiral Liquid Crystals under Transmembrane Mass Flow / G. Watanabe, S. Ishizuka and Y. Tabe
• Interplay of Excitons with Free Carriers in Carrier Tunneling Dynamics / S. Lu, A. Tackeuchi and S. Muto
• New View on Quantum Gravity: Micro-Structure of Spacetime and Origin of the Universe / B.L. Hu
• Colliding Branes and Its Application to String Cosmology / Y. Takamizu
• One-Loop Corrections to Scalar and Tensor Perturbations during Inflation / Y. Urakawa and K. Maeda
• Variational Calculation for the Equation of State of Nuclear Matter toward Supernova Simulations / H. Kanzawa, K. Oyamatsu, K. Sumiyoshi and M. Takano
• Two Strong Radio Bursts at High and Medium Galactic Latitude / S. Kida and T. Daishido
• Effects of QCD Phase Transition on the Ejected Elements from the Envelopes of Compact Stars / Y. Yasutake, S. Yamada, T. Noda, M. Hashimoto and K. Kotake.

This volume presents the new objectives of physics on self-organizing systems composed of multi-components, in order to create a new field and establish universal comprehension in physics. The book covers broad topics such as the thermodynamic time asymmetry in both transient and stationary nonequilibrium states, the seriousness of auxiliary conditions in physicochemical processes and biological systems, the quantum-classical and micro-macro interfaces which are familiar in mesoscopic physics, the purification scheme of quantum entanglement, topics on gamma-ray bursts, and the walking mechanism of single molecular motors.

"Based on the '240' Conference held at the University of Chicago in September of 2012, this special volume of The Advances in Chemical Physics series celebrates scientific research contributions and careers of R. Stephen Berry, Stuart A. Rice and Joshua Jortner"-- Provided by publisher.

• Overview of the HECKTOR Challenge at MICCAI
• 2020: Automatic Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation in PET/CT.- Two-stage approach for segmenting gross tumor volume in head and neck cancer with CT and PET imaging.- The Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation Using nnU-Net with Spatial and Channel 'Squeeze & Excitation' Blocks.- Squeeze-and-Excitation Normalization for Automated Delineation of Head and Neck Primary Tumors in Combined PET and CT Images.- Automatic Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation in PET/CT with Scale Attention Network.- Iteratively Refine the Segmentation of Head and Neck Tumor in FDG-PET and CT images.- Combining CNN and Hybrid Active Contours for Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation in CT and PET images.- Oropharyngeal Tumour Segmentation using Ensemble 3D PET-CT Fusion Networks for the HECKTOR Challenge.- Patch-based 3D UNet for Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation with an Ensemble of Conventional and Dilated Convolutions.- Tumor Segmentation in Patients with Head and Neck Cancers using Deep Learning based-on Multi-modality PET/CT Images.- GAN-based Bi-modal Segmentation using Mumford-Shah Loss: Application to Head and Neck Tumors in PET-CT Images.
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This book constitutes the First 3D Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation in PET/CT Challenge, HECKTOR 2020, which was held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020, in Lima, Peru, in October 2020. The challenge took place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 2 full and 8 short papers presented together with an overview paper in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected form numerous submissions. This challenge aims to evaluate and compare the current state-of-the-art methods for automatic head and neck tumor segmentation. In the context of this challenge, a dataset of 204 delineated PET/CT images was made available for training as well as 53 PET/CT images for testing. Various deep learning methods were developed by the participants with excellent results.
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• Segmentation.- Vessels-Cut: A Graph Based Approach to Patient-Specific Carotid Arteries Modeling.- Interactive Segmentation of Volumetric Medical Images for Collaborative Telemedicine.- Simultaneous Segmentation and Correspondence Establishment for Statistical Shape Models.- The Persistent Morse Complex Segmentation of a 3-Manifold.- Anatomical and Physiological Modeling.- Modelling Rod-Like Flexible Biological Tissues for Medical Training.- Using Musculoskeletal Modeling for Estimating the Most Important Muscular Output - Force.- Computer Assisted Estimation of Anthropometric Parameters from Whole Body Scanner Data.- Simulation Models.- A Physiological Torso Model for Realistic Breathing Simulation.- Evaluating the Impact of Shape on Finite Element Simulations in a Medical Context.- MotionLab: A Matlab Toolbox for Extracting and Processing Experimental Motion Capture Data for Neuromuscular Simulations.- Motion Analysis.- Predicting Missing Markers in Real-Time Optical Motion Capture.- Motion Analysis of the Arm Based on Functional Anatomy.- WAPA: A Wearable Framework for Aerobatic Pilot Aid.- Discriminative Human Full-Body Pose Estimation from Wearable Inertial Sensor Data.- Medical Visualization and Interaction.- A 3D Human Brain Atlas.- Context Preserving Focal Probes for Exploration of Volumetric Medical Datasets.- Use of High Dynamic Range Images for Improved Medical Simulations.- Medical Ontology.- My Corporis Fabrica: A Unified Ontological, Geometrical and Mechanical View of Human Anatomy.- Formal Representation of Tissue Geometric Features by DOGMA Ontology.
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Thisbook presentsrecentadvancesinthedomainofthe3Dphysiologicalhuman that werepresentedlastDecember at the Workshopon 3D PhysiologicalHuman 2009 that was held in Zermatt, Switzerland. This workshop was funded by the "Third Cycle in Computer Science of Western Switzerland" named CUSO, the European project Focus K3D (ICT-2007-214993), the European Marie Curie project 3D Anatomical Human (MRTN-CT-2006-035763) and the European Network of Excellence InterMedia (NoE-IST-2006-038419). 3D physiological human research is a very active ?eld supported by several scienti?c projects. Many of them are funded by the European Union, such as the 3D Anatomical Human project and those present in the seventh framework programme "Virtual Physiological Human"(FP7-ICT-2007-2). One of the main objectivesof the researchon 3D physiologicalhuman is to create patient-speci?c computer models for personalized healthcare.These models are used to simulate and hence better understand the human physiology and pathology.There is also a synergy in this research in the way medical information is distributed: to have any model available anytime, anywhere on any mobile equipment. A collection of scienti?c articles was proposed to highlight the necessity to exchange and disseminate novel ideas and techniques from a wide range of d- ciplines (computer graphics, biomechanics, knowledge representation, human- machine interface, mobile computing, etc. ) associated with medical imaging, medical simulation, computer-assisted surgery and 3D semantics. The emphasis wason technicalnoveltyalongwith currentandfuture applications for modeling and simulating the anatomical structures and functions of the human body.
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Annotation 3DTV CON 2016 is the 10th in a series of successful conferences having the objective to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry with diverse experience and activity in distinct, yet complementary, areas to discuss the development of next generation 3D immersive and interactive technologies, applications and services. The conference involves a wide range of disciplines imaging and computer graphics, signal processing, telecommunications, electronics, optics and physics.

• (Harvard plays) Torches, by Kenneth Raisbeck.--Cooks and cardinals, by N.C.Lindau.--Flitch of bacon, by E.H.Hinkley.--Playroom, by D.F.Halman.

• The crowsnest, by Wm. F. Manley.--The hard heart, by M. A. Kister, Jr.--Mis' Mercy, by L. W. Bray.--The other one, by Arthur Ketchum.

• 1. On political judgement
• 2. The need for richer explanation
• 3. A Durkheimian theoretical framework
• 4. October 1962, before and after
• 5. The Khrushchev regime
• 6. The Kennedy administration
• 7. The Castro revolutionary regime
• 8. Implications
• 9. Coda.
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What is political judgement? Why do politicians exhibit such contrasting thought styles in making decisions, even when they agree ideologically? What happens when governments with contrasting thought styles have to deal with each other? In this book Perri 6 presents a fresh, rigorous explanatory theory of judgement, its varieties and its consequences, drawing upon Durkheim and Douglas. He argues that policy makers will understand - and misunderstand - their problems and choices in ways that reproduce their own social organisation. This theory is developed by using the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 as an extended case study, examining the decision-making of the Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev regimes. Explaining Political Judgement is the first comprehensive study to show what a neo-Durkheimian institutional approach can offer to political science and to the social sciences generally.
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• List of Figures
• Preface Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Social organization in Microcosm: Anomalies and Ritual Concentrate Conflict
• Chapter 2. Comparing on a Grand Scale: Elementary Forms do the Organizing Chapter 3. Building Fundamental Explanations: Rituals do the Institutionalizing, and Institutions Make Change Chapter 4. Analytic Method is also Ritual Peacemaking: Thinking in Circles Helps to Defuse Conflict Chapter 5. Douglas's Contribution to Understanding Human Thought and Conflict
• Coda
• References Index.
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Mary Douglas's innovative explanations for styles of human thought and for the dynamics of institutional change have furnished a distinctive and powerful theory of how conflicts are managed, yet her work remains astonishingly poorly appreciated in social science disciplines. This volume introduces Douglas's theories, and outlines the ways in which her work is of continuing importance for the future of the social sciences. Mary Douglas: Understanding Human Thought and Conflict shows how Douglas laid out the agenda for revitalizing social science by reworking Durkheim's legacy for today, and reviews the growing body of research across the social sciences which has used, tested or developed her approach.
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• PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS: WHAT METHODOLOGY IS AND DOES Inference and Warrant in Designing Research Methodology and Social Science Knowledge Testing, Confirming and Falsifying Perspectives on Findings from Social Research PART TWO: DESIGNS: THE MAIN TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN Types of Research Design Variable-Oriented Research Designs Case-Based Research Designs Comparative and Case-Oriented Research Designs Concept Formation PART THREE: ACHIEVEMENTS: WHAT RESEARCH MAKES INFERENCES TO Why Ideas about Explanation Matter for Methodology Basic Forms of Explanation Mechanisms, Contexts and Trajectories Warranting Explanations Between-Case and within-Case Strategies Interpretation Warranting Interpretations PART FOUR: SYNTHESIS: COMBINATIONS AND TRADE-OFFS Combining Research Designs Trade-offs in Research Design.
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This book provides a comprehensive, accessible guide to social science methodology. In so doing, it establishes methodology as distinct from both methods and philosophy. Most existing textbooks deal with methods, or sound ways of collecting and analysing data to generate findings. In contrast, this innovative book shows how an understanding of methodology allows us to design research so that findings can be used to answer interesting research questions and to build and test theories. Most important things in social research (e.g., beliefs, institutions, interests, practices and social classes) cannot be observed directly. This book explains how empirical research can nevertheless be designed to make sound inferences about their nature, effects and significance. The authors examine what counts as good description, explanation and interpretation, and how they can be achieved by striking intelligent trade-offs between competing design virtues. Coverage includes: / why methodology matters; / what philosophical arguments show us about inference; / competing virtues of good research design; / purposes of theory, models and frameworks; / forming researchable concepts and typologies; / explaining and interpreting: inferring causation, meaning and significance; and / combining explanation and interpretation. The book is essential reading for new researchers faced with the practical challenge of designing research. Extensive examples and exercises are provided, based on the authors' long experience of teaching methodology to multi-disciplinary groups. Perri 6 is Professor of Social Policy in the Graduate School in the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University. Chris Bellamy is Emeritus Professor of Public Administration in the Graduate School, Nottingham Trent University.
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• 1. On political judgement
• 2. The need for richer explanation
• 3. A Durkheimian theoretical framework
• 4. October 1962, before and after
• 5. The Khrushchev regime
• 6. The Kennedy administration
• 7. The Castro revolutionary regime
• 8. Implications
• 9. Coda.
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What is political judgement? Why do politicians exhibit such contrasting thought styles in making decisions, even when they agree ideologically? What happens when governments with contrasting thought styles have to deal with each other? In this book Perri 6 presents a fresh, rigorous explanatory theory of judgement, its varieties and its consequences, drawing upon Durkheim and Douglas. He argues that policy makers will understand - and misunderstand - their problems and choices in ways that reproduce their own social organisation. This theory is developed by using the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 as an extended case study, examining the decision-making of the Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev regimes. Explaining Political Judgement is the first comprehensive study to show what a neo-Durkheimian institutional approach can offer to political science and to the social sciences generally.
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The book comprises the proceedings of the 9th Geoscience Conference for Young Scientists co-organized by the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry and the Institute of Mineralogy (Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences) and Ural Federal University and held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on February 5-8, 2018. The book is devoted to the relevant issues of crystal chemistry and mineral typomorphism; the structure and physico-chemical and technological properties of minerals; the computational modeling of mineral structure and properties. Much attention is drawn to the latest advances and applications of physical methods of investigation of mineral structure and composition, in particular, X-Ray diffraction, spectroscopic (optical, vibrational, ESR, Moessbauer, etc.) and microscopic (SEM, TEM, AFM, etc.) studies, as well as the methods of chemical and isotopic analysis. This book presents the current research trends of space and planetary mineralogy (meteorites, regolites, tektites). The book is intended explicitly for the specialists in the earth and planetary sciences. .
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