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• Introduction - Ethical and Sustainable Human and Artificial AI Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Applying The Benefits of AI and Identifying Challenges and Risks Starting AI - How to Build A Machine Learning Toolbox Algorithms The Management, Roles and Responsibilities of Humans and Machines AI in Use in Industry - Reimagining Everything in the Fourth Industrial Revolution AI Case Studies .
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In alignment with BCS AI Foundation and Essentials certificates, this introductory guide provides the understanding you need to start building artificial intelligence (AI) capability into your organisation. You will learn how AI is being utilised today and how it is likely to be used in the future to balance the talents of humans and machines. You will explore robotics and machine learning within the context of AI, and discover how the challenges AI presents are being addressed.
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• Introduction - Ethical and Sustainable Human and Artificial AI Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Applying The Benefits of AI and Identifying Challenges and Risks Starting AI - How to Build A Machine Learning Toolbox Algorithms The Management, Roles and Responsibilities of Humans and Machines AI in Use in Industry - Reimagining Everything in the Fourth Industrial Revolution AI Case Studies .
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In alignment with BCS AI Foundation and Essentials certificates, this introductory guide provides the understanding you need to start building artificial intelligence (AI) capability into your organisation. You will learn how AI is being utilised today and how it is likely to be used in the future to balance the talents of humans and machines. You will explore robotics and machine learning within the context of AI, and discover how the challenges AI presents are being addressed.
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Mac Low questions commonly held beliefs about authorship and creativity and reads a selection from his work, The Forties; Bruce Andrews performs from his I don't have any paper so shut up!

• Preface.Abbreviations.1 Ecological Genetics
• .2. Markers And Sampling In Ecological Genetics
• .3. Genetic Diversity And Differentiation
• .4. Gene Flow and Mating System
• .5. Intraspecific Phylogenies And Phylogeography
• .6. Speciation and Hybridization
• .7. Case Studies In Ecological Genetics: Lycaenid Buterflies, Ragworts, Bears, and Oaks.Appendices.Glossary.Index.
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"Ecological Genetics" addresses the fundamental problems of which of the many molecular markers should be used and how the resulting data should be analysed in clear, accessible language, suitable for upper-level undergraduates through to research-level professionals. This is a very accessible straightforward text to deal with this difficult topic - applying modern molecular techniques to ecological processes. It is written by active researchers and teachers within the field. There will be an accompanying web site managed by the authors, comprising of worked examples, test data sets and hyperlinks to relevant web pages.
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• Cover
• Copyright Page
• CONTENTS
• FIGURES AND TABLE
• AUTHORS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABBREVIATIONS
• GLOSSARY
• USEFUL WEBSITES
• PREFACE
• 1 INTRODUCTION: ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• 1.1 THE GENERAL DEFINITION OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
• 1.2 DEFINITION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• 1.3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• 1.4 SUSTAINABLE AI
• 1.5 MACHINE LEARNING
• A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROWTH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• 1.6 SUMMARY
• 2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS
• 2.1 UNDERSTANDING THE AI INTELLIGENT AGENT

• 2.2 WHAT IS A ROBOT?
• 2.3 WHAT IS AN INTELLIGENT ROBOT?
• 2.4 SUMMARY
• 3 APPLYING THE BENEFITS OF AI AND IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES AND RISKS
• 3.1 SUSTAINABILITY
• HOW OUR VALUES WILL CHANGE HUMANS, SOCIETY AND ORGANISATIONS
• 3.2 THE BENEFITS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• 3.3 THE CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• 3.4 UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISKS AI BRINGS TO PROJECTS
• 3.5 OPPORTUNITIES FOR AI
• 3.6 FUNDING AI PROJECTS
• THE NASA TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS
• 3.7 SUMMARY
• 4 STARTING AI: HOW TO BUILD A MACHINE LEARNING TOOLBOX
• 4.1 HOW WE LEARN FROM DATA
• 4.2 NEURAL NETWORKS

• 4.3 AGENTS' FUNCTIONALITY
• 4.4 USING THE CLOUD
• CHEAP HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR AI
• 4.5 SUMMARY
• 5 ALGORITHMS
• 5.1 WHAT IS AN ALGORITHM?
• 5.2 WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT AI/ML ALGORITHMS?
• 5.3 WHAT ARE SELF-LEARNING ALGORITHMS?
• 5.4 WHAT ARE THE ALGORITHMS USED IN MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
• 5.5 WHAT IS A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM?
• 5.6 THE ETHICAL USE OF ALGORITHMS
• 5.7 SUMMARY
• 6 THE MANAGEMENT, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUMANS AND MACHINES
• 6.1 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL DRIVE HUMANS AND MACHINES TO WORK TOGETHER

• 6.2 FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF HUMANS AND MACHINES WORKING TOGETHER
• 6.3 'LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE' AGILE APPROACH TO PROJECTS
• 6.4 SUMMARY
• 7 AI IN USE IN INDUSTRY: REIMAGINING EVERYTHING IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• 7.1 AI ALREADY IN USE
• 7.2 SUMMARY
• 8 AI CASE STUDIES
• 8.1 PREDICTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A WAREHOUSE
• 8.2 THE WEATHER
• CONCENTRATION ON DATA PREPARATION
• 8.3 A CAMBRIDGE SPIN-OUT START-UP
• 8.4 SUMMARY
• REFERENCES
• FURTHER READING
• MACHINE LEARNING
• ADVANCED THEORETICAL TEXT
• INDEX
• Back Cover

In alignment with BCS AI Foundation and Essentials certificates, this introductory guide provides the understanding you need to start building artificial intelligence (AI) capability into your organisation.

• Thiol-X Reactions: Click Reaction Mechanisms and Applications
• Thiol-ene and Thiol-yne Chemistry in Ideal Network Synthesis
• End-group Functionalization of RAFT-prepared Polymers using Thiol-X Chemistries
• Thiol-X Chemistries for the Production of Degradable Polymers
• Thiol / Thiosulfonate Chemistry in Polymer Science: Simple Functionalization of Polymers via Disulfide Linkages
• Nucleophilic Thiol-alkene Michael addition for the Functionalization of polymers and for Bioconjugation
• Thiol-ene/yne Chemistry for the Synthesis of Branched and Star-shaped Macromolecules
• Dendritic Polymers from Thiol-Yne Reactions
• Thiol-X Reactions in Tissue Engineering
• Thiolactones as Functional Handles for Polymer Synthesis and Modification
• Thiol-ene radical coupling: a powerful technique for the synthesis of polymer precursors, block copolymers and graft copolymers
• Hybrids of Synthetic Polymers and Natural Building Blocks using Thio-click
• Surface Engineering with Thiol-Click Chemistry
• The application of Thiol-Ene/Yne radical click chemistry in surface modification and functionalization--.
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Thiol-X chemistries are already well established techniques, but it is only recently that they have been exploited for the functionalization and synthesis of polymers and other materials. As such, information on these techniques is scattered across the literature and Thiol-X Chemistries in Polymer and Materials Science is the first book to compile work specifically focussing on the application of thiol-based chemistries in materials design and synthesis. The book introduces the various thiol-X chemistries currently available and applications where they have been successfully used, including examples of 'click' processes, in polymerizations, polymer synthesis, and polymer modification. Short 'how to' sections within the chapters also provide general experimental techniques to employ the various chemistries described. Written by leading experts in the field, this book is a comprehensive resource for postgraduates, academics and industrial practitioners interested in polymer and materials applications.
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• Part I. Introductory chapters
• part II. Data chapters
• part III. Synopsis.

Long-term ecological data are critical for informing long-term trends in biodiversity and trends in environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of longterm ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). This book highlights some of the temporal changes in the environment and/or in biodiversity that have occurred in different ecosystems, ranging from tropical rainforests, wet eucalypt forests and alpine regions through to rangelands and deserts. Many important trends and changes are documented and they often provide new insights that were previously poorly understood or unknown. These data are precisely the kinds of data so desperately needed to better quantify the temporal trajectories in the environment and biodiversity in Australia.
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Highlights modern synthetic approaches yielding ionic polymers as well as their common aqueous solution properties and pertinent examples where such materials find applications.
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A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thio-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the stops of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application.

John lives with his mother, Jean, in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager existence as a taxi driver. After finding his mother unconscious from yet another night of binge drinking, John learns that without treatment, she will not have much longer to live. Desperate to save their broken family, he offers his services to a petty criminal in order to pay for Jean's costly rehab treatment, but this decision runs the risk of changing their lives forever.

A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application.

A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surface modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a collidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as fuctionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application.

Seven friends, recent college graduates, search for a place in the real world and face the issues of career and commitment. Against the backdrop of St. Elmo's, their local hang-out, they save, betray and love each one another as only the closest of friends can.

• Thatcherism and the new politics, Andrew Gamble
• Britain and the world economy, Peter Taylor
• nationalisms in a divided kingdom, James Anderson
• the changing electoral geography of Britain, R.J.Johnston and C.J.Pattie
• the crisis of local government - uneven development and the Thatcher administrations, Mark Goodwin and Simon Duncan
• deindustrialization and state intervention - Keynesianism, Thatcherism and the regions, Ron Martin
• rewriting history and reshaping geography - the nationalized industries and the political economy of Thatcherism, Ray Hudson
• the changing geography of trades unions, Doreen Massey and Joe Painter
• the politics of "race" and a new segregationism, Susan J.Smith
• women in Thatcher's Britain, Linda McDowell
• transport policy - off the rails?, John Whitelegg
• the political geography of housing in contemporary Britain, Chris Hamnett
• commercialization and centralization - towards a new geography of health care, John Mohan
• policing the recession, Nicholas R.Fyfe
• environmental politics and policy in the 1980s, Philip Lowe and Andrew Flynn.
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This series of essays on the state of modern British politics examines Thatcherism and government policies in relation to many topical subjects, such as trade unionism, employment for women, housing, racism, policing, industrialization, local government and environmental issues.
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• The early years
• The war years and their sequel
• Plans for the institute
• Murder on Madison Avenue
• Appendix 1. Charter of incorporation of the William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art
• Appendix 2. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice's contested will
• Appendix 3. William Marsh Rice's will
• Appendix 4. The forged or "Patrick" will
• Appendix 5. The early trustees.

In 1891 William Marsh Rice made a generous bequest in order to found the distinguished Houston institution that bears his name. Ironically, this very bequest helped to bring about his murder, an act of treachery perpetrated by a conniving attorney and Rice's naive, malleable manservant. This captivating tale-full of intrigue, legal twists and turns, and sensational revelations-an important part of the full biography of Rice himself, received its first careful historical investigation by Andrew Forest Muir, a longtime professor of history at Rice University who, beginning in 1957, performed the fundamental research that forms the basis for this biography. At the time of Muir's death in 1969, the work remained incomplete. Subsequently, at the request of the Rice Historical Society, Sylvia Stallings Morris shaped the fruits of Muir's labor into the first edition of this book, which was published in 1972.The new edition of William Marsh Rice and His Institute, edited by Randal L. Hall, returns this fine biography to print in connection with the celebration of the centennial of the opening of Rice University. Incorporating new and important sources unearthed since the publication of the original book, this revised edition retains all the flavor and meticulous care of the earlier work, especially the "finely crafted storytelling of Sylvia Stallings Morris Lowe and Andrew Forest Muir, " as characterized by Hall.Rice University students, faculty, staff, and alumni; scholars and students of Houston, Texas, and regional history; and those interested in the history of American higher education will all welcomeWilliam Marsh Rice and His Institute: The Centennial Edition.
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• The early years
• The war years and their sequel
• Plans for the institute
• Murder on Madison Avenue
• Appendix 1. Charter of incorporation of the William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art
• Appendix 2. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice's contested will
• Appendix 3. William Marsh Rice's will
• Appendix 4. The forged or "Patrick" will
• Appendix 5. The early trustees.

In 1891 William Marsh Rice made a generous bequest in order to found the distinguished Houston institution that bears his name. Ironically, this very bequest helped to bring about his murder, an act of treachery perpetrated by a conniving attorney and Rice's naive, malleable manservant. This captivating tale-full of intrigue, legal twists and turns, and sensational revelations-an important part of the full biography of Rice himself, received its first careful historical investigation by Andrew Forest Muir, a longtime professor of history at Rice University who, beginning in 1957, performed the fundamental research that forms the basis for this biography. At the time of Muir's death in 1969, the work remained incomplete. Subsequently, at the request of the Rice Historical Society, Sylvia Stallings Morris shaped the fruits of Muir's labor into the first edition of this book, which was published in 1972.The new edition of William Marsh Rice and His Institute, edited by Randal L. Hall, returns this fine biography to print in connection with the celebration of the centennial of the opening of Rice University. Incorporating new and important sources unearthed since the publication of the original book, this revised edition retains all the flavor and meticulous care of the earlier work, especially the "finely crafted storytelling of Sylvia Stallings Morris Lowe and Andrew Forest Muir, " as characterized by Hall.Rice University students, faculty, staff, and alumni; scholars and students of Houston, Texas, and regional history; and those interested in the history of American higher education will all welcomeWilliam Marsh Rice and His Institute: The Centennial Edition.
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• The little brown bulls ; The lost Jimmy Whalen ; We are anchored by the roadside, Jim / Rob Walker
• Foreman Monroe ; River driver's song ; The Keith and Hiles Line ; Nightengales of spring ; The wild colonial boy / Warde Ford
• The lowlands low ; Andrew Batan ; Young Johnny / Warde Ford
• The flying cloud / Rob Walker
• The sinking of the Cumberland / Warde Ford
• The wreck of the Lady Sherbrooke / Rob Walker
• Pretty Polly
• (The false- hearted knight) / Clara Hawks Tracy.

• Definitions and Miscellaneous Formulas.- Classical orthogonal polynomials.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions of Differential Equations.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions of Real Difference Equations.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions of Complex Difference Equations.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions in x(x+u) of Real Difference Equations.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions in z(z+u) of Complex Difference Equations.- Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials.- Polynomial Solutions of Eigenvalue Problems.- Classical q-orthogonal polynomials.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions of q-Difference Equations.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions in q?x of q-Difference Equations.- Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions in q?x+uqx of Real.
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The present book is about the Askey scheme and the q-Askey scheme, which are graphically displayed right before chapter 9 and chapter 14, respectively. The fa- lies of orthogonal polynomials in these two schemes generalize the classical orth- onal polynomials (Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials) and they have pr- erties similar to them. In fact, they have properties so similar that I am inclined (f- lowing Andrews & Askey [34]) to call all families in the (q-)Askey scheme classical orthogonal polynomials, and to call the Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials very classical orthogonal polynomials. These very classical orthogonal polynomials are good friends of mine since - most the beginning of my mathematical career. When I was a fresh PhD student at the Mathematical Centre (now CWI) in Amsterdam, Dick Askey spent a sabbatical there during the academic year 1969-1970. He lectured to us in a very stimulating wayabouthypergeometricfunctionsandclassicalorthogonalpolynomials . Evenb- ter, he gave us problems to solve which might be worth a PhD. He also pointed out to us that there was more than just Jacobi, Laguerre and Hermite polynomials, for instance Hahn polynomials, and that it was one of the merits of the Higher Transc- dental Functions (Bateman project) that it included some newer stuff like the Hahn polynomials (see [198, 10. 23]).
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