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• IMAGE ANALYSIS & PROCESSING.- Multi-granularity feature attention Fusion network for Image-Text Sentiment Analysis.- Toward efficient image denoising: A lightweight network with retargeting supervision driven knowledge distillation.- A pig pose estimation model for measuring pig's body size.- Topology-aware Learning for Semi-supervised Cross-domain Retinal Artery/Vein Classification.- Face Super-Resolution with Better Semantics and More Efficient Guidance.- GRAPHS & NETWORKS.- Layout and Display of Network Graphs on a Sphere.- Joint Matrix Factorization and Structure Preserving for Domain Adaptation.- Graph Adversarial Network with Bottleneck Adapter Tuning for Sign Language Production.- ESTIMATION & FEATURE MATCHING.- Facial Landmarks based Region-Level Data Augmentation for Gaze Estimation.- An Efficient Dense Depth Map Estimation Algorithm Using Direct Stereo Matching For Ultra-wide-angle Images.- Ad-RMS: Adaptive Regional Motion Statistics for Feature Matching Filtering.- 3D RECONSTRUCTION.- Mobile Augmented Realty Based Visual Indoor Navigation.- Cost Volume Pyramid Network with Multi-strategies Range Searching for Multi-view Stereo.- Reconstructing the Surface Mesh Representation for Single Neuron.- WEmap: Weakness-enhancement mapping for 3D reconstruction with sparse image sequences.- RENDERING & ANIMATION.- Comparing Traditional Rendering Techniques to Deep Learning based Super-Resolution in Fire and Smoke Animations.- Real-Time Light Field Path Tracing.- Crowd Simulation with Detailed Body Motion and Interaction.- Towards Rendering the Style of 20th Century Cartoon Line Art in 3D Real-time.- DETECTION & RECOGNITION.- Face detection algorithm in classroom scene based on deep learning.- GRVT: Toward Effective Grocery Recognition via Vision Transformer.- A Transformer-based Cloth-irrelevant Patches Feature Extracting Method for Long-Term Cloth-Changing Person Re-identification.- Learning Unified Binary Feature Codes For Cross-illumination Palmprint Recognition.- COLORS, PAINTINGS & LAYOUT.- SemiPainter: Learning to draw semi-realistic paintings from the manga line drawings and flat shadow.- Hierarchical Bayesian Network Modeling and Layout of Huizhou Traditional Villages in Geographic Environment.- AE-GAN: Attention Embedded GAN For Irregular and Large-area Mask Face Image Inpainting.- SYNTHESIS & GENERATION.- Procedural Generation of Landscapes with Water Bodies Using Artificial Drainage Basins.- High-fidelity Dynamic Human Synthesis via UV-guided NeRF with Sparse Views.- Rec2Real: Semantics-Guided Photo-Realistic Image Synthesis Using Rough Urban Reconstruction Models.- 3D Digital City Structure Model Based on Image Modeling Technology.- AR & USER INTERFACES.- Augmented Reality-Based Home Interaction Layout and Evaluation.- LiteAR: A Framework to Estimate Lighting for Mixed Reality Sessions for Enhanced Realism.- Personalized User Interface Elements Recommendation System.- MEDICAL IMAGING.- A feature point extraction method for capsule endoscope localization.- Automated Diagnosis Of Retinal Neovascularization Pathologies From Color Retinal Fundus Images.- SEGMENTATION.- DDCNet: A lightweight network with variable receptive field for real-time portrait segmentation in complex environment.- A chromosome segmentation method based on corner detection and watershed algorithm.- Voxel-based 3D shape segmentation using deep volumetric convolutional neural networks.- OBJECT DETECTION.- Few-shot detection based on an enhanced prototype for outdoor small forbidden objects.- Research on real-time forestry pest detection based on improved YOLOv5.- Power Line Detection Based on Feature Fusion Deep Learning Network.- IMAGE ATTENTION & PERCEPTION.- Wider and Higher: Intensive Integration and Global Foreground Perception for Image Matting.- Authenticity Identification of Qi Baishi's Shrimp Painting with Dynamic Token Enhanced Visual Transformer.- MODELING & SIMULATION.- An Optimized Material Point Method for Soil-Water Coupled Simulation.- SlimFliud-Net: Fast Fluid Simulation Using Admm Pruning. .
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 39th Computer Graphics International Conference on Advances in Computer Graphics, CGI 2022, held Virtually, during September 12-16, 2022. The 45 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 139 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: image analysis & processing; graphs & networks; estimation & feature matching; 3d reconstruction; rendering & animation; detection & recognition; colors, paintings & layout; synthesis & generation; ar & user interfaces; medical imaging; segmentation; object detection; image attention & perception; and modeling & simulation.
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This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of the 1960s. It takes an explicit archaeological focus to the study of the history of technology and adopts a more explicit socially-embedded view of technology than has commonly been the case in mainstream histories of technology. In doing so, it attempts to introduce a more radical element to explanations of technological change, involving magic, alchemy, animism ? in other words, attempting to consider technological change in terms of the 'world view' of those involved in such change rather than from an exclusively western scientific perspective

• Introduction
• Setting the scene
• What is technology?
• Earlier approaches to the history of technology
• Varying theoretical approaches to the history of technology
• Cultural logics and materials
• Spatial and temporal orders of technology
• How does technology change?
• Technology transfer
• Technological choice and "intentionality"
• Final thoughts.

"This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of the 1960s. It takes an explicit archaeological focus to the study of the history of technology and adopts a more explicit socially-embedded view of technology than has commonly been the case in mainstream histories of technology. In doing so, it attempts to introduce a more radical element to explanations of technological change, involving magic, alchemy, animism -- in other words, attempting to consider technological change in terms of the 'world view' of those involved in such change rather than from an exclusively western scientific perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

Dieses Grundlagen- und Lehrbuch zeigt Ihnen anhand konkreter Praxisbeispiele aus Architektur, Handwerk und Technik die Möglichkeiten von AutoCAD 2023 und AutoCAD LT 2023 und bietet insbesondere AutoCAD-Neulingen einen gründlichen und praxisnahen Einstieg in CAD. Mit dem Buch und der 30-Tage-Testversion von der Autodesk-Webseite können Sie sofort beginnen und Ihre ersten Zeichnungen erstellen. Sie arbeiten von Anfang an mit typischen Konstruktionsaufgaben aus Studium und Praxis. Zu jedem Kapitel finden Sie Übungsaufgaben, Testfragen und Lösungen.

Autodesk Civil 3D can radically increase your civil engineering design and efficiency if you learn to make the most of its features and partner software platforms. Autodesk Civil 3D from Start to Finish will teach you how to leverage its strengths and scale efficiency to large teams. With this book, you'll uncover all the major features Civil 3D offers, from surface development to intelligent utility design as well as dynamic display work for smart document creation. You'll learn to configure and manage your civil engineering designs and explore practical applications of tools and modeling techniques available within the software. By the end of this book, you'll have a thorough understanding of Autodesk Civil 3D along with its partner programs to strategize and improve your future projects.

BIOINSPIRED AND GREEN SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES This unique book details various ways to synthesize advanced nanostructures using green methods, explores the design and development of sustainable advanced nanostructures, and discusses the antimicrobial and antiviral applications. The future of the world depends on immediately investing our time and effort in advancing ideas on ways to restrict the use of hazardous chemicals, thereby arresting further environmental degradation. To achieve this goal, nanotechnology has been an indispensable arena that has extended its wings into every aspect of modernization. For example, green synthetic protocols are being extensively researched to inhibit the harmful effects of chemical residues and reduce chemical wastes. This involves the study of nanotechnology for artful engineering at the molecular level across multiple disciplines. In recent years, nanotechnology has ventured away from the confines of the laboratory and has been able to conquer new domains to help us live better lives. Bioinspired and Green Synthesis of Nanostructures focuses on the recent developments and novel applications of bioinspired and biomimetic nanostructures as functionally advanced biomolecules with huge prospects for research, development, and engineering industries. It provides detailed coverage of the chemistry of each major class of synthesis of bioinspired nanostructures and their multiple functionalities. In addition, it reviews the new research results currently being introduced and analyzes the various green synthetic approaches for developing nanostructures, their distinctive characteristics, and their applications. The book provides readers with an understanding of the recent data, as well as various strategies for designing and developing advanced nanostructures using a greener approach. Audience The core audience of this book include materials scientists, nanoscientists, nanotechnologists, chemical and biological engineers, biochemists and biotechnologists. Industry process engineers and scientists working in nanomaterial synthesis will find this book extremely valuable.

BIOINSPIRED AND GREEN SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES This unique book details various ways to synthesize advanced nanostructures using green methods, explores the design and development of sustainable advanced nanostructures, and discusses the antimicrobial and antiviral applications. The future of the world depends on immediately investing our time and effort in advancing ideas on ways to restrict the use of hazardous chemicals, thereby arresting further environmental degradation. To achieve this goal, nanotechnology has been an indispensable arena that has extended its wings into every aspect of modernization. For example, green synthetic protocols are being extensively researched to inhibit the harmful effects of chemical residues and reduce chemical wastes. This involves the study of nanotechnology for artful engineering at the molecular level across multiple disciplines. In recent years, nanotechnology has ventured away from the confines of the laboratory and has been able to conquer new domains to help us live better lives. Bioinspired and Green Synthesis of Nanostructures focuses on the recent developments and novel applications of bioinspired and biomimetic nanostructures as functionally advanced biomolecules with huge prospects for research, development, and engineering industries. It provides detailed coverage of the chemistry of each major class of synthesis of bioinspired nanostructures and their multiple functionalities. In addition, it reviews the new research results currently being introduced and analyzes the various green synthetic approaches for developing nanostructures, their distinctive characteristics, and their applications. The book provides readers with an understanding of the recent data, as well as various strategies for designing and developing advanced nanostructures using a greener approach. Audience The core audience of this book include materials scientists, nanoscientists, nanotechnologists, chemical and biological engineers, biochemists and biotechnologists. Industry process engineers and scientists working in nanomaterial synthesis will find this book extremely valuable.

• Introduction
• Functions
• Limits and Derivatives
• Derivatives and Antiderivatives
• Higher Derivatives
• Partial Derivatives
• Integral Calculus
• Area Under a Graph
• Are Length and Parameterisation of Curves
• Surface Area
• Volume
• Vector-Valued Functions
• Vector Differential Operators
• Tangent and Normal Vectors
• Continuity
• Curvature
• Solving Differential Equations
• Conclusion. Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Index.

Students studying different branches of computer graphics need to be familiar with geometry, matrices, vectors, rotation transforms, quaternions, curves and surfaces. And as computer graphics software becomes increasingly sophisticated, calculus is also being used to resolve its associated problems. In this 3rd edition, the author extends the scope of the original book to include vector differential operators and differential equations and draws upon his experience in teaching mathematics to undergraduates to make calculus appear no more challenging than any other branch of mathematics. He introduces the subject by examining how functions depend upon their independent variables, and then derives the appropriate mathematical underpinning and definitions. This gives rise to a function's derivative and its antiderivative, or integral. Using the idea of limits, the reader is introduced to derivatives and integrals of many common functions. Other chapters address higher-order derivatives, partial derivatives, Jacobians, vector-based functions, single, double and triple integrals, with numerous worked examples and almost two hundred colour illustrations. This book complements the author's other books on mathematics for computer graphics and assumes that the reader is familiar with everyday algebra, trigonometry, vectors and determinants. After studying this book, the reader should understand calculus and its application within the world of computer graphics, games and animation.

"We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? This groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes "the containment problem"-the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies-as the essential challenge of our age"-- Provided by publisher.

Discover how to land your dream IT job with the Complete IT Job Search Course. This course covers all aspects of the IT job search, starting with deciding which IT field you want to specialize in, researching your target companies and how to use that research to your advantage during the job search. You'll learn how to create an IT-focused resume, leverage LinkedIn, and have a successful interview. You will also learn how to develop your skills and build your brand, and how to stay on top of all the new technologies so you don't get left behind.

• Chapter 1. What is the lean canvas for invention (LCI)?
• Chapter 2. First component of the LCI: problem identification
• Chapter 3. Second component of the LCI: literature search
• Chapter 4. Third component of the LCI: existing solutions
• Chapter 5. Fourth component of the LCI: market landscape
• Chapter 6. Fifth component of the LCI: novelty
• Chapter 7. Sixth component of the LCI: research question
• Chapter 8. Seventh component of the LCI: research methodology
• Chapter 9. Eighth component of the LCI: key resources
• Chapter 10. Ninth component of the LCI: funding
• Chapter 11. Tenth component of the LCI: Team capacities
• Chapter 12. Eleventh component of the LCI: research outcome.

In the world of academia, the divide between groundbreaking research and real-world impact has been a persistent challenge. Scholars, researchers, and academic inventors often find themselves grappling with the intricate process of turning their innovative ideas into tangible solutions that can benefit society, and also secure funding. This disconnect not only leads to the underutilization of valuable intellectual resources but also results in missed opportuni.

• Elman and Feed-Forward Neural Networks with Different Training Algorithms for Solar Radiation Forecasting: A Comparison with a Case Study
• An Artificial Neural Network Model based on Non-linear Autoregressive Exogenous for Predicting the Humidity of a Greenhouse System
• Towards an Adaptive Learning Process Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies
• Emotion recognition of facial expressions with Deep Learning and Transfer Learning
• A novel approach to intelligent touristic visits using Bing Maps and genetic algorithms
• Evaluating the efficiency of Multilayer Perceptron neural network architecture in classifying cognitive impairments related to human bipedal spatial navigation
• A Novel Real Time Electric Vehicles Smart Charging Approach Based on Artificial Intelligence
• Proposed hybrid model Recurrent Neural Network for Human activity recognition
• Evaluation of CMIP5 and CMIP6 performance in simulating West African precipitation
• Knowledge management, Tools and activities.

This book presents volume 1 of selected research papers presented at the third International Conference on Digital Technologies and Applications (ICDTA 23). This book highlights the latest innovations in digital technologies as: artificial intelligence, Internet of things, embedded systems, network technology, digital transformation and their applications in several areas as Industry 4.0, renewable energy, mechatronics, digital healthcare. The respective papers encourage and inspire researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to put these methods into practice.

• Study on Determining Household Poverty Status: Evidence from SVM approach
• The generation of power from a solar system using a variable step size P&O (VSS P&O) and comparing it to a Grey Wolf metaheuristic algorithm (GWO)
• Bio-Inspired Optimisation Algorithm for Congestion control in Computer Networking
• Fingerprint Classification Models Based on Bioinspired Optimization Algorithm: A Systematic Review
• Inspired Nature Meta-Heuristics Minimizing Total Tardiness for Manufacturing Flow Shop Scheduling under Setup Time Constraint
• Punishing the Unpunishable: A Liability Framework for Artificial Intelligence Systems
• Acceptability aspects of artificial intelligence in Morocco: managerial and theoretical contributions
• The Use of Learning Algorithms in Business Intelligence Tools to enhance Customer Feedbacks
• Improving the performance of public transport bus services: Analytics approach to revenue forecasting
• Multi-Level Governance and Digitalization in Climate Change: A Bibliometric Analysis.

This book presents volume 2 of selected research papers presented at the Second International Conference on Digital Technologies and Applications (ICDTA 23). This book highlights the latest innovations in digital technologies as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, embedded systems, network technology, digital transformation, and their applications in several areas as Industry 4.0, renewable energy, mechatronics, digital healthcare, etc. The respective papers encourage and inspire researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to put these methods into practice.

• Intro
• Preface
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Scope and Intended Users
• 1.2 Statistical Aspects and Research Consequences
• 1.3 Human Loading and Disorder Causation
• 1.4 Aims of a Biomechanically Based Disease Justification
• 1.5 Situational and Cumulative Load Estimation
• 1.6 Main Features of Following Chapters
• 1.6.1 Overview
• 1.6.2 Chapter 2-Basics
• 1.6.3 Chapter 3-Interbranch Activities
• 1.6.4 Chapter 4-Branch-Specific Activities
• 1.6.5 Chapter 5-Overload Criteria
• 1.7 Limitations and Opportunities
• References
• 2 Biomechanical Basics

• 2.1 Anatomical Designations
• 2.1.1 Planes and Axes
• 2.1.2 Areas and Directions
• 2.1.3 Limb Movements
• 2.1.4 Trunk Movements
• 2.1.5 Spinal Sections
• 2.2 Biomechanical Modelling for Lumbar-Load Estimation
• 2.2.1 Lumbar-Load Indicators
• 2.2.2 A Very Simple Model-The Law of Leverage
• 2.2.3 Model Extensions-Asymmetry, Mass Inertia, Intra-Abdominal Pressure
• 2.2.4 The Dortmunder-An Easily Applicable 3-D Dynamic Simulation Tool
• 2.3 Lumbar Load for Different Discs, Anthropometries and Postures
• 2.3.1 Development of Compressive and Shear Forces

• 2.3.2 Influence of Object Weight at Various Trunk and Arm Positions while Holding
• 2.3.3 Influence of Body Weight and Height while Holding Objects
• 2.3.4 Distribution Pattern of Disc Forces while Lifting Objects
• 2.3.5 Influence of Execution Mode while Lifting Objects
• References
• 3 Lumbar-Load Register for Interbranch Activities
• 3.1 Holding of Objects Held with Hands
• 3.1.1 Holding with Sagittally Flexed Postures
• 3.1.2 Holding with Superimposed Positioning Forces at Shelf Loading
• 3.1.3 Typical Holding Situations in Everyday Working Life
• 3.2 Lifting of Objects

• 3.2.1 Sagittal Lifting-Two-Handed and Symmetrical to Mid-Sagittal Plane
• 3.2.2 Sagittal Lifting-One-Handed in the Shoulder-Sagittal Plane
• 3.2.3 Two-Handed Lifting with Lateral Components
• 3.2.4 One-Handed Lifting with Lateral Components
• 3.2.5 Exemplary Comparisons
• 3.3 Pulling and Pushing of Objects
• 3.3.1 Sagittal Two- and One-Handed Pulling with Diverse Trunk Inclinations
• 3.3.2 Sagittal Two-Handed Pulling and Pushing for Diverse Grasp Heights
• 3.3.3 Pulling and Pushing for Typical Situations in Everyday Working Life
• 3.4 Carrying of Objects

• 3.4.1 Exemplary Laboratory Measurements
• 3.4.2 Typical Situations in Everyday Working Life
• 3.5 Postures with Applying Low Forces at Most
• 3.5.1 Sitting Postures
• 3.5.2 Standing-Upright Postures
• 3.5.3 Constrained Postures
• 3.5.4 Summarising Conclusions Regarding Posture Evaluation
• References
• 4 Lumbar-Load Register for Previous Branch-Specific Examinations
• 4.1 Bricklaying
• 4.2 Stacking Sacks in a Ship's Bottom
• 4.3 Shoveling of Bulk Materials-Civil Engineering and Construction
• 4.3.1 Pilot Study-A Tessera of the First Lumbar-Load Register 'DOLLY 2'

This handbook supports the identification of inappropriate work design in manual materials handling and thus the prevention of overloading the body and of the development of health disorders. The approach at hand, The Dortmund Lumbar Load Atlas, is focussed exclusively on biomechanical aspects of loading, overload criteria and signs of overloading in the form of verifiable low-back diseases due its strikingly frequently affectedness. Manual materials handling is understood to be the holding, lifting or lowering, pulling or pushing as well as carrying of load objects and thus the application of forces mostly with one or both hands on the item handled. Due to the biomechanical similarity, special handling tasks are also addressed, such as shoveling bulk material, transporting goods via wheelbarrow and moving people manually in the care sector. The book aims to promote interest in biomechanical approaches and provides information to all persons involved in the design, evaluation and redesign of manual materials handling, e.g. ergonomists, occupational physicians, orthopaedists, employers or researchers, lecturers and students. This handbook enables analysis of manual materials handlings regarding potential lumbar overload and contains the following: a comprehensive collection of data on lumbar load in typical manual materials handling activitiesa load register on interbranch activities, synopses of previously analysed biomechanically challenging occupational activitiesa load register on branch-specific activities, explanations of the methodological approach to predicting moments and forces as well as their components in relation to the lumbar spine via biomechanical modelling and criteria for the evaluation of load data with regard to potential lumbar overloading during single operations, working shifts and the entire occupational life. The new recommendations on maximum daily exposure for lifelong work for both men and women are bridging the former gap of biomechanically justified action frequency limits and now offer the possibility of a completely biomechanical path for risk assessment of manual materials handling. The book provides hence a serious contribution to the objectification of lumbar load and load-bearing capacity aiming at an ergonomic work design of manual materials handling for short- as well as long-term exposures.

"Emerging Technologies / Life at the Edge of the Future invites us to think forward from our present moment of planetary, public and everyday crisis, through the prism of emerging technologies. It calls for a new ethical, responsible and equitable path towards possible futures, curated through in-depth engagement with and across experiential, environmental and technological possibilities. It tackles three of the most significant challenges for contemporary society by asking: how emerging technologies are implicated in the sites of everyday lives; what is the place of emerging technologies in an evolving world in crisis; and how might we better imagine and shape ethical, equitable and responsible futures. The book interweaves three narratives, each of which advances three sets of concerns for our societal futures: 'Emergence', which addresses futures and uncertainty, trust and anxiety, hope and desire; 'Worlds', which addresses data, air and energy; and 'Technologies', which addresses future mobilities, future homes, and the future of work. Not simply a critical study of emerging technologies, this book is also an approach to thinking and practice in times of global crisis which plays out a mode of future-focused scholarship and practice for the first half of the twenty first century"-- Provided by publisher.

In Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks 2023, award-winning CAD instructor and author James Bethune shows students how to use SolidWorks to create engineering drawings and designs. The textbook has been updated to cover the new features in SolidWorks 2023. It focuses on the creation of engineering drawings, including dimensions and tolerances and the use of standard parts and tools. Each chapter contains step-by-step sample problems that show students how to apply the concepts presented in the chapter.