The Biology of Mosquitoes: Sensory, Reception, and Behaviour (Volume 2)

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Notorious nuisances and major transmitters of disease, mosquitoes are also important experimental animals. This book provides detailed descriptions of the functioning of mosquito sense organs and of the behavioral patterns that enable mosquitoes to survive in a variety of habitats and to find and attack their vertebrate hosts. Mosquitoes have been intensively studied, both in both laboratory and field, and this integrated review of their sensory mechanisms and behavior is an important advance in entomology and in medical biology.

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The state of the art of the bioengineering aspects of the morphology of microorganisms and their relationship to process performance are described in this volume. Materials and methods of the digital image analysis and mathematical modeling of hyphal elongation, branching and pellet formation as well as their application to various fungi and actinomycetes during the production of antibiotics and enzymes are presented.

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This volume is the result of a two-year project aimed at coalescing the concepts and techniques of granular computing on one side, and rough set theory on another. It consists of a collection of up-to-date and authoritative expositions of the basic theories underlying data mining, granular computing and rough set theory, and stresses their wide-ranging applications. A principal aim of the work is to stimulate an exploration of ways in which progress in data mining can be enhanced through integration with granular computing and rough set theory.

New Directions in Rough Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing: 7th International Workshop, RSFDGrC'99, Yamaguchi, Japan, November 9-11, 1999 Proceedings ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)

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ASIN: 3540666451

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing, RSFDGrC'99, held in Yamaguchi, Japan, in November 1999.The 45 revised regular papers and 15 revised short papers presented together with four invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The book is divided into sections on rough computing: foundations and applications, rough set theory and applications, fuzzy set theory and applications, nonclassical logic and approximate reasoning, information granulation and granular computing, data mining and knowledge discovery, machine learning, and intelligent agents and systems.

Rough Set Theory and Granular Computing (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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ASIN: 3540005749

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This monograph presents novel approaches and new results in fundamentals and applications related to rough sets and granular computing. It includes the application of rough sets to real world problems, such as data mining, decision support and sensor fusion. The relationship of rough sets to other important methods of data analysis – Bayes theorem, neurocomputing and pattern recognition is thoroughly examined. Another issue is the rough set based data analysis, including the study of decision making in conflict situations. Recent engineering applications of rough set theory are given, including a processor architecture organization for fast implementation of basic rough set operations and results concerning advanced image processing for unmanned aerial vehicles. New emerging areas of study and applications are presented as well as a wide spectrum of on-going research, which makes the book valuable to all interested in the field of rough set theory and granular computing.

Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing, RSCTC 2002, held in Malvern, PA, USA in October 2002. The 76 revised regular papers and short communications presented together with 2 keynotes and 5 plenary papers were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 100 submissions. The book offers topical sections on foundation and methods; granular and neural computing; probabilistic reasoning; data mining, machine learning and pattern recognition; Web mining; and applications.

Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing: 4th International Conference, RSCTC 2004, Uppsala, Sweden, June 1-5, 2004, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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ASIN: 3540221174

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing, RSCTC 2004, held in Uppsala, Sweden in June 2004.

The 45 revised full papers and 60 revised short papers presented together with 3 invited papers and a bibliographic project report were carefully reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on theory, logic and rough sets, granular computing, rough and fuzzy relations, foundations of data mining, incomplete information systems, interestingness, multiagents and information systems, fuzzy logic and modeling, rough classification, rough sets and probabilities, variable precision rough sets models, spatial reasoning, reduction, rule induction, rough sets and neural networks, clustering, data mining, image and signal recognition, information retrieval, decision support, adaptaive and optimization methods, bioinformatics, and medical applications.

Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing: 5th International Conference, RSCTC 2006, Kobe, Japan, November 6-8, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing, RSCTC 2006, held in Kobe, Japan in November 2006.

The 91 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers and 2 commemorative papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 332 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on logics in rough sets, logics in fuzzy sets, fuzzy-rough hybridization, approximate and uncertain reasoning, variable precision rough set models, incomplete/nondeterministic information systems, decision support, multi-criteria decision support, rough sets in KDD, rough sets in medicine, granular computing, grey systems, ontology and mereology, statistical methods, machine learning, clustering, data mining, evolutionary computing, intelligent information systems, pattern recognition and image processing, as well as data clustering: algorithms and applications.

Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing: 11th International Conference, RSFDGrC 2007, Toronto, Canada, May 14-16, 2007 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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ASIN: 3540725296

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining, and Granular Computing, RSFDGrC 2007, held in Toronto, Canada in May 2007 in conjunction with the Second International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology, RSKT 2007, both as part of the Joint Rough Set Symposium, JRS 2007.

The 65 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 319 general submissions to the JRS 2007 symposium. The papers are organized in topical sections on fuzzy-rough hybridization, fuzzy sets, soft computing in medical image processing, soft computing in information retrieval, clustering, text and Web mining, learning, data mining and rough classifiers, granular computing, soft computing in multimedia processing, soft computing applications, and rough and complex concepts.

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Tens of thousands of people enjoyed the first edition of The Quotable Einstein. This enlarged and updated version offers even more fascinating insight into Time magazine's "Man of the Century." The Expanded Quotable Einstein includes about 375 new quotations and covers topics that have recently appeared in the media--such as the most current research on Einstein's brain, the possible collaboration of his wife Mileva in his work, and the newly discovered love letters that Einstein sent to an alleged Soviet spy. An entirely new section on music has been added, the section on science has been expanded greatly, and new photographs add fresh visual appeal. Finally, the new appendix contains an account of the editor's personal peek into the FBI's Einstein file and shows us Einstein's famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which ushered in the atomic age in the United States.

Einstein continues to be a global icon as we enter the new millennium, and this new edition shows us why. The revelation that he was, after all, a human being in his personal life rather than a secular "saint" has detracted neither from his fame nor from his great scientific achievements. Above all, Einstein is shown to be a loyal letter writer, keeping up a lively correspondence with those whom he loved and respected, and expressing an opinion on just about everything and everyone, including himself.

Much more than a series of soundbites, this book of documented quotations and supplementary information about Einstein's life, family, and work puts his thoughts into context. A fairly complete biographical account of this multifaceted man emerges--as son, husband, father, lover, scientist, philosopher, aging widower, humanitarian, and friend. It shows us vividly why the real and imagined Einstein continues to fascinate people the world over

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Lots of quotes, maybe too many.......2005-05-28

There are all kinds of quotes from Einstein to all sorts of people in all sorts of situations including many that are meaningless to anyone other than the person that he spoke or wrote to. For example, here is a quote to the Lebach family: "Here in Pasadena it is like paradise....Always sunshine and fresh air, gardens with palm and pepper trees, and friendly people who smile at one and ask for autographs." Here is another quote, this one to Ernesta Marangoni "The happy months of my sojourn in Italy are my most beautiful memories."

There are many pearls in this book to be sure, but I feel that just because Einstein said it, it is not necessarily noteworthy.

One Incredible Man to Quote.......2004-04-20

I absolutely love this book, and the myriad of areas Albert Einstein touches upon.
From deeply personal thoughts about himself, to humankind, science, music, life, war and peace, religion, God, and philosophy, Alice Calaprice did a fantastic job in collecting and compiling the moving and meaningful quotes in this book.
Here are three of my favorites:

On Pacifism: " No person has the right to call himself a Christian or Jew so long as he prepares to engage in systematic murder at the command of an authority, or allow himself to be used in any way in the service of war or the preparation for it."

On Success: "Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value."

On His Family: (To Mileva, 10-3-1900 in a love letter) "I am so lucky to have found you - a creature who is my equal, and who is as strong and independent as I am."

Einstein's wisdom is timeless. Whether you want to just read his wisdom, or share it with others, this is one great compilation. Highly recommended!

Barbara Rose, Ph.D. author of Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE and If God Was Like Man
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Very enjoyable.......2001-12-31

A very quick read and I read this book as fast as I could. It was hard to put down, as it was very enjoyable. There are quotes that I will use over and over again in my life, writing, and public speaking. You'll find yourself saying, Wow!, this is his best quote, only to be surprised again on the next page.

It showed the good and bad of Einstein (this was not a happily married man), and readers will probably get a better sense of the man than reading some sappy one-sided lovefest biography.

Very Interesting - Pick it up.......2001-09-17

Once you pick up this book, you will be hard-pressed to put it down. I fully enjoyed reading this book of quotations of one of the most influential people in recent history. A wide selection of topics are covered including quotations about his colleagues. If you like Einstein, you will enjoy this.

Better than a biography.......2000-12-17

If you're anything like me, you hate learning about a subject through a biased source. Be it the news, history, or a biography, when knowledge is passed on second hand, one is always left wondering what was lost in the translation, intentionally or otherwise.

This is why The Expanded Quotable Einstein is such a breath of fresh air; it allows one to learn about Einstein, his life, his thoughts, his character, in the purest way--through his own words. With over 400 pages of quotes, many of which are as poetically astute as you would expect from a top-notch professional writer, you can discover all there is to know, and draw your own conclusions, instead of being lead there on a leash by an author. Also, with factual information mixed in without the propaganda associated with a full-length biography, one can learn as many dates-names-places as one needs (unless you wish to write a complete fact-based synopsis of his life) and get to the heart of the matter: his spirit.

I feel that overall, this is the best way to present a historical figure, especially Einstein, whose thoughts and ideas need no embellishment, and for whom his own words serve as the best guide through his intricate mind.

One note: many people equate Einstein with E = MC^2, however do not be scared; this is a book of his quotes on everything, from politics to family to religion. No knowledge of mathematics or physics is required to enjoy the surprising insightful and well-rounded character that is Albert Einstein.

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