Facets of April
Facets of April

Author: Erik Schubach

Publisher: Erik Schubach

Published:

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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After the polar ice caps melt in the Thaw, the Corporations take control of the flooded zones and create virtual utopias over the great cities of the past that rest below the waves. April Yale is accepted into college, in the stilted mega-city of Greater York, to study programming and robotics for the Frame, the massive worldwide information net which hosts countless Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality locations. On her first day of class, her father vanishes and corporate agents and military come asking questions about him and his location, claiming he has stolen top secret experimental military technology. April's life changes forever as she and her college professor, Doctor Adya Konda, go in search of April's dad, both on the Frame and across the mega-metropolis. Truths are uncovered that may be too much for April to handle.

Facets Of Competitiveness: Narratives From Asean
Facets Of Competitiveness: Narratives From Asean

Author: Ashish Lall

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2011-04-27

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 9814462977

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The ten countries in the ASEAN region account for approximately 5% of world gross domestic product and 8% of world population and represent the most diverse group of nations in terms of the level of prosperity, political system, culture, language, and history. This diversity in ASEAN not only helps us understand the notion of national competitiveness, but also provides important policy lessons for both developed and developing countries.This book — a collection of essays — provides insights on competitiveness challenges and policies. It provides an excellent overview of competitiveness for a group of countries at various stages of development. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, researchers, business executives and government officials.

Facets of Knowledge Organization
Facets of Knowledge Organization

Author: Alan Gilchrist

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2012-03-06

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1780526148

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The ISKO UK Biennial Conference, 4th - 5th July, 2011, London honoured the life and achievements of Brian C Vickery. This book celebrates his influence on the development of the information profession, with contributions from over 50 authors to address research and developments in knowledge organization.

The Facets Of Life
The Facets Of Life

Author: Abhimanyu Garg

Publisher: Justfiction Edition

Published: 2015-04-27

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9783659470639

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'The Facets of Life' is a collection of 8 short stories, each of which explores a myriad of human emotions. The strength of the book lies in the weakness of the protagonist of each story. The author hopes that the stories will strike a note with the readers and they can relate to the feelings the characters experience as the stories progress. The author has made use of simple narration style keeping the masses in mind. Each story carries a message for the readers to decipher and ponder over.

The April Manifest
The April Manifest

Author: Chet Pointer

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1499075162

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The train’s ghostly whistle howled in the cool, damp night. After several hours, the nerve-cutting screech of the cattle car’s wheels had left a sharp hum in Jacob’s ears. After more uncountable minutes that became hours, the train finally came to a halt. He could hear the sounds of doors slamming on their railings as they were opened. Many commands were being shouted, and the vicious barking of dogs echoed from outside the car. He could see lights through the slits of the confine. When the door to their car slid open, the same locking slam of it on its railings cut through him. The sounds from the outside became much clearer and coldly more frightening. He clutched his violin tightly and felt the rush of the crisp night air. For a moment, it cleared the stench of the confining car where they’d been locked into and hauled. An old woman asked the most poignant question that stuck out in his mind. “Where are we?” He didn’t know who answered her. “We are at death’s doors,” someone whispered.

Augmentation Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Technical Communication
Augmentation Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Technical Communication

Author: Ann Hill Duin

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1000889246

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This book enables readers to interrogate the technical, rhetorical, theoretical, and socio-ethical challenges and opportunities involved in the development and adoption of augmentation technologies and artificial intelligence. The core of our human experience and identity is forever affected by the rise of augmentation technologies that enhance human capability or productivity. These technologies can add cognitive, physical, sensory, and emotional enhancements to the body or environment. This book demonstrates the benefits, risks, and relevance of emerging augmentation technologies such as brain–computer interaction devices for cognitive enhancement; robots marketed to improve human social interaction; wearables that extend human senses, augment creative abilities, or overcome physical limitations; implantables that amplify intelligence or memory; and devices, AI generators, or algorithms for emotional augmentation. It allows scholars and professionals to understand the impact of these technologies, improve digital and AI literacy, and practice new methods for their design and adoption. This book will be vital reading for students, scholars, and professionals in fields including technical communication, UX design, computer science, human factors, information technology, sociology of technology, and ethics. Artifacts and supplemental resources for research and teaching can be found at https://fabricofdigitallife.com and www.routledge.com/9781032263755.

Elusion
Elusion

Author: Zoe Parker

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2017-09-28

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781973485308

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The First ProphecySeed of Death and Dragon's womb, suffering her fated tomb.She, our savior, the Fallen's soul, shall shed her blood to make us whole.A vengeful Darkness she will arise, her love calls forth the Darkest tideYet, if her heart has ceased to beat, the world shall eclipse in Dark complete.--------------------Pretend Ma told me the terrible things done to me were for the greater good. That I would be a hero and fight for those who can't fight for themselves.I'm not so sure about that. I am sure about that my time in this world is drawing to a close. I'm okay with that. I even wish for it, some days. Then I meet HIM. Mr. Glowy Eyes.I'm also sure I'm a monster, and I'm CERTAIN that he's so much worse than that. But he also shows me something important. Very important. Do you want to know what it is?......Are you still waiting?I can't tell you, silly rabbit. Who gives something like that away?Mr. Glowy Eyes is waiting, too.In the dark...Under the bed...I can't promise he won't eat you...But I can promise you won't mind when he does.Please be advised: **This book contains violence and other content which may be triggering to readers.**

Scale Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision
Scale Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision

Author: Ron Kimmel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-03-31

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 3540320121

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Welcome to the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Scale-Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision. The scale-space concept was introduced by Iijima more than 40 years ago and became popular later on through the works of Witkin and Koenderink. It is at the junction of three major schools of thought in image processing and computer vision: the design of ?lters, axiomatic approaches based on partial di?erential equations (PDEs), and variational methods for image regularization. Scale-space ideas belong to the mathematically best-understood approaches in image analysis. They have entered numerous successful applications in medical imaging and a number of other ?elds where they often give results of very high quality. This conference followed biennial meetings held in Utrecht, Corfu, Vancouver and Skye. It took place in a little castle (Schl ̈ osschen Sch ̈ onburg) near the small town of Hofgeismar, Germany. Inspired by the very successful previous meeting at Skye, we kept the style of gathering people in a slightly remote and scenic place in order to encourage many fruitful discussions during the day and in the evening. Wereceived79fullpapersubmissionsofahighstandardthatischaracteristic for the scale-space conferences. Each paper was reviewed by three experts from the Program Committee, sometimes helped by additional reviewers. Based on theresultsofthesereviews,53paperswereaccepted.Weselected24manuscripts for oral presentation and 29 for poster presentation.