Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins
Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins

Author: Robin Dennell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-02-24

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1107729130

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This is the first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens between East Africa and Australia before 30,000 years ago. With contributions from leading experts that take into account the latest archaeological evidence from India and Southeast Asia, this volume critically reviews current models of the timing and character of the spread of modern humans out of Africa. It also demonstrates that the evidence from Australasia should receive much wider and more serious consideration in its own right if we want to understand how our species achieved its global distribution. Critically examining the 'Out of Africa' model, this book emphasises the context and variability of the global evidence in the search for human origins.

Search for Senna
Search for Senna

Author: Katherine Applegate

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780590877435

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When David's girlfriend Senna is swallowed up by the Earth, he and his friends follow to save her, only to stumble upon a nightmarish land they could have never imagined. Original.

Get A Life...Online
Get A Life...Online

Author: Mighty Rasing

Publisher: OMF Literature

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 9710094734

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"Bad yan!" sabi ng ilan. Dapat daw iwasan ang Internet. Pero halos lahat ng bagay sa buhay natin ay ginagawa online. Tulad ng--- Catching up with family and friends — online Researching for school reports — online Checking weather updates and traffic reports — online Bank transactions — online Shopping — online Listening to music and watching films -- online Watching porn -- BAWAL! Mukhang wala na tayong kawala sa pagiging online. So how do we tame the great beast called the Internet? Learn from New Media guru Mighty Rasing kung paano i-maximize ang social media and online technology para mapabuti ang lahat ng aspects ng buhay mo. Itinuturo din niya how to avoid or deal with the online dangers tulad ng cyberbullying, pornography, at identity theft. So ano pang hinihintay mo? GET A LIFE . . . ONLINE!

Nature-Inspired Computing
Nature-Inspired Computing

Author: Nazmul H. Siddique

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-05-19

Total Pages: 623

ISBN-13: 1482244837

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Nature-Inspired Computing: Physics and Chemistry-Based Algorithms provides a comprehensive introduction to the methodologies and algorithms in nature-inspired computing, with an emphasis on applications to real-life engineering problems. The research interest for Nature-inspired Computing has grown considerably exploring different phenomena observed in nature and basic principles of physics, chemistry, and biology. The discipline has reached a mature stage and the field has been well-established. This endeavour is another attempt at investigation into various computational schemes inspired from nature, which are presented in this book with the development of a suitable framework and industrial applications. Designed for senior undergraduates, postgraduates, research students, and professionals, the book is written at a comprehensible level for students who have some basic knowledge of calculus and differential equations, and some exposure to optimization theory. Due to the focus on search and optimization, the book is also appropriate for electrical, control, civil, industrial and manufacturing engineering, business, and economics students, as well as those in computer and information sciences. With the mathematical and programming references and applications in each chapter, the book is self-contained, and can also serve as a reference for researchers and scientists in the fields of system science, natural computing, and optimization.

Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering
Image and Video Compression for Multimedia Engineering

Author: Yun-Qing Shi

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1351578650

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The latest edition provides a comprehensive foundation for image and video compression. It covers HEVC/H.265 and future video coding activities, in addition to Internet Video Coding. The book features updated chapters and content, along with several new chapters and sections. It adheres to the current international standards, including the JPEG standard.

Financial Cryptography and Data Security
Financial Cryptography and Data Security

Author: George Danezis

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 3642298893

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This book contains the revised selected papers of the Second Workshop on Real-Life Cryptographic Protocols and Standardization, RLCPS 2011, and the Second Workshop on Ethics in Computer Security Research, WECSR 2011, held in conjunction with the 15th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2010, in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia, in February/March 2011. The 16 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover topics ranging from anonymity and privacy, authentication and identification, biometrics, commercial cryptographic, digital cash and payment systems, infrastructure design, management and operations, to security economics and trust management.

Binary Digital Image Processing
Binary Digital Image Processing

Author: Stéphane Marchand-Maillet

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1999-12-01

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0080527825

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Binary Digital Image Processing is aimed at faculty, postgraduate students and industry specialists. It is both a text reference and a textbook that reviews and analyses the research output in this field of binary image processing. It is aimed at both advanced researchers as well as educating the novice to this area. The theoretical part of this book includes the basic principles required for binary digital image analysis. The practical part which will take an algorithmic approach addresses problems which find applications beyond binary digital line image processing.The book first outlines the theoretical framework underpinning the study of digital image processing with particular reference to those needed for line image processing. The theoretical tools in the first part of the book set the stage for the second and third parts, where low-level binary image processing is addressed and then intermediate level processing of binary line images is studied. The book concludes with some practical applications of this work by reviewing some industrial and software applications (engineering drawing storage and primitive extraction, fingerprint compression). - Outlines the theoretical framework underpinning the study of digital image processing with particular reference to binary line image processing - Addresses low-level binary image processing, reviewing a number of essential characteristics of binary digital images and providing solution procedures and algorithms - Includes detailed reviews of topics in binary digital image processing with up-to-date research references in relation to each of the problems under study - Includes some practical applications of this work by reviewing some common applications - Covers a range of topics, organised by theoretical field rather than being driven by problem definitions

Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments
Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments

Author: Ding Wang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-01-21

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 303066922X

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments, SPNCE 2020, held in August 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 31 full papers were selected from 63 submissions and are grouped into topics on network security; system security; machine learning; authentication and access control; cloud security; cryptography; applied cryptography.