elsevier science aug 2001 (6 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Rudolf Graf and William Sheets have written a book containing twenty low-power (LP) transmitter projects, perfect for the electronics hobbyist and radio experimenter. Now that the FCC has changed its regulations about 'pirate' transmissions, more and more people are setting up radio and video stations for broadcast from their homes. Build Your Own Low-Power Transmitters addresses applications for hobbyist broadcasting of AM, SSB, TV, FM Stereo and NBFM VHF-UHF signals with equipment the reader can build himself for thousands of dollars less than similar equipment sold on the retail market. The authors also fully explore the legal limits and ramifications of using the equipment as well as how to get the best performance for optimum range. The key advantage is referencing a low-cost source for all needed parts, including the printed circuit board, as well as the kit.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'I know that I am doing therapy correctly and well, so why aren't some of my clients changing ' 'Why do I feel anxious when I think about my next session with that difficult client ' When psychotherapy stalls, it's time to try new ideas. The authors' experience with difficult clients -- uncooperative, hostile, uncommitted to change -- gave them a new perspective on working with therapeutic impasses. Papers describing Cognitive Appraisal Therapy have appeared in many books and journals, and now for the first time these ideas are compiled into a single volume. Heavily influenced by the psychotherapy integration movement and in a radical departure from conventional cognitive-behavior therapy, they see motivation in terms of affect and attachment rather than cognitive schemas, and resistance and setbacks as the result of emotional setpoints. Practitioners from all corners of the psychotherapy landscape will be able to integrate Cognitive Appraisal Therapy into their therapeutic approaches to help them work successfully and confidently with difficult clients as individuals, as couples and in groups. Key Features\* Novel therapeutic strategies and formulations to use when all else is failing\* Provocative conceptualizations of self, personality and psychopathology\* A fresh approach to treating personality-related disorders\* Numerous case illustrations, and excerpts from actual psychotherapy sessions and supervision sessions\* Straightforward, common sense writing free of jargon and psychobabble.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The paper version of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. JAIR is a refereed journal, covering all areas of Artificial Intelligence, which is distributed free of charge over the internet. The printed journal is published approximately every six months.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Includes articles that cover the disorders afflicting mental health patients, including alcohol problems, Alzheimer's disease, depression, gambling, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and suicide. This title describes the impact of mental health on the individual and society and illustrates the factors that aid positive mental health.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The explosion of computer use and internet communication has placed new emphasis on the ability to store, retrieve and search for all types of images, both still photo and video images. The success and the future of visual information retrieval depends on the cutting edge research and applications explored in this book. It combines the expertise from both computer vision and database research.Unlike text retrieval and text/numeric databases the challenges of image databases are enormous. How do you use 'data mining' to search for an image if you do not have 'key words' to search Exploratory Image Databases introduces the idea that it is possible to solve this problem by merging database systems into a single search and browse activity called 'exploration.'Exploratory Image Databases is one of the first single-author books that unifies the critical emerging topic of image databases. A new approach to image databases, the work is divided into four central parts: introduction to the problems that image database research must solve; computer vision and information retrieval techniques; image database issues; and interface and engines for visual searches.Example: Imagine the difficulty of building and using a database for 'face recognition,' where an image of a face is used. In order to effectively use the image a huge number of characteristics would need to be entered in the database. The goal of future image databases is to use hardware and software to recognize and categorize images without typing in characteristics. 613 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Long Term Durability of Structural Materials' features proceedings of the workshop held at Berkeley, CA in October, 2000. It brought together engineers and scientists, who have received grants from the initiative NSF 98-42, to share their results on the study of long-term durability of materials and structures. The major objective was to develop new methods for accelerated short-term laboratory or in-situ tests which allow accurate, reliable, predictions of the long-term performance of materials, machines and structures. To achieve this goal it was important to understand the fundamental nature of the deterioration and damage processes in materials and to develop innovative ways to model the behavior of these processes as they affect the life and long-term performance of components, machines and structures. The researchers discussed their approach to include size effects in scaling up from laboratory specimens to actual structures. Accelerated testing and durability modeling techniques developed were validated by comparing their results with performance under actual operating conditions. The main mechanism of the deterioration discussed included environmental effects and/or exposure to loads, speeds and other operating conditions that are not fully anticipated in the original design. A broad range of deterioration damage, such as fatigue, overload, ultraviolet damage, corrosion, and wear was presented. A broad range of materials of interest was also discussed, including the full spectrum of construction materials, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and coatings. Emphasis was placed on scale-dependence and history of fabrication on resulting mechanical behavior of materials. 312 pp. Englisch.