Emerging Vectors of Narratology

Author(s):Per Krogh Hansen, John Pier, Philippe Roussin, Per Krogh Hansen, John Pier, Philippe Roussin | Publisher:De Gruyter | Year:2017 | Language:English | Pages:645 | Size:3 MB | Extension:pdf

Narratology has been flourishing in recent years thanks to investigations into a broad spectrum of narratives, at the same time diversifying its theoretical and disciplinary scope as it has sought to specify the status of narrative within both society and scientific research. The diverse endeavors engendered by this situation have brought narrative to the forefront of the social and human sciences and have generated new synergies in the research environment
Emerging Vectors of Narratology brings together 27 state-of-the-art contributions by an international panel of authors that provide insight into the wealth of new developments in the field. The book consists of two sections. "Contexts" includes articles that reframe and refine such topics as the implied author, narrative causation and transmedial forms of narrative; it also investigates various historical and cultural aspects of narrative from the narratological perspective. "Openings" expands on these and other questions by addressing the narrative turn, cognitive issues, narrative complexity and metatheoretical matters
The book is intended for narratologists as well as for readers in the social and human sciences for whom narrative has become a crucial matrix of inquiry

Shakespeare in the Marketplace of Words

Author(s): Jonathan P. Lamb | Publisher: Cambridge University Press | Year: 2017 | Language: English | Pages: 254 | Size: 5 Mb | Extension: pdf

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry

Author(s): David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox | Year:2017 | Publisher:W. H. Freeman | Language: English | Size: 248 Mb | Pages: 3270 | Format: pdf

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry is the #1 bestseller for the introductory biochemistry course because it brings clarity and coherence to an often unwieldy discipline, offering a thoroughly updated survey of biochemistry’s enduring principles, definitive discoveries, and groundbreaking new advances with each edition. This new Seventh Edition maintains the qualities that have distinguished the text since Albert Lehninger’s original edition—clear writing, careful explanations of difficult concepts, helpful problem-solving support, and insightful communication of contemporary biochemistry’s core ideas, new techniques, and pivotal discoveries. Again, David Nelson and Michael Cox introduce students to an extraordinary amount of exciting new findings without an overwhelming amount of extra discussion or detail. And with this edition, W.H. Freeman and Sapling Learning have teamed up to provide the book’s richest, most completely integrated text/media learning experience yet, through an extraordinary new online resource: SaplingPlus.

Artificial Intelligence for .NET: Speech, Language, and Search

Author(s):Nishith Pathak | Publisher:Apress | Year:2017 | Language:English | Pages:278 | Size:8 MB | Extension:pdf

Get introduced to the world of artificial intelligence with this accessible and practical guide. Build applications that make intelligent use of language and user interaction to better compete in today’s marketplace. Discover how your application can deeply understand and interpret content on the web or a user’s machine, intelligently react to direct user interaction through speech or text, or make smart recommendations on products or services that are tailored to each individual user.

With Microsoft Cognitive Services, you can do all this and more utilizing a set of easy-to-use APIs that can be consumed on the desktop, web, or mobile devices. Developers normally think of AI implementation as a tough task involving writing complex algorithms. This book aims to remove the anxiety by creating a cognitive application with a few lines of code. There is a wide range of Cognitive Services APIs available. This book focuses on some of the most useful and powerful ways that your application can make intelligent use of language.

Who This Book Is For

Developers working on a range of platforms, from .NET and Windows to mobile devices. Examples are given in C#. No prior experience with AI techniques or theory is required.

Smart and Multifunctional Concrete Toward Sustainable Infrastructures

Title: Smart and Multifunctional Concrete Toward Sustainable Infrastructures |  Author(s): Baoguo Han, Liqing Zhang, Jinping Ou (auth.) | Publisher: Springer | Year: 2017 | Language: English | Pages: 409 | Size: 17 MB | Extension: pdf

This book presents the latest research advances and findings in the field of smart/multifunctional concretes, focusing on the principles, design and fabrication, test and characterization, performance and mechanism, and their applications in infrastructures. It also discusses future challenges in the development and application of smart/multifunctional concretes, providing useful theory, ideas and principles, as well as insights and practical guidance for developing sustainable infrastructures. It is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists and engineers in the field of civil-engineering materials and infrastructures.

Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
General Introduction of Smart and Multifunctional Concrete....Pages 1-9
Self-Compacting Concrete....Pages 11-36
Self-Expanding Concrete....Pages 37-53
Self-Curing Concrete....Pages 55-66
Self-Shaping Concrete....Pages 67-80
Self-Sensing Concrete....Pages 81-116
Self-Healing Concrete....Pages 117-155
Self-Adjusting Concrete....Pages 157-176
Damping Concrete....Pages 177-190
Anti-Spalling Concrete....Pages 191-222
Wear-Resisting Concrete....Pages 223-233
Aircraft Arresting Concrete....Pages 235-245
Electrically Conductive Concrete....Pages 247-259
Electrothermal Concrete....Pages 261-271
Light-Transmitting Concrete....Pages 273-283
Light-Emitting Concrete....Pages 285-297
Photocatalytic Concrete....Pages 299-311
Electromagnetic Wave Shielding/Absorbing Concrete....Pages 313-328
Radiation Shielding Concrete....Pages 329-337
Hydrophobic/Superhydrophobic Concrete....Pages 339-357
Permeable Concrete....Pages 359-368
Non-Dispersible Underwater Concrete....Pages 369-377
Energy-Harvesting Concrete....Pages 379-390
Future Developments and Challenges of Smart and Multifunctional Concrete....Pages 391-400