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To help readers ride the wave of the future, this timely volume provides, for the first time, comprehensive coverage of the principles of digital video processing, including leading algorithms for various applications, in a highly accessible tutorial style.In response to the boom in video processing... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Multimedia Content Representation, Classification and Security, MRCS 2006, held in Istanbul, Turkey in September 2006. The 100 revised papers presented together with 4 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selecte... More

Ever since the evolution of human civilization, people have developed some or the other self-defense skills. Karate is one such skill that is growing in popularity with the passing of years.... More

What does feeling a sharp pain in one's hand have in common with seeing a red apple on the table? Some say not much, apart from the fact that they are both conscious experiences. To see an object is to perceive an extramental reality--in this case, a red apple. To feel a pain, by contrast, is to und... More

Aristotle believed semen to be the purest of all bodily secretions, a vehicle for the spirit or psyche that gives form to substance. For Proust's narrator in "Swann's Way," waking to find he has experienced a nocturnal emission, it is the product of "some misplacing of my thigh." The heavy metal ban... More

Since its inception some fifty years ago, cognitive science has seen a number of sea changes. Perhaps the best known is the development of connectionist models of cognition as an alternative to classical, symbol-based approaches. A more recent - and increasingly influential - trend is that of dynami... More

1899. The brilliant cadet-the heroic lieutenant-the capable captain, the conquering commodore, the famous Admiral, one of the stars in the class at Anapolis, distinguished in tremendous battles on the Mississippi and the Atlantic. Hero of Manila. Loyal to duty, faithful to flag, and true to friends.... More

1901. Superbly illustrated with numerous engravings made from original photographs. The true story of the assassination, in the shadow of death, passing away, funeral ceremonies; together with his ancestry, boyhood, student days, his career as soldier, lawyer, statesman, governor, and president, the... More

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ... More