The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the Independent Trade Union Solidarnosc in the summer of 1980, the proclamation of martial law in December 1981, and Solidarnosc's underground activity in the subsequent years. In many countries, campaigns were set up in order to spread information, raise funds, and provide the Polish opposition with humanitarian relief and...

With the agricultural sector pledging to improve its sustainability, there is an urgent need to move away from linear food production models which rely on significant raw material inputs and generate large amounts of residual waste.Developing circular agricultural production systems reviews the emergence of circular agriculture as an approach to improving the sustainability of the agricultural sector. The book addresses recent advances in understanding and...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Fourth IAPR TC9 Workshop on Pattern Recognition of Social Signals in Human-Computer-Interaction, MPRSS 2016, held in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2016.The 13 revised papers presented focus on pattern recognition, machine learning and information fusion methods with applications in social signal processing, including multimodal emotion recognition, user identification, and recognition of human activities.

Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma is a rare thyroid tumor originating from neural crest cells, the C-cell that implies several special features, secretion of different neuroendocrine markers, association with other endocrine tumors and familial appearance. The familial variant of medullary thyroid carcinoma allows an early detection by biochemical and genetic testing. At that stage acceptable surgical treatment will cure the patient. The sporadic form of medullary thyroid carcinoma will be diagn...

Provides a new and authoritative account of the complex patterns of development, teaching and practice in the religions of Asia. With individual chapters written by specialists, this volume provides clear, non-technical insight.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems, MCS 2015, held in Günzburg, Germany, in June/July 2015. The 19 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers address issues in multiple classifier systems and ensemble methods, including pattern recognition, machine learning, neural network, data mining and statistics. They are organized in topical sections on theory and algorithm...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of Third Pan-African Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PanAfriCon AI 2024, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during October 8–9, 2024.The 15 full papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Cyber Security; AI in Medical, Biology & Sociology; Audio and Image Interpretation; AI in Engineering; and Natural Language Processing, Text and Speech Processing.

Der kleine Wassermann hat sein Zuhause auf dem Grund eines Mühlenweihers, in der Welt der Fische, Schnecken und Muscheln. Er hat grüne Haare und Augen, Schwimmhäute zwischen den Fingerchen, trägt Hosen aus Fischschuppen und eine rote Zipfelmütze. Tagtäglich erlebt er neue Abenteuer. Doch auf ein ganz großes Erlebnis muss er sich erst noch vorbereiten: Um seine Verwandten in England besuchen zu können, möchte er unbedingt Englisch lernen. Sein Freund, der Karpfen Cyprinus, hilft ihm dabei. ...

Originally published in 1977, this volume traces the development of literary forms and themes and of movements and schools, during the overtly philosophical age. It begins with the prominent poets of the 1720s and 1730s: Brockes, Hagedorn and Haller. It charts the many attempts at formulating poetic theory, particularly those of Gottsched, Bodmer and Breitnger. Emphasis is placed on the dramatic writings of J. E. Schlegel, Gellert and Ch. F. Weisse. Young Goethe’s creativity in all genres,...

Making Sense of the Organization elaborates on the influential idea that organizations are interpretation systems that scan, interpret, and learn. These selected essays represent a new approach to the way managers learn and act in response to their environment and the way organizational change evolves. Readers of this volume will find a wealth of examples and insights which go well beyond thinking and cognition to explain action. The author's ideas are at the forefront of our thin...

Improve your company's ability to avoid or manage crisesManaging the Unexpected, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions. Revised to reflect events emblematic of the unique challenges that organizations have faced in recent years, including bank failures, intelligence failures, quality failures, and other organizational misfortunes, often sparked by organiz...

Improve your company's ability to avoid or manage crisesManaging the Unexpected, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions. Revised to reflect events emblematic of the unique challenges that organizations have faced in recent years, including bank failures, intelligence failures, quality failures, and other organizational misfortunes, often sparked by organiz...