iological systems such as animals and humans can be energetically autonomous for several days and some species endure even longer. Today's robotic systems aim to match the physical capabilities of their biological counterparts in terms of strength, agility, and dexterity, yet fail to display untethered operating times any longer than few hours.
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by the University of Leicester. Between 1415, when the Portuguese first used convicts for colonization purposes in the North African enclave of Ceuta, to the 1960s and the dissolution of Stalin's gulags, global powers including the Spanish, Dutch, Po…
How did a narrow tactical victory for the British at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War lead to the failure of the British Southern Campaign? This volume offers an indispensable point of departure for a staff ride to the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse, providing a systematic analysis of this key battle in the American Revolution. Author Harold Allen S…
Traditional breeding resulted from 10 000 years in the domestication syndrome, which is a genetic erosion over time causing a drastic reduction in the variability available for breeding in recent decades (Ahmar et al., 2020; Meyer et al., 2012). Genetic diversity is nevertheless necessary for the creation of new varieties adapted to the changing needs of agricultural production: adaptation …
Back in 1989, many anticipated that the end of the Cold War would usher in the ‘end of history’ characterized by the victory of democracy and capitalism. At the thirtieth anniversary of this momentous event, this book challenges this assumption. It studies the most recent era of contemporary European history in order to analyse the impact, consequences and legacy of the end of the Cold War …
More than 150 years after its end, we still struggle to understand the full extent of the human toll of the Civil War and the psychological crisis it created. In Aberration of Mind, Diane Miller Sommerville offers the first book-length treatment of suicide in the South during the Civil War era, giving us insight into both white and black communities, Confederate soldiers and their families, as …
Keanekaragaman Hayati Laut di Wilayah di Luar Yurisdiksi Nasional (BBNJ) mengidentifikasi isu-isu utama yang dipersoalkan dalam negosiasi BBNJ dan memeriksa pelestarian serta penggunaan berkelanjutan dari keanekaragaman hayati laut di wilayah di luar yurisdiksi nasional. Jilid yang tepat waktu ini menawarkan kontribusi terkini dari para ahli terkemuka dunia mengenai akses dan pembagian manfaat …
Buku akses terbuka ini membahas perencanaan misi swarm drone otonom sebagai sistem terdistribusi. Ini dipahami sebagai alat yang serbaguna, yang mencakup aspek deskriptif, desain, dan aplikatif. Pengembangan sektor UAV memerlukan pendekatan interdisipliner untuk mengatasi tantangan dan mengeksplorasi bidang aplikasi baru. Pemahaman yang komprehensif tentang sistem UAV sangat penting untuk membu…
This open access book aims to provide the reader with some basic insight into the AI Act (REGULATION (EU) 2024/1689) and its relevance for the development of high-risk AI systems. It covers all aspects relevant in a safety plan that should serve as the foundation for developing future safety cases for AI safety systems. The topics include e.g. the system definition; hardware, software and its l…
Organizations must gain insights into often fragmented and isolated data assets and overcome data silos to profitably leverage data as a strategic resource. Data catalogs are an increasingly popular approach to achieving these objectives. Despite the perceived importance of data catalogs in practice, relatively little research exists on how to design corporate data catalogs. It is also obvi…