Reordering life :knowledge and control in the genomics revolution

How the regimes governing biological research changed during the genomics revolution, focusing on the Human Genome Project.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

'And' :conjunction reduction redux

In this book, Barry Schein argues that "and" is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. "And" always means "&," across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in natural language. Schein examines the constructions that challenge his thesis, and shows that the objections disappear when these constructions are translated into Eventish, a neo-Davidsonian event…

Anigrafs :experiments in cooperative cognitive architecture

"In this book, Whitman Richards offers a novel and provocative proposal for understanding decision making and human behavior. Building on Valentino Braitenberg's famous 'vehicles, ' Richards describes a collection of mental organisms that he calls 'daemons'--virtual correlates of neural modules. Daemons have favored choices and make decisions that control behaviors of the group to which they be…

The rationality quotient :toward a test of rational thinking

How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The genealogy of a gene :patents, HIV/AIDS, and race

In The Genealogy of a Gene, Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied "genealogy" of CCR5 -- intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Small Pharma, human diversity studies, personalized medicine, ancestry studies, and race and genomics -- Jackson links a myriad of diverse topics. The hi…

Robots in Care and Everyday Life

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-031-11447-2

Collation

-

Series Title

SpringerBriefs in Sociology

Call Number

IX, 130

Die Prämedikationsambulanz Analyse der Prozessqualität, Patientenzufrieden…

In diesem Open-Access-Buch beschäftigt sich der Universitätsmediziner, Manager und Gesundheitswissenschaftler Sandro Lorenz mit der Zufriedenheit von Patientinnen und Patienten in der Prämedikationsambulanz einer großen deutschen Universitätsklinik. Ein zusätzlicher Fokus liegt auf der präoperativen Angst im Vorfeld einer Narkose bzw. Operation. Der Autor plädiert dafür, dass diese zun…

Reasoning about rational agents

Salah satu tujuan ilmu komputer modern adalah merekayasa program komputer yang dapat bertindak sebagai agen rasional yang otonom; perangkat lunak yang dapat secara independen membuat keputusan yang baik tentang tindakan apa yang harus dilakukan atas nama kita dan melaksanakan tindakan tersebut. Aplikasinya berkisar dari program kecil yang secara cerdas mencari di Web untuk membeli dan menjual b…

Social Science Research in the Arab World and Beyond

This book presents and discusses the logic and method of social science research adapted mainly for instruction at Arab universities and for research in Arab countries, but with applicability beyond the region. It illustrates major concepts and methods pertaining to research with examples of previous studies carried out in the Arab world and with exercises using Arab Barometer and other dataset…

Representation and Recognition in Vision.

Shimon Edelman mendasarkan pendekatan komprehensif terhadap representasi visual pada gagasan tentang korespondensi antara kesamaan proksimal (internal) dan distal pada objek. Para peneliti telah lama berusaha memahami apa yang dilakukan otak saat kita melihat sebuah objek, apa kesamaan yang dimiliki dua orang saat mereka melihat objek yang sama, dan apa yang dibutuhkan mesin "penglihat" untuk m…