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Looking within :a sociocultural examination of fetoscopy
An ethnographic study of fetoscopy that considers both the broader cultural context of this high-risk obstetrical procedure and the patient's individual experience.In Looking Within, Deborah Blizzard examines the high-risk in utero surgery known as fetoscopy, considering it as both cutting-edge medical technology and as a sociocultural construction of patients, their social networks, and medica…
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages).
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About face
"A Bradford book."What is special about the face, and what happens when neurological conditions make expression or comprehension of the face unavailable? Through a mix of science, autobiography, case studies, and speculation, Jonathan Cole shows the importance not only of facial expressions for communication among individuals but also of facial embodiment for our sense of self. Drawing on work …
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- 9780262270618
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- 1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) :illustrations
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The meaning of proofs :mathematics as storytelling
Translation of: Matematica come narrazione : raccontare la matematica."This book introduces readers to the narrative structure of mathematical proofs and why mathematicians communicate that way, drawing examples from classic literature and employing metaphors and imagery"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262371030
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Accessing and browsing information and communication
This book contends that accessing and browsing information and communication are multidimensional and consequential aspects of the information user's entire experience and of general human behavior. Problems in information creation, processing, transmittal, and use often arise from an incomplete conceptualization of the "information seeking" process, where information seeking is viewed as the i…
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- 9780262256865
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 357 pages) :illustrations
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Consciousness, Color, and Content
"A Bradford book."Experiences and feelings are inherently conscious states. There is something it is like to feel pain, to have an itch, to experience bright red. Philosophers call this sort of consciousness "phenomenal consciousness." Even though phenomenal consciousness seems to be a relatively primitive matter, something more widespread in nature than higher-order or reflective consciousness…
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- 9780262285315
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages).
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Constraint-Based Grammar Formalisms: Parsing and Type Inference for Natural a…
Constraint-Based Grammar Formalisms provides the first rigorous mathematical and computational basis for this important area. Constraint-based theories of grammar and grammar formalisms are becoming an increasingly widespread area of research in computational linguistics. Constraint-Based Grammar Formalisms provides the first rigorous mathematical and computational basis for this important area…
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- 9780262283519
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- 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) :illustrations
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Actors :a model of concurrent computation in distributed systems
The transition from sequential to parallel computation is an area of critical concern in today's computer technology, particularly in architecture, programming languages, systems, and artificial intelligence. This book addresses central issues in concurrency, and by producing both a syntactic definition and a denotational model of Hewitt's actor paradigm--a model of computation specifically aim…
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- 9780262255554
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- 1 online resource (ix, 144 pages) :illustrations.
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Advanced topics in types and programming languages
A thorough and accessible introduction to a range of key ideas in type systems for programming language.The study of type systems for programming languages now touches many areas of computer science, from language design and implementation to software engineering, network security, databases, and analysis of concurrent and distributed systems. This book offers accessible introductions to key id…
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- 9780262281591
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 574 pages) :illustrations
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Advances in genetic programming.
"A Bradford book."Available through MITCogNet.There is increasing interest in genetic programming by both researchers and professional software developers. These twenty-two invited contributions show how a wide variety of problems across disciplines can be solved using this new paradigm.There is increasing interest in genetic programming by both researchers and professional software developers.…
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- 9780262277181
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- 1 online resource (ix, 476 pages) :illustrations.
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Advances in genetic programming.
Genetic programming, a form of genetic algorithm that evolves programs and program-like executable structures, is a new paradigm for developing reliable, time- and cost-effective applications. The second volume of Advances in Genetic Programming highlights many of the most recent technical advances in this increasingly popular field.Genetic programming, a form of genetic algorithm that evolves …
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- 9780262290791
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- 1 online resource (xi, 538 pages) :illustrations.
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