<p>This book highlights the field of selfie biometrics, providing a clear overview and presenting recent advances and challenges. It also discusses numerous selfie authentication techniques on mobile devices. Biometric authentication using mobile devices is becoming a convenient and important means of verifying identity for secured access and services such as telebanking and electronic transactions. In this context, face and ocular biometrics in the visible spectrum has gained increased attention from the research community. </p> <p>However, device mobility and operation in uncontrolled environments mean that facial and ocular images captured with mobile devices exhibit substantial degradation as a result of adverse lighting conditions, specular reflections and motion and defocus blur. In addition, low spatial resolution and the small sensor of front-facing mobile cameras further degrade the sample quality, reducing the recognition accuracy of face and ocular recognition technology when integrated into smartphones.</p> <p>Presenting the state of the art in mobile biometric research and technology, and offering an overview of the potential problems in real-time integration of biometrics in mobile devices, this book is a valuable resource for final-year undergraduate students, postgraduate students, engineers, researchers and academics in various fields of computer engineering.<br></p>
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Designed in a small-format for practical reading and point-of-care setting use, this work presents the most up-to-date concepts on breast diseases. The main objective of this book is to propagate current knowledge of the most frequent breast diseases, being a quick reference, evidence-based manual covering the major clinical scenarios in mastology. The essence of the work can be summarized in the following sentence: "access to maximum content in the least amount of time.” <p></p> <p>The book contains data that will allow readers to understand and treat patients with different complaints and diseases. Each chapter presents a flow chart and a summary of the five major publications on the subject. This is unique in comparison with other books in this medical specialty.</p> Developed by a team of international expert specialists who deal with breast pathologies on a daily basis, the book also includes additional contributions from experienced, renowned professionals in interdisciplinary specialties related to the main area. <p></p> This book will be of interest to physicians who deal with breast diseases and wish to improve their knowledge through exposure to state-of-the-art data and best practices advice. It is also directed to medical students and residents in training within mastology. <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>(This title was originally published in Portuguese by the Brazilian publisher Atheneu in 2011 and has sold very well and gone into a third edition, published in 2017.  The Editors have all English language rights, detailed in the attached contract, although it is in Portuguese).</i> <div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> </div> </div>
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<p>Chagas disease is a potentially life threatening condition that was historically mainly endemic to Latin America. Over the last decade, however, the disease has spread to and is increasingly prevalent in other continents such as North America and Europe, with an estimated 7 million people infected worldwide. It is primarily transmitted by insect vectors that carry the parasite <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>, the disease agent. In areas where there is vector control and in non-endemic countries, it is mainly transmitted via congenital infection. Cardiac and gastrointestinal complications are common in untreated individuals.</p>This book offers a comprehensive overview of Chagas disease, including its vectorial and congenital transmission, and molecular diagnosis, which is essential for screening, and developing and providing timely, effective anti-trypanosomal treatment. Written by experts working with infected patients on a daily basis, it discusses the pathogenesis of congenital, cardiac, gastrointestinal and oral Chagas disease, as well as its treatment and the pharmacological aspects of drug development in this area. <p></p> <p>Chapter "Chagas Disease Treatment Efficacy Biomarkers: Myths and Realities" is available open access under a via link.springer.com.<br></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p>
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Industrie 4.0 und Internet of Things versprechen eine bessere Planbarkeit der Fertigungsverläufe, optimale Kapazitätsauslastungen und ideale Entscheidungsgrundlagen durch schnellere Datenverfügbarkeit. Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie Produktionscontrolling für Industrie 4.0 aussehen kann und stellt Ihnen die wichtigsten Konzepte, Instrumente und Kennzahlen vor. Lernen Sie grundlegende Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten durch Industrie 4.0 kennen und werden Sie so Ihrer Rolle als wirtschaftlicher Berater gerecht. Inhalte: - Selbstverständnis, Aufgaben und Instrumente des Produktionscontrollings - Industrie 4.0: Die Digitalisierung von Produktion und Logistik und die Folgen für das Controlling - Plankostenrechnung: State of the Art und Zukunftsperspektiven - Predictive Maintenance: Zukunftsweisender Ansatz in der Instandhaltung - Erfolgsbeitrag von Produktionswerken mit zwei einfachen Kennzahlen steuern - Produktionscontrolling im Mittelstand auf Basis von Excel und Access
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If you want to avoid making bad investments in residential real estate, you have to abandon traditional market valuation methods. Their weakness is that they calculate the value of real estate by only selective means rather than over the entire investment cycle. This often leads to incorrect forecasts. With the Dynamic Method, George Salden presents for the first time an instrument that takes the dynamic value development of a property into account and thus creates a better basis for your investment decision-making. Contents: - Overview of valuation and real estate valuation procedures - The dynamic method in detail - The residential property in the capital marketExtra: - Access to the valuation software developed by the author (Testversion)
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Science Fiction von Harvey Patton Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 139 Taschenbuchseiten. Als die KOSMOS III von einer Erkundungsreise nach rund 22 Jahren ins Sonnensystem zurückkehrt, müssen die Raumfahrer entsetzt feststellen, dass bis auf eine kleine Marskolonie alle Menschen der Erde durch einen verheerenden Virus getötet wurden. Da auch das Sol-System vom Untergang bedroht ist, entschließen sich die wenigen Überlebenden einen neuen Planeten zu suchen. Auf dem Weg dorthin finden sie jedoch einen Planeten, in dessen Untergrund ein ganzes Volk in Not ist. Bleibt genug Zeit, um die Energieversorgung des sterbenden Volkes zu aktivieren, oder steht die Rettung der letzten siebenhundert Menschen im Vordergrund?
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Practice your way to a higher statistics score The adage that "practice makes perfect" is never truer than with math problems. Statistics Workbook For Dummies with Online Practice provides succinct content reviews for every topic, with plenty of examples and practice problems for each concept, in the book and online. Every lesson begins with a concept review, followed by a few example problems and plenty of practice problems. There's a step-by-step solution for every problem, with tips and tricks to help with comprehension and retention. New for this edition, free online practice quizzes for each chapter provide extra opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding. * Get FREE access to chapter quizzes in an online test bank * Work along with each chapter or use the test bank for final exam review * Discover which statistical measures are most meaningful Scoring high in your Statistics class has never been easier!
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<p>Learn how to detect and prevent the hacking of medical equipment at hospitals and healthcare facilities. A cyber-physical attack on building equipment pales in comparison to the damage a determined hacker can do if he/she gains access to a medical-grade network as a medical-grade network controls the diagnostic, treatment, and life support equipment on which lives depend.</p> <p>News reports inform us how hackers strike hospitals with ransomware that prevents staff from accessing patient records or scheduling appointments. Unfortunately, medical equipment also can be hacked and shut down remotely as a form of extortion. Criminal hackers will not ask for a $500 payment to unlock an MRI, PET or CT scan, or X-ray machine—they will ask for much more.</p> <p>Litigation is bound to follow and the resulting punitive awards will drive up hospital insurance costs and healthcare costs in general. This will undoubtedly result in increased regulations for hospitals and higher costs for compliance. Unless hospitals and other healthcare facilities take the steps necessary to secure their medical-grade networks, they will be targeted for cyber-physical attack, possibly with life-threatening consequences.</p> <p></p> <p><em>Cybersecurity for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities</em> is a wake-up call explaining what hackers can do, why hackers would target a hospital, the way hackers research a target, ways hackers can gain access to a medical-grade network (cyber-attack vectors), and ways hackers hope to monetize their cyber-attack. By understanding and detecting the threats, you can take action now—before your hospital becomes the next victim.</p> <p><b>What You Will Learn:</b><br></p> <p></p> <ul> <li>Determine how vulnerable hospital and healthcare building equipment is to cyber-physical attack</li> <li>Identify possible ways hackers can hack hospital and healthcare facility equipment</li> <li>Recognize the cyber-attack vectors—or paths by which a hacker or cracker can gain access to a computer, a medical-grade network server, or expensive medical equipment in order to deliver a payload or malicious outcome</li> <li>Detect and prevent man-in-the-middle or denial-of-service cyber-attacks</li> <li>Find and prevent hacking of the hospital database and hospital web application</li> </ul> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><b>Who This Book Is For:</b></p> <p>Hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, hospital & healthcare facility engineers and building managers, hospital & healthcare facility IT professionals, and HIPAA professionals</p>
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