This book captures the current challenges in automatic recognition of emotion in spontaneous speech and makes an effort to explain, elaborate, and propose possible solutions. Intelligent human–computer interaction (iHCI) systems thrive on several technologies like automatic speech recognition (ASR); speaker identification; language identification; image and video recognition; affect/mood/emotion analysis; and recognition, to name a few. Given the importance of spontaneity in any human–machine conversational speech, reliable recognition of emotion from naturally spoken spontaneous speech is crucial. While emotions, when explicitly demonstrated by an actor, are easy for a machine to recognize, the same is not true in the case of day-to-day, naturally spoken spontaneous speech. The book explores several reasons behind this, but one of the main reasons for this is that people, especially non-actors, do not explicitly demonstrate their emotion when they speak, thus making it difficult for machines to distinguish one emotion from another that is embedded in their spoken speech. This short book, based on some of authors’ previously published books, in the area of audio emotion analysis, identifies the practical challenges in analysing emotions in spontaneous speech and puts forward several possible solutions that can assist in robustly determining the emotions expressed in spontaneous speech.
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<p>This book is the first study of the development and decolonization of a British colonial high court in Africa. It traces the history of the High Court of Tanzania from its establishment in 1920 to the end of its institutional process of decolonization in 1971. This process involved disentangling the High Court from colonial state structures and imperial systems that were built on racial inequality while simultaneously increasing the independence of the judiciary and application of British judicial principles.  Feingold weaves together the rich history of the Court with a discussion of its judges – both as members of the British Colonial Legal Service and as individuals – to explore the impacts and intersections of imperial policies, national politics, and individual initiative. <i>Colonial Justice and Decolonization in the High Court of Tanzania</i> is a powerful reminder of the crucial roles played by common law courts in the operation and legitimization of both colonial and post-colonial states. </p>
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<b>Une remise en question du déterminisme génétique</b> <br> <br>Une révolution se produit actuellement en biologie. Les êtres vivants ne sont pas gouvernés par un programme génétique omnipotent. Il est maintenant clairement démontré que le hasard se niche au coeur des organismes, dans le fonctionnement des gènes et des cellules, et y joue un rôle encore largement sous-exploré. Alors que pendant longtemps, la biologie a été dominée par des théories finalistes puis « déterministes », les résultats expérimentaux obtenus ces toutes dernières années annoncent un changement de perspective radical. La nouvelle biologie, par son caractère probabiliste, rendra caduque l’idée même de programme et de déterminisme génétique – conception communément qualifiée de thèse du « tout génétique » – forgée à la suite de ce qu’il a été convenu d’appeler le « dogme central de la biologie moléculaire » (Francis Crick, 1958). Mais, cette nouvelle biologie ne doit pas être comprise comme une négation des acquis antérieurs de la biologie moléculaire. Bien au contraire, elle constitue une extension de la conception physico-chimique du vivant. Inévitablement, elle aura également de profondes conséquences philosophiques. En effet, ce n’est pas seulement le finalisme – religieux ou immanent – qui est de facto évacué, mais c’est encore la conception cartésienne de l’animal-machine qui doit être abandonnée. Si l’homme est une machine, il est aussi un homme-aléatoire ! <br>Les principaux aspects, expérimentaux et théoriques, de cette révolution et les débats philosophiques qu’elle suscite sont exposés ici par les meilleurs spécialistes, biologistes et philosophes. La question passionnante qui s’ouvre alors consiste à comprendre comment, à partir du hasard moléculaire, se construit le vivant. <br> <br> <b>Plongez dans une réflexion relative aux conséquences philosophiques d'une révolution de la pensée scientifique : la notion de hasard moléculaire.</b> <br> <br>EXTRAIT <br> <br>La recherche sur le cancer vit un moment décisif. Il est possible d’y observer d’une part le fonctionnement d’une science « normale », en ce sens que les théories génétiques qui servent de paradigme depuis des décennies se perpétuent en s’adaptant aux données sur les cellules souches cancéreuses. Mais d’autre part, l’observateur attentif peut aussi assister à l’élévation d’un certain nombre de voix discordantes qui vont parfois jusqu’à nier toute implication des altérations génétiques dans le développement du cancer. Ces controverses sont le fruit de l’accumulation de résultats qui vont à l’encontre des théories génétiques dominantes. Ces résultats expérimentaux démontrent notamment le rôle crucial que joue l’environnement cellulaire et tissulaire dans l’initiation et la progression de la maladie. <br> <br>À PROPOS DES AUTEURS <br> <br> <b>Jean-Jacques Kupiec</b> est biologiste moléculaire, Inserm et Centre Cavaillès, ENS Paris. Corrélativement à ses travaux de biologie molécu...
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Helena Hartmann examines the crucial concepts of cognitive empathy, emotional egocentricity and social pain of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She thereby provides valuable insights into the investigation of social cognition of both the neurotypical as well as autistic population. Since past research has revealed that individuals with ASD often face problems regarding cognitive empathy, they might also exhibit more difficulties in correctly classifying and distinguishing feelings of themselves and other people. In order to verify this hypothesis, one group with and one without ASD underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while playing Cyberball, a virtual ball-toss game known to create feelings of social inclusion or exclusion. These findings should not only expand former research but also contribute to a better understanding of the social and emotional impairments of this group. <p> <br><br> </p>
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This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of unbundling and, in particular, ownership unbundling policies from the perspective of international economic law. It does so by focusing on the prominent example of the EU’s energy sector and its Third Energy Package. Unbundling has become an increasingly crucial competition instrument in network-bound industries worldwide. It is designed to ensure access to bottleneck infrastructures on fair and non-discriminatory terms and thus to suppress the anti-competitive potential deriving from vertical integration in natural monopoly situations. While promoting important public policy objectives, unbundling policies have also raised a number of legal issues. This book analyzes how international economic law limits the adoption and maintenance of unbundling and related measures and also outlines how international trade law can play a ‘positive’ role in this field. As a result, it provides a valuable reference for academics, practitioners and policy-makers.
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<p>This book is the eighth volume in a series entitled “Contemporary Logistics in China,” authored by researchers from the Logistics Research Center at Nankai University. In the spirit of the seven preceding annual volumes, this book carries on the ideal of providing a systematic exposition on the logistics development in China for the English-speaking community at large. Specially, this volume captures China’s logistics development at a crucial turning point. </p> This present report consists of ten chapters, organized into three sections. The introductory section, consisting of three chapters, depicts the current development status of the logistics market, the logistics facilities and technology, and the regional logistics market. The second section addresses the logistics characteristics of four rapidly expanding industries in China—the third-party logistics, the highway logistics, the express logistics, and the multimodal transport. The final section, consisting of three chapters, discusses some hot logistics topics in China. Chapter 8 studies the capital operation in China’s logistics industry. The next chapter deals with the development of intelligent logistics in China. The last chapter of this section presents the development of regional logistics along the Belt and Road routes. <br> <p></p> <p>As with the previous volumes, the ultimate aim of this book is to present a timely portrait of the rapid growth of China’s logistics market and the status quo of its logistics industry.  In so doing, the book offers an in-depth analysis of critical issues involved in the ongoing dynamic and multi-faceted development, and provides a valuable reference resource for interested readers in the academic and professional fields.<br></p>
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<p>This book explores the evolution of Canadian and Australian national identities in the era of decolonization by evaluating educational policies in Ontario, Canada, and Victoria, Australia. Drawing on sources such as textbooks and curricula, the book argues that Britishness, a sense of imperial citizenship connecting white Anglo-Saxons across the British Empire, continued to be a crucial marker of national identity in both Australia and Canada until the late 1960s and early 1970s, when educators in Ontario and Victoria abandoned Britishness in favor of multiculturalism. Chapters explore how textbooks portrayed imperialism, the close relationship between religious education and Britishness, and efforts to end assimilationist Anglocentrism and promote equality in education. The book contributes to British World scholarship by demonstrating how decolonization precipitated a massive search for identity in Ontario and Victoria that continues to challenge educators and policy-makers today.</p>
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<p>This proceedings volume explores the concept of civil society as an engine for economic and social well-being. Featuring contributions from the 2017 Griffiths School of Management and IT Annual Conference on Business, Entrepreneurship and Ethics (GMSAC) held in Oradea, Romania, this volume provides different perspectives, emerging studies and trends that are crucial to the further understanding of the interconnection of civil society, economic development and social stability. The enclosed contributions address key topics such as a) the ways in which national, regional and local governments are best equipped to support economic and social development, b) how government, business and non-profit sectors can support economic and social stability and c) the ways in which growing economies’ active societies can strengthen civil society. </p> <p> </p> <p>Research and practice have proven that there is a great potential for civil society organizations to support socio-economic well-being, both directly and indirectly. As a result, the interplay between civil society, economics and social well-being is highly relevant to current business and economic research and is a topic of discussion by academics and practitioners in the government, business and non-profit sectors. This volume showcases some of the current research, cases and discussions in this area from an interdisciplinary, global perspective. </p> <p> </p> <p>Featuring contributions exploring timely subjects such as consumer behavior, the hospitality industry, education, corporate social responsibility (CSR), banking, health care, and semiotics, this book is appropriate for researchers, academics and policy makers in economic and social development, business ethics and sustainability. </p> <br>
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