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The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across A Shrinking Planet
by Kyle Hegarty"This is the Indiana Jones of international business." Csaba Toth An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization. The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world. As Managing Director of TSL Marketing's Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures. Readers will learn:· Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualty· How to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandings· Cross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to know· The art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding people· What outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communication· How to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Accidentally Wes Anderson
by Wally KovalA visual adventure of Wes Anderson proportions, authorized by the legendary filmmaker himself: stunning photographs of real-life places that seem plucked from the just-so world of his films, presented with fascinating human stories behind each façade. Accidentally Wes Anderson began as a personal travel bucket list, a catalog of visually striking and historically unique destinations that capture the imagined worlds of Wes Anderson. <P><P> Now, inspired by a community of more than one million Adventurers, Accidentally Wes Anderson tells the stories behind more than 200 of the most beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on Earth. This book, authorized by Wes Anderson himself, travels to every continent and into your own backyard to identify quirky landmarks and undiscovered gems: places you may have passed by, some you always wanted to explore, and many you never knew existed. Fueled by a vision for distinctive design, stunning photography, and unexpected narratives, Accidentally Wes Anderson is a passport to inspiration and adventure. Perfect for modern travelers and fans of Wes Anderson's distinctive aesthetic, this is an invitation to look at your world through a different lens. <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Acting Chinese: An Intermediate-Advanced Course in Discourse and Behavioral Culture 行为汉语
by Yanfang Tang Kunshan Carolyn Lee Li Xu Jin Zhang Peng YuActing Chinese is a year-long course that, together with the companion website, integrates language learning with the acquisition of cultural knowledge, and treats culture as an integral part of human behavior and communication. Using modern day examples of Chinese discourse and behavioral culture, it trains students to perform in culturally appropriate fashion, whilst developing a systematic awareness and knowledge about Chinese philosophy, values and belief systems that will prepare them for further advanced study of Chinese language and culture. Each lesson contains simulated real-life communication scenarios that aim to provide a concrete opportunity to see how native speakers generally communicate or behave in social situations. An essential guide for intermediate to advanced level second language learners, Acting Chinese provides a unique and modern approach to the acquisition of both cultural knowledge and language proficiency.
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
by Thomas RidThis revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farmsWe live in the age of disinformation—of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in facts. Thomas Rid, a renowned expert on technology and national security, was one of the first to sound the alarm. More than four months before the 2016 election, he warned that Russian military intelligence was “carefully planning and timing a high-stakes political campaign" to disrupt the democratic process. But as crafty as such so-called active measures have become, they are not new. The story of modern disinformation begins with the post-Russian Revolution clash between communism and capitalism, which would come to define the Cold War. In Active Measures, Rid reveals startling intelligence and security secrets from materials written in more than ten languages across several nations, and from interviews with current and former operatives. He exposes the disturbing yet colorful history of professional, organized lying, revealing for the first time some of the century’s most significant operations—many of them nearly beyond belief. A White Russian ploy backfires and brings down a New York police commissioner; a KGB-engineered, anti-Semitic hate campaign creeps back across the Iron Curtain; the CIA backs a fake publishing empire, run by a former Wehrmacht U-boat commander, that produces Germany’s best jazz magazine. Rid tracks the rise of leaking, and shows how spies began to exploit emerging internet culture many years before WikiLeaks. Finally, he sheds new light on the 2016 election, especially the role of the infamous “troll farm” in St. Petersburg as well as a much more harmful attack that unfolded in the shadows.Active Measures takes the reader on a guided tour deep into a vast hall of mirrors old and new, pointing to a future of engineered polarization, more active and less measured—but also offering the tools to cut through the deception.
Activism and Rhetoric: Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement
by Seth Kahn JongHwa LeeThe second edition of this formative collection offers analysis of the work rhetoric plays in the principles and practices of today’s culture of democratic activism. Editors JongHwa Lee and Seth Kahn—and their diverse contributors working in communication and composition studies both within and outside academia—provide explicit articulation of how activist rhetoric differs from the kinds of deliberative models that rhetoric has exalted for centuries, contextualized through and by contributors’ everyday lives, work, and interests. New to this edition are attention to Black Lives Matter, the transgender community, social media environments, globalization, and environmental activism. Simultaneously challenging and accessible, Activism and Rhetoric: Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement is a must-read for students and scholars who are interested in or actively engaged in rhetoric, composition, political communication, and social justice.
Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art: Process and Practice (Adaptation in Theatre and Performance)
by Bernadette Cronin Rachel MagShamhráin Nikolai PreuschoffThis book examines the processes of adaptation across a number of intriguing case studies and media. Turning its attention from the 'what' to the 'how' of adaptation, it serves to re-situate the discourse of adaptation studies, moving away from the hypotheses that used to haunt it, such as fidelity, to questions of how texts, authors and other creative practitioners (always understood as a plurality) engage in dialogue with one another across cultures, media, languages, genders and time itself. With fifteen chapters across fields including fine art and theory, drama and theatre, and television, this interdisciplinary volume considers adaptation across the creative and performance arts, with a single focus on the collaborative.
Adaptive Filtering: Algorithms and Practical Implementation (The\springer International Series In Engineering And Computer Science Ser. #694)
by Paulo S. DinizIn the fifth edition of this textbook, author Paulo S.R. Diniz presents updated text on the basic concepts of adaptive signal processing and adaptive filtering. He first introduces the main classes of adaptive filtering algorithms in a unified framework, using clear notations that facilitate actual implementation. Algorithms are described in tables, which are detailed enough to allow the reader to verify the covered concepts. Examples address up-to-date problems drawn from actual applications. Several chapters are expanded and a new chapter ‘Kalman Filtering’ is included. The book provides a concise background on adaptive filtering, including the family of LMS, affine projection, RLS, set-membership algorithms and Kalman filters, as well as nonlinear, sub-band, blind, IIR adaptive filtering, and more. Problems are included at the end of chapters. A MATLAB package is provided so the reader can solve new problems and test algorithms. The book also offers easy access to working algorithms for practicing engineers.
Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering: Proceedings of ICACIE 2018, Volume 1 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1082)
by Rajkumar Buyya Kuan-Ching Li Bibudhendu Pati Chhabi Rani PanigrahiThis book gathers high-quality research papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering (ICACIE 2018). It includes sections describing technical advances and the latest research in the fields of computing and intelligent engineering. Intended for graduate students and researchers working in the disciplines of computer science and engineering, the proceedings will also appeal to researchers in the field of electronics, as they cover hardware technologies and future communication technologies.
Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering: Proceedings of ICACIE 2018, Volume 2 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1089)
by Rajkumar Buyya Kuan-Ching Li Bibudhendu Pati Chhabi Rani PanigrahiThis book gathers high-quality research papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering (ICACIE 2018). It includes sections describing technical advances and the latest research in the fields of computing and intelligent engineering. Intended for graduate students and researchers working in the disciplines of computer science and engineering, the proceedings will also appeal to researchers in the field of electronics, as they cover hardware technologies and future communication technologies.
Advanced Graphic Communication, Printing and Packaging Technology: Proceedings of 2019 10th China Academic Conference on Printing and Packaging (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #600)
by Min Xu Li Yang Pengfei Zhao Zhuangzhi YeThis book includes a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 10th China Academic Conference on Printing and Packaging, which was held in Xi'an, China, on November 14–17, 2019. The conference was jointly organized by the China Academy of Printing Technology, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, and Shaanxi University of Science and Technology. With 9 keynote talks and 118 papers on graphic communication and packaging technologies, the conference attracted more than 300 scientists.The proceedings cover the latest findings in a broad range of areas, including color science and technology, image processing technology, digital media technology, mechanical and electronic engineering, Information Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Technology, materials and detection, digital process management technology in printing and packaging, and other technologies. As such, the book appeals to university researchers, R&D engineers and graduate students in the graphic arts, packaging, color science, image science, material science, computer science, digital media, and network technology.
Advanced Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering: MUE/FutureTech 2019 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #590)
by James J. Park Laurence T. Yang Young-Sik Jeong Fei HaoThis book presents the combined proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE 2019) and the 14th International Conference on Future Information Technology (Future Tech 2019), both held in Xi'an, China, April 24 - 26, 2019. The aim of these two meetings was to promote discussion and interaction among academics, researchers and professionals in the field of ubiquitous computing technologies. These proceedings reflect the state of the art in the development of computational methods, involving theory, algorithms, numerical simulation, error and uncertainty analysis and novel applications of new processing techniques in engineering, science, and other disciplines related to ubiquitous computing.
Advances in Automation: Proceedings of the International Russian Automation Conference, RusAutoCon 2019, September 8-14, 2019, Sochi, Russia (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #641)
by Andrey A. Radionov Alexander S. KarandaevThis book reports on innovative research and developments in automation.The chapters spans a wide range of disciplines, including communication engineering, power engineering, control engineering, instrumentation,signal processing and cybersecurity. Emphasis is given to methods and findings aimed at fostering better control and monitoring of industrial and manufacturing processes, and improving safety. Based on the International Russian Automation Conference, held in September 8-14, 2019, in Sochi,Russia, the book provides academics and professionals with a timely overview and extensive information on the state of the art in the field of automation and control systems, and is expected to foster new idea, as well as collaboration between different groups in different countries.
Advances in Communication, Devices and Networking: Proceedings of ICCDN 2019 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #662)
by Rabindranath Bera Chuan-Ming Liu Prashant Chandra Pradhan Sourav Dhar Samarendra Nath SurThis book covers recent trends in the field of devices, wireless communication and networking. It gathers selected papers presented at the International Conference on Communication, Devices and Networking (ICCDN 2019), which was organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, India, on 9–10 December 2019. Gathering cutting-edge research papers prepared by researchers, engineers and industry professionals, it will help young and experienced scientists and developers alike to explore new perspectives, and offer them inspirations on how to address real-world problems in the areas of electronics, communication, devices and networking.
Advances in Communication, Signal Processing, VLSI, and Embedded Systems: Select Proceedings of VSPICE 2019 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #614)
by Shubhakar Kalya Muralidhar Kulkarni K. S. ShivaprakashaThis book comprises selected peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on VLSI, Signal Processing, Power Systems, Illumination and Lighting Control, Communication and Embedded Systems (VSPICE-2019). The contents are divided into five broad topics - VLSI and embedded systems, signal processing, power systems, illumination and control, and communication and networking. The book focuses on the latest innovations, trends, and challenges encountered in the different areas of electronics and communication, and electrical engineering. It also offers potential solutions and provides an insight into various emerging areas such as image fusion, bio-sensors, and underwater sensor networks. This book can prove to be useful for academics and professionals interested in the various sub-fields of electronics and communication engineering.
Advances in Communication Systems and Networks: Select Proceedings of ComNet 2019 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #656)
by J. Jayakumari George K. Karagiannidis Maode Ma Syed Akhter HossainThis book presents the selected peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (ComNet) 2019. Highlighting the latest findings, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of advanced communication systems and networking, it covers a variety of topics, including next-generation wireless technologies such as 5G, new hardware platforms, antenna design, applications of artificial intelligence (AI), signal processing and optimization techniques. Given its scope, this book can be useful for beginners, researchers and professionals working in wireless communication and networks, and other allied fields.
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Informatics: Proceedings of ICACII 2019 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #119)
by Raghavendra Rao Chillarige Salvatore Distefano Sandeep Singh RawatThis book is a collection of outstanding papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence and Informatics (ICACII 2019), organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions (AGI), Hyderabad, on 20–21 December 2019. It includes innovative ideas and new research findings in the field of Computational Intelligence and Informatics that will benefit researchers, scientists, technocrats, academics and engineers alike. The areas covered include high-performance systems, data science and analytics, computational intelligence and expert systems, cloud computing, computer networks and emerging technologies.
Advances in Computer Science and Ubiquitous Computing: CSA-CUTE 2018 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #536)
by James J. Park Doo-Soon Park Young-Sik Jeong Yi PanThis book presents the combined proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (CSA 2018) and the 13th KIPS International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications (CUTE 2018), both held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 17 - 19, 2018. The aim of these two meetings was to promote discussion and interaction among academics, researchers and professionals in the field of ubiquitous computing technologies. These proceedings reflect the state of the art in the development of computational methods, involving theory, algorithms, numerical simulation, error and uncertainty analysis and novel applications of new processing techniques in engineering, science, and other disciplines related to ubiquitous computing.
Advances in Cyber Security Analytics and Decision Systems (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Shishir K. Shandilya Neal Wagner Atulya K. NagarThis book contains research contributions from leading cyber security scholars from around the world. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of various cyber security topics, while highlighting recent trends. The book also contains a compendium of definitions and explanations of concepts, processes, acronyms, and comprehensive references on existing literature and research on cyber security and analytics, information sciences, decision systems, digital forensics, and related fields. As a whole, the book is a solid reference for dynamic and innovative research in the field, with a focus on design and development of future-ready cyber security measures. Topics include defenses against ransomware, phishing, malware, botnets, insider threats, and many others.
Advances in Cybernetics, Cognition, and Machine Learning for Communication Technologies (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #643)
by Vinit Kumar Gunjan Sabrina Senatore Amit Kumar Xiao-Zhi Gao Suresh MeruguThis book highlights recent advances in Cybernetics, Machine Learning and Cognitive Science applied to Communications Engineering and Technologies, and presents high-quality research conducted by experts in this area. It provides a valuable reference guide for students, researchers and industry practitioners who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in this dynamic, exciting and interesting research field of communication engineering, driven by next-generation IT-enabled techniques. The book will also benefit practitioners whose work involves the development of communication systems using advanced cybernetics, data processing, swarm intelligence and cyber-physical systems; applied mathematicians; and developers of embedded and real-time systems. Moreover, it shares insights into applying concepts from Machine Learning, Cognitive Science, Cybernetics and other areas of artificial intelligence to wireless and mobile systems, control systems and biomedical engineering.
Advances in Data and Information Sciences: Proceedings of ICDIS 2019 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #94)
by Krishn K. Mishra Shailesh Tiwari Munesh C. Trivedi Mohan L. KolheThis book gathers a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Data and Information Sciences (ICDIS 2019), held at Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Agra, India, on March 29–30, 2019. In chapters written by leading researchers, developers, and practitioner from academia and industry, it covers virtually all aspects of computational sciences and information security, including central topics like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data. Highlighting the latest developments and technical solutions, it will show readers from the computer industry how to capitalize on key advances in next-generation computer and communication technology.
Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies: Select Proceedings of ICAECT 2019 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #672)
by Thangaprakash Sengodan M. Murugappan Sanjay MisraThe book comprises select proceedings of the first International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies 2019 (ICAECT 2019). The papers presented in this book are peer reviewed and cover wide range of topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering fields. This book contains the papers presenting the latest developments in the areas of Electrical, Electronics, Communication systems and Computer Science such as smart grids, soft computing techniques in power systems, smart energy management systems, power electronics, feedback control systems, biomedical engineering, geo informative systems, grid computing, data mining, image and signal processing, video processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, cloud computing, pervasive computing, intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, neural network and fuzzy logic, broad band communication, mobile and optical communication, network security, VLSI, embedded systems, optical networks and wireless communication. This book will be of great use to the researchers and students in the areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Communication systems and Computer Science.
Advances in Information and Communication: Proceedings of the 2019 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), Volume 2 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #70)
by Kohei Arai Rahul Bhatia<p>This book presents a remarkable collection of chapters that cover a wide range of topics in the areas of information and communication technologies and their real-world applications. It gathers the Proceedings of the Future of Information and Communication Conference 2019 (FICC 2019), held in San Francisco, USA from March 14 to 15, 2019. The conference attracted a total of 462 submissions from pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. Following a double-blind peer review process, 160 submissions (including 15 poster papers) were ultimately selected for inclusion in these proceedings. <p>The papers highlight relevant trends in, and the latest research on: Communication, Data Science, Ambient Intelligence, Networking, Computing, Security, and the Internet of Things. Further, they address all aspects of Information Science and communication technologies, from classical to intelligent, and both the theory and applications of the latest technologies and methodologies. <p>Gathering chapters that discuss state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems, along with future research directions, the book represents both an interesting read and a valuable asset.</p>
Advances in Information and Communication: Proceedings of the 2020 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), Volume 2 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1130)
by Kohei Arai Supriya Kapoor Rahul BhatiaThis book presents high-quality research on the concepts and developments in the field of information and communication technologies, and their applications. It features 134 rigorously selected papers (including 10 poster papers) from the Future of Information and Communication Conference 2020 (FICC 2020), held in San Francisco, USA, from March 5 to 6, 2020, addressing state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems along with a vision of future research.Discussing various aspects of communication, data science, ambient intelligence, networking, computing, security and Internet of Things, the book offers researchers, scientists, industrial engineers and students valuable insights into the current research and next generation information science and communication technologies.
Advances in Information and Communication: Proceedings of the 2020 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), Volume 1 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1129)
by Kohei Arai Supriya Kapoor Rahul BhatiaThis book presents high-quality research on the concepts and developments in the field of information and communication technologies, and their applications. It features 134 rigorously selected papers (including 10 poster papers) from the Future of Information and Communication Conference 2020 (FICC 2020), held in San Francisco, USA, from March 5 to 6, 2020, addressing state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems along with a vision of future researchDiscussing various aspects of communication, data science, ambient intelligence, networking, computing, security and Internet of Things, the book offers researchers, scientists, industrial engineers and students valuable insights into the current research and next generation information science and communication technologies.
Advances in Information Technologies, Telecommunication, and Radioelectronics (Innovation and Discovery in Russian Science and Engineering)
by Stavros Syngellakis Sergey I. Kumkov Sergey ShabuninThe book is devoted to problems of information technologies (description and processing signals, especially ones corrupted by noises and disturbances) and to problems of telecommunications and production of advanced equipment in radio-electronics developed at the Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia. It describes the contemporary state of the art and the development of methods for solving problems of signal processing and building equipment for practical solutions. The volume is mainly a collection of ideas, techniques and results in the field of video information technologies and various related applications of numerical methods. It comprises 18 chapters grouped under four main topics: image processing and computer vision, signal processing and navigation, simulation of some practical processes and computations for antennas, and applications of microwaves. The research described in this volume is addressed to a wide audience of scientists, engineers and mathematicians involved in the above mentioned four scientific topics.