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Mediterranean Cities and Island Communities: Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient (Progress in IS)
by Anastasia Stratigea Dimitris KavroudakisThis book addresses the issue of smart and sustainable development in the Mediterranean (MED) region, a distinct part of the world, full of challenges and risks but also opportunities. Above all, the book focuses on smartening up small and medium-sized cities and insular communities, taking into account their geographical peculiarities, the pattern of MED urban settlements and the abundance of island complexes in the MED Basin. Taking for granted that sustainability in the MED is the overarching policy goal that needs to be served, the book explores different aspects of smartness in support of this goal’s achievement. In this respect, evidence from concrete smart developments adopted by forerunners in the MED region is collected and analyzed; coupled with experiences gathered from successful, non-MED, examples of smart efforts in European countries. More specifically, current research and empirical results from MED urban environments are discussed, as well as findings from or concerning other parts of the world, which are of relevance to the MED region. The book’s primary goal is to enable policymakers, planners and decision-making bodies to recognize the challenges and options available; and make to more informed policy decisions towards smart, sustainable, inclusive and resilient urban and regional futures in the MED.
Mediterranean Forum – Data Science Conference: First International Conference, MeFDATA 2020, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 24, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1343)
by Mehmed Kantardzic Jasminka Hasic TelalovicThis book constitutes selected and revised papers from the First Mediterranean Forum - Data Science Conference, MeFDATA 2020, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in October 2020. The 11 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from the 26 qualified submissions. The papers are organized in the topical sections on human behaviour and pandemic; applications in medicine; industrial applications; natural language processing.
Medium Hot: Images in The Age of Heat
by Hito SteyerlWHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE IMAGE IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?Hito Steyerl is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. Her work, both as an artist and a writer, has consistently challenged the political boundaries between art and technology. In this new collection of groundbreaking essays, she explores how AI, the use of large language models and the algorithmic creation of imagery transform our understanding of the world. She argues that such practices cannot be divorced from the economic and political conditions of the times.Medium Hot is a collection of scintillating meditations on the limits of art and technology: the essential handbook for the present conjuncture. The pieces here probe the manufacture and distribution of images in the age of AI and climate change. She asks whether art can be made not only by machines but for machines. She argues against the production of images that heat up the planet, disfranchise workers and fuel the arms trade, and questions whether such creations can even be called art.In an era of such rapid change, Steyerl does vital work investigating whether machine learning will infiltrate every aspect of our lives and what that means for the future.
Medizininformatik: Ein Kompendium für Studium und Praxis
by Martin DugasDas sich dynamisch entwickelnde Gebiet der Medizininformatik mit dem Ziel der Digitalisierung der Medizin wird im vorliegenden Buch kompakt dargestellt. Es soll einen umfassenden und verst#65533;ndlichen Einstieg in die Medizininformatik erm#65533;glichen. Im ersten Kapitel werden Grundbegriffe aus der Medizin erl#65533;utert, die f#65533;r Leser mit vorwiegend technischem Hintergrund wichtig sind. Das zweite Kapitel ist gedacht f#65533;r Leser mit medizinisch-biologischer Ausbildung und erl#65533;utert wichtige Informatikbegriffe. Im Anschluss daran werden die wichtigsten Teilgebiete der Medizininformatik vorgestellt, unter besonderer Ber#65533;cksichtigung des "Lernzielkatalogs Medizinische Informatik f#65533;r Studierende der Humanmedizin".
Meeting Common Core Technology Standards: Strategies For Grades 9-12 (First Edition)
by Valerie Morrison Stephanie Novak Tim Vanderwerff<P>Have you ever wished you had an instructional coach at your side to help align your curriculum with the tech-related indicators found in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)? <P>You're not alone. <P>Nearly all U.S. states have adopted Common Core, and teachers across the country are redesigning their lessons to meet the standards, including the edtech component. In this book (the fourth in a four-book series), you'll learn how to shift your instructional practice and integrate technology standards found within Common Core into high school curriculum. <P>This book: addresses issues that digital age able bodied students face and examines the importance of tailoring their learning experiences using technology; discusses technology needed to teach CCSS and shows how to address roadblocks to incorporating technology; explains how the CCSS are organized and offers a deep dive into the standards specific to grades 9-12; includes classroom-tested lesson ideas mapped to tech-related CCSS and ISTE Standards; and shares resources (apps, software and websites) that can be used in meeting CCSS.
Mega Man 3 (Boss Fight Books)
by Salvatore PaneCapcom's Keiji Inafune followed the unexpected success of Mega Man 2 with a kitchen sink sequel that included eight new robot masters, a canine companion, a mysterious new frenemy, and a melancholy tone that runs through the game from its soft opening notes. Mega Man 3 was the biggest, messiest, and most ambitious Mega Man game yet. But why do we hunger for twitchy, difficult platformers like Mega Man 3 decades later when the developers, the franchise, and the Blue Bomber himself have all moved on? Investigating the development of the Mega Man series alongside the rise of video game emulation, the YouTube retrogaming scene, and the soaring price of NES carts, novelist Salvatore Pane takes a close and compelling look at the lost power-ups of our youth that we collect in our attempts to become complete again.
Mega-Bit Memory Technology - From Mega-Bit to Giga-Bit: From Mega-Bit to Giga-Bit (Japanese Technology Reviews Ser. #Vol. 32.)
by Hiroyuki TangoThis book describes LSI process technology, and focuses on the rapid progress of state-of-the-art dynamic random access memory (DRAM) process technologies—the longstanding technology driver of Si ULSI—as they advance from the 1 Kbit to the Gbit DRAM era.
Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers: Achieving Education for All (Open and Flexible Learning Series)
by Sir John DanielEducation for All (EFA) has been a top priority for governments and intergovernmental development agencies for the last twenty years. So far the global EFA movement has placed its principal focus on providing quality universal primary education (UPE) for all children by 2015. The latest addition to The Open and Flexible Learning series, this book addresses the new challenges created by both the successes and the failures of the UPE campaign. This book advocates new approaches for providing access to secondary education for today’s rapidly growing population of children and young adults and examines: the creation and expansion of Mega-Schools, which combine distance learning and community support and have a proven track record of increasing access at scale how to prepare the ten-million new teachers that are required to achieve Education for All by 2015 by focusing on classroom-based in-service training strategies for using technology to scale up distance education cost-effectively the creation of a twenty-first century educational ecosystem that integrates open schooling and teacher education with communities and their school systems successful examples of open schools and teacher education programmes operating at scale around the world. Readers will be delighted to find that Sir John Daniel, bestselling Routledge author of Mega Universities and Knowledge Media, delivers another insightful and practical book on educational technology. Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers will be of interest to all who are concerned by the central educational challenge of our times: providing secondary education to tens of millions of young people around the world.
Mega-universities and Knowledge Media (Open And Distance Learning Ser.)
by Daniel, John (Vice Chancellor, Open University)A discussion of how the knowledge media can contribute to the renewal of universities, particularly through the development of distance education. It looks at universities which have risen to the challenges of cost and accessibility using technology.
MegaBite (EDGE: I HERO: Megahero #5)
by Steve Skidmore Steve BarlowTake on the role of a shape-shifting MEGAHERO in this fully interactive, wacky, choose-your-own-destiny adventure story.You and your mega-computer sidekick, PAL, must save the world from MegaBite - an ultra-skilled and not-very-nice computer hacker. The evil genius has built a web of scams online - can you possibly morph into the right shapes to unravel his coordinated cyber attacks?? Written by the award-winning duo Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore (AKA the 2STEVES) and illustrated by the hilarious Pipi Sposito. Reading age from 6 to 8 years old. Interest range from 7 to 10 years old - suitable for reluctant readers and less confident older readers. Printed using a font approved by the British Dyslexia Association.Read and laugh along with the whole series!October 2020I HERO: MegaHero: Sushi Man - 9781445169477I HERO: MegaHero: Professor Weird - 9781445170039November 2020I HERO: MegaHero: DinoSaw - 9781445170084I HERO: MegaHero: Miss Take - 9781445170091December 2020I HERO: MegaHero: MegaBite - 9781445170121I HERO: MegaHero: Queen of Hearts - 9781445170152
Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities
by David B. AuerbachHow the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach&’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from corporate sites such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, YouTube, Instagram, and Reddit to the burgeoning metaverse encompassing cryptocurrencies and online gaming to government systems such as China&’s Social Credit System and India&’s Aadhaar.As we increasingly integrate our society, culture and politics within a hyper-networked fabric, Auerbach explains how the interactions of billions of people with unfathomably large online networks have produced a new sort of beast: ever-changing systems that operate beyond the control of the individuals, companies, and governments that created them.Meganets, Auerbach explains, have a life of their own, actively resisting attempts to control them as they accumulate data and produce spontaneous, unexpected social groups and uprisings that could not have even existed twenty years ago. And they constantly modify themselves in response to user behavior, resulting in collectively authored algorithms none of us intend or control. These enormous invisible organisms exerting great force on our lives are the new minds of the world, increasingly commandeering our daily lives and inner realities.Auerbach&’s analysis of these gargantuan opaque digital forces yield important insights such as:The conventional wisdom that the Googles and Facebook of this world are tightly run algorithmic entities is a myth. No one is really in control.The efforts at reform - to get lies and misinformation off meganets - run into a brick wall because the companies and executives who run them are trapped by the persistent, evolving, and opaque systems they have created.Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are uncontrollable and their embrace by elite financial institutions threatens the entire economyWe are asking the wrong questions in assuming that if only the Facebooks of this world could be better regulated or broken up that they would be better, more ethical citizens.Why questions such as making algorithms fair and bias-free and whether AI can be a tool for good or evil are wrong and misinformedAuerbach then comes full circle, showing that while we cannot ultimately control meganets we can tame them through the counterintuitive measures he describes in detail.
Megaphone Bureaucracy: Speaking Truth to Power in the Age of the New Normal
by Dennis C. GrubeA revealing look at how today’s bureaucrats are finding their public voice in the era of 24-hour mediaOnce relegated to the anonymous back rooms of democratic debate, our bureaucratic leaders are increasingly having to govern under the scrutiny of a 24-hour news cycle, hyperpartisan political oversight, and a restless populace that is increasingly distrustful of the people who govern them. Megaphone Bureaucracy reveals how today’s civil servants are finding a voice of their own as they join elected politicians on the public stage and jockey for advantage in the persuasion game of modern governance.In this timely and incisive book, Dennis Grube draws on in-depth interviews and compelling case studies from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to describe how senior bureaucrats are finding themselves drawn into political debates they could once avoid. Faced with a political climate where polarization and media spin are at an all-time high, these modern mandarins negotiate blame games and manage contradictory expectations in the glare of an unforgiving spotlight. Grube argues that in this fiercely divided public square a new style of bureaucratic leadership is emerging, one that marries the robust independence of Washington agency heads with the prudent political neutrality of Westminster civil servants. These “Washminster” leaders do not avoid the public gaze, nor do they overtly court political controversy. Rather, they use their increasingly public pulpits to exert their own brand of persuasive power.Megaphone Bureaucracy shows how today’s senior bureaucrats are making their voices heard by embracing a new style of communication that brings with it great danger but also great opportunity.
Mehr als ein Chatbot: Die Entmystifizierung der Sprachmodelle
by Mascha Kurpicz-BrikiSie haben sich gefragt, wie Tools wie ChatGPT oder Bard funktionieren, haben aber keinen technischen Hintergrund? Dann ist dies das richtige Buch für Sie! Um besser zu verstehen, wozu solche Technologien in der Lage sind und wie sich dies auf unser Leben und unsere Gesellschaft auswirken wird, ist ein grundlegendes Hintergrundwissen über diese Technologie erforderlich. In diesem Buch werden insbesondere die folgenden Fragen thematisiert: Was hat die unglaublichen Fortschritte der letzten Zeit ermöglicht? Können Chatbots wie ChatGPT oder Bard Menschen wirklich verstehen? Welche Fallstricke gibt es und wie spiegeln sich die Stereotypen der Gesellschaft in solchen Modellen wider? Welches Potenzial steckt in dieser Technologie und wie wird die digitale Gesellschaft der Zukunft in Bezug auf die Mensch-Chatbot-Zusammenarbeit aussehen? Nach der Lektüre dieses Buches sind Sie sich der Risiken und Fallstricke bewusst, die diese Technologien mit sich bringen können, und wissen, wie Sie verantwortungsbewusst mit Werkzeugen umgehen, die auf KI-Technologie basieren.
Meilensteine und Entwicklungen der KI: Technische Herausforderungen sowie aktuelle ethische, soziale und gesellschaftspolitische Fragestellungen (FOM-Edition)
by Markus H. Dahm Carsten HagemannDieses Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Entstehung und den aktuellen Stand der KI. Der interdisziplinäre Ansatz erlaubt einen ganzheitlichen Blick auf das Thema. Die Autoren bilden die Entwicklung, die damit einhergehenden Schwierigkeiten und Erfolge sowie den Einfluss der technologischen Entwicklung auf die Realisierung von KI-Systemen ab. Im Fokus stehen nicht nur technologische Aspekte, sondern auch ethische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Fragestellungen rund um die KI. Die Leserinnen und Leser werden dazu angeregt, über diese Herausforderungen nachzudenken, um aktiv an der Diskussion über die Rolle der KI in unserer Gesellschaft teilnehmen zu können.
Mein Jahr ohne Hosen: Überall auf der welt von zu hause aus arbeiten
by Scott BerkunLernen Sie eine Arbeitswelt kennen, die Sie so vermutlich noch nicht erlebt haben! Scott Berkun leitete ein Jahr lang ein junges, innovatives Team bei WordPress. Was er dort erlebte, widersprach seinen bisherigen Erfahrungen völlig. Büroräume? Feste Arbeitszeiten? Klare Regeln? Meetings? Fehlanzeige! Ob im Homeo_ ce, im Café oder in der Hängematte, seine Kollegen konnten von überall auf der Welt virtuell zusammenarbeiten. Sie glauben, das geht nicht? Dass es funktioniert, zeigt MEIN JAHR OHNE HOSEN. Obwohl sich das Team manchmal monatelang nicht einmal auf demselben Kontinent aufhielt, war der Zusammenhalt so gut wie in wenigen Unternehmen. Dass WordPress die weltweit erfolgreichste Blogsoftware ist und un aufhörlich wächst, bestätigt außerdem dieses neue Konzept des Arbeitens. »Mein Jahr ohne Hosen ist eines der originellsten und wichtigsten Bücher, das je darüber geschrieben wurde, was Arbeit wirklich ist und was notwendig ist, um gute Arbeit zu leisten.« Robert Sutton, Professor an der Stanford University und Autor der New York Times Bestseller Der Arschloch-Faktor und Der Chef-Faktor »Wenn Sie Ihre Ansichten über Unternehmergeist, Management oder das Leben generell ändern wollen, dann lesen Sie dieses Buch.« Tim Ferriss, Autor des New York Times Bestsellers Die 4-Stunden-Woche
Meine digitale Sicherheit Tipps und Tricks für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Matteo Grosse-Kampmann Chris WojzechowskiIdentitätsdiebstahl, Schadsoftware auf dem Rechner, Phishing-Mail? Wir wissen alle, welche Gefahren uns im digitalen Alltag drohen und doch verschließen wir oft die Augen davor. Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, warum eine skeptische Grundhaltung vonnöten ist und wie Sie pragmatisch und mit so wenig Zeitaufwand wie möglich wichtige Schutzmaßnahmen für sich und Ihre Familie ergreifen. Pflegen Sie Ihre Accounts, finden Sie sichere Online-Anbieter und erkennen Sie Spam- und Phishingmails auf einen Blick. Damit Sie nachts besser schlafen können.
Meine digitale Sicherheit für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Matteo Grosse-Kampmann Chris WojzechowskiDigital einfach besser geschützt! Wie Sie Ihre Daten zuhause und im Internet vor Betrügern schützen, vermittelt Ihnen dieses Buch. Sichere Passwörter, Browser, Online-Banking, Schutz Ihres Heimnetzwerks und Ihrer Endgeräte, Backups wichtiger Daten oder deren Wiederherstellung: Leicht verständlich und systematisch lernen Sie, sich digital zu schützen. Sie erfahren, welche menschlichen Eigenschaften Angreifer ausnutzen, um beim Phishing oder anderen Angriffen erfolgreich zu sein. Mit konkreten Schutzmaßnahmen für alle gängigen Betrugsmaschen und technischen Schutzvorkehrungen sind Sie ab sofort gewappnet. Sie erfahren Alles über zentrale Grundlagen der digitalen Sicherheit Welche Betrugsmaschen es gibt und wie Sie sich schützen Wie Sie Ihre Daten, Ihr Netzwerk und Ihre Endgeräte absichern Wie Sie sich zum Beispiel bei Bankgeschäften online wirklich sicher bewegen
Membrane Computing
by Grzegorz Rozenberg Arto Salomaa Claudio Zandron Alberto LeporatiPart of the broader research field of natural computing, Membrane Computing is an area within computing science that aims to abstract computing ideas and models from the structure and functioning of living cells, as well as from the way the cells are organized in tissues or higher order structures. This handbook provides both a comprehensive survey of available knowledge and established research topics, and a guide to recent developments in the field, covering thesubject from theory to applications. The handbook is suitable both for introducing novices to this area of research, and as a main source of reference for active researchers. It sets out the necessary biological and formal background, with the introductory chapter serving as a gentle introduction toand overview of membrane computing. Individual chapters, written by leading researchers in membrane computing, present the state of the art of all main r`search trends and include extensive bibliographies.
Membrane Computing
by Grzegorz Rozenberg Arto Salomaa Claudio Zandron Marian GheorghePart of the broader research field of natural computing, Membrane Computing is an area within computing science that aims to abstract computing ideas and models from the structure and functioning of living cells, as well as from the way the cells are organized in tissues or higher orderstructures. It studies models of computation (known as P systems) inspired by the biochemistry of cells, in particular by the role of membranes in the compartmentalization of living cells into "protected reactors". This handbook provides both a comprehensive survey of available knowledge and established research topics, and a guide to recent developments in the field, covering the subject from theory to applications. The handbook is suitable both for introducing novices to this area of research, and as a mainsource of reference for active researchers. It sets out the necessary biological and formal background, with the introductory chapter serving as a gentle introduction to and overview of membrane computing. Individual chapters, written by leading researchers in membrane computing, present the stateof the art of all main research trends and include extensive bibliographies.
Membrane Computing Models: Implementations
by Marian Gheorghe Gexiang Zhang Sergey Verlan Agustín Riscos-Núñez Thomas Hinze Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez Savas KonurThe theoretical basis of membrane computing was established in the early 2000s with fundamental research into the computational power, complexity aspects and relationships with other (un)conventional computing paradigms. Although this core theoretical research has continued to grow rapidly and vigorously, another area of investigation has since been added, focusing on the applications of this model in many areas, most prominently in systems and synthetic biology, engineering optimization, power system fault diagnosis and mobile robot controller design. The further development of these applications and their broad adoption by other researchers, as well as the expansion of the membrane computing modelling paradigm to other applications, call for a set of robust, efficient, reliable and easy-to-use tools supporting the most significant membrane computing models. This work provides comprehensive descriptions of such tools, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in membrane computing models.
Membrane Computing: 19th International Conference, CMC 2018, Dresden, Germany, September 4–7, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11399)
by Grzegorz Rozenberg Arto Salomaa Claudio Zandron Thomas HinzeThis book constitutes revised selected papers from the 19th International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC19), CMC 2018, which was held in Dresden, Germany, in September 2018. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. The contributions aim to abstract computing ideas and models from the structure and the functioning of living cells, as well as from the way the cells are organized in tissues or higher order structures.
Membrane Computing: 21st International Conference, CMC 2020, Virtual Event, September 14–18, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12687)
by Grzegorz Rozenberg Arto Salomaa Claudio Zandron Rudolf Freund Tseren-Onolt IshdorjThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Membrane Computing, CMC 2020, held as a virtual event, in September 2020. The 10 full papers presented were selected from 31 submissions. The papers deal with all aspects on membrane computing and related areas.
Membrane Filtration
by Greg FoleyFocusing on the application of membranes in an engineering context, this hands-on computational guide makes previously challenging problems routine. It formulates problems as systems of equations solved with MATLAB, encouraging active learning through worked examples and end-of-chapter problems. The detailed treatments of dead-end filtration include novel approaches to constant rate filtration and filtration with a centrifugal pump. The discussion of crossflow microfiltration includes the use of kinetic and force balance models. Comprehensive coverage of ultrafiltration and diafiltration processes employs both limiting flux and osmotic pressure models. The effect of fluid viscosity on the mass transfer coefficient is explored in detail, the effects of incomplete rejection on the design and analysis of ultrafiltration and diafiltration are analysed, and quantitative treatments of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration process analysis and design are explored. Includes a chapter dedicated to the modelling of membrane fouling.
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Memes in Digital Culture: In Digital Culture (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by Limor ShifmanTaking “Gangnam Style” seriously: what Internet memes can tell us about digital culture.In December 2012, the exuberant video “Gangnam Style” became the first YouTube clip to be viewed more than one billion times. Thousands of its viewers responded by creating and posting their own variations of the video—“Mitt Romney Style,” “NASA Johnson Style,” “Egyptian Style,” and many others. “Gangnam Style” (and its attendant parodies, imitations, and derivations) is one of the most famous examples of an Internet meme: a piece of digital content that spreads quickly around the web in various iterations and becomes a shared cultural experience. In this book, Limor Shifman investigates Internet memes and what they tell us about digital culture. Shifman discusses a series of well-known Internet memes—including “Leave Britney Alone,” the pepper-spraying cop, LOLCats, Scumbag Steve, and Occupy Wall Street's “We Are the 99 Percent.” She offers a novel definition of Internet memes: digital content units with common characteristics, created with awareness of each other, and circulated, imitated, and transformed via the Internet by many users. She differentiates memes from virals; analyzes what makes memes and virals successful; describes popular meme genres; discusses memes as new modes of political participation in democratic and nondemocratic regimes; and examines memes as agents of globalization. Memes, Shifman argues, encapsulate some of the most fundamental aspects of the Internet in general and of the participatory Web 2.0 culture in particular. Internet memes may be entertaining, but in this book Limor Shifman makes a compelling argument for taking them seriously.