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1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture
by David Kiron Evan Richardson Ramana Nanda Joseph B. LassiterFor some time, 1366's co-founders, Frank van Mierlo and Ely Sachs, had faced a choice, which was now made all the more stark: 1366 could expand to produce silicon wafers itself, raising the required capital from "friendly" investors and building shipment volume slowly, or 1366 could accelerate its market entry dramatically by partnering with the Asian manufacturers that had begun to dominate the world-wide solar industry. While accelerated growth was attractive to 1366 and its current investors, the company believed that it would face considerable risks if it were to expose its intellectual property to the "wrong" partners. 1366 had no intention of losing control of its technology, but given the pace of innovation and the active role of governments in the solar industry, van Mierlo and Sachs feared this might not be a race that could be won by the cautious.
1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (B)
by Ramana Nanda Joseph B. LassiterSupplement to case 811076.
1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
by Ali Humayun AkhtarA new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event in world history. A century before Columbus, Beijing sent a series of diplomatic missions across the South China Sea and Indian Ocean that paved the way for China's first modern global era. 1368 maps China's ascendance from the embassies of Admiral Zheng He to the arrival of European mariners and the shock of the Opium Wars. In Ali Humayun Akhtar's new picture of world history, China's current rise evokes an earlier epoch, one that sheds light on where Beijing is heading today. Spectacular accounts in Persian and Ottoman Turkish describe palaces of silk and jade in Beijing's Forbidden City. Malay legends recount stories of Chinese princesses arriving in Melaka with gifts of porcelain and gold. During Europe's Age of Exploration, Iberian mariners charted new passages to China, which the Dutch and British East India Companies transformed into lucrative tea routes. But during the British Industrial Revolution, the rise of steam engines and factories allowed the export of the very commodities once imported from China. By the end of the Opium Wars and the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan, Chinese and Japanese reformers called for their own industrial revolutions to propel them into the twentieth century. What has the world learned from China since the Ming, and how did China reemerge in the 1970s as a manufacturing superpower? Akhtar's book provides much-needed context for understanding China's rise today and the future of its connections with both the West and a resurgent Asia.
137: Jung, Pauli, and the Pursuit of a Scientific Obsession
by Arthur I. Miller"The history is fascinating, as are the insights into the personalities of these great thinkers."--New Scientist Is there a number at the root of the universe? A primal number that everything in the world hinges on? This question exercised many great minds of the twentieth century, among them the groundbreaking physicist Wolfgang Pauli and the famous psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Their obsession with the power of certain numbers--including 137, which describes the atom's fine-structure constant and has great Kabbalistic significance--led them to develop an unlikely friendship and to embark on a joint mystical quest reaching deep into medieval alchemy, dream interpretation, and the Chinese Book of Changes. 137 explores the profound intersection of modern science with the occult, but above all it is the tale of an extraordinary, fruitful friendship between two of the greatest thinkers of our times. Originally published in hardcover as Deciphering the Cosmic Number.
1381: The Year of the Peasants' Revolt
by Juliet BarkerJuliet Barker provides an account of the first great popular uprising in England and a fascinating study of medieval life in English towns and countryside. She tells how and why an unlikely group of ordinary men and women from every corner of England united in armed rebellion against church and state to demand a radical political agenda.
13: Book 13 in the Women of the Otherworld Series (Otherworld #13)
by Kelley Armstrong'Like Stephen King, . . . Armstrong not only writes interesting page-turners, she has also achieved that unlikely goal, what all writers strive for: a genre of her own. . . . This is not The Call of the Wild; it's Nora Roberts meets "The Sopranos" by way of Henry David Thoreau.' - The Walrus'Kelley Armstrong must have decided one day to throw every genre she could imagine -- mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, romance and chick lit -- into her writerly cauldron. What she conjured up is the hilariously hip Women of the Otherworld series.' - Calgary Herald13. The breath-taking, explosive finale to the Women of the Otherworld series War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons. Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom. There is a new, dark magic inside her, granting her the power to summon spells of terrifying strength. But whether this magic is a gift or a curse, no one knows. On the eve of battle, all the major players must come together in a last, desperate fight for survival - Elena and Clay; Adam and Savannah; Paige and Lucas; Jeremy and Jaime; Hope, Eve and more... They are fighting for their lives. They are fighting for their loved ones. They are fighting for the Otherworld.The final novel in the bestselling Women of the Otherworld series.Books by Kelley Armstrong:Women of the Otherworld seriesBittenStolenDime Store MagicIndustrial MagicHauntedBrokenNo Humans InvolvedPersonal DemonLiving with the DeadFrost BittenWalking the WitchSpellboundThirteenNadia StaffordExit StrategyMade to be BrokenWild JusticeDarkest PowersThe SummoningThe AwakeningThe ReckoningOtherworld TalesMen of the OtherworldTales of the OtherworldOtherworld NightsOtherworld SecretsOtherworld ChillsDarkness RisingThe GatheringThe CallingThe RisingCainsvilleOmensVisionsDeceptionsBetrayalsRituals
13: Book 13 in the Women of the Otherworld Series (Otherworld #13)
by Kelley Armstrong'Like Stephen King, . . . Armstrong not only writes interesting page-turners, she has also achieved that unlikely goal, what all writers strive for: a genre of her own. . . . This is not The Call of the Wild; it's Nora Roberts meets "The Sopranos" by way of Henry David Thoreau.' - The Walrus'Kelley Armstrong must have decided one day to throw every genre she could imagine -- mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, romance and chick lit -- into her writerly cauldron. What she conjured up is the hilariously hip Women of the Otherworld series.' - Calgary Herald13. The breath-taking, explosive finale to the Women of the Otherworld series War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons. Savannah Levine - fiery and unpredictable - stands at the heart of the maelstrom. There is a new, dark magic inside her, granting her the power to summon spells of terrifying strength. But whether this magic is a gift or a curse, no one knows. On the eve of battle, all the major players must come together in a last, desperate fight for survival - Elena and Clay; Adam and Savannah; Paige and Lucas; Jeremy and Jaime; Hope, Eve and more... They are fighting for their lives. They are fighting for their loved ones. They are fighting for the Otherworld.The final novel in the bestselling Women of the Otherworld series.Books by Kelley Armstrong:Women of the Otherworld seriesBittenStolenDime Store MagicIndustrial MagicHauntedBrokenNo Humans InvolvedPersonal DemonLiving with the DeadFrost BittenWalking the WitchSpellboundThirteenNadia StaffordExit StrategyMade to be BrokenWild JusticeDarkest PowersThe SummoningThe AwakeningThe ReckoningOtherworld TalesMen of the OtherworldTales of the OtherworldOtherworld NightsOtherworld SecretsOtherworld ChillsDarkness RisingThe GatheringThe CallingThe RisingCainsvilleOmensVisionsDeceptionsBetrayalsRituals
13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
by James HoweThirteen short stories by Bruce Coville, Meg Cabot, Alex Sanchez, Rachel Vail, James Howe, Lori Aurelia Williams, Stephen Roos, Maureen Ryan Griffin, Ellen Wittlinger, Todd Strasser, Ron Koertge, Carolyn Mackler, Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin.
13th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection
by Writer's Digest EditorsWriter's DigestShort Short Story CompetitionThis exclusive collection contains the top twenty-five winning entries of the 13th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition, including the First-Place winner, "EXCAVATION" by MARIE BACIGALUPO.
13th EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Matti Hämäläinen Chika Sugimoto Hamed FarhadiThe papers in this proceeding discuss current and future trends in wearable communications and personal health management through the use of wireless body area networks (WBAN). The authors posit new technologies that can provide trustworthy communications mechanisms from the user to medical health databases. The authors discuss not only on-body devices, but also technologies providing information in-body. Also discussed are dependable communications combined with accurate localization and behavior analysis, which will benefit WBAN technology and make the healthcare processes more effective. The papers were presented at the 13th EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks (BODYNETS 2018), Oulu, Finland, 02-03 October 2018.
13th International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems: Conference Proceedings (Springer Proceedings in Energy)
by Ahmed Kovacevic Matthew Read Sham Rane Ivona Ivkovic-KihicThis new proceedings discusses developments in air, gas and refrigeration compressors, vacuum pumps, and expanders. It is the 13th edition of the International Conference on Compressors and their Systems, a three-day conference organised by the Centre for Compressors Technology at City, University of London in collaboration with, among other, the MEchE, IIR, and IOR.The conference offers a platform to identify current challenges in the field and provide the essential content and direction to shape future research. The International Conference on Compressors and their Systems series began in 1999 as a result of industrial consultation and a need for academic collaboration. Initially, the conference was organised by the Fluid Machinery Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) with the support of Holroyd. From 2009, the Centre for Compressor Technology at City, University of London took over its management and the conference is now one of the main conventions, taking place biennially in the UK, becoming world-renowned for its place in industry and academia to gather and discuss a broad range of topical issues related to compressors and compression systems.This year's conference has the theme "Compressors and Expanders in Future Energy Systems” and will be of interest to researchers and engineers in industry.
13th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1267)
by Álvaro Herrero Javier Sedano Héctor Quintián Emilio Corchado Daniel Urda Carlos CambraThis book contains accepted papers presented at CISIS 2020 held in the beautiful and historic city of Burgos (Spain), in September 2020.The aim of the CISIS 2020 conference is to offer a meeting opportunity for academic and industry-related researchers belonging to the various, vast communities of computational intelligence, information security, and data mining. The need for intelligent, flexible behaviour by large, complex systems, especially in mission-critical domains, is intended to be the catalyst and the aggregation stimulus for the overall event.After a thorough peer-review process, the CISIS 2020 International Program Committee selected 43 papers which are published in these conference proceedings achieving an acceptance rate of 28%. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the CISIS 2020 edition was blended, combining on-site and on-line participation. In this relevant edition, a special emphasis was put on the organization of five special sessions related to relevant topics as Fake News Detection and Prevention, Mathematical Methods and Models in Cybersecurity, Measurements for a Dynamic Cyber-Risk Assessment, Cybersecurity in a Hybrid Quantum World, Anomaly/Intrusion Detection, and From the least to the least: cryptographic and data analytics solutions to fulfil least minimum privilege and endorse least minimum effort in information systems.The selection of papers was extremely rigorous in order to maintain the high quality of the conference and we would like to thank the members of the Program Committees for their hard work in the reviewing process. This is a crucial process to the creation of a high standard conference, and the CISIS conference would not exist without their help.
13th International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies “ICISAT 2023”: New Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Computing and Decision Making. Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #981)
by Vincenzo Piuri Valentina Emilia Balas Mohamed Ridda Laouar Dana Rad Zineb Touati Hamad Abbas CheddadThis book covers the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies “ICISAT’2023.” One of the evocative and valuable dimensions of this conference is the way it brings together researchers, scientists, academics, and engineers in the field from different countries and enables discussions and debate of relevant issues, challenges, opportunities, and research findings. The ICISAT’2023 conference provided a forum for research and developments in the field of information systems and advanced technologies and new trends in developing information systems organizational aspects of their development and intelligent aspects of the final product. The aim of the ICISAT’2023 is to report progress and development of methodologies, technologies, planning and implementation, tools, and standards in information systems, technologies, and sciences. ICISAT’2023 aims at addressing issues related to the intelligent information, data science, and decision support system, from multidisciplinary perspectives and to discuss the research, teaching, and professional practice in the field. The book of ICISAT’2023 includes selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies “ICISAT’2023,” organized during December 29–30, 2023. In this book, researchers, professional software, and systems engineers from around the world addressed intelligent information, data science, and decision support system for the conference. The ideas and practical solutions described in the book are the outcome of dedicated research by academics and practitioners aiming to advance theory and practice in this research domain. The list of topics is in all the areas of modern intelligent information systems and technologies such as neural networks, evolutionary computing, adaptive systems, pervasive system, ubiquitous system, E-learning and teaching, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, intelligent data analysis, intelligent decision making and support system, intelligent network security, web intelligence, deep learning, natural language processing, image processing, general machine learning, and unsupervised learning.
13th International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies “ICISAT 2023”: New Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Computing and Decision Making. Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #982)
by Vincenzo Piuri Valentina Emilia Balas Mohamed Ridda Laouar Dana Rad Zineb Touati Hamad Abbas CheddadThis book covers the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies “ICISAT’2023.” One of the evocative and valuable dimensions of this conference is the way it brings together researchers, scientists, academics, and engineers in the field from different countries and enables discussions and debate of relevant issues, challenges, opportunities, and research findings. The ICISAT’2023 conference provided a forum for research and developments in the field of information systems and advanced technologies and new trends in developing information systems organizational aspects of their development and intelligent aspects of the final product. The aim of the ICISAT’2023 is to report progress and development of methodologies, technologies, planning and implementation, tools, and standards in information systems, technologies, and sciences. ICISAT’2023 aims at addressing issues related to the intelligent information, data science, and decision support system, from multidisciplinary perspectives and to discuss the research, teaching, and professional practice in the field. The book of ICISAT’2023 includes selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Information Systems and Advanced Technologies “ICISAT’2023,” organized during December 29–30, 2023. In this book, researchers, professional software, and systems engineers from around the world addressed intelligent information, data science, and decision support system for the conference. The ideas and practical solutions described in the book are the outcome of dedicated research by academics and practitioners aiming to advance theory and practice in this research domain. The list of topics is in all the areas of modern intelligent information systems and technologies such as neural networks, evolutionary computing, adaptive systems, pervasive system, ubiquitous system, E-learning and teaching, knowledge-based paradigms, learning paradigms, intelligent data analysis, intelligent decision making and support system, intelligent network security, web intelligence, deep learning, natural language processing, image processing, general machine learning, and unsupervised learning.
13th International Conference on Theory and Application of Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing — ICAFS-2018 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #896)
by Witold Pedrycz Janusz Kacprzyk Rafik A. Aliev Mo. Jamshidi Fahreddin M. SadikogluThis book presents the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Application of Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing (ICAFS 2018), held in Warsaw, Poland on August 27–28, 2018. It includes contributions from diverse areas of soft computing such as uncertain computation, Z-information processing, neuro-fuzzy approaches, evolutionary computing and others. The topics of the papers include theory of uncertainty computation; theory and application of soft computing; decision theory with imperfect information; neuro-fuzzy technology; image processing with soft computing; intelligent control; machine learning; fuzzy logic in data analytics and data mining; evolutionary computing; chaotic systems; soft computing in business, economics and finance; fuzzy logic and soft computing in the earth sciences; fuzzy logic and soft computing in engineering; soft computing in medicine, biomedical engineering and the pharmaceutical sciences; and probabilistic and statistical reasoning in the social and educational sciences. <p><p> The book covers new ideas from theoretical and practical perspectives in economics, business, industry, education, medicine, the earth sciences and other fields. In addition to promoting the development and application of soft computing methods in various real-life fields, it offers a useful guide for academics, practitioners, and graduates in fuzzy logic and soft computing fields.
13th International Munich Chassis Symposium 2022: Volume 1: chassis.tech plus (Proceedings)
by Peter PfefferThe increasing automation of driving functions and the electrification of powertrains present new challenges for the chassis with regard to complexity, redundancy, data security, and installation space. At the same time, the mobility of the future will also require entirely new vehicle concepts, particularly in urban areas. The intelligent chassis must be connected, electrified, and automated in order to be best prepared for this future.ContentsRedundant Systems and Testing.- New Systems and Concepts.- New Chassis and Systems.- Simulators.- Automated Driving: Development Methods.- Automated Driving: Driver and Security.- Steer-by-Wire.- Environmental Aspects.- New Brake Concepts and Methods.- Environmental Aspects.- Tires and the Environment.- Innovations in Tires and Wheels.- Vehicle Dynamics.- Digital Development.- Future Brake Systems.- Tires and Virtual Development.-Target audiencesAutomotive engineers and chassis specialists as well as students looking for state-of-the-art information regarding their field of activity - Lecturers and instructors at universities and universities of applied sciences with the main subject of automotive engineering - Experts, researchers and development engineers of the automotive and the supplying industry.PublisherATZ live stands for top quality and a high level of specialist information and is part of Springer Nature, one of the leading publishing groups worldwide for scientific, educational and specialist literature.PartnerTÜV SÜD is an international leading technical service organisation catering to the industry, mobility and certification segment.
13th International Munich Chassis Symposium 2022: Volume 2: chassis.tech plus (Proceedings)
by Peter PfefferThe increasing automation of driving functions and the electrification of powertrains present new challenges for the chassis with regard to complexity, redundancy, data security, and installation space. At the same time, the mobility of the future will also require entirely new vehicle concepts, particularly in urban areas. The intelligent chassis must be connected, electrified, and automated in order to be best prepared for this future.ContentsRedundant Systems and Testing.- New Systems and Concepts.- New Chassis and Systems.- Simulators.- Automated Driving: Development Methods.- Automated Driving: Driver and Security.- Steer-by-Wire.- Environmental Aspects.- New Brake Concepts and Methods.- Environmental Aspects.- Tires and the Environment.- Innovations in Tires and Wheels.- Vehicle Dynamics.- Digital Development.- Future Brake Systems.- Tires and Virtual Development.-Target audiencesAutomotive engineers and chassis specialists as well as students looking for state-of-the-art information regarding their field of activity - Lecturers and instructors at universities and universities of applied sciences with the main subject of automotive engineering - Experts, researchers and development engineers of the automotive and the supplying industry.PublisherATZ live stands for top quality and a high level of specialist information and is part of Springer Nature, one of the leading publishing groups worldwide for scientific, educational and specialist literature.PartnerTÜV SÜD is an international leading technical service organisation catering to the industry, mobility and certification segment.
13th Street #1: Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats (HarperChapters #1)
by David BowlesA new silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City’s water park, they get lost on 13th Street. Only it’s not a street at all. It’s a strange world filled with dangerous beasts! Will the cousins find their way back to Aunt Lucy’s? Each story in this hilarious and scary new series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!
13th Street #2: The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco (HarperChapters #2)
by David BowlesA silly and spooky new highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book! Cousins Dante, Malia, and Ivan are happy to be back in their home town. But then their school bus takes a wrong turn and they end up on 13th Street! There are new monsters to fight, but at least they have their friend Susana and their bus driver to help them. Will the gang ever make it to their first day of class? Each story in this hilarious and scary new series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!
13th Street #3: Clash of the Cackling Cougars (HarperChapters #3)
by David BowlesA silly and spooky new highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book!Ivan, Malia, and Dante are excited about their ski trip. There’s no chance they’ll stumble onto 13th Street in the mountains, right? WRONG! After being sucked through a portal, the cousins come face-to-face with joke-telling cougars that are more dangerous than they seem. How will the kids get out of trouble this time?Each story in this hilarious and scary new series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!
13th Street #4: The Shocking Shark Showdown (HarperChapters #04)
by David BowlesA silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book! Cousins Malia, Dante, and Ivan are looking for a portal to 13th Street. They need to help their new friend Mickey find his way home! But waiting for them are sharks that can shock them with an electric charge. Can the cousins reach Mickey before it's too late? Each story in this hilarious and safely spooky series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!
13th Street #5: Tussle with the Tooting Tarantulas (HarperChapters)
by David BowlesA silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book! Malia, Dante, and Ivan are ready to take on the evil forces controlling 13th Street. But then Ivan is kidnapped by giant—and stinky!—spiders. Can Malia and Dante save him from their sticky webs? Each story in this hilarious and mildly scary series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success—with short, fast-paced chapters, art on every page, and progress bars at the end of each chapter!
13th Street #6: Fight with the Freeze-Ray Fowls (HarperChapters)
by David BowlesA silly and spooky highly illustrated series that’s perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun activities at the end of each book! Cousins Malia, Dante, and Ivan must face off against the evil queen of 13th Street. But she has lots of monsters on her side, including birds that can freeze you with a look! Can the cousins defeat her and shut down 13th Street once and for all? Each story in this hilarious and safely spooky series from award-winning author David Bowles is designed to set independent readers up for success.HarperChapters build confident readers one chapter at a time! With short, fast-paced books, art on every page, and milestone markers at the end of every chapter, they're the perfect next step for fans of I Can Read!
13th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport and 13th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1448)
by Arnold Baca Juliana ExelThis book discovers the latest research and insights in sports performance analysis and computer science in sports with the 13th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport and 13th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sport joint conference proceedings. This comprehensive book features over 40 peer-reviewed scientific works, showcasing the latest developments in these areas. The book covers a wide range of topics, including data analytics in sports, performance tracking and monitoring, artificial intelligence and machine learning in sports, virtual and augmented reality in sports, sensor technology, sports biomechanics, and motor control. By reading this book, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how applied and research-based problems can, together, transform the world of sports, and how you can stay ahead of the curve in this rapidly evolving field. This means that whether you're a researcher, coach, athlete, or sports enthusiast, there is something for everyone in this book.