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Based on the highly successful 3-volume reference Handbook of Computer Vision and Applications, this concise edition covers in a single volume the entire spectrum of computer vision ranging form the imaging process to high-end algorithms and applications.

In life, time is money, and on the Internet, the size of data is money.

Digital watermarking is a key ingredient to copyright protection.

'To interlace or not to interlace' is a hot issue currently.

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (QIP) deals with the identification and use of quantum resources for information processing.

The need to understand how to design and set up an investigative experiment is nearly universal to all students in engineering, applied technology and science, as well as many of the social sciences.

Written for professionals in financial services with responsibility for IT and risk management, Dimitris Chorafas surveys the methodology required and IT systems and structures to support it according to Basel II.

Crime Laboratory Management is the first book to address the unique operational, administrative, and political issues involved in managing a forensic laboratory.

Introduction to Environmental Forensics helps readers unravel the complexities of environmental pollution cases.

Forensic Investigation of Stolen-Recovered and Other Crime-Related Vehicles provides unique and detailed insights into the investigations of one of the most common crime scenes in the world.

This volume contains the proceedings of Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems 2006: the 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, organized in Alghero (Italy) on June 7-9, 2006.

Trace Evidence Analysis continues and builds upon the tradition of its successful companion title Mute Witnesses (2000).

The Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis is a comprehensive chemical and analytic reference for the forensic analysis of illicit drugs.

Forensic science laboratories' reputations have increasingly come under fire.

This handbook is written for police investigators and forensic personnel who are tasked with developing investigations that require expertise in dentistry.

Expert contributors drawn from the ranks of academia and industry have authored chapters in such areas as third-generation wireless, wireless sensor networks, RF power amplifiers, spread spectrum modulation, signal propagation, antennas, and other key subjects that engineers working in RF and wireless need to be familiar with.

A groundbreaking and comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops in WWII, from the invasion of Poland to the final defeat in Berlin.

The Consultative paper issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel II) cites the failure of bankers to adequately stress test exposures as a major reason for bad loans.

The book "e;Computational Error and Complexity in Science and Engineering pervades all the science and engineering disciplines where computation occurs.

- "e;Find it hard to extract and utilise valuable knowledge from the ever-increasing data deluge?

This unique books looks at a cost-efficient, fast and accurate means of facial reconstruction--from segmented, decomposed, or skeletal remains--using computer-graphic and computational means.

###BOLD#TEXT[Integrating the role of culture is critical in preventing suicide]###Written by leading suicide researchersExplores suicide in different cultural contextsHighlights how to conduct culturally sensitive studiesBuilding on the seminal work of Colucci and Lester (2013), this volume examines the unique perspective of the role culture plays in suicide research and prevention.

Cloud computing has revolutionized digital infrastructure, but it has also introduced complex forensic challenges that demand intelligent, scalable, and automated investigative solutions.

This book aims to foster meaningful dialogue to strategically enhance human capabilities through targeted collaboration with AI to secure sustainable competitive advantage in rapidly evolving marketplaces.

Cloud computing has revolutionized digital infrastructure, but it has also introduced complex forensic challenges that demand intelligent, scalable, and automated investigative solutions.

A short, bold, and timely history and defense of research in the humanities and sciences and its incalculable importanceIf there were a single tool that could cure disease, improve the quality of human life, send people into outer space, and uncover vital riddles from the deepest past, wouldn't we celebrate it as humanity's greatest achievement?

A short, bold, and timely history and defense of research in the humanities and sciences and its incalculable importanceIf there were a single tool that could cure disease, improve the quality of human life, send people into outer space, and uncover vital riddles from the deepest past, wouldn't we celebrate it as humanity's greatest achievement?

"e;INCREDIBLY USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING"e; - Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author of Alchemy"e;PUNCHY, WITTY, AND PROVOCATIVE"e; - Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist and author of Anthro-Vision"e;FASCINATING AND INDISPENSIBLE"e; - Annie Duke, Decision strategist and author of Thinking in Bets and Quit------------------------------------------------------Even the smartest investors lose their minds and their money.

A revelatory exploration of the ways in which wealth and the lack of it shapes our lives, told through the stories of ten people, from award-winning data journalist and artist Mona Chalabi.

It presented itself as a form of futurism.