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Biologically Inspired Control of Humanoid Robot Arms

Robust and Adaptive Approaches

By: Adam Spiers,Said Ghani Khan,Guido Herrmann

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Biologically Inspired Control of Humanoid Robot Arms

Robust and Adaptive Approaches

By: Adam Spiers,Said Ghani Khan,Guido Herrmann

This book investigates a biologically inspired method of robot arm control, developed with the objective of synthesising human-like motion dynamically, using nonlinear, robust and adaptive control techniques in practical robot systems. The control method caters to a rising interest in humanoid robots and the need for appropriate control schemes to match these systems. Unlike the classic kinematic schemes used in industrial manipulators, the dynamic approaches proposed here promote human-like motion with better exploitation of the robot’s physical structure. This also benefits human-robot interaction. The control schemes proposed in this book are inspired by a wealth of human-motion literature that indicates the drivers of motion to be dynamic, model-based and optimal. Such considerations lend themselves nicely to achievement via nonlinear control techniques without the necessity for extensive and complex biological models. The operational-space method of robot control forms the basis of many of the techniques investigated in this book. The method includes attractive features such as the decoupling of motion into task and posture components. Various developments are made in each of these elements. Simple cost functions inspired by biomechanical “effort” and “discomfort” generate realistic posture motion. Sliding-mode techniques overcome robustness shortcomings for practical implementation. Arm compliance is achieved via a method of model-free adaptive control that also deals with actuator saturation via anti-windup compensation. A neural-network-centered learning-by-observation scheme generates new task motions, based on motion-capture data recorded from human volunteers. In other parts of the book, motion capture is used to test theories of human movement. All developed controllers are applied to the reaching motion of a humanoid robot arm and are demonstrated to be practically realisable. This book is designed to be of interest to those wishing to achieve dynamics-based human-like robot-arm motion in academic research, advanced study or certain industrial environments. The book provides motivations, extensive reviews, research results and detailed explanations. It is not only suited to practising control engineers, but also applicable for general roboticists who wish to develop control systems expertise in this area.

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Springer

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3319301608

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9783319301600

Building a Business of Politics

The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy

By: Adam D. Sheingate

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Building a Business of Politics

The Rise of Political Consulting and the Transformation of American Democracy

By: Adam D. Sheingate

Today, politics is big business. Most of the 6 billion spent during the 2012 campaign went to highly paid political consultants. In Building a Business of Politics, a lively history of political consulting, Adam Sheingate examines the origins of the industry and its consequences for American democracy.

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Oxford University Press

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0190217197

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9780190217198

Gaga Aesthetics

Art, Fashion, Popular Culture, and the Up-Ending of Tradition

By: Adam Geczy,Vicki Karaminas

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Gaga Aesthetics

Art, Fashion, Popular Culture, and the Up-Ending of Tradition

By: Adam Geczy,Vicki Karaminas

Pop art has traditionally been the most visible visual art within popular culture because its main transgression is easy to understand: the infiltration of the “low” into the “high”. The same cannot be said of contemporary art of the 21st century, where the term “Gaga Aesthetics” characterizes the condition of popular culture being extensively imbricated in high culture, and vice-versa. Taking Adorno and Horkheimer's "The Culture Industry" and Adorno's Aesthetic Theory as key touchstones, this book explores the dialectic of high and low that forms the foundation of Adornian aesthetics and the extent to which it still applied, and the extent to which it has radically shifted, thereby 'upending tradition'. In the tradition of philosophical aesthetics that Adorno began with Lukács, this explores the ever-urgent notion that high culture has become deeply enmeshed with popular culture. This is “Gaga Aesthetics”: aesthetics that no longer follows clear fields of activity, where “fine art” is but one area of critical activity. Indeed, Adorno's concepts of alienation and the tragic, which inform his reading of the modernist experiment, are now no longer confined to art. Rather, stirring examples can be found in phenomena such as fashion and music video. In addition to dealing with Lady Gaga herself, this book traverses examples ranging from Madonna's Madam X to Moschino and Vetements, to deliberate on the strategies of subversion in the culture industry.

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225

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350102717

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9781350102712

Oral History in Your Library

Create Shelf Space for Community Voice

By: Cyns Nelson,Adam Speirs

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Oral History in Your Library

Create Shelf Space for Community Voice

By: Cyns Nelson,Adam Speirs

Discover the true value and exciting possibilities of oral history in the library: learn new and compelling ways to engage your patrons by sharing personal and community history with them. Have you thought about creating a collection to capture the experiences of your community? Perhaps you already have an oral history collection, but it's gathering dust. In either case, this book can help. After outlining what it means to effectively create oral history content, the author discusses how to establish public access to your collection, how to promote the content to your community, and how to use oral history in your library programs. Collaborating with other organizations, working with volunteers, and funding initiatives are a few of the other topics covered. Brimming with ideas and practical advice, the guide is meant to inspire and empower, taking the hassle out of oral history and replacing it with embracing oral history's power and the tools to bring it into your library. If you have an oral history collection, this book will help you to maximize its potential. If you don't have one, this book will show you how your library could benefit from one, what it can help your library to accomplish, and how to get started. If you're seeking a path to community engagement, start here.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440857253

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9781440857256

Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks

By: Adam Lukeman

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Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks

By: Adam Lukeman

A FEAST OF FRIGHTFUL FLICKS WAITING TO BE REDISCOVERED As the leading name in the world of horror, Fangoria magazine has been the source of information for fans of fright flicks for more than twenty years—covering feature films, video games, comic books, collectibles, and all aspects of horror entertainment. Working closely with Fangoria’s experts, including Editor in Chief Anthony Timpone, Adam Lukeman has compiled a must-have guide for casual horror fans and hardcore horror junkies with Fangoria’s 101 Best Horror Films You’ve Never Seen. With a brief synopsis for each of the included films, lists of cast and crew, “Terror Trivia,” and little-known facts about these lesser-known but must-see gems, Fangoria’s 101 Best Horror Films You’ve Never Seen offers a feast of gruesome information. Featured here are flicks that were dumped by their distributors or were initially flops, like Cherry Falls, Manhunter, and Pumpkinhead, foreign winners such as Cronos, The Vanishing, and Funny Games, and straight-to-video sleepers waiting to be discovered, including Shadowbuilder, Jack Be Nimble, and Nomads. There are even surprise entries directed by industry giants—movies like George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead, Brian De Palma’s Sisters, or Dario Argento’s Opera—that are frequently overshadowed by the filmmakers’ other, better-known works but are worthy of further examination. Entertaining and informative, Fangoria’s 101 Best Horror Movies You’ve Never Seen offers more than a hundred reasons to look beyond the often ho-hum Hollywood hype fests . . . when you’re really in the mood to feel your flesh crawl.

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Crown Archetype

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0307523470

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9780307523471

Telemedicine and Telehealth

Principles, Policies, Performances and Pitfalls

By: Adam William Darkins,Margaret Ann Cary

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Telemedicine and Telehealth

Principles, Policies, Performances and Pitfalls

By: Adam William Darkins,Margaret Ann Cary

Telemedicine and telehealth are changing the face of health care delivery and becoming a multi-billion dollar industry. Dr. Darkins and Dr. Cary share their knowledge and provide practical insights and advice on making telemedicine programs into successful clinical services and a productive business. The book gives background knowledge and useful tips on starting up and managing programs in an array of settings. Most importantly, the book is based on the recognition that patients are customers of health care and telemedicine companies developing new products vital to delivering care to rural or inaccessible clients is vital to health care's future.

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826113028

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9780826113023

California Tiki

A History of Polynesian Idols, Pineapple Cocktails and Coconut Palm Trees

By: Jason Henderson,Adam Foshko

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California Tiki

A History of Polynesian Idols, Pineapple Cocktails and Coconut Palm Trees

By: Jason Henderson,Adam Foshko

The fascinating story behind California’s mid-twentieth century obsession with all things Polynesian and Hawaiian. After World War II, suburbs proliferated around California cities as returning soldiers traded in their uniforms for business suits. After-hours leisure activities took on an island-themed sensuality that bloomed from a new fascination with Polynesia and Hawaii. Movies and television shows filmed in Malibu and Burbank urged viewers to escape everyday life with the likes of Elvis, Gidget, and Hawaiian Eye. Restaurants like Don the Beachcomber and Trader Vic’s sprang up to answer the demand for wild cocktails and even wilder décor. A strange hodgepodge of idols, lush greenery and colorful drinks, Tiki beckoned men and women to lose themselves in exotic music and surf tunes. Take a trip back in time to the scene of Polynesian pop and three decades of palm trees, Mai Tais, and torches with this informal guide to the rise, fall, and resurgence of Tiki culture.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439664730

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9781439664735

Bacterial Integrative Mobile Genetic Elements

By: Adam P. Roberts,Peter Mullany

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Bacterial Integrative Mobile Genetic Elements

By: Adam P. Roberts,Peter Mullany

As our understanding of mobile genetic elements continues to grow we are gaining a deeper appreciation of their importance in shaping the bacterial genome and in the properties they confer to their bacterial hosts. These include, but are by no means limited to, resistance to antibiotics, and heavy metals, toxin production and increased virulence, production of antibiotics and the ability to utilize a diverse range of metabolic substrates. We are also gaining an understanding of diversity of these elements and their interactions with each other; a property which continually complicates any attempt to classify them. We are learning more about the molecular mechanisms by which they translocate to new genomic sites both within genomes and between different bacteria. This book provides a timely, state of the art update on the properties of an important selection of different bacterial integrative mobile genetic elements and the myriad of different ways in which they move and influence the biology of the host bacterium. The chapters are all written by authors who have undertaken pioneering work in their respective fields, making this book vital reading for all who are interested in the biology of bacteria and the mobile elements they carry.

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CRC Press

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1000724700

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9781000724707

Contract Law Concentrate

Law Revision and Study Guide

By: Jill Poole,James Devenney,Adam Shaw-Mellors

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Contract Law Concentrate

Law Revision and Study Guide

By: Jill Poole,James Devenney,Adam Shaw-Mellors

The Contract Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Written by experts and covering all key topics, Concentrate guides help focus your revision and maximise your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and focused breakdown of the key topics and cases. Revision guides you can rely on: trusted by lecturers, loved by students... "I have always used OUP revision and Q&A books and genuinely believe they have helped me get better grades" - Anthony Poole, law student, Swansea University "The detail in this revision textbook is phenomenal and is just what is needed to push your exam preparation to the next level." - Stephanie Lomas, law student, University of Central Lancashire "It is a little more in-depth than other revision guides, and also has clear diagrams and teaches ways to obtain extra marks. These features make it unique" - Godwin Tan, law student, University College London "The concentrate revision guides stand out against other revision guides" - Renae Haynes Williams, law student, Bangor University "The exam style questions are brilliant and the series is very detailed, prepares you well" - Frances Easton, law student, University of Birmingham "The accompanying website for Concentrate is the most impressive I've come across" - Alice Munnelly, law student, King's College London "-it is a fantastic book. It covers absolutely all topics you need for the course." - Emma McGeorge, law student, Strathclyde University

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Oxford University Press

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0192576917

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9780192576910

Race & Democracy

The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972

By: Adam Fairclough

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Race & Democracy

The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972

By: Adam Fairclough

From the foundation of the New Orleans branch of the NAACP in 1915 to the beginning of Edwin Edwards' first term as governor in 1972, this is a wide-ranging study of the civil rights struggle in Louisiana. This edition contains a new preface which brings the narrative up-to-date, including coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820331147

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9780820331140

The Historical Geography of the Holy Land

By: George Adam Smith

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The Historical Geography of the Holy Land

By: George Adam Smith

This 1894 book on the historical geography of Palestine was immediately recognised as a major work of scholarship.

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729

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Cambridge University Press

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1108075398

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9781108075398

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

By: Adam Furgang

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

By: Adam Furgang

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner come from wealthy and accomplished families. Trump is the daughter of the forty-fifth president of the United Sates. Kushner is the son of a real estate development billionaire. Before Ivanka and Jared met, married, and became a power couple, they were each successful in their own right. Trump had profitable fine jewelry and clothing lines besides working for the Trump Organization. Kushner took control of his father's company and made major building acquisitions. Both became crucial advisers to Donald Trump. This enlightening biography examines the challenges and triumphs of a dynamic presidential power team.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1508188831

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9781508188834

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Biologically Inspired Control of Humanoid Robot Arms

Biologically Inspired Control of Humanoid Robot Arms

Building a Business of Politics

Building a Business of Politics

Gaga Aesthetics

Gaga Aesthetics

Oral History in Your Library

Oral History in Your Library

Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

Telemedicine and Telehealth

Telemedicine and Telehealth

California Tiki

California Tiki

Bacterial Integrative Mobile Genetic Elements

Bacterial Integrative Mobile Genetic Elements

Contract Law Concentrate

Contract Law Concentrate

Race & Democracy

Race & Democracy

The Historical Geography of the Holy Land

The Historical Geography of the Holy Land

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

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