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Making Meaning with Machines

Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff Lens

By: Amy Laviers,Catherine Maguire

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Making Meaning with Machines

Somatic Strategies, Choreographic Technologies, and Notational Abstractions through a Laban/Bartenieff Lens

By: Amy Laviers,Catherine Maguire

A rigorous primer in movement studies for designers, engineers, and scientists that draws on the fields of dance and robotics. How should a gestural interface react to a “flick” versus a “dab”? Versus a “punch”? Should robots reach out to a human counterpart with a direct, telescoping action or through a circuitous arc in space? Just as different movements express the different internal states of human movers, so too can the engineered systems behind robots. In Making Meaning with Machines, Amy LaViers and Catherine Maguire offer a refreshingly embodied approach to machine design that supports the growing need to make meaning with machines by using the field of movement studies, including choreography, somatics, and notation, to engage in the process of designing expressive robots. Drawing upon the Laban/Bartenieff tradition, LaViers and Maguire sharpen the movement analysis methodology, expanding the material through their work with machines and putting forward new conventions, such as capitalization, naming, and notation schemes, that make the embodied work more legible for academic contexts. The book includes an overview of movement studies, exercises that define the presented taxonomy and principles of movement, case studies in movement analysis of both humans and robots, and state-of-the-art research at the intersection of robotics and dance. Making Meaning with Machines is a much-needed primer for observing, describing, and creating a wide array of movement patterns, which ultimately can help facilitate broader and better design choices for roboticists, technologists, and designers.

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MIT Press

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0262375133

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9780262375139

Standardizing Diversity

The Political Economy of Language Regimes

By: Amy H. Liu

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Standardizing Diversity

The Political Economy of Language Regimes

By: Amy H. Liu

Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favoring the language of one ethnolinguistic group, share power by recognizing multiple mother tongues, or neutralize power through the use of a lingua franca. Cultural egoism, communicative efficiency, or collective equality determines the choice. As Amy H. Liu demonstrates, the conditions surrounding the choice of a language regime also have a number of implications for a nation's economy. Standardizing Diversity examines the relationship between the distribution of linguistic power and economic growth. Using a newly assembled dataset of all language-in-education policies in Asia from 1945 to 2005 and drawing on fieldwork data from Malaysia and Singapore, Liu shows language regimes that recognize a lingua franca exclusively—or at least above all others—tend to develop social trust, attract foreign investment, and stimulate economic growth. Particularly at high levels of heterogeneity, the recognition of a lingua franca fosters equality and facilitates efficiency. Her findings challenge the prevailing belief that linguistic diversity inhibits economic growth, suggesting instead that governments in even the most ethnically heterogeneous countries have institutional tools to standardize their diversity and to thrive economically.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812246721

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9780812246728

Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia

By: Amy H. Liu,Jacob I. Ricks

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Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia

By: Amy H. Liu,Jacob I. Ricks

What explains the treatment of ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia? This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers – specifically language, religion, and phenotype. By focusing on the interaction between these three ethnic markers, Liu and Ricks explore how overlap between these markers can affect whether a minority integrates within a broader ethnic identity; successfully extracts accommodation as unique group; or engages in a contentious and potentially violent relationship with the hegemon. The argument is tested through six case studies: (1) ethnic Lao in Thailand: integration; (2) ethnic Chinese in Thailand: integration; (3) ethnic Chinese in Malaysia: accommodation; (4) ethnic Malays in Singapore: accommodation; (5) ethnic Malays in Thailand: contention; and (6) ethnic Chinese in Indonesia: contention.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108934544

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9781108934541

Covid Babies

How pandemic health measures undermined pregnancy, birth and early parenting

By: Amy Brown

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Covid Babies

How pandemic health measures undermined pregnancy, birth and early parenting

By: Amy Brown

As the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, pregnancy and maternity services underwent a rapid transformation in an attempt to deal with transmission of the virus and the growing pressure on healthcare services. In a climate of fear, and with many unknowns about the virus and the risks to pregnant women and their babies, restrictions and hastily implemented policies often overrode years of work to improve maternity care, with devastating consequences for new families. Covid Babies: how pandemic health measures undermined pregnancy, birth and early parenting considers how policies put in place to protect us from the immediate threat of the virus ultimately had the unintended consequence of harming many who needed maternity and postnatal care. It highlights how hard-won gains, even when supported by overwhelming evidence, can be lost at the drop of a hat in a crisis. By learning the lessons of the pandemic – through close examination of the evidence base that is now emerging – Amy Brown shows how we can begin to move forward and unravel what has gone wrong. This is no easy task when our health services continue to face significant challenges, but one that is necessary to ensure the health and wellbeing of our new families and those who care for them.

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Pinter & Martin

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1780667639

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9781780667638

Fenoglio-Preiser's Gastrointestinal Pathology

By: Amy E. Noffsinger

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Fenoglio-Preiser's Gastrointestinal Pathology

By: Amy E. Noffsinger

With extensively revised content and an expanded contributor list of experts, Fenoglio-Preiser’s Gastrointestinal Pathology, Fourth Edition keeps you current in this fast-changing field. This highly regarded text remains your go-to reference on gastrointestinal pathology, with coverage of everything from anatomy, physiology, and histology to the full spectrum of congenital disorders, structural alterations, diseases, injuries, and other entities. This comprehensive reference is an ideal resource for pathologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, and others interested in gastrointestinal diseases.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496386582

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9781496386588

Who's who Among Asian Americans, 1994-95

By: Amy L. Unterburger

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Who's who Among Asian Americans, 1994-95

By: Amy L. Unterburger

Provides biographical information, including career information and addresses, for notable Asian Americans in all fields of endeavour. The entries were selected on the basis of prominence in their fields or civic responsibility.

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Gale Cengage

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0810394332

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9780810394339

Thin Films: Heteroepitaxial Systems

By: Amy W K Liu,Michael B Santos

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Thin Films: Heteroepitaxial Systems

By: Amy W K Liu,Michael B Santos

Heteroepitaxial films are commonplace among today's electronic and photonic devices. The realization of new and better devices relies on the refinement of epitaxial techniques and improved understanding of the physics underlying epitaxial growth. This book provides an up-to-date report on a wide range of materials systems. The first half reviews metallic and dielectric thin films, including chapters on metals, rare earths, metal-oxide layers, fluorides, and high-Tc superconductors. The second half covers semiconductor systems, reviewing developments in group-IV, arsenide, phosphide, antimonide, nitride, II-VI and IV-VI heteroepitaxy. Topics important to several systems are covered in chapters on atomic processes, ordering and growth dynamics.

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World Scientific

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9814496405

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9789814496407

Temporal Bone Imaging: Clinicoradiologic and Surgical Considerations, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

By: Gul Moonis,Amy Fan-Yee Juliano

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Temporal Bone Imaging: Clinicoradiologic and Surgical Considerations, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

By: Gul Moonis,Amy Fan-Yee Juliano

This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America focuses on Temporal Bone Imaging: Clinicoradiologic and Surgical Considerations, and is edited by Drs. Gul Moonis and Amy Fan-Yee Juliano. Articles will include: Imaging of Temporal Bone Infection Inflammation; Imaging of Meniere’s Disease; Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma; Post Operative Imaging of the Temporal Bone; Otosclerosis and Dysplasias of the Temporal Bone; Imaging of Syndromes with Temporal Bone Abnormalities; Imaging of Third Window Lesions; Imaging of Tinnitus; Imaging of Temporal Bone Tumors; Imaging of Pediatric Hearing Loss; Common Otologic Surgical Procedures: Clinical Decision Making Pearls; Imaging of Temporal Bone Trauma: A Clinicoradiologic Perspective; and more!

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323654789

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9780323654784

Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase Change Materials

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Amy S. Fleischer

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Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase Change Materials

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Amy S. Fleischer

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the use of solid‐liquid phase change materials to store significant amounts of energy in the latent heat of fusion. The proper selection of materials for different applications is covered in detail, as is the use of high conductivity additives to enhance thermal diffusivity. Dr. Fleischer explores how applications of PCMS have expanded over the past 10 years to include the development of high efficiency building materials to reduce heating and cooling needs, smart material design for clothing, portable electronic systems thermal management, solar thermal power plant design and many others. Additional future research directions and challenges are also discussed.

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Springer

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3319209221

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Steele's Colon and Rectal Surgery

By: Scott R. Steele,Justin A. Maykel,Amy L. Lightner,Joshua I.S. Bleier

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Steele's Colon and Rectal Surgery

By: Scott R. Steele,Justin A. Maykel,Amy L. Lightner,Joshua I.S. Bleier

Offering comprehensive coverage of all diseases and conditions affecting the colon, rectum, and anus, Steele’s Colon and Rectal Surgery provides authoritative guidance on the full range of today’s operative procedures. Edited by Dr. Scott R. Steele, Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and section editors Drs. Justin A. Maykel, Amy L. Lightner, and Joshua I.S. Bleier, this new reference contains 81 concise, tightly focused chapters that take you step by step through each procedure, guided by the knowledge and expertise of key leaders in the field from across the world.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975152913

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9781975152918

Museum Representations of Maoist China

From Cultural Revolution to Commie Kitsch

By: Amy Jane Barnes

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Museum Representations of Maoist China

From Cultural Revolution to Commie Kitsch

By: Amy Jane Barnes

The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People’s Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of ’Chineseness’ and their style, content and the means of their production question accepted notions of how we perceive art. This book links art history, museology and visual culture studies to examine how museums have attempted to reveal, discuss and resolve some of these issues. Amy Jane Barnes addresses a series of related issues associated with collection and display: how museums deal with difficult and controversial subjects; the role they play in mediating between the object and the audience; the role of the Other in the creation of Self and national identities; the nature, role and function of art in society; the museum as image-maker; the impact of communism (and Maoism) on the cultural history of the twentieth-century; and the appropriation of communist visual iconography. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of museology, visual and cultural studies as well as scholars of Chinese and revolutionary art.

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Routledge

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1317093003

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9781317093008

Standardizing Diversity

The Political Economy of Language Regimes

By: Amy H. Liu

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Standardizing Diversity

The Political Economy of Language Regimes

By: Amy H. Liu

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Book's by Amy H. Liu

Making Meaning with Machines

Making Meaning with Machines

Standardizing Diversity

Standardizing Diversity

Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia

Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia

Covid Babies

Covid Babies

Fenoglio-Preiser's Gastrointestinal Pathology

Fenoglio-Preiser's Gastrointestinal Pathology

Who's who Among Asian Americans, 1994-95

Who's who Among Asian Americans, 1994-95

Thin Films: Heteroepitaxial Systems

Thin Films: Heteroepitaxial Systems

Temporal Bone Imaging: Clinicoradiologic and Surgical Considerations, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Temporal Bone Imaging: Clinicoradiologic and Surgical Considerations, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase Change Materials

Thermal Energy Storage Using Phase Change Materials

Steele's Colon and Rectal Surgery

Steele's Colon and Rectal Surgery

Museum Representations of Maoist China

Museum Representations of Maoist China

Standardizing Diversity

Standardizing Diversity

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