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Patriots or Traitors: A History of American Educated Chinese Students
by Stacey BielerThis title sxplores the love-hate relationship between the USA and China through the experience of Chinese students caught between the two countries. The book sheds light on China's ambivelance towards the Western influence, and the use of educational and cultural exhanges as a political device.
Patrol Leader Handbook
by Boy Scouts of AmericaThis handbook will help you learn what it takes to be a great patrol leader and know the skills of teaching and leading so that you can help others--and yourself--achieve goals. Do, as you set into action the whole toolbox of leadership skills: how to communicate well, solve problems, resolve conflict, and all the rest.
Patrolman Examinations – All States: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Patrolman Examinations – All States Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Patrolman, Police Department: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Patrolman, Police Department Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: police situations; reading comprehension; arithmetic reasoning; vocabulary; and other related areas.
Patronizing the Arts
by Marjorie GarberWhat is the role of the arts in American culture? Is art an essential element? If so, how should we support it? Today, as in the past, artists need the funding, approval, and friendship of patrons whether they are individuals, corporations, governments, or nonprofit foundations. But as Patronizing the Arts shows, these relationships can be problematic, leaving artists "patronized"--both supported with funds and personal interest, while being condescended to for vocations misperceived as play rather than serious work. In this provocative book, Marjorie Garber looks at the history of patronage, explains how patronage has elevated and damaged the arts in modern culture, and argues for the university as a serious patron of the arts. With clarity and wit, Garber supports rethinking prejudices that oppose art's role in higher education, rejects assumptions of inequality between the sciences and humanities, and points to similarities between the making of fine art and the making of good science. She examines issues of artistic and monetary value, and transactions between high and popular culture. She even asks how college sports could provide a new way of thinking about arts funding. Using vivid anecdotes and telling details, Garber calls passionately for an increased attention to the arts, not just through government and private support, but as a core aspect of higher education. Compulsively readable, Patronizing the Arts challenges all who value the survival of artistic creation both in the present and future.
Pat's Cats (Word Family Readers)
by Liza CharlesworthLet's Learn Readers boost key literacy skills through engaging, easy-to-read stories. Jump-start phonics learning with these super-fun books! For use with Grades K-2.
Pattakhor: पत्ताखोर
by Madhu Kankariyaस्वातंत्र्योत्तर भारतीय समाज में हमने जहाँ विकास और प्रगति की कई मंजिले तय की हैं वहीं अनेक व्याधियाँ भी अर्जित की हैं। अनेक समाजार्थिक कारणों से हम ऐसी कुछ बीमारियों से घिरे हैं। जिनका कोई सिरा पकड़ में नहीं आता।
Pattern Design: An Introduction to the Study of Formal Ornament
by Archibald H. ChristieApproaching the study of design from a structural point of view, this classic handbook tells the designer how to construct hundreds of patterns from all periods and styles. Dr. Christie analyzes the elemental composition of patterns, and shows how coherent organization is achieved in each of the patterns he describes and illustrates. He then establishes basic principles, derived from the unity of all great ornament, which, if followed, will assure the success of any design.In the opening chapters the author describes various basic methods of organizing ornament, and explains the formal classification of ornament into distinct categories. He covers the six major categories of design separately, showing how numerous variations are made: traditional plant and animal devices; realistic plants and animals; straight striped patterns; waved and chevron striped patterns; cross-band patterns; and interlaced and counterchanged cross-band patterns. In another chapter he shows how some isolated devices of formal design -- granular texturings, disk and ring devices, arabesques, and more -- are constructed. He shows how design is created by rhythmic expansion -- how an element like a spiral or a swastika, for example, can be expanded in horizontal, vertical, and diagonal progressions to create the rhythmic scheme that constitutes a formal design.The book contains more than 400 illustrations, including the author's drawing of designs as well as photographs of actual patterns in textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and more -- a wealth of valuable pictorial material that is not readily available. As a unified discussion of the nature of patterns, this book will be of great interest to anyone concerned with handicrafts or the fine arts.
Pattern Design
by Lewis F. DayTake any form you choose and repeat it at regular intervals, and, just as repetitive sounds produce rhythm or cadence, you have pattern. However, the use of pattern in design is no haphazard matter, but a disciplined activity in which the artists must impose a pleasing order and structure on the whole to achieve an aesthetically satisfying end product.This classic guide, revised and expanded by Amor Fenn three decades after its publication, teaches artists to do just that. Surveying a multitude of applications, from architectural detail to decorative textile printing and typographic patterns, Day provides insight into the geometric foundations of all repeating patterns, and treats in a practical way the anatomy, planning, and evolution of repeated ornament. He demonstrates the extent to which pattern is the essence of the ornamental arts, and offers a wealth of technical information for the student and designer.Generously illustrated with more than 270 designs ranging from old Japanese, Persian, and Arabian patterns to early 20th-century motifs, Pattern Design will stimulate the imaginations and advance the skills of novices and experts alike.
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
by Christopher Alexander Sara Ishikawa Murray SilversteinThe second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a "working alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning," A Pattern Language offers a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of some 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution. By understanding recurrent design problems in our environment, readers can identify extant patterns in their own design projects and use these patterns to create a language of their own. Extraordinarily thorough, coherent, and accessible, this book has become a bible for homebuilders, contractors, and developers who care about creating healthy, high-level design.
Pattern Recognition: 44th DAGM German Conference, DAGM GCPR 2022, Konstanz, Germany, September 27–30, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13485)
by Björn Andres Florian Bernard Daniel Cremers Simone Frintrop Bastian Goldlücke Ivo IhrkeThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 44th DAGM German Conference on Pattern Recognition, DAGM GCPR 2022, which was held during September 27 – 30, 2022.The 37 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: machine learning methods; unsupervised, semi-supervised and transfer learning; interpretable machine learning; low-level vision and computational photography; motion, pose estimation and tracking; 3D vision and stereo; detection and recognition; language and vision; scene understanding; photogrammetry and remote sensing; pattern recognition in the life and natural sciences; systems and applications.
Pattern Recognition: 43rd DAGM German Conference, DAGM GCPR 2021, Bonn, Germany, September 28 – October 1, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13024)
by Juergen Gall Christian Bauckhage Alexander SchwingThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 43rd DAGM German Conference on Pattern Recognition, DAGM GCPR 2021, which was held during September 28 – October 1, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Bonn, Germany, but changed to a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 46 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: machine learning and optimization; actions, events, and segmentation; generative models and multimodal data; labeling and self-supervised learning; applications; and 3D modelling and reconstruction.
Pattern Recognition: 45th DAGM German Conference, DAGM GCPR 2023, Heidelberg, Germany, September 19–22, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14264)
by Ullrich Köthe Carsten RotherThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the German Association for Pattern Recognition, DAGM-GCPR 2023, which took place in Heidelberg, Germany, during September 19-22, 2023. The 40 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Segmentation and action recognition; 3D reconstruction and neural rendering; Photogrammetry and remote sensing; Pattern recognition in the life sciences; Interpretable machine learning; Weak supervision and online learning; Robust models.
Pattern Recognition: 6th Asian Conference, ACPR 2021, Jeju Island, South Korea, November 9–12, 2021, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13189)
by Christian Wallraven Qingshan Liu Hajime NagaharaThis two-volume set LNCS 13188 - 13189 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition, ACPR 2021, held in Jeju Island, South Korea, in November 2021. The 85 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 154 submissions. The papers are organized in topics on: classification, action and video and motion, object detection and anomaly, segmentation, grouping and shape, face and body and biometrics, adversarial learning and networks, computational photography, learning theory and optimization, applications, medical and robotics, computer vision and robot vision.
Pattern Recognition: 5th Asian Conference, ACPR 2019, Auckland, New Zealand, November 26–29, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12046)
by Liang Wang Wei Qi Yan Shivakumara Palaiahnakote Gabriella Sanniti di BajaThis two-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 5th Asian Conference on ACPR 2019, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in November 2019. The 9 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. They cover topics such as: classification; action and video and motion; object detection and anomaly detection; segmentation, grouping and shape; face and body and biometrics; adversarial learning and networks; computational photography; learning theory and optimization; applications, medical and robotics; computer vision and robot vision; pattern recognition and machine learning; multi-media and signal processing; and interaction.
Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: Third Mediterranean Conference, MedPRAI 2019, Istanbul, Turkey, December 22–23, 2019, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1144)
by Chawki Djeddi Akhtar Jamil Imran SiddiqiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Mediterranean Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, MedPRAI 2019, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in December 2019.The 18 revised full papers and one short paper presented were carefully selected from 54 submissions. The papers are covering the topics of recent advancements in different areas of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, such as statistical, structural and syntactic pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining, neural networks, computer vision, multimedia systems, information retrieval, etc.
Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: 5th Mediterranean Conference, MedPRAI 2021, Istanbul, Turkey, December 17–18, 2021, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1543)
by Chawki Djeddi Imran Siddiqi Akhtar Jamil Alaa Ali Hameed İsmail KucukThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Mediterranean Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, MedPRAI 2021, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in December 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MedPRAI 2021 was held fully online.The 28 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers are covering the topics of recent advancements in different areas of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, such as statistical, structural and syntactic pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining, neural networks, computer vision, multimedia systems, information retrieval, etc.
Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: International Conference, ICPRAI 2020, Zhongshan, China, October 19–23, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12068)
by Yue Lu Nicole Vincent Pong Chi Yuen Wei-Shi Zheng Farida Cheriet Ching Y. SuenThis book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, ICPRAI 2020, which took place in Zhongshan, China, in October 2020. The 49 full and 14 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: handwriting and text processing; features and classifiers; deep learning; computer vision and image processing; medical imaging and applications; and forensic studies and medical diagnosis.
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision: Third Chinese Conference, PRCV 2020, Nanjing, China, October 16–18, 2020, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12305)
by Yuxin Peng Qingshan Liu Huchuan Lu Zhenan Sun Chenglin Liu Xilin Chen Hongbin Zha Jian YangThe three-volume set LNCS 12305, 12306, and 12307 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2020, held virtually in Nanjing, China, in October 2020. The 158 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 402 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Computer Vision and Application, Part II: Pattern Recognition and Application, Part III: Machine Learning.
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision: Third Chinese Conference, PRCV 2020, Nanjing, China, October 16–18, 2020, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12306)
by Yuxin Peng Qingshan Liu Huchuan Lu Zhenan Sun Chenglin Liu Xilin Chen Hongbin Zha Jian YangThe three-volume set LNCS 12305, 12306, and 12307 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2020, held virtually in Nanjing, China, in October 2020. The 158 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 402 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Computer Vision and Application, Part II: Pattern Recognition and Application, Part III: Machine Learning.
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision: 5th Chinese Conference, PRCV 2022, Shenzhen, China, November 4–7, 2022, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13535)
by Shiqi Yu Zhaoxiang Zhang Pong C. Yuen Junwei Han Tieniu Tan Yike Guo Jianhuang Lai Jianguo ZhangThe 4-volume set LNCS 13534, 13535, 13536 and 13537 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2022, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2022.The 233 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 564 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Theories and Feature Extraction; Machine learning, Multimedia and Multimodal; Optimization and Neural Network and Deep Learning; Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis; Pattern Classification and Clustering; 3D Computer Vision and Reconstruction, Robots and Autonomous Driving; Recognition, Remote Sensing; Vision Analysis and Understanding; Image Processing and Low-level Vision; Object Detection, Segmentation and Tracking.
Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis: 11th Iberian Conference, IbPRIA 2023, Alicante, Spain, June 27–30, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14062)
by Antonio Pertusa Antonio Javier Gallego Joan Andreu Sánchez Inês DominguesThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, IbPRIA 2023, held in Alicante, Spain, in June 27–30, 2023. The 56 papers accepted for these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 submissions. They deal with Machine Learning, Document Analysis, Computer Vision, 3D Computer Vision, Computer Vision Applications, Medical Imaging & Applications, Machine Learning Applications.
Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis: 10th Iberian Conference, IbPRIA 2022, Aveiro, Portugal, May 4–6, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13256)
by Armando J. Pinho Petia Georgieva Luís F. Teixeira Joan Andreu SánchezThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, IbPRIA 2022, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in May 2022. The 54 papers accepted for these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They deal with document analysis; medical image processing; biometrics; pattern recognition and machine learning; computer vision; and other applications.
Pattern Recognition. ICPR International Workshops and Challenges: Virtual Event, January 10–15, 2021, Proceedings, Part V (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12665)
by Alberto Del Bimbo Rita Cucchiara Stan Sclaroff Giovanni Maria Farinella Tao Mei Marco Bertini Hugo Jair Escalante Roberto VezzaniThis 8-volumes set constitutes the refereed of the 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Workshops, ICPR 2020, held virtually in Milan, Italy and rescheduled to January 10 - 11, 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic. The 416 full papers presented in these 8 volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from about 700 submissions. The 46 workshops cover a wide range of areas including machine learning, pattern analysis, healthcare, human behavior, environment, surveillance, forensics and biometrics, robotics and egovision, cultural heritage and document analysis, retrieval, and women at ICPR2020.
Pattern Recognition. ICPR International Workshops and Challenges: Virtual Event, January 10–15, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12662)
by Alberto Del Bimbo Rita Cucchiara Stan Sclaroff Giovanni Maria Farinella Tao Mei Marco Bertini Hugo Jair Escalante Roberto VezzaniThis 8-volumes set constitutes the refereed of the 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Workshops, ICPR 2020, held virtually in Milan, Italy and rescheduled to January 10 - 11, 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic. The 416 full papers presented in these 8 volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from about 700 submissions. The 46 workshops cover a wide range of areas including machine learning, pattern analysis, healthcare, human behavior, environment, surveillance, forensics and biometrics, robotics and egovision, cultural heritage and document analysis, retrieval, and women at ICPR2020.