This book contains thirteen contributions from invited experts of international recognition addressing important issues in shape analysis in medical image analysis, including techniques for image segmentation, registration, modelling and classification and applications in biology, as well as in card[...]

Belönad med Svenska Dagbladets litteraturpris 2008:

"I ett avklarnat och betydelsemättat bildspråk, där köksdörren öppnas mot världen,förvandlar Li Li barndomens intryck och minnet av en avhållen mor tillallmänmänsklig och språkligt förtätad erfarenhet."[...]

The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer. In the provincial town of Muddy Waters in China, a young woman named Gu Shan is sentenced to death for her loss of faith in Communism. She is twenty-eight years old and has already spent ten years in prison. [...]

The new novel from Yiyun Li, author of 'The Vagrants' and the Guardian First Book Award-winning' A Thousand Years of Good Prayers'.[...]

This giant collection of manga characters presents 500 dynamic villains and heroes, drawn by professional manga artists. Supplied as high-resolution, ready-to-use clip art images on CD, you can now create stunning artwork quickly and easily.The book includes step-by-step instructions for coloring th[...]

Introducing the definitive gynecologic oncology reference and surgical atlas - in one essential text, "Gynecologic Oncology: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas" brings together a skill-sharpening reference and full-color atlas to deliver an unmatched introduction to the field. As the most comprehe[...]

Dealing with heat and fluid flow in minichannels and microchannels, this book includes chapters that are accompanied by real life case studies. It is of interest to those involved in the design processes of microchannel flow passages in a heat exchanger.[...]

For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we learn not only about the imperial grandeur of [...]

Presents digital signal processing (DSP) principles, applications, and hardware implementation issues, emphasizing achievable results and conclusions through the presentation of numerous worked examples, while reducing the use of mathematics for an easier grasp of the concepts.[...]

IPv6 Socket API Extensions: Programmer's Guide covers the IPv6 application programming intercfaces (API) extensions and enhancements that have been made to the socket APIs. The book begins with a brief overview of the API specifications along with sample code usage. Then an explanation of the intern[...]