Corneal topography has become essentially a pattern recognition trade, best learned by viewing multiple images of representative patterns. In spite of this, currently available topography books focus only on the technology behind topography, or a particular application of topography, as opposed to p[...]

Ming föddes revolutionsåret 1949 och växte upp i Folkrepubliken Kina. Hennes generation indoktrinerades med Mao Zedongs ideologi från tidig ålder och Ming tyckte sig vara världens lyckligaste barn, trots att hon växte upp hungrig. Maos Kina var ett månggfacetterat samhälle: Ming levde visse[...]

Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through developments in materials and methodologies. Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure Volume I provides an overview of sensor hardware and its use in data collection. Th[...]

Provides coverage of the major theories and technologies involved in the lifecycle of 3D video content delivery Presenting the technologies used in end-to-end 3D video communication systems, this reference covers 3D graphics and video coding, content creation and display, and communications and n[...]

In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming, George Israel offers an account of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher's official career and military campaigns. While his contribution to China's intellectual history and the outlines of his political life a[...]