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This book contains invited papers and a selection of research papers submitted to Computer Animation '92, the fourth international workshop on computer animation held in Genova on May 20-22, 1992. This workshop, now an annual event, is organized by the Computer Graphics Society, the University of Genova, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Original research results and applications experience to the various areas of computer animation are represented in the book. This year most contributions are related to physics-based animation, human animation, and geometric modelling for animation.
The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International C...
This book shows how modern Applied Mathematics influences everyday life. It features contributors from universities, research institutions and industry, who combine research and review papers to present a survey of current research. More than 20 contributions are divided into scales: nano, micro, macro, space and real life. In addition, coverage includes engaging and informative case studies as well as complex graphics and illustrations, many of them in color.
While most people today take hygiene and medicine for granted, they both have had their own history. We can gain deep insights into the pre-modern world by studying its health-care system, its approaches to medicine, and concept of hygiene. Already the early Middle Ages witnessed great interest in bathing (hot and cold), swimming, and good personal hygiene. Medical activities grew over time, but even early medieval monks were already great experts in treating the sick. The contributions examine literary, medical, historical texts and images and probe the information we can glean from them. The interdisciplinary approach of this volume makes it possible to view this large field in a complex and diversified manner, taking into account both early medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, water, bathing, and health. Such a cultural-historical perspective creates a most valuable bridge connecting literary and scientific documents under the umbrella of the history of mentality and history of everyday life. The volume does not aim at idealizing the past, but it definitely intends to deconstruct modern myths about the 'dirty' and 'unhealthy' Middle Ages and early modern age.
Volume for 1947 includes "A list of clandestine periodicals of World War II, by Adrienne Florence Muzzy."