“…You’ll find featured work published in a wide range of mediums and created by journalistic, design, and publishing talent from around the world…”

“…It provides artists, artisans, designers, and educators with design variations based on these ancient stone carvings for application in various mediums like jewelry, pottery, and graphic design. …”

“…Dabei stehen die gesellschaftlichenWirkungsmöglichkeiten des Mediums 'Bild' im Mittelpunkt.Bildwerke sind keine bloßen Objekte der Betrachtung; siebesitzen unmittelbaren Einfluss auf Wahrnehmungs- undHandlungsweisen. …”

“…Unter Einbeziehung zahlreicher Fallstudien arbeitet sie abseits gängiger Historisierungsweisen die historische Relevanz dieses bisher vernachlässigten Mediums heraus…”

“…The book Liquid Crystals - Recent Advancements in Fundamental and Device Technologies is aimed to focus on various aspects of research and development that liquid crystal mediums have come across in recent years. This would be ranging from the physical and chemical properties to the important applications that the liquid crystals have in our everyday life. …”

“…Diese literarischen Blogs werden zudem oft als gedruckte Bücher publiziert, wodurch ein Wechsel des Mediums stattfindet. Marcella Fassio fokussiert die Praktiken, Poetiken und Autorschaftsentwürfe deutschsprachiger literarischer Weblogs und geht der Frage nach, inwieweit diese als Genre und Subjektivierungspraktik gefasst werden können. …”

“…Spanning numerous eras, men and women's fashion, and a wide range of art mediums, these 25 collaborative projects reveal the astonishing work that results when luminaries from the art world (such as Pollock, Haring, and Hirst) come together with icons of the fashion world (including Saint Laurent, Westwood, McQueen). …”

“…Dabei wird seine Haltung zum Kino ebenso berücksichtigt, wie seine Wahrnehmung und seine theoretische Reflexion des neuen Mediums. Neben der Entstehungsgeschichte der Verfilmungen, die zu Schnitzlers Lebzeiten auf der Grundlage seiner literarischen Texte entstanden sind, gilt es, Schnitzlers eigene Filmentwürfe nach seinen Werken und schließlich seine Drehbücher und Filmskizzen anzuführen. …”

“…Currently, there are multiple mediums by which communication can take place, from telephony to email to instant messaging to video conferencing. …”

“…It is therefore one of the most influential mediums of communication of our time and an important area for audience research. …”

“…A complex, dynamic feedback thus arises where, on the one hand, the fluid flow affects the characteristics of the porous medium, and on the other hand the changing medium influences the fluid flow. …”

“…To date, the federal and almost all provincial/territorial governments have committed to return to budget balance over the medium term and outlined plans to do so that focus primarily on expenditure restraint. …”

“…One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a decisive role in the growth of serious music in the Americas in the twentieth century. …”

“…Utilising published and unpublished texts of the late British nutritionist and anti-sugar campaigner John Yudkin, this chapter explores the numerous factors which shaped his ideas about sugar and the mediums used to propagate these to the public. Placing the history of advice about sugar in historical perspective, it provides an analysis of several key themes: the rise of nutrition science, the emergence of the state as a nutritional authority, the role of gender and cultural ideals in prescribing dietary advice, and the influence of commercial and professional interests in shaping public information concerning diet…”

“…In particular, he focuses on the handling of the traumatic past, the religious identification of Cambodians, the political empowerment of elites through spiritual legitimation strategies, and the living ritual practice of spirit mediums in Cambodia. Based on 13 months of ethnographic field research and an innovative methodology utilizing actor-network theory, the research provides an emic understanding of these religious phenomena in terms of a '(re-)enchanted modernity' that is manifesting itself across Southeast Asia. …”

“…One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a decisive role in the growth of serious music in the Americas in the twentieth century. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.1 Introduction 179 -- 8.2 Scenario and Application 182 -- 8.2.1 Concept Definition 182 -- 8.2.2 Fog-enabled IoT Application 184 -- 8.2.3 Characteristics and Open Challenges 185 -- 8.2.4 Orchestration Requirements 187 -- 8.3 Architecture: A Software-Defined Perspective 188 -- 8.3.1 Solution Overview 188 -- 8.3.2 Software-Defined Architecture 189 -- 8.4 Orchestration 191 -- 8.4.1 Resource Filtering and Assignment 192 -- 8.4.2 Component Selection and Placement 194 -- 8.4.3 Dynamic Orchestration with Runtime QoS 195 -- 8.4.4 Systematic Data-Driven Optimization 196 -- 8.4.5 Machine-Learning for Orchestration 197 -- 8.5 Fog Simulation 198 -- 8.5.1 Overview 198 -- 8.5.2 Simulation for IoT Application in Fog 199 -- 8.5.3 Simulation for Fog Orchestration 201 -- 8.6 Early Experience 202 -- 8.6.1 Simulation-Based Orchestration 202 -- 8.6.2 Orchestration in Container-Based Systems 206 -- 8.7 Discussion 207 -- 8.8 Conclusion 208 -- Acknowledgment 208 -- References 208 -- 9 A Decentralized Adaptation System for QoS Optimization 213 /Nanxi Chen, Fan Li, Gary White, Siobh©Łn Clarke, and Yang Yang -- 9.1 Introduction 213 -- 9.2 State of the Art 217 -- 9.2.1 QoS-aware Service Composition 217 -- 9.2.2 SLA (Re-)negotiation 219 -- 9.2.3 Service Monitoring 221 -- 9.3 Fog Service Delivery Model and AdaptFog 224 -- 9.3.1 AdaptFog Architecture 224 -- 9.3.2 Service Performance Validation 227 -- 9.3.3 Runtime QoS Monitoring 232 -- 9.3.4 Fog-to-Fog Service Level Renegotiation 235 -- 9.4 Conclusion and Open Issues 240 -- References 240 -- 10 Efficient Task Scheduling for Performance Optimization 249 /Yang Yang, Shuang Zhao, Kunlun Wang, and Zening Liu -- 10.1 Introduction 249 -- 10.2 Individual Delay-minimization Task Scheduling 251 -- 10.2.1 System Model 251 -- 10.2.2 Problem Formulation 251 -- 10.2.3 POMT Algorithm 253 -- 10.3 Energy-efficient Task Scheduling 255 -- 10.3.1 Fog Computing Network 255 -- 10.3.2 Medium Access Protocol 257 -- 10.3.3 Energy Efficiency 257 -- 10.3.4 Problem Properties 258.…”

“…El Grupo Hepta, los "Cazafantasmas españoles" son un grupo de profesionales de diferentes disciplinas (físicos nucleares, empresarios, matemáticos, astrónomos, informáticos, periodistas... y médiums) que, desde su fundación por el Padre Pilón en 1987, ofrecen sus servicios sin ánimo de lucro para ayudar a "comprender" y "ayudar", con medios técnicos y humanos, a los seres, a los entes que se han quedado "atrapados" en la interfase entre el "más allá" y el "más acá", y que algunos llaman "fantasmas". …”

“…Lastly, the book presents a range of case studies from different areas of governance, such as economy and commerce, health services, education, migration and public opinion in order to investigate the trends most likely to impact the European Union's medium and long-term development…”

“…Since the early nineteenth century, mesmerists, mediums and psychics have exhibited extraordinary phenomena. …”