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"The real history of man is the history of religion." The truth of the famous dictum of Max Muller, the…
father of the History of Religions, is nowhere so obvious as in Tibet. Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? The Buddhism of that country has been described to us, of course, but that does not mean the question has been answered. The unique importance of Stephan Beyerís work is that it presents the vital material ignored or slighted by others: the living ritual of Tibetan Buddhists. The reader is made a witness to cultic proceedings through which the author guides him carefully. He does not force one to accept easy explanations nor does he direct one's attention only to aspects that can be counted on to please. He leads one step by step, without omitting anything, through entire rituals, and interprets whenever necessary without being unduly obtrusive. Oftentimes, as in the case of the many hymns to the goddess Tara, the superb translations speak directly to the reader, and it is indeed as if the reader himself were present at the ritual.Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes
Par Melford E. Spiro. 1982
The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is--among other reasons--both the result of and the stimulation for…
an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aime is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.The Faces of Buddhism in America
Par Charles S. Prebish, Kenneth K. Tanaka. 2023
Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly…
defines a "Buddhist"? This has been a much-debated question in recent years, particularly in regard to the religion's bifurcation into two camps: the so-called "imported" or ethnic Buddhism of Asian immigrants and the "convert" Buddhism of a mostly middle-class, liberal, intellectual elite. In this timely collection Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka bring together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces.The contributors investigate newly Americanized Asian traditions such as Tibetan, Zen, Nichiren, Jodo Shinshu, and Theravada Buddhism and the changes they undergo to meet the expectations of a Western culture desperate for spiritual guidance. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting Buddhism for the first time in its three-thousand-year history and are powerfully addressed here.In recent years American Buddhism has been featured as a major story on ABC television news, National Public Radio, and in other national media. A strong new Buddhist journalism is emerging in the United States, and American Buddhism has made its way onto the Internet. The faces of Buddhism in America are diverse, active, and growing, and this book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding this vital religious movement.Frontiers of Supercomputing II: A National Reassessment (Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences #13)
Par Karyn R. Ames, Alan Brenner. 2023
This uniquely comprehensive book brings together the vast amount of technical, economic, and political information and the analyses of supercomputing…
that have hitherto been buried in the frequently inaccessible "gray literature." Seventy-nine distinguished participants in the second Frontiers of Supercomputing conference offer perceptive and often controversial views on the emerging computing environment in the United States. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.Big Witch Energy: Power Spells for Modern Witches
Par Semra Haksever. 2023
If you've ever felt oppressed, angry at the patriarchy, been ghosted or experienced a bad case of imposter syndrome, this…
book is just the magical elixir you've been waiting for.Join expert witch Semra Haksever as she invites you to summon your Big Witch Energy and awaken the abundance of power within.Filled with spells and rituals that are perfect for novice witches and seasoned spellcasters alike, Semra encourages you to practise radical self-acceptance, be comfortable and confident in your skin and to question society's expectations. There's a spell to help stop people-pleasing, a 'protective shield' body lotion and a foot scrub that will encourage you to walk your own path. As well as this, there are practical spells to call in money and good luck, banish negativity and much more.This collection of spells will enable you connect with the best version of yourself and truly feel your power. So, step into the magic and embrace your Big Witch Energy.Hybrid Threats, Cyberterrorism and Cyberwarfare
Par Helge Janicke, Ioanna Kantzavelou, Leandros Maglaras, Mohamed Amine Ferrag. 2024
Nowadays, in Cyberspace there is a burst of information that everyone has access. However, apart from the advantages the Internet…
offers, it also hides numerous dangers for both people and nations. Cyberspace has a dark side, including terrorism, bullying, and other types of violence. Cyberwarfare is a kind of virtual war that causes the same destruction that a physical war would also do. A hybrid threat is an umbrella term, encompassing a wide variety of existing adverse circumstances and actions, such as terrorism, migration, piracy, corruption, ethnic conflict etc and is not exclusively a tool of asymmetric or non-state actors, but can be applied by state and non-state actors alike. ‘Cyber-conflict’ and ‘cyber-war’ serve as examples of the use of new technologies within the scope of hybrid threats. Cyber-war basically refers to a sustained computer-based cyber-attack by a state against the IT infrastructure of a target state. On the other hand cyber-security is a major factor that shapes productivity and efficiency of the modern industry in both technical and economic terms. The book discusses and analyses current posture of cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare, and hybrid threats, sector specific cyber-attacks that have the form of cyberterrorism and presents the recent actions that EU, USA and other Nations have taken in order to strengthen their systems against such attacks. There has never been a higher risk of a major catastrophe as a result of the rise in offensive cyber activity, particularly the possibility of cyber-physical strikes against critical services. Recent cyber-attacks against critical infrastructures along with the continuous migration crisis have been the main driving forces that led to the decision to publish this book.The Science of Esports
Par Matthew Watson, Craig McNulty, Remco Polman, Kabir Bubna. 2024
The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a…
range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and practitioners to implement interdisciplinary approaches to performance support. The book covers key topic areas such as: What esports is and similarities and differences to sport Game-specific training Physiological and psychological consideration for esports athletes Social aspects of player performance and the social environment of esports Esports coaching and structure of esports performance environments Technology and its use in esports Safeguarding, cheating, and gambling This book includes worked examples and case studies to allow immediate implementation into practice for esports athletes and coaches. It summarises the current state of research to inform researchers and identify gaps in knowledge. This book is critical reading for students of esports and related courses. It serves as the first scientific resource designed to provide athletes, coaches, and practitioners with interdisciplinary insights into esports health and performance.Information and Communications Technologies for Smart Cities and Societies (The City Project #5)
Par Roberto Menozzi. 2024
This book offers an overview of digital, IoT and intelligent technologies, applications and solutions that are contributing to shape the…
digital, inclusive, and sustainable transformation of contemporary cities. Based on peer-reviewed contributions to the workshop "Information and Communications Technologies for Smart Cities and Societies", held on December 2, 2022, at the University of Parma, Italy, it offers a multidisciplinary, authoritative snapshot for researchers, architects, and engineers, as well as professionals and policy makers, involved in planning the city of the future. The book describes practical case studies, discussing challenges and opportunities of the integration of ICTs in the planning and management of future cities.Solvable Cellular Automata: Methods and Applications (Understanding Complex Systems)
Par Henryk Fukś. 2023
The main focus of the book is solvability of cellular automata, that is, expressing the state of a given cell…
after a given number of steps by an explicit formula. The author considers solutions of two types of initial value problems for cellular automata, the deterministic one and the probabilistic one. In the first chapter the basic concepts of cellular automata theory are introduced. Deterministic initial value problem is introduced next and solutions for selected simple rules are also presented. In the following chapters various techniques for solving the deterministic problem are introduced, using elementary CA rules of increasing complexity as examples. The second part of the book introduces the concept of probability measure in the context of cellular automata and the probabilistic initial value problem for both deterministic and probabilistic rules. The book is amply illustrated with examples and applications such as the density classification problem, phase transitions in traffic models or the diffusion of innovations model. In the appendix, solution formulae (both deterministic and probabilistic) for over 60 elementary cellular automata rules are listed. Ruelle-Frobenius-Perron equations for all 88 minimal elementary cellular automata are also provided.Development of Safety-Critical Systems: Architecture and Software
Par Gopinath Karmakar, Amol Wakankar, Ashutosh Kabra, Paritosh Pandya. 2023
This book provides professionals and students with practical guidance for the development of safety-critical computer-based systems. It covers important aspects…
ranging from complying with standards and guidelines to the necessary software development process and tools, and also techniques pertaining to model-based application development platforms as well as qualified programmable controllers.After a general introduction to the book’s topic in chapter 1, chapter 2 discusses dependability aspects of safety systems and how architectural design at the system level helps deal with failures and yet achieves the targeted dependability attributes. Chapter 3 presents the software development process which includes verification and validation at every stage, essential to the development of software for systems performing safety functions. It also explains how the process helps in developing a safety case that can be independently verified and validated. The subsequent chapter 4 presents some important standards and guidelines, which apply to different industries and in different countries. Chapter 5 then discusses the steps towards complying with the standards at every phase of development. It offers a guided tour traversing the path of software qualification by exploring the necessary steps towards achieving the goal with the help of case studies. Chapter 6 highlights the application of formal methods for the development of safety systems software and introduces some available notations and tools which assist the process. Finally, chapter 7 presents a detailed discussion on the importance and the advantages of qualified platforms for safety systems application development, including programmable controller (PLC) and formal model-based development platforms. Each chapter includes case studies illustrating the subject matter.The book is aimed at both practitioners and students interested in the art and science of developing computer-based systems for safety-critical applications. Both audiences will get insights into the tools and techniques along with the latest developments in the design, analysis and qualification, which are constrained by the regulatory and compliance requirements mandated by the applicable guides and standards. It also addresses the needs of professionals and young graduates who specialize in the development of necessary tools and qualified platforms.Maia Toll&’s Wild Wisdom series—The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, and The Illustrated Crystallary—introduced readers to the mystical energy of…
the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. In this capstone to the Wild Wisdom series, Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom Companion guides readers in developing a personalized earth-based spiritual practice using rituals, writing prompts, recipes, symbols, and reflections tied to each season. Organized into 12 chapters—Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, plus early and late stages of each of the four seasons — the book features seasonal practices; exercises for the body and for writing and reflection; plant, animal, and mineral medicine; and symbolic explorations of the gifts and challenges that arise with seasonal change. Original illustrations by Kate O&’Hara illuminate the symbolic richness of the text, and 28 pop-out oracle cards plus four bound-in pocket pages enhance the invitation for readers to use this interactive guide as an ongoing tool for cultivating the sacred in their own lives.Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Security: Theories and Applications (Intelligent Systems Reference Library #240)
Par Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Tarun Kumar Sharma, Tushar Bhardwaj, Himanshu Upadhyay. 2023
This book highlights the applications and theory of artificial intelligence in the domain of cybersecurity. The book proposes new approaches…
and ideas to present applications of innovative approaches in real-time environments. In the past few decades, there has been an exponential rise in the application of artificial intelligence technologies (such as deep learning, machine learning, blockchain) for solving complex and intricate problems arising in the domain of cybersecurity. The versatility of these techniques has made them a favorite among scientists and researchers working in diverse areas. This book serves as a reference for young scholars, researchers, and industry professionals working in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity.Self-Alteration: How People Change Themselves across Cultures
Par Michael Jackson, Kathryn Rountree, Nigel Rapport, Banu Senay, Max Harwood, Gil Hizi, Muhammad Kavesh, Gisella Orsini, Jaap Timmer. 2024
Many of us feel a pressing desire to be different—to be other than who we are. Self-conscious, we anxiously perceive…
our shortcomings or insufficiencies, wondering why we are how we are and whether we might be different. Often, we wish to alter ourselves, to change our relationships, and to transform the person we are in those relationships. Not only a philosophical question about how other people change, self-alteration is also a practical care—can I change, and how? Self-Alteration: How People Change Themselves across Cultures explores and analyzes these apparently universal hopes and their related existential dilemmas. The essays here come at the subject of the self and its becoming through case studies of modes of transformation of the self. They do this with social processes and projects that reveal how the self acquires a non-trivial new meaning in and through its very process of alteration. By focusing on ways we are allowed to change ourselves, including through religious and spiritual traditions and innovations, embodied participation in therapeutic programs like psychoanalysis and gendered care services, and political activism or relationships with animals, the authors in this volume create a model for cross-cultural or global analysis of social-self change that leads to fresh ways of addressing the 'self' itself.Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation: 14th Italian Workshop, WIVACE 2019, Rende, Italy, September 18–20, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1200)
Par Antonio Guerrieri, Clara Pizzuti, Giandomenico Spezzano, Franco Cicirelli, Andrea Vinci, Annalisa Socievole. 2020
This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 14th Italian Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, WIVACE 2019,…
held in Rende, Italy, in September 2019.The 13 full papers and 4 short paper presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. They are focused on the topics of information systems, design and analysis of algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cognitive science, modeling and simulation, collaborative and social computing, parallel computing, distributed computing. The chapter “Nestedness Temperature in the Agent-Artifact Space: Emergence of Hierarchical Order in the 2000-2014 Photonics Techno-Economic Complex System” is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems: 19th International Conference, MobiWIS 2023, Marrakech, Morocco, August 14–16, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13977)
Par Muhammad Younas, Irfan Awan, Tor-Morten Grønli. 2023
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems, MobiWIS 2023,…
held in Marrakech, Morocco, during August 14–16, 2023.The 18 full papers and 1 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are divided into the following topical sections: smart and intelligent systems; digital systems in healthcare services; SDN, IoT and edge computing; mobile interfaces and interactivity; machine learning and stochastic methods; and advanced mobile applications.Learning Automata and Their Applications to Intelligent Systems
Par MengChu Zhou, JunQi Zhang. 2024
Comprehensive guide on learning automata, introducing two variants to accelerate convergence and computational update speed Learning Automata and Their Applications…
to Intelligent Systems provides a comprehensive guide on learning automata from the perspective of principles, algorithms, improvement directions, and applications. The text introduces two variants to accelerate the convergence speed and computational update speed, respectively; these two examples demonstrate how to design new learning automata for a specific field from the aspect of algorithm design to give full play to the advantage of learning automata. As noisy optimization problems exist widely in various intelligent systems, this book elaborates on how to employ learning automata to solve noisy optimization problems from the perspective of algorithm design and application. The existing and most representative applications of learning automata include classification, clustering, game, knapsack, network, optimization, ranking, and scheduling. They are well-discussed. Future research directions to promote an intelligent system are suggested. Written by two highly qualified academics with significant experience in the field, Learning Automata and Their Applications to Intelligent Systems covers such topics as: Mathematical analysis of the behavior of learning automata, along with suitable learning algorithms Two application-oriented learning automata: one to discover and track spatiotemporal event patterns, and the other to solve stochastic searching on a line Demonstrations of two pioneering variants of Optimal Computing Budge Allocation (OCBA) methods and how to combine learning automata with ordinal optimization How to achieve significantly faster convergence and higher accuracy than classical pursuit schemes via lower computational complexity of updating the state probabilityA timely text in a rapidly developing field, Learning Automata and Their Applications to Intelligent Systems is an essential resource for researchers in machine learning, engineering, operation, and management. The book is also highly suitable for graduate level courses on machine learning, soft computing, reinforcement learning and stochastic optimization.The Good Habit Workbook: A Practical Toolkit to Help You Change Your Life One Good Habit at a Time
Par Freya Stephens. 2023
Break away from bad habits and build healthy ones with this step-by-step workbook, which will help you make positive changes…
in your life. Including practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises, it will help you free yourself from negative cycles and replace them with positive, productive habits for long-term health and happiness.Proceedings of International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Analytics: PCCDA 2023 (Algorithms for Intelligent Systems)
Par Anupam Yadav, Meng-Hiot Lim, Satyasai Jagannath Nanda. 2023
This book is a collection of selected high-quality research papers presented at International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and…
Data Analytics (PCCDA 2023), held at South Asian University, New Delhi, India, during 22–23 April 2023. It discusses cutting-edge research in the areas of advanced computing, communications and data science techniques. The book is a collection of latest research articles in computation algorithm, communication and data sciences, intertwined with each other for efficiency.Data Centric Artificial Intelligence: A Beginner’s Guide (Data-Intensive Research)
Par Parikshit N. Mahalle, Gitanjali R. Shinde, Yashwant S. Ingle, Namrata N. Wasatkar. 2023
This book discusses the best research roadmaps, strategies, and challenges in data-centric approach of artificial intelligence (AI) in various domains.…
It presents comparative studies of model-centric and data-centric AI. It also highlights different phases in data-centric approach and data-centric principles. The book presents prominent use cases of data-centric AI. It serves as a reference guide for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry.Health Information Science: 12th International Conference, HIS 2023, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, October 23–24, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14305)
Par Yan Li, Rui Zhou, Lu Chen, Zhisheng Huang, Manik Sharma. 2023
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Health Information Science, HIS 2023, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, during October…
23–24, 2023.The 20 full papers and 9 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Depression & Mental Health, Data Security, Privacy & Healthcare Systems, Neurological & Cognitive Disease Studies, COVID-19 Impact Studies, Advanced Medical Data & AI Techniques, Predictive Analysis & Disease Recognition, Medical Imaging & Dataset Exploration, Elderly Care and Knowledge Systems.