Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome explores what it is like to be an adolescent with Asperger Syndrome, through interviews with Teodor, a 'psychologically unusual' twelve-year-old. In this detailed case study, Vuletic and Ferrari combine an autobiographical account with perspectives from other family members and people who know Teodor well, while simultaneously integrating psychiatric and psychological research on autism.The authors evaluate the merits and pitfalls of different interpretations of autism and address the broad psychological issues related to Asperger Syndrome - intelligence, social skills, memory, the transitional period from childhood to adolescence. The study includes results and interpretations of standard measures of self-concept, an IQ test and a psychiatric exam, contributing to the hitherto under-researched area of autistic self-knowledge.
This book contains mathematical preliminaries in which basic definitions of fractional derivatives and spaces are presented. The central part of the book contains various applications in classical mechanics including fields such as: viscoelasticity, heat conduction, wave propagation and variational Hamilton–type principles. Mathematical rigor will be observed in the applications. The authors provide some problems formulated in the classical setting and some in the distributional setting. The solutions to these problems are presented in analytical form and these solutions are then analyzed numerically. Theorems on the existence of solutions will be presented for all examples discussed. In using various constitutive equations the restrictions following from the second law of thermodynamics will be implemented. Finally, the physical implications of obtained solutions will be discussed in detail.
The books Fractional Calculus with Applications in Mechanics: Vibrations and Diffusion Processes and Fractional Calculus with Applications in Mechanics: Wave Propagation, Impact and Variational Principles contain various applications of fractional calculus to the fields of classical mechanics. Namely, the books study problems in fields such as viscoelasticity of fractional order, lateral vibrations of a rod of fractional order type, lateral vibrations of a rod positioned on fractional order viscoelastic foundations, diffusion-wave phenomena, heat conduction, wave propagation, forced oscillations of a body attached to a rod, impact and variational principles of a Hamiltonian type. The books will be useful for graduate students in mechanics and applied mathematics, as well as for researchers in these fields. Part 1 of this book presents an introduction to fractional calculus. Chapter 1 briefly gives definitions and notions that are needed later in the book and Chapter 2 presents definitions and some of the properties of fractional integrals and derivatives. Part 2 is the central part of the book. Chapter 3 presents the analysis of waves in fractional viscoelastic materials in infinite and finite spatial domains. In Chapter 4, the problem of oscillations of a translatory moving rigid body, attached to a heavy, or light viscoelastic rod of fractional order type, is studied in detail. In Chapter 5, the authors analyze a specific engineering problem of the impact of a viscoelastic rod against a rigid wall. Finally, in Chapter 6, some results for the optimization of a functional containing fractional derivatives of constant and variable order are presented.
Ryder Davis is swamped by questions. Why are there different realities? Why is the Earth degrading? What makes him not human? Who is the mysterious royal of this new magical realm? Who is he, exactly? He is dubious about the morality of his acts, and being a part of a prophesy involves a lot of labour. He must fulfil his destiny even though none of them think in fate because he has a sizable team on his side and a number of new adversaries. He has two options, but no one appears to know which is the best, so he will have to make that choice on his own. Time is of the essence, therefore they must all move quickly. Even though it is the darkest time of the day, the stars are also at their brightest around midnight.
Twelve Signs. One Vision. A Quest to Discover the Truth. In a world ruled by twelve deities who represent the renowned Zodiac, people look to their birth signs for inspiration. This was the case for Oliver, a Leo who was balancing high school and a job to make ends meet. But everything changes when he receives a vision that the Zodiac deities may not be the benevolent guides everyone believes them to be. With the help of Skyler, the new girl at school, Oliver chases the clues that will lead them to the Zodiac and the answers they seek. Just what are the stars truly planning for them? Imaginative, character-driven, witty, and wise, Wheel of Stars is the first in a series that will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . and might make you rethink your horoscope
The Inheritance. Autobiographical ProseThis book is in Romanian. It is an autobiographical novella. Această ediţie a cărţii este publicată special pentru rom nii din diaspora.Citiţi cărţi n limba rom nă Veţi fi mai aproape de casă, de ţară.Comandaţi cartea de pe site-ul Amazon corespunzător ţării n care locuiţi şi nu veţi plăti transportul internaţional. Moştenirea este o carte scrisă din iubirea faţă de naintaşi, cărora autoarea le poartă o pioasă recunoştinţă. Iată cum ne prezintă ea povestea acestei scrieri: Suntem purtători, n mod involuntar, ai genelor străbunilor noştri. Trecutul lor este prezentul nostru. Poveştile despre bunici dau startul vieţii noastre, atunci c nd ne descoperim şi ncercăm să ne facem cunoscuţi semenilor, după o introducere scurtă n care spunem cum suntem, ce principii avem, ce crezuri ne reprezintă. Uşor, uşor, se ajunge la... cum a fost bunica mea sau cum a fost bunicul meu. De cur nd, am auzit de la o prietenă a mea povestea bunicii ei, care la v rstă de 12 ani răm ne orfană. Părinţii ei sunt omor ţi n război, iar ea a fost deportată n Rom nia şi adoptată de o familie de intelectuali etc., etc. M-a fascinat profund şi am rămas sub imperiul ei mult timp. Realizez că o parte a bunicii o reprezintă ca om; structura umană a prietenei mele s-a clădit şi dezvoltat pe o fundaţie solidă. Dacă din descrierea ei despre bunica am remarcat curajul acesteia, forţa şi tăria de caracter, determinarea - ca dintr-un copil orfan să ajungă profesor emerit" -, după cum mi-a relatat, lupta purtată cu demnitate pentru a-şi clădi o viaţă frumoasă şi onorabilă... acum descopăr cu stupoare că prietena mea este aidoma bunicii sale. Toate virtuţile bunicii au fost transferate nepoatei n mod nevăzut pentru ea, dar vizibile pentru toţi din jur. M-am ntrebat dacă Magdalena, prietena mea, realizează ce om puternic şi deosebit este, datorită rădăcinilor sale şi efortului său de a păstra şi dezvolta zestrea ei. A fost, cumva, un moment de trezire, s-a născut dorinţa de a-i mpărtăşi, la r ndul meu, povestea bunicilor mei... A fost punctul de pornire n analiza şi autoanaliza mea. Dacă ea seamănă at t de bine cu bunica, o asemănare identică aş putea spune, aceeaşi personalitate, dar n alt corp, un alt trup, atunci descopăr rostul căutărilor mele şi nu pot dec t să spun că sunt foarte fericită... Şi, pentru că de multe ori am vrut să spun această poveste şi din diferite motive nu am spus-o, poate din vina timpului care niciodată nu e suficient, sau din motive personale, poate... acum ceva mă face să cred, să simt că e momentul să spun povestea bunicilor mei. Cei care mă cunosc, prieteni, amici sau colegi de serviciu, vor considera că aş face asta din m ndrie sau ca să impresionez pe cineva. Nu, nu este asta. Vreau ca povestea să fie cunoscută, să poată fi citită de familia mea, de amici, prieteni şi toţi cei care o vor găsi interesantă. Teodora Pascu
Conference internationale sur les reformes parlementaires / par Theodore de Korwyn SzymanowskyDate de l'edition originale: 1890Sujet de l'ouvrage: France (1870-1940, 3e Republique)Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
This book addresses the topic of autonomous flying robots physically interacting with the environment under the influence of wind. It aims to make aerial robots aware of the disturbance, interaction, and faults acting on them. This requires reasoning about the external wrench (force and torque) acting on the robot and distinguishing between wind, interactions, and collisions. The book takes a model-based approach and covers a systematic approach to parameter identification for flying robots. The book aims to provide a wind speed estimate independent of the external wrench, including estimating the wind speed using motor power measurements. Aerodynamics modeling is approached in a data-driven fashion, using ground-truth measurements from a 4D wind tunnel. Finally, the book bridges the gap between trajectory tracking and interaction control, to allow physical interaction under wind influence. Theoretical results are accompanied by extensive simulation and experimental results.
This book addresses the topic of autonomous flying robots physically interacting with the environment under the influence of wind. It aims to make aerial robots aware of the disturbance, interaction, and faults acting on them. This requires reasoning about the external wrench (force and torque) acting on the robot and distinguishing between wind, interactions, and collisions. The book takes a model-based approach and covers a systematic approach to parameter identification for flying robots. The book aims to provide a wind speed estimate independent of the external wrench, including estimating the wind speed using motor power measurements. Aerodynamics modeling is approached in a data-driven fashion, using ground-truth measurements from a 4D wind tunnel. Finally, the book bridges the gap between trajectory tracking and interaction control, to allow physical interaction under wind influence. Theoretical results are accompanied by extensive simulation and experimental results.
This book is an in-depth and modern presentation of important classical results in complex analysis and is suitable for a first course on the topic, as taught by the authors at several universities. The level of difficulty of the material increases gradually from chapter to chapter, and each chapter contains many exercises with solutions and applications of the results, with the particular goal of showcasing a variety of solution techniques.
