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Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them from one another—commonly known as Facial Recognition Technology. While computer scientists are developing FRT in order to design more intelligent and interactive machines, businesses and states agencies view the technology as uniquely suited for “smart” surveillance—systems that automate the labor of monitoring in order to increase their efficacy and spread their reach. Tracking this technological pursuit, Our Biometric Future identifies FRT as a prime example of the failed technocratic approach to gover...
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Newsreels and the Spanish Civil War, the constraints on the news-reporting process.
Originally published in 1944, this book contains sixteen essays on the history of Cambridge, Oxford and other English communities in the medieval period, particularly the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Cam argues in her introduction that 'medieval local government can only be understood through much short range study of particular places and institutions', and uses the rich history of these areas as a microcosm of wider historical change and development. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English medieval history and the role of small communities in implementing and creating change.
Recent years have seen a resurgence of antibiotic drug discovery. This book brings together the relevant information to assess the state-of-the-art. It identifies and elaborates the most recent and compelling strategies for antibiotic drug discovery with a primary focus on new targets, mechanisms and molecular entities. Addressing the need for continued investment in antibiotic drug development, the book provides a point of reference for the rapidly expanding infectious disease research community. In addition to its attention on new targets, the book focusses on the medicinal chemistry and chemistry of the targets. Within this framework, chapters from leading researchers in academia and industry address findings in important areas such as biofilm production, narrow spectrum antibiotics and novel antibacterials from previously uncultured soil bacteria. This book will be a useful resource for postgraduate students and researchers in medicinal chemistry wishing to understand the latest approaches to antibiotic drug discovery.
This book deals with the challenges faced by protected area managers and the techniques and methods to tackle them. Protected areas are the base of most national and international conservation strategies. Each of the protected areas needs a case-specific set of guidelines because of the numerous unpredictable elements in ecology matters, but a general issue in all these cases remains that of coping with human interaction. The management of these areas is full of challenges and the only way to gain understanding and achieve higher management possibilities is to exchange experiences and knowledge. Environmental managers are familiar with this fact and, along with scientists, are looking for more enhanced and novel solutions, both in relation with natural resources as well as human interactions in many issues about nature protection. The book elucidates reviews and research results on protected area management, as well as several case studies derived from across the world with the goal of enhancing management effectiveness of these areas.