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This is the first textbook dedicated to explaining how artificial intelligence (AI) techniques can be used in and for games. After introductory chapters that explain the background and key techniques in AI and games, the authors explain how to use AI to play games, to generate content for games and to model players. The book will be suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in games, artificial intelligence, design, human-computer interaction, and computational intelligence, and also for self-study by industrial game developers and practitioners. The authors have developed a website (http://www.gameaibook.org) that complements the material covered in the book with up-to-date exercises, lecture slides and reading.
Since its inception, paleoanthropology has been closely wedded to the idea that big-game hunting by our hominin ancestors arose, first and foremost, as a means for acquiring energy and vital nutrients. This assumption has rarely been questioned, and seems intuitively obvious—meat is a nutrient-rich food with the ideal array of amino acids, and big animals provide meat in large, convenient packages. Through new research, the author of this volume provides a strong argument that the primary goals of big-game hunting were actually social and political—increasing hunter’s prestige and standing—and that the nutritional component was just an added bonus. Through a comprehensive, interdisciplinary research approach, the author examines the historical and current perceptions of protein as an important nutrient source, the biological impact of a high-protein diet and the evidence of this in the archaeological record, and provides a compelling reexamination of this long-held conclusion. This volume will be of interest to researchers in Archaeology, Evolutionary Biology, and Paleoanthropology, particularly those studying diet and nutrition.
El tratamiento del delincuente peligroso ha sido sin lugar a dudas uno de los mayores quebraderos de cabeza de la política criminal de los Estados, hallándose desde largo tiempo atrás inmersos en una búsqueda incesante de soluciones legislativas óptimas para responder al problema del peligro de la reiteración delictiva y de soluciones que deben conjugar dos requisitos de inexcusable cumplimento: de un lado, garantizar la paz social y los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos, evitando los riesgos derivados de la reiteración delictiva del delincuente una vez cumplida condena y de otro lado la obediencia al mandato constitucional previsto en el artículo 25.2 de la Constitución, orientando las penas privativas de libertad y las medidas de seguridad a la reinserción y la rehabilitación social del delincuente;
Obra producida en la línea de investigación “la mujer como víctima del delito en el marco del proceso penal: lectura crítica y propuestas de mejora”, que alimenta el autor desde hace más de dos décadas. En su seno, el solicitante, hasta ahora, en relación a la violencia de género, se ha centrado exclusivamente en la protección de la mujer mediante el proceso penal, cambia, ahora, no obstante, de enfoque, reparando en la labor judicial con los hombres condenados por violencia de género, dirigida a su efectiva resocialización y reeducación. La investigación parte de que, ante un hecho de violencia de género, en primer lugar, el Poder Judicial debe proteger a su/s víctima/s c...
Na evolução da Constituição também como fundamento do direito penal problematizam-se as manifestações atuais da intervenção penal no seu confronto com disposições e princípios constitucionais, os parâmetros de controlo da constitucionalidade de normas penais, os direitos fundamentais e os interesses constitucionalmente protegidos como referente de legitimação material do direito penal, a existência de imposições constitucionais expressas e implícitas de criminalização, a identificação de proibições constitucionais de criminalização, as vias de superação de um controlo de constitucionalidade que se tem revelado limitado e autocontido e a realidade da proteção multinível dos direitos. A via adotada é a da referência à lei, à doutrina e à jurisprudência nacionais e estrangeiras, incluindo a brasileira e jurisprudência supranacional.
In a globalized world full of noise, brands are constantly launching messages through different channels. For the last two decades, brands, marketers, and creatives have faced the difficult task of reaching those individuals who do not want to watch or listen to what they are trying to tell them. By producing fewer ads or making them louder or more striking, more brands and communications professionals are not going to get those people to pay more attention to their messages; they will only want to avoid advertising in all media. The Handbook of Research on the Future of Advertising and Brands in the New Entertainment Landscape provides a theoretical, reflective, and empirical perspective on...
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This is the first critical, in-depth academic study of FC Barcelona (also known as Barça), one of the world’s great football clubs, exploring the historical, political, cultural and commercial dimensions of this global sporting institution. The book examines why and how the club grew from its genesis as a small sporting organisation in the developing urban landscape of Barcelona in 1899 to become a contemporary giant that has both shaped and transcended football. It considers how globalisation, cultural identity and political ideology can help us to understand the development of Barça, but also how the growth of the phenomenon of FC Barcelona helps us to better understand those forces sh...