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Augmented environments – where objects are empowered by underlying information technology, are now installed in an ever-growing number of offices, public spaces and homes. However designing them to be usable and user-friendly remains a challenge. This book provides an overview and summary of the key research undertaken in augmented environments by some of the most prominent laboratories in the field worldwide (Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon, Fuji-Xerox Palo Alto, EDF R&D, Politecnico di Milano, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, Russian Academy of Science, UC San Diego, University of Aachen). The book covers all relevant aspects of Augmented Environments from architecture to computer science and psychology. Most useful theories (activity theory, distributed cognition, cognitive attractors, perceived quality…) and design principles (COTS, semantic Rubicon, never-endingness…) as well as practical patterns for implementation are provided by the seminal authors themselves. With this overview, readers can benefit from the experiences of key researchers in the field to construct robust, efficient and user-friendly augmented environments. All those working in the field of human-computer interaction will find this book an invaluable reference source.

Computers -- Social aspects. --- Embedded computer systems -- Design. --- Human-computer interaction. --- Ubiquitous computing. --- Ubiquitous computing --- Embedded computer systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Design and construction --- Computer-human interaction --- Human factors in computing systems --- Interaction, Human-computer --- Embedded systems (Computer systems) --- Pervasive computing --- UbiComp (Computer science) --- Design. --- Computer science. --- Multimedia information systems. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Computer Science. --- Multimedia Information Systems. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Computer-based multimedia information systems --- Multimedia computing --- Multimedia information systems --- Multimedia knowledge systems --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Informatics --- Science --- Human engineering --- User-centered system design --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- Computer systems --- Architecture Analysis and Design Language --- Electronic data processing --- Distributed processing --- Multimedia systems.

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Augmented environments – where objects are empowered by underlying information technology, are now installed in an ever-growing number of offices, public spaces and homes. However designing them to be usable and user-friendly remains a challenge. This book provides an overview and summary of the key research undertaken in augmented environments by some of the most prominent laboratories in the field worldwide (Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon, Fuji-Xerox Palo Alto, EDF R&D, Politecnico di Milano, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, Russian Academy of Science, UC San Diego, University of Aachen). The book covers all relevant aspects of Augmented Environments from architecture to computer science and psychology. Most useful theories (activity theory, distributed cognition, cognitive attractors, perceived quality...) and design principles (COTS, semantic Rubicon, never-endingness...) as well as practical patterns for implementation are provided by the seminal authors themselves. With this overview, readers can benefit from the experiences of key researchers in the field to construct robust, efficient and user-friendly augmented environments. All those working in the field of human-computer interaction will find this book an invaluable reference source.

Computer. Automation --- informatica --- multimedia

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It's midnight in Glasgow as DJ Zaf presents Radio Chandni’s last ever programme. The playlist features songs from the soundtracks of romantic old Indian films, Beatles' and Stranglers' classics and the music of Kula Shaker and ADF. As his broadcast goes out, Zaf’s thoughts and memories unfold – a battered black Ford Popular car toiling its way from Lahore to Britain; a shiny blue Kawasaki motorbike flashing through the Scottish countryside; an ex-lover who blames him for all the crap in her life; a fuck-off-we're-finished note from his white girlfriend; a mother who abandons all that’s safe and familiar to be with the man she loves; a father who doesn’t recognise his son; the once-exotic sight of a sari swishing along the cold wet streets of Govan; a culture defined by something as banal as plastic hankie-box holders decorated with roses; a copper mirror in a singing cave. . . Spanning generations, continents and cultures, Psychoraag will take you on a whirlwind journey into a cosmic world where the real and the surreal dissolve and the past and the present segue into each other.

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Epigenetics is a rapidly expanding field in medical and biological research which concerns heritable traits that are not attributable to changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms play key roles in many biological processes, and it has become clear that their disruption can gives rise to diverse pathologies in humans. Edited by preeminent experts, Sophie Rousseaux and Saadi Khochbin, this volume in the ‘Epigenetics and Human Health’ series discusses the role of epigenetics in human reproduction. The book presents epigenetic transitions that are important at defined stages of gametogenesis and during meiosis. Several of the sixteen chapters written by experts in the field cover fundamental concepts discovered through cellular and biochemical work and from research on animal models. In other chapters, key examples are provided of how disruption of these mechanisms affects germ cell development and fertility, and contributes to the germinal cancers. Finally, the book discusses how in vitro manipulation and culture in assisted reproduction can epigenetically perturb germ cells, and how this can trigger disease phenotypes in the next generation. Conceived towards advanced students, medical professionals and research scientists, this is the first comprehensive textbook on this topic that will serve as a valuable reference during the years to come.

Embryology. --- Epigenesis. --- Human reproduction. --- Reproduction. --- Gene Expression Regulation --- Reproductive Physiological Processes --- Cell Differentiation --- Cell Physiological Processes --- Genetic Processes --- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena --- Gametogenesis --- Reproduction --- Epigenesis, Genetic --- Cell Physiological Phenomena --- Genetic Phenomena --- Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Biology --- Zoology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Genetics --- Animal Anatomy & Embryology --- Pathology --- Medicine. --- Human genetics. --- Reproductive medicine. --- Biomedicine. --- Human Genetics. --- Reproductive Medicine. --- Human physiology --- Reproductive health --- Reproductive rights --- Embryology --- Evolution (Biology) --- Human reproduction --- Human reproductive health --- Human reproductive medicine --- Reproductive medicine --- Health --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Health aspects