This book examines the life and work of mathematician Giovanni Battista Guccia, founder of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo and its renowned journal, the Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo.
The authors describe how Guccia, an Italian geometer, was able to establish a mathematical society in Sicily in the late nineteenth century, which by 1914 would grow to become the largest and most international in the world, with one of the most influential journals of the time. The book highlights the challenges faced by Guccia in creating an international society in isolated Palermo, and places Guccia’s activities in the wider European context through comparisons with the formation of the London Mathematical Society and the creation of Mittag-Leffler’s Acta Mathematica in Stockholm.

Based on extensive searches in European archives, this scholarly work follows both historical and scientific treads, and will appeal to those interested in the history of mathematics and science in general.

Case Rosse, minuscolo borgo nell'Appennino tosco-emiliano, ha un primato: è la sede del commissariato più piccolo d'Italia, diretto da Roberto Serra - che viene da Roma ed è considerato uno 'ed fora' - con l'aiuto dell'agente Manzini. Non succede mai nulla se non qualche rissa tra ubriachi il sabato sera. Ma la notte del Capodanno del 1995 una telefonata sveglia Manzini in piena notte. Ci sono tre cadaveri al Prà grand, uccisi senza pietà. I due poliziotti accorrono sul luogo del delitto e uno spettacolo raccapricciante si presenta ai loro occhi: un uomo, una donna e una bambina sono stati colpiti a morte da distanza ravvicinata con un fucile.

This book provides information on the latest research findings that are useful in the context of designing sustainable houses and living in rapidly growing Asian cities. The book is composed of seven parts, comprising a total of 50 chapters written by 53 authors from various countries, mainly in the Asian region. Part I introduces vernacular houses in different Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Nepal, China, Thailand and Laos.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of five international workshops held in the framework of the 8th Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2017, in Wuhan, China, in November 2017: Workshop on Human Behavior Analysis; Workshop on Educational Cloud and Image/Video Enriched Cloud Services, ECIVECS; Workshop: Vision Meets Graphics, VG; Workshop on Active Electro-Optical Sensors for Aerial and Space Imaging, EO4AS; and Workshop on Computer Vision and Modern Vehicles, CVMV.

The Subcellular Biochemistry series has recently embarked upon an almost encyclopaedic coverage of topics relating to the structure and function of macromolecular complexes (Volumes 82, 83 and 87). The present multi-author text covers numerous aspects of current research into molecular virology, with emphasis upon viral protein and nucleoprotein structure and function. Structural data from cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography is displayed throughout the book.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, ICIAR 2018, held in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, in June 2018.
The 91 full papers presented together with 15 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 179 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Enhancement, Restoration and Reconstruction, Image Segmentation, Detection, Classication and Recognition, Indexing and Retrieval, Computer Vision, Activity Recognition, Traffic and Surveillance, Applications, Biomedical Image Analysis, Diagnosis and Screening of Ophthalmic Diseases, and Challenge on Breast Cancer Histology Images.

This book highlights recent research on intelligent systems design and applications. It presents 100 selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2017), which was held in Delhi, India from December 14 to 16, 2017. The ISDA is a premier conference in the field of Computational Intelligence and brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involves intelligent systems and their applications in industry and the real world. Including contributions by authors from over 30 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.

The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and encourage collaborations between clinicians, neuroscientists and engineers.

Advancement of Optical Methods & Digital Image Correlation in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.
The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of optical methods ranging from traditional photoelasticity and interferometry to more recent DIC and DVC techniques, and includes papers in the following general technical research areas:

New Developments in Optical Methods & Fringe Pattern Analysis;
DIC Applications for Challenging Environments;
Optical Methods in SEM: History & Perspective;
Mechanical Characterization of Materials & Structures with Optical Methods;
Bioengineering.