Stairs 2006

STAIRS 2006 is the third European Starting AI Researcher Symposium, an international meeting aimed at AI researchers, from all countries, at the beginning of their career: PhD students or people holding a PhD for less than one year. The topics of the papers included range from traditional AI areas to AI applications, such as Agents, Automated Reasoning, Belief Revision, Case-based Reasoning, Constraints, Data Mining & Information Extraction, Genetic Algorithms, Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Sensory Systems (Speech, Multi-Model Processing), Knowledge Representation, Logic Programming, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Nonmonotonic Reasoning, Planning & Scheduling, Reasoning about Action and Change, Robotics, Search, Semantic Web, Spatial & Temporal Reasoning and Uncertainty.

The International Symposium on ?Exotic States of Nuclear Matter? was a unique opportunity to review and discuss the many aspects of nuclear matter under extreme conditions and the corresponding possible exotic states like hyperonic matter, kaon condensates, and quark matter, which can appear both in astrophysical compact objects like neutron stars and in heavy ion collision experiments. In this proceedings volume, leading experts from astrophysics, nuclear physics, and elementary particle physics have delivered reviews and specialized seminars, which highlight the links among the different fields and the role of the underlying fundamental processes. Prospects in future astrophysical observations, with present and planned apparata, and heavy ion experiments are strongly emphasized. Thus, this book will definitely be a valuable reference for all researchers working in this wide research area.

Proven to be highly effective for the treatment of a wide range of problems, cognitive-behavior therapy is the most widely used psychotherapeutic technique. Building on the success of the previous edition, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Second Edition presents specific direction for cognitive behavior therapy techniques. Fully updated and expanded, this edition contains contributions from world-renowned experts on problems including smoking cessation, stress management, and classroom management. Its step-by-step illustrations create a hands-on reference of vital cognitive-behavioral therapy skills. This reference is essential for psychologists, counselors, and social workers.

Software is the essential enabler for the new economy and science. It creates new markets and new directions for a more reliable, flexible, and robust society. It empowers the exploration of our world in ever more depth. However, software often falls short behind our expectations. Current software methodologies, tools, and techniques remain expensive and not yet reliable for a highly changeable and evolutionary market. Many approaches have been proven only as case-by-case oriented methods. This book presents a number of new trends and theories in the direction in which we believe software science and engineering may develop to transform the role of software and science in tomorrow’s information society. This publication is an attempt to capture the essence of a new state of art in software science and its supporting technology. Is also aims at identifying the challenges such a technology has to master.

In one way or another, Gerry Brown has been concerned with questions about the universe, about its vast expanse as well as about its most miniscule fundamental constituents of matter throughout his entire life. In his endeavours to understand the universe in many manifestations from nuclei all the way to the stars, he has been influenced by some of the most prominent physicists of the 20th century, and he himself, in turn, has influenced a great many scholars. This volume, a collection of articles dedicated to Gerry on his 85th birthday, contains discussions of many of the issues which have attracted his interest over the years. The contributions are written by his former students, co-authors, colleagues and admirers and they are strongly influenced by Gerry's own scientific tastes. With this compilation we want to express our respect, admiration and gratitude; we want to celebrate Gerry's scientific and scholarly achievements, the inspirational quality of his teaching and the enthusiasm which he himself displayed in his research and which stimulated so many of his students and colleagues over the decades. Contents:What is the Universe? G E Brown — His Life and Work (Sabine Lee)Toward a Fully Relativistic Theory of Quantum Information (Christoph Adami)Hadron Production in Ultra-relativistic Nuclear Collisions and the QCD Phase Diagram: an Update (P Braun-Munzinger and J Stachel)The Nuclear Shell Model for Nuclei in the Region of 208Pb (B Alex Brown)Nuclear Medium Effects from Hadronic Atoms (E Friedman and A Gal)Three-Body Interactions in Fermi Systems (B Friman and A Schwenk)Meson Assisted Strange Dibaryons (A Gal)Lattice Nuclear Force (T Hatsuda)Density-Dependent Nuclear Interactions and the Beta Decay of 14C: Chiral Three-Nucleon Forces and Brown-Rho Scaling (J W Holt, N Kaiser and W Weise)Effective Field Theory and High-Precision Calculations of Nuclear Electroweak Processes (Kuniharu Kubodera and Mannque Rho)The Vlow-k Low-Momentum Interaction and its Application to Finite-Nuclei and Neutron Stars (T T S Kuo)What a Two Solar Mass Neutron Star Really Means (James M Lattimer and Madappa Prakash)Formation and Evolution of Black Hole Binaries in the Galaxy (Chang-Hwan Lee)Chiral Symmetry and the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction (R Machleidt and D R Entem)Chiral Symmetry, Nuclear Forces and All That (Ulf-G Meiβner)Transport Properties of a Non-Relativistic Delta-Shell Gas with Long Scattering Lengths (Sergey Postnikov and Madappa Prakash)Subtle is the Manifestation of Chiral Symmetry in Nuclei and Dense Nuclear Matter (Mannque Rho)Multi-W-Z-top Bags, and their Possible Role in Cosmological Baryogenesis (Edward Shuryak)Theory of Finite Fermi Systems — The Stony Brook Jülich Interaction (J Speth, S Krewald and F Grümmer)Separation Energy, Rearrangement Energy and Single Nucleon Wave Functions in Nuclei (Igal Talmi)Holographic Nucleons (Ismail Zahed) Readership: Students, researchers and academics interested in nuclear physics, quantum physics and astrophysics. Keywords:Nuclear Physics;QED;Astrophysics;History of Physics;Quantumchromodynamics

Stair building combines precision carpentry with tricky math, so even experienced builders find it challenging. But as this extensively illustrated book demonstrates, any builder who can measure the distance between two floors can plan and build a stunning set of stairs. By clearly laying out the geometry, planning, and construction involved, author Andy Engel takes the reader from a simple structure built of framing lumber to a set of stairs fit for a king. From building and installing railings to using off-the-shelf stair parts, Building Stairs lays out the process clearly and completely. Written by a pro Accurate and reliable Easy to navigate Covers railings and newels Includes outdoor stairs

The Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence continues a tradition of being one of the most important regional AI conferences in Europe for ten years now. The topics of this year’s contributions have a broad range, from machine learning, knowledge representation, robotics, planning and scheduling, natural language, computer vision, search algorithms, industrial applications, to philosophical foundations. These contributions exemplify the diversity of research in artificial intelligence today and confirm the achievement and magnitude of 25 years AI research in Scandinavia. In this tenth edition there will be an overview of the past, present and future of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, attention will be paid to the industrial aspects of artificial intelligence and the impressions from Swedish AI through the years. Other topics discussed are biosurveillance and an elaboration on probalistic modelling and learning in a relational world.