1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452189703321

Autore

Smith Linnea

Titolo

La doctora [[electronic resource] ] : the journal of an American doctor practicing medicine on the Amazon River / / Linnea Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Duluth, Minn., : Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, c1999

ISBN

0-8166-9540-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

610/.92

B

Soggetti

Physicians - Amazon River Region

Tropical medicine - Amazon River Region

Indians of South America - Medical care - Amazon River Region

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; 1 ""My Wife Can't Have Her Baby!""; Leap into the Unknown; Life on the Amazon; Jungle Doctor; Clinic Expansion; More Jungle Medicine; The End of the Beginning

Sommario/riassunto

In 1990, Dr. Linnea Smith went to Peru on an ecotourism vacation. She was so moved that she abandoned her thriving medical practice in Wisconsin to serve the Yagua Indians in the deepest part of the Amazon rainforest of Peru--alone.Taken straight from the pages of Dr. Smith's journal, La Doctora offers readers a rare glimpse into the suspense and drama of practicing medicine in a culture far removed from the sophisticated supplies and supports of 20th-century medicine. Learn how Dr. Smith evolved from a "strange white woman" to an adopted member of the indigenous community. Her story of advent



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462400503321

Autore

Zhou Zhi-Hua, Ph. D.

Titolo

Ensemble methods : foundations and algorithms / / Zhi-Hua Zhou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-15109-8

1-4398-3005-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Chapman & Hall/CRC machine learning & pattern recognition series

Disciplina

006.3/1

Soggetti

Multiple comparisons (Statistics)

Set theory

Mathematical analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Chapman & Hall book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preface; Notations; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Boosting; 3. Bagging; 4. Combination Methods; 5. Diversity; 6. Ensemble Pruning; 7. Clustering Ensembles; 8. Advanced Topics; References

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive book presents an in-depth and systematic introduction to ensemble methods for researchers in machine learning, data mining, and related areas. It helps readers solve modem problems in machine learning using these methods. The author covers the spectrum of research in ensemble methods, including such famous methods as boosting, bagging, and rainforest, along with current directions and methods not sufficiently addressed in other books. Chapters explore cutting-edge topics, such as semi-supervised ensembles, cluster ensembles, and comprehensibility, as well as successful applications--