1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694180703321

Titolo

Avian influenza : are we prepared? : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 9, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 120 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Avian influenza - Government policy - United States

Avian influenza - Prevention - International cooperation

Avian influenza - Vaccination

Epidemics - United States - Prevention

Health planning - United States

Emergency management - United States - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910522557803321

Autore

Brice Robert Greenleaf

Titolo

Wittgenstein's On Certainty: Insight and Method / / by Robert Greenleaf Brice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-030-90781-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, , 2211-4556

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of

Language and languages

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

Metaphysics

Language and languages - Philosophy

Epistemology

Language History

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Philosophy of Language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

On Certainty: Scholarship, Development, and Placement -- Philosophical Therapy -- Background to On Certainty -- Philosophical Therapy: A Cure for Our “Philosophical Disease” -- Knowledge and Belief -- Language-Game of Knowledge, Hinge-Propositions, & Actional Certitude -- Therapeutic Philosophy: “A Quite Different Method” -- Appendix -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the important twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and his conception of certainty. In his work entitled On Certainty, Wittgenstein provides not only a brilliant solution to a previously intractable philosophical problem, but also the elements of an entirely new way of approaching this and similar longstanding, apparently unresolvable, problems. In On Certainty, he re-conceives the problem of radical skepticism–the claim that we can never really be certain of anything except the contents of our own



minds–as a kind of philosophical “disease” of thought. His approach to the problem, which is emphasized in the book, is similar to the treatment of disease, has two main goals: (1) bring about an awareness in the philosopher that this kind of extreme skepticism is not a methodological approach to be taken seriously, and, with this awareness, (2) an attempt to replace this radical skepticism with a practical, Common Sense framework. Implicit in Wittgenstein’s approach are a number of strategies found in a contemporary approach to psychotherapy known as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). These strategies, along with philosophical methods and scientific practices rooted in the Scottish School of Common Sense, seek to diagnose and treat irrational thoughts and beliefs that often emerge (and re-emerge) in the discipline of philosophy. The aim of this book, then, is to provide students of philosophy with the tools necessary to adjust and reshape these irrational, self-defeating thoughts and beliefs into something new, something healthy.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337601103321

Autore

Vukašinović Nikola

Titolo

Advanced CAD Modeling : Explicit, Parametric, Free-Form CAD and Re-engineering / / by Nikola Vukašinović, Jože Duhovnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-02399-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages)

Collana

Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering, , 2195-9862

Disciplina

620.00420285

Soggetti

Engineering design

Computer-aided design

Computer simulation

Engineering Design

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

Simulation and Modeling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Introduction to free-form surface modelling -- Creation of Freeform Surfaces -- Creation of complex CAD models with freeform surfaces -- From complex CAD model to mould casts -- CAD curves with equation -- Introduction to reengineering -- Tactile 3D geometry measurements -- CAD application of captured 3D data obtained by mechanical arms -- Optical 3D geometry measurements based on laser triangulation -- CAD model creation from dense point clouts -- Creation of final details.

Sommario/riassunto

The book discusses the theoretical fundamentals of CAD graphics to enhance readers’ understanding of surface modeling and free-form design by demonstrating how to use mathematical equations to define curves and surfaces in CAD modelers. Additionally, it explains and describes the main approaches to creating CAD models out of 3D scans of physical objects. All CAD approaches are demonstrated with guided examples and supported with comprehensive engineering explanations. Furthermore, each approach includes exercises for independent consolidation of advanced CAD skills. This book is intended for engineers and designers who are already familiar with the basics of modern CAD tools, e.g. feature based and solid based modeling in 3D space, and would like to improve and expand their knowledge and experience. It is also an easy-to use guide and excellent teaching and research aid for academics and practitioners alike.