1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910745584303321

Autore

Ziegler Martin

Titolo

Bio-Inspired Information Pathways : From Neuroscience to Neurotronics / / edited by Martin Ziegler, Thomas Mussenbrock, Hermann Kohlstedt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2023

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

3-031-36705-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 433 p. 226 illus., 187 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems, , 2520-8543 ; ; 16

Classificazione

TEC008000TEC021000TEC059000

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Neurotechnology (Bioengineering)

Electronics

Nanoelectromechanical systems

Neuroengineering

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

Nanoscale Devices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Matter & Mind Matter -- Neuromorphic circuits with redox-based memristive devices -- Redox-based bi-layer oxide metal memristive devices -- MemFlash – Floating Gate Transistors as Memristors -- Critical discussion of ex situ and in situ TEM measurements of memristive devices -- Modeling and Simulation of of Silver-based Filamentary Memristive Devices -- Bio-inspired, neuromorphic acoustic sensing.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book offers a timely and comprehensive review of the field of neurotronics. Gathering cutting-edge contributions from neuroscientists, biologists, psychologists, as well as physicists, microelectronics engineers and information scientists, it gives extensive information on fundamental information pathways in selected nervous systems. It also highlights their relevance as building blocks for novel computing architectures, such as bio-inspired electronic devices, neuromorphic architectures, memristive devices, adaptive sensors and emergent, pulsed-coupled oscillatory networks. All in all,



this book offers a unique bridge between fundamental research in neuroscience, neural information processing, nonlinear dynamics, and self-organization, and advanced practical applications concerning the fabrication of hardware-oriented computing.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910835056703321

Autore

Feather Daniel J.

Titolo

British Cultural Diplomacy in South Africa, 1960–1994 / / by Daniel J. Feather

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031494383

3031494385

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 pages)

Collana

Britain and the World, , 2947-7190

Disciplina

905

Soggetti

Great Britain - History

Africa, Sub-Saharan - History

International relations - History

Imperialism

World politics

History of Britain and Ireland

History of Sub-Saharan Africa

Diplomatic and International History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I. Educational Policy -- Chapter 2: Racialised Educational Diplomacy: Scholarships and Race, 1960-1964 -- Chapter 3: UK-South African Educational Cooperation in the Years of ‘High’ Apartheid, 1964 to 1979.-Chapter 4: Forging Ties with the ‘Successor Generation’, 1979 to 1994.-Part 2: Cultural and Sporting Contact.-Chapter 5: The British Broadcasting Company: Asset or



Hindrance to the Perception of the UK in Apartheid South Africa?.-Chapter 6: British ‘Cultural Manifestations’ in South Africa, 1960 to 1994.-Chapter 7: UK Policy Towards Sporting Contact with South Africa, 1960 to 1977.-Chapter 8: UK Policy Towards Sporting Contact with South Africa, 1977 to 1994.-Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Daniel J. Feather is a Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University, in the UK. He has published articles in leading international and diplomatic history journals and obtained multiple research grants from bodies such as the Royal Historical Society and British Academy. Daniel is a British Council Research Partner and is also on the editorial board of AM Digital’s Apartheid South Africa, 1981-1994 digitisation project. This book analyses the British government’s use of cultural diplomacy in South Africa from 1960 to 1994. Previously, scholarship on UK-South African relations has focussed mainly on political, economic, or military links; this book makes an important and original intervention by emphasising how the British government sought to use cultural ties as part of its diplomacy in South Africa. The book also highlights the controversy these links generated owing to broader international efforts to ostracise South Africa owing to the racist apartheid system in the country at the time. By examining British policy towards educational exchanges, performing arts tours, radio and television broadcasts, and sporting contact, this book provides a dynamic case study from which to analyse Britain’s use of cultural diplomacy during a period of relative decline, while also adding a new layer to the well-established literature on the UK-South African special relationship. .