Providing a shared memory abstraction in distributed systems is a powerful tool that can simplify the design and implementation of software systems for networked platforms. This enables the system designers to work with abstract readable and writable objects without the need to deal with the complexity and dynamism of the underlying platform. The key property of shared memory implementations is the consistency guarantee that it provides under ...
This book provides a thorough overview of the state-of-the-art field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based robotic computing accelerator designs and summarizes their adopted optimized techniques. This book consists of ten chapters, delving into the details of how FPGAs have been utilized in robotic perception, localization, planning, and multi-robot collaboration tasks. In addition to individual robotic tasks, this book provides detailed descri...
The fact that women couldn't join the London Metropolitan Police was an injustice to Eleanora Galway. She found her way around such an obstacle: by forming a detective agency. When a note arrives from a duke concerning a mysterious and gruesome delivery, Eleanora agrees to investigate.
Despite the pursuit of pleasures by The Rakes of St. Regent's Park, weariness and boredom were setting in. Along with stark loneliness. No one felt this more ...
Online Dispute Resolution - Theory and Practice is intended to provide an in-depth analysis and overview of not only the past and present but also the future of Online Dispute Resolution. It serves as a guide to scholars and practitioners having an interest in the interplay between dispute resolution, ICTs and AI applications. The book employs international, comparative, empirical, and interdisciplinary approaches to a myriad of legal and tech...
Do you want to encourage your children to help others?
Life is hard! And it's even harder for children who are just trying to figure things out. The new children's book, Super Tahlia, was developed to help children learn valuable life skills. Fun, pint-sized characters easy enough for young reader, yet witty enough for adults.
Caring Tahlia never misses her Sunday visits to the hospital with her mom, who's a nurse. Every Sunday, she puts on he...
It's good to be King...
Bane Rivera: my name is well-known and feared in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles.
There is only one rule that I live by-only one rule that matters-never let pussy get in the way of business.
Ever.
Then Wren Montana happened.
She barged into my office-into my life-like a beautiful wildfire, demanding something of me I couldn't ever give her: a fucking pass for her brother's mistake.
From the moment I saw her, I knew ...
You swing just as high for killing one as you do three."
Called on to perform an autopsy for a murder case, Doctor Rebekah LaRoche and Just Jimmy find themselves as unlikely detectives in a town with too many secrets.
One of the bandits who held the old mission-and Rebekah-hostage is accused of murdering Ruby Palmer, a young woman who took some of those secrets with her in death. When Rebekah discovers the truth about Ruby's death during t...
Why can't I be brave,
Have the courage to fight?
Even with a small heart,
I can do what's right."
As a modern day parable, the story of Little Brave teaches the importance of finding courage and overcoming fears. Join Little Brave on his quest to defeat Dragon, his deadliest of foes, and save his kingdom from ruin. Written for children, but with a timeless message for all of us, Little Brave reaffirms that no challenge is too great if ...
I needed money for school.
Three hot jocks needed to pass math.
You could say I made the team.
I have to tutor three hot college student athletes to earn extra cash. But they're the ones who end up teaching me... how to be dirty. One has very hard... muscles.
Another knows how to... score.And the third throws a real curve... ball.
And while guys like that never gave me the time of day, when they found they needed me, they started paying attent...
Carnal (adjective): 1) Relating to the pleasures of the body 2) Given to sensual indulgence 3) The man who kidnapped me The devil has blue eyes, an Irish accent, and a hatred for me that runs deep. He blames me for starting a war. Consorting with his enemies. Getting his men killed. Though I'm innocent on all charges, he wants his pound of flesh. With an eye on revenge, he makes me his captive. But as we'll both soon discover, there are more p...
Saints Constantine and Helen, also known as Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Emperor Constantine and Empress Helen, made early and important contributions to the Christian Church. They are celebrated together because Helen is Constantine's mother.