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El apartado ?Generalidades? de la guía Trotamundos Routard de Finlandia os será de gran ayuda antes de emprender esta maravillosa aventura que habéis elegido.Cuántas más cosas sepáis, mejor entenderéis la personalidad finlandesa y más disfrutaréis de la estancia. Cuál es el clima, cómo es su lengua, su historia, sus costumbres, la gastronomía, la geografía, los deportes, la sauna y sisu, etc. Sin olvidar que también se incluye información práctica para preparar el viaje, direcciones y teléfonos útiles, dinero y bancos, sistema de salud, alojamiento o bien, sencillamente, qué documentación se recomienda llevar.La visita que la guía Trotamundos Routard de Finlandia os propone empezar en Helsinki y sus alrededores. Después, para que resulte más fácil organizarlo, os proponemos viajar al suroeste, centro, lago Saimaa, Karelia del norte y el este, además del golfo de Botnia y la Laponia finlandesa. Pero quizá esta taxonomía no os dice mucho. Pongamos entonces algún condimento más: Es

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Islandia se define como ?Tierra de contrastes, de extremos o de hielo y fuego?. En pocos casos podrá afirmarse con mejores argumentos el carácter único de un destino turístico. Islandia es única porque es un territorio en formación (la isla de Surtsey emergió del océano el siglo pasado) condicionado por las fuerzas de la Naturaleza. Se podría decir que los islandeses están sentados sobre un polvorín. A nadie le extraña que en el Medievo se creyera que la entrada a los infiernos estaba en alguno de sus volcanes o que J. Verne localizara en uno de ellos su Viaje al centro de la Tierra. Con estas pistas, podéis empezar a haceros una idea de cómo es esta isla, la segunda mayor de Europa, con 5.000 km de costa y con solo 332.000 habitantes.El viajero que llega a Islandia se encuentra con un paisaje en el que la Naturaleza se expresa con toda violencia y con una inmensa belleza: auroras boreales, volcanes, ríos de lava, fumarolas, calderas de lodo, glaciares, lagos, cascadas, fuentes de

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La heterogeneidad de Argentina aúna numerosos y diversos atractivos por los que os sentiréis seducidos. Viajar para conocer la cuna del tango, una sociedad hecha de muchas culturas, en su mayoría europeas, un país que geográficamente embriaga por sus contrastes.La visita que propone la guía Trotamundos de Argentina comienza en Buenos Aires, como no podría ser de otra manera. Además de una amplia descripción de los lugares que más os puedan interesar, encontraréis respuesta a algunas preguntas claves que os haréis al llegar, como cuál es la topografía de la ciudad? cómo se organizan los transportes urbanos? dónde tomar una copa? dónde escuchar música? e incluso: dónde comprar unos zapatos de tango?Al igual que otros lugares y ciudades descritos en la guía, encontraréis numerosas recomendaciones de establecimientos para alojaros y comer, siempre ordenados según precio, desde los más baratos hasta los más selectos.Qué otros lugares se pueden visitar? Estas son las rutas que pr

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Cabe toda China en una guía? Sin duda no, pero este país es tan grande y tan rico que merece la pena intentarlo. Pues bien, aquí está la guía Trotamundos de China para acompañaros durante vuestro viaje.Cantón, Chengde, Dali, Hangzhou, Pekín (Beijing) y sus alrededores, Hong Kong, Jianshui, Jinghong, Kinming, Lijiang, Macao, Shanghai y su región, Yunnan, el delta del río de las Perlas, Xi?an, Guilin y el río Li. Son muchas las etapas que os esperan en el camino. Una descripción exhaustiva de los lugares y las visitas ineludibles, con recomendaciones sobre transportes, compras, ocio, alojamiento y alimentación os hará todo más fácil, y así?poder dedicar la mayor parte del tiempo a deleitaros, asombraros descubriendo este gran país. Recordad que las propuestas de alojamientos y restaurantes están clasificadas para todo tipo de presupuestos, desde los más ajustados a los más holgados y que la cartografía que se aporta en la guía será también una ayuda para maximizar el tiempo.Casi

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?Qué incluye la guía Trotamundos de Estados Unidos Noreste? Os proponemos empezar por Nueva Inglaterra. El punto de partida es la famosa ciudad de Boston, desde donde se van desgranando las localidades más relevantes de la zona. El siguiente capítulo de la guía está dedicado a los grandes lagos, las cataratas del Niágara o Chicago serán algunos altos en vuestro camino. Filadelfia y Washington y los alrededores de ambas ciudades son los siguientes hitos en las rutas propuestas, desde el condado de Chester hasta Baltimore. Numerosos mapas y planos con datos interesantes harán vuestros recorridos más fáciles y rápidos. De cada lugar encontraréis propuestas de hoteles y restaurantes clasificados por precios, desde los más baratos a los más selectos. Del mismo modo se incluye información sobre oficinas de turismo o establecimientos para el tiempo de ocio, tiendas, cafeterías, discotecas.En muchas ocasiones, visitar Estados Unidos es regresar a esos lugares familiares; de ello son respon

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"Presented alongside Hiroshige's prints, with descriptions and context, Delord's work offers an absorbing contemplation of Japan's past and present via one legendary travel route, and shows how thoroughly upended our surroundings have been in what was, in wider perspective, only a short time." — The New York TimesJourney along the famed Tokaido Road—an ancient thoroughfare with a modern twist.The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido is the best-known work of the great 19th century Japanese woodblock artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The series of 53 masterful woodblock prints depicts stops along the ancient Tokaido Road—which, from the eleventh to the nineteenth century, was the main thoroughfare between Tokyo and Kyoto.Though the road itself is now submerged under Japan's twenty-first-century urban landscape, French artist Philippe Delord set out to see if he could find the original locations, with just a moped, sketchbook, watercolors and a book of Hiroshige's prints.Hiroshige's Japan allows readers to make the journey alongside Delord, venturing from Tokyo and Mount Fuji to mountain passes and rugged coastlines. Inside are all 53 original scenery prints made by Hiroshige, alongside their modern-day equivalent by Delord. A lively commentary about his experiences as he tries to locate each of the 53 scenes (without speaking Japanese!) offers readers an insightful, and often humorous, look into both modern and historical Japan.Part travelogue, part work of art, this book is sure to delight armchair travelers, history buffs, art enthusiasts and Japanophiles alike!

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The loop-shaping approach consists of obtaining a specification in relation to the open loop of the control from specifications regarding various closed loop transfers, because it is easier to work on a single transfer (in addition to the open loop) than on a multitude of transfers (various loopings such as set point/error, disturbance/error, disturbance/control, etc.). The simplicity and flexibility of the approach make it very well adapted to the industrial context. This book presents the loop-shaping approach in its entirety, starting with the declension of high-level specifications into a loop-shaping specification. It then shows how it is possible to fully integrate this approach for the calculation of robust and efficient correctors with the help of existing techniques, which have already been industrially tried and tested, such as H-infinity synthesis. The concept of a gap metric (or distance between models) is also presented along with its connection with the prime factors of a set of systems shaping a ball of models, as well as its connections with robust synthesis by loop-shaping, in order to calculate efficient and robust correctors. As H-infinity loop-shaping is often demanding in terms of the order of correctors, the author also looks at loop-shaping synthesis under an ordering constraint. Two further promising lines of research are presented, one using stochastic optimization, and the other non-smooth optimization. Finally, the book introduces the concept of correction with two degrees of freedom via the formalism of prime factorization. Avenues for future work are also opened up by the author as he discusses the main drawbacks to loop-shaping synthesis, and how these issues can be solved using modern optimization techniques in an increasingly competitive industrial context, in accordance with ever more complex sets of functional specifications, associated with increasingly broad conditions of usage. Contents Introduction 1. The Loop-shaping Approach 2. Loop-shaping H-infinity Synthesis 3. Two Degrees-of-Freedom Controllers 4. Extensions and Optimizations Appendix 1. Demonstrative Elements on the Optimization of Robust Stabilization with Order Constraint Appendix 2. Establishment of Real LMIs for the Quasi-Convex Problem of Optimization of the Weighting Functions About the Authors Philippe Feyel is an R&D Engineer for the high-tech company Sagem Défense Sécurité, part of the defence and security business of the SAFRAN group, in Paris, France.

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Winner of the Diversity, Inclusion and Equality Award at the Business Book Awards 2021 ‘Underpinned by scholarship...entertaining…Legrain’s book fizzes with practical ideas.’ The Economist ‘The beauty of diversity is that innovation often comes about by serendipity. As Scott Page observed, one day in 1904, at the World Fair in St Louis, the ice cream vendor ran out of cups. Ernest Hami, a Syrian waffle vendor in the booth next door, rolled up some waffles to make cones – and the rest is history.’ Filled with data, anecdotes and optimism, Them and Us is an endorsement of cultural differences at a time of acute national introspection. By every measure, from productivity to new perspectives, immigrants bring something beneficial to society. If patriotism means wanting the best for your country, we should be welcoming immigrants with open arms.

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A series of vignettes on imagination, science, mathematics, and the life of our planet…shared from the perspective of a curious bear and his furry, forest-dwelling friends!Bigby Bear lives peacefully in the lush mountains where he was born, but now he is ready to explore further than his forest home and the changing seasons. Follow Bigby and his furry friends as they head to space!

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People often believe that we can overcome the profound environmental and climate crises we face by smart systems, green innovations and more recycling. However, the quest for complex technological solutions, which rely on increasingly exotic and scarce materials, makes this unlikely. A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on how we should be marshalling our resources to preserve the planet and secure our future. Bihouix skilfully goes against the grain to argue that ‘high’ technology will not solve global problems and envisages a different approach to build a more resilient and sustainable society.

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The purpose of virtual reality is to make possible a sensorimotor and cognitive activity for a user in a digitally created artificial world. Recent advances in computer technology have led to a new generation of VR devices such as VR headsets. Accordingly, virtual reality poses many new scientific challenges for researchers and professionals. The aim of this book, a manual meant for both designers and users of virtual reality, is to present the current state of knowledge on the use of VR headsets in the most complete way possible. The book is divided into 13 chapters. The objective of the first chapter is to give an introduction to VR and clarify its scope. The next chapter presents a theoretical approach to virtual reality through our Immersion and Interaction methodology also known as "3I² model’’. Then, a chapter about human senses is necessary to understand the sensorimotor immersion, especially vision. These chapters are followed by several chapters which present the different visual interfaces and the VR headsets currently available on the market. These devices can impart comfort and health problems due to sensorimotor discrepancies. A chapter is devoted to these problems, followed by a chapter that gives a detailed discussion of methods and 32 solutions to dispel, or at least to decrease, VR sickness. The following three chapters present different VR applications that use VR headsets (behavioural sciences, industrial uses and Digital Art) and the final chapter provides conclusions and discusses future VR challenges.

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Covering the ten centuries following the fall of Rome, War in the Middle Ages engages all aspects of its subject, including the military customs and conditions of the various Western European states; armor and weaponry recruitment; and rules of combat developed to limit bloodshed. Philippe Contamine writes with an awareness that, in both theory and fact, medieval warfare was constantly evolving. He opens with a chapter on Roman military disintegration and the practice of warfare in the barbarian kingdoms erected on the empire's ruins. He then shows how feudalization multiplied conflicts, and describes the resulting growth of the "great stone civilization" of the castle. In the area of military method, he emphasizes three innovations: gunpowder, standing armies and the increased use of infantry, supplying in each case a wealth of data and documentation. Contamine traces the rise of a new literature of strategy and changes in the concept of courage which he puts in the context of actual risk. He points out that the chivalric ideals of the later Middle Ages operated within narrow limits, outside which aristocrats and commoners freely slaughtered each other. Contamine also analyzes the theories of just and unjust war that developed at this time, and illustrates a phenomenon more typical of the period; the religious glorification of the warrior. Ever mindful of the chaos and devastation that war brings, War in the Middle Ages nonetheless offers a clear and consistent picture of the military ethos of a millennium.

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Gets traders and investors up to speed on the hottest new approach to predicting the markets One of the most talked-about new forecasting tools in today's international markets, dynamic technical analysis (DTA) arms traders and investors with unprecedented insights into market volatility, price changes, and market trends. DTA is also a valuable money management tool and is much easier for money managers to master than traditional technical analysis techniques. The first practical introduction to this powerful new approach, Dynamic Technical Analysis provides readers with all the tools and know-how necessary to unlock the full power of DTA. * The only guide devoted exclusively to a powerful new forecasting technique * Uses numerous real-world trading examples to quickly acquaint readers with state-of-the art DTA principles and practices Phillippe Cahen (Paris, France) is Head of Technical Analysis for Credit Lyonnais Capital Markets in Paris.

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