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Late-Night in Washington: Political Humor and the American Presidency

This book traces the trajectory of late-night political humor, which has long been a staple of entertainment television and is now a prominent part of social media political discourse, especially when it comes to the presidency. From Richard Nixon on Laugh-In to Donald Trump’s avatar on Saturday Night Live, this book takes the next step and considers how late-night comedy treats Joe Biden, the new American president who strives to restore a civil public tone but offers far less comedy fodder than his predecessor. Employing content analysis, public opinion surveys, and a variety of other quantitative and qualitative research, the authors look beyond the day-to-day memes and mimes of late-night comics and show how political humor may evolve. For students and scholars of politics and the media, this book will appeal to the general public and political pundits as well.

Latent Factor Analysis for High-dimensional and Sparse Matrices: A particle swarm optimization-based approach (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)

Latent factor analysis models are an effective type of machine learning model for addressing high-dimensional and sparse matrices, which are encountered in many big-data-related industrial applications. The performance of a latent factor analysis model relies heavily on appropriate hyper-parameters. However, most hyper-parameters are data-dependent, and using grid-search to tune these hyper-parameters is truly laborious and expensive in computational terms. Hence, how to achieve efficient hyper-parameter adaptation for latent factor analysis models has become a significant question.This is the first book to focus on how particle swarm optimization can be incorporated into latent factor analysis for efficient hyper-parameter adaptation, an approach that offers high scalability in real-world industrial applications. The book will help students, researchers and engineers fully understand the basic methodologies of hyper-parameter adaptation via particle swarm optimization in latent factor analysis models. Further, it will enable them to conduct extensive research and experiments on the real-world applications of the content discussed.

Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation: 14th International Conference, LVA/ICA 2018, Guildford, UK, July 2–5, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10891)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICA 2018, held in Guildford, UK, in July 2018.The 52 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 initial submissions. As research topics the papers encompass a wide range of general mixtures of latent variables models but also theories and tools drawn from a great variety of disciplines such as structured tensor decompositions and applications; matrix and tensor factorizations; ICA methods; nonlinear mixtures; audio data and methods; signal separation evaluation campaign; deep learning and data-driven methods; advances in phase retrieval and applications; sparsity-related methods; and biomedical data and methods.

Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation: 10th International Conference, LVA/ICA 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 12-15, 2012, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #7191)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICA 2012, held in Tel Aviv, Israel, in March 2012. The 20 revised full papers presented together with 42 revised poster papers, 1 keynote lecture, and 2 overview papers for the regular, as well as for the special session were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Topics addressed are ranging from theoretical issues such as causality analysis and measures, through novel methods for employing the well-established concepts of sparsity and non-negativity for matrix and tensor factorization, down to a variety of related applications ranging from audio and biomedical signals to precipitation analysis.

Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation: 13th International Conference, LVA/ICA 2017, Grenoble, France, February 21-23, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10169)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICA 2017, held in Grenoble, France, in Feburary 2017. The 53 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: tensor approaches; from source positions to room properties: learning methods for audio scene geometry estimation; tensors and audio; audio signal processing; theoretical developments; physics and bio signal processing; latent variable analysis in observation sciences; ICA theory and applications; and sparsity-aware signal processing.

Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation: 9th International Conference, LVA/ICA 2010, St. Malo, France, September 27-30, 2010, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #6365)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICA 2010, held in St. Malo, France, in September 2010.The 25 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from over hundred submissions. The papers collected in this volume demonstrate that the research activity in the field continues to gather theoreticians and practitioners, with contributions ranging range from abstract concepts to the most concrete and applicable questions and considerations. Speech and audio, as well as biomedical applications, continue to carry the mass of the considered applications. Unsurprisingly the concepts of sparsity and non-negativity, as well as tensor decompositions, have become predominant, reflecting the strongactivity on these themes in signal and image processing at large.

Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation: 12th International Conference, LVA/ICA 2015, Liberec, Czech Republic, August 25-28, 2015, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9237)

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICS 2015, held in Liberec, Czech Republic, in August 2015. The 61 revised full papers presented – 29 accepted as oral presentations and 32 accepted as poster presentations – were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Five special topics are addressed: tensor-based methods for blind signal separation; deep neural networks for supervised speech separation/enhancement; joined analysis of multiple datasets, data fusion, and related topics; advances in nonlinear blind source separation; sparse and low rank modeling for acoustic signal processing.

Latest Advancements in Mechanical Engineering: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation ISIEA 2024, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1125)

This book aims at bringing together academic and industry, researchers in mechanical engineering and their worldwide partners in a stimulating environment. ISIEA is an annual event that takes place in Bolzano and is organized by the Industrial Engineering and Automation macro-area of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano. The main theme of the 2024 edition covers all major areas of R&D and innovation in advanced mechanical engineering. Special sessions on tribology and materials, modeling and simulations, powertrains, applied mechanics and robotics have been presented. Special track related to life and efficiency of bearings; cycloidal speed reducers; multi-physics modeling approaches; infrared thermography; planning and control of robotic and mechatronic systems; mobile field robotics; formulations and applications of structural and multibody dynamics; innovative solutions for safer and more sustainable mobility; artificial intelligence in manufacturing and mechanical engineering; advancements in aerospace technologies; innovative engineering education; SME 5.0: intelligent, sustainable and human-centered SMEs have been presented.

Latest Advancements in Mechanical Engineering: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation ISIEA 2024, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1124)

This book aims at bringing together academic and industry, researchers in mechanical engineering and their worldwide partners in a stimulating environment. ISIEA is an annual event that takes place in Bolzano and is organized by the Industrial Engineering and Automation macro-area of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano. The main theme of the 2024 edition covers all major areas of R&D and innovation in advanced mechanical engineering. Special sessions on tribology and materials, modeling and simulations, powertrains, applied mechanics and robotics have been presented. Special track related to life and efficiency of bearings; cycloidal speed reducers; multi-physics modeling approaches; infrared thermography; planning and control of robotic and mechatronic systems; mobile field robotics; formulations and applications of structural and multibody dynamics; innovative solutions for safer and more sustainable mobility; artificial intelligence in manufacturing and mechanical engineering; advancements in aerospace technologies; innovative engineering education; SME 5.0: intelligent, sustainable and human-centered SMEs have been presented.

Latest Advances in Robot Kinematics

This book is of interest to researchers inquiring about modern topics and methods in the kinematics, control and design of robotic manipulators. It considers the full range of robotic systems, including serial, parallel and cable driven manipulators, both planar and spatial. The systems range from being less than fully mobile to kinematically redundant to overconstrained. In addition to recognized areas, this book also presents recent advances in emerging areas such as the design and control of humanoids and humanoid subsystems, and the analysis, modeling and simulation of human body motions, as well as the mobility analysis of protein molecules and the development of machines which incorporate man.

LaTeX: Basissystem, Layout, Formelsatz (X.systems.press)

Seit vielen Jahren spielen TeX und LaTeX eine wichtige Rolle bei der Erstellung hochwertiger Textausgabe; dabei ist LaTeX der vom Anwender verwendete Textformatierer, während TeX im Hintergrund nahezu unbemerkt den von LaTeX aufbereiteten Text in Stil, Qualität und Präzision eines Schriftsetzers setzt. Ferner gibt es eine große Anzahl weiterer Produkte im Umfeld von TeX und LaTeX, wie Bildschirm- oder Druckertreiber, Tools zur Erstellung von Grafiken, HTML- oder PDF-Seiten sowie zur Erzeugung von Schriften, die von einem großen Anwenderkreis eingesetzt werden. Das vorliegende Buch gibt eine umfassende Darstellung der grundlegenden Befehle und Anwendungen von LaTeX; dabei werden insbesondere die Varianten von LaTeX für die wichtigsten europäischen Sprachen berücksichtigt. Die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten von LaTeX werden anhand detaillierter Beispiele vorgestellt. Ferner wird die Installation von LaTeX und das effiziente Arbeiten mit diesem System eingehend erläutert.

LaTeX and Friends (X.media.publishing)

LaTeX is a free, automated state-of-the-art typesetting system. This book teaches all the ins and outs of LaTeX which are needed to write an article, report, thesis, or book. The book teaches by example, giving many worked out examples showing input and output side by side. The book presents the most recent techniques for presenting data plots, complex graphics, and computer presentations, but does not require previous knowledge. However, it is also a reference for the more seasoned user, with pointers to modern techniques and packages. Recurring themes in the book are consistent and effective presentation, planning and development, controlling style and content, and maintenance.

LaTeX Beginner's Guide

Packed with fully explained examples, LaTeX Beginner's Guide is a hands-on introduction quickly leading a novice user to professional-quality results. If you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, then this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction. Particularly during studying in school and university you will benefit much, as a mathematician or physicist as well as an engineer or a humanist. Everybody with high expectations who plans to write a paper or a book will be delighted by this stable software.

LaTeX Cookbook

Over 100 hands-on recipes to quickly prepare LaTeX documents of various kinds to solve challenging tasks About This Book • Work with modern document classes, such as KOMA-Script classes • Explore the latest LaTeX packages, including TikZ, pgfplots, and biblatex • An example-driven approach to creating stunning graphics directly within LaTeX Who This Book Is For If you already know the basics of LaTeX and you like to get fast, efficient solutions, this is the perfect book for you. If you are an advanced reader, you can use this book's example-driven format to take your skillset to the next level. Some familiarity with the basic syntax of LaTeX and how to use the editor of your choice for compiling is required. What You Will Learn • Choose the right document class for your project to customize its features • Utilize fonts globally and locally • Frame, shape, arrange, and annotate images • Add a bibliography, a glossary, and an index • Create colorful graphics including diagrams, flow charts, bar charts, trees, plots in 2d and 3d, time lines, and mindmaps • Solve typical tasks for various sciences including math, physics, chemistry, electrotechnics, and computer science • Optimize PDF output and enrich it with meta data, annotations, popups, animations, and fill-in fields • Explore the outstanding capabilities of the newest engines and formats such as XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX, and LaTeX3 In Detail LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting software and is very popular, especially among scientists. Its programming language gives you full control over every aspect of your documents, no matter how complex they are. LaTeX's huge amount of customizable templates and supporting packages cover most aspects of writing with embedded typographic expertise. With this book you will learn to leverage the capabilities of the latest document classes and explore the functionalities of the newest packages. The book starts with examples of common document types. It provides you with samples for tuning text design, using fonts, embedding images, and creating legible tables. Common document parts such as the bibliography, glossary, and index are covered, with LaTeX's modern approach. You will learn how to create excellent graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots quickly and easily. Finally, you will discover how to use the new engines XeTeX and LuaTeX for advanced programming and calculating with LaTeX. The example-driven approach of this book is sure to increase your productivity. Style and approach This book guides you through the world of LaTeX based on over a hundred hands-on examples. These are explained in detail and are designed to take minimal time and to be self-compliant.

LaTeX Cookbook: Over 100 practical, ready-to-use LaTeX recipes for instant solutions

Explore practical LaTeX examples across various fields like mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science, and learn to quickly create tables, diagrams, and plots for your thesis, presentations, and articlesKey FeaturesWork with ready-to-use document templates to write articles, books, a thesis, and moreRefine text, fonts, formulas, and tables, and optimize PDF propertiesCreate captivating graphics directly within LaTeX in 2D and 3DPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionThe second edition of LaTeX Cookbook offers improved and additional examples especially for users in science and academia, with a focus on new packages for creating graphics with LaTeX. This edition also features an additional chapter on ChatGPT use to improve content, streamline code, and automate tasks, thereby saving time. This book is a practical guide to utilizing the capabilities of modern document classes and exploring the functionalities of the newest LaTeX packages. Starting with familiar document types like articles, books, letters, posters, leaflets, and presentations, it contains detailed tutorials for refining text design, adjusting fonts, managing images, creating tables, and optimizing PDFs. It also covers elements such as the bibliography, glossary, and index. You’ll learn to create graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots, and explore LaTeX’s application across various fields like mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. The book’s website offers online compilable code, an example gallery, and supplementary information related to the book, including the author’s LaTeX forum, where you can get personal support. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills to optimize productivity through practical demonstrations of effective LaTeX usage in diverse scenarios.What you will learnUtilize various document classes and incorporate bibliography, glossary, and index sectionsHandle arranging and annotating images with easeCreate visually appealing tables and learn how to manage fonts efficientlyGenerate diverse and colorful graphics, including diagrams, flow charts, bar charts, trees, and both 2D and 3D plotsSolve writing and drawing tasks across various scientific disciplinesOptimize PDF output, enhancing it with metadata, annotations, popups, animations, and fill-in fieldsLeverage ChatGPT to improve content and codeWho this book is forIf you're a LaTeX user in school, academia, or industry with a foundational understanding of LaTeX basics, this book offers efficient solutions to expedite your tasks. Tailored to students, teachers, authors, and engineers, its example-driven format enables quick access to solutions. Familiarity with basic LaTeX syntax and using LaTeX with your preferred editor for compiling is recommended to make the most of this book.

LaTeX for Linux: A Vade Mecum

This comprehensive guide is directed at Linux and UNIX users but is also the best how-to book on the use of LaTeX in preparing articles, books and theses. Unlike other LaTeX books, this one is particularly suitable for anyone coming to LaTeX for the first time.

LaTeX für Dummies (Für Dummies)

LaTeX lernen leicht gemacht Von der Installation bis zum Druck: Rainer Griesbaum und Ivica Rogina erklären Ihnen in diesem Buch alles, was Sie zu dem bei Mathematikern, Naturwissenschaftlern und Ingenieuren beliebten Textsatzsystem LaTeX wissen müssen. Bringen Sie mit LaTeX umfangreiche Texte elegant in Form und integrieren Sie anschauliche Abbildungen, übersichtliche Tabellen, informative Fu?noten und schön gestaltete mathematische Formeln. Im Handumdrehen haben Sie ein Inhaltsverzeichnis erstellt, ein Register angelegt oder eine ansprechende Präsentation aufgebaut. Das alles können Sie mit dem Online- Editor Overleaf auch im Internet erledigen, alleine oder gemeinsam mit anderen. Sie erfahren Wie Sie LaTeX und eine bersichtliche Arbeitsumgebung einrichten Wie Sie Texte formatieren, Tabellen erstellen oder Formeln setzen Wie Sie Dokumente strukturieren, Verzeichnisse erstellen und Abbildungen einbinden

LaTeX in 24 Hours: A Practical Guide for Scientific Writing

This book presents direct and concise explanations and examples to many LaTeX syntax and structures, allowing students and researchers to quickly understand the basics that are required for writing and preparing book manuscripts, journal articles, reports, presentation slides and academic theses and dissertations for publication. Unlike much of the literature currently available on LaTeX, which takes a more technical stance, focusing on the details of the software itself, this book presents a user-focused guide that is concerned with its application to everyday tasks and scenarios. It is packed with exercises and looks at topics like formatting text, drawing and inserting tables and figures, bibliographies and indexes, equations, slides, and provides valuable explanations to error and warning messages so you can get work done with the least time and effort needed. This means LaTeX in 24 Hours can be used by students and researchers with little or no previous experience with LaTeX to gain quick and noticeable results, as well as being used as a quick reference guide for those more experienced who want to refresh their knowledge on the subject.

LaTeX Vademecum: Ein Kompaktführer für Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene

Kompakt und praxisorientiert führt das Vademecum in TeX und LaTex ein. Es stellt den Befehlsumfang und die einzelnen Kommandos nach Themengebieten dar. Tabellarische Übersichten und das umfangreiche Glossar erlauben eine schnelle Orientierung.

Latex zum Loslegen: Ein Soforthelfer für den Alltag

Das Buch ist gegliedert in einen Anfängerteil für Neueinsteiger und einen weiteren Teil für alle, die schon ihre ersten Schritte mit LaTeX gemacht haben. Eine Besonderheit ist die konsequente Gegenüberstellung von Ein- und Ausgabe.

LATIN 2000: 4th Latin American Symposium, Punta del Este, Uruguay, April 10-14, 2000 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #1776)

LATIN 2002: 5th Latin American Symposium, Cancun, Mexico, April 3-6, 2002, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2286)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium, Latin American Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2002, held in Cancun, Mexico, in April 2002.The 44 revised full papers presented together with a tutorial and 7 abstracts of invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 104 submissions. The papers presented are devoted to a broad range of topics from theoretical computer science and mathematical foundations, with a certain focus on algorithmics and computations related to discrete structures.

LATIN 2004: 6th Latin American Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 5-8, 2004, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #2976)

This volume contains the proceedings of the Latin American Theoretical Inf- matics (LATIN) conference that was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 5–8, 2004. The LATIN series of symposia was launched in 1992 to foster interactions between the Latin American community and computer scientists around the world. This was the sixth event in the series, following S˜ ao Paulo, Brazil (1992), Valparaiso, Chile (1995), Campinas, Brazil (1998), Punta del Este, Uruguay (2000), and Cancun, Mexico (2002). The proceedings of these conferences were also published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series: Volumes 583, 911, 1380, 1776, and 2286, respectively. Also, as before, we published a selection of the papers in a special issue of a prestigious journal. We received 178 submissions. Each paper was assigned to four program c- mittee members, and 59 papers were selected. This was 80% more than the previous record for the number of submissions. We feel lucky to have been able to build on the solid foundation provided by the increasingly successful previous LATINs. And we are very grateful for the tireless work of Pablo Mart´ ?nez L´ opez, the Local Arrangements Chair. Finally, we thank Springer-Verlag for publishing these proceedings in its LNCS series.

LATIN 2006: 7th Latin American Symposium, Valdivia, Chile, March 20-24, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #3887)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium, Latin American Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2006, held in March 2006. The 66 revised full papers presented together with seven invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 224 submissions. The papers presented are devoted to a broad range of topics in theoretical computer science with a focus on algorithmics and computations related to discrete mathematics as well as on cryptography, data compression and Web applications.

LATIN 2008: 8th Latin American Symposium, Búzios, Brazil, April 7-11, 2008, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #4957)