An Imperfect Match

An Imperfect Match
Author: Kimberly Van Meter
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426822235

Widower Dean Halvorsen is concentrating on just two things: his construction business and raising his teenage son. He doesn't really care about anything else. Not anymore. Then Annabelle Nichols comes to Emmett's Mill, California, with her baby daughter, Honey. Before Dean quite knows how, Annabelle is working in his office and turning his world upside down. Still, the more time he spends with Annabelle and Honey, the more he realizes what's missing in his life. But Annabelle is all wrong for him. Of course, when something—or someone!—is all wrong, that doesn't mean things won't work out just right.

A Perfectly Imperfect Match

A Perfectly Imperfect Match
Author: Marie Ferrarella
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2013-01-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373657226

In one corner we have Jared Winterset, who's not in the market for a wife. He knows too well how few marriages succeed—and Jared hates failure. So he'll keep it light. In the other corner there's Elizabeth Stephens, a self-sufficient violinist. She's lonely sometimes, but playing her music is more rewarding—and safer—than playing the field. Then a certain someone calls in the Mamas, and—ding!— Jared and Elizabeth are thrown together, planning a thirty-fifth wedding anniversary party. Soon the two are enjoying themselves way too much. It won't last, thinks Elizabeth. It's fun, that's all, thinks Jared. But they're about to learn that in a real love match, both players can win…

Imperfect Match

Imperfect Match
Author: Melanie Harlow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781732371842

Rule number one for a professional matchmaker? Don't fall in love with your client. I screwed that up when I fell for my best friend, Reid Fortino. He's gorgeous, successful, and sexy as hell. I figured it would be easy to find him a match-and save the family business at the same time. But the more time I spend attempting to find the perfect girl, the more I realize how much I want him for my own. What's the harm if we give in for just one night? I should have known that would never be enough. Now I'm on the verge of losing my job and my heart. We were an imperfect match from the start, but I don't know how to let him go.

Text, Speech and Dialogue

Text, Speech and Dialogue
Author: Petr Sojka
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2010-08-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642157599

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue, TSD 2010, held in Brno, Czech Republic, September 2010. The 71 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 144 submissions. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to text corpora and tagging, transcription problems in spoken corpora, sense disambiguation, links between text and speech oriented systems, parsing issues, multi-lingual issues, information retrieval and information extraction, text/topic summarization, machine translation, semantic web, speech modeling, speech recognition, search in speech for IR and IE, text-to-speech synthesis, emotions and personality modeling, user modeling, knowledge representation in relation to dialogue systems, assistive technologies based on speech and dialogue, applied systems and software, facial animation, as well as visual speech synthesis.

Towards better Performing Transport Networks

Towards better Performing Transport Networks
Author: Bart Jourquin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134180772

The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability and safety. Drawing together key an impressive list of contributors from the vast field of transportation economics including Kenneth Button, David Banister and Juan Carlos Martín, this book investigates transport systems, and covers a wide range of topics such as: airline markets congestion charging speed control. This informative book, ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, business and industrial studies examines the tools that are necessary to effectively measure transport systems and those that are required to improve them. Utilizing advanced tools of network analysis, the contributors challenge various pieces of conventional wisdom, in particular the view that intermodal transport is more environmentally benign than road transport.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Current Topics in Developmental Biology
Author: Gerald P. Schatten
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2003-09-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080490891

Together with other volumes in this series, Volume 55 presents thoughtful and forward-looking articles on developmental biology and developmental medicine. The exceptional reviews in this volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology will be valuable to both clinical and fundamental researchers, as well as students and other professionals who want an introduction to current topics in cellular and molecular approaches to developmental biology and clinical problems of aberrant development.* Series Editor Gerald Schatten is one of the leading minds in reproductive and developmental science* Presents major issues and astonishing discoveries at the forefront of modern developmental biology and developmental medicine* The longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology with over 30 years of coverage

Human Performance, Situation Awareness, and Automation

Human Performance, Situation Awareness, and Automation
Author: Dennis A. Vincenzi
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2005-01-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135604320

In 2000, the Conference on Automation joined forces with a partner group on situation awareness (SA). The rising complexity of systems demands that one can be aware of a large range of environmental and task-based stimulation in order to match what is done with what has to be done. Thus, SA and automation-based interaction fall naturally together and this conference is the second embodiment of this union. Moving into the 21st century, further diversification of the applications of automation will continue--for example, the revolution in genetic technology. Given the broad nature of this form of human-machine interaction, it is vital to apply past lessons to map a future for the symbiotic relationship between humans and the artifacts they create. It is as part of this ongoing endeavor that the present volume is offered.

Philosophical Papers : Volume II

Philosophical Papers : Volume II
Author: David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1987-03-26
Genre:
ISBN: 019802066X

This second collection of essays by Lewis focuses on causation probability, dependence and decision, and several other related topics. The thirteen papers are a major contribution to philosophy by one of the most influential and imaginative of contemporary American philosophers.

Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases

Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases
Author: Moa Lidén
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2023-04-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192693441

In criminal cases, practitioners such as police officers, crime scene investigators, pathologists, prosecutors, and judges are expected to make decisions that are objective and impartial. However, research since the 1960's into so-called confirmation bias provides persuasive scientific evidence that humans are unable to do so. As flawed investigations and proceedings come to light, the importance of undertaking proper bias mitigation measures is clear. Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases takes a multi-disciplinary approach to a complex, real-world issue. It lays out the chronology of criminal investigations and proceedings, and assesses how bias plays a role in each stage. It also offers research-based strategies to combat bias, such as independent review, contextual information management, linear sequential unmasking, and structured evaluations of the evidence. This book is vital reading for anyone involved in the criminal justice system. It not only gives a holistic view of the human element of confirmation bias but it also offers strategies for how to address it.