This book constitutes - in conjunction with the two-volume set LNCS 10954 and LNCS 10955 - the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2018, held in Wuhan, China, in August 2018. The 275 full papers and 72 short papers of the three proceedings volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 632 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections such as Evolutionary Computation and Learning; Neural Networks; Pattern Recognition; Image Processing; Information Security; Virtual Reality and Human-Computer Interaction; Business Intelligence and Multimedia Technology; Biomedical Informatics Theory and Methods; Swarm Intelligence and Optimization; Natural Computing; Quantum Computing; Intelligent Computing in Computer Vision; Fuzzy Theory and Algorithms; Machine Learning; Systems Biology; Intelligent Systems and Applications for Bioengineering; Evolutionary Optimization: Foundations and Its Applications to Intelligent Data Analytics; Swarm Evolutionary Algorithms for Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimization; Swarm Intelligence and Applications in Combinatorial Qoptimization; Advances in Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm; Advances in Image Processing and Pattern Techniques; Bioinformatics.

Currently the borders that delineate both physical and ideological spaces are constantly shifting within and around Europe. Given this, in 2014 the Graduate Centre for Europe (GCfE) decided to dedicate their annual conference to the theme of travel and tourism in Europe. This collection consists of the papers accepted for presentation as part of the 8th annual conference of the GCfE. The yearly colloquium provides an opportunity for postgraduates across a variety of academic backgrounds to en ...

It is 65,000 BC, and Neanderthals believe in spirit gods. Og is an ancient, exceptionally intelligent Neanderthal. As he sits in his cave sheltered from the vicious storm that rages outside, he knows there must be a better way to survive. Now all he has to do is convince his tribal troupe that he has the answers to their fears and apprehensions. After he convinces Chief Olo that he can appease the spirit gods and end the storm by performing a ritual he learned from his father, Og puts on a colorful show with rattles, bones, and face paint. When the storm subsides and it becomes evident that Og displays some power over the elements, he begins to receive respect from most tribal membersexcept the insecure chief, who is threatened by him. But when Og saves the chiefs life, he makes way for Og to become the tribes first fully anointed priest and create a legend whose idea of persuasive idolization will spread throughout the old and new world and carry on into the future. In the Beginning shares the compelling tale of a Neanderthal mans journey as he becomes spiritual leader of his clan and passes his knowledge on to his descendants so they can continue to benefit.

Mämaka Kaiao adds to the 1998 edition more than 1,000 new and contemporary words that are essential to the continuation and growth of ka ölelo Hawaii--the Hawaiian language.