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Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
Par Beatrice Gormley. 2000
Abe Lincoln Grows Up
Par Carl Sandburg, James Daugherty. 1956
From the author of 'Biography of Lincoln', this book introduces the journey of Abe from childhood to adulthood and what…
transformed the young man to rise above the ordinary to be one of the finest presidents of America.Knot My Sister's Keeper (A Quilting Mystery #6)
Par Mary Marks. 2018
In tracing her ancestry, quilter Martha Rose discovers a ritzy half-sister, a stash of family secrets, and a decades-old mystery…
that only she can unravel . . . Martha Rose is shocked to find she has a half-sister, especially one so different from her. Giselle Cole is wealthy, widowed, and lives a glamorous life in West Los Angeles. At least her grandmother was a quilter! But Giselle can’t answer Martha’s many questions about their father—he disappeared when she was only a child and the few clues left behind indicate he may have been murdered. So Martha and Giselle team up on an investigation that weaves them through the streets of L.A., their father’s hidden love affairs, and into some mysterious unfinished Cole family business . . . Praise for Mary Marks and her Quilting Mysteries “A pleasurable and satisfying addition to any quilting mystery fan’s reading list. Recommend to those who cannot get enough of Terri Thayer, Elizabeth Craig, or Earlene Fowler.” —Library Journal on Knot in My Backyard “Readers will be surprised by the ending.” —RT Book Reviews on Knot What You ThinkChinese Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing Based on Naturally Annotated Big Data: 15th China National Conference, CCL 2016, and 4th International Symposium, NLP-NABD 2016, Yantai, China, October 15-16, 2016, Proceedings (Lecture Not
Par Yang Liu, Maosong Sun, Zhiyuan Liu, Xuanjing Huang, Hongfei Lin. 2016
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th China National Conference on Computational Linguistics CCL 2016 and the…
4th International Symposium on Natural Language Processing Based on Naturally Annotated Big Data NLP-NABD 2016 held in Yantai City China in October 2016 The 29 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions They were organized in topical sections named semantics machine translation multilinguality in NLP knowledge graph and information extraction linguistic resource annotation and evaluation information retrieval and question answering text classification and summarization social computing and sentiment analysis and NLP applicationsFirefight: A Reckoners Novel (The Reckoners #2)
Par Brandon Sanderson. 2015
The #1 New York Times bestseller and sequel to Steelheart—a novel that James Dashner called “fantastic.” Brandon Sanderson, the author…
of Words of Radiance, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy, presents the second book in the Reckoners series: Firefight. And don’t miss Calamity, the exciting conclusion to the Reckoners series available now! Newcago is free. They told David it was impossible, that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet Steelheart--invincible, immortal, unconquerable--is dead. And he died by David's hand. Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life simpler. Instead, it only made David realize he has questions. Big ones. And no one in Newcago can give him answers. Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan, has possibilities, though. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic Regalia, Babylon Restored is flooded and miserable, but David is sure it's the path that will lead him to what he needs to find. Entering a city oppressed by a High Epic despot is risky, but David's willing to take the gamble. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David's heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic--Firefight. And now he will go on a quest darker and even more dangerous than the fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers.Praise for the Reckoners Series:#1 New York Times Bestselling Series “The suspense is relentless and the climax explosive.” —James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series “Another win for Sanderson . . . he’s simply a brilliant writer. Period.” —Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind “Action-packed.” —EW.com “Compelling. . . . Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store.” —The A.V. ClubFrom the Hardcover edition.Analytical Finance: The Mathematics of Interest Rate Derivatives, Markets, Risk and Valuation
Par Jan R M R man. 2017
Analytical Finance is a comprehensive introduction to the financial engineering of equity and interest rate instruments for financial markets …
Developed from notes from the author s many years in quantitative risk management and modeling roles and then for the Financial Engineering course at M lardalen University it provides exhaustive coverage of vanilla and exotic mathematical finance applications for trading and risk management combining rigorous theory with real market applicationAcute Care General Surgery: Workup and Management
Par Firas Madbak, Dale Dangleben. 2017
Acute Care General Surgery provides a succinct focused overview of a myriad of general surgical emergencies …
Each chapter has a concise practical framework on the workup and management of a specific topic The book covers a wide array of pathology from the more common appendicitis diverticulitis and cholecystitis to those less frequently encountered such as toxic megacolon Fournier s gangrene and volvulus Learning objectives for each chapter are clearly defined In addition to differential diagnosis the work up and management is comprehensively discussed In addition a pithy clinical pearl is included to serve as a memory aid for each diagnosis Upon reviewing this volume clinicians who encounter the acute care surgical patient in their practices will be better equipped to rapidly assess evaluate diagnose and managing their complex and often challenging problemsThis book supports the emerging field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) for face and upper-limb transplants by providing a revised,…
ethically appropriate consent model which takes into account what is actually required of facial and upper extremity transplant recipients. In place of consent as permission-giving, waiver, or autonomous authorization (the standard approaches), this book imagines consent as an ongoing mutual commitment, i. e. as covenant consent. The covenant consent model highlights the need for a durable personal relationship between the patient/subject and the care provider/researcher. Such a relationship is crucial given the recovery period of 5 years or more for VCA recipients. The case for covenant consent is made by first examining the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation, the history and present understandings of consent in health care, and the history and use of the covenant concept from its origins through its applications to health care ethics today. This book explains how standard approaches to consent are inadequate in light of the particular features of facial and upper limb transplantation. In contrast, use of the covenant concept creates a consent model that is more appropriate ethically for these very complex surgeries and long-term recoveries.Social Media for Strategic Communication: Creative Strategies and Research-Based Applications
Par Karen Freberg. 2019
Social Media for Strategic Communication: Creative Strategies and Research-Based Applications, by Karen Freberg teaches you the skills and principles needed…
to use social media in persuasive communication campaigns. The book combines cutting-edge research with practical, on-the-ground instruction to prepare you for the real-world challenges you will face in the workplace. The text addresses the influence of social media technologies, strategies, actions, and the strategic mindset needed by social media professionals today. By focusing on strategic thinking and awareness, it gives you the tools they need to adapt what you learn to new platforms and technologies that may emerge in the future. A broad focus on strategic communication—from PR, advertising, and marketing, to non-profit advocacy—gives you a broad base of knowledge that will serve you wherever your career may lead.Divided Kingdom: A History of Britain, 1900 to the Present
Par Pat Thane. 2018
How has the UK evolved into the country it is today This clear comprehensive survey of its history…
since 1900 explores the political economic social and cultural changes which have divided the nation and held it together and how these changes were experienced by individuals and communities Pat Thane challenges conventional interpretations of Britain s past based on stark contrasts like the dull conservative 1950s versus the liberated swinging sixties and explores the key themes of nationalisms the rise and fall of the welfare state economic success and failure imperial decline and the UK s relationship with Europe Highlighting changing living standards and expectations and inequalities of class income wealth race gender sexuality religion and place she reveals what has and has not changed in the UK since 1900 why and how helping the reader to understand how our contemporary society including its divisions and inequalities was formedAssessing Model-Based Reasoning using Evidence- Centered Design: A Suite of Research-Based Design Patterns (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
Par Robert J Mislevy, Geneva Haertel, Michelle Riconscente, Daisy Wise Rutstein, Cindy Ziker. 2017
This Springer Brief provides theory, practical guidance, and support tools to help designers create complex, valid assessment tasks for hard-to-measure,…
yet crucial, science education standards. Understanding, exploring, and interacting with the world through models characterizes science in all its branches and at all levels of education. Model-based reasoning is central to science education and thus science assessment. Current interest in developing and using models has increased with the release of the Next Generation Science Standards, which identified this as one of the eight practices of science and engineering. However, the interactive, complex, and often technology-based tasks that are needed to assess model-based reasoning in its fullest forms are difficult to develop. Building on research in assessment, science education, and learning science, this Brief describes a suite of design patterns that can help assessment designers, researchers, and teachers create tasks for assessing aspects of model-based reasoning: Model Formation, Model Use, Model Elaboration, Model Articulation, Model Evaluation, Model Revision, and Model-Based Inquiry. Each design pattern lays out considerations concerning targeted knowledge and ways of capturing and evaluating students' work. These design patterns are available at http://design-drk. padi. sri. com/padi/do/NodeAction'state=listNodes&NODE_TYPE=PARADIGM_TYPE. The ideas are illustrated with examples from existing assessments and the research literature.The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
Par Aberjhani. 2003
The men and women who shaped our world—in their own words. The Wisdom Library invites you on a journey through…
the lives and works of the world’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Compiled by scholars, this series presents excerpts from the most important and revealing writings of the most remarkable minds of all time. THE WISDOM OF W.E.B. DU BOIS “Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote of W.E.B. Du Bois, “History cannot ignore [him] because history has to reflect truth, and Dr. Du Bois was a tireless explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths. His singular greatness lay in his quest for truth about his own people.” Du Bois was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard (1896). A brilliant writer and speaker, he was the outstanding African-American intellectual of his time. His lifelong active struggle for racial equality and civil rights resulted in the founding of both the Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As editor of the NAACP’s magazine, The Crisis, Du Bois presented the literary genius of many of the Harlem Renaissance’s most compelling voices; and his own works—the sociological study The Philadelphia Negro and his famous 1903 treatise, The Souls of Black Folk—eloquently delineated the African-American struggle for identity in America. During his lifetime, Du Bois was a powerful force in academia, literature, civil rights, and the peace movement. Using excerpts from his many books as well as from articles, essays, poems, letters, and speeches, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois provides a telling portrait of the man and his groundbreaking ideas. It is a tribute to a voice that would not be silenced and to a pioneer who, in his passion for justice movingly declared, “the cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”Both Eastern and Western: An Intellectual History of Iranian Modernity
Par Afshin Matin-Asgari. 2018
Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 many Western observers of Iran have seen the country caught between Eastern history…
and Western modernity between religion and secularity As a result analysis of political philosophy preceding the Revolution has become subsumed by this narrative Here Afshin Matin-Asgari proposes a revisionist work of intellectual history challenging many of the dominant paradigms in Iranian and Middle Eastern historiography and offering a new narration In charting the intellectual construction of Iranian modernity during the twentieth century Matin-Asgari focuses on broad patterns of influential ideas and their relation to each other These intellectual trends are studied in a global historical context leading to the assertion that Iranian modernity has been sustained by at least a century of intense intellectual interaction with global ideologies Turning many prevailing narratives on their heads the author concludes that modern Iran can be seen as culturally and intellectually both Eastern and WesternBone Toxicology (Molecular and Integrative Toxicology)
Par Susan Smith, Aurore Varela, Rana Samadfam. 2017
The content of this book is intended to provide the toxicologist in drug development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries…
with a broad understanding of bone and its interactions with other organ systems in safety assessments The book is divided into three parts The first part describes our current understanding of bone biology and its primary regulatory pathways Additional chapters address regulatory and study design considerations for incorporating bone end points in toxicology studies with special consideration being given to juvenile toxicology studies This is intended to address recent regulatory requirements to evaluate skeletal development for drugs in development for pediatric populations The second part of the book describes the principal techniques and methods used in bone research understanding how these end-points are derived is fundamental to their appropriate application These first two parts of the book provide the background and the means to develop the concepts in part three which describes bone and its interaction with other organ systems The unique series of chapters in part three contributed to by key leaders in their respective fields and in bone research provides a comprehensive collective work Although constantly evolving the crosstalk and interaction of the skeleton with several organ systems is now recognized and well documented such as for the reproductive system muscle and kidney while our understanding of the interaction with other organ systems such as the immune system and CNS is in its infancy Recent work highlights the key role of the skeleton in the regulation of energy metabolism and the impact this has on research in metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes The hope is that this book will enlighten many and encourage more to explore the impact of new compounds on the skeleton in the development of effective and safe drugsPractices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson locates a paradoxical question - how does one prepare to be surprised?…
- at the heart of several major modernist texts. Arguing that this paradox of perception gives rise to an American literary methodology, this book dramatically reframes how practices of reading and writing evolved among modernist authors after Emerson. Whereas Walter Benjamin defines modernity as a 'series of shocks' inflicted from without, Emerson offers a countervailing optic that regards life as a 'series of surprises' unfolding from within. While Benjaminian shock elicits intimidation and defensiveness, Emersonian surprise fosters states of responsiveness and spontaneity whereby unexpected encounters become generative rather than enervating. As a study of how such states of responsiveness were cultivated by a post-Emerson tradition of writers and thinkers, this project displaces longstanding models of modernist perception defined by shock's passive duress, and proposes alternate models of reception that proceed from the active practice of surprise.Biomechatronics in Medical Rehabilitation: Biomodelling, Interface, And Control
Par Shane S. Q. Xie, Wei Meng. 2017
This book focuses on the key technologies in developing biomechatronic systems for medical rehabilitation purposes. It includes a detailed analysis…
of biosignal processing, biomechanics modelling, neural and muscular interfaces, artificial actuators, robot-assisted training, clinical setup/implementation and rehabilitation robot control. Encompassing highly multidisciplinary themes in the engineering and medical fields, it presents researchers' insights into the emerging technologies and developments that are being utilized in biomechatronics for medical purposes. Presenting a detailed analysis of five key areas in rehabilitation robotics: (i) biosignal processing; (ii) biomechanics modelling; (iii) neural and muscular interfaces; (iv) artificial actuators and devices; and (v) the use of neurological and muscular interfaces in rehabilitation robots control, the book describes the design of biomechatronic systems, the methods and control systems used and the implementation and testing in order to show how they fulfil the needs of that specific area of rehabilitation. Providing a comprehensive overview of the background of biomechatronics and details of new advances in the field, it is especially useful for researchers, academics and graduates new to the field of biomechatronics engineering, and is also of interest to researchers and clinicians in the medical field who are not engineers.The Dare
Par Hannah Jayne. 2014
She Made the Dare. Now She Can't Face the Truth.Brynna and Erica were friends, best friends. They did everything together,…
until the night they jumped off the pier at Harding Beach...and only Brynna made it back.A year later, Brynna is still picking up the pieces. She's in a new school with new friends, but she can't shake the demons of her past.Then a Twitter post from "EricaNShaw" pops up in Brynna's feed and a chilling voice mail is left on her phone. Someone isn't ready to let go of what happened. Brynna barely survived losing Erica. She doubts she'll survive Erica's return.This book constitutes the Proceedings of the Computational Intelligence in Information Systems conference CIIS 2016 held in…
Brunei November 18-20 2016 The CIIS conference provides a platform for researchers to exchange the latest ideas and to present new research advances in general areas related to computational intelligence and its applications The 26 revised full papers presented in this book have been carefully selected from 62 submissions They cover a wide range of topics and application areas in computational intelligence and informaticsAttunement: Architectural Meaning after the Crisis of Modern Science
Par Alberto Perez-Gomez. 2016
How architecture can move beyond the contemporary enthusiasms for the technically sustainable and the formally dazzling to enhance our human…
values and capacities. Architecture remains in crisis, its social relevance lost between the two poles of formal innovation and technical sustainability. In Attunement, Alberto Pérez-Gómez calls for an architecture that can enhance our human values and capacities, an architecture that is connected—attuned—to its location and its inhabitants. Architecture, Pérez-Gómez explains, operates as a communicative setting for societies; its beauty and its meaning lie in its connection to human health and self-understanding.Our physical places are of utmost importance for our well-being. Drawing on recent work in embodied cognition, Pérez-Gómez argues that the environment, including the built environment, matters not only as a material ecology but because it is nothing less than a constituent part of our consciousness. To be fully self-aware, we need an external environment replete with meanings and emotions.Pérez-Gómez views architecture through the lens of mood and atmosphere, linking these ideas to the key German concept of Stimmung—attunement—and its roots in Pythagorean harmony and Vitruvian temperance or proportion. He considers the primacy of place over space; the linguistic aspect of architecture—the voices of architecture and the voice of the architect; architecture as a multisensory (not pictorial) experience, with Piranesi, Ledoux, and Hejduk as examples of metaphorical modeling; and how Stimmung might be put to work today to realize the contemporary possibilities of attunement.A Traveling Homeland: The Babylonian Talmud as Diaspora
Par Daniel Boyarin. 2015
In A Traveling Homeland, he makes the case that a shared homeland or past and traumatic dissociation are not necessary…
conditions for diaspora and that Jews carry their homeland with them in diaspora, in the form of textual, interpretive communities built around Talmudic study.