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Geology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself
by David RotheryWhat processes and physical materials have shaped the planet we live on? Why do earthquakes happen? And what can geology teach us about contemporary issues such as climate change?From volcanoes and glaciers to fossils and rock formations, this user-friendly book gives a structured and thorough overview of the geology of planet Earth and beyond. Geology: A Complete Introduction outlines the basics in clear English, and provides added-value features like a glossary of the essential jargon terms, links to useful websites, and examples of questions you might be asked in a seminar or exam.Topics covered include the Earth's structure, earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanoes, igneous intrusions, metamorphism, weathering, erosion, deposition, deformation, physical resources, past life and fossils, the history of the Earth, Solar System geology, and geological fieldwork. There are useful appendices on minerals, rock names and geological time.Whether you are preparing for an essay, studying for an exam or simply want to enrich your hobby or expand your knowledge, Geology: A Complete Introduction is your essential guide.David Rothery is a volcanologist, geologist, planetary scientist and Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open University. He has done fieldwork in the UK, USA, Australia, Oman, Chile and Central America, and visited many other parts of the world.
Quentins: With a new introduction by Celia Imrie
by Maeve Binchy'Absorbing and delightful' Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times'For anyone who likes good storytelling ... it is like being reunited with old friends' Sunday ExpressEvery table at Quentins restaurant in Dublin has a thousand stories to tell. The staff and customers all have tales of their own, and the restaurant owners themselves have had more than their fair share of trials to cope with. Now Ella Brady wants to make a documentary about the renowned restaurant but as she uncovers more of what has gone on, she questions the wisdom of bringing it to the screen. And when she is forced to confront a devastating dilemma in her own life, Ella wonders if some stories should not be told . . .
Scandalous (Sinners of Saint)
by L.J. Shen"I always enjoyed the broken in the fairy tales better. The apple always looked shinier because I knew it could destroy me."Hard, cold, and calculated, Trent Rexroth rarely speaks, and when he does, it's with disdain. When he does, Edie Van Der Zee's stomach flips and her world tilts on its axis. But when he does, his words aren't meant for her.He's a single dad and Edie's father's business partner. But even without any of that, Trent is emotionally unavailable―and yet, when Edie comes to intern at his office, she finds herself feeling everything she shouldn't for him.But the two of them are doomed from the start. The writing isn't just on the wall―Edie's father wants dirt on Trent to cut him out of their business, and is blackmailing Edie into getting it for him. She's lying, stealing, plotting Trent's downfall, all the while fighting the forbidden heat between them.She can't stay away. And as it turns out, neither can Trent.A scandal is the last thing the Van Der Zee family needs. But a scandal is exactly what Edie's going to give them.Scandalous s a standalone book in its own right, and also Book 3 of the Sinners of Saint series. Make sure you immerse yourself fully and read them all...
Tamara the Tooth Fairy: Special (Rainbow Magic #1)
by Daisy MeadowsWhen Jack Frost steals her magic items in an attempt to ward off toothache, Tamara the Tooth Fairy is no longer able to collect teeth from beneath children's pillows! But as ever, Kirsty and Rachel are eager to help. Can they find all three missing objects - and persuade Jack Frost to go to the dentist?
Simple Steps to Positive Living: Teach Yourself
by Jenny HareOpening with how to unleash positive energy and thinking, ""Simple Steps to Positive Living"" shows how you can harness this to like yourself better, build on your natural and learned abilities, become more confident and successful, and develop a more natural and rewarding connection with those around you. Driven by the theme of positive energy, this vibrant and joyful book will show you how positivity can transform every aspect of your life, whether you want to feel more physically well, more emotionally centred or even more professionally successful. Much more than a book about how to be happy, this is an exuberant guide to recharging your life and finding a steady flow of energy in all that you do.
DNA, Race, and Reproduction
by Emily Klancher Merchant and Meaghan O’KeefeA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.DNA, Race, and Reproduction helps readers inside and outside of academia evaluate and engage with the current genomic landscape. It brings together expertise in law, medicine, religion, history, anthropology, philosophy, and genetics to examine how scientists, medical professionals, and laypeople use genomic concepts to construct racial identity and make or advise reproductive decisions, often at the same moment. It critically and accessibly interrogates how DNA figures in the reproduction of racialized bodies and the racialization of reproduction and examines the privileged position from which genomic knowledge claims to speak about human bodies, societies, and activities. The volume begins from the premise that reproduction, regardless of the means, forces a confrontation between biomedical, scientific, and popular understandings of genetics, and that those understandings are often racialized. It therefore centers reproduction as both a site of analysis and an analytic lens.
You Can Be Smarter and Wiser
by Meera Shenoy Prasad KaipaYou Can Be Smarter and Wiser, Management Gurus Tell Us there are lessons to learn from inspiration lives. And that we do not have to wait a lifetime to ingerate these lessons into our lives.
Verbal Art (as per the State Education Policy 2024)
by N. S. GundurIt is an educational text book for BA/BSW/BVA 1st Sem Students of Tumkur University, framed on the basis of state Education Policy-2024 Syllabus.
Itihasa Mattu Itihasakararu OEC- 1 (NEP Syllabus): ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರರು OEC- 1 (NEP ಪಠ್ಯಕ್ರಮ)
by K. N. Ashwattappaಇದು ಹೊಸ ಪಠ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬಿಎ 1 ನೇ ಸೆಮ್ ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಪಠ್ಯ ಪುಸ್ತಕವಾಗಿದೆ.
Building Tomorrow: Unleashing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Construction (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Fulvio Re Cecconi Ania Khodabakhshian Luca RampiniThis book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the construction industry, examining its readiness for widespread integration and its potential to reshape various facets of the construction lifecycle. It introduces the concept of a readiness metric tailored to the construction sector, providing a comprehensive framework for assessing and improving AI adoption. The narrative then shifts to the early stages of projects, highlighting the role of AI in promoting sustainability. From leveraging open data for data-driven decisions to using machine learning for strategic decisions in retrofitting and decarbonising the built environment, the book investigates how AI can be a catalyst for positive change in the construction process. It then explores the integration of AI into project and risk management, unlocking the potential of advanced analytics and predictive modelling to streamline processes and improve decision-making, and the application of AI in asset and facility management, highlighting how intelligent technologies can optimise the lifecycle of built assets. Examining the responsible use of AI tools, the book addresses ethical challenges and outlines guidelines for the conscientious and equitable integration of AI into the construction ecosystem. Overall, it serves as a comprehensive guide for industry professionals, researchers, and policymakers, providing insights into the current landscape, the potential of AI, and the ethical considerations necessary for responsible implementation.
Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Law and Economics Approach to Optimal Regulation and Governance
by Mitja KovačThis book takes a comparative law and economics approach to explore the role of public and private actors in regulating generative artificial intelligence. The book provides an introduction and context for the creation of new generative AI technologies, now understood to be the chief goal of the leading AI companies. As autonomous ‘super-intelligences’, these technologies are still an unknown entity which nevertheless have profound implications for liberal democracy, consumer choice mechanisms, mutual trust, and political legitimacy. This book explores the deep challenges posed for lawmakers and how we can achieve an optimal form of regulation and governance of such unreliable technologies. Chapters investigate possible hybrid modes of regulation, such as a co-regulatory approach between private AI companies and public actors in addressing the issue of misinformation spread. It also explores mixed types of regulation toward research on new forms of AI, arguing that different levels of systemic risk posed by different technologies must be accounted for. Different contemporary and historical contexts for the regulation of unprecedented technical innovation are also considered, and new suggestions for policy are presented. This book is a timely resource which will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in economic governance, law and regulation, artificial intelligence, and comparative law.
All in All (More or Less): Rhetorical Considerations in Literature, Thought, and Experience
by Walter JostThis book reinvents aspects of the rhetorical tradition as part of a philosophical pluralism oriented to “All-in-Allness”. Its chapters unfold some of the ethical and intellectual responsibilities philosophy and rhetoric share, their commitments toward literature broadly conceived, the limited authority of their interpretations, and the kinds of judgments they issue in. Part One, drawing chiefly on Ludwig Wittgenstein and Richard McKeon, leverages a central line of argument regarding “Rationality” in the pragmatism of Robert Brandom. Part Two pivots to specific instances of the range of rhetorical argument found in surprising places and in sophisticated arrangements. The book as a whole culminates in Part Three, where the author demonstrates how “ordinary language criticism” fruitfully bears on cultural models – film, drama, novels, poetry – belonging to “American Low Modernism.”
Molecular and Computational Modeling of Cardiac Function (Handbook of Modern Biophysics #7)
by Thomas JueIn Molecular and Computational Modeling of Cardiac Function, a group of prominent professors and researchers explain the fundamental concepts of molecular modeling and illustrate the biomedical applications. The book covers the following topics: Principles of atomistic modeling and simulation of biomolecular systems. Using atomistic modeling to predict the cardiotoxicity of an arrhythmia drug molecule. Bifurcation phenomena in cardiac system as control design of automaticity and arrhythmia. Modeling the role of myoglobin as a fatty acid transporter. Population-based computational approaches to investigate cardiac arrhythmia.
Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation (Poverty-Alleviation and Social Work in China)
by Cuie Zhang Yunsu DuThis book comprehensively applies social gender theory, life course theory, and spatiotemporal sociology theory to explore social work actions for poverty alleviation among women based on empirical investigations and social work practice. Taking impoverished women as the research object, this book analyzes the characteristics and difficulties of women's poverty and poverty alleviation from the vertical dimension of life course as well as from the horizontal dimension of social space Meanwhile, taking impoverished women as the service object, it systematically sorts out the main modes of social work for women’s poverty alleviation, presents classified cases of social work for poverty reduction targeting rural women in different life stages, and summarizes the main problems in the practice of social work for poverty alleviation.
Role of Science and Technology for Sustainable Future: Volume 2- Applied Sciences and Technologies
by Ranbir Chander SobtiThis book discusses the role of science and technology in forging a sustainable and harmonious world. It delves into new horizons in healthcare, food security, climate change, energy, sustainable transportation, role of computational and data sciences in sustainability, and mental health and aims to cultivate innovative solutions that benefit both the planet and its inhabitants. The second volume is inspired by a unified objective: preserving our planet, fostering universal well-being, and envisioning a world where collective efforts drive positive change through an exploration of conventional and emerging technologies. The book chapters enrich the global discourse on sustainability, steering us toward a resilient and healthier future.With every chapter authored by dedicated experts, this book stands as a testament to the commitment to a better world and serves as a great resource for researchers, environmentalists, and students.
Next Generation Internet: The Merging of Reality and Virtuality in the Metaverse
by Peter HoffmannThe development of the internet, particularly the World Wide Web, is currently hitting its limits—both technically and socio-culturally, as well as economically. A new internet is promised as a solution, one that aims to overcome the boundaries between the real and the virtual world, merging reality and digitality—the metaverse. Technical, semantic, and organizational details are closely intertwined in this context. But what does this mean upon closer examination? What technical and technological challenges must be overcome to achieve such a merging? What economic opportunities arise—and which ones may be precluded? How can we ensure that an open and universally accessible metaverse is created? And how can we prevent a few large providers from imposing their proprietary ideas in this new metaverse? This book aims to provide answers to these questions.
Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application
by Reza N. JazarVehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application offers comprehensive coverage of fundamental and advanced topics in vehicle dynamics. This class-tested guide is designed for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students pursuing mechanical and automotive engineering degrees. It covers a wide range of concepts in detail, concentrating on practical applications that enable students to understand, analyze, and optimize vehicle handling and ride dynamics. Related theorems, formal proofs, and real-world case examples are included. The textbook is divided into four parts, covering all the essential aspects of vehicle dynamics: Vehicle Motion: covers tire dynamics, forward vehicle dynamics, and driveline dynamics Vehicle Kinematics: covers applied kinematics, applied mechanisms, steering dynamics, and suspension mechanisms Vehicle Dynamics: covers applied dynamics, vehicle planar dynamics, and vehicle roll dynamics Vehicle Vibration: covers applied vibrations, vehicle vibrations, and suspension optimization. This revised edition adds an engineering perspective to each example, highlighting the practical relevance of mathematical models and helping you understand when experimental results may differ from analytical ones. New coverage includes vehicle vibrations in transient responses and the control concept in ride optimization. Students, researchers, and practicing engineers alike will appreciate the user-friendly presentation of the science and engineering of the mechanical aspects of vehicles, emphasizing steering, handling, ride, and related components.
Weibo News Package: a Systemic Functional Perspective on the Text-Reader Relationship (Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress #31)
by Juan HeThis book offers an academic dialogue between news values construction and readers' evaluative response in Weibo news package from the interpersonal perspective. The study focuses on the under-researched field of news reception, i.e. how the media-reader relationship can be influenced by readers' feedback. By combing multimodal discourse analysis and corpus methods, this book aims to address the following three research questions regarding the text-reader relationship in Weibo news package: (1) what are the gains and losses in the transfer of news values constructed across platforms and news media? (2) how are Chinese language and emoji collaborated to realize attitudinal meanings and advance readers' positions in news comments? (3) how does readers' response overlap or mismatch with particular news value in a story across news text-reader relations, reader-reader relations and extra text-reader relations? The book has social, theoretical and pedagogical implications for the changing landscape of (Chinese) news discourse and audience studies. Socially, the findings of news and comments analysis show that news value decisions can be negotiated due to readers' active engagement via the social media commenting function. Theoretically, a responsive model of evaluative readings has been built for a better understanding of social media multimodal comments through the lens of reading positions and emoji-text interactions. The book is of interest to researchers in media and communication studies, but can also be used as a reference book for (under)graduate students in social semiotics, linguistics and journalism to learn how to analyze multimodal and interactive (news) texts on social media by triangulation of theories and methodologies.
Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics for Design of Mechanical Systems Across Different Length/Time Scales (IUTAM Bookseries #43)
by Hiroshi Yabuno Walter Lacarbonara Balakumar Balachandran Alexander Fidlin Giuseppe Rega Masaharu Kuroda Shinichi MaruyamaThis book presents insights from the IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics for Design of Mechanical Systems Across Different Length/Time Scales. It covers a diverse array of topics, including applications of parametric amplification and self-excitation, as well as the design and analysis of devices and systems that harness geometric and material nonlinearities. The book features chapters on nonlinear energy transfer, eigenfrequency detection through subharmonic and superharmonic resonances, and the innovative use of nonlinear mode localization. The authors explore dynamic stabilization under high-frequency excitation, the utilization of multimode interactions and nonlinear normal modes, and the application of nonlinear resonance and bifurcation in creating ultrasensitive sensors and high-performance actuators. This book provides a comprehensive record of the symposium's discussions, representing a collective effort to expand our understanding of nonlinear phenomena and its potential to reshape the landscape of mechanical system design.
Caitlin the Ice Bear Fairy: The Magical Animal Fairies Book 7 (Rainbow Magic #7)
by Daisy MeadowsThe Magical Animal Fairies look after seven young Magical Animals, and train them to use their powers wisely, for the good of Fairyland and the human world. But the animals have been stolen! In this final book in the series, Caitlin needs the girls' help to rescue her beloved Ice Bear from the human world...
Ellie the Guitar Fairy: The Music Fairies Book 2 (Rainbow Magic #2)
by Daisy MeadowsThe Music Fairies desperately need Rachel's and Kirsty's help! Jack Frost and his naughty goblins have stolen the fairies' Magical Musical Instruments, which means that music is being ruined for everyone! Jack Frost plans to use the instruments to help him win a national talent competition in the human world, and with the help of the enchanted instruments, he's bound to win. If this happens, humans will find out about Fairyland and then all the fairies will be in danger! Ellie the Guitar Fairy needs Rachel's and Kirsty's help to find her Magic Guitar. They must come up with a plan to to take it back from the sneaky goblins...
Imogen The Ice Dance Fairy: The Dance Fairies Book 7 (Rainbow Magic #7)
by Daisy MeadowsIt looks like the last magic dance ribbon might also be the hardest one to find - especially as a certain pesky goblin is determined not to get caught! Imogen, Kirsty and Rachel will have to be ready for anything...
Jessie the Lyrics Fairy: The Pop Star Fairies Book 1 (Rainbow Magic #1)
by Daisy MeadowsKirsty and Rachel are in for a surprise when their fairy friends whisk them off to the Fairyland Music Festival, only for Jack Frost and his goblins to strut onto the stage! The naughty gang have stolen the Pop Star Fairies' magical notes, and Jack Frost intends to use them to become the biggest star in the world.In this opening book of the magical series, the girls must help Jessie the Lyrics Fairy to get her note back, so performers everywhere can remember the words!
The Mandasue Heller Collection: Three gripping tales
by Mandasue Heller3 fast paced stories from the queen of northern thrillers. THE FRONT is a gritty story of small-time crime leading to big-time punishment, set in the Manchester badlands. FORGET ME NOT - A serial killer stalks Manchester's prostitutes in the second novel from one of the most talented new voices in crime fiction today.TAINTED LIVES - An exhilarating thriller following the highs and lows of three abandoned children growing up to face even worse as adults.
Cloud Island: Book 3 (Secret Kingdom #3)
by Rosie BanksEnter a magical world of friendship and fun!In the third book of this great series, Ellie, Summer and Jasmine land on fluffy clouds high in the sky of the Secret Kingdom and have lots of fun bouncing around! But soon they realise that Queen Malice's mean magic is set to ruin Cloud Island for ever... Secret Kingdom is a brand new series full of the things girls love most: special friendships, secrets and magical adventures. Newly confident readers will be swept away by the magical stories of three children whose courage and resourcefulness save a fantastical land from disaster.Full of all the things little girls love best: special friendships, secrets and magical adventures, all set in an incredible kingdom!Eye-catching illustrations throughout.Become best friends with Ellie, Summer and Jasmine - plus Trixi the pixie!Help Ellie, Summer and Jasmine save the Secret Kingdom from wicked Queen Malice and her naughty storm sprites. A new exciting adventure in each and every book.