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Your Child Learns Differently, Now What?: The Truth for Parents

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Report copyright infringementby Roger Stark (Author), Betsy Hill (Author)School is a struggle. Homework is a battleground. Nothing you've tried seems to help. The education system isn't solving this problem-the cavalry isn't coming. And your child isn't going to outgrow these difficulties. In fact, what you don't know could be keeping your child from succeeding at school. Now what? It doesn't have to be that way. In spite of what we were led to believe, intelligence isn't fixed and can impr...

A Student Guide to Man's Selection: Charles Darwin's Theory of Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

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Report copyright infringementby Marc Watson (Author), Barbara Angle (Author)A Student Guide to Man's Selection: Charles Darwin's Theory of Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design provides a scientific inquiry into two competing theories regarding the creation and evolution of life - the Case for Chance and the Case for Design. Scientists with starkly different opinions on the subject, from Dr. Wernher von Braun to Dr. Richard Dawkins, have stated that both theories are a matter for scient...

On thinking with - scientists, Sciences, and Isabelle Stengers

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Report copyright infringementby Jeremy Fernando (Author), Maureen Burdock (Illustrator), Mariane Klettenhofer (Designed by)In her lecture entitled 'Cosmopolitics: Learning to Think with Sciences, Peoples, Natures', Isabelle Stengers issues a challenge for us to rethink our relationality with the world: to move from an anthropocentric conception - one of her main critiques is the casting of Nature as a "loving mother," as if we are its offspring - to a response to, "with," the unknowability th...

Deep Learning for Deblending Crowded Star Fields: The Future of Astronomy

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Report copyright infringementby Sam K (Author)The idea of a Space Elevator is among the most ambitious and mind-boggling in the history of technology fantasies imagined by humans. For decades, this far-fetched idea that was long considered the purview of science fiction has captivated the minds of scientists, engineers, and visionaries. Readers of "The Space Elevator: A History of a Visionary Technology" will be taken on an exciting voyage through the development of this revolutionary idea, w...

Top 20 Essential Skills for Imagery and Remote Sensing

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Humber (Author), Jeff Liedtke (Author), Richard Cooke (Foreword by)Gain the essential imagery skills you need for data preparation, data exploration, and advanced imagery analysis workflows.Top 20 Essential Skills for Imagery and Remote Sensing guides readers step-by-step through the essential techniques needed to visualize, process, analyze, and manage imagery and raster products. In just a few clicks, you'll learn the skills necessary to interpret imag...

Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory

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Report copyright infringementby Michio Kaku (Author)Called by some, "the theory of everything," superstring theory may lead to the unification of the two great theories of the twentieth century, general relativity and quantum field theory; it is one of the most active areas of research in theoretical physics. This course- tested comprehensive introductory graduate text stresses current areas of interest, including: string field theory, multi loops, Teichmueller spaces, conformal field theory,...

Statistics and Data Handling for Biologists: A Student's Guide

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Report copyright infringementby Neil Millar (Author)An accessible and authoritative introduction to data handling and analysis for biology students-requiring no previous experience of statistics. This book serves as a practical and thorough guide to statistics and data analysis, specifically tailored to the biological sciences. Written in straightforward language, it makes data analysis easy to understand for biology students with no previous knowledge of statistics - or any particular enthus...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Pitman (Author)We take a spin through the various sciences of IT, Psychology (in conscious and subconscious aspect), Physics, Biology, Ecology and Sociology. We employ, as a single vehicle to contain both physical and metaphysical aspects of discussion, a simple philosophical structure called Natural Dialectic; this is used to better compare the complementary perspectives of materialism and holism as they affect our interpretations of the natural world....

An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age

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Report copyright infringementby David W. Bates (Author)A new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machines. We imagine that we are both in control of and controlled by our bodies--autonomous and yet automatic. This entanglement, according to David W. Bates, emerged in the seventeenth century when humans first built and compared themselves with machines. Reading varied thinkers from Descartes to Kant to Turing, Bates reveals how time and time ...

Problem Solving in Chemical Reactor Design - Hardcover

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by Juan A. Conesa (Author)Author BiographyDr. Juan A. Conesa is a distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante, Spain. With over 30 years of experience, his research focuses on decomposition kinetics, waste degradation, and pollutant analysis under various conditions. He is particularly renowned for his work on dioxins and furans. Dr. Conesa has promoted pollution analysis, studied electronic waste decomposition, and collaborated on biofuel combustion research...

Fundamentals of Enzyme Kinetics - Paperback

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by Athel Cornish-Bowden (Author)Die 4. Auflage bietet einen Überblick über die Enzymkinetik und deren Einfluss auf die Bioinformatik und Systembiologie. Der Autor gehört zu den Experten auf dem Gebiet und ist bekannt für seine didaktisch gelungenen Lehrwerke. Website: www.wiley-vch.de/home/fundenzykinetAuthor BiographyAthel Cornish-Bowden is, since 2009, Directeur de Recherche Émérite at the CNRS in Marseilles. He studied at the University of Oxford, and after post-doctoral research at the Un...

Gross Deceptive Product: An Ecological Perspective on the Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Russell England (Author)Continuous economic growth is not sustainable because such growth depends on depletion of finite natural resources, ever-increasing debt, continuous population growth, and land use conversion-- none of which is sustainable long term. Measuring economic health in gross terms (gross domestic product) is deceptive because it says nothing about the net benefits or costs of economic activity or the impact of economic growth on ecosystems. Yet...

Leadership in Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence: Cases, Best Practices and Recommendations for Leaders and Organizations

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Report copyright infringementby Marc Helmold (Author), Malte Martensen (Author)This book explores neurodiversity and neurodivergence in the workplace from a practical perspective. There are estimates and surveys that assume 15 to 20 percent of all employees are neurodivergent, including people with attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dyscalculia, and autism. In contrast to neurotypical people, they have a different way of absorbing and pr...

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Report copyright infringementby Yehua Dennis Wei (Guest Editor)According to the 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects by UN DESA, urbanization could add another 2.5 billion people to urban population by 2050, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa. This unprecedented increase in urban population not only poses challenges to providing jobs, housing, and infrastructure, but also exerts an increased pressure on urban land and sustainability. As land ...

Proteases: From Basic Structure to Function to Drug Design as Targeted Therapy

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Report copyright infringementby Hang Fai Kwok (Guest Editor), Christopher Shaw (Guest Editor), Brian Walker (Guest Editor)In the two last decades, proteases have constituted one of the primary and important targets in drug discovery. The U.S. FDA has approved more than 12 protease therapies in the last 10 years, and a number of next-generation or completely new proteases are under clinical development. Protease inhibition strategies are one of the fastest expanding areas in the field of of dr...

Achieving the Circular Economy: Exploring the Role of Local Governments, Business and Civic Society in an Urban Context

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Report copyright infringementby Jenny Palm (Guest Editor), Nancy Bocken (Guest Editor)Urbanisation and climate change are pushing cities to find novel pathways leading to a sustainable future. The urban context may be viewed as a new experimentation space to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Urban symbiosis and the circular economy are emerging concepts attracting more and more attention within the urban context. Moreover, new business models are emerging around sharing and pee...

Essays in the Economics of Invasive Species Management

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Report copyright infringementby Amitrajeet A. Batabyal (Author)There is no doubt that the phenomenon we now call globalization has brought many benefits to the citizens of our heterogeneous world. Inter alia, this phenomenon has resulted in the increased mobility of humans, goods, and services from one part of the world to another. International trade in both final goods and services and in various factors of production has risen, and this rise has generally seen the welfare improving for all...

International Review of Comparative Public Policy: Volume 9 - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Mercuro (Author)Islamic states the process of definition and the source of legitimacy of public policy is complex and potentially more controversial than in secular states. This complexity arises from applying the interpretations of the divine law, the Shari'a, to contemporary social issues. The Shari'a is the code of social conduct and the means of regulating social discourse as well a social change. fundamental issues arise. First, what is the legitimate sour...

Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet

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Report copyright infringementby Beth Gardiner (Author)A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An extraordinary exposé of the industry flooding our world with plastic--and now ramping up to make more than ever "A compelling true-crime story." --Zoë Schlanger, The New York Times Book Review "Deeply researched, sharply written, and totally compelling." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the The Sixth Extinction "It is impossible not to compare Beth Gardiner's Plastic Inc. to Rachel Carson's Si...

New Generation of Lithium-ion Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage

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Report copyright infringementby Srilatha Rao (Author), G. K. Prashanth (Author), Hemantkumar N. Akolkar (Author)Exploring lithium-ion battery (LIB) technologies, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of LIB development, including cathode/anode materials, electrolytes, and separators. Covering Li-ion variants (LCO, NMC, LFP, LMO, NCA), it delves into energy density, cycle life, and safety mechanisms.Author BiographyDr. G.K. Prashanth, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Che...

Climate Change and Education Playbook: Investing in Education and Skills for Climate Resilience in Asia and the Pacific

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This publication explores how climate change impacts education systems in Asia and the Pacific. It underscores the need for investing in climate-resilient school facilities and integrating climate action in basic, secondary, vocational, and higher education. Outlining eight calls to action, the publication provides policymakers with strategies to make education systems climate-ready to enable the transition to a low-carbon economy...

Common Ground: The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for Sustainability

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Everard (Author), Jonathon Porritt (Foreword by)Common Ground explores the shifting relationship between human society and the landscapes that bear it. Examining the changing understandings of the natural world and its management and exploitation, environmental activist Mark Everard presents solutions in the nature of ecosystem services. Notwithstanding our total dependence on the Earth's natural resources, the relationship between humanity and the land ha...

Enterprise Modeling and Architecting: Structure-Behavior Coalescence for Enterprise Architecture

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Report copyright infringementby William S. Chao (Author)An enterprise comprises multiple views such as strategy/version n, strategy/version n+1, concept, analysis, design, implementation, structure, behavior, and input/output data views. A systems model is required to describe and represent all these multiple views. The systems model describes and represents the enterprise multiple views possibly using two different approaches. The first one is the non-architectural approach and the second on...

Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Europe

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Report copyright infringementby Violet Moller (Author)Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view - one guided by observation, technology and logic. But omens and elixirs did not disappear from the sixteenth-century laboratory. Charms and potions could still be found nestled ...

Building a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It - Hardcover

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by Christopher Dicarlo (Author)Renowned ethicist provides essential guide to successfully navigating the future AI landscapeIn Building a God, Christopher DiCarlo explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence--a destiny that seems not just possible, but inevitable. At this critical crossroad in our evolutionary history, DiCarlo, a renowned ethicist in AI, delves into the ethical mazes and technological quandaries of our future interactions with su...

Black Paths and Green Cathedrals: A Guide to Ecological Paganism

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Report copyright infringementby Sian Sibley (Author)Explore how to protect and live in harmony with the natural world through a fusion of ancient tradition and modern science Life on earth stems from the green - from the trees, the plants, and their kin - yet the modern world has become progressively more careless about our green allies. The ecological crisis of the twenty-first century is entirely human made, and yet despite the human-inflicted carnage, we have found very few solutions to t...

Sideways from Saturn: Astrological Guidance from the Centaurs

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Report copyright infringementby David Leskowitz (Author), Jennifer R. Kellogg (Author), Melanie Reinhart (Author)Introduced by Melanie Reinhart, Sideways from Saturn continues the legacy of master healer Chiron into the present, with an anthology that engages many of the Centaurs used in current astrological practice. Learn about our new neighbors in the Solar System: from Chiron and his family - Chariklo and Okyrhoe - to Pholus, Nessus, and Asbolus, and their roles in astrology's cycles of i...

Strange coincidences in your life. Small curious events. Forebodings. Telepathy. Does it happen to you too? Quantum physics and the theory of synchron

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Report copyright infringementby George Anderson (Author)132 pages From the earliest developments of thought, mankind believed that some significant coincidences were signs by which a higher philosophical or divine level sought to inter-dialogue with men.In the last three centuries this had been erased from the new directions of science. Extraordinary coincidences were considered as fruits of chance. Anyone who wanted to interpret extraordinary events as divine signals was mocked. In the same ...

Darwin and Doctrine: The Compatibility of Evolution and Catholicism

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Kuebler (Author)In Darwin's Dangerous Idea, the philosopher Daniel Dennett referred to evolution as a "universal acid," an idea that necessarily alters our way of thinking about everything--largely by eating away at our belief in a loving, providential Creator. And since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, countless believers have sensed an apparent conflict between evolution and the Christian faith, abandoning the latter in light of the...

Ssd for R: An R Package for Analyzing Single-Subject Data - Paperback

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by Charles Auerbach (Author), Wendy Zeitlin (Author)Single-subject research designs have been used to build evidence to the effective treatment of problems across various disciplines including social work, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, allied health fields, juvenile justice, and special education. SSD for R serves as a guide for those desiring to conduct single-subject data analysis and introduces readers to the various functions available in SSD for R, a new, free, and innovative softwar...

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by Diana Sammataro (Author), Alphonse Avitabile (Author), Dewey M. Caron (Foreword by)Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile have created the best single-volume guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping. The Beekeeper's Handbook provides step-by-step instructions for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony and a generous supply of honey. Various colony care options and techniques are explained so that beekeepers can make the be...

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Report copyright infringementby Agustín Udías (Author), Elisa Buforn (Author)The second edition of Principles of Seismology has been extensively revised and updated to present a modern approach to observation seismology and the theory behind digital seismograms. It includes: a new chapter on Earthquakes, Earth's structure and dynamics; a considerably revised chapter on instrumentation, with new material on processing of modern digital seismograms and a list of website hosting data and seismol...