Author : Francisco Almeida
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 2006-09-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540463844
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, HM 2006, held in Gran Canaria, Spain, in October 2006. The 13 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions.
Author : Morgan Dawson
Publisher : Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 2021-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Bronwen James has a complicated life. She lives in a small Massachusetts town with her Dad and her older brother, Alec. Her Dad is quiet notorious around town, but not for any reason that's good. He's known as the town drunk who killed his wife. Bronwen is known around school as the chunky, nerdy girl with the weird name and drunk murderer for a father. Life is hell. Add in an intense, long time crush on a guy who only pays attention to her when he's telling her what's wrong with her body... Things change when she meets the new kids at school. A dangerously sexy bad boy and his overly friendly sister. There is something strange about the pair, but she can't place what is off about them. But when her new friend offers to give her a makeover, to make her the kind of girl no guy can resist, how far is she willing to take it? Bronwen wants to get the boy, but she's beginning to wonder which boy she wants. The sexy bad boy or her brother's best friend? When she becomes the vampire's project, how far will they take it? Will she trade in her average life to become a vampire herself?
Author : Harry Parker
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1782835830
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE* As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier Harry Parker's life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans becoming hybrids? Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be. 'I loved Hybrid Humans. A way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past' - Jeanette Winterson
Author : Catherine Edward
Publisher :
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 36,85 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category :
ISBN :
In a land where dark forces have prevailed in the greatest of wars, a new battle is brewing up to be the most catastrophic yet.The Vampire King is on a rampage in search of his escaped prisoner from years ago. The people of the fae kingdom Greenwood wish to protect their land from any forthcoming attacks. On the other end, the Lycan army is on the move in hopes of forming great alliances across the kingdom. Mia, the last descendant of a special bloodline possessing genes of both vampires and witches, is thrust into a centuries-old war to bridge the two species together. In part, because she's torn between the dark allure of the Vampire King and her mate, the King of the Lycans. The second book of the Randolph Duology catapults you on a mystical journey of war, triumph, and, above all, true love.
Author : Theresa Welch Fossum
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1775 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0323171214
The fourth edition of Small Animal Surgery serves as a one-stop resource for authoritative information on all aspects of small animal surgery. Coverage includes basic procedures such as spays, castrations, and declaws, as well as more advanced surgeries like craniotomy, ventral slots, and lung lobectomy. New contributors bring a fresh perspective and discuss the latest advances in key areas such as imaging modalities, regenerative medicine, minimally invasive surgery, and neurology. Access to a companion website provides a fully searchable version of the book, bi-monthly content updates, videos, aftercare instructions, case presentations, and a fracture planner. - Well illustrated, step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques provide quick reference to practical how-to information in emergency and clinical situations. - Coverage of cutting-edge imaging techniques, including radiographs, CT, MRI, and digital imaging, explores the most useful imaging modalities for demonstrating areas of surgical concern. - Access to the continually updated companion website for the life of this edition includes: - Bi-monthly content updates provide cutting-edge information on surgery developments - Video clips of step-by-step surgical procedures - Customizable and printable aftercare instructions - Interactive Fracture Planner - Case presentations - Neurosurgery video clips - References linked to PubMed - Over 1500 full color images offer exceptionally clear representations of anatomy and currently accepted surgical techniques, including approaches and closure. - Anesthesia Protocols offer easy access to recommendations for anesthetizing animals with particular diseases or disorders. - Notes boxes call attention to specific data, offering at-a-glance access to key information. - A new chapter on neurologic examination provides a solid foundation in neuroanatomy, electro-diagnostics, and basic MRI physics and principles, enabling you to perform a proper neurologic exam to detect problems in cats and dogs, some of which can be corrected via surgical repair. - A new chapter on regenerative medicine provides the most current information on stem cell research. - Differential diagnosis tables and boxes offer quick access to vital information, including how to avoid misdiagnosis of disorders that may mimic more commonly encountered surgical neurologic problems that are not actual disorders requiring surgical repair.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office. Accounting and Information Management Division
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN :
Author : National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Cancer
ISBN :
Author : Tania Hershman
Publisher : John Blake
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 178946272X
'A joyous and celebratory tribute to all those who battled to be heard, who fought for their achievements to be recognised and honoured, who simply kept going' Kate Mosse The tried and tested 'On This Day in History' format has elevated the stories of many people and their impact on the wider world. However, of those considered noteworthy by the Establishment, just a fraction are women. But this is not the whole story - not by half. Our past is full of influential women, many of whom have been unfairly confined to the margins of history. Politicians, troublemakers, explorers, artists, writers, scientists and even the odd murderer; these women have shaped society around the globe. From Beyoncé to Doria Shafik, Queen Elizabeth I to Lillian Bilocca, On This Day She sets out to redress this imbalance and give voice to both those already deemed female icons, alongside others whom the history books have failed to include: the good, the bad and everything in between - this is a record of human existence at its most authentic.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Birds
ISBN :
Author : David L. McClure
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2001-03
Category :
ISBN : 0756705045
Virtually all of the executive agencies have appointed Chief Information Officers (CIO), & many have taken positive steps toward the implementation of information management (IM) processes specified by law. To reap the full benefits of IM reform, Federal agencies must utilize the full potential of CIOs as IM leaders & participants in the development of agency strategic plans & policies. The CIOs must meet the challenge of building credible IM organizations, & developing & organizing IM capabilities to meet agency mission needs. This guide will assist Fed. agencies in maximizing the success of CIOs. Offers concrete suggestions on what agency executives can do to ensure the effectiveness of their CIO organizations.
