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The International Mg Society (IMS) is a non-profit organization. The purpose of IMS is to promote research, development, and applications of magnesium and its alloys, and to provide an academic exchange platform for all the magnesium scientists and engineers. The president of IMS is Prof. Fusheng Pan. Vice presidents of IMS are Prof. Karl Ulrich Kainer (Germany), Prof. Alan Luo (USA), and Prof. Kwang Seon Shin (Korea). IMS holds international conferences on magnesium and supports the publication and presentation of scientific results. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys is the official journal for IMS. IMS standards are prepared by International Magnesium Alloys Advanced Materials Technology Limited (HK, China), the secretariat of the Information Committee on IMS, and prepared by IMS members. IMS standards are published and served for all parts concerned with Magnesium in the world and are to be modified with help from anybody in the industry chain on magnesium. Any trade name used in this

Key Features: Affective Education and the Public Good1. Aligning with Global Visions: Integrating International Initiatives. Selected from ICAE3 2025, this volume addresses the global "happiness gap." Closely aligned with the OECD Education 2030/2040 Framework and UNESCO’s "Happy Schools" initiative, it moves Affect from the periphery to the center of pedagogy as an engine for collective resilience.2. Rigorous Scholarly Transformation: Multi-Layered Review. Every chapter underwent two rounds of academic refinement: an initial blind peer-review for the conference, followed by a second round of anonymous expert review for selected authors. This ensures that the methodology, theoretical grounding, and logical structure meet the highest international standards.3. Four Thematic Pillars: Mapping Educational Design●Foundations: Ecological resilience and "the good life" in the age of AI.●Interventions: STEAM education, "Gigo therapy" for ASD, and joy-infused mathematics.●Technology: Utilizing

A beautiful exploration of how plants have spread across the world, adapting to and shaping their environments From the earliest green shoots to dense tropical forests, discover how plants spread across the world to build our environment. Plants first emerged on a very different looking Earth 500 million years ago. As land masses moved, plants were brought together in fierce competition with one another or separated to continue their lives in very different conditions. On this evolutionary journey, they developed ingenious strategies to disperse and extend their range, and increase their diversity. Plants have populated almost every part of Earth's land surface - from tropical zones to cracks in city sidewalks - and have fundamentally shaped Earth's natural regions. Mapping the changing conditions and continents of the ancient world and the biomes of the modern one, Atlas of Botany explores how plants have overcome the challenges of survival, and how they have interacted with pollinato

The wildly popular, bestselling Animorphs series by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant is back with an all-new look! Perfect for Ani-fans of all ages.We can't tell you who we are. Or where we live. It's too risky. And we've got to be careful. But everyone is in danger. Yeah. Even you.Sometimes weird things happen to people. Ask Jake. He could tell you about the night he and his friends saw a strange light in the sky that seemed to be heading right for them. That was the night five normal kids learned that humanity is under a silent attack -- and they were given the power to fight back.Now Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco can transform into some of the most dangerous creatures on Earth. And they must use that power to outsmart an eveil greater than anything the world has ever seen ...Join the Animorphs as they defend Earth from the Yeerk invaders in the original series with a brand-new look!

One of three surviving collections of Latin bucolic poetry, the seven Eclogues transmitted under the name of Calpurnius Siculus are generally assigned to the reign of Nero, although the debate on dating continues, with proposals ranging between the later first and third centuries CE. Calpurnius follows Vergil's Eclogues as his main model, but reaches back to Theocritus for additional pastoral features, and the poems show the influences of later works of Vergil, Ovid, and other elegists. Two factors have made Calpurnius a "marginal" poet: the collection's lack of historical context and the status of bucolic poetry as a minor, discontinuous genre. This literary study embraces these factors as an opportunity for a de-historicized reading of Calpurnius by interpreting the poems closely and within the context of the bucolic tradition but without reference to any kind of contemporary context. In doing so, Yelena Baraz explores questions about the working of tradition in Latin poetry, but als

A Practical Approach to Trauma: Empowering Interventions helps clinicians develop effective therapeutic skills and provides guidelines for delivering trauma-focused and empowering interventions. Taking a practitioner's perspective, Priscilla Dass-Brailsford focuses on practical application to increase clinical understanding of extreme stress and violence. The psychological and behavioral consequences of trauma are viewed as expressions of pain and efforts to cope with unacceptable environmental demands and stressors. Responses to traumatic experiences are not necessarily viewed as pathological but instead grounded in cultural systems of meaning-making. Dass-Brailsford discusses how the practitioner's responsibility is to locate and utilize the strength and resilience inherent within individuals, families, and communities impacted by trauma to empower them toward healing and recovery. The author's practical, skill-building approach is taken from her many years of working in the trauma f

Japanese Mythology: A Guide presents Japanese myths in a format that is both rigorous and readable. Matthieu Felt provides a point of entry into this growing area of study, leading readers through key myths and making the primary sources accessible for anyone looking to further their research.

Sports Law and Society: Rules of the Game, Second Edition stands out for its exceptional depth and practical approach, offering a comprehensive, concise and clear examination of the legal challenges shaping today's sports industry. Designed to engage students, it covers foundational topics like contracts, collective bargaining, and intellectual property in sports while exploring complex, evolving issues such as gender equity, the global sports ecosystem, and data analytics in performance. Each chapter provides real-world examples and cases, giving students an applied understanding of how legal principles operate within professional, college, and youth sports. By balancing established legal doctrines with emerging topics-including artificial intelligence, digital media, athlete mental health, and the future of sports-this book equips readers with both historical context and foresight, making it particularly relevant for a dynamic field.What sets this book apart is its critical focus on

畢業前夕、朋友圈洗牌、藏在泳衣底下的身體焦慮……這個夏天過後，我們還會是最好的朋友嗎？暑假的最後一天，通常意味著冰淇淋、曬傷的肩膀，還有……一場絕對不能錯過的「泳池派對」。但對主角們來說，今年的派對不一樣。這不僅是小學生活的終點，更是通往未知國中生活的起點。Emma Steinkellner 用最懂青少年的溫柔筆觸，畫出了每個孩子（甚至是長大後的我們）都曾體驗過的「成長陣痛」。像是...當最好的朋友開始有了新的小圈圈，我該怎麼辦？面對發育的尷尬、換上泳裝的焦慮，如何找回自信？走向新階段之前，我們該如何好好說再見？不論你是正站在成長十字路口的孩子，還是渴望重溫夏日情懷的內在小孩，《Last Day Pool Party》都將帶你跳進那座充滿勇氣的水池。From the bestselling author of the Okay Witch series comes a contemporary graphic novel about the only thing standing between the kids of Orange Grove Junior High and summer break--one party, and a whole lot of drama. Six very different kids' stories collide at an unforgettable last day pool party in this hilarious and relatable story about friendship, popularity and the messiness of growing up. When her name gets skipped at the eighth-grade graduation ceremony, Rose decides she is done being invisible. She's determined to finally stand out and make her unfulfilled middle school dreams come true at the upcoming pool party. But she's not the only one who wants to

本套教材緊密圍繞國家“四新”建設戰略，首創以新工科、新醫科、新文科、新農科為核心的學術英語教材體系，打破傳統單學科教材的結構局限，構建出覆蓋“四新”領域、適合本科階段使用的系統性學術英語學習方案。 教材設計遵循“學術研究全流程 + 學術英語功能模塊”的雙重邏輯，共分四冊，分別面向新工科、新醫科、新文科、新農科專業學生。每冊包含八個單元，內容貫穿學術研究全過程： Getting started in academic research(瞭解學術研究) Preparing a research project(確定選題與研究設計) Reviewing the related literature(文獻綜述與批判性閱讀) Designing a study and analyzing data(研究設計與數據分析) Reporting findings and discussing results(結果呈現與討論) Introducing and concluding your article(引言與結論撰寫) Putting it together / Wrapping up your article(整合結構與邏輯梳理) Presenting your research(學術演示與展示) 教材內容全面覆蓋核心學術技能(如論證、引用、摘要寫作、數據描述、學術演示等)，深度融合多模態數字資源，配套豐富的任務驅動型活動，強調實用性、互動性與可遷移性，系統助力學生完成從“學術寫作”到“學術交流”的綜合能力躍升。 本書為新工科學術英語，旨在培養學生在工程領域的學術英語溝通能力，引導學生識別並描述新興工程挑戰及前沿技術趨勢，並理解跨學科合作的重要性；系統訓練學生在不同學術場景下的溝通能力，強調根據受眾調整語言風格與策略。

本套教材緊密圍繞國家“四新”建設戰略，首創以新工科、新醫科、新文科、新農科為核心的學術英語教材體系，打破傳統單學科教材的結構局限，構建出覆蓋“四新”領域、適合本科階段使用的系統性學術英語學習方案。 教材設計遵循“學術研究全流程 + 學術英語功能模塊”的雙重邏輯，共分四冊，分別面向新工科、新醫科、新文科、新農科專業學生。每冊包含八個單元，內容貫穿學術研究全過程： Getting started in academic research(學術研究入門) Preparing a research project(選題與研究設計) Designing rigorous and ethical medical studies(研究類型與倫理規範) Implementing and documenting medical research(研究實施與記錄) Analyzing and presenting data(數據分析與呈現) Interpreting data and discussing results(數據闡釋與結果討論) Crafting the introduction and abstract(引言與摘要撰寫) Presenting your research(研究展示) 教材內容全面覆蓋核心學術技能(如論證、引用、摘要寫作、數據分析、研究展示等)，深度融合多模態數字資源，配套豐富的任務驅動型活動，強調實用性、互動性與可遷移性，系統助力學生完成從“學術寫作”到“學術交流”的綜合能力躍升。 本書為新醫科學術英語，旨在培養學生在醫學與健康科學領域的學術英語溝通能力，引導學生深入探討當代醫學面臨的複雜議題：如基因編輯、精准醫療、遠程醫療、醫療倫理與規範等，並深刻理解臨床醫學與生物技術、人工智能、數據科學、社會學等領域的深度融合趨勢，培養學生的跨學科思維能力；系統訓練學生的學術研究實操能力和學術報告撰寫與表達能力，貼合醫科學生的學術發展需求，為其參與國際醫學研究、研討交流等奠定堅實基礎。

本書是社會學家歐文·戈夫曼學術生涯的代表作之一，1961年出版後即引發廣泛關注，不但為理解權力運作、身份建構及邊緣群體的真實處境提供了經典分析框架，更推動了全球精神衛生領域的“去機構化”運動。書中，戈夫曼將“擬劇論”從日常社交舞臺推向精神病院、監獄等極端制度環境，揭示了令人震驚的社會真相。在這些“全控機構”中，戈夫曼發現所謂“正常”與“瘋癲”的界限並非天然存在，而是由一套精密的制度體系建構和維持的。這些機構通過嚴苛的身份剝削手段——收繳個人物品、清除社會身份、集體管制、系統性羞辱——瓦解個體的自我認同，將一個個活生生的人納入標準化秩序中，重塑為溫順、沉默的“被收容者”。由此，機構的核心功能在於控制，而非對外宣稱的治癒或關懷。當名字被編號取代，當行為被病理化為“症狀”時，我們還能確信自己是“正常”的嗎？又該如何抵抗，哪怕只為一縷尊嚴的微光？本書從微觀層面撕碎了現代社會圍繞“正常”編織的迷思並發出拷問 ：究竟是那些被貼上“瘋子”標簽的人病了，還是這個急於將他們分類、隔離、改造的“健全世界”本身，陷入了一種更隱蔽的集體瘋狂？-----“時代症候”書系：《收容所——精神病人及其他被收容者的社會情境》Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates[美]歐文·戈夫曼 著 / 劉海龍、黃雅蘭、方惠 譯《人類世的馬克思——走向去增長的共產主義》（即出）Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism[日]齋藤幸平 著 / 徐鼎鼎 譯《數字倦怠——斷聯時代見聞錄》（即出）Digital Lethargy: Dispatches from an Age of Disconnection[美]胡彤暉 著 / 於是 譯《努力玩樂——遊戲作為能動性的藝術》（即出）Games: Agency as Art[美]C. 氏·阮 著 / 胡馮彬 譯《自由是一種沒治的病》（即出）Freedom: A Disease Without Cure[斯洛文尼亞]斯拉沃熱·齊澤克 著 / 藍江 譯

In Local Quantum Mechanics, contributors from both philosophy and physics develop the many worlds interpretation as a way to understand quantum mechanics, particularly how the many worlds interpretation avoids the apparent phenomenon of non-locality, thereby making quantum mechanics compatible with special relativity.

This book offers an innovative and comprehensive theory of private law as the law governing our relationships with one another in our capacity as private individuals rather than as citizens.

Thin-Walled Structural Members Under Web Crippling Loadings: Finite Element Analysis, Design, and Integrated Testing addresses a critical and specialized area in structural engineering focused on the behavior, analysis, and design of thin-walled steel members subjected to web crippling loadings. This reference integrates experimental testing, advanced numerical modeling, and international design codes to improve understanding and practical design of cold-formed steel structures worldwide. The book offers in-depth coverage of experimental testing procedures and finite element analysis, including practical guidance on software tools, model verification, and validation best practices. It includes design examples that demonstrate real-world applications across multiple international codes. The book also presents integrated comparisons of experimental, numerical, and design results, discusses failure modes, and incorporates reliability analyses and parametric studies. This book serves as a

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Say You'll Remember Me comes a beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way.In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything...For Larissa, it came when choosing who to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great friends, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging bread (pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy.But she didn’t choose Chris to drive her home all those months ago—she went with his best friend, and he became her boyfriend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. How can something that feels so right be absolutely impossible?

At the turn of the twentieth century Colorado's coalfields were the site of the nation's most violent labor conflicts. The remote mountains were home to mining companies that provided workers and their families with supervised housing, education, health care, and stores. Resisting corporate control, workers deployed armed bands against their employers, leading to a pitched battle between the groups for control over the workplace. Efforts to defuse the situation, including strategies that had worked in other industries, all failed. In this book, Maria E. Montoya examines two key figures who practiced rival Progressive reforms for resolving these industrial conflicts. John D. Rockefeller Jr. used paternalism and philanthropy to promote the scientific management of his workers' professional and personal lives. Josephine Roche advocated for worker autonomy, collective bargaining, and government-backed labor protections. Both honed their Progressive ideals in New York City and transported t

In a small village, three sisters’ lives are shadowed by secrets that refuse to stay buried. For fans of Sarah Penner and Jessie Burton.

企業資源計劃(Enterprise Resource Planning，ERP)課程的特別之處在於，ERP與CAD、CAT等圖像處理、字處理等工具性軟件不一樣，其應用的難點並不僅僅在於是否能學會軟件本身的操作，而更在於使用者能否領會蘊含在軟件中的管理思想；ERP與一般的管理方式、方法又不一樣，因為它終究是通過計算機實現的，具有許多機器的特性。因此ERP要求學習和使用者既要具有管理者的視角和思維方式，瞭解人性的特點、學會與人打交道，又要具有工程師的視角和思維方式，瞭解機器的特點、學會與機器打交道。本教材的根本目標是要講清楚ERP的基本原理。但是對於ERP這樣實踐性很強的學科，原理必須通過實例來體現，因此，書中各章都穿插了許多軟件的實例和企業的應用案例，以便能夠幫助讀者建立起ERP領域技術和管理兩方面的感性認識，達到對原理真正領會的目的。本書分為3篇，共15章。前兩篇從基本原理和系統實施的角度，結合常見的軟件系統和大量成功或失敗的應用案例，全面、系統地介紹企業資源計劃(ERP)；第3篇為實驗指導。本書可作為高等學校本科信息管理、電子商務、工業工程、軟件工程、工商管理及相關專業高年級本科生的教材或教學參考書，建議前修課程為“管理信息系統”和“生產運作管理”；對於工業工程碩士(MEng in IE)、工商管理碩士(MBA)而言，本書也是一本不錯的參考書。

本書對各種類型的積分進行了系統闡述，不僅證明了每種積分的基本性質，指出其異同點，還闡釋了它們的產生背景與應用場景，並融入了豐富的歷史資料。本書適合對各種類型的積分感興趣的高年級本科生、研究生、高校教師以及數學研究人員閱讀參考。The derivative and the integral are the fundamental notions of calculus. Though there is essentially only one derivative, there is a variety of integrals, developed over the years for a variety of purposes, and this book describes them. No other single source treats all of the integrals of Cauchy, Riemann, Riemann-Stieltjes, Lebesgue, Lebesgue-Stieltjes, Henstock-Kurzweil, Weiner, and Feynman. The basic properties of each are proved, their similarities and differences are pointed out, and the reason for their existence and their uses are given. There is plentiful historical information. The audience for the book is advanced undergraduate mathematics majors, graduate students, and faculty members. Even experienced faculty members are unlikely to be aware of all of the integrals in the Garden ofIntegrals and the book provides an opportunity to see them and appreciate their ric

本書是經典力學領域的經典著作，預備知識要求極低，僅需基礎微積分和本科基礎物理學知識，因此適合本科到研究生入門階段的課程使用，也適合數學、物理和工程專業的學生群體。This is an intuitively motivated presentation ofmany topics in classical mechanics and related areas of control theory and calculus of variations. All topics throughout the book are treated with zero tolerance for unrevealing definitions and for proofs which leave the reader in the dark. Some areas of particular interest are： an extremely short derivation of the ellipticity of planetary orbits; a statement and an explanation of the “tennis racket paradox”; a heuristic explanation (and a rigorous treatment) of the gyroscopic effect; a revealing equivalence between thedynamics of a particle and statics of a spring; a short geometrical explanation of Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle, and more. In the last chapter, aimed at more advanced readers, the Hamiltonian and the momentum are compared to forces in a certain static problem. This gives a palpable physical meaning to some seemingly abstract concepts and theo

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

DescriptionTrailblazer cultivates critical thinkers, readers, and writers and provides the language support they need to be ready to study subject-matter content in English. Trailblazing students take meaningful action beyond the classroom by developing the ability to shape their own answers to life’s big questions, and to view these questions through multiple perspectives.A multiple literacy approach helps prepare students for meaningful real-world interaction.Authentic non-fiction, globally diverse fiction, and information presented through multi-media inputs prompt students to think critically and apply their language and skills to real-world contexts.The real-life stories of National Geographic Explorers inspire a new generation of trailblazing students to make a positive impact on their community.Assessment of English language skills and strategies helps instructors to track learning outcomes, and students to meet their learning goals, including success on international exams.Inte

本書以井然有序、簡明扼要的方式呈現了一個高度複雜的主題，為當今的學生提供了易於閱讀、全面涵蓋人類胚胎發育的內容。它將解剖學和組織學與細胞和分子機制相結合，重點關注正常發育和先天性異常。該書配有精美的插圖和照片，並且基於最新科學發現和理解，具有強烈的臨床應用導向。a)本書作者是國際上從事人類胚胎學研究的著名專家，作者本身具有國際影響力；b)本書內容上，結合了人類三維描述性胚胎學、動物模型實驗胚胎學和人類先天缺陷三方面的內容，是當前國際上最權威的人類胚胎學著作；c)本書圖文並茂，有多達541幅插圖，文字內容反映了最新研究進展及其臨床相關性，直觀的插圖幫助學習，有助於提供更好的學習效果；d)本書在線資源豐富，包括圖像、動畫和視頻，提供更生動的學習體驗；e)本書巧妙地使用陰影文本框等創新方式來提供詳細信息，以便理解正常和異常人類胚胎發育的臨床意義；f)本書每個部分的內容都可以獨立成章，讀者可根據自己的需求和興趣予以學習，或者輕鬆省略不感興趣的部分；g)本書關注出生缺陷對兒童及其家庭生活的影響，且為從事該職業者提供了“Clinical Taster” 和 “Embryology in Practice”兩個部分。

As people get older, they become more likely to have hearing difficulties in certain situations; for example, having conversations in public settings where there is naturally more noise. This can sometimes lead to isolation, depression, or even fatigue from the effort needed to communicate with others. Clinicians and researchers often do not use standardized outcome measures for hearing interventions that reflect patients' perceptions of real-life improvements. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee of experts to identify a core set of outcomes and corresponding measures that researchers and clinicians should use each time they assess the effectiveness of hearing aids and other treatments in addressing hearing difficulties. The resulting report, Measuring Meaningful Outcomes for Adult Hearing Health Interventions, presents those outcomes and measures, as well as recommendations for promoting their use within the hearing health community.

The classic work that has shaped the field of biomedical ethics, fully updated to include cutting-edge approaches and research. Principles of Biomedical Ethics provides a highly original, insightful, and practical guide to morality in the health professions, health policy, and public health. Acclaimed authors Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress thoroughly develop and advocate for four principles that lie at the core of moral reasoning in health care: respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice. Drawing from contemporary research - and integrating detailed case studies and vivid real-life examples and scenarios - they demonstrate how these prima facie principles can be used to address various conflicts and dilemmas, from how to deliver bad news to the decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments.Ideal for courses in biomedical ethics, bioethics, and health care ethics, the text is enhanced by hundreds of annotated citations, along with key terms and

Ballet Practice and History is a complete, inclusive resource on ballet training and history for the beginning teen-adult reader. Unique in its balanced discussion of technique and history, this book guides readers through an accessible methodology of training while also presenting ballet's historical development through a culturally inclusive lens. Part One presents a progression of study guiding the reader through a series of eight scaffolded lessons, including terminology, descriptions, learning guides and lessons. Methods of learning ballet are presented in a healthy and anatomically sound approach for diverse audiences. Each chapter has a dedicated ballet class to reinforce terminology and concepts, available as a video lesson for readers to follow. Part Two presents a global survey of ballet's historical development expanding on the traditional European context to include histories in Mexico, Cuba, South America, South Africa and East-Asia. It also discusses cultural issues assoc

The future of precision health care is being driven by the increasingly rapid evolution of technologies. Over the past century, health care has benefited tremendously from the steady introduction of new tools, such as imaging, vaccines, immunology, biochemical analysis, and drug development; more recently, emerging technologies have arisen rapidly, undergone swift validation, and experienced prompt application. However, these technologies and their results have uncertainties and impact all facets of precision patient management. Uncertain Precision: Managing Health Care with Personalized Technologies provides an in-depth overview of precision medicine and its relationship with new technology, examining its current scope, benefits, and limitations. While new medical technologies can identify many individual traits that establish diagnoses, predict the course of illness, and recommend therapies, the tools and their results have uncertainties that the health care professional must anticip

The origins of the legendary Black Axe and its first mouse wielder revealed for the first time! Eisner Award-winning creator David Petersen joins forces with Eisner-nominated artist Gabriel Rodr璲uez to bring a brand new prequel chapter in the epic Mouse Guard saga to life--just in time to celebrate the series 20th anniversary! Set at the earliest point in the series' timeline, this epic reveals the origin of the legendary weapon and the courageous mouse to first wield it--Bardrick. As darkness encroaches and monstrous serpents threaten the fragile peace of the Territories, Bardrick must rise to a duty greater than himself and embark on a perilous journey of sacrifice, bravery, and legacy. But with such immense stakes at hand, can the first Black Axe survive the toll of his quest? Featuring stunning sequential art from Rodr璲uez paired with colors by Petersen himself, this hardcover volume beautifully expands the Mouse Guard mythos with the untold history of its earliest heroes. Collects

Federated Learning for the Metaverse: Applications in Virtual Environments provides readers with insights into how federated learning, a decentralized machine learning paradigm, can be strategically applied to address critical aspects of the metaverse. The book covers a wide range of topics, including privacy-preserving personalization, security, collaboration, adaptive learning environments, real-time communication, decentralized governance, language understanding, immersive learning experiences, avatar customization, and dynamic scene rendering.