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CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers an accessible, data-packed answer to our biggest questions about Covid-19: What have we learned about this pandemic and how can we prepare for—or prevent—the next one?
As America’s favorite frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has barely left his primetime seat in his makeshift studio basement since the pandemic began (other than to perform brain surgery). He’s had the insider of insider access to the drama’s unfolding, including exclusive conversations with the world’s top public health experts and behind-the-scenes scientists racing to find treatments and cures. And now he’s sharing what he’s learned in a book that will answer not only all our questions about what happened, but also about how our world will change in the years ahead, even once we’re back to “normal.”
Gupta argues that we need to prepare for a new era where pandemics will be more frequent, and possibly even more deadly. As the doctor who’s been holding America’s hand through the crisis with compassion, clarity, and well-earned wisdom, he gives you the unvarnished story behind the pandemic, including insights about the novel virus’s behavior, and offers practical tools to ready ourselves for what lies ahead. He answers critical questions: Can we stamp out the virus for good (and if not, how do we live with it)? Should we put our parents in a nursing home? Where should we live? What should we stockpile? What should we know before taking a trip? Does it make sense to spend more on health insurance to deal with any long-term effects? How do you decide when it’s safe to go to a public pool or schedule elective surgery? What should Covid survivors know about protecting their future health? What if you become a long-hauler with chronic health challenges stemming?
World War C will give you hope for the future along with real information that leaves you more resilient and secure.
Keep your brain young and healthy at any age with this practical
workbook, taking you through the 12-week program from the #1 New
York Times bestselling author of Keep Sharp. Chief CNN medical
correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta helped countless readers keep their
brains sharp and effortlessly productive with Keep Sharp. In 12
Weeks to a Sharper You, he now provides a step-by-step 12-week
program to help you put his transformational ideas into daily
practice. As Dr Gupta writes, 'Change is a challenge, and changing
long-established habits takes effort.' But this workbook makes it
easy to apply Gupta's groundbreaking tips and research to establish
healthy behaviours for life. The 12-week program will help you feel
less anxious, sleep better, improve energy, think more clearly, and
become more resilient to daily stress. Full of tips, quotations,
and prompts, 12 Weeks to a Sharper You is the only guide you'll
need to keep your brain young and healthy at any age.
This volume results from two programs that took place at the
Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of
Singapore: Aspects of Computation — in Celebration of the
Research Work of Professor Rod Downey (21 August to 15 September
2017) and Automata Theory and Applications: Games, Learning and
Structures (20-24 September 2021).The first program was dedicated
to the research work of Rodney G. Downey, in celebration of his
60th birthday. The second program covered automata theory whereby
researchers investigate the other end of computation, namely the
computation with finite automata, and the intermediate level of
languages in the Chomsky hierarchy (like context-free and
context-sensitive languages).This volume contains 17 contributions
reflecting the current state-of-art in the fields of the two
programs.
This book describes the sustainable development journey of 15
business families committed to using their enterprises as a force
of societal good. In turn, each family reaps benefits of high
economic returns, while contributing to society and environment.
The youngest family firm is in its 20s, while there are others over
100 years of age. Size, industry, locations vary. But all these
business families share a deep shared commitment towards
sustainable development, control over strategic decision-making in
their firms and trans-generational continuity intentions. Family
values embed their enterprises with a strong sense of purpose to
achieve their chosen sustainable development goals.
Professionalized systems and processes foster the development of
capabilities, and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders
ensure the simultaneous achievement of social, environmental and
profitability goals. Educators, students, policy makers and
business families interested in sustainable development will find
new understanding of family business through Pioneering Family
Firms' Sustainable Development Strategies.
This book describes the sustainable development journey of 15
business families committed to using their enterprises as a force
of societal good. In turn, each family reaps benefits of high
economic returns, while contributing to society and environment.
The youngest family firm is in its 20s, while there are others over
100 years of age. Size, industry, locations vary. But all these
business families share a deep shared commitment towards
sustainable development, control over strategic decision-making in
their firms and trans-generational continuity intentions. Family
values embed their enterprises with a strong sense of purpose to
achieve their chosen sustainable development goals.
Professionalized systems and processes foster the development of
capabilities, and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders
ensure the simultaneous achievement of social, environmental and
profitability goals. Educators, students, policy makers and
business families interested in sustainable development will find
new understanding of family business through Pioneering Family
Firms' Sustainable Development Strategies.
A Practical Guide on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems
offers an in-depth look at the recent security and privacy
challenges of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) in multiple application
domains. It provides readers with a comprehensive view of system
architecture for cybersecurity systems before actual
implementation.The book first presents a systematic overview on
several CPS applications covering standard architectures before
zooming into each of the layers of the architectureal design to
describe the underpinning technological, security, and privacy
issues currently facing some CPS research groups. The guiding
principles that should be followed while planning future
innovations for such mission-critical systems are also covered.This
book captures the latest advancements from many different fields
and is a well-balanced combination of academic contributions and
industrial applications in CPS. Written for students and
professionals at all levels, this book presents the best practices
for individuals who want to advance their research and development
in this exciting area.
Volume I: A low-dimensional magnet is key to the next-generation of
electronic devices. In some aspects, low dimensional magnets refer
to nanostructured magnets or single-molecule magnets. They are
widely used in biomedicine, technology, industries, and
environmental remediation. Emerging Applications of Low Dimensional
Magnets covers current state-of-the-art progress in ferromagnetic
materials, experimental studies of nanomaterials-based spintronics,
and directions for future approaches, applications, and devices.
Experts from a variety of areas such as biomedical engineering,
materials science, nanotechnology, and electronic engineering have
contributed to this handbook making it the most up-to-date and
interdisciplinary reference of its kind in the field of low
dimensional magnets. Volume II: Low-dimensional magnetic materials
find their wide applications in many areas, including spintronics,
memory devices, catalysis, biomedical, sensors, electromagnetic
shielding, aerospace, and energy. This book provides a
comprehensive discussion on magnetic nanomaterials for emerging
applications. Fundamentals along with applications of
low-dimensional magnetic materials in spintronics, catalysis,
memory, biomedicals, toxic waste removal, aerospace,
telecommunications, batteries, supercapacitors, flexible
electronics, and many more are covered in detail to provide a full
spectrum of their advanced applications. This book offers fresh
aspects of nanomagnetic materials and innovative directions to
scientists, researchers, and students. It will be of particular
interest to materials scientists, engineers, physicists, chemists,
and researchers in electronic and spintronic industries, and is
suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate studies.
The learned editors of this new four-volume collection from
Routledge argue that-at its core-postcolonialism makes two
substantial claims, with corresponding research agendas and
political implications. First, that the emergence and functioning
of the modern world cannot be truly understood and explained as if
it originated in Europe and was then 'exported' to the non-West;
such Eurocentric accounts must be interrogated and challenged.
Second, that since the humanities and social sciences developed in
Europe, as an attempt to make sense of Western developments, the
analytical tools and disciplinary formations by which we seek to
explain and represent the world also need to be critically
questioned, and where necessary, rethought. This timely new
collection from Routledge's Critical Concepts in Political Science
series enables users to comprehend the scope and ambition of these
claims, and to make sense of the dizzying diversity of texts,
generated across different continents and in different languages,
and spanning numerous fields of intellectual and literary
endeavour, that constitute the formative and central works of
Postcolonial Politics. The four volumes that make up the collection
are edited by the directors of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies
at Goldsmiths, University of London, and unite the expertise of
three distinguished scholars who have produced a unique 'mini
library' that is as diverse as its subject matter. Postcolonial
Politics brings together foundational and cutting-edge essays and
journal articles, and it draws on sources from Africa, Latin
America, and Asia, as well as those in the Western world, including
some newly translated pieces. Fully indexed and with new
introductions to each volume, this collection will be welcomed by
scholars, other researchers, and advanced students as an
indispensable reference and pedagogic resource.
The best way to increase flavour in a dish is to add spice. And it
doesn’t have to be complicated – including one spice blend can
elevate an ordinary recipe to an instant crowd pleaser. Most of us
have a few unused spice blends in the back of the cupboard because
we only cook with them for one particular dish. Or we feel a bit
overwhelmed by the myriad spices in the supermarket, not knowing
which ones marry together to create the best flavour. Sanjay's
Spice Kitchen is here to demystify spices, reassuring you that you
don’t need endless time, fancy equipment or a full storecupboard
to create delicious dishes with ease – whether it’s a working
lunch, a midweek supper, a special date night, friends round at the
weekend or a family feast. Enjoy Spiced Peach and Goat's Cheese
Salad, Harissa Chickpea Stew, Fiery Blackened Cajun Chicken and
Mamma Spice’s Dal Makhani and, just to emphasise how versatile
spices can be, there is a 'Spice Freedom' recipe in each chapter
that takes one dish and shows how, by switching the blend, you can
open a world of flavour possibilities. And, if you want to go a
step further, Sanjay has given away the secrets of his
award-winning spice blends – including Tandoori, Garam Masala,
Sri Lankan, Mexican, Za’atar, Jerk, Harissa, Baharat and Cajun
– so you can make them at home, from scratch. It's time to spice
up your repertoire and create stunning dishes in the kitchen.
The aim of the book is to serve as a text for students learning
programming in 'C' on Data Structures such as array, linked list,
stack, queue, trees, graph and sorting and searching methodology.
The book illustrates in detail the methods, algorithms, functions
and implementation of each and every concept of data structures.
Algorithms are written in pseudo syntax i.e., near to 'C' language
for easy understanding. It contains worked examples to amplify the
material, and enhance the pedagogy. The content is not overburdened
with math, and instead pays attention to the key components of the
subject, especially link listing. By discussing the practical
applications of the subject, the author has lessened the dry theory
involved, and made the book more approachable.
In recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has
moved from exploitation to exploration, from corporate
environmental management to sustainable entrepreneurship, and from
efficiency to innovation. Yet current trends indicate the need for
radical innovation via entrepreneurial start-ups or new ventures
within existing corporations despite difficulties with the
financing and marketing of such efforts. Presenting both conceptual
and empirical research, this fascinating book addresses how we can
combine environmental and social sustainability with economic
sustainability in order to produce innovative new business models.
The international cast of contributors addresses the wide range of
issues in the balance between growth and environmental concerns.
The first five chapters discuss various aspects of sustainable
entrepreneurship. This is followed by two chapters that look at
innovation within existing firms. Innovation is not successful
until it finds a customer, so the two chapters that follow delve
into the marketing aspects of business-to-consumer and
business-to-business settings. The book closes with a broad
discussion of the evolution and future of the research agenda into
the intersection of sustainability, innovation and
entrepreneurship. Academics, students, business professionals, and
NGOs will find this volume enlightening and useful.
Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting
fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire
children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6
and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in
demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding
vocabulary. Zip the cat is a master of karate. When he hears a cry
of help he rushes to the rescue! Find out what happens next in this
adventure story. Red A/Band 2A offers emergent readers predictable
text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story
development. The focus sounds in this book are: /z/ /ch/ /j/ /x/
/qu/ /ng/ /th/ /nk/ Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun “I Spy”
Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help
children embed phonic knowledge. Reading notes within the book
provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters
and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and
words that the book will cover.
Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has
been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and
Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to
support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that
together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to
teaching phonics. From the beginning to the end, this camping trip
is full of mishaps and adventures. Follow this family as they learn
how to work together and make the most of every situation in this
heart-warming story.
Post-colonial and post-partition South Asia, one of the
fastest-growing and yet one of the least integrated regions of the
world, is marked by both optimism and pessimism. This intriguing
dichotomy of strength and weakness, security and insecurity, hope
and fear, connections and disconnects underpins South Asia’s
regionalism conundrum and gives birth to borders and boundaries –
both material and mental – with a complex territoriality. The
Janus-faced nature of South Asian borderlands – the inward
nationalizing impulses entangled with the outward regional
frontier-orientations – is a stark reminder that history of
mobility in this eco-geographical region is much older than the
history of territoriality and colonial cartography and ethnography.
This collection of meticulously researched, theoretically informed,
case studies from South Asia provides useful insights into
bordering, ordering and othering narratives as practices and
performances that are intricately entangled with identity politics
and security discourses. It shows how a sharper focus on
subterranean subregionalism(s), border communities, popular
geopolitics of enmity, and transborder challenges to
sustainability, could open up spaces for new multiple
(re)imaginings of borders at diverse scales and sights including
sub-urban neighbourhoods, school textbooks/cinema and trans-border
conservation initiatives. The chapters in this edited volume have
been contributed by both renowned as well as young emerging
scholars, looking into the borders and boundaries in South Asia.
Each chapter offers new perspectives and insights into themes like
trans-Himalayan borderlands, India-Pakistan physical and mental
borders, Afghanistan-Pakistan border and numerous social boundaries
that we see in everyday South Asia. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Borderlands Studies.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book focuses on recent
milestones in basic and applied mycology, focusing on many and
diverse applications in the agricultural, food, and biofuel
sectors. Applied Mycology for Agriculture and Foods: Industrial
Applications provides an informative update of the current
biological status of fungi and advances in conventional and modern
molecular tools in identification, taxonomy of fungi, and
applications of different taxonomic groups of fungi in various
sectors, such as agriculture, food development, postharvesting,
biological control of crop diseases, biofertilizers,
bioremediation, pigments, pharmaceuticals, enzymes, biofuel
production, etc. The volume addresses fungal biodiversity
conservation, the emerging field of fungal metagenomics, the role
of fungi in eco-safety and warfare, and the bioprospecting of fungi
for hydrocarbons for biofuel production. Several chapters discuss
using fungi in agricultural management, such as for the biocontrol
of plant diseases, using entomopathogenic fungi as a pesticide,
using nematophagous fungi for controlling nematodes that eat crops,
using fungi in the development of biofertilizers, and more. The
role of fungi in post-harvest diseases management in horticultural
crops is looked at as well. Key features: Provides up-to-date
information and advances in biological status and classification of
fungi Discusses the comprehensive role of fungi in various sectors,
in food and agriculture, in biofuel production, in the production
of production of antibiotics or antimicrobial agents, etc. Presents
the recent systemic taxonomic classifications, developments,
applications in molecular mycology and conservation strategies for
mycoflora Aiming to bridge the knowledge gap between basic and
applied aspects of mycology, this volume provides a wealth of
information that will be valuable for researchers, industrial
scientists, faculty and students in mycology and plant pathology as
well as in botany, microbiology, food microbiology, pharmaceutical
development, biotechnology and biofuel production, and other
professional disciplines.
In the field of medieval Indian historiography, an eight-volume
magnum opus, History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, by Sir
Henry Myers Elliot (1808-53) and the editor-compiler of his
posthumous papers, John Dowson (1820-81), was published from London
between 1867 and 1877. These landmark volumes continue to retain
their popularity even nearly hundred and fifty years later, and
scholars still learn from and conduct their research on the basis
of this work. However, an enterprise of this scale and magnitude
was bound to suffer from some serious shortcomings. An eminent
Indian scholar, S.H. Hodivala undertook the daunting task of
annotating Elliot and Dowson's volumes and worked through all the
new material, selecting or criticizing and adding his own
suggestions where previous comments did not exist or appeared
unsuitable. The first volume of Hodivala's annotated Studies, was
published in 1939, while the second was published posthumously in
1957. Over the years, while the work of Elliot and Dowson has seen
many reprints, and is even available online now, Hodivala's volumes
have receded into obscurity. A new edition is presented here for
the first time. Hodivala also published critical commentaries on
238 of about 2000 entries included in another very famous work,
Hobson-Jobson (London, 1886) by Sir Henry Yule (1820-89) and Arthur
Coke Burnell (1840-82). These have also been included in the
present edition. These volumes are thus aimed at serving as an
indispensable compendium of both, Elliot and Dowson's, and for Yule
and Burnell's excellent contributions of colonial scholarship. At
the same time these would also serve as a guide for comparative
studies and critical appreciation of historical texts. Please note:
Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Describes the development and challenges associated with
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Provides novel
visualization software designed to serve traffic practitioners in
analyzing the efficiency and safety of an intersection Has the
potential to proactively identify potential conflict situations and
develop an early warning system for real-time vehicle-vehicle and
pedestrian-vehicle conflicts
Emerging microbial and viral infections are a serious challenge to
health, safety, and economics around the world. Antimicrobial and
antiviral technologies are needed to disrupt the progression and
replication of bacteria and viruses and to counter their rapidly
evolving resistance. This book discusses recent developments in
materials science and engineering in combating infectious diseases
and explores advances in antimicrobial and antiviral materials,
including polymers, metals, and ceramics and their applications in
the fight against pathogens. Features * Covers progress in
biomimetic antimicrobial and antiviral materials and
antimicrobial/antiviral bulk materials and coatings * Describes
modern methods for disinfection of biomedical materials against
microbial and viral infection resistance, especially for depressing
novel coronavirus (COVID-19) * Details methods to improve material
properties to have a longer service life in combating infection *
Emphasizes chemical, physical, mechanical, tribological, and
antimicrobial/antiviral properties * Offers current and future
applications of emerging antimicrobial/antiviral technologies This
book will be of interest to materials researchers and industry
professionals focusing on antimicrobial and antiviral applications.
The financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the "Great Recession" that it
precipitated highlight a number of important questions about the
governance of contemporary capitalism. How do shortcomings in
existing market governance institutions help to account for trends
of rising economic inequality and financial instability? What new
forms of market governance would better embody norms of stability,
equality and justice? And how do present political conditions both
constrain and enable possibilities for reform? This volume brings
together an array of leading thinkers to consider these pressing
questions about market governance and its potential reform.
Contributors combine in-depth empirical analysis with innovative
explorations of alternative arrangements to consider challenges of
market governance in advanced and developing countries, as well as
global and regional organizations. New Visions for Market
Governance will be of interest to students and scholars in a wide
range of areas including international and comparative political
economy, public and social policy, and normative social theory.
Discusses forecasting expenditure in detail. Provides analysis of
reduction and increase in the forecasting expenditure. Highlights
advanced concepts including procurement inventory, production
planning, and priority planning in detail. Examines an approach in
relation to the inclusion of an explicit cost of forecasting.
Covers total cost formulation, modified total cost, relevant index,
threshold value, and cost of forecasting in a comprehensive manner
with the help of examples.
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