Despite their widespread impact, computer networks that provide the foundation for the World Wide Web and Internet have many limitations. These networks are vulnerable to security threats, break easily, and have a limited ability to respond to changing conditions. Recent research on overcoming these limitations has used biological systems for inspiration, resulting in the development of biologically-inspired computer networks. These networks are designed and developed using principles that are commonly found in natural and biological systems. Biologically Inspired Networking and Sensing: Algorithms and Architectures offers current perspectives and trends in biologically-inspired networking, exploring various approaches aimed at improving network paradigms. Research contained within this compendium of papers and surveys introduces studies in the fields of communication networks, performance modeling, and distributed computing, as well as new advances in networking.

Advances in artificial intelligence, sensor computing, robotics, and mobile systems are making autonomous systems a reality. At the same time, the influence of edge computing is leading to more distributed architectures incorporating more autonomous elements. The flow of information is critical in such environments, but the real time, distributed nature of the system components complicates the data protection mechanisms. Policy-based management has proven useful in simplifying the complexity of management in domains like networking, security, and storage; it is expected that many of those benefits would carry over to the task of managing big data and autonomous systems. This book aims at providing an overview of recent work and identifying challenges related to the design of policy-based approaches for managing big data and autonomous systems. An important new direction explored in the book is to make the major elements of the system self-describing and self-managing. This would lead to architectures where policy mechanisms are tightly coupled with the system elements. In such integrated architectures, we need new models for information assurance, traceability of information, and better provenance on information flows. In addition when dealing with devices with actuation capabilities and, thus, being able to make changes to physical spaces, safety is critical. With an emphasis on policy-based mechanisms for governance of data security and privacy, and for safety assurance, the papers in this volume follow three broad themes: foundational principles and use-cases for the autonomous generation of policies; safe autonomy; policies and autonomy in federated environments.

This alphabet book is meant to introduce the Tamil (Tamizh) alphabet to children in the U.S. and other countries who are more comfortable with English. This book is divided into seven sections. In the first section, the alphabet chart of Tamil is provided. In the second section, the vowels of Tamil are introduced. In the third section, the consonants of Tamil are introduced. In the fourth section, the Grantha consonants, letters borrowed from Sanskrit in Tamil, are introduced. In second through fourth sections, each letter is introduced by means of a picture of a Tamil word containing the letter. A reasonable approximation to pronouncing the letter and the word in English is given. The English translation of the word and the name of the letter is also provided. In the fifth section, the form of different consonants when they are combined with different vowels are shown. In the sixth section, the basic Tamil numbers are introduced. The final section provides a simple overview of some rules for Tamil pronuniciation.

This book provides various writing sheets that can be used to practice Tamil letters, words and simple sentences. The sheets help in practice the writing of the alphabet.

This alphabet book is meant to introduce the Punjabi Gurmukhi script to children in the U.S. and other countries who are more comfortable with English. This book is divided into six sections. In the first section, the alphabet chart of Gurmukhi is provided. In the second section, the letters of Gurmukhi are introduced. In the third section, the vowels of Gurmukhi are introduced. In second and third sections, each letter is introduced by means of a picture of a Punjabi word beginning with the letter. A good approximation to pronouncing the letter and the word in English is given. The English translation of the word and the name of the letter is also provided. In the fourth section, the form of different letters when they are combined with different matras are shown. The fifth section introduces a simple approach to get a beginner to read Punjabi words. In the sixth section, the basic Punjabi numbers are introduced.

This book teaches the Tamil alphabet to someone familiar with English using a variety of puzzles, exercises and games. The letters are introduced by a cute dog who makes it fun to learn Tamil. Activities include coloring pictures, finding letters in alphabet soup, finding paths in mazes, and finding matching letters. This is the one of a series of Tamil activity books that can be used to teach yourself Tamil and ideal for children fluent in English to learn Tamil.

Misbah Khan is a brilliant Pakistani Neurologist, trained in the United Kingdom, who comes to the USA with his Microbiologist wife Ayesha, in search of a revolutionary retinal chip implant surgery for their blind son, but gets caught-up in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. ni4ni is a powerful and scandalous account of political subterfuge, scientific ingenuity, love, betrayal and personal sacrifice spanning over 45 years and three continents. An intricate web of conspiracy and deceit is woven, with serious consequences at the G20 summit with the threat of a chemical weapon attack against the world leaders to fulfil the dream of New World Order and eventually culminating in US Navy seals attack in Pakistan, allegedly killing Osama Bin Laden.

This book consists of 210 word puzzles or wordies for Hindi. A wordie is a puzzle made up of letters and pictures that represents a word or phrase. All puzzles in this book represent a word or phrase in Hindi. The puzzles in this book are grouped into six categories, one for simple Hindi words, another for some common Hindi phrases, a set of Hindi proverbs, names of some places, some oldies -- phrases that were popular in the past, and a group of Hinglish wordies. The Hinglish wordies use a collection of English and Hindi letters to represent Hindi phrases. The book will allow children to have fun with Hindi words, while learning new words, and figuring out the context for several pictures in the words. It would be hours of entertainment to the learner as well as an expert in Hindi.

This book teaches the Urdu alphabet to a child familiar with English using a variety of puzzles, exercises and games. The book makes it fun to learn Urdu. Activities include coloring pictures, finding letters in alphabet soup, finding paths in mazes, looking for letters in a word, and games for mixing and matching starting or ending letters of Urdu in a word. The mixing of letters in a word is introduced using ice cream flavors and other interesting exercises. This is the first in the series of Urdu activity books that can be used to teach yourself Urdu. This is ideal for children fluent in English to learn Urdu language.

This is one of a series of Urdu activity books which makes learning Urdu fun for a child growing in an English speaking country. This activity book introduces more than 800 words with their English translation. The words are made familiar through matching exercises, finding paths in mazes, matching words to pictures and an assortment of other activities. This book is one of the most fun ways to learn new words in Urdu. Teach yourself Urdu words using the exercises in this book.

This book is a level 3 Urdu reader. Level 3 books helps in developing fluency in Urdu for children who are relatively comfortable with Urdu script and vocabulary and need practice to maintain and improve their skills. This book contains six stories. Each of these consists of an interesting story line with a good mix of new and repetitive phrases. Each page of the book contains the Urdu paragraph, its transliteration, and the English translation. If the transliterated paragraph is read in conversational English, the pronunciation would be similar to the one in Hindi. All the stories are illustrated using hand-drawn charcoal paintings.

Thank God I'm a Sucker is an autobiographical account of an eye surgeon, demonstrating through his own personal battles the conflicts between the ancient arts of healing of the East and the Western system of Medicine. He explores the power of the mind on the human body and the impact this has on the genes. In the early chapters he explains the current scientific thinking about age-related disorders and their management, while developing his own ideas of how the placebo effect and personal belief systems work, quoting extensively from scientific journals and ancient vedas. He then proposes a new theory of human evolution, contradicting Charles Darwin and coining novel terms like "Ipsicura" and "Concion". In the last chapter he gives convincing arguments against Atheists like Richard Dawkins to force his reader to think as to why a firm belief in "God" could in fact be an evolutionary stable strategy for the human race.

This activity workbook teaches the concept of Hindi matras to a student who has become familiar with the basic Devanagari alphabet. It is one of a series of activity books designed to teach Hindi. It should be used after the completion of Learn Hindi Alphabet Activity Workbook, and can be done before or concurrently with the Learn Hindi Vocabulary Activity Workbook. The concept of matras and how they modify different letters and sounds is introduced in this workbook. The student learns to identify the different matras when applied to various letters through a series of puzzles, mazes and matching activities.

This book provides sheets that can be used to practice writing Urdu letters and words. The different sheets provide dotted outlines of letters that can be traced to practice the alphabet. A wide selection of words are also provided to get familiarty with how letters get combined in different words.

This book introduces the basic alphabet of Urdu. For each letter of the Urdu alphabet, it provides the closest English pronunciation, the name of the alphabet and a word beginning with that letter, or a word containing that letter. It also provides a basic introduction to Urdu numbers and the changing forms of the letters in the words. The colorful book with interesting pictures is a good way to get familiar with the script of Urdu.

This book is a level 3 Hindi reader. Level 3 books helps in developing fluency in Hindi for children who are relatively comfortable with Hindi script and vocabulary and need practice to maintain and improve their skills. On each facing pair of pages in the book, the left page lists the Hindi paragraphs that narrate the story on the top. The bottom of the left page has the transliteration of the paragraph in English. If the transliteration is read in conversational English, the pronunciation would be similar to the one in Hindi. The right page translates the paragraph in English. The book contains three stories in which the lovable character of Sonu, a toddler, goes through several misadventures as he tries to celebrate Diwali, Holi and Rakhi. The stories capture the realistic experience NRI kids in America are likely to go through on these festivals.