One night, seven teenagers wake completely alone and in the dark. Their parents are gone, and it seems everyone on earth has disappeared as well. Worse, the electricity is off. Surrounded by darkness, their differences no longer matter; they are the sole survivors of an alien attack and the last hope for humanity. But in the black of night, can they outrun the hulking creatures with the glowing red eyes?

Priya is the exotic girl who says what she thinks. Will was a star athlete before the attack. They find Trevor and Aiyana, the twins; Alex and Ricardo, the tough guys; and finally, Lindsey, the innocent. Together, the seven of them are the last humans on earth-but are they really humans at all? They have no idea that the government has known of the incoming alien attack for decades; to prepare they created special children with very special abilities.

The chosen seven are part alien and part human, and they exist to fight off the otherworldly forces, threatening to conquer the planet. But with such differing personalities, will the seven be able to put their pride be-hind and work together? They must move beyond the grief of lost friends and family and find the strength to go on; if they don't, the world will die, taken over by monstrous creatures that can smell your fear.

The world is in turmoil. Reeling after a devastating alien invasion that decimates the world's population, humanity survives in small communities, fighting for their lives. Countless millions died during the initial invasion, and those still alive are seen as nothing more than a food source for the hungry Quar. Governments quickly fall across the globe, and a primitive, brutal, survival mentality now consumes the world.

But amid the chaos, one small pocket of technology held out longer than the rest. Within a secret lab, Earth's salvation rested on the small shoulders of a group of genetically modified children known only as the Theta DNA kids. No longer fully human, they carry the genetic traits of humanity within-and they now face the very destiny they had been engineered for. They were humanity's last, best hope for a future-any future.

Once out of the lab, the Theta DNA kids be-gin a dangerous, nomadic adventure. Along the way, they encounter other small groups of other Thetan DNA mutants and struggle to form alliances. Can these young heroes put their own adolescent insecurities aside long enough to truly work together for the common good? To do so, they must learn to work together, to lead-and to fight for the very future of humanity.

Their enemies are close, but even the teens don't fully understand how close. Through the horrors of invasion, grief, loss, and brutal truth, these young soldiers fight for every-thing, with everything they've been genetically enhanced to give.

Native American sports team mascots represent a contemporary problem for modern Native American people. The ideas embedded in the mascot representations, however, are as old as the ideas constructed about the Indian since contact between the peoples of Western and the Eastern hemispheres. Such ideas conceived about Native Americans go hand-in-hand with the machinations of colonialism and conquest of these people. This research looks at how such ideas inform the construction of identity of white males from historic experiences with Native Americans. Notions of "playing Indian" and of "going Native" are precipitated from these historic contexts such that in the contemporary sense of considering Native Americans, popular culture ideas dress Native Americans in feathers and buckskin in order to satisfy stereotypic expectations of Indian-ness.

"Contrary to negative media generated stereotypes, I personally believe that Black men are poised to experience unprecedented levels of success in the world today. Never have the doors of opportunity been open wider for us to follow our passions and create the life of our dreams. For those of us who are willing to make the investment in our own personal growth and development, we will be rewarded with great relationships, dynamic health, financial abundance, spiritual connection, a deep sense of purpose and fulfillment and the opportunity to give back to our communities and change the world for the better. What has been missing in the past is a resource guide to support Black men in this endeavor and therefore I have created "Black Men Rock" as that resource to support them in creating extraordinary lives." Coach Michael Taylor: Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker, Radio & TV Show host.

Develop IT skills through an active, accessible approach to theory and practice, providing an ideal foundation for lower secondary students going on to study IT at CSEC (R) and for building real-life computer skills; fully updated to reflect the new curriculum and new approaches to IT teaching. - Build knowledge with straightforward introductions to theoretical concepts, key practical applications and new topics such as ethical use of computers and multimedia. - Support all learning styles with a range of questions - Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer, Research, Project and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Develop critical thinking and research skills with research projects. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Log-on-to-IT-Answers

Benefit from expert guidance in this new edition of a tried and trusted approach; updated to reflect the new CSEC (R) IT curriculum, it provides an engaging and accessible approach to theory and practice. - Prepare for SBA with advice and guidance and a full sample SBA project and suggested solution at the end of Chapter 16. - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer, Research, Project and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Confidently cover new topics and emerging technology with straightforward explanations and numerous examples. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/Log-on-to-IT-Answers

Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics, algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers

Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics, algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers

Provide an accessible approach to theory and practice with this new edition updated to comprehensively cover recent IT developments and the latest Caribbean curricula for Forms 1 to 3 (Grades 7 to 9). - Consolidate learning through a range of question types such as Multiple Choice, True or False, Short Answer and a fun Crossword puzzle. - Build critical thinking and project work skills with research and STEM projects using real life situations. - Develop understanding with new topics covered such as computer ethics, algorithm development, emerging careers. The answers can be found here: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/interactanswers

This thesis reports on the development of the first quantum enhanced microscope and on its applications in biological microscopy. The first quantum particle-tracking microscope, described in detail here, represents a pioneering advance in quantum microscopy, which is shown to be a powerful and relevant technique for future applications in science and medicine. The microscope is used to perform the first quantum-enhanced biological measurements -- a central and long-standing goal in the field of quantum measurement. Sub diffraction-limited quantum imaging is achieved, also for the first time, with a scanning probe imaging configuration allowing 10-nanometer resolution.

For the past 25 years the theory of pseudodifferential operators has played an important role in many exciting and deep investigations into linear PDE. Over the past decade, this tool has also begun to yield interesting results in nonlinear PDE. This book is devoted to a summary and reconsideration of some used of pseudodifferential operator techniques in nonlinear PDE. The book should be of interest to graduate students, instructors, and researchers interested in partial differential equations, nonlinear analysis in classical mathematical physics and differential geometry, and in harmonic analysis.

The core of this monograph is the development of tools to derive well-posedness results in very general geometric settings for elliptic differential operators. A new generation of Calderon-Zygmund theory is developed for variable coefficient singular integral operators, which turns out to be particularly versatile in dealing with boundary value problems for the Hodge-Laplacian on uniformly rectifiable subdomains of Riemannian manifolds via boundary layer methods. In addition to absolute and relative boundary conditions for differential forms, this monograph treats the Hodge-Laplacian equipped with classical Dirichlet, Neumann, Transmission, Poincare, and Robin boundary conditions in regular Semmes-Kenig-Toro domains. Lying at the intersection of partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, and differential geometry, this text is suitable for a wide range of PhD students, researchers, and professionals. Contents: Preface Introduction and Statement of Main Results Geometric Concepts and Tools Harmonic Layer Potentials Associated with the Hodge-de Rham Formalism on UR Domains Harmonic Layer Potentials Associated with the Levi-Civita Connection on UR Domains Dirichlet and Neumann Boundary Value Problems for the Hodge-Laplacian on Regular SKT Domains Fatou Theorems and Integral Representations for the Hodge-Laplacian on Regular SKT Domains Solvability of Boundary Problems for the Hodge-Laplacian in the Hodge-de Rham Formalism Additional Results and Applications Further Tools from Differential Geometry, Harmonic Analysis, Geometric Measure Theory, Functional Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, and Clifford Analysis Bibliography Index

Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s. The volume is divided into two parts. In the first each of the chapters considers a particular aspect of the problem of how multinational corporations have developed. In the second part the chapters consider different aspects of the economic and social impacts of these corporations. The common theme that links all the papers is their emphasis on careful historical analysis of different forms of spatial organisation and their transformation into other, different forms.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is remembered today only as an alleged Social Darwinist who applied the theory of the survival of the fittest to society. Yet he was among the most influential and widely-read philosophers of the nineteenth century. There were few Victorian thinkers and scientists who did not know his work, and who did not formulate their own positions partly in reaction to his. Michael Taylor's book provides the only detailed and reliable modern survey of the whole corpus of Spencer's thought. Taylor introduces a Spencer very different to his posthumous reputation: not primarily a political philosopher, but the architect of a comprehensive philosophical system that aimed to demonstrate the inevitability of human perfection through universal natural laws. He also locates the Synthetic Philosophy firmly in its place and time by showing how it developed out of the concerns of a group of like-minded British writers and thinkers during the 1850s. This book will be of interest to historians of philosophy and of science, to social scientists, to scholars and students of nineteenth century literature, and to anyone who wishes to understand one of most important figures in Victorian intellectual life.

We are working with Cambridge International to gain endorsement for this forthcoming series. Help learners develop essential computing skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and apply throughout. - Encourage learners to become confident in working with information and ideas of their own and those of others with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at the end of each unit for self-assessment. - Provide a clear pathway through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit, as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions designed to support differentiation. - Recap and activate learners' prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks. Contents How to use this book Term 1 Unit 1 Flowcharts in programming (Scratch MIT: Be a designer) Unit 2 Be a data manager Unit 3 Selecting hardware and software Unit 4 Variables in programming (Scratch MIT: Be a storyteller) Term 2 Unit 5 Digital content Unit 6 Sub-routines in Programming (Scratch MIT: Be an animator) Unit 7 Be a data architect Unit 8 Micro:Bit Makecode: Be an innovator Term 3 Unit 9 Keeping data safe Unit 10 Scratch MIT: Be a game developer Unit 11 Storage and robots Unit 12 iRobot: Be a problem solver Glossary

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Help learners develop essential computing skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and apply throughout. - Encourage learners to become confident in working with information and ideas of their own and those of others with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at the end of each unit for self-assessment. - Provide a clear pathway through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit, as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions designed to support differentiation. - Recap and activate learners' prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks. Contents How to use this book Term 1 Unit 1 Computers are everywhere Unit 2 Be an animator Unit 3 Be a data detective Term 2 Unit 4 Be a designer Unit 5 We can network Unit 6 Be a problem solver Unit 7 Computers control things Term 3 Unit 8 Be a data collector Unit 9 Be a games developer Unit 10 We are connected Unit 11 Be an artist Glossary