A smart, twisty whodunnit from the author of the scandalous SUDDENLY A MURDER. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.

THE DEAD BODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAKE. BUT IT WASN'T. NOW THERE'S ALL TO PLAY FOR . . .

For decades, J. Everett High has staged an annual murder mystery to put its criminology students to the test. And this year, crime junkie Dulce Castillo is dead set on winning. Soon, the game kicks off, and the student playing the victim, Xavier Torres, is found poisoned in the school's greenhouse . . . except his death isn't pretend.

IT'S MURDER.

When the authorities open an investigation, all the evidence points to Sierra Fox, Xavier's ex-girlfriend and Dulce's ex-best friend. Claiming innocence and desperate to clear her name, Sierra begs Dulce to look past their bad blood and find the culprit.

After all, Dulce knows this school better than any investigator ever could, but she'll have to use caution to solve this mystery. Because these historic halls are full of suspects with no shortage of motives. And the game has turned deadly . . .

The second season of the US sci-fi drama that follows the attempts of Lawkeeper Joshua Nolan (Grant Bowler) to keep the peace in the futureworld frontier town of Defiance. In the near future, Earth's landscape has been decimated after years of war with the Votans, an alien race seeking a new home after their own star system was destroyed in a stellar collision. With a ceasefire now in effect, an itinerant Nolan returns to the ruins of his former home town of St. Louis, now known as Defiance, accompanied by his adopted alien daughter Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas), to help keep the former warring factions apart. The episodes are: 'The Opposite of Hallelujah', 'In My Secret Life', 'The Cord and the Ax', 'Beasts of Burden', 'Putting the Damage On', 'This Woman's Work', 'If You Could See Her Through My Eyes', 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem', 'Painted from Memory', 'Bottom of the World', 'Doll Parts', 'All Things Must Pass' and 'I Almost Prayed'.

Research in the field of senescence has boomed recently due to the gradual realization that senescent cells are associated with a significant number of diseases. The genetic or pharmacological elimination of senescent cells can cause widespread benefits and improves outcomes for most of those diseases. Cellular Senescence in Diseases presents an updated review of the role of cellular senescence in multiple pathologies. Focus is given to those diseases where the implication of senescence has been more extensively documented, such as (cancer, lung and liver diseases, diabetes, Neurodegenerative diseases and others). The Editors recruited a group of worldwide experts in each individual pathology to review the role of cellular senescence in each one of them, aiming at identifying potential therapeutic pathways. The first two chapters provide an overview of the cellular senescence principles. Next, the chapters are divided into specific diseases. Cancer, including premalignant lesions (OIS), Advanced disease (TIS), and Metastasis are covered. The following condition covered is Lund diseases, including IPF, COPD, and Pulmonary Hypertension. Next Liver Diseases are covered, including Fibrosis and Cirrhosis, and Fatty liver disease. Next there is coverage for Kidney implications, including fibrosis and transplantation. Vascular diseases are covered next including infarction and hear fibrosis, and atherosclerosis. Both diabetes types 1 and 2 are covered next. Following chapters cover Obesity, Sarcopenia, and Bone and Cartilage disorders, respectively. Neurodegenerative diseases are covered next, focusing on Alzheimer and Parkinson. The next chapter discusses accumulation of senescent cell in tissues during aging. The two final chapters cover current developments and conclusions. Cellular Senescence in Diseases is designed for researchers and clinicians with a focus on the cellular mechanisms of diseases. All chapters cover current experimental therapeutic approaches to eliminate or cancel the pathological effects of senescent cells. Pharmaceutical scientists may also benefit from the contents of the book in the exploration of novel therapeutic opportunities.

Ergonomics promotes sustainability through the presence of more humane companies, that is, healthier, safer, more comfortable and efficient businesses with one of the objectives of the business being the promotion of well-being in the context of the discourse on sustainability. Taking health into account in business policies helps ensure sustainable production systems. The role of ergonomics in companies in the business sustainability environment can contribute to increasing the performance of the organization. Sustainable development includes social aspects among its objectives, where work and the worker are fundamental. Likewise, work can also benefit sustainable development since workers are active agents in society. Sustainable work is one that improves the performance of the organization and promotes professional development, as well as the health of workers in a broad and positive way (not limited to the absence of disease, but in the sense of building health) and well-being. In this way, respect and the development of intelligence and creativity (in the face of alienating work) are promoted when carrying out work that makes sense, where not only is the profound importance of physical, cognitive and organizational issues understood, but also , above all, the importance of work for the development of culture. There seems to be a natural synergy between sustainability and ergonomics, with the aim of understanding and optimizing the results of human system interactions. When speaking of men (human factor), machines (technical factor) and environment (socio-technical factor), one must try to find the concrete conditions of their interaction through the integrated ergonomic triad. The result of integration is a whole of common characteristics that is above the individual characteristics of the factors, to humanize the other elements in terms of man. The objective of this book is to present the new trends in sustainable work through the analysis and application of methods to evaluate and improve the interaction of human beings with their work, their work area, and their environment. This book is divided into sections that focus on concept chapters, case studies, and research work in the industry, suggesting the use of method engineering tools, physical ergonomics, organizational ergonomics, cognitive ergonomics, environmental ergonomics, and sustainable development. The target audience includes students, academics, researchers, engineers working in the industry, professionals responsible for ergonomics or safety and hygiene, and the general professional public committed to the well-being of human capital and the performance of the organization. Therefore, the contributions should address the scientific and practical implications of industrial engineering, ergonomics, and sustainable development in manufacturing and services.

Most solar cells currently in commercial use are p-type solar cells, due to their historically lower cost and ease of manufacture compared to n-type solar cells. However, due to improved manufacturing technology and falling cost in general, the cost difference between the two types has shrunk, making n-type solar cells an attractive option for future commercial high-efficiency solar cells. n-type solar cells are less prone to light-induced degradation, and are also less affected by iron impurities. This makes n-type solar cells more efficient compared to their p-type counterparts, with efficiencies of up to 25% being feasible in production. Challenges in the manufacturing process and regarding degradation still remain to be solved, in order to realise n-type solar cells' full potential. The challenges, solutions and opportunities afforded by n-type solar cells are explored in this volume. This book conveys current research and development for n-type solar cells and modules. With a systematic build-up, chapters cover the base material, wafer production, and the cell concepts including recent passivation techniques. Also covered are the related issues of solar module technology, such as encapsulation and interconnection, and degradation process management, including comparisons with p-type solar cells. In addition, economic and ecologic aspects and cost modelling are addressed. This thorough, concise reference is a valuable resource for researchers from industry and academia working in the field of photovoltaics.

Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19: Climate Change Effects on Environmental Functionality is a timely reference to better understand environmental changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns. The book is organized into five themes: (1) environmental modifications, degradation, and human health risks; (2) water resources-planning, management, and governance; (3) air quality-monitoring, fate, transport, and drivers of socioenvironmental change; (4) marine and lacustrine environment; and (5) sustainable development goals and environmental justice. These themes provide an insight into the impact of COVID-19 on the environment and vice versa, which will help improve environmental management and planning, as well as influence future policies. Featuring many case studies from around the globe, this book offers a crucial examination of the intersectionality between climate, sustainability, the environment, and public health for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in environmental science.

Demand response (DR) describes controlled changes in the power consumption of an electric load to better match the power demand with the supply. This helps with increasing the share of intermittent renewables like solar and wind, thus ensuring use of the generated clean power and reducing the need for storage capacity. This book conveys the principles, implementation and applications of demand response. Chapters cover an overview of industrial DR strategies, cybersecurity, DR of industrial customers, price-based demand response, EV, transactive energy, DR with residential appliances, use of machine learning and neural networks, measurement and verification, and case studies in the Aran Islands, as well as a use case of AI and NN in energy consumption markets. The chapters have been written by an international team of highly qualified experts from academia as well as industry, ensuring a balanced and practically oriented insight. Readers will be able to develop and apply DR strategies to their respective systems. Industrial Demand Response: Methods, best practices, case studies, and applications is a valuable resource for researchers involved with regional as well as industrial power systems, power system engineers, experts at grid operators and advanced students.

FOCAPD-19/Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, July 14 - 18, 2019, compiles the presentations given at the Ninth International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, FOCAPD-2019. It highlights the meetings held at this event that brings together researchers, educators and practitioners to identify new challenges and opportunities for process and product design.

Although the effort to involve women in engineering has risen in recent years with the creation of new initiatives and the promotion of inclusion in technical disciplines, the active participation of women in engineering professions is continuously lower than expected. While the need for engineers appears to be constantly increasing, women still do not fill most of this role and have a long way to go to even reach an equal split in the field. This gender gap has a significant impact how women in the STEM fields are perceived as well as their experiences in their education and careers. When it comes to Latin American women in IT, their contribution to science can go unnoticed, their participation levels in these fields are very low, and they often occupy lower-level positions than their male counterparts. These issues need to be discussed, and the experiences of women who work in the field must be shared. Latin American Women and Research Contributions to the IT Field highlights the important role of Latin American women in IT by collecting and disseminating their frontier-research contributions in order to provide more visibility and inspire greater participation of Latin American women within the major field of computer science. With chapters contributed by female authors from eight Latin American and Caribbean countries, the book provides a deep analysis of these women's trajectory paths to high quality theoretical and applied relevant research in computer science and IT. While highlighting areas such as inclusivity and STEM education, along with advancements and achievements in topics that include nonverbal interaction in virtual reality, fuzzy logic applications in education, and ant colony optimization, this book is ideal for professionals, academics, students, and researchers working in the fields of information technologies and computer science as well as those interested in gender and women's studies.

Alondra en libertad es una obra sintetizada en una supuesta vida ejemplar de una tipica familia de portada, pero que, a traves de sus paginas, le mostraran lo mas terrible que pueda ocurrirle a una mujer con situaciones de amor, odio, mentiras, traiciones y venganzas. Sin embargo, Alejandra, la protagonista de esta obra, al lado de su eterno companero Ramon, nos dara mas de una leccion de vida, rompiendo los pseudo-patrones de vida de una sociedad machista imponente ante las mujeres. Esta obra es representada en diferentes decadas y escenografias de la ciudad de Lima. Es una copia fidedigna de como a pesar de llevar una vida ejemplar, el poder, la avaricia, el arribismo acompanado de promiscuidad pueden llevar al ser humano a catapultar un corazon puro y noble. Es una historia que no intenta victimizar a las personas de buen corazon, sino brindar un ejemplo, enfatico y directo, que genere nuevas perspectivas positivas para cuando exista una actitud de cambio en una mujer, ante una situacion nociva. Es sin duda, una novela apasionante, llena de sorpresas como la vida misma, una obra original y conmovedora.