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Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology, Second
Edition, focuses on an aging population and the increasing
instances of eye diseases. Biomaterials continue to be used for
numerous medical devices for the restoration of eyesight, improving
many patients' quality of life. Consequently, biomaterials and
regenerative medicine are becoming increasingly important to the
advances of ophthalmology and optometry. This book provides readers
with an updated and expanded look at the present status and future
direction of biomaterials and regenerative medicine in this
important field.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Postmodern realist fiction uses realism-disrupting literary
techniques to make interventions into the real social conditions of
our time. It seeks to capture the complex, fragmented nature of
contemporary experience while addressing crucial issues like income
inequality, immigration, the climate crisis, terrorism,
ever-changing technologies, shifting racial, sex and gender roles,
and the rise of new forms of authoritarianism. A lucid,
comprehensive introduction to the genre as well as to a wide
variety of voices, this book discusses more than forty writers from
a diverse range of backgrounds, and over several decades, with
special attention to 21st-century novels. Writers covered include:
Kathy Acker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Julia Alvarez, Sherman
Alexie, Gloria Anzaldua, Margaret Atwood, Toni Cade Bambara, A.S.
Byatt, Octavia Butler, Angela Carter, Ana Castillo, Don DeLillo,
Junot Diaz, Jennifer Egan, Awaeki Emezi, Mohsin Hamid, Jessica
Hagedorn, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ursula K. Le Guin, Daisy Johnson,
Bharati Mukherjee, Toni Morrison, Vladimir Nabokov, Tommy Orange,
Ruth Ozeki, Ishmael Reed, Eden Robinson, Salman Rushdie, Jean Rhys,
Leslie Marmon Silko, Art Spiegelman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jeannette
Winterson, among others.
This book deals with behavioral responses of management of firms
that make several decisions with respect to production, marketing,
finance, organization of activities within divisions, and
interrelations between divisions (including synergies between them
and constraints placed on each other in the attainment of overall
goals of the firm). The market conditions, that constitute the
basis of such decisions, may be stable, random but predictable, or
uncertain. It can be expected that objectives attained by the firm,
as a result of decisions of management, may be different from the
maximum which can be achieved. A generic conceptualization of such
managerial discretion and operationally useful methods of
measurement have been presented. It is possible to develop machine
learning algorithms on this basis to minimize managerial discretion
and assist managers in arriving at strategic decisions thereby
leaving more resources to deal with uncertain events as they arise.
The volume is a great resource not only for researchers, but also
decision makers in corporates.
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