The Grandest Challenge

Author : Abdallah Daar,Peter Singer
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780385667197

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The Grandest Challenge by Abdallah Daar,Peter Singer Pdf

The Grandest Challenge begins with a simple premise: that every person's life is of equal value, regardless of where in the world he or she lives. It also begins with an alarming fact: that in this age of spectacular scientific advances, it is still those who live in the developed world--mainly the west--who overwhelmingly benefit from our enormous new power to combat disease and enhance food, while those in the developing world are far more likely to die for lack of basic health care and inexpensive nutrition. As personalized medicine, designer drugs, and high-quality nutrients become more readily available than ever in the richest parts of the world, distinguished doctors Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer urge us to pause and ask these vital questions: Who will have access to the life-enhancing advances of biotechnology? And who are these advances ultimately meant to help? In this challenging, controversial, thought-provoking, and humane book, Daar and Singer inspire us to look more deeply at our new science, and at the revolution that is already changing all of our lives.

Author : Amelia Mellor
Publisher : Affirm Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781922400437

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The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor Pdf

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade - and himself - in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they fail Pearl and Vally won't just lose Pa - they'll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.

Author : Collaborative
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889197118

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Grand Challenges in the Field of Earth Science by Collaborative Pdf

Frontiers in Earth Science is an open-access journal that aims to bring together and publish on a single platform the best research dedicated to our planet. This platform hosts all the rapidly growing and continuously expanding domains in Earth Science, involving the lithosphere (including geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and geography), the hydrosphere (including hydrology and cryospheric, marine and ocean sciences, complementing the existing Frontiers journal on Marine Science) and the atmosphere (including meteorology and climatology). As such, Frontiers in Earth Science focuses on the countless processes operating within and among the major spheres constituting our planet. In turn, the understanding of these processes provides the theoretical background to better use the available resources and to face the major environmental challenges (including earthquakes, tsunamis, eruptions, floods, landslides, climate changes, sea level rise, extreme meteorological events): this is where interdependent processes meet, requiring a holistic view to better live on and with our planet. Within this volume are included the Grand Challenge papers for the Earth Science field, authored by the Field Chief Editor, and several of the 16 online specialty sections, authored by the respective Chief Editors. These articles identify and describe the crucial challenges for Earth Science at the dawn of the 21st century.

Author : Insana Michael F,Ghaboussi Jamshid
Publisher : #N/A
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789813225978

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Understanding Systems: A Grand Challenge For 21st Century Engineering by Insana Michael F,Ghaboussi Jamshid Pdf

Our book presents a unique and original viewpoint on natural and engineered systems. The authors' goal is to propose and explain core principles that govern the formation and function of simple and complex systems. Examples are drawn from a broad range of topics from common materials and manufactured structures to the behavior of cells, organisms and socio-economic organizations. We provide a technical discussion of key engineering principles without the use of mathematics so that we may describe for a general audience how the systems of daily life form, operate, and evolve. We use analogy and illustrations to show how the components self-organize and scale to form complex adaptive systems. In this way we hope to understand how those systems come to be, achieve stability, and suddenly transition to new equilibrium states, including the sudden onset of economic recessions, ecosystem collapse, the evolution of species, development of cancer, and other wide-ranging topics. The existential role of component variability in these processes is emphasized. This book targets engineering instructors and undergraduate students curious to explore the grand challenges facing society today so they might build productive and long-lasting careers in science and technology. The six essays can be used to frame classroom discussions on systems from a broad range of disciplines. The essays are designed to appeal to those with a basic science and engineering background as we illustrate many fundamental engineering concepts in our descriptions of system behavior. We also hope our book appeals to curious members of the general public who are interested in understanding foundational ideas.

Author : Jennifer L. Hefner,Ingrid M. Nembhard
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781801178020

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The Contributions of Health Care Management to Grand Health Care Challenges by Jennifer L. Hefner,Ingrid M. Nembhard Pdf

The 20th volume of Advances in Health Care Management showcases how health care management research helps to further understand grand challenges in health care: what they are, why they exist, the consequences that they have, and what can be done to address them.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822037827136

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The Agency for International Development and the Millennium Challenge Corporation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Sankar K. Pal,Ashish Ghosh,Malay K. Kundu
Publisher : Physica
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783790818581

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Soft Computing for Image Processing by Sankar K. Pal,Ashish Ghosh,Malay K. Kundu Pdf

Any task that involves decision-making can benefit from soft computing techniques which allow premature decisions to be deferred. The processing and analysis of images is no exception to this rule. In the classical image analysis paradigm, the first step is nearly always some sort of segmentation process in which the image is divided into (hopefully, meaningful) parts. It was pointed out nearly 30 years ago by Prewitt (1] that the decisions involved in image segmentation could be postponed by regarding the image parts as fuzzy, rather than crisp, subsets of the image. It was also realized very early that many basic properties of and operations on image subsets could be extended to fuzzy subsets; for example, the classic paper on fuzzy sets by Zadeh [2] discussed the "set algebra" of fuzzy sets (using sup for union and inf for intersection), and extended the defmition of convexity to fuzzy sets. These and similar ideas allowed many of the methods of image analysis to be generalized to fuzzy image parts. For are cent review on geometric description of fuzzy sets see, e. g. , [3]. Fuzzy methods are also valuable in image processing and coding, where learning processes can be important in choosing the parameters of filters, quantizers, etc.

Author : László Böszörményi,Peter Schojer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540452133

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Modular Programming Languages by László Böszörményi,Peter Schojer Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the international Joint Modular Languages Conference, JMLC 2003, held in Klagenfurt, Austria in August 2003. The 17 revised full papers and 10 revised short papers presented together with 5 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on architectural concepts and education, component architectures, language concepts, frameworks and design principles, compilers and tools, and formal aspects and reflective programming.

Author : Görel Hedin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540365792

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Compiler Construction by Görel Hedin Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Compiler Construction, CC 2003, held in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2003. The 20 revised full regular papers and one tool demonstration paper presented together with two invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on register allocation, language constructs and their implementation, type analysis, Java, pot pourri, and optimization.

Author : Peter H. Diamandis,Steven Kotler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451616835

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Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis,Steven Kotler Pdf

The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.

Author : Manfred Broy,Alexandre V. Zamulin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540208136

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Perspectives of Systems Informatics by Manfred Broy,Alexandre V. Zamulin Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postconference proceedings of the 5th International Andrei Ershov Memorial Conference, PSI 2003, held in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia in July 2003. The 55 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions during two rounds of evaluation and improvement. The papers are organized in topical sections on programming, software engineering, software education, program synthesis and transformation, graphical interfaces, partial evaluation and supercompilation, verification, logic and types, concurrent and distributed systems, reactive systems, program specification, verification and model checking, constraint programming, documentation and testing, databases, and natural language processing.

Author : Ashu Gupta, Abdalla Alameen
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781948146784

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Simulation in Engineering and Technology by Ashu Gupta, Abdalla Alameen Pdf

Computer simulation modeling is a discipline gaining popularity in both the government and industry. It can assist in the design, creation and evaluation of complex systems. Designers, program managers, analysts and engineers use computer simulation modeling to understand and evaluate ‘what if’ case scenarios. One can model a real or proposed system using computer software, which is useful when changes to the actual system are difficult to implement, involve high costs or are impractical. Some examples of computer simulation modeling familiar to most of us include weather forecasting, flight simulators used for training pilots and car crash modeling. Modeling & Simulation (M&S) has become an important tool in all phases of the acquisition process and can be used within most systems’ lifecycles, including requirement analysis, architectural design, design and development, tests and verifications and operations and maintenance. The science of modeling and simulation strives to showcase the highest possible level of reality to determine the conditions necessary for optimal performance. Modeling and simulation is a multifaceted and complex field due to the numerous applications involved, particularly since M&S applications range from nuclear reactions to supermarket queuing.

Author : Andrew James Herbert,Karen I.B. Spaerck Jones
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780387218212

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Computer Systems by Andrew James Herbert,Karen I.B. Spaerck Jones Pdf

An invited collection of peer-reviewed papers surveying key areas of Roger Needham's distinguished research career at Cambridge University and Microsoft Research. From operating systems to distributed computing, many of the world's leading researchers provide insight into the latest concepts and theoretical insights--many of which are based upon Needham's pioneering research work. A critical collection of edited-survey research papers spanning the entire range of Roger Needham's distinguished scientific career, from operating systems to distributed computing and security. Many of the world's leading researchers survey their topics' latest developments and acknowledge the theoretical foundations of Needham's work. Introduction to book written by Rick Rashid, Director of Microsoft Research Worldwide.

Author : James O’Sullivan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350232129

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The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities by James O’Sullivan Pdf

The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities reconsiders key debates, methods, possibilities, and failings from across the digital humanities, offering a timely interrogation of the present and future of the arts and humanities in the digital age. Comprising 43 essays from some of the field's leading scholars and practitioners, this comprehensive collection examines, among its many subjects, the emergence and ongoing development of DH, postcolonial digital humanities, feminist digital humanities, race and DH, multilingual digital humanities, media studies as DH, the failings of DH, critical digital humanities, the future of text encoding, cultural analytics, natural language processing, open access and digital publishing, digital cultural heritage, archiving and editing, sustainability, DH pedagogy, labour, artificial intelligence, the cultural economy, and the role of the digital humanities in climate change. The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities: Surveys key contemporary debates within DH, focusing on pressing issues of perspective, methodology, access, capacity, and sustainability. Reconsiders and reimagines the past, present, and future of the digital humanities. Features an intuitive structure which divides topics across five sections: “Perspectives & Polemics”, “Methods, Tools & Techniques”, “Public Digital Humanities”, “Institutional Contexts”, and “DH Futures”. Comprehensive in scope and accessibility written, this book is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners working across the digital humanities and wider arts and humanities. Featuring contributions from pre-eminent scholars and radical thinkers both established and emerging, The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Digital Humanities should long serve as a roadmap through the myriad formulations, methodologies, opportunities, and limitations of DH. Comprehensive in its scope, pithy in style yet forensic in its scholarship, this book is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners working across the digital humanities, whatever DH might be, and whatever DH might become.

Author : Nicholas J. Higham,Mark R. Dennis,Paul Glendinning,Paul A. Martin,Fadil Santosa,Jared Tanner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691150390

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Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics by Nicholas J. Higham,Mark R. Dennis,Paul Glendinning,Paul A. Martin,Fadil Santosa,Jared Tanner Pdf

The must-have compendium on applied mathematics This is the most authoritative and accessible single-volume reference book on applied mathematics. Featuring numerous entries by leading experts and organized thematically, it introduces readers to applied mathematics and its uses; explains key concepts; describes important equations, laws, and functions; looks at exciting areas of research; covers modeling and simulation; explores areas of application; and more. Modeled on the popular Princeton Companion to Mathematics, this volume is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in other disciplines seeking a user-friendly reference book on applied mathematics. Features nearly 200 entries organized thematically and written by an international team of distinguished contributors Presents the major ideas and branches of applied mathematics in a clear and accessible way Explains important mathematical concepts, methods, equations, and applications Introduces the language of applied mathematics and the goals of applied mathematical research Gives a wide range of examples of mathematical modeling Covers continuum mechanics, dynamical systems, numerical analysis, discrete and combinatorial mathematics, mathematical physics, and much more Explores the connections between applied mathematics and other disciplines Includes suggestions for further reading, cross-references, and a comprehensive index