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Amazing Grace
FINALIST in the PAGE TURNER AWARDS for BEST BOOK 2021 INTOLERANCE. EXTREMISM. HATRED. The creators of the deadly Al-Fadi virus are out for revenge. Their biological weapon, which they had named the Hammer of God, was successfully neutralized by the swift work of Dr. Grace Lord and the android, Bud, on the Nelson Mandela Medical Space Station. Billions of lives on thousands of planets were saved, but the heroes have unknowingly attracted unwanted attention. The virus creators have now set their destructive sights on the Nelson Mandela and, in particular, Dr. Grace Lord. When a vessel called The Inferno docks at the medical station to unload six injured patients within cryopods, it almost goes unnoticed. But soon a series of catastrophic events occur, leaving the station powerless, the Nelson Mandela AI unresponsive, all the androids and robots deactivated, and Bud not answering Grace. When something even deadlier than the Al-Fadi virus is about to be released, can Grace save the day?
Aspirations and the role of social protection: Evidence from a natural disaster in rural Pakistan
Citizens’ aspirations for the future are politically important; they are linked to welfare and whether citizens engage in forward-looking political and economic behavior. How do natural disasters affect aspirations, and can governments’ social protection policies successfully mitigate any damaging effects? If natural disasters threaten aspirations, there is strong policy interest in understanding these threats and what government can do to protect aspirations. This article uses Pakistan’s 2010 floods to identify the effects of a natural disaster on citizens’ aspirations. Aspirations were significantly reduced—especially among the poorest and most vulnerable. However, by exploiting ...
Governance in International Livestock Research
Governance of organizations is less studied than management, yet is a key determinant of strategic vision and direction, oversight and values. An organization’s Board selects, appoints and monitors Management with which it must maintain a productive interaction with both parties understanding their different roles. International research institutions funded by variable contributions from wealthy national governments and philanthropic bodies have specific governance requirements. Neither governmental nor UN-style bodies offer prescriptions for the expertise and complexity of such legally constituted specialist organizations. In the case of such organizations as the International Livestock R...
A4NH 2013 Annual Report
In its second full year, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) has progressed from establishing its research agenda and partnerships, to identifying and assessing key drivers of change, the role of different actors, and the potential for different approaches to catalyze change and improve the nutrition and health of poor communities.
Animal Waste, Water Quality and Human Health
Domestic animals contaminate recreational waters and drinking-water sources with excreta and pathogens; but this threat to public health is inadequately understood and is insufficiently addressed in regulations. More than 85% of the world’s faecal wastes is from domestic animals such as poultry, cattle, sheep and pigs. These animals harbor zoonotic pathogens that are transported in the environment by water, especially runoff. However little information exists on health effects associated with exposure to this potential hazard to human health; and water standards focused on control of human fecal contamination do reflect the contribution of non-human fecal contamination to risk. Does compli...
Women's Bodies
The articles in this volume consider the prevailing standards of feminine decorum, and how these are being played with and challenged by various media. This is a collection of essays which focuses on the representation of women's bodies in historical and contemporary cultures. It discusses recent books on the subject, and compares the two different approaches to the body adopted by the soft-porn magazine "For Women", and the women's monthly "Cosmopolitan". It also examines TV cult figures, such as the "comic body" exemplified by comedienne Joe Brand, and situation comedies such as "Absolutely Fabulous".
Computational Intelligence in Medical Decision Making and Diagnosis
Computation intelligence (CI) paradigms, including artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computing techniques, and intelligent agents, form the basis of making clinical decisions. This book explains different aspects of the current research on CI technologies applied in the field of medical diagnosis. It discusses critical issues related to medical diagnosis, like uncertainties in the medical domain, problems in the medical data, especially dealing with time-stamped data, and knowledge acquisition. Features: Introduces recent applications of new computational intelligence technologies focusing on medical diagnosis issues. Reviews multidisciplinary research in health care, l...
Half Moon Harbor
A sexy shipbuilder is smitten with the new part-owner of his family’s boathouse in this contemporary romance from the author of Pelican Point. Bold, brash, Irish—Brodie Monaghan’s been breaking hearts ever since he arrived in Maine to rebuild the family business. Still, there’s one woman he just can’t wow. Grace Maddox claims she’s now part owner of Monaghan Shipbuilders and she has her own dreams for the weathered dockside buildings. Tiny Blueberry Cove has a way of welcoming strangers with wide open arms, but is the sleepy coastal village ready for the fireworks these two spark? DIY is so much better with two… Includes an easy do-it-yourself restoration project! “The romantic arc hits a perfect mix of lust, affection, and playful humor…Strong character ties between past and future books make the series unusually cohesive and give the tiny Maine town an emotional sense of place despite little attention to the scenic locale.”—Publishers Weekly
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