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More than 250,000 readers made this the No. 1 best selling ebook in Germany 2016.Now finally available in English, too! A story of deep love. A story of trust, courage, pain, despair, and the strength to let go. A true story. Jessica has an uncomplicated life and a promising future. Leaving the house one evening, she has no idea that she's about to meet the love of her life - and that her entire understanding of the world is about to change. Before long, she's going to face a decision that will shape her forever ... In So Near the Horizon, Jessica Koch describes a life lived somewhere between hope and fear, confronting true events from her own past with raw honesty and frank reflection - and...
The book is the follow-up to its predecessor “Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2009/2010” and includes a representative selection of all scientific publications published between 07/2011 and 06/2012 in various books, journals and conference proceedings by the researchers of the following institute cluster: IMA - Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering ZLW - Center for Learning and Knowledge Management IfU - Associated Institute for Management Cybernetics Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Innovative fields of application, such as cognitive systems, autonomous truck convoys, telemedicine, ontology engineering, knowledge and information management, learning models and technologies, organizational development and management cybernetics are presented.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Provable Security, ProvSec 2017, held in Xi'an, China, in October 2017. The 24 full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on secure cloud storage and computing; digital signature and authentication; authenticated encryption and key exchange; security models; lattice and post-quantum cryptography; public key encryption and signcryption; proxy re-encryption and functional encryption; protocols.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Practice and Theory in Public-Key Cryptography, PKC 2015, held in Gaithersburg, MD, USA, in March/April 2015. The 36 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: public-key encryption; e-cash; cryptanalysis; digital signatures; password-based authentication; pairint-based cryptography; efficient constructions; cryptography with imperfect keys; interactive proofs; lattice-based cryptography; and identity-based, predicate, and functional encryption.
The most recent cutting-edge scholarship on the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Neuro-oncologic (brain and spine) cancers account for 19,000 new cases and 13,000 deaths per year. The early and proper diagnosis of these virulent cancers is critical to patient outcomes and diagnosis and treatment strategies are continually evolving. The multidisciplinary team that manages these patients involves medical and radiation oncology, neurosurgery, neuroimaging, nurses and therapists. Principles and Practices of Neuro-Oncology establishes a new gold standard in care through a comprehensive, multidisciplinary text covering all aspects of neuro-oncology. Six major sections cover all topics related to epidemiology and etiology, molecular biology, clinical features and supportive car...
When Sydney private detective Peter Malone agrees to help his client cash out millions in Bitcoin he comes up against a gang of violent criminals hell bent on stopping him. Peter’s only job is to keep his client safe until they can get to the counting room. It leads to a wild ride through Sydney’s dark underbelly of sleaze, guns for hire and drugs. Nobody knows Sydney sleaze and corruption quite like Peter. When one of his long time sources turns up dead, he finds himself struggling to stay one-step ahead of the gang. What started as a routine body-guarding job ends in a trail of betrayal, a missing corpse, an unsolved murder and many lingering questions.
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is China’s largest province, shares borders with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Mongolia, and possesses a variety of natural resources, including oil. The tensions between ethnic Muslim Uyghurs and the growing number of Han Chinese in Xinjiang have recently increased, occasionally breaking out into violence. At the same time as being a potential troublespot for China, the province is of increasing strategic significance as China’s gateway to Central Asia whose natural resources are of increasing importance to China. This book focuses in particular on what life is like in Xinjiang for the diverse population that lives there. It offers important insights into the social, economic and political terrains of Xinjiang, concentrating especially on how current trends in Xinjiang are likely to develop in the future. In doing so it provides a broader understanding of the region and its peoples.
Stacy Dupree finds himself held captive in the infamous Dr. Salzor’s fortress. The doctor believes that Stacy knows the whereabouts of his once most prized possession, the Emerald Tablet. Gina Dupree, Stacy’s ex-wife, stole the Emerald Tablet, which is a powerful magickal grimoire, from Dr. Salzor. With the help of an old and very complex ritual, the doctor plans to probe Stacy’s mind for any information leading towards the recovery of the Emerald Tablet. Throughout the involved preparations for the ceremony, Lilith, the woman in black, befriends Stacy. Although he is a bit apprehensive of Lilith, from the first time he lays eyes on her he is absolutely spellbound by her euphoric beauty. Just to be near her makes Stacy intoxicated with love. He finds himself in a tangled web of hatred for his captors and a passionate love for Lilith. But, unless Stacy regains his freedom he may not live long enough to pursue his heart's desire.