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While commentaries continue to be published on the book of Revelation, few, if any, attempt to interpret the Apocalypse in light of the political, historical, and cultural setting of John's original audience. The purpose of Seven Congregations in a Roman Crucible is to provide fresh and illuminating exegesis of Revelation that takes seriously ancient literary and archaeological evidences. This book seeks to bring the reader into the world of John's Apocalypse with pictures of numerous sites and artifacts from the first and early second centuries AD. Moreover, the book also attempts to interpret John and his message through the lens of the Jewish prophetic tradition of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and other pertinent Second Temple works. Thus John stands in the prophetic heritage of Israel in his attempt to challenge, threaten, admonish, and praise the seven churches of Roman Asia whose members are suffering at the hands of the idolatrous Graeco-Roman culture in which they reside.
In a distant future, the world is ruled by the network. Immutable, with validators scattered across the galaxy, it synchronizes the world we know, impossible to oppone. A reign so powerfull and perfected, creating and controlling the impossible. The network regulates smart contracts and blocks, and the lives of a humanity submerged in insignificance. It is a far-off future, unknown and filled with cold darkness, akin to a saga of legends and forgotten religions. Arthur awakens in a future even more nightmarish than the darkest dystopia. He searches for his life and the keys. At first, it is the pursuit of secrets until he encounters the enigmatic Serena. It was the guardian who discovered an ancient message in the blockchain. If true, it was inconceivable and devastating. Not only could it be the end of the network, but the end of everything. An infinite legend intertwined throughout all times, written in the genesis block, and safeguarded for millennia by the chain. The origin of the puzzle, the creator, God, and the network. Does the solution lie in the past, in our time?
This book sheds new light on the physiology, molecular biology and pathophysiology of epithelial ion channels and transporters. It combines the basic cellular models and functions by means of a compelling clinical perspective, addressing aspects from the laboratory bench to the bedside. The individual chapters, written by leading scientists and clinicians, explore specific ion channels and transporters located in the epithelial tissues of the kidney, intestine, pancreas and respiratory tract, all of which play a crucial part in maintaining homeostasis. Further topics include the fundamentals of epithelial transport; mathematical modeling of ion transport; cell volume regulation; membrane protein folding and trafficking; transepithelial transport functions; and lastly, a discussion of transport proteins as potential pharmacological targets with a focus on the pharmacology of potassium channels.
Here is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of one of the hottest areas of chemical research. The treatment of fundamental kinetics and photochemistry will be highly useful to chemistry students and their instructors at the graduate level, as well as postdoctoral fellows entering this new, exciting, and well-funded field with a Ph.D. in a related discipline (e.g., analytical, organic, or physical chemistry, chemical physics, etc.). Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere provides postgraduate researchers and teachers with a uniquely detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative resource. The text bridges the "gap" between the fundamental chemistry of the earth's atmosphere and "...
A major barrier to the introduction of ferroelectric devices into mass markets remains their limited reliability due to fatigue. The underlying physical and chemical mechanisms of this material fatigue phenomenon are extremely complex, and the relevant influences range from single-point defects to macroscopic boundary conditions. This book summarizes the different aspects of fatigue in ferroelectrics. It is primarily concerned with bulk material effects. Mechanical, electrical, and physico-chemical processes are described; reference data are given for different loading regimes and boundary conditions; and various fatigue models are compared. The monograph also demonstrates how the results of acoustic emission and of microscopy studies reveal the microscopic origins of fatigue in ferroelectric devices.
Bagging a degree in Oenology does not give you an instant comfortable place in the winemaking world. The daily manoeuvre in a winery requires know-how of the whole process and the minute details of the machines and gadgets used. This book gives an elaborate look and instructions into all that with the use of notes and graphics. Written and created by an Oenologist and Viticultural Engineer whose work in many countries for many years gave him the knowledge of all things winemaking and shared them all in this book. It is written in an informal, even jesting voice and should be easy enough to be understood even by those who have no formal education in Oenology. „ It started with making notes ...