USA Today Bestseller!A disrespected ship, exiled to lonely patrol in the dark corners of the solar system.A crew of screw-ups, written off by the entire fleet.They're about to change everything.If they don't blow themselves up first.Join the Endurance's crew - a trigger-happy first officer, a hyperactive engineer, a shy covert operative, a conspiracy-spouting physicist, and a captain trying to earn his way back into his superiors' good graces - as they ...

USA Today Bestseller!A disrespected ship, exiled to lonely patrol in the dark corners of the solar system.A crew of screw-ups, written off by the entire fleet.They're about to change everything.If they don't blow themselves up first.Join the Endurance's crew—a trigger-happy first officer, a hyperactive engineer, a shy covert operative, a conspiracy-spouting physicist, and a captain trying to earn his way back into his superi...

This book investigates behaviour change technologies (BCTs) from an ethical perspective, examining the broader societal and philosophical implications of these types of technologies. These technologies-ranging from fitness trackers and smart home systems to digital nudging and persuasive AI-are increasingly shaping our choices, habits, and lifestyles. This book moves beyond nudging and persuasion to explore a broader spectrum of ethical concerns, including autonomy, privac...

Cardiac complications are a leading cause of death after surgery. This all-inclusive guide examines the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of perioperative myocardial injury and infarction, and provides an expert assessment of the latest methods and strategies for the optimal care of these patients.

This comprehensive book helps you learn the 92 basic Kana characters and 2,136 standard Kanji characters.Complete, compact and authoritative—this Japanese language book provides all the information needed to learn kanji and kana, including the 92 basic hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols (known collectively as Japanese Kana) and the 2,136 standard Joyo Kanji characters that every Japanese person learns in school. This new and completely revised edition reflects ...

One woman’s fight to provide hope for the hopeless…Seven ex-cons who changed her heart forever…For Brenda Spahn, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wealth was a lifestyle—until a brush with the law threatened to send her to prison. In those dark moments, Brenda made a promise to God.Spared incarceration, a renewed Brenda glimpsed into the lives of women serving time in one of the worst places in America—the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Wom...

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases worldwide, affecting anyone. But what if you were better equipped with sound scientific knowledge to understand, prevent, detect, and treat cancer?This book provides all the essential information on the causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer in an easily understandable manner. It maintains medical precision while explaining in simple terms and uses illustrative comparisons. By employing real-world analogies not found in any other cance...

Patient Blood Management (PBM) is an innovative clinical concept that aims to reduce the need for allogenic blood transfusions, cut health-care costs, and avert or correct the risk factors related to blood transfusion, thus minimizing the rate of side effects and complications. This comprehensive hands-on volume offers a three-point approach for the implementation of PBM to improve patient outcome, focusing on how to prevent or treat anemia, reduce blood loss, and increase anemia tolerance...

Believe in second chances! Discover the remarkable movement behind America's largest Christian transitional facility for women and children.Brenda Lovelady Spahn's success story is one fraught with challenges. Her journey began with a legal battle with the IRS. Turning the experience into a defining moment that would allow her to redefine her priorities and purpose, Spahn, against all odds, pioneered a residential rehabilitation program for women which she would gr...

Believe in second chances! Discover the remarkable movement behind America's largest Christian transitional facility for women and children.Brenda Lovelady Spahn's success story is one fraught with challenges. Her journey began with a legal battle with the IRS. Turning the experience into a defining moment that would allow her to redefine her priorities and purpose, Spahn, against all odds, pioneered a residential rehabilitation program for women which she would gr...

The Euromaidan protests highlighted Ukraine as a state between East and West European pathways. It became obvious that Ukraine’s search for identity and future is deeply rooted in historical fragmentations of the country which indicate Ukraine’s long-standing and multiple ties beyond its borders. In this volume, distinguished scholars provide empirical analysis and theoretical reflections on Ukraine’s transnational embeddedness which surfaced with an unexpected intensity in the recent poli...

This work provides new calculations and simulations on driving Raman transitions with two different lasers on a fast ion beam in collinear/anticollinear geometry. Simulations include ion energy distributions and spatial intensity distributions.First experimental results in the $\mathrm{S}_{1/2}$-$\mathrm{P}_{3/2}$-$\mathrm{D}_{3/2}$ and $\mathrm{S}_{1/2}$-$\mathrm{P}_{3/2}$-$\mathrm{D}_{5/2}$ $\Lambda$-schemes of $^{88}$Sr$^+$ are presented. A newly developed Doppler-free double Ram...