" In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was deported from his Polish village and remained a prisoner of the Reich until the final days of the war. His possession of a few dental tools and rudimentary skills saved his life. Jacobs helped assemble V1 and V2 rockets in Buchenwald and Dora-Mittelbau; spent a year and a half in Auschwitz, where he was forced to remove gold teeth from corpses; and survived the RAF attack on three ocean liners turned prison camps in the Bay of Lubeck. Th...

Reader's Choice Award Winner"Why doesn't the Christian life work like I thought it would?"While we often start with good intentions, it feels like real transformation is elusive at best, and maybe even impossible. We deeply want to live in the freedom that Christ offers, but we are acutely aware of the gap between a transformed life and our reality. Having the Mind of Christ tackles the issues of lasting life change.When we...

This book explores innovative applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and modeling to enhance public and global health security. It advocates for a shift from reactive to proactive management of health crises, emphasizing systems-based futures thinking and anticipatory scenarios. Highlighting the lessons from COVID-19, the book underscores the importance of tech-enabled solutions like large-scale simulations and advanced analytics for early detection and response to biol...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements showcasing how nanotechnology is reshaping the healthcare landscape. This book provides a comprehensive overview of various nanomaterials used in healthcare, including metal nanoparticles, carbon-based materials, liposomes, and dendrimers, their synthesis and characterization techniques for healing applications. A significant focus of the book is on drug delivery systems, which are at the forefront of nanomedicine. Trad...

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the latest advancements in nanomaterials research and applications in energy and electronics. The book provides an overview on the fundamentals, synthesis, and characterization techniques for nanomaterials, providing readers with the foundational knowledge necessary to understand the diverse range of materials available for energy and electronic applications. The critical areas of focus in volume 1 are the application of nanomaterials in re...

This book examines the history of Jewish education from the Biblical period to the present. It traces how Jews have formally and informally transmitted their culture and worldview over the years, with particular attention to the shift from premodernity to modernity and to the unique opportunities and challenges of contemporary American Jewish education. Its authors combine historical background and insight with educational expertise to provide a robust portrait of the cultures and contexts...

A richly illustrated field guide to all of North America’s major habitats—packed with invaluable information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresWhether you’re a birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist, knowing the surrounding habitat is essential to getting the most out of your experiences in the field. This compact, easy-to-use guide provides an unparalleled treatment of the wonderfully diverse habitats of North America. Incisive a...

Easily get started programming using the ultra-versatile C# 7 and Visual Studio 2017Beginning C# 7 Programming with Visual Studio 2017 is the beginner’s ultimate guide to the world’s most popular programming language. Whether you’re new to programming entirely, or just new to C#, there has never been a better time to get started. The new C# 7 and Visual Studio 2017 updates feature a number of new tools and features that streamline the workflow, simplify th...

Get started with Visual C# programming with this great beginner's guideBeginning C# 6 Programming with Visual Studio 2015 provides step-by-step directions for programming with C# in the .NET framework. Beginning with programming essentials, such as variables, flow control, and object-oriented programming, this authoritative text moves into more complicated topics, such as web and Windows programming and data access within both database and XML env...

This volume includes contributions from the 9th Parallel-in-Time (PinT) workshop, an annual gathering devoted to the field of time-parallel methods, aiming to adapt existing computer models to next-generation machines by adding a new dimension of scalability. As the latest supercomputers advance in microprocessing ability, they require new mathematical algorithms in order to fully realize their potential for complex systems. The use of parallel-in-time methods will provide dramatically fas...

Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle with serious philosophical and moral dilemmas, whether it is Horton discovering the very essence of life or the Lorax teaching us about morality. Dr. Seuss and Philosophy explores philosophical ...

This book examines how property rights are linked to socio-economic progress and development. It also provides a theoretical analysis, an economic/social analysis of planning, case studies of the implementation of planning and regulation instruments, practices related to law and planning, analysis of case laws in a particular segment. The interconnection between property, law and planning is a running theme throughout the book.The land question has been central to South Asian devel...