Human-assisted computation also called humanized or human-based computing harnesses human intelligence to solve computational problems that are beyond the scope of existing Artificial Intelligence algorithms by outsourcing certain steps to humans. This approach exploits differences in abilities between humans and computer agents creating a symbiotic human-computer interaction and can be helpful in solving many AI-complete problems. This edited book focuses on well-known and new methodologi...

Providing a roadmap in understanding and living with sensory integration dysfunction issues.How would you like a complete and definitive guide that walks you through the underlying reasons causing your child's sensory processing dysfunction, types of occupational therapy services currently available and sensory diet solutions to use at home?Does your child have:· Difficulty with social skills· Food sensitivities· Noise sensitivities· Toileting issu...

In this gut-wrenching and deeply personal narrative, a woman finds herself at the crossroads of love, faith, motherhood, and devastating choice. After surviving postpartum depression, miscarriage, and the relentless pressure to "redeem" herself as a mother, she is blessed—and burdened—by a third unexpected pregnancy. With her marriage on fragile ground, finances stretched thin, and society whispering that motherhood is foolish, she faces the impossible: keep the baby or keep her world inta...

Leading Digital Transformation: Strategy and Execution for Senior Leaders by Kavitha Thiyagarajan is a practical and strategic guide for executives, business leaders, and decision-makers navigating the rapidly evolving digital economy. The book provides a comprehensive roadmap for successfully driving enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives while balancing innovation, operational excellence, customer expectations, and long-term business sustainability.

The Sricakra is ubiquitous in modern culture, and found everywhere, from store fronts and yoga studios to logos and jewelry. Yet, this ancient and celebrated symbol remains a mystery.The Sricakra is an extraordinary map of the macrocosm that flawlessly reflects the microcosm. In this book, the Sricakra is examined in a practical fashion as it applies to the microcosm – the body and mind that are readily available for observation and transmutation. The practice of the Sricakra revea...

Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Gold Book Award!The wisdom of the Mahavidyas, the ten wisdom goddesses who represent the interconnected darkness and light within all of us, has been steeped in esoteric and mystical descriptions that made them seem irrelevant to ordinary life. But with this book, written by a respected cardiologist who found herself on a spiritual search for the highest truth, you’re invited to explore this ancient knowledge and learn how it can be appl...

Was verbindet Bühnendonner mit echtem Blut? Was geschieht, wenn die Figuren einer Oper beginnen, ein Leben außerhalb der Partitur zu führen – und dieses Leben tödliche Konsequenzen hat? Kavitha Menon entführt uns in acht virtuos konstruierte Geschichten an die faszinierende Grenze zwischen Kunst und Verbrechen. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Welt der großen Oper: prächtige Bühnenbilder, intrigante Sänger, besessene Komponisten und das seltsame Zwielicht hinter den Kulissen, wo der Vorhang fällt ...

Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of domestic violence saves the game, how is one to cheer? Welcome to the club for sports fans who care too much.In Loving Sports When They...

A House With No Doors is a short story about love, motherhood, and the quiet unraveling of a woman who once had it all—until she gave it up for her family.Forced to leave her career after discovering her child's nanny has been abusive, she becomes a stay-at-home mom. But what begins as a noble sacrifice soon turns into a spiral of loneliness, frustration, and guilt.As she grapples with the loss of her identity and the unrelenting demands of motherhood, she ...

What if a book speaks your own emotions and lamentations?It makes you pause.When you read it, it is either like you are listening to it or you find yourself as the first person, speaking your heart out.If someone contradicts that with a positive view, you either reproach it or you find a convincing part of your heart that agrees with that opposite view.Wisdom for Wistful shows such strangeness and the beauty of the conflicts and agreement in ourselves.

In The Paradoxes of Indian American Complicity: On the Racial Sidelines, Kavitha Koshy offers a timely exploration of Indian immigrant racialization at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book is a call to action for an anti-racist, decolonial practice among differentially racialized peoples. The findings of the research uncover the paradoxes of claiming deracialized, neoliberal identities, while engaging in racial contestation, benefiting from selective immigration while occupying ...

ജീവിതങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് അക്ഷരങ്ങളും കവിതകളും അകലുന്നു എന്ന ആരോപണങ്ങൾ ശക്തമായിക്കൊണ്ടിരിയ്ക്കുന്ന ഈ കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ, പേരിലും മനസ്സിലും കവിതയെ വഹിയ്ക്കുന്ന കലാകാരിയും നടിയും രചയിതാവുമായ കവിതാ നായർ പോഡ്കാസ്റ്റിലൂടെ എത്തുന്നു.