Translational research is essential to the advancement of medicine. This Cardiothoracic-specific instructional guide to translational medical research serves as a practical, step-by-step roadmap for taking a biomedical device, potential therapeutic agent, or research question from idea through demonstrated clinical benefit. Fundamentally, the volume aims to help bridge the gap between current research and practice. Written by a team of expert medical, biomedical engineering, and clinical r...

The BCS Glossary is the most authoritative and comprehensive work of its kind. This unrivalled study aid and reference tool has newly updated entries and is divided into themed sections making it more than just a list of definitions. Written in an easily accessible style, it is specifically designed to support those taking computer courses or courses where computers are used, including GCSE, A-Level and 14-19 Functional Skills qualifications in schools and further education colleges.

An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific brings together fifty writers and artists from across Moananuiākea working in myriad genres across media, ranging from oral narratives and traditional wonder tales to creative writing as well as visual artwork and scholarly essays. Collectively, this anthology features the fantastic as present-day Indigenous Pacific world-building that looks to the past in creating alternative futures, and in so doing reimagines relationships betwee...

As countries recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they are confronted with an even more challenging debt crisis. Xavier Debrun argues in the foreword that in deciding where we go from here that there is no longer a consensus regarding the optimum design and enforcement of fiscal rules. Rather we must address a series of questions and challenges to the conventional wisdom. This book provides an opportunity for scholars to explore these questions from an international perspective, with ref...

From sustainable event planning to the influence of VR, AI, and mobile applications on tourist behaviour, this book explores the dynamic landscape where innovation meets tradition. It studies the intersection of green technologies, sustainable infrastructure, and the delicate balance between cutting-edge tools and the intrinsic emotional aspects of human engagement. Aligned with the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the book highlights AI's potential to drive meaningful con...

The November/December issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Elizabeth Bear, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Laura Anne Gilman, and Jenn Reese. Essays by G. Willow Wilson, Alexandra Erin, Brandon O' Brien, Jeannette Ng, and Keidra Chaney, poetry by Sonya Taaffe, Hal Y. Zhang, Annie Neugebauer, and Sylvia Santiago, interviews with Elizabeth Bear and Jenn Reese by Sandra Odell, a cover by John Picacio, and editorials by Lynne M. Thoma...

Comprehensive review of the effectiveness of particular agroforestry practices, from riparian forest buffers and filter strips, windbreaks and contour buffers to alley cropping, silvopasture and forest farmingSummarises current research on ecosystem services delivered by agroforestry, from promoting biodiversity and soil health to water quality and managementAssesses research on best practice in tree planting and management as well as optimising agroforestry produ...

The September/October 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Catherynne M. Valente, Grace P. Fong, Kristina Ten, Sarah Monette, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Jeannette Ng, AnaMaria Curtis, and Jenn Reese. Essays by Una McCormack, Christopher J. Garcia, Marissa Lingen, and Riley Silverman, poetry by Ali Trotta, Tiffany Morris, Ai Jiang, and Emily Jiang, interviews with Sarah Monette and Eugenia Triantafyllou by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Gr...

CDL Handbook – Ang Sariling Daan Patungo sa Iyong Kalusugan Isang praktikal na gabay sa maingat na paggamit ng chlorine dioxide (CDL) ni James Thomas Batler Ang kalusugan ay hindi basta-basta suwerte — ito ay isang desisyon. Sa maikli ngunit makabuluhang aklat na ito, ipinapakita ni James Thomas Batler kung paano mo magagamit ang CDL (chlorine dioxide solution) sa isang responsable, may alam, at makabuluhang paraan upang marating ang personal mong layunin sa kalusugan. Mainam para sa pagpa...

After only 3 years in existence Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine won the British Fantasy Society Award 2018 for best magazine/periodical.To celebrate this occasion we decided to publish a selection of stories from the Issues 1-10 (including a special edition 8½). We could have chosen every story, of course, but for that you will have to read all the issues.These stories are chosen as together they are the ambassadors for the magazine; together...

Ce troisième numéro hors-série de la revue Jentayu offre un panorama unique de la littérature indonésienne contemporaine, une anthologie "qui montre la richesse d'invention et la virtuosité de composition dont font preuve nombre d'écrivains indonésiens contemporains", comme l'écrit Etienne Naveau dans sa postface. Vingt auteurs différents, pour la plupart traduits pour la première fois en français. Un recueil richement illustré grace aux oeuvres picturale...

Advocates and activists in Singapore contribute to policy discussions and positive change through a combination of deft manoeuvres and patient politics. Yet civil society is often unacknowledged, their skill and labour instead frequently misunderstood, even earning them the label of “troublemakers” or “enemies of the state”.This collection of essays and interviews is a candid reflection on the intentions, beliefs and strategies behind the practice of advocacy across a spectrum of c...