The 21st century is a challenging era and the competition is unyielding. As parents, we feel an urgency to prepare our children to face this world. We are constantly seeking the best schools, activities, and programs in the hope that they will give our children that extra leg-up in life. We believe that if we want our children to thrive in this world, we must prepare them with every resource available to us.In our eagerness to provide everything our children might need, we have los...

Have you ever thought about franchising your business, but felt overwhelmed by the legal, strategic, or financial complexities? Are you considering investing in a franchise but unsure of how to separate a solid opportunity from a costly mistake?The Franchise Code: Start, Structure & Scale Your Franchise in Malaysia is written to help you make informed, confident decisions in a sector that’s often misunderstood. In Malaysia, franchising holds great promise, but many businesses fail t...

This book introduces personalized immunotherapy with multi-dimensional models of analysis to determine the best plan for immunotherapy of patients. The book introduces readers to some basic concepts which lay the foundation for personalized immunotherapy: the development of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the genome profile of T cells and tumor cells, and genome-wide association studies. Chapters also cover special topics such as new immunoassay methods related to personalized im...

This book introduces personalized immunotherapy with multi-dimensional models of analysis to determine the best plan for immunotherapy of patients. The book introduces readers to some basic concepts which lay the foundation for personalized immunotherapy: the development of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the genome profile of T cells and tumor cells, and genome-wide association studies. Chapters also cover special topics such as new immunoassay methods related to personalized im...

The battery management system (BMS) optimizes the efficiency of batteries under allowable conditions and prevents serious failure modes. This book focuses on critical BMS techniques, such as battery modeling; estimation methods for state of charge, state of power and state of health; battery charging strategies; active and passive balancing methods; and thermal management strategies during the entire lifecycle. It also introduces functional safety and security-related design for BMS, and d...

This book investigates intelligent network resource management for IoV, with the objective of maximizing the communication and computing performance of vehicle users. Focusing on two representative use cases in IoV, i.e., safety message broadcast and autonomous driving, the authors propose link-layer protocol design and application-layer computing task scheduling to achieve the objective given the unique characteristics and requirements of IoV. In particular, this book illustrates the chal...

Alpha entanglements, supernatural secrets, and heroines who bite back.Sink your teeth into three full-length werewolf urban fantasy novels packed with slow-burn romance, hidden magic, and fated mates gone rogue:Matebranded: Infiltrating a rotten pack is easy for petite enforcer Elspeth—until she forms a fated mate bond with the alpha werewolf she’s meant to take down.Full Moon Saloon: Fox shifter Kira is clawing her way up the ladd...

Edge AI at Home: Run Local LLMs on Your Windows GPU is a practical, step-by-step handbook for anyone who wants to run powerful AI locally—right on a Windows GPU laptop or desktop—without relying on the cloud.Instead of getting stuck in theory, you'll follow clear, hands-on instructions to set up a local AI environment and start using it immediately for real work and creative projects. You'll learn how to run local models, build privacy-friendly workflows, and turn your own PC into ...

Alpha entanglements, supernatural secrets, and heroines who bite back.Sink your teeth into three full-length werewolf urban fantasy novels packed with slow-burn romance, hidden magic, and fated mates gone rogue:Matebranded: Infiltrating a rotten pack is easy for petite enforcer Elspeth—until she forms a fated mate bond with the alpha werewolf she’s meant to take down.Full Moon Saloon: Fox shifter Kira is clawing her way up the ladd...

A fox making a name for herself in a wolf's world.I'm Kira Fairwood --- fox shifter, bane of the werewolves, and also their employee. My job isn't just a paycheck. It's a way to ensure my unborn niece's heritage won't work against her when she grows up.So I dive right in to bag a hot alpha werewolf who's using his bar as a front to murder human women. Unfortunately, I soon discover Thom is being framed.Then the true murderer begins to hunt the hunte...

Tourist Behaviour: International Perspectives provides a collection of all consumer-related topics from both theoretical and practical approaches to building and examining the theory of how consumers think and act within the context of tourism consumption. Divided in to six sections the book presents research including the themes of influence, motivation, choice and consumption and experience. With contributions from over 15 countries, the book presents an interdisciplinary approach of the...

Die meisten Menschen glauben, sie hätten zu wenig Zeit. Doch vielleicht ist Zeit gar nicht das Problem. Vielleicht haben wir lediglich verlernt, bewusst zu leben. Wir leben in einer Welt voller Möglichkeiten und fühlen uns dennoch oft erschöpft. Wir arbeiten mehr als je zuvor, sind ständig erreichbar und verlieren dabei immer häufiger den Kontakt zu dem, was unserem Leben wirklich Bedeutung verleiht. Wir suchen Erfolg und finden Stress. Wir suchen Sicherheit und finden Unruhe. Wir suchen E...