Ten-year-old hockey goalie Jace Osternack knows how to stop a puck. Protecting everything outside the net is a whole different game.When Jace earns a spot on an elite AAA hockey team, it should be the greatest season of his life.Instead, his father leaves for an oil job in Canada the same month his older half-brother moves across the country to live with the mother who abandoned him. Suddenly, Jace is "man of the house"-protecting his mom, his wild little b...

Book DescriptionAt first glance, Sudoku looks like a simple 9x9 number game designed to pass the time. But behind the digits lies a powerful framework built on strategy, incremental progress, disciplined constraint management, and objective decision-making.In What Sudoku Taught Me About Solving Complex Business Problems, enterprise solution architect Dr. Shubh Chandra Jha translates simple grid logic into high-impact business strat...

What if the AI your bank already owns never reaches the customer not because it isn't good enough, but because no one ever architected it into the CRM system where relationships and decisions actually happen?Built In, Not Bolted On makes the case that this is the real bottleneck holding back AI in banking and financial services. It isn't model sophistication. It's the wiring or the lack of it between capable AI and the CRM system your relationship managers, risk teams, and service ...

This is the story of Lena Deevy, a Little Sister of the Assumption and a faith-inspired Irishwoman of deep commitment to social justice and compassion for the disenfranchised. Through her community development work in Ballymun, Dublin to her subsequent leadership of the Irish Immigration Center (IIC) in Boston, Massachusetts, she developed a style of leadership that empowered others to lead and to look beyond the narrow confines of race, class, and ethnicity.Instability and uncerta...

Featuring real-world examples and ethical guidance, the authors demystify prompt engineering, showing you how to craft effective prompts, streamline research, generate teaching materials, and foster creativity in both classroom and scholarly settings. With a focus on responsible management and quality education, chapters not only equip you with future-proof skills but also address the ethical considerations of AI in education.Discover how to boost productivity, maintain academic in...

Ten-year-old hockey goalie Jace Osternack knows how to stop a puck. Protecting everything outside the net is a whole different game.When Jace earns a spot on an elite AAA hockey team, it should be the greatest season of his life.Instead, his father leaves for an oil job in Canada the same month his older half-brother moves across the country to live with the mother who abandoned him. Suddenly, Jace is "man of the house"—protecting his mom, his wild little brothers, the back...

This book encapsulates the changing dimensions of managerial behaviours through existing microeconomic theories. It throws light on the decision-making process of consumers to demonstrate the potential absorbing capacity of the firms’ produce, with the aim of fulfilling their objectives while being socially sustainable.The book elucidates how management, utilizing strategic planning tools, can maintain profitability in an ever-changing macroeconomic environment. The sectoral/market...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are transforming the way geotechnical engineers monitor, analyze, and manage soil‑structure systems. Applications of AI and IoT in Geotechnical Engineering for Sustainable Infrastructure explores how these emerging digital technologies can enhance decision‑making, improve infrastructure resilience, and support sustainable development in civil engineering projects. It examines the integration of AI and IoT in geotechnica...

The book provides a modelling-based approach to the sustainable energy transitions, that is, the emphasis on analytical frameworks to be used in the planning, optimization, and decision-making processes under the condition of uncertainty. It synthesis the mathematical, computational, and multi-criteria modelling techniques to evaluate the interrelationship between the energy supply, demand, infrastructure, and policy. The book previews the application of system dynamics, optimisation metho...

In Fake Meat, bestselling author Isa Chandra Moskowitz shows you how to create your own vegan meats, like deli slices and ground beef, that will satisfy every craving.“I’m an animal lover and that love doesn’t end when I get hungry. Do I miss meat? Not really. But here’s what I do miss: Aromas. Experiences. Methods. Traditions.“I remember all the tastes and sensations from my omnivore days, even though they were so long ago. My grandmother’s meatba...

Laboratory Manual for Electrical Machinery Control Fundamentals is designed to provide fundamental electrical machinery control related activities and problem solving opportunities to accompany the textbook. Real-world applications, procedures, and problem solving are stressed throughout the seven major units that parallel the textbook. Mathematical operations are simplified, and problems are solved by basic applications through reference to the textbook.Laboratory Manual ...

Electrical Machinery Control Fundamentals is a textbook that was designed using a systematic and sound method to provide an overview of electrical machinery control for industrial automation. Key concepts are presented using a big picture or systems approach without an abundance of disconnected information. Real-world applications, procedures, and operations are stressed throughout the seven major units of the book. Mathematical operations are simplified, and problems are solved b...