Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love readin...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2021, held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis, in February 2021. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis.The 13 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 265 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of curren...