James Jeffreys has mysteriously disappeared following an accident.Dr Albert Anderson, the chief medical officer at BCG, awakens after a 5 year coma in 2017. Isolated and unable to communicate with the outside world, he learns of the developments that have transpired under the new military police state.The 2009 pandemic has reduced the world population by 1/3, and the ensuing chaos creates a financial, political, and religious climate unimaginable; but previously predicted.

David Chen and Nora Mousas work just like you—so they know how hard it is to stay healthy when you’re putting in forty, fifty or sixty hours a week. In this guidebook to staying fit in the workplace, they share tips on staying healthy while earning the money you need to survive—and not by quitting your job to work at a gym! The most critical thing you can do is to simply stand up at work. It’s much easier to be a “standian” than a “vegetarian,” and it will provide you with immediate return...

The author of this book is a native Chinese.He is a cross-cultural training expert, Business in China pioneer trainer, and soft-skill trainer for Fortune 500 companies as well as a Theory of Constraints Management consultant. This book is a one- stop guide for you to practice appropriate and fine Chinese business etiquette and for you to build up relationships and succeed in your business in China

Gain a critical understanding of the nature of stress from a positive psychology framework that allows you to look beyond a simple pathology of stress-related symptoms. This new edition of Stress Management and Prevention integrates Eastern and Western concepts of stress while emphasizing an experiential approach to learning through the use of exercises, activities, and self-reflection. This student-friendly text contains chapters on conflict resolution, mindfulness meditation, ti...

The book will cover the past, present and future developments of field theory and computational electromagnetics. The first two chapters will give an overview of the historical developments and the present the state-of-the-art in computational electromagnetics. These two chapters will set the stage for discussing recent progress, new developments, challenges, trends and major directions in computational electromagnetics with three main emphases:a. Modeling of ever larger structures...

This manual captures and summarizes the key elements in management of groin pain, including relevant anatomy, etiologies, diagnostic evaluation tools, imaging, detailed pharmacologic options, interventional modalities and options for operative remediation. The manual separately addresses the management of intrinsic groin pain due to primary disease processes and secondary groin pain due to a prior operation. Current practices, trends in the field, treatment approaches and controversies are...

Capillary Electrophoresis—Mass Spectrometry for Proteomics and MetabolomicsA powerful and essential resource for researchers with an interest in CE-MSIn Capillary Electrophoresis—Mass Spectrometry for Proteomics and Metabolomics: Principles and Applications, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive overview of bioanalytical capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry (CE-MS). The book explains foundat...

First Published in 1996. Beginning in 1979, the government of the People's Republic of China, hoping to catch up with Western science and technology, decided for the first time since 1949 to send large numbers of students and scholars to the West to study. Suddenly China found itself in the same situation as many developing countries: sending their best and brightest to the United States triggered a brain drain, and with it the threat that the strategy of sending people abroad to catch up ...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 17th and 18th International Workshop on Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce, AMEC TADA 2015 and 2016, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2015, and in New York City, USA, in July 2016.The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. Both workshops aim to present a cross-section of the state of the art in automated electronic markets and encourage theoretical and empi...

Over the years, advances in the business world as well as the changing of diverse application contexts, have caused Data Warehousing and Data Mining to become more paramount in our society. The two share many common issues and are commonly interrelated. Integrations of Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Database Technologies: Innovative Approaches provides a comprehensive compilation of knowledge covering state-of-the-art developments and research, as well as current innovative activities i...

Written by an international team of experts from the US, UK, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada, this important and interesting book examines and explores the relationship between the international political and economic system, and China’s economic and political transition.Exploring international relations theory with a China-centric view, the book addresses key and significant questions such as:Has the outside world shaped China’s position within the global polity a...

In our current era of rapidly developing cancer drugs and therapies, we also see improvement of cancer treatment outcomes stagnating when it comes to determining quality of life or long-term survival. This is because while new treatments are making small incremental progress in outcomes, most cancer patients still depend on conventional methods that are both toxic and ineffective. While new cancer drugs are becoming more precise or targeted, less attention is being paid to the overall heal...