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 Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) by Silvia Bonomi, Partha Sarathi Mandal, Peter Robinson English | November 18, 2025 | ISBN: 3032111269 | 492 pages | True ePUB, PDF | 52 Mb The 21 full papers and 7 short papers together with 4 invited papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The conference focuses on the design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems that are able to  Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy Castaldo English | October 28th, 2025 | ISBN: 1642833754 | 264 pages | True EPUB | 5.35 MB Squirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. Their chattering antics in city parks delight us while their raids on our backyard gardens and birdfeeders never fail to exasperate. But squirrels are more than amusing backyard entertainers, and few of us know much about them or fully appreciate their role in keeping the environment healthy. As stress on the natural world intensifies, should we be paying more attention to the plight of squirrels?  F. Lanfranco, "Sports Endocrinology " English | ISBN: 3318058688 | 2016 | 172 pages | PDF | 2 MB This book is an up-to-date, extensive overview of the effects of physical activity and training on endocrine function. It gives insights into a complex relationship by describing effects with respect to exercise performance, growth, development, and ageing. It includes discussions of the endocrine response depending on exercise mode, intensity, and duration as well as on gender, age, and fitness level. Additionally the book deals with the impact of environmental and psychological factors on endocrine level. A substantial part of Sports Endocrinology is devoted to the 'hot topic' of hormonal doping in sports. The properties of androgens, growth hormone, erythropoietin, and dietary supplements are highlighted. The use and abuse among professional and recreational athletes is discussed and specific methods of detection are presented and explained. All contributors are well-known experts in sports medicine and endocrinology, endocrine physiology, pharmacology, and doping detection, so this book is a must-read for every professional involved in the field.  Hans Erik Næss, "Sport, Leadership, and Social Inclusion " English | ISBN: 1032865083 | 2025 | 132 pages | EPUB | 2 MB This book considers how sport organizations can create inclusive practices to strengthen social progress, focusing on the importance of leadership in fostering positive change.  Nathaniel P. Brooks, "Spine Surgery in an Aging Population" English | ISBN: 1626239142 | 2019 | 208 pages | EPUB | 9 MB An invaluable primer on the surgical and nonsurgical treatment of aging patients with spine conditions  Luca Ricciardi, "Spinal Cord Injury - Current Trends in Acute Management, Function Preservation and Rehabilitation Protocols" English | ISBN: 1803558768 | 2023 | 108 pages | PDF | 2 MB Spinal cord injury is a severe scenario that may be caused by traumatic and non-traumatic vertebral or neurological disorders. Neurological impairment, chronic pain, and reduced quality of life may affect patients suffering from spinal cord injury, the onset of which may arise in an acute or chronic manner. Spinal surgeons, anesthetists, neuro-intensivists, neurologists, physiotherapists, rehabilitation medicine doctors, radiologists, neurophysiologists, and carers are all involved in the management of these patients. The chapters in this book combine a useful summary of this topic for non-expert readers with an in-depth study of medical and non-medical experts in the field.  Kenneth Daigler, "Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War" English | ISBN: 1626160503 | 2014 | 288 pages | MOBI | 1311 KB Students and enthusiasts of American history are familiar with the Revolutionary War spies Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold, but few studies have closely examined the wider intelligence efforts that enabled the colonies to gain their independence. Spies, Patriots, and Traitors provides readers with a fascinating, well-documented, and highly readable account of American intelligence activities during the era of the Revolutionary War, from 1765 to 1783, while describing the intelligence sources and methods used and how our Founding Fathers learned and practiced their intelligence role.  Barb Cook, "Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism" English | ISBN: 1785924346 | 2018 | 336 pages | PDF | 4 MB Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett's comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician's perspective, and provide extensive recommendations.  Pearson Education, "Speakout 3ed A1 Student's Book and eBook with Online Practice" English | ISBN: 129235951X | 2025 | 176 pages | PDF | 64 MB Speakout 3rd Edition is the go-to course for teachers looking for comprehensive four-skills coverage, with a particular emphasis on developing learners' confidence in speaking.Speakout 3rd Edition is the result of extensive research with users of Speakout 2nd Edition from around the world. It builds on the tried-and-tested methodology of the series, but has been brought up to date with 100% new content, a revised syllabus based on the Global Scale of English and a fresh new look and feel. The enhanced digital environment offers even more flexibility for online and hybrid use, with all activities from the eBook and the Online Practice reporting to the gradebook. Learners can also benefit from innovative speech recognition technology for out-of-class speaking practice and feedback. A1 contains separate Sounds and Spelling lessons to help learners with sound recognition, pronunciation and writing, and from A2 there are integrated skills for employability including mediation lessons and future skills training to help learners prepare for the changing world of work.  Asiimwe Deborah Kawe, "Speaking Our Selves: New Plays by African Women" English | ISBN: 0472057219 | 2025 | 296 pages | EPUB | 4 MB Speaking Our Selves brings together eight remarkable plays by women writers from the under-represented African countries of Tanzania, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Mali, Burundi, Benin, and Sudan, plus a play by award-winning Ugandan playwright and volume coeditor Asiimwe Kawe. Four of the plays are translated into English from Kiswahili, French, or Kirundi and French, while most of the plays preserve African indigenous languages, including Runyankore, Lusoga, Mina, Fon, Bambara, Luganda, Kiswahili, and Kirundi. Although the plays are united in presenting women as central figures who own their voices, they also represent a rich diversity of story-telling. Each unique dramaturgy is rooted in African forms of story-telling that occasionally merge with recognizable Western forms to create hybrid, dramatic forms. These hybrid methods emphasize the striking ways in which African women writers continue to experiment with form, moving beyond Western-influenced dramaturgy if and when it jeopardizes their authentic ways of artistic expression and creation through language, movement, and music, centered in African Cosmology. |
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