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Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A Handbook for the 21st Century (Wiley Series In Discrete Mathematics And Optimization Ser. #68)
By Aiden A. Bruen, Mario A. Forcinito, James M. McQuillan. 2021
CRYPTOGRAPHY, INFORMATION THEORY, AND ERROR-CORRECTION A rich examination of the technologies supporting secure digital information transfers from respected leaders in…
the fieldAs technology continues to evolve Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A Handbook for the 21ST Century is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the secure exchange of financial information. Identity theft, cybercrime, and other security issues have taken center stage as information becomes easier to access. Three disciplines offer solutions to these digital challenges: cryptography, information theory, and error-correction, all of which are addressed in this book.This book is geared toward a broad audience. It is an excellent reference for both graduate and undergraduate students of mathematics, computer science, cybersecurity, and engineering. It is also an authoritative overview for professionals working at financial institutions, law firms, and governments who need up-to-date information to make critical decisions. The book’s discussions will be of interest to those involved in blockchains as well as those working in companies developing and applying security for new products, like self-driving cars. With its reader-friendly style and interdisciplinary emphasis this book serves as both an ideal teaching text and a tool for self-learning for IT professionals, statisticians, mathematicians, computer scientists, electrical engineers, and entrepreneurs.Six new chapters cover current topics like Internet of Things security, new identities in information theory, blockchains, cryptocurrency, compression, cloud computing and storage. Increased security and applicable research in elliptic curve cryptography are also featured. The book also:Shares vital, new research in the field of information theoryProvides quantum cryptography updatesIncludes over 350 worked examples and problems for greater understanding of ideas.Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction guides readers in their understanding of reliable tools that can be used to store or transmit digital information safely.Captain Jack's Woman
By Stephanie Laurens. 2009
Bored by society's rules and strictures, Kathryn 'Kit' Cranmer yearns for adventure - and she finds it on Britain's rugged…
eastern coast, dressed as a boy at the head of a rag-tag band of smugglers. But there is another who rules the night: the notorious Captain Jack, the ruthless leader of a rival gang who will allow no tresspassers...and who stops Kit's breath with his handsome, etched features and powerful physique. In no time, Captain Jack sees though Kit's brazen disguise - and tempts her with kisses that compel the beautiful adventuress to surrender her cherished independence for nights of incomparable bliss. But her lover is much more than he seems - a man of secrets and dangerous mystery - and becoming Captain Jack's woman will carry Kit into a world of sensuous pleasures and unparalleled perils...and to new heights of excitement beyond anything she's ever dreamed.A History of Biophysics in Contemporary China (SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology)
By Christine Yi Lai Luk. 2015
This book gives a concise history of biophysics in contemporary China from about 1949 to 1976 It…
outlines how a science specialty evolved from an ambiguous and amorphous field into a fully-fledged academic discipline in the socio-institutional contexts of contemporary China The book relates how while initially consisting of cell biologists the Chinese biophysics community redirected their disciplinary priorities toward rocket science in the late 1950s to accommodate the national interests of the time Biophysicists who had worked on biological sounding rockets were drawn to the military sector and continued to contribute to human spaceflight in post-Mao China Besides the rocket-and-space missions which provided the material context for biophysics to expand in the late 1950s and early 1960s Chinese biophysicists also created research and educational programs surrounding biophysics by exploiting the institutional opportunities afforded by the policy emphasis on science s role to drive modernization The book explores and demonstrates the collective achievements and struggles of Chinese biophysicists in building their scientific disciplineAntifungal Metabolites from Plants
By Mahendra Rai, Mehdi Razzaghi. 2013
The goal of this book is to provide essential information on the use of different medicinal plants and their secondary…
metabolites for the treatment of various fungal diseases affecting human beings animals and plants It is divided in four parts Part I examines the global distribution of plant-derived antifungal compounds Part II deals with antifungal activities of plant metabolites Part III includes plants used in Ayurveda and traditional systems for treating fungal diseases and Part IV discusses the use of plant-derived products to protect plants against fungal diseasesThe Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation (Pathways to Sustainability)
By David Ludwig, Birgit Boogaard, Phil Macnaghten, and Cees Leeuwis. 2022
This book develops an integrated perspective on the practices and politics of making knowledge work in inclusive development and innovation.…
While debates about development and innovation commonly appeal to the authority of academic researchers, many current approaches emphasise the plurality of actors with relevant expertise for addressing livelihood challenges. Adopting an action-oriented and reflexive approach, this volume explores the variety of ways in which knowledge works, paying particular attention to dilemmas and controversies. The six parts of the book address the complex interplay of knowledge and politics, starting with the need for knowledge integration in the first part and decolonial perspectives on the politics of knowledge integration in the second part. The following three parts focus on the practices of inclusive development and innovation through three major themes of learning for transformative change, evidence, and digitisation. The final part of the book addresses the governance of knowledge and innovation in the light of political struggles about inclusivity. Exploring conceptual and practical themes through case studies from the Global North and South, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners researching and working in development studies, epistemology, innovation studies, science and technology studies, and sustainability studies more broadly.Global Views on Climate Relocation and Social Justice: Navigating Retreat (Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement)
By Idowu Jola Ajibade, A. R. Siders. 2022
This edited volume advances our understanding of climate relocation (or planned retreat), an emerging topic in the fields of climate…
adaptation and hazard risk, and provides a platform for alternative voices and views on the subject. As the effects of climate change become more severe and widespread, there is a growing conversation about when, where and how people will move. Climate relocation is a controversial adaptation strategy, yet the process can also offer opportunity and hope. This collection grapples with the environmental and social justice dimensions from multiple perspectives, with cases drawn from Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania, South America, and North America. The contributions throughout present unique perspectives, including community organizations, adaptation practitioners, geographers, lawyers, and landscape architects, reflecting on the potential harms and opportunities of climate-induced relocation. Works of art, photos, and quotes from flood survivors are also included, placed between sections to remind the reader of the human element in the adaptation debate. Blending art – photography, poetry, sculpture – with practical reflections and scholarly analyses, this volume provides new insights on a debate that touches us all: how we will live in the future and where? Challenging readers’ pre-conceptions about planned retreat by juxtaposing different disciplines, lenses and media, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental migration and displacement, and environmental justice and equity.The Glass Series Complete Collection (The Glass Series)
By Maria V. Snyder. 2010
MIRA brings you three full length novels in one collection! Enter into a stunning world of molten magic as Opal…
Cowan, glassmaker and magician-in-training, faces trials, challenges, and deadly secrets that could change the realms of Sitia and Ixia forever. This box set includes: STORM GLASS (A Glass Series Novel)By New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder Enter into a stunning world of molten magic, where storms can be captured in glass and a magician's powers can remain hidden…until challenged. SEA GLASS (A Glass Series Novel)By New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder Return to the realms of Sitia and Ixia, where a young glass magician becomes ensnared in a deadly power struggle that may cost her everything… SPY GLASS (A Glass Series Novel)By New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder In this riveting conclusion to Opal Cowan&’s saga, the young magician will discover that glass holds many secrets… including the key to her plight. The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V. SnyderBook One: Poison StudyBook Two: Magic StudyBook Three: Fire StudyBook Four: Storm GlassBook Five: Sea GlassBook Six: Spy GlassBook Seven: Shadow StudyBook Eight: Night StudyBook Nine: Dawn StudyFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan WiggsVisiting Willow Lake is a life-changing experience — tune in for an irresistible…
tale of new dreams and finding love where you least expect it.Baseball hopeful Bo Crutcher is about to get his shot at the majors. That is, until life throws him a curveball. When AJ, the son he&’s never met, lands on his doorstep, Bo&’s life becomes forever changed. He quickly learns that he&’ll need all the help he can get.When Kimberly van Dorn was hired to smooth Bo&’s rough exterior for the media, she expected the kind of shallow pro athlete she&’s used to handling. But Bo is willing to sacrifice everything for his vulnerable son. Over a breathtaking winter on frozen Willow Lake, she realizes she still has much to learn about putting love first.Previously published.Read the Lakeshore Chronicles Series by Susan Wiggs:Book One: Summer at Willow LakeBook Two: The Winter LodgeBook Three: DocksideBook Four: Snowfall at Willow LakeBook Five: FiresideBook Six: Lakeshore ChristmasBook Seven: The Summer HideawayBook Eight: Marrying Daisy BellamyBook Nine: Return to Willow LakeBook Ten: Candlelight ChristmasBook Eleven: Starlight on Willow LakeJudas Kiss (A Taylor Jackson Novel #3)
By J. T. Ellison. 2009
It was a murder made for TV: a trail of tiny bloody footprints. An innocent toddler playing beside her mother's…
body. Stay tuned for the next riveting thriller in the Taylor Jackson series by New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison.Cameras and questions don't usually faze Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson, but when pregnant Corinne Wolff is brutally murdered in her own home, the media frenzy surrounding the case is particularly nasty. When the seemingly model mommy is linked to an amateur porn website with underage actresses and unwitting players, the sharks begin to circle.The shock is magnified when an old adversary uses the sexy secret footage to implicate Taylor in a murder—an accusation that threatens her career, her reputation and her relationship.Both cases hinge on the evidence—real or manufactured—of crimes that go beyond passion, into the realm of obsessive vengeance and shocking betrayal. Just what the networks love. Previously Published. Read the Taylor Jackson Series by J.T. Ellison:Book 1: All the Pretty GirlsBook 2: 14Book 3: Judas KissBook 4: The Cold RoomBook 5: The ImmortalsBook 6: So Close the Hand of DeathBook 7: Where All the Dead LieSeven Deadly Sins
By Erica Spindler. 2003
A Southern town hides many secrets… and sins that must be kept hidden. Previously published as In Silence.Journalist Avery Chauvin…
is devastated when she receives word of her father&’s suicide. Returning to her hometown of Cypress Springs, Louisiana, she desperately searches for answers. Instead she hears whispered rumors of strange happenings, of neighbors who go missing in the night. When Avery discovers a box of fifteen-year-old newspaper articles in her father&’s house, covering the brutal murder of a local woman, she begins to fear he may be involved.Then the past and present collide. A woman is found savagely murdered. An outsider passing through town vanishes. Each step closer to the truth exposes yet another layer of deceit, and Avery learns that a terrible evil resides in this peaceful Southern town. An evil that is willing to keep the town&’s sins a secret—at any cost.Cold Ridge (Cold Ridge #1)
By Carla Neggers. 2003
From New York Times bestselling author Carla NeggersWhen a murderous plan is put in motion, one woman will do whatever…
it takes to get the perfect shot.Award-winning photographer Carine Winter accepts the job of photographing a historic Boston home knowing she's taking a risk—she could run into Tyler North, the pararescuer who all but left her at the altar a year ago. Then Carine finds a body in the house—and the prime suspect in the murder is Tyler North's best friend. When Tyler hears about the murder, he rushes to see his friend Manny, expecting him to ask for help. Instead, Manny urges Tyler to protect Carine, to take her back to Cold Ridge and away from the temptation to meddle in a murder investigation.Carine is at the center of a deadly game. And the only person she can trust is the person she vowed never to trust again: Tyler. But they're running out of time—because a killer has followed them to Cold Ridge…Previously Published.Read the Cold Ridge Series by Carla Neggers:Book One: Cold RidgeBook Two: Night&’s LandingBook Three: The RapidsBook Four: Dark SkyBook Five: BreakwaterBook Six: AbandonHouse of Shadows: Something Like Happy Best Day Ever Perfectly Undone House Of Shadows
By Nicola Cornick. 2015
The wooded hills of Oxfordshire conceal the remains of the aptly named Ashdown House—a wasted pile of cinders and regret.…
Once home to the daughter of a king, Ashdown and its secrets will unite three women across four centuries in a tangle of intrigue, deceit and destiny…In the winter of 1662, Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen, is on her deathbed. She entrusts an ancient pearl, rumored to have magic power, to her faithful cavalier William Craven for safekeeping. In his grief, William orders the construction of Ashdown Estate in her memory and places the pearl at its center.One hundred and fifty years later, notorious courtesan Lavinia Flyte hears the maids at Ashdown House whisper of a hidden treasure, and bears witness as her protector Lord Evershot—desperate to find it—burns the building to the ground.Now in the present day, a battered mirror and the diary of a Regency courtesan are the only clues Holly Ansell has to finding her brother, who has gone missing researching the mystery of Elizabeth Stuart and her alleged affair with Lord Craven. As she retraces his footsteps, Holly&’s quest will soon reveal the truth about Lavinia and compel her to confront the stunning revelation about the legacy of the Winter Queen.Previously published.The Digitalization of Financial Markets: The Socioeconomic Impact of Financial Technologies (Banking, Money and International Finance)
By Ewa Lechman, Adam Marszk. 2022
The book provides deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on information and communication technologies (ICT) as an important factor…
affecting financial markets. It is focused on the impact of ICT on stock markets, bond markets, and other categories of financial markets, with the additional focus on the linked FinTech services and financial institutions. Financial markets shaped by the adoption of the new technologies are labeled ‘digital financial markets’. With a wide-ranging perspective at both the local and global levels from countries at varying degrees of economic development, this book addresses an important gap in the extant literature concerning the role of ICT in the financial markets. The consequences of these processes had until now rarely been considered in a broader economic and social context, particularly when the impact of FinTech services on financial markets is taken into account. The book’s theoretical discussions, empirical evidence and compilation of different views and perspectives make it a valuable and complex reference work. The principal audience of the book will be scholars in the fields of finance and economics. The book also targets professionals in the financial industry who are directly or indirectly linked to the new technologies on the financial markets, in particular various types of FinTech services.Including LGBT Parented Families in Schools: Research to Inform Policy and Practice
By Tiffany Jones, Trent Mann. 2022
This book explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ parented families in school communities and provides a voice for this overlooked group…
who are becoming an increasingly common form of family diversity in school communities. Approaching the topic from a strength-based psychological perspective, the book presents LGBTQ+ parents’ suggestions for school improvements and supportive structures and provides empirical evidence to inform future LGBTQ+ inclusive educational policy. Research based yet practically focused, it will be a valuable resource for researchers, students and education professionals alike.Sculpting New Creativities in Primary Education (Unlocking Research)
By Pamela Burnard, Michelle Loughrey. 2022
This book introduces the new term ‘creativities’ with cutting-edge examples of creativities research that has influenced the thinking and work…
of teachers and school leaders in their practice. Co-edited by one of the leading international experts in creativity and the arts, this book is packed with imaginative ideas and practical classroom suggestions underpinned by theory and research to help teachers become research-informed and research-generating. Sculpting New Creativities in Primary Education will inspire us, invite us to think, and share ways in which research is informing and enabling a role for new and creative practices in primary education. Each chapter is collaboratively written by an academic and a practicing teacher covering areas such as: creative spaces, intercultural and interdisciplinary creativity, art, wellbeing, mathematics, STEM and leadership creativities. It importantly highlights the need to inspire, shape and unfold change-making practices that (re-)invigorate, (re-)empower, and (re-)position primary education practice. Drawing from projects originally conducted both in the UK and beyond, this revolutionary book invites teachers, teaching assistants and school leaders to co-create ways to unlock research together as mutually informative ways of authoring change.Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology: ICICT 2021, London, Volume 3 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #216)
By Xin-She Yang, Nilanjan Dey, Amit Joshi, Simon Sherratt. 2022
This book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held at…
Brunel University, London, on February 25–26, 2021. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of things (IoT) and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers a valuable asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The book is presented in four volumes.This is the decade for climate action. Internal and external stakeholders demand action. How we choose to act in the…
next ten years will determine our foreseeable future. Businesses hold a critical role for climate futures. The need for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint is now unquestioned, but how to achieve reductions in a credible way is neither clear nor easy once you’ve tackled the obvious energy culprits. Climate Positive Business lays out the path of business climate strategy, highlighting how your business must set goals, measure impact, and improve performance. Greenhouse gas protocols can instruct you on the core accounting process that lies at the heart of climate strategy. At least as important to success are the details that protocols don’t tell you: the sticking points; the areas of controversy, and the best practices. Rooted in real experience and written in an entertaining and engaging style, this book provides you with the tips, tools, and techniques to tackle your company’s carbon footprint, and it helps you do so in a way that is credible and appropriately ambitious to meet stakeholder expectations. The book will equip you with tools to think critically about GHG reduction, carbon offsets, and carbon removal, as well as help ensure we collectively implement real solutions to slow and eventually reverse the climate crisis. It includes lessons learned from real-world consulting projects and provides a plan of action for readers to implement. A go-to book for business looking to understand, manage, and reduce their carbon footprint, it is an invaluable resource for sustainable business practitioners, consultants, and those aspiring to become climate champions.Asia's Social Entrepreneurs: Do Well, Do Good... Do Sustainably
By Howard Thomas, Havovi Joshi. 2022
Social enterprises of all forms drive inclusive growth by creating social and economic networks, and a stable ecosystem, that enable…
societies to grow and prosper. This book presents a collection of ten case studies that demonstrate the important role played by social enterprises in driving inclusive growth in Asia’s economies. Unlike the traditional models, such as NGOs and charities, that are donor dependent for funding, a social enterprise is a hybrid business model that includes both social mission and revenue generation goals to ensure sustainability and self-reliance. The ten case studies in the book provide a ringside view of how social enterprises operate and evolve to create, sustain, and scale up their social impact. Readers will gain a practical understanding of how social entrepreneurs struggle to maintain a balance between their two seemingly contradictory goals of creating social value and generating economic returns. The book carries the readers on the journey of each of these ten social enterprises, offering unique and valuable insights into the motivations, tribulations, successes, and even failures of these organisations—critical for continued learning, contribution, and innovation in the domain. The book is appropriate for all readers interested in the role social entrepreneurship plays in stimulating economic growth in Asia, including organisations, government, and universities, as well as individuals.Arduino Measurements in Science: Advanced Techniques and Data Projects
By Richard J. Smythe. 2022
Explore the full capabilities of your Arduino. Whether you need to measure light, heat, mass, force, or conductivity, this book…
can be used as a complete reference guide for making virtually any scientific measurement with your PC or Linux based system and the Arduino microcontroller.You'll apply the Arduino and sensors to take measurements at the macro-, milli-, micro-, nano- and pico-sensitivity ranges. By working through the projects in this book, you’ll learn how to apply these techniques in the lab or field in areas such as weighing samples at the gram or milligram levels, measuring water temperature to a tenth of a degree, or its conductivity in milli or micro Siemens. With these projects, you can reliably measure, store, and experiment with a wide range of scientific data.Arduino Measurements in Science features a novel approach and several little known techniques to measure data that requires only basic and accessible hardware – perfect for the home or school workshop! What You’ll LearnMake basic scientific measurements with PCs, and Linux based computing systemsReview techniques for weighing measurements down into the double and even single digit milligramUse inexpensive sensors and displays to quantify and validate sensor dataIncorporate weighing scales, electrometers, magnetic and static field detectors, motion and vibration detectors, and moreUnderstand the possible noise and accuracy problems that can occur and best practices to refine your projects See the benefits of data validation for graphical data displayWho Is This Book ForReaders looking to acquire the basic science and engineering skills required to assemble fundamental measurement systems to implement with the simple hand tools found in most home or school workshops.Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack
By William M. Adler. 2021
Part true crime, part work of urban sociology, Land of Opportunity is a meticulously researched account of the rise and…
fall of the Chambers brothers, who ran a multi-million-dollar crack cocaine operation in Detroit in the 1980s. Descended from Arkansas sharecroppers, BJ, Larry, and Willie Chambers moved to Detroit seeking economic opportunity, and built a successful drug empire by applying strict business principles to their trade; their business grossed an estimated $55 million annually until the brothers were sent to prison in 1989. Reading the Chambers brothers in the context of the fall of the Detroit auto-industry and its impact on the city’s economy and residents, Land of Opportunity demonstrates how for the Chambers brothers, crack dealing was a rational career choice; and through the Chambers brothers’ story, Adler provides bottom-up history of late Second Great Migration, deindustrialization, the War on Drugs, and crack era in both Detroit and the United States.