Radiation therapy has developed and advanced dramatically in the last few decades. However, very little has been published or done in the area of biologically optimized treatment planning. Development of Biologically Optimized Radiation Therapy aims to fill and close an important gap in the literature with a well-focused and in-depth content.The book covers the biological, physical and clinical background of advanced biologically based radiation therapy optimization with focus on modern ra...

Three boys, the 'kings' of the school. One cynical newcomer. An outrageous competition.When Mika Niles overhears the details of "The Book of Firsts" she's at first bemused, then scornful, then intrigued. Judging which of three very handsome young men is best at kissing, and...?With no time in her final year for serious attachments, a series of lunchtime trysts is more than tempting – and an opportunity like this might never come her way again. But this light-hearted game is...

Mika Niles always thought boyfriends way too much effort. Now she has three of them.While Mika has a habit of making life look easy, maintaining a balance between three boys who refuse to become rivals would be a challenge all on its own. Adding to the mix apparently infinite family drama, and the inevitable backlash brought by living with three extremely coveted young men, may be enough to threaten Mika's lifelong dream.When it's no longer a game, and not nearly enough of ...

The queen of science fiction’s trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beingsA groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary’s mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose—and change—their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But todo so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, Carolyn Ives Gilman takes citizen science to the stars in her original science fiction short "On the Shores of Ligeia." Our other SF short, "My Children's Ho...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2020.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersG. V. AndersonGregory Norman BossertJeremy Packert BurkeKatharine DuckettBrian EvensonCarolyn Ives GilmanMaria Dahvana HeadleyStephen Graham JonesJustin C. KeyNaomi KritzerRich LarsonYoon Ha LeeS. Qiouyi LuUsman ...

This 2006 book was the first handbook where the world's foremost 'experts on expertise' reviewed our scientific knowledge on expertise and expert performance and how experts may differ from non-experts in terms of their development, training, reasoning, knowledge, social support, and innate talent. Methods are described for the study of experts' knowledge and their performance of representative tasks from their domain of expertise. The development of expertise is also studied by retrospect...

In this updated and expanded edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, some of the world's foremost experts on expertise share their scientific knowledge of expertise and expert performance and show how experts may differ from non-experts in terms of development, training, reasoning, knowledge, and social support. The book reviews innovative methods for measuring experts' knowledge and performance in relevant tasks. Sixteen major domains of expertise are covere...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2016.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersNina AllanTara Isabella BurtonMonica ByrneRebecca CampbellP. Djèlí ClarkIndrapramit DasAlix E. HarrowN. K. JemisinMargaret KilljoyCixin LiuMelissa MarrDavid NickleLaurie PennyDaniel PolanskyLettie Prell

This must-have book is the first self-contained summary of recent developments in the field of microscale nuclear magnetic resonance hardware, covering the entire technology from miniaturized detectors, the signal processing chain, and detection sequences. Chapters cover the latest advances in interventional NMR and implantable NMR sensors, as well as in using CMOS technology to manufacture miniaturized, highly scalable NMR detectors for NMR microscopy and high-throughput arrays of NMR spe...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, for science fiction, we've got original shorts by Ashok K. Banker ("A Vortal in Midtown") and Charlie Jane Anders ("Cake Baby"), along with SF reprints by Le...

In celebration of Rosarium's fifth anniversary, publisher Bill Campbell has collected a two-volume collection of over 100 science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories from around the world. Like space and the future, Sunspot Jungle has no boundaries and celebrates the wide varieties and possibilities that this genre represents with some of the most notable names in the field.Bill Campbell is the author of Sunshine Patriots, My Booty Novel,Pop Culture: Politics, Puns, "Poohbut...