This book provides an insightful examination of various health challenges affecting rural communities in the Southeast United States (e.g., Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee). These areas are contending with a shortage of healthcare providers, inadequate infrastructure, an aging population, and limited economic and political resources, which contribute to significant and often overlooked health needs. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses econo...

An informed and erudite look at the current state of the American healthcare system from former Governor Richard D. Lamm and political economist Andy Sharma, including: Will the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation bankrupt our healthcare services? What does the impending healthcare reform mean for the nation? Does the US still have the best healthcare system in the world?

In this cutting-edge book, Andy Nguyen, Kshitij Sharma and Ha Nguyen explain how AI can improve our understanding of how people learn. The authors demonstrate how, by analysing multimodal data from different channels, including eye gazes, physiological data and self-reports, AI can provide a clearer picture of what learners think, feel, and do, going far beyond traditional tests or surveys.The authors introduce both classical and deep learning methods for collecting and analyzing d...