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"Biotechnology for Animal Health" delves into the fascinating and expansive field of biotechnology as it applies to animal health. We cover essential chapters and topics to provide a thorough understanding of this vital subject.Biotechnology has significantly advanced medical science, enabling groundbreaking discoveries and treatments for various diseases and conditions. Our book offers comprehensive coverage of advanced topics, including immune response in animals...

"Understanding Human Development and Families" offers a clear explanation of key concepts related to human development. We emphasize the importance of researching families and children, covering the ethics of such research, causal inference, and effective methods for data measurement.Our book provides a comprehensive view of the politics of family and child research, program evaluation in human development and family science, and advanced topics in family data analysis. We analyze d...

Music and love intertwine in this compelling historical novel of a romance that never dies— yet burns unrequited for a lifetime— between the great composer Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, the widow of his musical champion Robert Schumann, who chose instead to give her life over to the performance of her late husband's work, immortalizing the one true love in her life.

Public Administration and Governance explores relationships between political decision-making and administrative implementation in democratic systems. The text traces foundational debates regarding scope, boundaries, and interactions between politics and administration from classical theory through contemporary governance approaches. Through diverse international case studies from India, Sweden, Indonesia, and beyond, the material illustrates how different political systems organize public...

21st Century Biotechnology examines emerging biotechnological innovations reshaping medicine, agriculture, energy, and environment globally. This forward-looking resource synthesizes CRISPR gene editing, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence applications, and digital biotechnology to show how new technologies are transforming life sciences. The book covers genome editing precision and off-target effects management, synthetic organism design, biofabrication of materials, lab-on-a-chip ...

Vijay, once a joyful child is deprived of this idyllic life by a shattering act of violence to his family. This life changing event casts a shadow over his life, such that he promises to himself that no matter how long it takes he would make every effort to rectify the injustice he witnessed. His quest for redemption is intertwined with his personal ambitions and this takes him on travels across continents. As he journeys from the naivety of childhood, through the turbulence of adolescence...

In a dieselpunk 1955, JANE JET hits the skies after killing her abusive husband, ROCKET MAN, and becoming public enemy number one. If she's to survive, she'll need to outfly the looming shadows of WWII and onslaughts from the nearly unstoppable armored heroes of this age. JANE JET serves two fistfuls of truth and fury in Book One: Nuclear Shadows.

Imagine a world where suicide bombers can pass through the world's tightest airport security undetected, and deliver their payload to any nation on the planet. Now imagine that ISIS has the technology.Tracy is a busy medical student, trying to make her way through an academic jungle when she stumbles upon a plot to use covert agents to carry out a biological attack on the US. Battling inept scientists, crooked politicians, and rogue CIA agents, she quickly finds herself thrust into...

What if Life came with a manual?It sure would make things a lot easier. But of course, life does not come with a manual, because there is no "right" way to live. But what if there was a guide that could help you explore and design your personal manual? Voyage through this sixty-day adventure to discover the treasures hidden within you—treasures that are the small pieces used to build your unique manual. Are you up to the challenge?

The book explains what mindfulness and meditation are from neuroscience perspective and practical easy approach to developing the practice of living mindfully. The book also shares neuroscience of resilience and happiness and the role mindfulness can plan in improving our resilience and happiness. The book has many simple mindfulness exercises for readers to begin their mindfulness journey and several more complex mindfulness exercises for readers who are already well on their way to mindf...

First published in the "striking" collection, The Art of Disappearance , a novella about government bureaucrat in India who has a change of perspective ( New York Times ).Disappointed by his professional and social position, an entitled and officious junior civil servant imagines that his life will change when a mysterious old man promises to lead him to a museum filled with pric...