This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2022, which took place in Denarau Island, Fiji, in December 2022.The 30 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers detail big data analytics solutions, distributed computation paradigms, on-demand services, autonomic systems, and pervasive applications.

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans examines the impacts of COVID-19 on political inequality, social inequality, and life changes of Americans. Topics include impacts of COVID-19 on the poor, differences in media responses to previous influenza versus COVID-19 pandemics, the intersection of race, class, and gender specific to this event, gender and changes in occupational loss, specific impacts on college students, and ways in wh...

Significant recent advances in the imaging of the lower urinary tract are comprehensively presented in this handbook. It offers information on both imaging examinations and interventional techniques with all the modern modalities, including MRI and ultrasound.The contributors are all experts in clinical urology; their varying and at times conflicting opinions track the fast-moving pace in the field and demonstrate the complexity of the subject. The approach is disease-oriented, thou...

**One of the The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Pulitzer Prize**Winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardNew York Times Bestseller“Quietly wrenching…To say that this book is about grief or coming-of-age doesn’t quite do it justice…This is a memoir that gathers power through accretion—all those moments and gestures that constitute experience, the bits and pieces that ...

Who gets to speak for China? During the interwar years, when American condescension toward “barbarous” China yielded to a fascination with all things Chinese, a circle of writers sparked an unprecedented public conversation about American-Chinese relations. Hua Hsu tells the story of how they became ensnared in bitter rivalries over which one could claim the title of America’s leading China expert.The rapturous reception that greeted The Good Earth—Pearl Buck’s novel about...

Break into film without a trust fund or a famous last name.What does it really take to launch a career in filmmaking and turn it into a business that pays? No Cash, No Contacts gives you the answers. With behind-the-scenes stories, hard-earned lessons, and strategies they don't teach you in film school, it shows you how to get on set, become indispensable, and build a career that lasts.This isn't about chasing likes or going viral. It's about learn...

Nothing is closer than the bond between twins. But what happens when you lose your other half? Sharon is a third year medical student at Harvard who is barely able to keep her life together, familial tensions aside. When her anchor, her twin brother Jared, is suddenly ripped away, she finds herself adrift, forcing herself to embark on a journey of healing and self-discovery. As she makes her way back to her hometown, Sharon finds herself confronted with mysteries of the past that refuse to...

Multiple Comparisons introduces simultaneous statistical inference and covers the theory and techniques for all-pairwise comparisons, multiple comparisons with the best, and multiple comparisons with a control. The author describes confidence intervals methods and stepwise exposes abuses and misconceptions, and guides readers to the correct method

Have fun, create, learn, and help the planet with the young kids in your life through 50 colorful, enriching activities made from stuff you already have.With Recycle and Play, learn how to transform cardboard, bubble wrap, lids, containers, egg cartons, and other things that might otherwise be headed to a landfill into hours of engaging play at home. The fun, process-oriented projects invite children to be creative, explore senses, develop...

This new edition of Additive Manufacturing of Metals offers a unique guide to the three-dimensional (3D) printing of metals. It covers various aspects of additive, subtractive, and joining processes used to form three-dimensional parts with applications ranging from prototyping to production.Examining a variety of manufacturing technologies and their ability to produce both prototypes and functional production-quality parts, the individual chapters address metal components...

"So I was just a game to you, Angela?""Everything they said is true... I got close to you because of the bet."Years later, high school betrayal ignites a deadly adult contract."This isn't a negotiation, Angela. I want your body, and I'll give you a price. That's it.""Angela Jones. Once untouchable. Now sitting in front of me, begging.""You're staying here starting today... your life isn't yours anymore."Angela Jones is on the rise in Hollywoo...

Sustainable Development in Malaysia and Indonesia examines a range of topics pertaining to sustainable development in the two countries. While Indonesia and Malaysia are geographically close, Indonesia lags behind Malaysia in terms of well-being, with a lack of social services, and economic indicators, as GDP per capita is lower than that in Malaysia. Environmental problems are similar, since both possess large amounts of biodiversity and natural resources. Hsu and Perry provide a concise ...