Seventeen-year-old Lauren is trying to navigate the tricky waters of teen romance. From high school to the drag show and back, Lauren must keep up their two personas--Ren, a drag king, and Lauri, a typical student--and come to terms with their feelings both for mixed-race student Clover and their own identity as an LGBTQ+ teen. A realistic but lighthearted exploration of gender and identity, this story is full of colorful, authentic characters, making it a fun and topical read for today's teen readers.Distributed in the U.S by Lerner Publishing Group
There is little doubt that information technology is a major force in transforming healthcare systems: physicians need to have considerable patient data at hand, even if diagnosis and treatment are relatively straightforward. But data are only as useful as ICT—information communication technology—systems make them. Inefficient handling of data can quickly lead to chaos, and possibly to fatalities. Strategic ICT Planning in Pathology illuminates these problems, as well as their potential solutions, based on a unique body of research from Australia. Focusing on core strategic factors such as laboratory information systems capability and effectiveness, business-IT alignment, strategic spending, research and education, and end-user involvement, the book explains why pathology labs lag behind other hospital departments. Survey and focus group findings pinpoint the importance of Strategic Information System Planning (SISP), and its relationship to quality service delivery and an improved bottom line [ok?]. Among the topics covered: Approaches to SISP and IS effectiveness measurement. The OpenLabs project and pathology practice. Development of a framework for SISP. Focus groups: the view from the hospital laboratory, the private pathology lab, and the experts. Key findings and their implications for strategy, planning, and business outcomes. Future research directions, including reverse SISP. Strategic ICT Planning in Pathology is a go-to resource for healthcare administrators and researchers in healthcare management, health policy, and health services research interested in troubleshooting systems, conducting surveys on IS, or better understanding how quality ICT works.
Mobile Authentication: Problems and Solutions looks at human-to-machine authentication, with a keen focus on the mobile scenario. Human-to-machine authentication is a startlingly complex issue. In the old days of computer security-before 2000, the human component was all but disregarded. It was either assumed that people should and would be able to follow instructions, or that end users were hopeless and would always make mistakes. The truth, of course, is somewhere in between, which is exactly what makes this topic so enticing. We cannot make progress with human-to-machine authentication without understanding both humans and machines. Mobile security is not simply security ported to a handset. Handsets have different constraints than traditional computers, and are used in a different way. Text entry is more frustrating, and therefore, it is tempting to use shorter and less complex passwords. It is also harder to detect spoofing. We need to design with this in mind. We also need to determine how exactly to integrate biometric readers to reap the maximum benefits from them. This book addresses all of these issues, and more.
Declarative query interfaces to Sensor Networks (SN) have become a commodity. These interfaces allow access to SN deployed for collecting data using relational queries. However, SN are not confined to data collection, but may track object movement, e.g., wildlife observation or traffic monitoring. While rational approaches are well suited for data collection, research on Moving Object Databases (MOD) has shown that relational operators are unsuitable to express information needs on object movement, i.e., spatio-temporal queries. Querying Moving Objects Detected by Sensor Networks studies declarative access to SN that track moving objects. The properties of SN present a straightforward application of MOD, e.g., node failures, limited detection ranges and accuracy which vary over time etc. Furthermore, point sets used to model MOD-entities like regions assume the availability of very accurate knowledge regarding the spatial extend of these entities, assuming such knowledge is unrealistic for most SN. This book is the first that defines a complete set of spatio-temporal operators for SN while taking into account their properties. Based on these operators, we systematically investigate how to derive query results from object detections by SN. Finally, process spatio-temporal queries are shown in SN efficiently, i.e., reducing the communication between nodes. The evaluation shows that the measures reduce communication by 45%-89%.
Der Gelehrte Martus hat den Auftrag, fast vierzig Jahre alte Ereignisse zu recherchieren, die sich mit dem allseits bekannten und verrufenen Verr ter Nazkor besch ftigen. W hrend er dabei tiefer und tiefer in die Geschichte Nazkors hineingezogen wird, kommen dabei ganz widerspr chliche Dokumente zu Tage, die sein eigenes Leben von grundauf ver ndern werden.
Living alone in the forest of Jämtland, northern Sweden, Markus Torgeby found silence, stillness and the sense of self he'd been searching for. This beautifully illustrated book is the story of his time living wild in the woods, how he discovered an inner peace and the healing power of nature.
'The most beautiful book I ever read.' – Rune Larsson, ultra-distance runner Markus Torgeby was just 20 years old when he headed off into the remote Swedish forest to live as a recluse and dedicate himself to his one true passion: running. He lived in a tent in the wilderness, braving the harsh Swedish winters – for four years. This is his story. An international bestseller, this extraordinary book is a powerful exploration of running, resilience, loss, and self-discovery. A talented long-distance runner in his teens, Markus Torgeby excelled in training, but often failed inexplicably in competition. Pressurised by his coach and consumed by the suffering of his MS-afflicted mother, he chose to do something that most of us only dream of: escape the modern world. In his stripped-back lifestyle in the woods, surviving with the bare minimum of supplies and enduring extreme cold, he found salvation and ultimately his true direction in life.
This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.Debates about the legitimacy and ‘essence’ of political rule and the search for ‘ideal’ forms of government have been at the very heart of political thought ever since antiquity. Caesarism in the Post-Revolutionary Age explores the complex relationship between democracy and dictatorship from the 18th century onwards. More concretely, it assesses how democracy emerged as something compatible with dictatorship, both at the level of political thought and practice. Taking Caesarism – a political alternative somewhere between democracy and dictatorship – as its key concept, the book considers: * To what extent was Caesarism seen as a new post-revolutionary form of rule?* What were the flaws and perils, strengths and promises of Caesaristic regimes?* Can 19th-century Caesarism be characterised as a ‘prelude’ to 20th-century totalitarianism?* What is the legacy and ongoing appeal of Caesarism in the contemporary world? This study will be of value to anyone interested in modern political history, but also contemporary politics.
This comprehensive textbook presents the history of early Christianity from its beginnings to the time of the Second Judean Revolt against the backdrop of the social and historical developments of the early imperial period. Markus Öhler offers a thorough overview of the historical, social, and religious contexts of the Jesus movement in Judea and the various forms of Christian communities and traditions in the Greco-Roman world. From this foundation Öhler reconstructs the origins and trajectory of the Jesus movement, beginning with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth and the events immediately after his death. Attention is given to the different forms of early Christianity in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria as well as the developments in Syrian Antioch. Special emphasis is placed on the presentation of the ministry of Paul of Tarsus and the social structure of the assemblies of Christ-believers founded by him. An item of central importance for the reconstruction of further developments is the ongoing debate about the significance of the Torah for Christian identity formation. The increasing confrontations with forms of state power are dealt with as well as the further processes of change within early Christianity up to 135 CE. Thus, a coherent overall picture emerges, which is suitable both as an introduction to the history of early Christianity and as a stimulus for further research.
Diese Einf hrung in die Semiotik erkl rt die wichtigsten semiotischen Begriffe und Theoreme, um sie dann anhand von Beispielen aus dem medialen Bereich zu berpr fen. Wer mit Gestaltung, Werbung, Fotografie, Kommunikation und Design als Urheber oder Vermittler zu tun hat, wird hier Methoden finden, um komplexe Zeichensysteme nicht nur zu analysieren, sondern auch zu konstruieren. Ideal f r Einsteiger in die Semiotik, f r Designer, Kommunikationsberater und Kreative aller Art. Ein berblick von den semiotischen Grundbegriffen bis zu den gesellschaftlichen Implikationen der angewandten Zeichentheorie. Komplett berarbeitete und mit vielen Beispielen erweiterte 2. Auflage (Hinweis: In der Vorschau "Blick ins Buch" ist noch die alte Version von 2013 zu sehen )
Ein Mann erwacht nach einem tiefen traumlosen Schlaf. berrascht stellt er fest, dass er sich nicht bewegen kann. War er erkrankt? Tr umte er nur? Anf ngliches Staunen wandelt sich bald in schreckliche Angst. Eine Reise in das Grauen beginnt...
Dieser Roman bildet den ersten Band einer Trilogie um die fiktive Kleinstadt Regnau ( bei Nittenau ) in Bayern und die ebenfalls fiktive Burgruine Drachenfels, die der auch ber die Grenzen der Oberpfalz hinaus bekannten Spukfeste Stockenfels nachempfunden ist. Diese Umgebung k nnte ebenso gut die Heimat des Autors sein, oder ist sie es vielleicht sogar? Im Zentrum der Trilogie steht der alkoholkranke, die Welt und eigentlich Alles verachtende Hank Cooper. Das B se an sich scheint es nur so auf ihn abgesehen zu haben, obwohl es doch eigentlich scheint, er wolle nichts anderes, als sich langsam zu Tode trinken. Nach au en hin ist er der normale Mann mit Frau und Kind, der sich mit einer kleinen Firma ber Wasser h lt. Doch in seinem Inneren lauert etwas Gef hrliches, ihm selbst v llig Unbekanntes. Es ist - ohne sich dessen bewusst zu sein - sein Ich, dass sich vor ihm verstecken will, es sind all seine Fragen, die er an Gott und die Welt zu richten hat, es sind seine privaten ngste, die sich verkleiden, nur um ihn noch mehr zu verbittern. Seine Frau Steff ist ein krankhafter Hypochonder, der bei jedem Wehwehchen gleich f rchtet unheilbar und absolut t dlich erkrankt zu sein. Besorgt wegen des Alkoholkonsums ihres Mannes und die dunklen Wolken einer Ehekrise heraufziehen sehend, erf hrt sie auch noch, dass sie nach vierzehn Jahren zum zweiten Mal schwanger geworden ist; zu einem Zeitpunkt also, der so gar nicht in die momentane Situation passen will. Die Tochter der Coopers, Melanie, hat in ihrem Freundeskreis nur verschrobene Jungs, allen voran Dietmar, genannt der Biber. Ein intelligenter Bursche, der seine Unsicherheiten mit einer sehr gehobenen Sprache zu kaschieren sucht und den sorgf ltigen Wissenschaftler spielt. Zusammen mit Stefan, einem bergewichtigen Griesgram und Andreas, dem geschw tzigsten Buben der Schule bildet dieses verschrobene Quartett den Black Circle, der sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat mit Toten zu kommunizieren oder zumindest das bernat rliche zu erforschen. Schwierigkeiten tauchen aber immer wieder in Gestalt einer blen Bande halbw chsiger Kleinkrimineller auf, die den Teenagern das Leben schwer machen. Zur Hochform aber l uft der Black Circle auf, als Jake, ein krebskranker schwarzer Junge zu der Gruppe st t. Seit seiner Knochenkrebsbehandlung samt Amputation eines Unterschenkels ist Jake sehr empf nglich f r alles Paranormale und kann leider einige Sachen dazu beitragen, dass ein gef hrlicher Untoter aus der H lle zur ckkehrt und mit ihm der Tod in vielen - auch unerwarteten - Facetten. Stefanie Cooper verl sst ihren Mann gerade dann, als Melanie sie am N tigsten h tte und der Horror seinen Lauf nimmt. Hank Cooper wird von seinem Gewissen und seinem Verantwortungsbewusstsein geradezu gezwungen etwas zu unternehmen. Er muss sich dem Kampf stellen...
Als Pastor hatte ich es mir in der schw bischen Kleinstadt Heidenheim an der Brenz sooo gem tlich eingerichtet. Doch eines sch nen Tages kam ganz unverhofft Alfred als Hausmeister in unsere Kirchengemeinde und stellte nicht nur mein Leben, sondern auch das einiger Gemeindemitglieder auf den Kopf.Warum Gott Alfred unbedingt zu uns schicken musste, verstehe ich bis heute nicht, aber scheinbar hatten wir es n tig, wie so manche Geschichte zeigt ...
In einem kleinen Dorf hoch im Norden pflegt eine Kr uterfrau einen Einsiedel, dessen unvermeidlicher Tod gro e Kreise zieht. Ein alter Magier erh lt einen Brief, der eine lang vergessene Frage aufwirft. Auf der Suche nach Antworten begibt er sich weit in die Vergangenheit und st t dabei auf ein altes Geheimnis.Ein junger Adliger reist zu seinem Onkel in die K nigsstadt und ger t mitten in einen Gerichtsprozess, dessen Folgen sein Schicksal bestimmen.
