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Killer Cure
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bewley, Elizabeth L., PUBLISHER: Dog Ear Publishing, Killer Cure will change forever how you think about your health and health care. Leaving conventional wisdom in the dust, Killer Cure reveals startling and unforgettable insights: Why health care in America accidentally kills people each week -- even though every doctor and nurse you know is terrific Why health care's hidden assumptions about you are almost certain to damage your health -- and what you can do about it Why health care's focus on solving yesterday's problems may reduce life expectancy in the U.S. -- by as much as five years Why you might want to become CEO of your own health and health care -- and how to go about it The root cause of America's health care crisis is that health care is not about you. Health care is not designed to help you enjoy good health. It is designed to help doctors take action: write prescriptions, perform surgery, etc. That focus hurts you in two ways: First, those actions are likely to damage you nearly as often as they help you because of side effects, complications, and other problems with care delivery. For example, hospital ICUs (Intensive Care Units) have a remarkable number of characteristics in common with prison camps for terrorist suspects. People die needless deaths as a result. Second, the focus on actions the doctor takes crowds out actions you could take that would often get you better outcomes. For example, more than people a year get a foot or leg amputated instead of learning simple ways to prevent foot infections in the first place. To get better results, the health care system first needs to embrace a new purpose: to enable people to lead the lives they want. Three further changes are necessary: The first is a social revolution akin to freeing the slaves or granting women the right to vote. With this revolution, the health care system will no longer treat the people it serves as if they were second-class citizens whose intelligence, values, priorities, and needs can safely be ignored while others call the shots. The second is more realistic expectations about what health care can deliver. The third is management of health care as a process -- connecting the dots among actions that are uncoordinated today. Killer Cure provides a tool kit to help you safeguard your life until these changes take place. Before closing, the book makes surprising predictions concerning a future in which health care is about you. At the end of Killer Cure is a Readers' Discussion Guide. It is offered to aid you in thinking about and discussing both the book and your own health care experiences.
Machine Learning and Statistics: The Interface
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nakhaeizadeh, Gholamreza / Taylor, C. C. / Nakhaeizadeh, G., PUBLISHER: Wiley-Interscience, The interface between statistics and machine learning (ML) is an increasingly popular research subject, as scientists and statisticians discover useful areas where these disciplines overlap. ML deals primarily with learning rules or structure, and while some books on the subject exist, this volume is the only one to integrate ML with statistics. It explores new areas where theory and methods can be shared and demonstrates the benefits to those working in either discipline. Written by leading experts in both fields, Machine Learning and Statistics is a result of the authors' participation in the European Conference in Machine Learning. This important collection of contributions was adapted from conference workshop material and reworked to address readers of diverse backgrounds and skills. For newcomers to the field, a thorough introduction surveys the various topics and supplies numerous references for further reading. The book's main focus is on classification, the most common area of intersection. The classification process uses information about a new example to assign the example to one of a known number of classes. Such methods typically involve a rule learned from an initial set of data, which is where ML comes into play. Other topics covered include prediction, control, and an introduction to methods of knowledge discovery in databases--a skill that has become especially relevant with the explosion in large-scale databases. Timely, practical, and innovative, this book offers a number of new algorithms and draws on real-world examples including financial and medical applications. It also includes two chapters on loans/credit applications that help identify bad risks and good customers--useful for those working with credit scoring and bad debt analysis. Machine Learning and Statistics is an invaluable resource for researchers involved with artificial intelligence and ML in academia, government, or industry, as well as those working with pattern recognition in statistical departments; for students at the graduate level who seek to expand their horizons; and for anyone who would like to learn more about these cutting-edge methodologies. The first book to explore the theory, methods, and applications of the relationship between machine learning and statistics. Here is the first book to address the growing demand for applications that integrate machine learning and statistics. The only text to focus on the interface between the two disciplines, this volume explores a mutually beneficial relationship that is fast becoming recognized by scientists, engineers, and researchers in data analysis and intelligent systems worldwide. The book shows that machine learning shares several areas of common research with statistics, most notably classification, prediction, and control. It demonstrates that statistical and probability methodologies can be applied in developing different machine learning algorithms and that these algorithms can
Alma Mahler: Or the Art of Being Loved
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Giroud, Francoise / Stock, R. M., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Born in , the daughter of a Viennese painter, Alma Mahler inspired the passionate love and devotion of an astonishing array of creative artists. She married three of them--the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter Gropius, and the writer Franz Werfel--and had a host of admirers and lovers, including the painters Oscar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, and Gustav Klimpt. The composer Alban Berg dedicated his opera Wozzeck to her and a violin concerto to the memory of her daughter, Manon, who died of polio. In Alma Mahler, Francoise Giroud provides a spirited portrait of one of Europe's great femme fatales, ranging from her childhood (she was raised on a steady diet of Nietzche) to her heyday as a leading figure in Europe's art scene, to her later life as an exile in California and New York. We meet a woman of remarkable beauty and unconventional mind, the possessor of a fine, demanding intelligence, who was highly conscious of herself as a member of the elite, a woman never truly conquered by her lovers. Her last husband, Franz Werfel, called her "one of the very few sorceresses of our time." And indeed when she appeared, her presence attracted all eyes as she moved like a queen through a room. And what eyes she drew. Virtually all the great figures of 19th-century Vienna march through these pages, including Sigmund Freud, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schonberg, Hugo van Hofmannsthal, Karl Kraus, and Elias Canetti, and Giroud pens striking portraits of each. There are also many memorable scenes: Franz Werfel singing Verdi arias with James Joyce in a Paris cafe; the young Gropius, having an affair with then-married Alma, chased from the Mahler home by guard dogs and taking refuge under a bridge; Kokoschka, after his affair with Alma has died, commissioning a life-sized doll, a faithful reproduction of his former lover. But the heart of the book is Alma's marriage to Mahler. We read Alma's own first impression of Mahler--"He is terribly nervous. He paced around the room like a wild animal. He's pure oxygen. You get burnt if you go too near." Unfortunately for Mahler, his attempt to subjugate his young wife to his will--"you have only one profession from now on: to make me happy"--led to disaster, and he himself was burnt. Alma Mahler stood at the center of the creative world, the intimate friend (if not lover) of the major artists of her age, and Giroud paints an unforgettable portrait. It was awarded France's Grand Prix litteraire de la femme in .
With Pen and Voice: A Critical Anthology of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Logan, Shirley Wilson, PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, "O woman, woman upon you I call; for upon your exertions almost entirely depends whether the rising generation shall be any thing more than we have been or not. O woman, woman your example is powerful, your influence great."--Maria W. Stewart, "An Address Delivered Before the Afric-American Female Intelligence Society of Boston" () Here--in the only collection of speeches by nineteenth-century African-American women--is the battle of words these brave women waged to address the social ills of their century. While there have been some scattered references to the unique roles these early "race women" played in effecting social change, until now few scholars have considered the rhetorical strategies they adopted to develop their powerful arguments. In this chronological anthology, Shirley Wilson Logan highlights the public addresses of these women, beginning with Maria W. Stewart's speech at Franklin Hall in , believed to be the first delivered to an audience of men and women by an American-born woman. In her speech, she focused on the plight of the Northern free black. Sojourner Truth spoke in at the Akron, Ohio, Women's Rights Convention not only for the rights of black women but also for the rights of all oppressed nineteenth-century women. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper struggled with the conflict between universal suffrage and suffrage for black men. Anna Julia Cooper chastised her unique audience of black Episcopalian clergy for their failure to continue the tradition of the elevation of womanhood initiated by Christianity and especially for their failure to support the struggling Southern black woman. Ida B. Wells's rhetoric targeted mob violence directed at Southern black men. Her speech was delivered less than a year after her inaugural lecture on this issue--following a personal encounter with mob violence in Memphis. Fannie Barrier Williams and Victoria Earle Matthews advocated social and educational reforms to improve the plight of Southern black women. These speeches--all delivered between and --are stirring proof that, despite obstacles of race and gender, these women still had the courage to mount the platform in defense of the oppressed. Introductory essays focus on each speaker's life and rhetoric, considering the ways in which these women selected evidence and adapted language to particular occasions, purposes, and audiences in order to persuade. This analysis of the rhetorical contexts and major rhetorical tactics in the speeches aids understanding of both the speeches and the skill of the speakers. A rhetorical timeline serves as a point of reference. Historically grounded, this book provides a black feminist perspective on significant events of the nineteenth century and reveals how black women of that era influenced and were influenced by the social problems they addressed. "A government which can protect and defend its citizens from wrong and outrage and doe
The Stranger's Child
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hollinghurst, Alan, PUBLISHER: Vintage Canada, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The Stranger's Child is Alan Hollinghurst's masterpiece, the book that cements his position as one of the finest novelists of our time. In its scope, intelligence and elegance, The Stranger's Child can be placed in the great tradition of the novel alongside epics by Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell. And yet, in its subtly political exploration of homosexuality in English society, it deals with an utterly contemporary subject in an utterly contemporary way. The Stranger's Child""begins with sixteen-year-old Daphne Sawle sitting in a hammock in the garden of Two Acres, the family home in suburban London. She is making a show of reading Tennyson before her brother George arrives to visit with his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a handsome, assured and sometimes outrageous young man with a burgeoning reputation as a poet. After a tantalizing and dramatic weekend Cecil writes a long poem in Daphne's autograph album as a parting gift. It is titled "Two Acres," and both Daphne and George (whose feelings for Cecil also go well beyond mere friendship) immediately see how important the poem is - but none of them can foresee the complex and lasting effects it will have on all their lives. When the next section of the novel begins, everything has changed: Daphne is married to Cecil's brother Dudley Valance; George to a historian named Madeleine; and Cecil is dead, killed by a sniper in World War One. A Cabinet officer and man of letters named Sebastian Stokes has come to Corley Court, the Valance family's country home, to put together an edition of Cecil's poemsand speak to each family member in turn about him. He is especially curious about Cecil's personal (and passionate) letters and unpublished poems, papers that seem to have gone missing, and whose absence will loom paradoxically through the rest of the novel. The book leaps forward and we are at another party, this one to celebrate Daphne's seventieth birthday. George is now the acclaimed historian G.F. Sawle; Daphne's son Wilfrid, a charming boy in the previous section, has grown into a nervous and somehow fractured adult. We meet Peter Rowe, a music teacher at the boarding school that now occupies Corley Court, and his boyfriend, Paul Bryant, a bank employee with a feeling for Cecil's poetry. Soon Paul is taking up an idea that Peter abandoned: to write a biography of Cecil Valance. It means making some startling discoveries about a past that the Valance family would prefer to keep in sepia and shadows. The Stranger's Child""is by turns a gripping literary mystery, an absorbing social study of some pivotal moments in history, and a sensuous and beautiful exploration of the secret passions that determine our lives. From Edwardian suburbs to the offices of the "Times Literary Supplement" in the s, from High Table wit to the realities of life working behind the counter at a provincial bank, it seems there is no corner
Incubatrice semi-automatica REAL 12 Borotto - Ferramenta
Incubatrice semi-automatica REAL 12 Borotto: Incubatrice covatutto professionale semi-automatica. Per REAL 12 sono stati adottati sistemi estremamente innovativi che rispondono completamente alle specifiche esigenze del cliente, sempre più orientato verso utilizzo di una macchina tecnologicamente evoluta. Detiene ben 3 BREVETTI: 1) SISTEMA AD ALVEOLI UNIVERSALE Primo ed unico porta uova professionale al mondo in grado di alloggiare verticalmente qualsiasi tipo di uovo, dalle uova di oca a quelle di quaglia. In ogni singolo alloggiamento si possono infatti inserire, al posto di un uovo di gallina, ben 4 uova di piccole dimensioni; in uno spazio contenuto, si possono incubare ben 48 uova di quaglia, riducendo di netto i consumi di energia elettrica. 2) RABBOCCO DELL'ACQUA DALL'ESTERNO Il rabbocco delle vaschette interne avviene versando l'acqua nelle pratiche bocchette situate all'esterno dell'incubatrice. Gli interventi esterni, veloci e pratici, permettono di diminuire drasticamente la perdita d'umidità che andrebbe invece persa aprendo l'incubatrice per rabboccare le vaschette interne. 3) VENTILAZIONE COIMBENTATRICE A ISOLAMENTO TERMICO VENTILATO La ventilazione interna è garantita da una turbina silenziosa, che aspira aria dal basso per poi convogliarla sulle pareti laterali, creando una bariera d'aria calda. Grazie anche ad un design raffinato ed aereodinamico, unico nella sua categoria, viene garantita una maggiore uniformità della temperatura e dell'umidità all'interno dell'incubatrice. Artificial Intelligence: L'incubatrice utilizza un dispositivo elettronico digitale che permette all'utilizzatore di impostare il valore di temperatura desiderato con una risoluzione di 0,1°C, agendo in modo tale da mantenere costante quel valore al variare della temperatura dell'ambiente, garantendo cosi lo sviluppo embrionale senza scompensi. La regolazione sfrutta il principio della retroazione: il valore della temperatura rilevata dal sensore NTC viene confrontato con il valore scelto dall'utilizzatore. Il particolare algoritmo di regolazione adottato dal microprocessore permette di eliminare le oscillazioni caratteristiche delle regolazioni più semplici, offrendo velocità di risposta e buona stabilità della temperatura tipiche dei sistemi di controllo molto sofisticati. Dispositivo gira uova a levetta azionabile dall'esterno manualmente (si può installare il gira uova automatico anche in un secondo tempo). L'incubatrice è idonea a incubare uova di gallina, fagiano, faraona, quaglia, starna, pernice, anatra, germano, oca, tacchino, pavone, coturnice, piccione, colino, uccelli esotici e rapaci Capienza 0-12 uova, oppure 48 uova di piccole dimensioni (tipo quaglia) Tensione nominale monofase 230 Volt CE Potenza massima 45 W Consumo medio giornaliero Max. 0,5 kW/24 ore Display controllo digitale della temperatura con punto decimale Range temperatura modificabile da un Min. di 30°C a un Max. di 40°C Termostato elettronico di precisione +/- 0,1°C Motore della Turbina asincrono Silenziato Ventilazione a turbina, diametro 100 mm Riscaldatore resistenza in alluminio di elevata qualità Misure 28x36x26 cm Peso 2,45 Kg. Queste caratteristiche tecniche, con l'accurata selezione dei componenti, garantiscono precisione e durata delle performance nel tempo, associate ad un design compatto ed accattivante fanno dell'incubatrice REAL 12 un sistema di elevata qualità offerta ad un prezzo estremamente contenuto. Sito web: www.ferramentacardelli.com Prezzo:
Incubatrice semi-automatica REAL 24 Borotto - Ferramenta
Incubatrice semi-automatica REAL 24 Borotto: Incubatrice covatutto professionale semi-automatica. Per REAL 24 sono stati adottati sistemi estremamente innovativi che rispondono completamente alle specifiche esigenze del cliente, sempre più orientato verso utilizzo di una macchina tecnologicamente evoluta. Detiene ben 3 BREVETTI: 1) SISTEMA AD ALVEOLI UNIVERSALE Primo ed unico porta uova professionale al mondo in grado di alloggiare verticalmente qualsiasi tipo di uovo, dalle uova di oca a quelle di quaglia. In ogni singolo alloggiamento si possono infatti inserire, al posto di un uovo di gallina, ben 4 uova di piccole dimensioni; in uno spazio contenuto, si possono incubare ben 96 uova di quaglia, riducendo di netto i consumi di energia elettrica. 2) RABBOCCO DELL'ACQUA DALL'ESTERNO Il rabbocco delle vaschette interne avviene versando l'acqua nelle pratiche bocchette situate all'esterno dell'incubatrice. Gli interventi esterni, veloci e pratici, permettono di diminuire drasticamente la perdita d'umidità che andrebbe invece persa aprendo l'incubatrice per rabboccare le vaschette interne. 3) VENTILAZIONE COIMBENTATRICE A ISOLAMENTO TERMICO VENTILATO La ventilazione interna è garantita da una turbina silenziosa, che aspira aria dal basso per poi convogliarla sulle pareti laterali, creando una bariera d'aria calda. Grazie anche ad un design raffinato ed aereodinamico, unico nella sua categoria, viene garantita una maggiore uniformità della temperatura e dell'umidità all'interno dell'incubatrice. Artificial Intelligence: L'incubatrice utilizza un dispositivo elettronico digitale che permette all'utilizzatore di impostare il valore di temperatura desiderato con una risoluzione di 0,1°C, agendo in modo tale da mantenere costante quel valore al variare della temperatura dell'ambiente, garantendo cosi lo sviluppo embrionale senza scompensi. La regolazione sfrutta il principio della retroazione: il valore della temperatura rilevata dal sensore NTC viene confrontato con il valore scelto dall'utilizzatore. Il particolare algoritmo di regolazione adottato dal microprocessore permette di eliminare le oscillazioni caratteristiche delle regolazioni più semplici, offrendo velocità di risposta e buona stabilità della temperatura tipiche dei sistemi di controllo molto sofisticati. Dispositivo gira uova a levetta azionabile dall'esterno manualmente (si può installare il gira uova automatico anche in un secondo tempo). L'incubatrice è idonea a incubare uova di gallina, fagiano, faraona, quaglia, starna, pernice, anatra, germano, oca, tacchino, pavone, coturnice, piccione, colino, uccelli esotici e rapaci Capienza 0-24 uova, oppure 96 uova di piccole dimensioni (tipo quaglia) - Tensione nominale monofase 230 Volt CE Potenza massima 100 W Consumo medio giornaliero Max. 1 kW/24 ore Display controllo digitale della temperatura con punto decimale Range temperatura modificabile da un Min. di 30°C a un Max. di 40°C Termostato elettronico di precisione +/- 0,1°C Motore della Turbina asincrono silenziato Ventilazione a turbina, diametro 100 mm Riscaldatore resistenza in acciaio corazzato (AISI-304) di elevata qualità Dimensioni 50x34x26 cm Peso 3,37 Kg. Queste caratteristiche tecniche, con l'accurata selezione dei componenti, garantiscono precisione e durata delle performance nel tempo, associate ad un design compatto ed accattivante fanno dell'incubatrice REAL 24 un sistema di elevata qualità offerta ad un prezzo estremamente contenuto. Sito web: www.ferramentacardelli.com Prezzo:
Gaming Marketing Specialist
Lottoland give 8 million customers worldwide the chance to win astronomical record payouts by betting on the world’s biggest and most exciting lotteries. We’re a proud disrupter that offers jackpots into the hundreds the millions, reinventing the dream of becoming an instant multi-millionaire every day. We are one of the most innovative companies in the world and we’re confident that our newest products are set to revolutionise gaming.... but we can’t do it alone.Do you have a talent to share with us? Job title: Gaming Marketing Specialist Location: Gibraltar Contract: Permanent Reporting to: Gaming Promotions Manager Reporting to Gaming Promotions Manager, and working closely with the Gaming Operations team, we are seeking a Gaming Marketing Specialist to take responsibility for the creation, communication and management of promotions in a growing Gaming business. The objective of the role is to identify opportunities through thorough analysis of the customer database and capitalise on them with strategic marketing plans. The role will encompass both regular monthly retention focussed marketing plans as well as special projects – such as new product launches. The successful candidate will be expected to manage projects from inception, through briefing, execution and finally analysis stages. Together with the Gaming Promotions Manager, the successful candidate will act as an advisor to other areas of the business, particularly in the areas of Acquisition, Onboarding and VIP. Responsibilities: Managing multi-faceted projects – conducting in-depth analysis, presenting recommendations and collaborating with stakeholders business-wide to ensure excellent delivery. These projects will include work on acquisition, onboarding, automated promotions and loyalty. Identifying player trends that present promotional opportunities and recommend promotions to exploit them. Managing promotions from inception, through briefing, execution and finally analysis. With the help of the Business Intelligence team, analysing promotions in depth and recommending ways to optimise and improve them. Presenting plans and findings to the Gaming team and to the wider business. Signing off promotional assets and copy, ensuring they present the right marketing message to the customer. Strategically considering the positioning of Games and promotions on the site ensuring that the customers see the material relevant to them. Supporting the Gaming Promotion Manager in managing the promotional calendar of a growing Gaming business in multiple domains. Supporting Gaming Promotion Manager in communicating the promotions plan to stakeholders throughout the company. Supporting the Gaming Promotion Manager in briefing the promotions to the marketing teams. Supporting Gaming Promotions Manager on bonus cost reporting. Essential Skills & Experience required: 2+ years’ experience in Online Gaming, ideally in a Marketing function. Analytical and commercial mindset – able to see opportunities in player trends and know how to act on them. Ability to self-manage and self-motivate. Experience operating in multiple territories, languages, and currencies. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools (Word; Excel; Outlook; PowerPoint; SharePoint). Desired Skills & Experience: Working knowledge of Optimove and Microstrategy. Understanding of various Game providers and the promotion tools they offer. Excellent presentation and public speaking skills. Team player but able to work independently as well. Experience with Real Time Marketing Lottoland Benefits: Competitive salary Annual bonus 25 days holiday and 12 days Gibraltar bank holidays International premium healthcare subsidised gym membership within a variety of locations in Gibraltar Weekly subsidised Yoga sessions Continuous learning/development opportunities and progressive career paths. Cultural Fit: Lottoland is a dynamic, creative and technologically advanced organisation. Passion for innovation is a strength that is valued in Lottoland employees. Managers need to inspire and develop their teams to get the most out of them. Putting customers first is key to Lottoland’s success as is collaboration across the business. Employees are empowered to do their best but held accountable for their actions. Grit and determination is a prerequisite for all Lottolanders. Honesty, integrity and trust are a given. Lottoland could be just the place for you. We like it here and we’re sure you will too! Our corporate website has lots more information - check it out! www.lottolandcorporate.com