Iris Grace
Iris Grace

Author: Arabella Carter-Johnson

Publisher: Skyhorse

Published: 2017-04-25

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1510719806

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Iris Grace is a beautiful little girl who, from a very young age, barely communicated, avoided social interaction with other people, and rarely smiled. From both before her diagnosis of autism and after, she seemed trapped in her own world, unable to connect with those around her. One day, her mother brought home a Maine Coon kitten for Iris, even though cats aren’t typically thought of as therapy pets. Thula, named after one of Iris’s favorite African lullabies and meaning “peace” in Zulu, immediately bonded with Iris. Thula knew right away how to assuage Iris when she became overstimulated; when to intervene when Iris became overwhelmed; and how to provide distraction when Iris started heading toward a meltdown. Whether exploring, playing, sleeping, or taking a bath with Iris or accompanying the family on a bike ride, Thula became so much more than a therapy cat. With Thula’s safe companionship, Iris began to talk and interact with her family. This heartwarming story is illustrated with sixty of Iris’s gorgeous impressionistic paintings, works of art that have allowed her to express herself since the age of three. A gifted artist, Iris sees the natural world in a profoundly vivid and visceral way. With Thula by her side, she’ll sit and paint for hours, and the results are stunning. Inspiring and touching, Iris Grace follows the struggles and triumphs of a family—and a miracle cat—as they learn to connect with an amazing child.

Divine Variations
Divine Variations

Author: Terence Keel

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1503604373

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Divine Variations offers a new account of the development of scientific ideas about race. Focusing on the production of scientific knowledge over the last three centuries, Terence Keel uncovers the persistent links between pre-modern Christian thought and contemporary scientific perceptions of human difference. He argues that, instead of a rupture between religion and modern biology on the question of human origins, modern scientific theories of race are, in fact, an extension of Christian intellectual history. Keel's study draws on ancient and early modern theological texts and biblical commentaries, works in Christian natural philosophy, seminal studies in ethnology and early social science, debates within twentieth-century public health research, and recent genetic analysis of population differences and ancient human DNA. From these sources, Keel demonstrates that Christian ideas about creation, ancestry, and universalism helped form the basis of modern scientific accounts of human diversity—despite the ostensible shift in modern biology towards scientific naturalism, objectivity, and value neutrality. By showing the connections between Christian thought and scientific racial thinking, this book calls into question the notion that science and religion are mutually exclusive intellectual domains and proposes that the advance of modern science did not follow a linear process of secularization.

WHO malaria terminology, 2021 update
WHO malaria terminology, 2021 update

Author:

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2021-11-24

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 924003840X

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In recent years, there has been a proliferation of new terms in relation to malaria in scientific literature, technical reports and the media. Concurrently, a number of terms with new or modified use and meaning have been introduced. This glossary of malaria terminology, updated in 2021, is based on input from WHO technical expert groups and aims to improve communication and mutual understanding within the scientific community, as well as with funding agencies, public health officials responsible for malaria programmes, and policymakers in malaria endemic countries.

Flare Observations in the IRIS Era: What Have We Learned, and What’s Next?
Flare Observations in the IRIS Era: What Have We Learned, and What’s Next?

Author: Vanessa Polito

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2023-12-27

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 2832539335

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Since its launch in 2013, IRIS has observed more than 10 X-class, over 100 M-class and more than 600 C-class flares at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. Thanks to the rich diagnostics that cover the physical conditions of the solar atmosphere from the photosphere to the hottest parts of the flaring corona, IRIS observations have provided exciting new results and constraints on flare heating models, significantly expanding our knowledge of how flares are triggered, and how the non-thermal energy is released, propagates downward from the corona, and is deposited in the low atmosphere. At the same time, the new discoveries provided by IRIS have raised new unresolved questions and new challenges for theoretical models. For instance, current hydrodynamic models still cannot fully explain many features observed by IRIS during both the impulsive and gradual phases such as the dynamics of the evaporative/condensation flows, the large line broadenings, and the puzzling complex and broad chromospheric lines. In addition, important questions remain regarding the details of the energy propagation and dissipation in flares, the importance of Alfvén waves vs electron-beam and thermal conduction heating, and the effects from large-scale reconfiguration of the magnetic field during flares.

Strengthening health emergency preparedness in cities and urban settings
Strengthening health emergency preparedness in cities and urban settings

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Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2022-02-10

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9240040897

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This guidance document aims to support leaders, policy-makers and decision makers in both national and local authorities, who work on strengthening health emergency preparedness in cities and urban settings. Building on the key aspects that authorities should consider it proposes possible actions and approaches, that when adapted to different local contexts, will contribute to enhanced prevention, preparedness, and readiness for health emergencies in cities and urban settings for a robust response and eventual recovery. It supplements other existing WHO guidance and tools on urban preparedness, in particular the WHO Framework for Strengthening health emergency preparedness in cities and urban settings.

Iris and Periocular Recognition using Deep Learning
Iris and Periocular Recognition using Deep Learning

Author: Ajay Kumar

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-06-12

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0443273197

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This book systematically explains the fundamental and most advanced techniques for ocular imprint-based human identification, with many applications in sectors such as healthcare, online education, e-business, metaverse, and entertainment. This is the first-ever book devoted to iris recognition that details cutting-edge techniques using deep neural networks. This book systematically introduces such algorithmic details with attractive illustrations, examples, experimental comparisons, and security analysis. It answers many fundamental questions about the most effective iris and periocular recognition techniques.? Provides insightful algorithmic details into highly efficient and precise iris recognition using deep neural networks? Unveils a collection of previously unpublished results and in-depth explanations of advanced ocular recognition algorithms? Presents iris recognition algorithms specifically designed to bolster metaverse security, featuring specialized techniques for iris detection, segmentation, and matching? Offers illustrative examples and comparative analysis, establishing reliability and confidence in deep learning-based methods over widely used conventional methods? Provides access to the original codes and databases

Iris Apfel: Colorful
Iris Apfel: Colorful

Author: Iris Apfel

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2024-11-19

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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Fashion icon Iris Apfel shares her philosophy for living, unique perspective on design, and the key moments that shaped her life, along with 300 photographs from her personal collection in a beautifully produced legacy book, featuring a bespoke ribbon marker, edges sprayed with a vibrant pink ink, and a debossed, high-gloss cover. In the summer of 2023, as Iris Apfel welcomed her 102nd birthday, she put pen to paper to write this very special project, which Iris called her legacy book. “This is not a book of secrets—I have no secrets. Sorry to disappoint if that’s what you’re looking for. I have some good stories, though. And a few ideas. This book is about living, creating, and color. Because creativity and color matter. I don’t want you to dress like me or think like me—that’s not the idea of this book. I want you to find the colors, confidence, and creative inspiration that reflect you. My life has been filled with love, wonder, and a very deep, incurable curiosity. This book is my treasure trove of inspiration, influences, and ideas: My source. Be brave. Find your source. What makes you happy? —Much love, Iris x” With more than 300 personal photos and adorned with beautiful, unseen fabric patterns from Iris’s Old World Weaver’s collection, Iris Apfel: Colorful has her incredible energy radiating from every page. Here she shares her creative work, life stories, adventures, and unwavering belief in the essential power of color and creativity on a life well lived.

Taxmann's CRACKER for Enterprise Information Systems & Strategic Management (Paper 7 | EIS SM) – Covering past exam questions, RTPs/MTPs of ICAI & detailed answers for CA Inter | Nov. 2023 Exam
Taxmann's CRACKER for Enterprise Information Systems & Strategic Management (Paper 7 | EIS SM) – Covering past exam questions, RTPs/MTPs of ICAI & detailed answers for CA Inter | Nov. 2023 Exam

Author: CA Vivek Panwar

Publisher: Taxmann Publications Private Limited

Published: 2023-06-09

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 9357780440

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This book is prepared exclusively for the Intermediate Level of Chartered Accountancy Examination requirement. It covers the questions & detailed answers strictly as per the new syllabus of ICAI. The Present Publication is the 6th Edition for CA-Inter | Nov. 2023 exam. This book is authored by CA Vivek Panwar with the following noteworthy features: • Strictly as per the New Syllabus of ICAI • Coverage of this book includes: o All Past Exam Questions § Solved Paper – CA Intermediate May 2022 § Solved Paper – CA Intermediate Nov. 2022 § Solved Paper – CA Intermediate May 2023 o Questions from RTPs and MTPs of ICAI o Application-Based MCQs o Integrated Case Studies • [Point-wise Answers] are given in this book for easy learning • [Marks Distribution] Chapter-wise marks distribution from May 2018 • [Trend Analysis] for Past Exams from Nov. 2019 • [Comparison with Study Material] Chapter-wise comparison with ICAI Study Material Contents of this book are as follows: • Enterprise Information Systems o Automated Business Process o Financial & Accounting System o Information System & its Components o E-Commerce, M-Commerce & Emerging Technologies o Core Banking Systems • Topic-wise New Important Questions • Strategic Management o Introduction to Strategic Management o Dynamics of Competitive Strategy o Strategic Management Process o Corporate Level Strategies o Business Level Strategies o Functional Level Strategies o Organization and Strategic Leadership o Strategy Implementation and Control • Application-Based MCQs & Integrated Case Studies

The Bullet
The Bullet

Author: Iris Johansen

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1538713179

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From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a woman finally gets her happily-ever-after ending with the man she loves—until a woman on the run shows up on her doorstep with enough secrets to get them all killed.