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  Agile and Scrum - Streamlining...

  James Ferry

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  Agile and Scrum: Streamlining Project Management for Efficient Team Collaboration is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to improve their project management practices and team collaboration. This book introduces the origins and principles of agile and scrum methodologies, providing a clear understanding of how they differ from traditional project management approaches. 
  Readers will gain insight into the foundations of scrum and key concepts and terminologies of agile and scrum. The book also covers the practical aspects of implementing agile and scrum, including preparing for implementation, building an agile and scrum team, conducting agile and scrum ceremonies, managing the product backlog, and reporting metrics. 
  Additionally, readers will learn advanced agile and scrum techniques, including best practices for distributed teams, scaling agile and scrum for large-scale projects, and applying agile and scrum to non-software projects. The book includes real-life case studies and success stories, as well as common pitfalls and how to avoid them. 
  Agile and Scrum: Streamlining Project Management for Efficient Team Collaboration is a must-read for anyone seeking to improve their project management practices and team collaboration through the power of agile and scrum methodologies. 
   

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  Sustainability - A Very Short...

  Saleem H. Ali

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  The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the emergence of a broad field of study on the 'sustainability' of human societies. The term's common usage can be traced back to the advent of the Earth Summit in 1992 when 'sustainable development' was broadly embraced by the international community as an ostensibly win-win proposition for economic development, social inclusion, and ecological conservation. Yet both the natural science underpinnings and the social implications of a quest for sustainability have been diffuse. There is a need for a coherent synthesis which draws out key themes from both natural and social analysis of the concept.This Very Short Introduction begins by introducing the concept of sustainability and how it has developed. The central chapters consider four key concepts crucial to sustainability: a) material and energy flows in consumption and production; b) technological interventions for a sustainable society; c) tipping points, and resilience in natural and social systems; and d) renewability and circularity in the economy. In the concluding chapter, Saleem H. Ali explores political means of managing anthropogenic change for a more sustainable society.

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  Woman Cancer Sex - Second Edition

  Anne Katz

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  Winner of the 2023 SSTAR Consumer Book Award! 
   
   
   
  Woman Cancer Sex, Second Edition, is an accessible and comprehensive resource for women living with and surviving cancer as they navigate specific challenges related to sex and sexuality. 
   
   
   
  Women who have survived cancer remain sexual beings despite the challenges of cancer treatment, and they often have nowhere to go with their questions and concerns. This text interweaves stories from clinical practice with evidence-based tips and interventions for a range of physical and emotional side effects resulting from cancer and its treatment. Each chapter describes the experience of a woman with a particular kind of cancer and a variety of related problems, including loss of libido, physical pain, body image issues, depression, and struggles communicating with a partner and health care providers. 
   
   
   
  Written by a leading voice in the field of cancer and sexuality, this book offers essential guidance surrounding questions about sexual health for women diagnosed with cancer. It will also be of use to health care providers including social workers and sex and couple therapists.

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  You Teach the Machines - AI On...

  Jeff Pennington

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  AI on your terms. Not theirs. You Teach the Machines helps people of all backgrounds understand, live with, and use artificial intelligence. Told through real examples drawn from finance, cooking, technology, marketing, health, music, driving, and more, You Teach the Machines will help you maximize benefit and minimize harm from the AI-driven change already happening in your life. Find out what AI has to do with data privacy, the movie Trading Places, painter Bob Ross's Happy Little Clouds, the growth of the nuclear power industry, and your child or grandchild's classroom. Did you know that AI learns much like a baby? Understand the AI training cycle and how you participate in it-whether you realize it or not, you literally teach the machines. Did you know that AI can scale the expertise of specialized doctors? Discover how AI can enhance your health and provide rural residents with new access to medical care. Does this all feel new? Learn how we've been here before: From the invention of the written and printed word to ChatGPT, You Teach the Machines shows how writing and books have transformed the use of human knowledge, just as AI is doing now. Historical anecdotes help to demystify and put powerful new artificial intelligence technology in a historical context relevant to your life and work today. Completely new to AI? Helpful hands-on exercises walk you through what AI is good at—and where it is still a work-in-progress. Gain actionable insight into the pitfalls and side effects of a new industrial revolution in human knowledge work. Most importantly, You Teach the Machines lays out a path to improve your work and life with artificial intelligence. On your terms.

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  Virology - Tiny Invaders and...

  Mike Crawford

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  Viruses are microscopic entities that exist at the boundary between living and non-living matter. Despite their minuscule size, viruses have a profound impact on all forms of life, from bacteria and plants to humans and animals. They are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, outnumbering bacteria by a factor of ten. Viruses have played a key role in shaping ecosystems, driving evolution, and causing significant diseases in both humans and other organisms. 
  A virus is fundamentally a small particle, or "virion," composed of genetic material (either DNA or RNA) encased in a protein coat known as a capsid. Some viruses also have an outer lipid membrane called an envelope. Unlike bacteria or other microorganisms, viruses lack the machinery necessary for self-replication and metabolism. Instead, they must infect a host cell to reproduce. The virus hijacks the host's cellular machinery to replicate its genome and assemble new viral particles, which are then released to infect other cells. 
  The structure of viruses is incredibly diverse. There are simple, rod-shaped viruses, more complex spherical ones, and even geometrically intricate varieties like the icosahedral viruses. The genetic material within the virus—whether it is single-stranded or double-stranded, RNA or DNA—dictates the virus's replication strategy and determines how it interacts with the host organism. While some viruses infect only specific species or cell types, others are capable of infecting multiple hosts, sometimes crossing species barriers in the process.

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  Finding Genius: Stories Told by...

  Richard Jacobs

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  A lifelong fascination with all things bones. A four-decades-long hunt for the specimens of 2,500+ species past and present. An unwavering desire to preserve, appreciate, and display this rich history of life on Earth. 
  These things led to the establishment of the largest privately-held collection of osteological pieces in the world; a place where science displays are more like works of art ... capturing the attention of every eye that lands upon them, and telling a profound story without uttering a single word. 
  I'm Richard Jacobs. A casual trip with my family to a bone museum sparked a number of observations that I found too intriguing not to share. 
  Enjoy. And please, never stop being curious, and never stop asking questions – the good ones can lead to the greatest discoveries of mankind. 

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