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  Dementia for caregivers -...

  Renee Phillippi

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  Ease your fears and embrace a caring, kind approach to looking after your loved one with dementia 
    
  As a caregiver, it can be incredibly intimidating and often anxiety-inducing to have so many responsibilities, and challenges thrust upon you. 
  This comprehensive guide will ease your worries and reassure you about everything you need to know to take care of your loved one as they progress through the stages of dementia. 
  In this guide, you will discover: 
  ● 7 invaluable ways to combat behavior issues of any type 
  ● Problem-solving strategies to help you manage sundowning, hallucinations, 
    delusions, aggression, apathy, and more 
    
  ● Advice on long-term care solutions so you can have everything planned in 
     advance to make those transitions easier to manage 
  And much more.

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  Complications - A Surgeon’s...

  Atul Gawande

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  A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. 
  Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This audio is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is — complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. 
  Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur and why good surgeons go bad. He also shows us what happens when medicine comes up against the inexplicable: an architect with incapacitating back pain for which there is no physical cause; a young woman with nausea that won't go away; a television newscaster whose blushing is so severe that she cannot do her job. Gawande offers a richly detailed portrait of the people and the science, even as he tackles the paradoxes and imperfections inherent in caring for human lives. 
  At once tough-minded and humane, Complications is a new kind of medical writing, nuanced and lucid, unafraid to confront the conflicts and uncertainties that lie at the heart of modern medicine, yet always alive to the possibilities of wisdom in this extraordinary endeavor.

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  The Math Myth - And Other Stem...

  Andrew Hacker

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  Andrew Hacker's 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in our schools instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict a full menu of mathematics on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes?The Math Myth expands Hacker's scrutiny of many widely held assumptions, like the notions that mathematics broadens our minds and that the entire Common Core syllabus should be required of every student. He worries that a frenzied emphasis on STEM is diverting attention from other pursuits and subverting the spirit of the country.In fact, Hacker honors mathematics as a calling (he has been a professor of mathematics) and extols its glories and its goals. Yet he shows how mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed and acts as an irrational barrier to graduation and careers. He proposes alternatives, including teaching facility with figures, quantitative reasoning, and understanding statistics.

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  Connectome - How the Brain's...

  Sebastian Seung

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  We know that each of us is unique, but science has struggled to pinpoint where, precisely, our uniqueness resides. Is it in our genes? The structure of our brains? Our genome may determine our eye color and even aspects of our personality. But our friendships, failures, and passions also shape who we are. The question is: how? 
   
  Sebastian Seung, a dynamic professor at MIT, is on a quest to discover the biological basis of identity. He believes it lies in the pattern of connections between the brain's neurons, which change slowly over time as we learn and grow. The connectome, as it's called, is where our genetic inheritance intersects with our life experience. It's where nature meets nurture. 
   
  Seung introduces us to the dedicated researchers who are mapping the brain's connections, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse. It is a monumental undertaking-the scientific equivalent of climbing Mount Everest-but if they succeed, it could reveal the basis of personality, intelligence, memory, and perhaps even mental disorders. Many scientists speculate that people with anorexia, autism, and schizophrenia are "wired differently," but nobody knows for sure. The brain's wiring has never been seen clearly. 
   
  In sparklingly clear prose, Seung reveals the amazing technological advances that will soon help us map connectomes. He also examines the evidence that these maps will someday allow humans to "upload" their minds into computers, achieving a kind of immortality. 
   
  Connectome is a mind-bending adventure story, told with great passion and authority. It presents a daring scientific and technological vision for at last understanding what makes us who we are. Welcome to the future of neuroscience.

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  COMPTIA NETWORK+ - Tips and...

  Walker Schmidt

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  Networking certifications will pave your way to a better future in the industry, and the CompTIA Network+ certification is one of the most profound beginner networking certifications that can help you elevate your career as a network administrator. This test will gauge all your networking knowledge, and if you are new to the networks, we have compiled the best content that will work as a handbook for passing the Network+ exam. We have provided a list of all the topics that you need to learn to pass the exam, and you will find the test references in all the sections. These test references will give you a hands-on experience on how to pass the exam and start your journey toward becoming a good network administrator. This easy to read and detailed guide puts a light on all the objectives of the Network+ exam, and the content is presented in a manner that will help you prepare for the exam. You will find theatrical and practical examples in this guide, which will give you a deep understanding of networking in general. Some networking topics that you will find in this handbook are: • Networking Basics • OSI model • Networking Devices, Ports and Protocols • Wired and Wireless Communication • Network Operations • Network Security • Network troubleshooting You will only need this book to learn and study about the CompTIA Network+ exam in a proficient manner.

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  The Political Determinants of...

  Daniel E. Dawes, David R. Williams

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  Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options—these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer?In this book, Daniel E. Dawes argues that political determinants of health create the social drivers—including poor environmental conditions, inadequate transportation, unsafe neighborhoods, and lack of healthy food options—that affect all other dynamics of health. By understanding these determinants, their origins, and their impact on the equitable distribution of opportunities and resources, we will be better equipped to develop and implement actionable solutions to close the health gap.Dawes draws on his firsthand experience helping to shape major federal policies, including the Affordable Care Act, to describe the history of efforts to address the political determinants that have resulted in health inequities. Taking us further upstream to the underlying source of the causes of inequities, Dawes examines the political decisions that lead to our social conditions, makes the social determinants of health more accessible, and provides a playbook for how we can address them effectively.

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