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  Internet Addiction - When...

  Juan Moisés De La Serna

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  Technology is more and more present in our lives, which is a clear advance, but also a danger, especially among the youngest people, since they can fall into what is called CyberAddiction. 
  This has become a reality today, a health problem that did not exist only a decade ago, and which is taking on new victims and more and more young people every day. Although the long-term consequences are still unknown, the fact that some studies indicate that 30% of young people who use the Internet on a daily basis are at risk of suffering from behavioral addiction means that one in three is at risk. While some countries are beginning to take steps to prevent it, in others they have not yet realized the gravity of the situation, hence the need to disseminate the results of recent research in this regard to give visibility to a social problem that requires both preventive and treatment measures.

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  Simple Things Won't Save the Earth

  J. Robert Hunter

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  We drive cars with "Save the Whales" bumper stickers, buy aerosol sprays that advertise "no chlorofluorocarbons," and wear T-shirts made from organically grown cotton. All of these "earth friendly" choices and products convince us that we are "thinking globally, acting locally" and saving the planet. But are we really? In this provocative book, J. Robert Hunter asserts that using catchy slogans and symbols to sell the public on environmental conservation is ineffective, misleading, and even dangerous. Debunking the Fifty Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth approach, Hunter shows that there are no simple solutions to major environmental problems such as species extinction, ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, and non-renewable resource consumption. The use of slogans and symbols, Hunter argues, simply gives the public a false sense that "someone" is solving the environmental crisis—while it remains as serious now as when the environmental movement began. Writing in plain yet passionate prose for general readers, he here opens a national debate on what is really required to preserve the earth as a habitat for the human species.

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  Being Mortal - Medicine and What...

  Atul Gawande

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  In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering. 
  Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified. 
  Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Ultimate SwiftUI Handbook for...

  Duong Dinh Bao Thang

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  DESCRIPTIONUltimate SwiftUI Handbook for iOS Developers is your comprehensive introduction to SwiftUI, Apple's powerful UI framework. Designed for both aspiring app developers and seasoned programmers, this book equips you with the knowledge and skills to build stunning user interfaces and robust app functionalities. Starting from the basics, you'll learn the core concepts of SwiftUI and its seamless integration with the Swift programming language. With step-by-step tutorials and practical examples, you'll gain hands-on experience in creating interactive apps for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.Not only does this book cover the fundamental principles of SwiftUI, but it also goes beyond the basics. Explore advanced topics such as networking with async-await, enabling smooth and responsive data fetching from remote servers. Dive into local storage techniques using UserDefault, CoreData, and File Manager to persist and manage data within your apps.With a focus on practical application, you'll discover how to design responsive layouts, handle user input, and implement state management techniques in your SwiftUI apps. Furthermore, you'll leverage SwiftUI's powerful animation capabilities to create visually appealing and engaging user experiences. Whether you're an independent developer, a student, or an aspiring professional, Ultimate SwiftUI Handbook for iOS Developers empowers you to bring your app ideas to life. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with the necessary skills to build exceptional apps that seamlessly blend beautiful interfaces with efficient networking and local data storage.Embark on an exciting journey into the world of SwiftUI and unleash your creativity in building outstanding apps for Apple's platforms. Get ready to transform your app development skills with SwiftUI Essentials.TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Swift LanguageChapter 2: Introduction to View in SwiftUIChapter 3: Implementing Layout in SwiftUIChapter 4: State, Binding, Property Wrapper, and Property ObserverChapter 5: Design Patterns with MVVMChapter 6: Tab Bar, Navigation, and Compositional LayoutChapter 7: Networking with SwiftUI - Part 1Chapter 8: Networking with SwiftUI - Part 2Chapter 9: Local Storage with UserDefaults, CoreData, and File ManagerChapter 10: Construct Beautiful Charts with Swift Charts	iOS 17 Appendix	Index

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  The Pine Island Paradox - Making...

  Kathleen Dean Moore

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  Can the love reserved for family and friends be extended to a place? “Luminous essays” on nature and environmental stewardship (Booklist). 
   
  Named one of the Top Ten Northwest Books of the Year by the Oregonian 
   
  In this book, acclaimed author Kathleen Dean Moore, a winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for Holdfast, reflects on how deeply the environment is entrenched in the human spirit, despite the notion that nature and humans are somehow separate. Moore’s essays, deeply felt and often funny, make connections in what can appear to be a disconnected world. Written in parable form, her stories of family and friends—of wilderness excursions with her husband and children, camping trips with students, blowing up a dam, her daughter’s arrest for protesting the war in Iraq—affirm an impulse of caring that belies the abstract division of humans from nature, of the sacred from the mundane. Underlying these wonderfully engaging stories is the author’s belief in a new ecological ethic of care, one that expands the idea of community to include the environment, and embraces the land as family. 
   
  “Stands with the best tradition of nature writing.” —The Oregonian

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  Within the Deep

  R. Cadwallader Smith

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  Presented in the form of lessons, R. Cadwallader Smith vividly portrays life in the ocean. Learn about the common and not so common that swim about in the deep, how they hunt for food and hide from enemies, visit a nursery and find out about the babies that live there, or take a stroll in an underwater garden. (Summary by Laura Victoria)

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