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  Inclusive Transportation - A...

  Veronica O. Davis, Tamika L. Butler

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  Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the United States face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while charting the course for the next generation. This task requires empathy while pushing against forces in the industry that are resistant to change. How do you change a system that was never designed to be equitable? How do you change a system that continues to divide communities? 
   
   
   
  In Inclusive Transportation, transportation expert Veronica O. Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering. She calls for new thinking and more diverse leadership to create transportation networks that connect people to jobs, education, opportunities, and to each other. Inclusive Transportation is a vision for change and a new era of transportation planning. Davis explains why centering people in transportation decisions requires a great shift in how transportation planners and engineers are trained, how they communicate, the kind of data they collect, and how they work as professional teams. 
   
   
   
  Davis aims to disrupt the status quo of the transportation industry. She urges transportation professionals to reflect on past injustices and elevate current practice to do the hard work that results in more than an idea and a catchphrase.

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  Mastering GraphQL - A...

  Et Tu Code

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  Are you looking to build a scalable and efficient API using GraphQL?  
  Look no further! This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to master GraphQL, from its history and popular applications to its schema, queries, mutations, resolvers, directives, pagination, authentication, authorization, error handling, best practices, testing, tooling, and more.  
  Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, this book has got you covered. 
  1. Introduction to GraphQL 
  2. History of GraphQL 
  3. Popular Applications of GraphQL 
  4. GraphQL Schema and Types 
  5. Queries and Mutations 
  6. GraphQL Resolvers 
  7. GraphQL Directives 
  8. Pagination and Batch Loading 
  9. Authentication and Authorization 
  10. Error Handling in GraphQL 
  11. Subscriptions in GraphQL 
  12. GraphQL Best Practices 
  13. Testing GraphQL APIs 
  14. Tooling and Development Workflow 
  15. Integrating GraphQL with Frontend Frameworks 
  16. GraphQL in Production 
  17. GraphQL and Microservices 
  18. Challenges and Problems with GraphQL 
  19. Benefits of GraphQL over REST API 
  20. Disadvantages of GraphQL compared to REST API 
  21. Interview Questions on GraphQL in JavaScript

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  Oil Beach - How Toxic...

  Christina Dunbar-Hester

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  Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? 
    
  San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.

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  Bitten - The Secret History of...

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  A riveting thriller reminiscent of The Hot Zone, this true story dives into the mystery surrounding one of the most controversial and misdiagnosed conditions of our time—Lyme disease—and of Willy Burgdorfer, the man who discovered the microbe behind it, revealing his secret role in developing bug-borne biological weapons, and raising terrifying questions about the genesis of the epidemic of tick-borne diseases affecting millions of Americans today. 
   
  While on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Kris Newby was bitten by an unseen tick. That one bite changed her life forever, pulling her into the abyss of a devastating illness that took ten doctors to diagnose and years to recover: Newby had become one of the 300,000 Americans who are afflicted with Lyme disease each year. 
  As a science writer, she was driven to understand why this disease is so misunderstood, and its patients so mistreated. This quest led her to Willy Burgdorfer, the Lyme microbe’s discoverer, who revealed that he had developed bug-borne bioweapons during the Cold War, and believed that the Lyme epidemic was started by a military experiment gone wrong. 
  In a superb, meticulous work of narrative journalism, Bitten takes readers on a journey to investigate these claims, from biological weapons facilities to interviews with biosecurity experts and microbiologists doing cutting-edge research, all the while uncovering darker truths about Willy. It also leads her to uncomfortable questions about why Lyme can be so difficult to both diagnose and treat, and why the government is so reluctant to classify chronic Lyme as a disease. 
  A gripping, infectious page-turner, Bitten will shed a terrifying new light on an epidemic that is exacting an incalculable toll on us, upending much of what we believe we know about it.

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  Kids DNA Book

  Andrew Kirby

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  Genes, although tiny and imperceptible, play a pivotal role in shaping our physical characteristics, unless modified by medical intervention. Originating from the first man and woman, genes come in various types, with Y-Chromosomes and mtdna being extensively studied by geneticists. Y-DNA is inherited exclusively from fathers to sons, perpetuating through generations of male lineage, while mtdna is passed from mothers to all their offspring, albeit only daughters can transmit it further.The classification of Y-DNA and mtdna into letters helps delineate the genetic relationships across different populations and regions. However, these genetic markers often exhibit a mosaic distribution due to intermarriages, conflicts, and migrations throughout history. Despite these diversifications, humanity remains fundamentally linked to its ancestral roots, with distant connections to the original progenitors persisting through millennia of genetic mingling. Thus, while genetic variations have enriched our species over time, our collective genetic heritage underscores the profound interconnectedness among human populations worldwide.

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  Biochemistry - The Chemistry of...

  Jeron Iris

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  Dive into the molecular universe within every cell with this guide, the definitive guide to understanding life at its most fundamental level. This book reveals the intricate world of molecules, enzymes, and biochemical pathways that power every living organism, from the simplest bacteria to complex human systems.  
  Explore how the core principles of chemistry and biology come together to build proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids—molecules essential for life. With clear explanations of complex topics like DNA replication, protein synthesis, cellular respiration, and metabolic cycles, this book makes it easy to understand how cells transform energy, repair themselves, and communicate.  
  Through real-world examples and fascinating case studies, this guide shows how biochemistry is the key to breakthroughs in medicine, genetics, agriculture, and environmental science. Whether you’re a student, scientist, or curious reader, this guide will deepen your appreciation for the processes that drive life and inspire a new understanding of the molecular machinery that sustains us all.

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