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Stories from ICU Doctors Navigating and conquering adversity


Free Download Stories from ICU Doctors: Navigating and conquering adversity by Diane Dennis, Aaron Calhoun, Rahul Khanna, Cameron Knott, Peter Vernon van Heerden
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 291 Pages | ISBN : 3031324005 | 5.2 MB
The intensive care unit (ICU) is a specialised hospital ward where the ‘sickest-of-the-sick’ patients, often with life-threatening illness, receive around-the-clock monitoring and life support. There is a wide spectrum of conditions managed, and these present unique challenges for those who work in this field. Written in lay language by experienced ICU doctors (Intensivists), Psychiatrists, healthcare professionals outside of medicine and other stakeholders, "Stories from ICU doctors" provides insight and commentary around the nature and management of stressors for senior doctors working in the ICU.

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Smelter Grade Alumina from Bauxite History, Best Practices, and Future Challenges


Free Download Smelter Grade Alumina from Bauxite: History, Best Practices, and Future Challenges by Benny E. Raahauge
English | EPUB | 2022 | 866 Pages | ISBN : 3030885852 | 202.5 MB
This book provides a comprehensive review of the production of smelter grade alumina from bauxite ores. It emphasizes the best practices applied in the industry today but seen in a historical context with a view to future challenges and developments.

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Scenes from Village Life


Free Download Amos Oz, "Scenes from Village Life"
English | 2012 | pages: 152 | ISBN: 009954136X | EPUB | 0,2 mb
"Informed by everything, weighed down by nothing, this is an exquisite work of art." -The Scotsman

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Pennies from Heaven A Personal Experience of Providing Live-in Care with a Family Member or Friend with Dementia


Free Download Elisabeth Webb-Hooper, "Pennies from Heaven: A Personal Experience of Providing Live-in Care with a Family Member or Friend with Dementia"
English | 2017 | pages: 38 | ISBN: 1912333007 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
This is an inspirational story, told from the heart, by a daughter whose father suffered from dementia for the last three years of his life. Written with openness and honesty, it will be of comfort and interest to all those in a similar situation, caring for family members with Alzheimer’s or Dementia.

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Oxymoronica paradoxical wit and wisdom from history’s greatest wordsmiths


Free Download Mardy Grothe, "Oxymoronica: paradoxical wit and wisdom from history’s greatest wordsmiths"
English | 2009 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 0060537000, 0060536993 | EPUB | 0,3 mb
A must-have for language lovers, this compendium contains hundreds of mind-stretching observations that are contradictory or illogical on one level, yet true, witty, and often profound on another.

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One Ring Circus Dispatches from the World of Boxing


Free Download Katherine Dunn, "One Ring Circus: Dispatches from the World of Boxing"
English | 2009 | pages: 248 | ISBN: 0980139422 | EPUB | 2,5 mb
Published together for the first time, this anthology of essays on boxing covers the sport in all its forms and at its many levels. Written in bestselling author Katherine Dunn’s characteristic vernacular, these pieces range from portraits of legendary fighters such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, and Mike Tyson to the unsung stories of trainers, amateurs, promoters, cutmen, and a pair of pugilistic priests. Spanning 30 years and including all who make up the vibrant boxing world, this compilation-from one of the most original voices in American sports literature-finely elevates the sport and communicates its beauty, passion, and character.

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Novel Aspects of Diamond From Growth to Applications, Second Edition


Free Download Novel Aspects of Diamond: From Growth to Applications, Second Edition by Nianjun Yang
English | EPUB | 2019 | 507 Pages | ISBN : 3030124681 | 123.8 MB
This book is in honor of the contribution of Professor Xin Jiang (Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Germany) to diamond. The objective of this book is to familiarize readers with the scientific and engineering aspects of CVD diamond films and to provide experienced researchers, scientists, and engineers in academia and industry with the latest developments and achievements in this rapidly growing field.

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Network neutrality From policy to law to regulation


Free Download Christopher T. Marsden, "Network neutrality: From policy to law to regulation"
English | 2017 | pages: 263 | ISBN: 1526105489, 1526107279 | PDF | 6,3 mb
Net neutrality is the most contested Internet access policy of our time. This book offers an in-depth explanation of the concept, addressing its history since 1999, its engineering, the policy challenges it represents and its legislation and regulation. Various case studies are presented, including Specialized Services and Content Delivery Networks for video over the Internet, and the book goes on to examine the future of net neutrality battles in Europe, the United States and developing countries, as well as offering co-regulatory solutions based on FRAND and non-exclusivity. It will be a must-read for researchers and advocates in the net neutrality debate, as well as those interested in the context of communications regulation, law and economic regulation, human rights discourse and policy, and the impact of science and engineering on policy and governance.

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