Until Proven Safe

Until Proven Safe
Author: Nicola Twilley
Publisher: MCD
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2021-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0374715335

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching quarantine since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. With Until Proven Safe, they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces–––biological, political, technological––that shape our modern world. Quarantine is our most powerful response to uncertainty: it means waiting to see if something hidden inside us will be revealed. It is also one of our most dangerous, operating through an assumption of guilt. In quarantine, we are considered infectious until proven safe. Until Proven Safe tracks the history and future of quarantine around the globe, chasing the story of emergency isolation through time and space—from the crumbling lazarettos of the Mediterranean, built to contain the Black Death, to an experimental Ebola unit in London, and from the hallways of the CDC to closed-door simulations where pharmaceutical execs and epidemiologists prepare for the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. But the story of quarantine ranges far beyond the history of medical isolation. In Until Proven Safe, the authors tour a nuclear-waste isolation facility beneath the New Mexican desert, see plants stricken with a disease that threatens the world’s wheat supply, and meet NASA’s Planetary Protection Officer, tasked with saving Earth from extraterrestrial infections. They also introduce us to the corporate tech giants hoping to revolutionize quarantine through surveillance and algorithmic prediction. We live in a disorienting historical moment that can feel both unprecedented and inevitable; Until Proven Safe helps us make sense of our new reality through a thrillingly reported, thought-provoking exploration of the meaning of freedom, governance, and mutual responsibility.

365 Days and More

365 Days and More
Author: Srishti Chawla
Publisher: Writersgram
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2022-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

It is needless to tell that COVID-19 has brought the most unimaginable changes in all of our lives and it has been so happening throughout this ride. I believe the pandemic has had the most noteworthy events that have ever occurred to me and penning them down has made me come across them in a much better way. Every single day teaches a lesson and apparently I learnt so many in this period that it gives me such joy to share these life-changing experiences with a wider audience. Come and witness the era of COVID-19 through my eyes which have seen and my pen which has scattered them all over these pages!

Morning Mantras for 365 Days

Morning Mantras for 365 Days
Author: Dr. Satheesh Kumar Menon
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 631
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1639404600

Daily musings on the power of love, compassion, service, empathy, self-confidence, trust, gratitude, courage and creativity. Positivity Capsules for living during the pandemic

Inclusive Learning 365

Inclusive Learning 365
Author: Christopher Bugaj
Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2022-08-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1564848825

Designed to be read one day – and page – at a time, this book from four inclusive learning experts offers 365 strategies for implementing technology to design inclusive experiences. Educators across the world are working to design individualized instruction that empowers every student to become experts at learning. Technology and instructional interventions designed to support students with disabilities often eventually become mainstream and used by the masses. These practices provide a pathway for designing inclusive, equitable and accessible educational experiences that meet the needs of every individual learner. This engaging book includes daily strategies accompanied by examples of tools that can be implemented immediately to design meaningful instruction. Topics covered include role-playing games for social-emotional learning, building literacy through captioned video, coding to teach early literacy, text-to-speech for math and reading, and much more! Each daily strategy includes: • Explanation of how to use the strategy to design inclusive educational experiences. • Examples of tools that can be used to implement the strategy. • Alternative ways to use the strategy to extend student learning. • Images illustrating the strategy or tool. • Identification of relevant ISTE Standards for Educators and ISTE Standards for Students. Related resources. The heart of the book is the shift in mindset that occurs by exploring a different practical, inclusive strategy each day and infusing these strategies into everyday practice.

System Analysis and Artificial Intelligence

System Analysis and Artificial Intelligence
Author: Michael Zgurovsky
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031374509

This book contains the latest scientific work of Ukrainian scientists and their colleagues from other countries of the world in three interrelated areas: systems analysis, artificial intelligence and data mining. The included articles present the theoretical foundations and practical applications of the latest tools and methods of artificial intelligence, scenario planning, decision making and computational intelligence for important areas of human activity. The tools and methods presented in the book are continuously evolving and finding new applications across various fields, contributing to advancements and efficiencies in different industries: healthcare, finance, retail and E-commerce, manufacturing and industrial automation, transportation and logistics advancements and cybersecurity. The results of the book are useful to teachers, scientists, graduate students of universities and managers of large companies specializing in strategic planning, engineering design of complex systems, decision-making, optimization of operations and other related fields of knowledge and practice.

365 Days of Praise, Thanksgiving & Assurance of God's Promises: Volume 1

365 Days of Praise, Thanksgiving & Assurance of God's Promises: Volume 1
Author: Emmanuel Obeng Asiedu
Publisher: Emmanuel Obeng Asiedu
Total Pages: 108
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

In the year 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) hit the entire world. The global pandemic brought things to a standstill. Countries underwent lockdown, and fear crippled many for an anticipated second wave and the hope for vaccines. In this time of uncertainty, where everything seems to be going contrary, and wickedness abounding on the earth, praise is that which can provoke the hand of God. Most of the things happening in the world today are prophecies that must be fulfilled as this age ends. Our attitude should be one of praise and thanksgiving, knowing that God is in control and his hand is at work to fulfill all his purposes concerning the earth. All the promises of God find complete fulfillment in Jesus Christ. This is volume 1 of 365 days devotional journal of praise, thanksgiving, and assurance of the promises of God, covering January to March. Each day comes with a distinct verse on praise; easy to commit to memory and hidden in some are God’s promises. The scripture references are from the New King James Version (NKJV), unless otherwise stated. It is presented in such a way that everyone, from the least to the greatest can benefit. Each day also comes with a keyword Hebrew study from the passage, as we look through Genesis to part of the Psalms in Volume 1. Each page is organized into 6 sections: 1. Date: Which comes with the month & day (e.g., January 1), Week (from 1 to 13), and Day (from 1 to 90). This captures what disparate groups might prefer to go with and serves as a reminder to the reader the week or day of the entire year. 2. Scripture: The verse(s) for the day is shared here with the days’ keyword in bold letter. 3. Today’s Keyword: We look into the keyword; its Hebrew (for an old testament scripture) according to Strong’s concordance. 4. Prayer & Confession: This is the column to pray through the passage and make some declarations. 5. Food for Thought: Some thoughts on the passage are shared; something to think about throughout the day; questions and exercises to do. 6. Bible Reading Plan: An optional plan to read through the bible in a year. This book adopts the historical plan (i.e., reading the books as they were historically written, according to their estimated writing date). You can do so by reading or listening. Determine to become a student of the word. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near… Revelation 1:3 As we walk with God, we have to be guided by the truths of His word. God bless you as you make time to study daily and nourish your soul with His word. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!… Psalms 150:6.

Capitalism and COVID-19

Capitalism and COVID-19
Author: Noel Chellan
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2023
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9004539808

Capitalism and COVID-19: Time to Make a Democratic New World Order proposes the deepening of democracy in a post-capitalist world. It suggests that humans should be placed back in nature and nature back in humans and argues for a global environmental movement. The book maintains that the free market should serve people and planet - instead of people and planet serving the free market. It motivates for enabling the state in leading the transition to a post-capitalist world. A post-capitalist society should ensure planetary and peoples' well-being together with economic well-being. Economic science in its current ideological form should be revisited. Exiting capitalism requires the unity of workers of all countries. Capitalism and COVID-19: Time to Make a Democratic New World Order calls for reimagining and recreating the best of all possible worlds for present and future generations. In the final analysis Noel Chellan predicts and maintains that capitalism too shall pass!

The Science behind the COVID Pandemic and Healthcare Technology Solutions

The Science behind the COVID Pandemic and Healthcare Technology Solutions
Author: Sasan Adibi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2022-10-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 303110031X

This book offers a timely review of modern technologies for health, with a special emphasis on wireless and wearable technologies, GIS tools and machine learning methods for managing the impacts of pandemics. It describes new strategies for forecasting evolution of pandemics, optimizing contract tracing, and for detection and diagnosis of diseases, among others. Written by researchers and professionals with different backgrounds, this book offers a extensive information and a source of inspiration for physiologists, engineers, IT scientists and policy makers in the health and technology sector.

365 Days of Grief and Love

365 Days of Grief and Love
Author: Vickie Monroe Guerry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2021-06-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781638376101

This raw, honest, and emotional memoir by Vickie Guerry was written during the 2020 pandemic, in an attempt to cope with her grief at the loss of her husband of 33 years, as well as with other challenges that she experienced during those 365 days. The narrative explores her thoughts and often overwhelming feelings of grief, anger, frustration, and fear, as well as hope, support, and love, and deals with the subjects of death, divorce, elections, and Covid-19, among others. It was not written as a spiritual or religious influence, but rather as a way one woman coped with her world through journaling. This is her first publication, undertaken after friends and colleagues who read the manuscript encouraged her to publish the work as a means of reaching others walking the path of grief. She hopes her book leaves readers feeling that someone else shares and understands their new emotions and experiences, has dealt with their "new normal" and is continuing to subsist.