Rogue Sequence

Rogue Sequence
Author: Zac Topping
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2024-06-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250334012

It's 2091 and independent contract companies around the world are producing genetically modified soldiers...to be sold to the highest bidders. Ander Rade is a super-soldier, a genetically engineered living weapon, and has been dutifully following orders since he gave himself to Scythe Industries’ Gene-Mod Program several years ago. But when a mission goes sideways, he’s captured, imprisoned, and forced into brutally violent fighting pits for the better part of the next decade...until agents from the Genetic Compliance Department of the United American Provinces appear in the visitors room. Things have changed since Rade was captured. Shortly after his incarceration, the World Unity Council banned human genetic engineering and deemed all modified individuals a threat to society. Overnight, an entire subculture of people became outlaws simply for existing. But instead of leaving Rade locked behind bars, the GCD agents have come with an offer: Freedom in exchange for his help tracking down one of his former teammates from that ill-fated mission all those years ago. It's an offer Rade can't refuse, but he soon realizes the situation is far more volatile than anyone had anticipated, and must take matters into his own hands as he tries to figure out whose side he’s really on, and why? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

First Sequence

First Sequence
Author: H. Hargis
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2023-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

About the Book Artificial intelligence is nearly always shown as pure evil when left to its own decisions. But with more recent developments, AI is almost like the mind of a child just trying to make sense of the world. So what if an AI were developed in a future that only knew them as bad, when they are able to make their own decisions? In Falison, this collection of 28 stories explores this newer development of AI, from reverse engineering, that causes the original artificial intelligence to awaken when the prototype general AI is brought online for a demonstration at one of the primary research and development facilities in Redington, Indiana. About the Author H. Hargis is a history lover who makes artwork and builds computers as a hobby. He has always loved writing stories that were longer than a few paragraphs. During his years attending classes at IUS from 2013 to 2019, Hargis worked as a retail associate at a grocery store, cleaned debris and other large messes from the floors and walkways of a cement plant, and found a passion as a teacher while working as a substitute. This past school year was Hargis’s first full year as an English and FACS teacher for grades 7-12, and for all the stress and eventual sadness it brought, he would love the chance again to teach my classes there. Until he finds another place to call his home as an educator, Hargis will spend my time weaving stories from this world that he loves.

Rogue Sequence

Rogue Sequence
Author: Zac Topping
Publisher: Forge Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781250815002

Ander Rade’s a rogue mod, genetically engineered to be a better fighter, and the past several years held captive and forced into gladiatorial combat after what was supposed to be his last government mission went totally FUBAR. Now, Agents Morgan Moreno and Danny Alter from the Genetic Compliance Department of the United American Provinces have shown up in Ander’s hell-hole, offering him his freedom. In trade, Ander has to help them track down another rogue mod, one of Ander’s teammates on that ill-fated final mission. None of the three realize just what the implications are in Ander’s teammate resurfacing, and there are going to be a lot of surprises coming their way.

Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing

Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing
Author: Leonard Barolli
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 950
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030222632

This book highlights the latest research findings, methods and techniques, as well as challenges and solutions related to Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing (UPC). In this regard, it employs both theoretical and practical perspectives, and places special emphasis on innovative, mobile and internet services. With the proliferation of wireless technologies and electronic devices, there is a rapidly growing interest in Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing (UPC). UPC makes it possible to create a human-oriented computing environment in which computer chips are embedded in everyday objects and interact with the physical world. Through UPC, people can remain online even while underway, thus enjoying nearly permanent access to their preferred services. Though it has a great potential to revolutionize our lives, UPC also poses a number of new research challenges.

Real-time PCR

Real-time PCR
Author: M Dorak
Publisher: Garland Science
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2007-01-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134183992

With a variety of detection chemistries, an increasing number of platforms, multiple choices for analytical methods and the jargon emerging along with these developments, real-time PCR is facing the risk of becoming an intimidating method, especially for beginners. Real-time PCR provides the basics, explains how they are exploited to run a real-time PCR assay, how the assays are run and where these assays are informative in real life. It addresses the most practical aspects of the techniques with the emphasis on 'how to do it in the laboratory'. Keeping with the spirit of the Advanced Methods Series, most chapters provide an experimental protocol as an example of a specific assay.

Phosphorus

Phosphorus
Author: D.E.C. Corbridge
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1476
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439840881

Over two decades have passed since the fifth edition of Phosphorus: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Technology. Major advances in chemistry, materials science, electronics, and medicine have expanded and clarified the role of phosphorus in both our everyday appliances and groundbreaking research. Significantly expanded, updated, and reorganized, this sixth edition organizes and explains vital phosphorus research and relevant information available in highly specialized reviews and references on select related topics. An authoritative and comprehensive review of phosphorus chemistry and related technology, Phosphorus: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Technology covers historical, academic, industrial, agricultural, military, biological, and medical aspects of phosphorous. Furthermore, it offers a starting point for more extended studies of the highly specialized branches of phosphorus chemistry. Although this book deals with a small fraction of the > 106 known phosphorus compounds, it thoroughly covers the simpler derivatives and most key compounds of economic, sociological, and biological importance. Extensively updated and expanded with tables, figures, equations, structural formulae, and references, it is ideal for scientists in related fields seeking a rapid introduction to phosphorus chemistry.

Classic Problems of Probability

Classic Problems of Probability
Author: Prakash Gorroochurn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1118314336

Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award for Mathematics from The American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. "A great book, one that I will certainly add to my personal library." —Paul J. Nahin, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire Classic Problems of Probability presents a lively account of the most intriguing aspects of statistics. The book features a large collection of more than thirty classic probability problems which have been carefully selected for their interesting history, the way they have shaped the field, and their counterintuitive nature. From Cardano's 1564 Games of Chance to Jacob Bernoulli's 1713 Golden Theorem to Parrondo's 1996 Perplexing Paradox, the book clearly outlines the puzzles and problems of probability, interweaving the discussion with rich historical detail and the story of how the mathematicians involved arrived at their solutions. Each problem is given an in-depth treatment, including detailed and rigorous mathematical proofs as needed. Some of the fascinating topics discussed by the author include: Buffon's Needle problem and its ingenious treatment by Joseph Barbier, culminating into a discussion of invariance Various paradoxes raised by Joseph Bertrand Classic problems in decision theory, including Pascal's Wager, Kraitchik's Neckties, and Newcomb's problem The Bayesian paradigm and various philosophies of probability Coverage of both elementary and more complex problems, including the Chevalier de Méré problems, Fisher and the lady testing tea, the birthday problem and its various extensions, and the Borel-Kolmogorov paradox Classic Problems of Probability is an eye-opening, one-of-a-kind reference for researchers and professionals interested in the history of probability and the varied problem-solving strategies employed throughout the ages. The book also serves as an insightful supplement for courses on mathematical probability and introductory probability and statistics at the undergraduate level.

The Rogue World

The Rogue World
Author: Matthew J. Kirby
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062224956

Perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson and Seven Wonders series, The Rogue World is the third book in an epic, fast-paced middle grade adventure trilogy by acclaimed author Matthew J. Kirby. After the shattering new discoveries they made in Egypt, Eleanor and her mother, Samantha, have been separated: Samantha working with the sinister Dr. Watkins to ensure the survival of only a small number of humans, and Eleanor and her friends uniting in the desperate hope of saving the entire planet. They are preparing for a trek to the icy Himalayas, where they believe they’ll find the Master Concentrator and a chance to end the threat of the rogue planet—one way or the other. But that’s when something happens that none of them expected: an alien spacecraft crash lands on earth, throwing the globe into crisis and changing everything for Eleanor. She has just begun to understand the mysterious power that sets her apart from everyone else on the planet; now, everything rests on her ability to control the same alien intelligence that has pushed us to the brink of extinction.