“…Or, perhaps it is better to say a non-religious revolution. Around a quarter of US adults now say they have no religion. The great majority of these religious "nones" also say that they used to belong to a religion but no longer do. …”

“…The Project-State and Its Rivals offers a radical alternative interpretation that takes us from the transforming challenges of the world wars to our own time. …”

“…A framing chapter introduces the historical goals and issues of the book, recounting the terrible histories of recent centuries that led to Africa being wrongly treated as a peripheral other in the history of us all. Chapter two, "African Firsts in the History Technology," brings to light the histories of the independent inventions by Africans, living in different regions in the heart of the continent, of ceramic technology, more than 11,000 years ago; of the earliest cotton weaving technology in World History, 7,000-plus years ago; and of the earliest iron smelting, 4,000 or more years ago. …”

“…Along the way, the author provides us with the first detailed criticism of Shakespeare's plays, which she defends against the Restoration distaste for low characters. …”

“…Someone Else’s Empire looks at the infrastructure of a US world order re-energised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and fits the UK into the picture without the usual euphemisms. …”

“…With respect to our evolution, nature seems to have endowed us with competing dispositions, what Wilkinson calls the dual potential of human nature. …”

“…In 1940, close to half of all U.S. births took place in the hospital, and the trend was increasing. …”

“…At a time of strategic competition and geopolitical upheaval, Rynning offers us a clear-sighted account of the alliance’s intriguing history—and asks what its ambitions might be for the future --…”

“…Experts present evidence that unless a cure is found soon, the disease will have serious impact on the U.S. economy, bankrupting Medicare and Medicaid as well as millions of Americans…”
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“…In her own words, Mother Teresa discusses such topics as: the need for us to visit the sick and the imprisoned the importance of honoring the dead and informing the ignorant the necessity to bear our burdens patiently and forgive willingly the purpose to feed the poor and pray for all the greatness of creating a "civilization of love" through personal service to others Featuring never before published testimonials by people close to Mother Teresa as well as prayers and suggestions for putting these ideas into practice, A Call to Mercy is not only a lovely keepsake, but a living testament to the teachings of a saint whose ideas are important, relevant and very necessary in the 21st century…”

“…Drawing masterfully on the archives, Stacy Schiff introduces us to the strains on a Puritan adolescent's life and to the authorities whose delicate agendas were at risk. …”

“…A strong emphasis on state neutrality, a notoriously ambiguous concept, is a shared feature in the constitutional jurisprudence of the US Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court, but neutrality does not have the same meaning in both systems. …”

“…Working from these accounts, Rapley is able to provide a far more complex picture of women who, as a whole, were much less otherworldly than the older convent literature would have us believe, much less thwarted and unhappy than their detractors have long maintained, and much less irrelevant than some historians have assumed. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Carrying Out the Gaussian Hidden Markov Model -- Considering the Hidden States in US Confirmed COVID-19 Cases with the Gaussian Hidden Markov Model -- Simulating US Confirmed COVID-19 Cases with the Monte Carlo Simulation Method -- US Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Simulation Results -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Cancer Segmentation with Neural Networks -- Exploring Cancer -- Exploring Skin Cancer -- Classifying Patient Skin Cancer Outcomes by Executing a CNN -- A CNN Pipeline -- A CNN's Architectural Structure -- Classifying Skin Cancer Diagnosis Image Data by Executing a CNN -- Preprocessing the Training Skin Cancer Image Data -- Preprocessing the Validation Skin Cancer Image Data -- Generating the Training Skin Cancer Diagnosis Image Data -- Tuning the Training Skin Cancer Image Data -- Executing the CNN to Classify Skin Cancer Diagnosis Image Data -- Considering the CNN's Performance -- Accuracy Fluctuations Across Epochs in Training and Cross-Validation -- Sparse Categorical Cross-Entropy Loss Fluctuations Across Epochs in Training and Cross-Validation -- Visible Presence of Breast Cancer -- Classifying Ultrasound Scans of Breast Cancer Patients by Executing a CNN -- Preprocessing the Validation Breast Cancer Image Data -- Generating the Training Breast Cancer Diagnosis Image Data -- Tuning the Training Breast Cancer Image Data -- Executing the CNN to Classify Breast Cancer Diagnosis Image Data -- Considering the CNN's Performance -- Accuracy Fluctuations Across Epochs in Training and Cross-Validation -- Sparse Categorical Cross-Entropy Loss Fluctuations Across Epochs in Training and Cross-Validation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Modeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging and X-Rays by Executing Artificial Neural Networks -- Brain Tumors -- MRI Procedure -- Preprocessing the Training MRI Image Data -- Preprocessing the Validation MRI Image Data…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Human Resource Profession 1 -- Chapter 1 Human Resource Certification -- Professional Certifications -- HR Certification Organizations -- The HR Certification Institute (HRCI) -- The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) -- The International Public Management Association -- for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) -- Benefits of Certification -- The aPHR Exam -- The Significance of the HR Body of Knowledge -- The Test Development Process -- The Exam Experience -- The aPHR Registration Process -- Preparing for the Exam -- Exam Readiness -- Chapter Review -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 US Laws and Regulations -- When You Have ONE or More Employees -- The Clayton Act (1914) -- The Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968) -- The Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act (1934) -- The Copyright Act (1976) -- The Davis-Bacon Act (1931), as Amended in 2002 -- The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform -- and Consumer Protection Act (2010) -- The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation -- Act (EGTRRA) (2001) -- The Electronic Communications Privacy -- Act (ECPA) (1986) -- The Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988) -- The Employee Retirement Income Security -- Act (ERISA) (1974) -- 00-FMindd 9 14/02/22 6:54 PM -- aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-in-One Exam Guide -- All-In-One / aPHR® Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification / Nishiyama / 625-2 / FM -- The Equal Pay Act (an Amendment to the FLSA) (1963) -- The FAA Modernization and Reform Act (2012) -- The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions -- Act (FACT) (2003) -- The Fair Credit Reporting Act -- (FCRA) (1970), as Amended in 2011 -- The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938) -- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (1977) -- The Health Information Technology for Economic -- and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act (2009) -- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability -- Act (HIPAA) (1996) -- The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (1952) -- The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) (1986) -- The IRS Intermediate Sanctions (2002) -- The Labor-Management Relations Act -- (LMRA; Taft-Hartley Act) (1947) -- The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act -- (Landrum-Griffin Act) (1959) -- The Mine Safety and Health Act (1977) -- The National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) -- The National Labor Relations Act -- (NLRA; Wagner Act) (1935) -- The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (2000) -- The Norris-LaGuardia Act (NLRA) (1932) -- The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) (1970) -- The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) (1993) -- The Pension Protection Act (PPA) (2006) -- The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity -- Reconciliation Act (1996) -- The Portal-to-Portal Act (1947) -- The Railway Labor Act (1926) -- The Rehabilitation Act (1973) -- The Retirement Equity Act (REA) (1984) -- The Revenue Act (1978) -- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) (2002) -- The Securities and Exchange Act (1934) -- The Service Contract Act (1965) -- The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) -- The Small Business Job Protection Act (1996) -- The Social Security Act (1935) -- The Tax Reform Act (1986) -- The Taxpayer Relief Act (1997) -- The Trademark Act (1946) -- 00-FMindd 10 14/02/22 6:54 PM -- Contents -- xi -- All-In-One / aPHR® Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification / Nishiyama / 625-2 / FM -- The Unemployment Compensation Amendments -- (UCA) (1992) -- The Uniformed Services Employment -- and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) (1994) -- The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (1974), -- as Amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act (2002) -- The Wagner-Peyser Act (1933), as Amended by -- the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (2014) -- The Walsh-Healey Act (Public Contracts Act) (1936) -- The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) (1996) -- Whistleblowing -- For FIFTEEN or More Employees -- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990), -- as Amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act -- Amendments Act (ADAAA) (2008) -- The Civil Rights Act (Title VII) (1964) -- The Civil Rights Act (1991)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Fixed Practices: Reluctance to Let Go of Entrenched Formulas -- Fixed Attitudes: Continued Pervasiveness of Ingrained Personal Ideas and Beliefs -- The COVID-19 Pandemic: DEI Response to Long-term Structural Impacts -- Why Diversity Matters -- The Business Case for Diversity -- The Moral and Ethical Imperative for Diversity -- What Got Us Here Won't Get Us There: The Diversity-Innovation Paradigm -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -- What Do Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Actually Mean? …”