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Degree Coffee By the Yard: A Short Biography of Madras brings forth the rich history of the city of Madras before it was on its way to becoming Chennai. Nirmala Lakshman has done a wondrous task of painting a culturally affluent and worthy image of the coastal city of India. Madras had many things to offer to the people and with an extensive historical background replete with freedom fighters, British traders vying for its resourceful land, lu...

Haley Marchand needs money. So when a request comes for her to be both temporary secretary and fiancee, she jumps at the chance. As luck would have it, she falls on her face in the driveway. Entrepreneur Rand McNeil naturally says she won't do. Things take a turn for the worse when he degrades her elfin face and wild hair. Now Haley's on the defensive, and heaven help "Mr. nobody-should-look-this-good. Because he lied to his former fiancee, Ra...

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Christoph Waltz ist seit vielen Jahren ein Synonym für herausragende Schauspielkunst und erlesene Rollen im Fernsehen. Dennoch kam der große Durchbruch für ihn erst im Jahr 2009, im Alter von 52 Jahren, als er den Oscar als bester Nebendarsteller im Film Inglourios Basterds erhielt. Spätestens seit diesem Zeitpunkt ist sein Name in aller Munde, Hollywood gibt sich bei ihm die Klinke in die Hand. Doch wer ist dieser zurückhaltende und bescheide...

Packed with real-world examples, this book illustrates the 12 principles of green chemistry. These diverse case studies demonstrate to scientists and students that beyond the theory, the challenges of green chemistry in pharmaceutical discovery and development remain an ongoing endeavor. By informing and welcoming additional practitioners to this mission, the negative environmental impact of pharmaceutical products will continue to be minimize...

Big businesses, small businesses, government agencies, and workers are all active in safety today.In fact, safety is currently the single most acted-upon and yet routinely ignored issue in the construction industry. We see enormous amounts of activity with relatively minor new achievement. The result of this delusion (that activity equals achievement) is that people are routinely hurt and killed on the job. Safety as a discipline needs an upgr...

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In this book, we present algorithms that can be used to improve the mobility of visually impaired persons. First we propose an algorithm to detect the path where the user can walk. This algorithm is based on an adapted version of the Hough transform, gathering the most continuous path borders after an edge detector is applied. After an initialization stage we dynamically restrict the area where we look for path borders, improving accuracy and ...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a medical system with a unique medical philosophy that continues to guide the contemporary turning out of new pharmaceutical formulae. The clinically-proved effective components of these formulae are being extracted by means of modern technology. The TCM industry depends on the patent protection of the results of its R&D, no less than does any other industry. However, the patent examination guidelines of m...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the synovial joints, ultimately leading to a progressive and irreversible joint destruction. Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis reduce joint destruction, preserve function, and improve survival. Therefore, critical issues concerning the effect of therapy are to control symptoms and signs of the disease for prolonged periods, a...

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