This volume collects the extended versions of papers presented at the SIS Conference "Statistics and Data Science: new challenges, new generations", held in Florence, Italy on June 28-30, 2017. Highlighting the central role of statistics and data analysis methods in the era of Data Science, the contributions offer an essential overview of the latest developments in various areas of statistics research. The 35 contributions have been divided in...
Le printemps est de retour. Ô misère Groseille et le Grand Chef ont disparu ! Toute la communauté est inquiète. Les nains ne savent que penser. Désirant en avoir le coeur net, ils votent et prennent une décision devant le feu de bois, les avis étant divergeants. Ces derniers constateront que Groseille ainsi que leur chef sont mystérieusement endormis dans les lits. Selon la demande de Confiant, Lapi veillera sur eux. Un jour, ces derniers s'év...
This textbook focuses on the vascular biology and physiology that underlie vascular disorders in clinical medicine. Vascular biomedicine is a rapidly growing field as new molecular mechanisms of vascular health and disease are unraveled. Many of the major cardiovascular diseases including coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke and vascular dementia are diseases of the vasculature. In addition vascular injury underpins conditions like k...
An entertaining and age-appropriate humane education story about animal compassion and kindness. Roxi is a rescue dog with a nice life. She wants all the animals in the world to have a nice life too. In this story, Roxi heads down Tiger-STRIPE Road where she finds happy and sad tigers. The happy tigers are enjoying life in their natural habitat, but the sad tigers must give selfie pictures all day long. With her superhero powers and her messag...
This book presents the state-of-art in regenerative procedures currently applied by aesthetic physicians, plastic surgeons and dermatologists. It is divided into two parts, the first of which provides a detailed introduction to aesthetic medicine and the aging process. The second part, in turn, addresses the current status of techniques and technologies with regard to autologous grafts, covering fat transfer, blood grafts, skin grafts and stem...
It would be almost impossible to discuss natural products without mentioning the extensive knowledge that Professor Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira has contributed to this field. She has been an instrumental scientist in the development and dissemination of information about these products, throughout her career as a researcher, she explored more than 300 food matrices, including plants and mushrooms, as possible sources of these natural compounds. In ...
When Matt Dunnigan is diagnosed with Williams Syndrome, it radically changes the future Susan imagined. She and her husband begin the adventure of raising Matt to live in the 'normal world'. Through school and into adulthood Matt is a trailblazer, living his life with enthusiasm as he finds his place in society. The book is a challenge to personal and governmental assumptions about disability. It maintains that what is best is for people to li...
An old pecan tree in the forest is thriving and towering above its peers. But then, it begins to have problems. The problems grow and grow until the tree is in danger of dying. Hope seems lost -- until an unexpected little helper arrives. A simple appreciation and a simple message are all it takes for transformation to begin.
Hoe zag het managen, het leiden van je organisatie er ook alweer uit in het tijdperk voordat onze samenleving, onze economie werd getroffen door de corona pandemie? In alle hectiek zouden we dat bijna vergeten, terwijl er toch nog veel van die ervaringen valt te leren, afleren trouwens ook.
Dit boekje is opgedeeld in 3 onderdelen: Managen, Veranderen. Leiden.
'Managen' ofwel: het kan altijd beter. Zo blijkt uit onderzoek dat niet competentie ...
In this memoir, Jacques Roy (b. 1934) recounts his coming of age in rural Québec, his entry into politics, and countless anecdotes from his time working as an ambassador in many different countries alongside dignitaries and heads of state. The memoir includes a detailed telling of the incident of the international turbot crisis of 1995, and Mr. Roy's negotiations on behalf of Canada while serving as Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels.
Brilliant and driven, 21-year-old David Anderson secures a position at a prestigious investment firm, Faust Financial Investments (FFI). After a year-and-a-half on the job, he realizes that several of the company's "Gold Account" clients died of mysterious circumstances, allowing FFI, as the beneficiary of their life insurance policies, to cash in on millions of dollars. Suspecting that FFI's founders are killing their clients for profit, Davi...
A mysterious masked Samurai who is part of myth and legend is brought into reality when he gets an unexpected guest. An Empress who needs his help to save her entire family before they are subjected to the same curse that has been bestowed upon her. All the Masked warrior can do is hope he gets to them in time.
This book is to the hearts of women. The things we think but can't say. The thoughts we would love to share yet can't reveal. Someone knows how we feel but it is such an unpredictable world that you don't know who you can be honest with revealing your innermost thoughts. There are many of us who are realistic but are afraid. The word of God gives us the hope and the reason for faith to have peace within ourselves and our lives, so we never fee...
The area covered by this cruising guide stretches northwards from the Mull of Kintyre to the Ardamurchan peninsula, detailing some of the finest cruising grounds to be found anywhere in the world.