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Heart Of A Bumblebee

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Limitations are just a myth—if you have the heart to defy them.Twelve-year-old Lori Lynn is a die-hard basketball fan who dreams of the court from the seat of her wheelchair. Her world changes in seventh grade when she learns the "Story of the Bumblebee": a creature whose heavy body and tiny wings defy the laws of aviation, yet it flies anyway.Inspired by the impossible, Lori embarks on a secret, ... Read more

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Limitations are just a myth—if you have the heart to defy them.Twelve-year-old Lori Lynn is a die-hard basketball fan who dreams of the court from the seat of her wheelchair. Her world changes in seventh grade when she learns the "Story of the Bumblebee": a creature whose heavy body and tiny wings defy the laws of aviation, yet it flies anyway.Inspired by the impossible, Lori embarks on a secret,
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A National Service Gunner in the Korean War

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The British Armys considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 1953 was largely composed of conscripts or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a lottery basis and given a short basic training, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War had had to offer.As a ... Read more

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The British Armys considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 1953 was largely composed of conscripts or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a lottery basis and given a short basic training, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War had had to offer.As a
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Pathfinder: Before the Godsrain

by James L. Sutter, James Jacobs, Kate Alice Marshall ...

Pathfinder’s beloved iconic heroes make their fiction debut in Godsrain, set to release in November 2024. But the characters have existed since 2007 and have many existing adventures documented in flash fiction on the Paizo Blog and other promotional locations. Now, for the first time, readers can find these stories collected into a single volume, a perfect primer before diving into Godsrain or to ... Read more

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Pathfinder’s beloved iconic heroes make their fiction debut in Godsrain, set to release in November 2024. But the characters have existed since 2007 and have many existing adventures documented in flash fiction on the Paizo Blog and other promotional locations. Now, for the first time, readers can find these stories collected into a single volume, a perfect primer before diving into Godsrain or to
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Intelligent Care: AI and the Future of Medicine

by Dr. Manikandasaran S. S, James Jacob ...

Medicine has always been about human judgment, compassion, and the relentless pursuit of better care. Today, a powerful new partner has entered the clinic — and it is changing everything.Intelligent Care explores how artificial intelligence is quietly transforming healthcare from the inside out — from the radiology suite reading your scans, to the algorithm monitoring your heart while you sleep, ... Read more

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Medicine has always been about human judgment, compassion, and the relentless pursuit of better care. Today, a powerful new partner has entered the clinic — and it is changing everything.Intelligent Care explores how artificial intelligence is quietly transforming healthcare from the inside out — from the radiology suite reading your scans, to the algorithm monitoring your heart while you sleep,
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Learn. Reason. Explain. — The Rise of Neuro-Symbolic AI

by Dr. Manikandasaran S. S, James Jacob ...

Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful — or more difficult to trust. Beyond the Black Box reveals why the most capable AI systems of the next decade will not be built on neural networks alone, but on a radical combination of machine learning and classical logic that researchers call Neuro-Symbolic AI. Through clear explanations, real-world examples from medicine, law, and autonomous ... Read more

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Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful — or more difficult to trust. Beyond the Black Box reveals why the most capable AI systems of the next decade will not be built on neural networks alone, but on a radical combination of machine learning and classical logic that researchers call Neuro-Symbolic AI. Through clear explanations, real-world examples from medicine, law, and autonomous
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Moving a Community College Forward

My Story as an Educator, Researcher, President, and Radical

by James Jacobs ...

Series series The Futures Series on Community Colleges
What makes this book distinctive is the unique perspective of its author. James Jacobs spent fifty years at Macomb Community College, starting as a part-time instructor in 1967 and retiring in 2017 as president. After being temporarily fired by the college in 1970 for activist activities, Jacobs not only won his job back but began a transformation that led to a national role in developing ... Read more

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What makes this book distinctive is the unique perspective of its author. James Jacobs spent fifty years at Macomb Community College, starting as a part-time instructor in 1967 and retiring in 2017 as president. After being temporarily fired by the college in 1970 for activist activities, Jacobs not only won his job back but began a transformation that led to a national role in developing
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Overcoming AIDS

Lessons Learned from Uganda

Edited by Donald E. Morisky, W. James Jacob, Yusuf K. Nsubuga, Steven J. Hite ...

Series series Research in Global Child Advocacy
As a result of the AIDS epidemic, many nations around the world have faced the demands of caring for a particularly vulnerable population of children, the orphans of parents who have died of AIDS or whose caregivers are terminally ill from the disease. Overcoming AIDS: Lessons Learned from Uganda offers an in-depth exploration of this global issue and provides a broad focus on evolving a ... Read more

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As a result of the AIDS epidemic, many nations around the world have faced the demands of caring for a particularly vulnerable population of children, the orphans of parents who have died of AIDS or whose caregivers are terminally ill from the disease. Overcoming AIDS: Lessons Learned from Uganda offers an in-depth exploration of this global issue and provides a broad focus on evolving a
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Strategic Transformation of Higher Education

Challenges and Solutions in a Global Economy

by Stewart E. Sutin, W. James Jacob ...

Strategic Transformation of Higher Education examines the broken revenue-driven business model characteristic of higher education in an environment that demands greater access, more affordable tuition, accountable leaders, and faculty who deliver a consistently high quality of relevant education. The authors demonstrate that enduring business models must support institutional academic missions and ... Read more

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Strategic Transformation of Higher Education examines the broken revenue-driven business model characteristic of higher education in an environment that demands greater access, more affordable tuition, accountable leaders, and faculty who deliver a consistently high quality of relevant education. The authors demonstrate that enduring business models must support institutional academic missions and
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Indigenous Education

Language, Culture and Identity

Edited by Maureen K. Porter, W. James Jacob, Sheng Yao Cheng ...

Series series Education (R0)
Indigenous Education is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes empirical research based on a series of data collection methods. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends on three issues of paramount importance with indigenous education—language, culture, and identity. It also offers a strategic comparative and international education ... Read more

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Indigenous Education is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes empirical research based on a series of data collection methods. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends on three issues of paramount importance with indigenous education—language, culture, and identity. It also offers a strategic comparative and international education
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Trends in Chinese Education

Edited by Chen Hongjie, W. James Jacob ...

Series series Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas of debate in China’s education system. Marketization, quality assurance, and issues of inequality and gender are all discussed, as are expansion in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, the impact of globalization, and the influence of education on China’s economic growth. The book, which comprises contributions from many ... Read more

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This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas of debate in China’s education system. Marketization, quality assurance, and issues of inequality and gender are all discussed, as are expansion in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, the impact of globalization, and the influence of education on China’s economic growth. The book, which comprises contributions from many
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New Directions of STEM Research and Learning in the World Ranking Movement

A Comparative Perspective

Edited by John N. Hawkins, Aki Yamada, Reiko Yamada, W. James Jacob ...

Series series Education (R0)
This volume analyzes the dominance of STEM fields in various university rankings and the reasons why many governments in the world disproportionately give value to STEM fields. Secondly, although there is general agreement that STEM fields are important, chapter authors also examine the role of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches for a revised STEM education as well as implications ... Read more

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This volume analyzes the dominance of STEM fields in various university rankings and the reasons why many governments in the world disproportionately give value to STEM fields. Secondly, although there is general agreement that STEM fields are important, chapter authors also examine the role of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches for a revised STEM education as well as implications
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Discourses of Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

Emerging Paradigms

Edited by Joseph Zajda, W. James Jacob ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines some of the major higher education reforms and policy shifts globally, particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education and policy research. It critiques the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that changes in the relationship between the state and higher education policy ... Read more

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This book examines some of the major higher education reforms and policy shifts globally, particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education and policy research. It critiques the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that changes in the relationship between the state and higher education policy
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