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AI threatens to destroy humanity, and only one computer expert can stop it in this cyberpunk thriller by the author of Murder on Safari. Simon Bank lives in a future where just about everything in America is run by the System--the food supply, the weather, national security, and more. Everyone is free from want. Individuals can control where they live and where they go to school. They can have a relationship with whomever they like. They can s...

My Dying Mom and Kurt Cobain tell the story of when the world-famous musician came to visit our Mother in the months preceding her death, three years after he took his own life. She knew very little about his legend leading up to her death, not much more than he was from our hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. But her truth was this. She was dying of cancer. It became her mission to figure out who was coming to visit her. Who was this young man ...

The entrepreneurial system is made up of all the environmental elements and economic actors present in a given region. It is a network of interdependent and self-sustaining relations among organizations, individuals and procedures that collaborate with the aim of fostering innovation as well as entrepreneurial initiatives. The number of actors with entrepreneurial experience and potential determines the strength and capacity of the entrepreneu...

Writing a composition requires a complex set of skills such as knowledge of spellings, handwriting and rudimentary linguistic understanding. It also involves all of the processes associated with reading comprehension. The four categories of composition writing are narration, argumentation, description and exposition. Each type has a unique purpose and organizational pattern. People can express emotions, ideas, political views, feelings, argume...

Manufacturing refers to the utilization of machinery, tools, chemical processing, and human labor to transform raw materials or components into finished goods. It can be broadly categorized into contract manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing. Modern manufacturing is central to industrial production, from the production of base materials to the production of semi-finished goods and finished goods. A number of cutting...

A trace element refers to a type of chemical element whose concentration in the environment is very low. Different types of trace elements have been divided into two categories, namely, essential trace elements and non-essential trace elements. Natural processes and anthropogenic activities are responsible for the release of trace elements in the environment. Arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), and lead (Pb) are some of t...

An analog circuit refers to a type of electronic circuit that can process any analog data or signal, and generates an output in analog form. These circuits are made up of various devices including capacitors, operational amplifiers, resistors and inductors. Analog circuits work with signals that can range from zero to the maximum power supply voltage. Such circuits have the ability to isolate, attenuate, change, amplify, distort or even conver...

Electrical engineering refers to the field of engineering that studies the use of electromagnetism, electricity and electronics. It can be further subdivided into numerous fields such as power engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering, radio-frequency engineering, systems engineering and signal processing. Mechanical engineering is another branch of engineering that is concerned with the design, development and testing of mechanica...

Steel is the most widely used component in the construction of buildings and structures. There are many advantages of steel over concrete. Its important properties include recyclability, increased durability, and low maintenance. The design of steel structures typically consists of a two-step analysis and verification procedure. The first step is to evaluate the internal forces and displacements based on the principles of equilibrium and compa...

An electrical machine is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy or vice versa. Major types of electrical machines are generators, motors and transformers. An electric generator is a type of electrical machine that works on the principle of electromagnetic induction. It consists of two main components which are a stator and a rotor. Generators can be classified as AC generators and DC generators. The electric motor conv...

The movement of people from one place to another with the aim of settling temporarily or permanently is known as migration. It could be across an international border or from one region to another. Transnationalism is a field of study which has gained prominence due to the heightened interconnectivity between people, and the decreasing economic and social importance of boundaries between countries. The prominent areas of study within this fiel...

The middle income trap refers to a state of economic development in which a country achieves a specific level of income and then remains there. According to the World Bank, a middle-income country is the one that has a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1, 000-12, 000 (in 2011 prices). It is divided into the lower and upper middle-income group at around $4, 000. Many countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa...

A currency board is a country's monetary authority that is tasked with sustaining a fixed exchange rate along with a foreign currency. The control of the money supply and exchange rate is delegated to a monetary authority by a currency board. This monetary authority then makes decisions concerning the currency valuation of a country. The currency board permits limitless exchange of the domestic currency with foreign currency to the agents. It ...

Turkish Americans are people of Turkish descent who live in the United States. Turkish American literature refers to the body of literary works written by people of Turkish ancestry who are residing in the United States of America. Turkish American literature seeks to reimagine Turkey as a multicultural and diverse space. The Turkish Empire's diversity is portrayed in Turkish American textbooks as an indisputable proof of the nation's inherent...

Inclusive development refers to the idea that every human being, irrespective of their individuality, can play an important role in changing their societies. Inclusive development processes produce better results for the communities that participate in them. It emphasizes on providing benefits to minorities, the extremely poor in rural areas and those pushed below the poverty line through man-made and natural disasters. Poverty reduction is a ...

Customer loyalty refers to a customer's inclination to repetitively buy products and services from the same company. Attracting and maintaining the consumer base has a big impact on the retail industry. As the competition intensifies, majority of the marketers see loyal consumers as one of the most important factors in enhancing profitability and achieving success. Loyal customers buy more frequently and spend more money along with spreading f...

Switzerland is a landlocked country situated at the confluence of western, central and southern Europe. It is officially known as the Swiss confederation, which is a semi-direct democratic federal republic. The political system of Swiss government is characterized as being a direct democracy and a representative democracy. Swiss political system, being a direct democracy encourages the Swiss Parliament to come up with broad-based compromise so...

A financial system refers to a complex and highly interlinked group of institutions, such as banks, NBFCs, insurance companies and stock exchanges that allow the exchange of funds. Lenders, borrowers and investors are the three primary participants in a financial system. These systems exist at local, national, and global levels. Banking is an industry that is made up of a large network of banks that provide various financial and non-financial ...

Alcohol and drug use is a leading public health problem in most societies. There are several consequences of alcohol and drug use in adolescents that encompass a range of physical, academic, and social problems. Apart from these problems, excessive alcohol and drug use among adolescents is also associated with certain negative consequences and harmful behaviors such as high-risk sexual behaviors (unplanned and unprotected intercourse), sexual ...

The process wherein the individuals cast their votes is called voting. This process is prone to manipulation and electoral frauds such as vote buying, vote rigging, and electoral manipulation. Vote buying is a type of electoral fraud that occurs when a political party tries to buy the votes of people for an upcoming election. It seeks to persuade voters to turn up for the election and vote in a particular way. In practice, the political partie...