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Looking Back on the Vietnam War

Twenty-first-Century Perspectives

by Brenda M. Boyle, Jeehyun Lim, Quan Tue Tran, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lan Duong, Vinh Nguyen, Robert Mason, Leonie Jones, Heonik Kwon0, Diane Niblack Fox1, Cathy J. Schlund-Vials2, Yen Le Espiritu3 ...

Series series War Culture
More than forty years have passed since the official end of the Vietnam War, yet the war’s legacies endure. Its history and iconography still provide fodder for film and fiction, communities of war refugees have spawned a wide Vietnamese diaspora, and the United States military remains embroiled in unwinnable wars with eerie echoes of Vietnam.Looking Back on the Vietnam War brings together ... Read more

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More than forty years have passed since the official end of the Vietnam War, yet the war’s legacies endure. Its history and iconography still provide fodder for film and fiction, communities of war refugees have spawned a wide Vietnamese diaspora, and the United States military remains embroiled in unwinnable wars with eerie echoes of Vietnam.Looking Back on the Vietnam War brings together
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Distracted

A Philosophy of Cars and Phones

by Robert Rosenberger ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

Although the dangers of texting while driving are widely known, many people resist the idea that phone usage will impair their driving. And connectivity features in new cars have only made using technology behind the wheel more tempting. What will it take to change people's minds and behavior? Robert Rosenberger contends that a better understanding of why this combination of technologies is so ... Read more

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Although the dangers of texting while driving are widely known, many people resist the idea that phone usage will impair their driving. And connectivity features in new cars have only made using technology behind the wheel more tempting. What will it take to change people's minds and behavior? Robert Rosenberger contends that a better understanding of why this combination of technologies is so
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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

Proceedings of 12th KES-InMed 2024

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-24), held in Madeira, Portugal, on June 19–21, 2024. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research, and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this ... Read more

$280.99 CAD

This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-24), held in Madeira, Portugal, on June 19–21, 2024. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research, and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this
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Unsettled

Lord Selkirk's Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada's West, 1813-1816

by Robert Lower ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and lettersUnsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. ... Read more

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The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and lettersUnsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal.
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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

Proceedings of 10th KES-InMed 2022

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-22), held in Rhodes, Greece, on June 20–22, 2022. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in health care; advanced ICT for medicine and health care; biomedical engineering, trends, research, and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book ... Read more

$306.99 CAD

This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-22), held in Rhodes, Greece, on June 20–22, 2022. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in health care; advanced ICT for medicine and health care; biomedical engineering, trends, research, and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book
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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

Proceedings of 9th KES-InMed 2021

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-21), held virtually on June 14–16, 2021. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book is a ... Read more

$256.99 CAD

This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-21), held virtually on June 14–16, 2021. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book is a
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One Shot - One Kill

American Combat Snipers, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut

by Charles W. Sasser, Craig Roberts ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

They are the lone wolves of the battlefield. Tracking the enemy, lying in wait for the target to appear—then they shoot to kill. Armed with an unerring eye, infinite patience and a mastery of camouflage, combat snipers stalk the enemy with only one goal . . .In World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut, American snipers honed the art of delivering a single deadly shot from nowhere—and devastating ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

They are the lone wolves of the battlefield. Tracking the enemy, lying in wait for the target to appear—then they shoot to kill. Armed with an unerring eye, infinite patience and a mastery of camouflage, combat snipers stalk the enemy with only one goal . . .In World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut, American snipers honed the art of delivering a single deadly shot from nowhere—and devastating
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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare Systems, and Multimedia

Proceedings of KES-InMed-19 and KES-IIMSS-19 Conferences

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Alfred Zimmermann, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book contains the proceedings of the KES International conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-19) and Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (KES-IIMSS-19), held on 17–19 June 2019 and co-located in St. Julians, on the island of Malta, as part of the KES Smart Digital Futures 2019 multi-theme conference.The major areas covered by KES-InMed-19 include: ... Read more

$256.19 CAD

This book contains the proceedings of the KES International conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-19) and Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (KES-IIMSS-19), held on 17–19 June 2019 and co-located in St. Julians, on the island of Malta, as part of the KES Smart Digital Futures 2019 multi-theme conference.The major areas covered by KES-InMed-19 include:
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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare

Proceedings of 8th KES-InMed 2020

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-19), held in Split, Croatia, on June 17–19, 2020. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book is ... Read more

$256.99 CAD

This book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-19), held in Split, Croatia, on June 17–19, 2020. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book is
... Read more
Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2017

Proceedings of the 5th KES International Conference on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed 2017)

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This volume focuses on smart medical and healthcare systems (modern intelligent systems for medicine and healthcare) and includes 31 papers presenting recent trends and innovations in medicine and healthcare, including biomedical engineering research and technologies; machine learning and labeling for biomedical visual data analysis and understanding; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; and ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This volume focuses on smart medical and healthcare systems (modern intelligent systems for medicine and healthcare) and includes 31 papers presenting recent trends and innovations in medicine and healthcare, including biomedical engineering research and technologies; machine learning and labeling for biomedical visual data analysis and understanding; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; and
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Changing Minds

How Aging Affects Language and How Language Affects Aging

by Roger Kreuz, Richard Roberts ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language—and how language affects aging ... Read more

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We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language—and how language affects aging
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Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2016

Edited by Yen-Wei Chen, Satoshi Tanaka, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This proceedings volume includes 32 papers, which present recent trends and innovations in medicine and healthcare including Innovative Technology in Mental Healthcare; Intelligent Decision Support Technologies and Systems in Healthcare; Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies; Advances in Data & Knowledge Management for Healthcare; Advanced ICT for Medical and Healthcare; ... Read more

$256.99 CAD

This proceedings volume includes 32 papers, which present recent trends and innovations in medicine and healthcare including Innovative Technology in Mental Healthcare; Intelligent Decision Support Technologies and Systems in Healthcare; Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies; Advances in Data & Knowledge Management for Healthcare; Advanced ICT for Medical and Healthcare;
... Read more

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