This "novel of contagion and collapse is also the story of love’s unlikely survival in the most hostile conditions” (Karen Russell, bestselling author of Swamplandia!)—from the National Book Award-nominated author of The Book of Aron. In a tiny settlement on the west coast of Greenland, 11-year-old Aleq and his best friend, frequent trespassers at a mining site exposed to mountains of long-buried and thawing permafrost, carry what they pick up back into their village, and from there Shepard's harrowing and deeply moving story follows Aleq, one of the few survivors of the initial outbreak, through his identification and radical isolation as the likely index patient. While he shoulders both a crushing guilt for what he may have done and the hopes of a world looking for answers, we also meet two Epidemic Intelligence Service investigators dispatched from the CDC--Jeannine, an epidemiologist and daughter of Algerian immigrants, and Danice, an M.D. and lab wonk. As they attempt to head off the cataclysm, Jeannine--moving from the Greeland hospital overwhelmed with the first patients to a Level 4 high-security facility in the Rocky Mountains--does what she can to sustain Aleq. Both a chamber piece of multiple intimate perspectives and a more omniscient glimpse into the megastructures (political, cultural, and biological) that inform such a disaster, the novel reminds us of the crucial bonds that form in the midst of catastrophe, as a child and several hypereducated adults learn what it means to provide adequate support for those they love. In the process, they celebrate the precious worlds they might lose, and help to shape others that may survive.

Offers a new model of technology innovation that includes a diffusion phase specific to interpersonal communication technologies, and uses it to chronicle how the telegraph dramatically altered society's ability to control information processing. Finds a prototype for the innovation and diffusion of subsequent communication technology such as the telephone, facsimile machines, and the Internet. Revised from a Ph.D. dissertation for the City University of New York; no date noted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This Book Is A Result Of Teaching Courses In The Areas Of Computer Methods In Power Systems, Digital Simulation Of Power Systems, Power System Dynamics And Advanced Protective Relaying To The Undergraduate And Graduate Students In Electrical Engineering At I.I.T., Kanpur For A Number Of Years And Guiding Several Ph.D. And M.Tech. Thesis And B.Tech. Projects By The Author. The Contents Of The Book Are Also Tested In Several Industrial And Qip Sponsored Courses Conducted By The Author As A Coordinator. The Present Edition Includes A Sub-Section On Solution Procedure To Include Transmission Losses Using Dynamic Programming In The Chapter On Economic Load Scheduling Of Power System. In This Edition An Additional Chapter On Load Forecasting Has Also Been Included. The Present Book Deals With Almost All The Aspects Of Modern Power System Analysis Such As Network Equations And Its Formulations, Graph Theory, Symmetries Inherent In Power System Components And Its Formulations, Graph Theory, Symmetries Inherent In Power System Components And Development Of Transformation Matrices Based Solely Upon Symmetries, Feasibility Analysis And Modeling Of Multi-Phase Systems, Power System Modeling Including Detailed Analysis Of Synchronous Machines, Induction Machines And Composite Loads, Sparsity Techniques, Economic Operation Of Power Systems Including Derivation Of Transmission Loss Equation From The Fundamental, Solution Of Algebraic And Differential Equations And Power System Studies Such As Load Flow, Fault Analysis And Transient Stability Studies Of A Large Scale Power System Including Modern And Related Topics Such As Advanced Protective Relaying, Digital Protection And Load Forecasting. The Book Contains Solved Examples In These Areas And Also Flow Diagrams Which Will Help On One Hand To Understand The Theory And On The Other Hand, It Will Help The Simulation Of Large Scale Power Systems On The Digital Computer. The Book Will Be Easy To Read And Understand And Will Be Useful To Both Undergraduate And Graduate Students In Electrical Engineering As Well As To The Engineers Working In Electricity Boards And Utilities Etc.

Provides an overview of behaviors parents can expect from children as they grow and develop from birth to age six, describes phases common to children from birth to three months, two to nine months, crawling to eighteen months, eighteen months to three years, three years, four years, and five years, and includes reference charts for dealing with child development in daily life.

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Sound Phonics prepares children for full fluency in reading, writing and spelling by providing intensive practice in phonics. A comprehensive phonics resource, it is fully compatible with 'Letters and Sounds' and any other incremental phonics programme.

Induction Machines Handbook: Transients, Control Principles, Design and Testing presents a practical up-to-date treatment of intricate issues with induction machines (IM) required for design and testing in both rather constant- and variable-speed (with power electronics) drives. It contains ready-to-use industrial design and testing knowledge, with numerous case studies to facilitate a thorough assimilation of new knowledge. Individual Chapters 1 through 14 discuss in detail the following: Three- and multiphase IM transients Single-phase source IM transients Super-high-frequency models and behavior of IM Motor specifications and design principles IM design below 100 kW and constant V1 and f1 IM design above 100 kW and constant V1 and f1 IM design principles for variable speed Optimization design Single-phase IM design Three-phase IM generators Single-phase IM generators Linear induction motors Testing of three-phase IMs Single-phase IM testing Fully revised and amply updated to add the new knowledge of the last decade, this third edition includes special sections on Multiphase IM models for transients Doubly fed IMs models for transients Cage-rotor synchronized reluctance motors Cage-rotor PM synchronous motor Transient operation of self-excited induction generator Brushless doubly fed induction motor/generators Doubly fed induction generators with D.C. output Linear induction motor control with end effect Recent trends in IM testing with power electronics Cage-PM rotor line-start IM testing Linear induction motor (LIM) testing This up-to-date book discusses in detail the transients, control principles, and design and testing of various IMs for line-start and variable-speed applications in various topologies, with numerous case studies. It will be of direct assistance to academia and industry in conceiving, designing, fabricating, and testing IMs (for the future) of various industries, from home appliances, through robotics, e-transport, and renewable energy conversion.