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This book is an in-depth analysis of the dynamics of energy in the 21st century. It looks at the risks presented by non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels by giving a special consideration to their single most implication: climate change and by considering some fundamental yet important aspects of energy such as its forms, conservation, measure, and distribution. In it, Fritz Dufour also dives deep into the economics of energy by analyzing important concepts such as energy efficiency and the behavioral gap, energy security and its quantification, and the costs and policies of energy programs. Each type of energy – from the non-renewable category of energies (coal, petroleum, and natural gaz) – to the renewable category of energies (solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and geothermal energies) – is analyzed in terms of its discovery, extraction, storage, distribution, use, and pros and cons. A strong argument is presented in favor of being proactive by prioritizing energy-efficient technologies in order to fortify the bleak future of energy, as the world’s population is set to double by the end of the century and as each energy so...

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Today, the world is experiencing the full brunt of an energy crisis because our energy resources are a global challenge. From their discovery, their exploitation, and their storage to their distribution and their usage, they pose tremendous risks and threats both to our health and the environment. The challenge also stems from the facts that: technology does not create energy, transforming energy is expensive, and energy transitions – for example, switching from fossil fuels to, say solar energy – take time. The demand for energy is here to stay because the two fundamental factors that fuel it are inherent to mankind. These are population growth and economic activities. The world population is increasing at an astonishing rate of 1.1 percent per year or 83 million people per year. It’s projected that the current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030; 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. Energy is the cornerstone of our survival. Unfortunately, the picture is not perfect considering that each source of energy has its downsides and challenges. Among recent controversies: risk of accidents an...

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I. BACKGROUND AND GENERAL REMARKS………………………………………………………………….4 What Is Energy?................................................................................................................................................7 Overall Risks Presented by Non-Renewable Energy Sources………………………………………………..9 Climate Change……………………………………………………………………………………11 The Economics of Energy…………………………………………………………………………………...20 What Is Energy Efficiency?............................................................................................................................27 Energy Security……………………………………………………………………………………31 Quantifying Energy Security………………………………………………………………………35 Energy Efficiency and the Behavioral Gap………………………………………………………..38 Forms, Conservation, Measure, and Distribution of Energy………………………………………………..40 II. FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY………………………………………………………………………………………...49 Understanding Carbon Dioxide……………………………………………………………………………..50 Overview of Air and Water Pollution and Health Hazards: The Three Culprits and the Facts…………….51 1. Coal………………………………………………………………………………………………………55 Origins and Development of Coal……………………………………………………...

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Information can be in many forms. Radiation, light, particle, air, sound, radio, or print, just to name a few. In any form, it has to obey the fundamental principles of mass, energy, and motion. At any single frame of moment, there is only one physical location for any object and it's action to unfold. It is the progression of the universe we perceived it as arrow of time. Real event does not replay, however, it's radiations can be delivered as information to observers at countless locations. Information can be preserved in our memory or external medias. This separation of reality and information enable us to replicate history without original real actors. However, information can be tampered by environment as well as personal consciousness and subconsciousness. It can also be manipulated into fictitious fantasies that is impossible in physical universe. It is illusion if we can not distinguish reality and it's information....

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We live in a totally immersed reality. Information can be augmented by environment as well as personal feeling. It is illusion if we can not distinguish reality and it's information....

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1 Introduction1 2 Light, Reality, And Information 3 Transportation Of Information 3.1 Catcher And Ball Pitcher 3.2 Dynamic of Moving Pitcher 3.3 Dynamic Observation Simulation 3.4 Divergence of Delivery 4 Illusion of Information 21 5 Summary 22 References...

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The preliminary idea behind translational medicine, conducting biological research to treat diseases, is not a new concept. But, scientists have been serious about placing the patient at all levels of the research process – right at the basic science level phase and all the way to the bedside – since only the 1990s. Today, translational research is a scientific field, although multidisciplinary. That innovation stemmed from the discoveries of new diseases and new technologies that allow healthcare professionals to have new perspectives on how to better and more efficiently treat patients. Translational medicine is viable, and it has already proved itself in many areas. Normally, every great discovery or innovation comes with both rewards and challenges, and continuous improvement is what keeps it alive. Translational research, an innovative concept, is not impervious to that rule. This paper examines the antecedents of translational medicine and how it came about. It considers the importance of incorporating basic science, applied science or clinical research, and the patient at every turn of the processes by analyzing the importanc...

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Translational medicine or translation research is an umbrella term that covers specific research in biological sciences whose main goal is to increase human life expectancy by keeping us healthy (from better ideas to better health). It’s synonymous with translational medical science, disease-targeted research, or evidence-based research. Translation research is particular because of its bidirectional nature. It’s commonly called the B2B approach or bench to bedside approach because it incorporates clinical skills and observations as well as scientific hypotheses utilized by researchers in the laboratories. The whole concept functions in a loop: bench to bedside and back. It translates knowledge, skills, or science from one place to another not only by focusing on the traditional 4P-Medicine – personalization, prevention, prediction, and participation – but also by taking into consideration another 3 Ps: providing (staff training), preemptive (research and development), and point of care (making sure that healthcare can be given anytime anywhere). Because of that, translational medicine can be viewed as a paradigm shift. This revolut...

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Summary..…………………………………………………………………………………………3 1. From astrological and herbal medicines to translational medicine…………………………....3 Bridge to modern translational research………………………………………………………….4 a. Before the 21st century…………………………………………………………………....4 b. In the 21st century………………………………………………………………………....5 2. What is translational medicine?.................................................................................................6 a. Historical perspective and origin of translational medicine………………………………7 b. Modern view and definition of translational medicine……………………………………7 c. Characteristics and processes of translational research…………………………………...8 3. Importance of translational medicine…………………………………………………………10 a. Why does translational medicine matter?..........................................................................10 b. Direct applications of translational research……………………………………………..11 • The pharmaceutical industry…………………………………………………………11 • Neuroscience…………………………………………………………………………13 • Cancer treatment……………………………………………………………………..14 • Medical robotics……………………………………………………………………...15 4. Barriers to tran...

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Exploring the secrets of the Universe as far as physics can go, and even beyond.. Along with its Vedantic integration. This book is has two sections. The first section is a work in physics which presents an in-depth exploration of Avyakta - the hidden metaphysical reality behind the apparent universe - through scientific study. A condensed version of this part has been published in the Prespacetime Journal Vol 7 Issue 16 on 08/01/2017, titled "Avyakta" The Fabric of Space". (Prespacetime Journal (ISSN: 2153-8301), QuantumDream, Inc., P.O. Box 267, Stony Brook, NY 11790-0267, USA; is a physics journal which focuses on the origin, nature and mechanism of space-time and its possible connection to a prespacetime; and models and experimental results on elemental particles, fundamental forces including gravity and related topics.) The second section of the book presents in-depth study of cosmology in Vedanta, as outlined in verses from the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. The discussions shed light on many previously unknown levels and aspects. Since God cannot be considered in physics due to lack of experimental evidence, this sec...

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Part 1. Physics - The Next Step Abstract Introduction to Avyakta Section 1 - Fundamental Particles, Forces and Fields 1.1 Matter waves 1.2 Movement through avyakta 1.3 Gravitational field 1.4 Mass 1.5 The fields in classical physics 1.6 The 'vacuum' state – the 'zero' point energy of all fields in space 1.7 Virtual particles 1.8 The quantized wave 1.9 Antiparticle 1.10 Phonon, Particle, Photon and Fabric Section 2 – The Universe 2.1 Big bang and creation 2.2 Generations of matter 2.3 Formation of galaxy groups 2.4 The explanation of dark matter 2.5 Red-shift 2.6 Possibilities in the far future 2.7 History and philosophical implications Part 2 Philosophy – Towards Convergence Introduction to core Vedantic concepts Verses from ancient texts and discussions Further reading References (Physics)...

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In der Strafkolonie ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie vorgeführt. Es besteht darin, dass jeder Angeklagte unabhängig von seiner Schuld von einem Apparat in minutiösem Ablauf stundenlang gefoltert und dann getötet wird. Den Apparat beschreibt Kafka als überdimensionalen Parlograph in der Funktionsweise eines Phonographen mit vibrierender Metallplatte und Nadel. Dieser Apparat ist der Hauptgegenstand der Erzählung, er repräsentiert die Einheit von Schrift und Tod....

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Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg....

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Mystery

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Introduction: Fielding?s third great novel has been the subject of much more discordant judgments than either of its forerunners. If we take the period since its appearance as covering four generations, we find the greatest authority in the earliest, Johnson, speaking of it with something more nearly approaching to enthusiasm than he allowed himself in reference to any other work of an author, to whom he was on the whole so unjust....

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Excerpt: Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling.

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Contents PREFACE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 LISPETH........................................................................................................................................... 5 THREE AND?AN EXTRA .......................................................................................................... 10 THROWN AWAY ............................................................................................................................ 14 MISS YOUGHAL?S SAIS............................................................................................................... 21 YOKED WITH AN UNBELIEVER.............................................................................................. 27 FALSE DAWN ................................................................................................................................ 31 THE RESCUE OF PLUFFLES .................................................................................................... 38 CUPID?S ARROWS .........

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A delightful love-story, genuinely American in feeling and treatment. The story is stirring, the heroine is ideal. (Summary by the Chicago Tribune, from time of publishing)...

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Romance

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. ?Everyone asks me what I ?think? of everything,? said Spencer Brydon; ?and I make answer as I can--begging or dodging the question, putting them off with any nonsense. It wouldn?t matter to any of them really,? he went on, ?for, even were it possible to meet in that stand-anddeliver way so silly a demand on so big a subject, my ?thoughts? would still be almost altogether about something that concerns only myself.? He was talking to Miss Staverton, with whom for a couple of months now he had availed himself of every possible occasion to talk; this disposition and this resource, this comfort and support, as the situation in fact presented itself, having promptly enough taken the first place in the considerable array of rather unattenuated surprises attending his so strangely belated return to America....

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Excerpt: Most of us see some romances in life. In my capacity as Chief Manager of a Life Assurance Office, I think I have within the last thirty years seen more romances than the generality of men, however unpromising the opportunity may, at first sight, seem....

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Excerpt: The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Enter Demetrius and Philo. Philo. Nay, but this dotage of our Generals Ore- flowes the measure: those his goodly eyes That o?re the Files and Musters of the Warre, Have glow?d like plated Mars: Now bend, now turne The Office and Deuotion of their view Upon a Tawny Front. His Captaines heart, Which in the scuffles of great Fights hath burst The Buckles on his brest, reneages all temper, And is become the Bellowes and the Fan To coole a Gypsies Lust. Flourish. Enter Anthony, Cleopatra, her Ladies, the Traine, with Eunuchs fanning her. Looke where they come: Take but good note, and you shall see in him (The triple Pillar of the world) transform?d Into a Strumpets Foole. Behold and see. Cleo. If it be Love indeed, tell me how much. Ant. There?s beggery in the love that can be reckon?d Cleo. Ile set a bourne how farre to be belov?d. Ant. Then must thou needes finde out new Heaven, new Earth. Enter a Messenger. Mes. Newes (my good Lord) from Rome. Ant. Grates me, the summe. Cleo. Nay heare them Anthony. Fuluia perchance is angry: Or who knowes, If the scarse-...

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Table of Contents: The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra, 1 -- Actus Primus. Scoena Prima., 1

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Excerpt: The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad.

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Excerpt: An ancient leafless stump of a horse-chestnut stood in the middle of a dusty field, bordered on the south side by a row of houses of some pretension. Against this stump, a pretty delicate fair girl of seventeen, whose short lilac sleeves revealed slender white arms, and her tight, plain cap tresses of flaxen hair that many a beauty might have envied, was banging a cocoa-nut mat, chanting by way of accompaniment in a sort of cadence--...

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Excerpt: Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Excerpt: Chapter 1. Adam, Sheth, Enosh -- 2. Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered -- 3. Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech -- 4. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth -- 5. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras -- 6. And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah -- 7. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim....

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This is the fifth of Burrough's Tarzan novels. Tarzan finds himself bereft of his fortune and resolves to return to the jewel-room of Opar, leaving Jane to face unexpected danger at home. (Summary written by Sarah Jennings.)...

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Adventure, Fiction

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Excerpt: When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells.

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Excerpt: The Merry Wives of Windsor; Actus Primus -- Scena Prima -- Enter Justice Shallow, Slender, Sir Hugh Evans, Master Page, Falstoffe, Bardolph, Nym, Pistoll, Anne Page, Mistresse Ford, Mistresse Page, Simple. Shallow. Sir Hugh, perswade me not: I will make a Star-Chamber matter of it, if hee were twenty Sir John Falstoffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow Esquire....

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Table of Contents: The Merry Wiues of Windsor, 1 -- Actus primus, Scena prima., 1 -- Scena Secunda., 7 -- Scena Tertia., 7 -- Scoena Quarta., 10 -- Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima., 13 -- Scoena Secunda., 18 -- Scena Tertia., 24 -- Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima., 26 -- Scena Secunda., 29 -- Scena Tertia., 31 -- Scoena Quarta., 35 -- Scena Quinta., 38 -- Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima., 41 -- Scena Secunda., 43 -- Scena Tertia., 47 -- Scena Quarta., 48 -- Scena Quinta., 50 -- Scena Sexta., 53 -- Actus Quintus. Scoena Prima., 54 -- Scena Secunda., 55 -- Scena Tertia., 55 -- Scena Quarta., 56 -- Scena Quinta., 56...

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Excerpt: Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne.