The book Alpha and Omega covers pre-existent names of the Messiah, prophecies, and predictions about the coming of the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. This book guides readers through some of the usual arguments about the existence of God and the self-existence of Christ before His incarnation as Jesus. Following the very first verse in the Bible, Genesis 1:1 provides the roadmap for the rest of Jesus's biblical story as represented in the New Testament from His birth through His crucifixion, resurrection, and second coming. This study restates the subjects and events based exclusively on biblical accounts and known historical facts in exceptional detail.Jesus Always ExistedThe Old Testament prophets recognized Jesus as God Almighty or Jehovah God, "the First and the Last" (Exod. 6:3; Isa. 44:6, 48:12). In the Old Testament, Jesus is not referred to by His earthly name "Jesus." His true identity is revealed in the New Testament after His holy birth to Virgin Mary when God's angel told Mary to name Him Jesus (Luke 1:30-31).He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. (1 Pet. 1:20)Jesus's true identity was reaffirmed in the book of Revelation:"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev. 1:8)Who Was Jesus and What Was His Message?Different individuals have different views of Jesus. To some, He is either a prophet or enlightened man. To others, He was a revolutionary or political defiance. To the believers, however, Jesus is the Son of God, the Alpha and the Omega (which He is).
The book Alpha and Omega covers pre-existent names of the Messiah, prophecies, and predictions about the coming of the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. This book guides readers through some of the usual arguments about the existence of God and the self-existence of Christ before His incarnation as Jesus. Following the very first verse in the Bible, Genesis 1:1 provides the roadmap for the rest of Jesus's biblical story as represented in the New Testament from His birth through His crucifixion, resurrection, and second coming. This study restates the subjects and events based exclusively on biblical accounts and known historical facts in exceptional detail.Jesus Always ExistedThe Old Testament prophets recognized Jesus as God Almighty or Jehovah God, "the First and the Last" (Exod. 6:3; Isa. 44:6, 48:12). In the Old Testament, Jesus is not referred to by His earthly name "Jesus." His true identity is revealed in the New Testament after His holy birth to Virgin Mary when God's angel told Mary to name Him Jesus (Luke 1:30-31).He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. (1 Pet. 1:20)Jesus's true identity was reaffirmed in the book of Revelation:"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev. 1:8)Who Was Jesus and What Was His Message?Different individuals have different views of Jesus. To some, He is either a prophet or enlightened man. To others, He was a revolutionary or political defiance. To the believers, however, Jesus is the Son of God, the Alpha and the Omega (which He is).
The subject of this book is an important and diverse field of electric machines and drives. The twelve chapters of the book written by renowned authors, both academics and practitioners, cover a large part of the field of electric machines and drives. Various types of electric machines, including three-phase and single-phase induction machines or doubly fed machines, are addressed. Most of the chapters focus on modern control methods of induction-machine drives, such as vector and direct torque control. Among others, the book addresses sensorless control techniques, modulation strategies, parameter identification, artificial intelligence, operation under harsh or failure conditions, and modelling of electric or magnetic quantities in electric machines. Several chapters give an insight into the problem of minimizing losses in electric machines and increasing the overall energy efficiency of electric drives.
Eleven years after Osama bin-Laden's targeted assassination, and twenty-one years after the deadliest terror attack of 11 September 2001, al-Qaeda is masterminding a second mega terror attack in the USA. It's going to be much more devastating than its predecessor, claiming the life of tens of thousands of Americans. Bin-Laden's successors have set themselves two main goals: to avenge the USA for eliminating their venerable leader, and to establish al-Qaeda's status as a terror organization that dares challenge the most powerful superpower. That dubious reputation was snatched from them by the ISIS terror group; but al-Qaeda's leaders were convinced that the mega attack at the Super Bowl finals in Atlanta, Georgia, will position them again at the top of the terror pyramid. Heading the task force is Lutfi bin-Jalal, a senior al-Qaeda militant, part of the think tank that masterminded the 9/11 Twin Towers attack in New York, and one of the top ten names on the FBI's most wanted list. His task team includes three more terrorists of the FBI's wanted list, each 'worth' millions of dollars. Shawn Scott, a withdrawn American kid, tends to hole up in his room most of the day, addicted to computer games. Like so many geeks, he has set himself a challenge: to crack the operating system of every new version of a computer game as soon as it hits the market. Each success increases his passion to become an expert hacker. Greedily he devours manuals and handbooks with instructions on how to hack even the most secure websites. Soon enough, he joins a clandestine hackers' group. On his 14th birthday, a uniformed officer accompanied by two female soldiers, knocks on the Scott's family door in a quiet Atlanta suburb. Sergeant Freddy Scott, they inform sadly, was killed in an al-Qaeda terror attack in Afghanistan. His body was nowhere to be found. Shawn refused to come to terms with the news. An investigative report he comes across one day in Time magazine, deals with cyber activities of the elite unit linked to the National Security Association (NSA). The report describes spybots embedded into computers, routers, cell phones, and all kinds of smart devices for the purpose of mining sensitive data from friendly and hostile elements alike. The article gets Shawn charged up. He is determined to hack the CIA's website and the Pentagon's computer system, in order to mine classified information about his father's real cause of death. He discovers classified transmissions made on the day of his father's death, containing pieces of information which the military hid from him and his mother. Lutfi bin-Jalal, the mega attack's mastermind, arrives in Atlanta on a fake passport, presenting himself as a respectable businessman and close family member of Dubai's royal family. Emily Scott, Shawn's mother, an architect by profession, meets bin-Jalal at random and falls head over heels for his oriental charm. Shawn has his suspicions about the debonair man who's captured his mother's heart. Planting a tracker program in bin-Jalal's cell phone, Shawn is shocked to find out that the guy working his magic on Emily is a senior al-Qaeda member, and high in the FBI's wanted terrorists list. Shawn is in no rush to share the news with his mother, not to say the FBI. Instead, he keeps close track of the terrorist's moves, and comes upon a chilling scheme to carry out the most vicious terror attack in modern history. Atlanta Touchdown is the story of an American computer whiz kid, who recruits a bunch of Arab children, and a drone-addicted friend, to thwart al-Qaeda's mega attack on the 2023 Super Bowl Finals.
This fascinating microhistory, crafted from documents and oral narratives, provides a rare portrait of pre-1950 rural Yemen while showing how religiously subordinated Jewish villagers strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant Muslim majority.
There have been stability theories developed for beams, plates and shells — the most significant elements in mechanical, aerospace, ocean and marine engineering. For beams and plates, the theoretical and experimental values of buckling loads are in close vicinity. However for thin shells, the experimental predictions do not conform with the theory, due to presence of small geometric imperfections that are deviations from the ideal shape.This fact has been referred to in the literature as ‘embarrassing’, ‘paradoxical’ and ‘perplexing’. Indeed, the popular adage, “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is”, very much applies to thin shells whose experimental buckling loads may constitute a small fraction of the theoretical prediction based on classical linear theory; because in practice, engineers use knockdown factors that are not theoretically substantiated.This book presents a uniform approach that tames this prima-donna-like and capricious behavior of structures that has been dubbed the ‘imperfection sensitivity’ — thus resolving the conundrum that has occupied the best minds of elastic stability throughout the twentieth century.
To promote effectiveness and minimize possible toxicity, the dosage of certain medications must be adjusted in persons with compromised kidney function. Failure to enjoin appropriate dosage adjustments in patients with abnormal or rapidly changing kidney function continues to lead to reports of drug toxicity involving a broad array of renally eliminated medications. This updated edition captures nearly 200 new drugs that have been approved by the FDA since the initial publication of Renal Pharmacotherapy. It also covers new evidence that has emerged regarding the need to adjust dosage of certain older medications that are eliminated by the kidneys. Additionally, it presents new data that are being continuously derived in the areas of patient-specific dose individualization for drugs of all types. Comprehensive, convenient, and evidence-based, this reference closes several identified knowledge gaps and will continue to be the leading collection of dosage recommendations for patients with compromised kidney function.
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