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    Virology, Epidemiology, Translational Toxicology and Therapeutics, Volume 1

    This first volume chronicles the early stages of the outbreak and world-wide spread of SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) and delineates the role of several disciplines in therapeutic and control measures. Documenting the epidemiologic response from China, the clinical evaluation, pathology and intial therapeutics that were available during the first 6 months and onwards of the outbreak, this book records how ... Read more

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  • High-Speed Decoders for Polar Codes

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    A new class of provably capacity achieving error-correction codes, polar codes are suitable for many problems, such as lossless and lossy source coding, problems with side information, multiple access channel, etc.The first comprehensive book on the implementation of decoders for polar codes, the authorstake a tutorial approach to explain the practical decoder implementation challenges and trade ... Read more

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    Poetry of Claude McKay, The

    A pioneer of black poetry and a founder of the Harlem Renaissance

    by Claude McKay ...
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    Festus Claudius McKay was born in Sunny Ville, Jamaica on the 15th September 1890, He was the youngest son to parents who had gathered enough assets to secure them the right to vote.As a boy he was fascinated by English Poetry and literature, although at 17 he took on work as an apprentice woodcutter for two years before becoming a police constable in the capital, Kingston. In this mainly white ... Read more

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