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Spiritual Motivation Vol. 2 is a new collection of essays, with the same temper as Vol. 1: New thinking for business and management, published in 2007, but with new authors and new themes. It addresses the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, alongside climate change and, now, the war in Ukraine, have greatly disrupted the course of humanity's development. The diverse essays in this book provide insight and inspiration both to the individual and to the corporate world. The work is divided into three parts. The first, 'Understanding', addresses basic issues such as the vital need for a biological perspective of the world, quantifying quality of life, the cost of climate change, and the growing dominance of financial institutions. Part II addresses contemporary management issues and is a guide to greatly improving current practices. Part III contains expositions of the world's great religions by leading practitioners.CONTENTS PART I: Stephen Boyden, Phylogenetic maladjustment; Philip Thomas, The J-value; Graham Holt, The cost of going 'green'; Paul Beckett. Tax havens; Jeremy Ramsden, (In)equality. PART II: John Seddon, Beyond command and control; John Timpson, Upside down management; Andrea Finnis, How to be a good communicator; Peter Bazalgette, Empathy; Peter Wedderburn-Ogilvy, Problem solving. PART III: Gary Gach, Buddhism; Lorne Denny, Christianity; Taj Hargey, Islam; Jonathan Romain, Judaism; Madhuri Sharon, Hinduism. Contents by chapter: 1 Stephen Boyden, Phylogenetic maladjustment2 Philip Thomas, The J-value3 Graham Holt, The cost of going 'green'4 Paul Beckett, Tax havens5 Jeremy Ramsden, (In)equality6 John Seddon, Beyond command and control7 John Timpson, Upside down management8 Andrea Finnis, How to be a good communicator9 Peter Bazalgette, Empathy10 Peter Wedderburn-Ogilvy, Problem solving11 Gary Gach, Buddhism12 Lorne Denny, Christianity13 Taj Hargey, Islam14 Jonathan Romain, Judaism15 Madhuri Sharon, Hinduism.

This invaluable textbook presents a self-contained introduction to the field of bioinformatics. Providing a comprehensive breadth of coverage while remaining accessibly concise, the text promotes a deep understanding of the field, supported by basic mathematical concepts, an emphasis on biological knowledge, and a holistic approach that highlights the connections unifying bioinformatics with other areas of science.The thoroughly revised and enhanced fourth edition features new chapters focusing on regulation and control networks, the origins of life, evolution, statistics and causation, viruses, the microbiome, single cell analysis, drug discovery and forensic applications. This edition additionally includes new and updated material on the ontology of bioinformatics, data mining, ecosystems, and phenomics. Also covered are new developments in sequencing technologies, gene editing methods, and modelling of the brain, as well as state-of-the-art medical applications. Of special topicality is a new chapter on bioinformatics aspects of the coronavirus pandemic.Topics and features:Explains the fundamentals of set theory, combinatorics, probability, likelihood, causality, clustering, pattern recognition, randomness, complexity, systems, and networksDiscusses topics on ontogeny, phylogeny, genome structure, and regulation, as well as aspects of molecular biologyCritically examines the most significant practical applications, offering detailed descriptions of both the experimental process and the analysis of the dataProvides a varied selection of problems throughout the book, to stimulate further thinkingEncourages further reading through the inclusion of an extensive bibliographyThis classic textbook builds upon the successful formula of previous editions with coverage of the latest advances in this exciting and fast-moving field. With its interdisciplinary scope, this unique guide will prove to be an essential study companion to a broad audience of undergraduate and beginning graduate students, spanning computer scientists focusing on bioinformatics, students of the physical sciences seeking a helpful primer on biology, and biologists desiring to better understand the theory underlying important applications of information science in biology.Dr. Jeremy Ramsden is Hon. Prof. of Nanotechnology in the Department of Biomedical Research at the University of Buckingham, UK.

The field of bioinformatics continues to develop energetically. This second edition covers new findings using the formula of the original text. It is self-contained, bringing together the multiple disciplines necessary for a profound grasp of the field.