King of Obsolete's Ladies: Oh, How They Teased (King of Obsolete Series Book 3) by Joey Barnes (21 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

This is the 3rd book in my King of Obsolete Series which was written back in 2010 when I was drinking professionally. The book was only ever in rough print as an unfinished book but with the Covid 19 lock downs in the year 2020 the book "plates" were lost when my publisher was forced out of business. Now I have changed a few things and added more to tell my stories of the Ladies in my life as the King of Obsolete. These stories are based from 2003 to 2010 when I was young and foolish plus living at the end of the world as a single ...

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Heat Transfer Examples: Practical Problems Solved by D. James Benton (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This is a collection of increasingly complex solved problems involving heat transfer, which must also call upon the principles of thermodynamics and material properties. A working knowledge of differential equations is also essential to understanding this subject. We will cover thermal aspects and also pressure drop but neither mechanical concerns, such as structural, nor chemical ones, such as corrosion. While these latter considerations are important in any design, they must be addressed elsewhere. The examples are worked in SI ...

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The Fundamentals of Airplane Winter Operations: A GuideTo Understanding The Airplane Ground De-/Anti-icing Process in Depth - Including Technical ... by Chuck Wright (9 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Take flight into the world of Aviation's essential cold-weather safety measures with "The Fundamentals of Airplane Winter Operations." This comprehensive book provides in-depth information on the critical processes and technologies that keep aircraft safe and operational in freezing conditions. "The Fundamentals of Airplane Winter Operations" is a must-read for aviation enthusiasts, professionals, and anyone intrigued by the science and art of keeping airplanes safe in freezing conditions. With a balanced blend of technical ...

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Real World Big Yellow Bus Driver by Mr. Sam (Smashwords) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Strategies presented in the Real World Big Yellow Bus Driver will improve discipline, reduce referrals, increase safety, increase parental involvement and improve both the recruiting and the retention of school bus drivers. Everyone having an interest in public education should read the Real World Big Yellow Bus Driver.

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Your Complete Guide to Applying for Your PE License and Passing the HVAC and Refrigeration PE Exam - CBT Edition by Blake Boyd (10 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

If you are just starting out on your journey to getting your professional engineering (PE) license, or are looking ahead a few years before you can apply, we can help. We will walk you start to finish through the process of creating and submitting your application to your state board, to study and exam day strategies, tips and tricks. This book is your complete resource for HVAC PE exam prep. We've been there and have helped many others, and we put everything we know into one place. Download today and take the first steps on ...

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STRESS MANAGEMENT RELAXATION and NO WORRIES: QUICK METHODS TIPS EXERCISES TECHNIQUES CHECKLISTS for NATURAL Stress Relief in MINUTES And Stress ... by Leon Edward (4 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

We all have times when that can be hectic and we are under a lot of pressure either at work, school, training or at home. Stress is part of our life. Many of us discover ourselves rather stressed out on a routine basis. When we end up being stressed or when we get stress and anxiety, the issue is that too many of us have no control over it. This then in turn causes us feeling those feelings in maladaptive or even 'dysfunctional' circumstances. However, Another part of life is taking time to appreciate life, our family and showing ...

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iPhone 12 Pro User Guide: A Complete Step By Step Manual On How To Use The 2020 iPhone 12 Pro For Beginners And Seniors To Master Your New Device ... by Sydney A. Pogue (21 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

The Complete User Guide to the iPhone 12 Pro. You are one step away from mastering all the basic and advanced functionalities of your new iPhone 12 Pro All you need to become an expert at using any of the newly-launched iPhone 12 Pro to its maximum potential is right here! Apple has just launched its latest flagship iPhones, and among them is the iPhone 12 Pro. The iPhone 12 series is Apple's well-timed answer to a 5G-hungry consumer base that's ever in need of better and faster connectivity as well as the best processing ...

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Hyundai and Kia Motors The Early Years and Product Development by Donald Southerton (Bridging Culture Worldwide) (45 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Hyundai and Kia Motors: The Early Years and Product Development by Donald G Southerton provides deep insights into the rise of the Korean car industry. From the 1960s to early 2000s, political and economic forces impacted the growth and development of the South Korean carmakers, including Hyundai and Kia Motors. In addition, the brands at times partnered for technology with Ford, Mazda, and Mitsubishi, along with world class designers like Giorgetto Giugiaro. Expanding rapidly the Korean brands soon looked to new international ...

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The 5th Simple Step to Your Perfect Home, Job, and Life: How Less Becomes More at Work (5 Steps) by Ivan Kuznietsov Price verified 9 hours ago

A certified World Class Manufacturing (WCM/Lean) Instructor shows you how to step-by-step turn your work routine into a process of calm, purpose, and inspiration. "The 5th Simple Step to Your Perfect Home, Job, and Life" is the fifth book of the 5 Steps series. Ivan Kuznietsov gives us a simplifying guide, which focuses on improving our work performance and the psychology of involving our colleagues in the change process. He also offers practical tips for integrating mindfulness into our working process and dealing with bosses. So ...

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On the Road with Bronco Billy - A Trucking Journal by Dale Olausen (17 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

What follows is an account of a ten day journey through western North America during a working trip, delivering lumber from Edmonton Alberta to Dallas Texas, and returning with oilfield equipment. The writer had the opportunity to accompany a friend who is a professional truck driver, which he eagerly accepted. He works as a statistician for the University of Alberta, and is therefore is generally confined to desk, chair, and computer. The chance to see the world from the cab of a truck, and be immersed in the truck driving culture ...

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Tesla Vs Edison: A Captivating Guide to the War of the Currents and the Life of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison (Historical Figures) by Captivating History (106 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Explore the War of the Currents and the Individual Lives of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison Free History BONUS Inside! Two captivating manuscripts in one book: • Nikola Tesla: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor • Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor Who was the real winner in the war of the currents? What happened to both of them? And what were their lives like from beginning to end? These are just some of the questions this book aims to answer so you can come to ...

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Cost Effective Renewable Energy for the home, Coffee and Solar Power by Zax Vagen (24 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

A fresh look at solar power in 2018 through the effective use of "Efficiency First Principles" This ground-breaking book by long time seasoned renewable energy professional Zax Vagen is packed full of innovative ideas, old industry mainstays and ancient wisdom that come together timeously in this book. Riddled with tips and tricks, from choosing the right product to leveraging practical advantage and "opportunity phycics". Join Zax Vagen and his hilarious coffee habit as he unravels the mysteries of achieving the nirvana of off-grid ...

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The Plaston Concept: Plastic Deformation in Structural Materials by Isao Tanaka Price verified 13 hours ago

This open access book presents the novel concept of plaston, which accounts for the high ductility or large plastic deformation of emerging high-performance structural materials, including bulk nanostructured metals, hetero-nanostructured materials, metallic glasses, intermetallics, and ceramics.The book describes simulation results of the collective atomic motion associated with plaston, by computational tools such as first-principle methods with predictive performance and large-scale atom-dynamics calculations. Multi-scale analyses ...

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Proceedings of the International Conference of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Control Engineering (ICFPMCE 2022) (Atlantis Highlights in Engineering ... by Liang Yan (Atlantis Press) Price verified 8 hours ago

This is an open access book. Since 1985, held 22 times in different cities all over China, ICFPMCE has now been listed in annual academic activities (non-profit) of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM), which has become one of the significant conferences in the field of fluid power and mechatronic control engineering. Under the theme of 'Green Intelligence, Innovative Development', ICFPMCE 2022 aims to provide a platform for the participants who have been working in the fields of Fluid mechanics, ...

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Job Shop Leaders: Small Wins From a Factory Life by Torrence Smith (15 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book is about job shops. Inside is a combination of stories and practical tips from my experience. It's not theory. This is how I lost money, made money, kept my job, or got promoted. These are all the things I dug through the literature trying to find answers to. Job shops can be many different types of businesses. Factories, distributors, and government offices could all be considered job shops. Job shops are all those places where the work you do, and the volume of work varies from day to day, even custom design businesses ...

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Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: The Human-Data-Technology Nexus: Proceedings of FAIM 2022, June 19–23, 2022, Detroit, Michigan, ... by Kyoung-Yun Kim (Springer) Price verified 13 hours ago

This is an open access book. It gathers the first volume of the proceedings of the 31st edition of the International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2022, held on June 19 - 23, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Covering four thematic areas including Manufacturing Processes, Machine Tools, Manufacturing Systems, and Enabling Technologies, it reports on advanced manufacturing processes, and innovative materials for 3D printing, applications of machine learning, artificial intelligence and mixed ...

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Families Mental Health and Challenges in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Applied Psychology on Humanity (ICAPH ... by Syamsul Arifin (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Families Mental Health and Challenges in the 21st Century contains the papers presented at the 1st International Conference of Applied Psychology on Humanity 2022 (ICAPH 2022, Malang, Indonesia, 27 August 2022). The contributions focus on the challenges in micro-family environments that are faced with rapid developments of technology and information in the 21st century. The issues addressed in the book include: • Family Strengthening • Principles and Practices • Children and Woman Protection • Family Resilience • ...

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Clarity, Cut, and Culture: The Many Meanings of Diamonds by Susan Falls (NYU Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

What our obsession with diamonds reveals about our material culture Images of diamonds appear everywhere in American culture. And everyone who has a diamond has a story to tell about it. Our stories about diamonds not only reveal what we do with these tiny stones, but also suggest how we create value, meaning, and identity through our interactions with material culture in general. Things become meaningful through our interactions with them, but how do people go about making meaning? What can we learn from an ethnography about the ...

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Autonomous Trajectory Planning and Guidance Control for Launch Vehicles (Springer Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology) by Zhengyu Song (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book highlights the autonomous and intelligent flight control of future launch vehicles for improving flight autonomy to plan ascent and descent trajectories onboard, and autonomously handle unexpected events or failures during the flight. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, space launch activities worldwide have grown vigorously. Meanwhile, commercial launches also account for the booming trend. Unfortunately, the risk of space launches still exists and is gradually increasing in line with the rapidly ...

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Aerospace MRO Leader's Guide to Achieving Breakthrough Performance, Within 7 Days! by Steven Foust (5 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

4-Steps to Crush Your Metrics, Regain Leverage and FINALLY Get Home On-Time for Dinner Again! As an Aerospace Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) leader or professional, it's easy to get buried by the countless distractions and constant stretch on your time, energy, and sanity. For FREE additional resources, go to https://www.aerospaceleader.com (You may need to copy and paste this link into your browser). A successful way to experience breakthrough performance and ultimately thrive in a hyper-competitive MRO environment is to ...

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The Jewel City by Ben Macomber (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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The Colours of Energy: Essays on the Future of Energy in Society [Tablet Version] by Gert Jan Kramer (17 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

In The Colours of Energy - Essays on the Future of Energy in Society, leading energy thinkers explore the future of energy in society. In 36 provoking and inspiring essays, they question established truths and chart possible paths towards a more sustainable future. They share their insights on how to provide energy to an increasingly affluent and growing world population within the boundaries of our planet. The 55 authors are thought leaders in industry, government and academia. Their thinking covers the full range of the issues ...

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Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, ... by David Nunes Carvalho (5 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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Proceedings of the 2021 DigitalFUTURES: The 3rd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2021) by Philip F. Yuan Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book is a compilation of selected papers from 2021 DigitalFUTURES -- The 3rd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2021). The work focuses on novel techniques for computational design and robotic fabrication. The contents make valuable contributions to academic researchers, designers, and engineers in the industry. As well, readers encounter new ideas about understanding material intelligence in architecture.

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Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution (Critical Cultural Communication Book 28) by Ramon Lobato (NYU Press) (23 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

How streaming services and internet distribution have transformed global television culture. Television, once a broadcast medium, now also travels through our telephone lines, fiber optic cables, and wireless networks. It is delivered to viewers via apps, screens large and small, and media players of all kinds. In this unfamiliar environment, new global giants of television distribution are emerging -- including Netflix, the world's largest subscription video-on-demand service. Combining media industry analysis with cultural ...

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Commercial Aviation 101 by Greg Gayden (59 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Commercial Aviation 101 is an in-depth look at the ins and outs of the commercial aviation industry as it stands today. Featuring a detailed explanation of the various security programs that are in place today, Commercial Aviation 101 will help the reader understand the policies and procedures that have been established to keep the skies of our nation safe. For those who are also interested in learning some of the basics of the commercial aviation industry, Commercial Aviation 101 also features detailed descriptions of common terms ...

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Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing by Rufus Tracy Strohm (3 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

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Ecology of Angola: Terrestrial Biomes and Ecoregions by Brian John Huntley (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book richly illustrates the first, and comprehensive, account of the country's biomes and ecoregions, the driving forces that account for their diversity and vulnerability, and the ecological principles that provide an understanding of the patterns and processes that have shaped landscapes, ecoregions, and ecosystems. Angola encompasses the greatest diversity of terrestrial biomes and is the second richest in terms of ecoregions, of any African country. Yet its biodiversity and the structure and functioning of its ...

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5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM 2019): Proceedings of the Symposium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, ... by Jeffrey T. Freymueller (Springer) Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access volume contains the proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM2019) held in St. Petersburg, Russia, October 1 - 4, 2019. The symposium was hosted by the State Research Center of the Russian Federation Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC and was attended by 75 participants from 15 different countries. 32 oral and 20 poster contributions were presented in four different topical sessions: Terrestrial, shipboard and airborne gravimetry, Absolute gravimetry, Relative ...

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Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River (The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science Book 27) by Carl Middleton (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

This open access book focuses on the Salween River, shared by China, Myanmar, and Thailand, that is increasingly at the heart of pressing regional development debates. The basin supports the livelihoods of over 10 million people, and within it there is great socio-economic, cultural and political diversity. The basin is witnessing intensifying dynamics of resource extraction, alongside large dam construction, conservation and development intervention, that is unfolding within a complex terrain of local, national and transnational ...

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Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship: A New National Economic Imperative by Marlene Orozco (Purdue University Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship examines business formation and success among Latinos by identifying arrangements that enhance entrepreneurship and by understanding the sociopolitical contexts that shape entrepreneurial trajectories. While it is well known that Latinos make up one of the largest and fastest growing populations in the U.S., Latino-owned businesses are now outpacing this population growth and the startup business growth of all other demographic groups in the country. The institutional arrangements shaping ...

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Emerging Science for Sustainable Water Resources Management: A guide for water professionals and practitioners in India by Sunita Sarkar (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

As a society, we are undergoing a number of interconnected changes, from burgeoning populations and rising standards of living, to widespread urbanisation and rapid environmental degradation, all under a changing climate. Together, these changes are having significant impacts on our freshwater systems. Rapid innovation is needed to adapt our water management practices and technologies in order to meet water requirements while maintaining and, where needed, restoring, the ecosystems that provide us with life sustaining services, so ...

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The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement (The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research) by Robert X. Browning (Purdue University Press) Price verified 4 hours ago

The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and preserves all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, and research uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, from all House and Senate sessions in the US Congress, to hearings, presidential speeches, conventions, and campaign events, totaling over 200,000 hours, is contained in the video library and is immediately and freely accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by staff. Whereas C-SPAN is best known as a resource for political ...

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What News Have You Brought Us Today? (Words to Elate) by Dode Sescri (2 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Messengers are known to have been attacked for delivering bad news to their bosses and everyday reporters get attacked in their line of duty when gathering newsworthy pieces of information on behalf of the general public. Journalism is the only profession in the whole world where the primary job of the employees is to dig up dirt on others. Well nobody likes being publicly exposed however nice a person they are by nature, when something unfavorable about them gets aired they are naturally inclined to retaliate, which could mean ...

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The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin by Antonella Vastola (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies. The experiences made by the researchers of the School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Science (SAFE) of the University of Basilicata offer a wide and multidisciplinary approach to the identification and testing of different solutions tailored to the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the region and the surrounding areas. Basilicata's ...

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Artificiality and Sustainability in Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Unforeseen, and Paving the Way to a Sustainable Future (FGF Studies in Small ... by Richard Adams Price verified 6 hours ago

This open access edited volume explores the past, present, and future of artificiality and sustainability in entrepreneurship - the unforeseen consequences and ways to advance to a sustainable future. In particular, it connects artificiality, sustainability and entrepreneurship, intertwining artificial with the specific phenomenon of those novel digital technologies that provoke continuous and significant change in our lives and business. Unlike digital entrepreneurship research, which focuses on digital technology development and ...

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Manual of Ship Subsidies An Historical Summary of the Systems of All Nations by Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe) Bacon (1 Review)    Price verified 14 hours ago

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Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the ... by Harold Phillips Manly (71 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

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The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Grace Rogers Cooper (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management: Challenges and Prospects by Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019 Conference (LCM) held in Pozna?, Poland, and presents different examples of scientific and practical contributions, showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM to target, organize, analyze and manage product-related information and activities towards continuous improvement, along the different products life cycle. The ...

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Brain and Human Body Modeling 2020: Computational Human Models Presented at EMBC 2019 and the BRAIN Initiative® 2019 Meeting by Sergey N. Makarov (2 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

?This open access book describes modern applications of computational human modeling in an effort to advance neurology, cancer treatment, and radio-frequency studies including regulatory, safety, and wireless communication fields. Readers working on any application that may expose human subjects to electromagnetic radiation will benefit from this book's coverage of the latest models and techniques available to assess a given technology's safety and efficacy in a timely and efficient manner. • Describes computational human body ...

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Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing III: Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering & ... by Lionel Roucoules (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

This open access book gathers contributions presented at the International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (JCM 2020), held as a web conference on June 2-4, 2020. It reports on cutting-edge topics in product design and manufacturing, such as industrial methods for integrated product and process design; innovative design; and computer-aided design. Further topics covered include virtual simulation and reverse engineering; additive manufacturing; product manufacturing; engineering methods in ...

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Embracing the Future: Creative Industries for Environment and Advanced Society 5.0 in a Post-Pandemic Era: Proceedings of the 8th Bandung Creative ... by Rahmiati Aulia (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

By delivering the mindful writings from our selected authors, this book portrays one big idea: a new Human-Centered society that balances economics to resolve problems, especially in the use of an integrated area in cyberspace, physical space, and how it impacts the creative industries. Through The 8th Bandung Creative Movement, scholars from 15 Universities around the Asian and European countries have discussed this issue where Human-Centered society became the main consideration in the development. Three topics are presented to ...

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Special Topics in Information Technology (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology) by Luigi Piroddi (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book presents thirteen outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in IT systems. The doctoral studies program in IT at Politecnico di Milano emphasizes this interdisciplinary nature, which is becoming more and more important in recent technological advances, in collaborative projects, and in the ...

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Environmental Contaminants in Biota: Interpreting Tissue Concentrations, Second Edition by W. Nelson Beyer (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Discussing the interpretation of tissue concentrations of contaminants in wildlife, this updated edition of a bestseller draws on current scientific research and includes new chapters and greater emphasis on aquatic organisms. Each chapter provides a summary and review of a specific chemical along with direction on research methods and the interpretation of conflicting or insufficient data. Chapters include a comprehensive history of contaminant interpretation in wildlife and fish, the use of tissue residues in ecological risk ...

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The Stoker's Catechism by W. J. Connor (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

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Development, Social Change and Environmental Sustainability: Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Sociology and Educational ... by Sumarmi (1 Review)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Nowadays, the concept of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) is starting to replace the concept of MDGs (Millennium Developmental Goals). It is a global goal adopted by all United Nations member states. It emphasizes the idea that the development of every country can only be achieved by balancing other factors such as social, economic, and environmental sustainability. It is already clear how sustainable development works with environmental ethics and management. However, there are still issues regarding the sustainable development ...

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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Bergen Hill Tunnels. Paper No. 1154 by F. Lavis (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

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Mixed-Criticality Industrial Wireless Networks by Xi Jin (Springer) Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book introduces how to manage important tasks in industrial wireless networks. Important tasks must be completed on time and with guaranteed quality; that is the consensus reached by system designers and users. However, for too long, important tasks have often been given unnecessary urgency, and people intuitively believe that important tasks should be executed first so that their performance can be guaranteed. Actually, in most cases, their performance can be guaranteed even if they are executed later, and the ...

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Machine Learning and Its Application to Reacting Flows: ML and Combustion (Lecture Notes in Energy Book 44) by Nedunchezhian Swaminathan (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

This open access book introduces and explains machine learning (ML) algorithms and techniques developed for statistical inferences on a complex process or system and their applications to simulations of chemically reacting turbulent flows. These two fields, ML and turbulent combustion, have large body of work and knowledge on their own, and this book brings them together and explain the complexities and challenges involved in applying ML techniques to simulate and study reacting flows. This is important as to the world's total ...

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Security of Ubiquitous Computing Systems: Selected Topics by Gildas Avoine (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

The chapters in this open access book arise out of the EU Cost Action project Cryptacus, the objective of which was to improve and adapt existent cryptanalysis methodologies and tools to the ubiquitous computing framework. The cryptanalysis implemented lies along four axes: cryptographic models, cryptanalysis of building blocks, hardware and software security engineering, and security assessment of real-world systems. The authors are top-class researchers in security and cryptography, and the contributions are of value to researchers ...

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Water and Earthquakes (Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences) by Chi-Yuen Wang (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination. Although the effects of earthquakes on streams and groundwater have been reported for thousands of years, this field has only blossomed into an active area of ...

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Electrochemical Supercapacitors for Energy Storage and Delivery: Fundamentals and Applications (Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion) by Aiping Yu (CRC Press) (13 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Although recognized as an important component of all energy storage and conversion technologies, electrochemical supercapacitators (ES) still face development challenges in order to reach their full potential. A thorough examination of development in the technology during the past decade, Electrochemical Supercapacitors for Energy Storage and Delivery: Fundamentals and Applications provides a comprehensive introduction to the ES from technical and practical aspects and crystallization of the technology, detailing the basics of ES as ...

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Buildings for Education: A Multidisciplinary Overview of The Design of School Buildings (Research for Development) by Stefano Della Torre (12 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This open access book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction of new schools and the reorganization of existing educational buildings in Italy. This transformative process aims to give old buildings a fresh identity, to ensure that facilities are compliant with the new educational and teaching models, and to improve both energy efficiency and structural safety with respect to seismic activity. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which focuses ...

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From Digital Twins to Digital Selves and Beyond: Engineering and Social Models for a Trans-humanist World by Franz Barachini (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This open access book aims at deepening the understanding of the relation between cyber-physical systems (CPSs) as socio-technical systems and their digital representations with intertwined artificial intelligence (AI). The authors describe why it is crucial for digital selves to be able to develop emotional behavior and why a humanity-inspired AI is necessary so that humans and humanoids can coexist. The introductory chapter describes major milestones in computer science which form the basis for the implementation of digital twins ...

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Ohio DMV Exam Workbook: 400+ Practice Questions to Navigate Your DMV Exam With Confidence (DMV practice tests Book 7) by Eric Miles (5 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

The Ultimate DMV Exam Guide is Your Roadmap to First-Attempt Success • Feeling the pressure of the upcoming DMV test? • In search of a tool that simplifies the process, boosts your confidence, and increases your chances of success? • Want to ace the driving test on your first attempt? This comprehensive guide is your go-to resource, packed with original test questions crafted to mirror the real DMV exam, taking the uncertainty out of your preparation. This complete, easy-to-follow DMV exam workbook, offers: • Two ...

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Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges (Springer Series on Environmental Management) by David D. Briske (Springer) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global ...

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The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers: Investigating the Business of a Productive, Resilient and Low Emission Future by Todd S. Rosenstock (Springer) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume shares new data relating to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), with emphasis on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa. The book is a collection of research by authors from over 30 institutions, spanning the public and private sectors, with specific knowledge on agricultural development in the region discussed. The material is assembled to answer key questions on the following five topic areas: (1) Climate impacts: What are the most significant current and near future ...

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Alternative Fuels for Transportation (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series) by A S Ramadhas (CRC Press) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Exploring how to counteract the world's energy insecurity and environmental pollution, this volume covers the production methods, properties, storage, engine tests, system modification, transportation and distribution, economics, safety aspects, applications, and material compatibility of alternative fuels. The esteemed editor highlights the importance of moving toward alternative fuels and the problems and environmental impact of depending on petroleum products. Each self-contained chapter focuses on a particular fuel source, ...

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Microplastic in the Environment: Pattern and Process (Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management) by Michael S. Bank (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are ...

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Critical Materials: Underlying Causes And Sustainable Mitigation Strategies (World Scientific Series In Current Energy Issues Book 5) by S Erik Offerman (World Scientific) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book covers a new frontier of research in Critical Materials that provides insight in terms of the possible sustainable mitigation strategies, the complexity, broadness and multi-disciplinarity of the subject. By exploring in both 'systems view' and 'in-depth materials view' in light of the circular economy, this book tackles the problem of sustainable usage of materials that is closely intertwined with the energy issue and climate change. Topics covered include: geopolitics of materials, the energy-materials nexus, definitions ...

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The Digital Playbook: A Practitioner’s Guide to Smart, Connected Products and Solutions with AIoT by Dirk Slama (Springer) Price verified 2 hours ago

This open access book is a practitioner's guide to smart, connected products and solutions. As a hands-on playbook, it combines the business and technical execution perspectives to help product companies, OEMs, manufacturers and equipment operators utilize the full potential of digital enablers, especially Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twins. The Digital Playbook provides comprehensive and actionable guidance, helping to address the challenges of creating sustainable and scalable digital business ...

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Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES: The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020) by Philip F. Yuan (Springer) Price verified 6 hours ago

This open access book is a compilation of selected papers from 2020 DigitalFUTURES -- The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020). The book focuses on novel techniques for computational design and robotic fabrication. The contents make valuable contributions to academic researchers, designers, and engineers in the industry. As well, readers will encounter new ideas about understanding intelligence in architecture.

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Automotive Repair Shop Mistakes by Eli Koorey (13 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

If you've ever had that lump in your throat when your vehicle began acting up this book is for you. You will learn about common practices repair shops use to burn their customers, how to spot these tricks, and how to handle them along the way. You don't have to be an expert in the automotive field. This book is for everyone! Especially one with very limited automotive knowledge.

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Proceedings of the 6th FIRST 2022 International Conference (FIRST-ESCSI 2022) (Atlantis Highlights in Engineering Book 14) by Nyayu Latifah Husni Price verified 13 hours ago

This is an open access book.The 6th FIRST 2022 International Conference offers the researchers in academics, industries, and governments, a conference, for exchanging, sharing, following up, and discussing the results of the latest researches, industry's needs, and government regulatory policies. The 6th FIRST 2022 International Conference facilitates the participants from all over the world to meet face to face to open chances in establishing connections and collaboration among them.

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Assessing Environmental Risk of Oil Spills with ERA Acute: A New Methodology (SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science) by Cathrine Stephansen Price verified 50 minutes ago

This open access book introduces readers to a new methodology for assessing the risks to the marine environment following accidental oil spills. The methodology will soon be implemented on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and will be complemented by guidelines for its use in a regulatory framework. The brief book is intended to provide international readers with a basic grasp of what the ERA Acute methodology consists of, what its applications are, and the underlying impact and restoration models used in its development. The content ...

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Monte Carlo N-Particle Simulations for Nuclear Detection and Safeguards: An Examples-Based Guide for Students and Practitioners by John S. Hendricks (Springer) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 20 minutes ago

This open access book is a pedagogical, examples-based guide to using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP®) code for nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation applications. The MCNP code, general-purpose software for particle transport simulations, is widely used in the field of nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for numerous applications including detector design and calibration, and the study of scenarios such as measurement of fresh and spent fuel. This book fills a gap in the existing MCNP software literature by teaching MCNP ...

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Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison And Improvement Project (Agmip) Integrated Crop And Economic ... by Rosenzweig Cynthia & Hillel Daniel (62 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

"Top agricultural scientists from around the world have taken up the challenge of sustainable agriculture, with the specific focus on integrating agronomic, climatological, biophysical and socio-economic perspectives and processes. Every chapter (of the Handbook) contributes to addressing the growing food-security challenges facing the world."Foreword by Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia UniversityClimate effects on agriculture are of increasing concern in both the scientific and policy communities because of ...

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Optimization-Based Energy Management for Multi-energy Maritime Grids (Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and ... by Sidun Fang (2 Reviews)    Price verified 50 minutes ago

This open access book discusses the energy management for the multi-energy maritime grid, which is the local energy network installed in harbors, ports, ships, ferries, or vessels. The grid consists of generation, storage, and critical loads. It operates either in grid-connected or in islanding modes, under the constraints of both power system and transportation system. With full electrification, the future maritime grids, such as all-electric ships and seaport microgrids, will become "maritime multi-energy system" with the ...

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AVENUE21. Connected and Automated Driving: Prospects for Urban Europe by Mathias Mitteregger (Springer Vieweg) Price verified one hour ago

This open access publication examines the impact of connected and automated vehicles on the European city and the conditions that can enable this technology to make a positive contribution to urban development. The authors argue for two theses that have thus far received little attention in scientific discourse: as connected and automated vehicles will not be ready for use in all parts of the city for a long time, previously assumed effects - from traffic safety to traffic performance as well as spatial effects - will need to be ...

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Energy-Efficient and Semi-automated Truck Platooning: Research and Evaluation (Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure) by Alexander Schirrer Price verified 14 hours ago

This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project "Connecting Austria," illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort considers aspects of engineering, road-vehicle and infrastructure technologies, traffic management and optimization, traffic safety, and psychology, ...

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Contracting and Safety: Exploring Outsourcing Practices in High-Hazard Industries (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology) by Jan Hayes Price verified 6 hours ago

This open access book examines the increase in outsourcing, contracting and subcontracting as ways of organising work. It explores the impact of these employment arrangements on public safety, particularly when they are linked to complex supply networks in a range of engineering industries including oil and gas, nuclear power and aviation. The brief provides practical recommendations on how best to manage arrangements that target short-term profitability and also maintain excellence in long-term safety outcomes. The brief is a ...

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Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology (Routledge Studies in Religion) by Caesar A. Montevecchio (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book explores the role of Catholic peacebuilding in addressing the global mining industry. Mining is intimately linked to issues of conflict, human rights, sustainable development, governance, and environmental justice. As an institution of significant scope and scale with a large network of actors at all levels and substantial theoretical and ethical resources, the Catholic Church is well positioned to acknowledge the essential role of mining, while challenging unethical and harmful practices, and promoting integral peace, ...

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Regularized System Identification: Learning Dynamic Models from Data (Communications and Control Engineering) by Gianluigi Pillonetto (Springer) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This open access book provides a comprehensive treatment of recent developments in kernel-based identification that are of interest to anyone engaged in learning dynamic systems from data. The reader is led step by step into understanding of a novel paradigm that leverages the power of machine learning without losing sight of the system-theoretical principles of black-box identification. The authors' reformulation of the identification problem in the light of regularization theory not only offers new insight on classical questions, ...

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The Sanitation Triangle: Socio-Culture, Health and Materials (Global Environmental Studies) by Taro Yamauchi (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book deals with global sanitation, where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling access to sanitation services for all, but has not yet been achieved in low- and middle-income countries. The transition from the United Nations MDGs to the SDGs requires more consideration based on the socio-cultural aspects of global sanitation. In other words, equitable sanitation for those in vulnerable situations could be based on socio-cultural contexts. Sanitation is a system that comprises not only a latrine but also the works for the ...

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An Introduction to the Mechanics of Incompressible Fluids by Michel O. Deville (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This open access book allows the reader to grasp the main bulk of fluid flow problems at a brisk pace. Starting with the basic concepts of conservation laws developed using continuum mechanics, the incompressibility of a fluid is explained and modeled, leading to the famous Navier-Stokes equation that governs the dynamics of fluids. Some exact solutions for transient and steady-state cases in Cartesian and axisymmetric coordinates are proposed. A particular set of examples is associated with creeping or Stokes flows, where viscosity ...

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Robot Journalism: Can Human Journalism Survive? (Social Issues Human Security) by Noam Lemelshtrich Latar (World Scientific) (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing all aspects of communications and journalism as automatic processes are being introduced into all facets of classical journalism: investigation, content production, and distribution. Traditional human roles in these fields are being replaced by automatic processes and robots.The first section of this book focuses on a discussion of AI, the new emerging field of robot journalism, and the opportunities that AI limitations create for human journalists. The second section offers examples of the ...

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The Digital Shopfloor- Industrial Automation in the Industry 4.0 Era: Performance Analysis and Applications by John Soldatos (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

In today's competitive global environment, manufacturers are offered with unprecedented opportunities to build hyper-efficient and highly flexible plants, towards meeting variable market demand, while at the same time supporting new production models such as make-to-order (MTO), configure-to-order (CTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO). During the last couple of years, the digital transformation of industrial processes is propelled by the emergence and rise of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry4.0). The latter is based on the ...

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Exploring New Horizons and Challenges for Social Studies in a New Normal: Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Studies and ... by Idris (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

The new standards and changes exist in social science studies. Covid 19, especially in Indonesia, at the end of 2019, has an impact on changes in every sector of life. This change is a form of community adaptation. Therefore, this conference aims to explore theoretical and practical developments of the social sciences, to build academic networks while gathering academics from various research institutes and universities. This book provides the new standard and encourages many thoughts in theoretical and empirical studies in the ...

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The Coupling of Safety and Security: Exploring Interrelations in Theory and Practice (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology) by Corinne Bieder (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This open access book explores the synergies and tensions between safety and security management from a variety of perspectives and by combining input from numerous disciplines. It defines the concepts of safety and security, and discusses the methodological, organizational and institutional implications that accompany approaching them as separate entities and combining them, respectively. The book explores the coupling of safety and security from different perspectives, especially: the concepts and methods of risk, safety and ...

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