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Sir Cumference Speaks Volumes (Sir Cumference)
by Cindy NeuschwanderMedieval math favorites Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter learn a method to calculate volume in this adventure story introduction to a math curriculum staple.While on horseback, Sir Cumference hears news about an impending snow siege from a young countryman named Volomo Longitudo Latitudo Altitudo. Volomo invites Sir Cumference in and shows him a nifty method for storing grains so that the harvest is easily countable and stackable. At the castle, Sir Cumference and Lady Di open their doors for people to seek shelter during the blizzard. But when they run out of food, Sir Cumference and Lady Di must use Volomo's method to measure how much grain they need to feed everyone.This thirteenth book in the Sir Cumference series teaches solid math skills with clever problem-solving.
Sir Isaac Newton: A Brief Account of His Life and Work (Routledge Revivals)
by S. BrodetskyOriginally published in 1927 this book presents the main features of Newton’s life and his chief contributions to scientific knowledge. It gives the non-scientist, as well as the specialist, an insight into the life, personality and achievements of one of England’s greatest scientists and polymaths.
SIR - Modell durch eine neue Dichte unterstützt: Handlungsdokument für ein angepasstes COVID – Management
by Marcus HellwigDas durch eine neue Dichte unterstützte SIR – Modell und dessen Derivate erhalten einen statistischen Datenhintergrund aus Häufigkeitsverteilungen, aus deren Parameterwerten über die neue Dichteverteilung auf eine qualitätsorientierte Wahrscheinlichkeit des jeweiligen Infektionsprozesses und seiner Zukunft geschlossen werden kann. Dadurch erhält das COVID - Management eine funktionsgemäße modellhafte Grundlage zur vorbeugenden Steuerung der Komponenten Zeitplanung, Kostenentwicklung, Qualitätsmanagement und Personal- und Materialeinsatz.
Sitting Down to Eat picture book
by Bill HarleyIn this cumulative story, a young boy agrees to share his snack with an ever-growing menagerie of animals, each insisting that there is room for one more.
Six-Dimensional Superconformal Field Theories and Their Torus Compactifications (Springer Theses)
by Kantaro OhmoriThis thesis describes the structures of six-dimensional (6d) superconformal field theories and its torus compactifications. The first half summarizes various aspects of 6d field theories, while the latter half investigates torus compactifications of these theories, and relates them to four-dimensional superconformal field theories in the class, called class S. It is known that compactifications of 6d conformal field theories with maximal supersymmetries provide numerous insights into four-dimensional superconformal field theories. This thesis generalizes the story to the theories with smaller supersymmetry, constructing those six-dimensional theories as brane configurations in the M-theory, and highlighting the importance of fractionalization of M5-branes. This result establishes new dualities between the theories with eight supercharges.
Six Sigma: A Case Study Approach Using Minitab®
by Timothy D. BlackburnThis book introduces the reader to Six Sigma, a problem-solving technique for reducing defects and variation in processes. The author uses DMAIC phases (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) and a data-centric approach, leveraging applied statistics with Minitab®. Readers are enabled to solve novel problems where there isn’t an apparent root cause or solution identified. The author walks readers through an (imaginary) case study, explaining both the DMAIC approach and how to use Minitab in a practical way. The presentation includes data sets and instructions on how to analyze data in the context of Six Sigma using Minitab.
Six Sigma for Project Managers
by Steve NeuendorfSix Sigma is a collection of ideas and tools that many organizations are using as part of their efforts to improve the quality of their products and services. Six Sigma for Project Managers explores the concepts that project managers need to know to make six sigma work for their organizations.
Six Sigma for Students: A Problem-Solving Methodology
by Fatma PakdilThis textbook covers the fundamental mechanisms of the Six Sigma philosophy, while showing how this approach is used in solving problems that affect the variability and quality of processes and outcomes in business settings. Further, it teaches readers how to integrate a statistical perspective into problem solving and decision-making processes. Part I provides foundational background and introduces the Six Sigma methodology while Part II focuses on the details of DMAIC process and tools used in each phase of DMAIC. The student-centered approach based on learning objectives, solved examples, practice and discussion questions is ideal for those studying Six Sigma.
Six Sigma für organisatorische Exzellenz: Ein statistischer Ansatz
by K. MuralidharanIn diesem Buch werden die integrierten Konzepte des statistischen Qualitätsengineerings und der Managementinstrumente erörtert. Es hilft den Lesern, die Konzepte der Qualität durch Projektmanagement und technische Analyse unter Verwendung statistischer Methoden zu verstehen und anzuwenden. Der Text ist so aufbereitet, dass er Praktiker in die Lage versetzt, die Six-Sigma-Prinzipien in Projekten umzusetzen. Die erörterten Konzepte werden alle kritisch bewertet und erläutert, so dass sie in der Praxis bei der Entscheidungsfindung des Managements angewendet werden können, und in jedem Kapitel werden die Ziele und Verbindungen zum Rest des Werks deutlich dargestellt.Um das Verständnis zu erleichtern, enthält das Buch eine Fülle von Tabellen, Grafiken, Beschreibungen und Checklisten sowie Diagramme und Darstellungen, ausgearbeitete Beispiele und Übungen. Das vielleicht einzigartigste Merkmal des Buches ist sein Ansatz, die Wissenschaft hinter dem Six Sigma-Projektmanagement mit Hilfe statistischer Werkzeuge zu erklären und in technische Konzepte zu integrieren. Das Material über Qualitätstechnik und statistische Managementwerkzeuge bietet wertvolle Unterstützung für Studenten, Doktoranden und Forscher. Das Buch kann auch als kompakter Leitfaden für Six Sigma-Profis, Green Belt-, Black Belt- und Master Black Belt-Ausbilder dienen.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Project: Identification, Implementation and Evaluation (Management for Professionals)
by Reiner HutwelkerThis book helps professionals to turn their own Six Sigma projects into reality. Using a sample project, the book guides readers through all aspects of Six Sigma, from identifying and defining a suitable project topic, to sustainably managing its success in the control phase. By demonstrating all the necessary steps supported by a DMAIC software guide, it makes the application of the sequentially linked DMAIC tools easy to understand and directly transferable to typical Six Sigma business projects. Further, each chapter provides numerous questions and answers, tasks and the framework for an environmental standard project. This book is an essential part of the author’s teaching material on the topic, which also includes the software ‘sigmaGuide’, a template for project documentation and several hours of video content featuring course materials on edX Learning Community.
Six Sigma in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Understanding, Reducing, and Controlling Variation in Pharmaceuticals and Biologics
by Brian K. Nunnally John S. McConnellSix Sigma in the Pharmaceutical Industry is the first book to introduce the fundamentals of Six Sigma, examine control chart theory and practice, and explain the concept of variation management and reduction applied specifically to the pharmaceutical industry. The first half lays out a conceptual framework for understanding variation, while the second half introduces control chart theory and practice. Using case studies and statistics, the book illustrates the concepts and explains their application to actual workplace improvements. Providing the basis for a complete operating philosophy, this book focuses on core concepts and their implementation to improve the existing products and processes in the pharmaceutical industry.
Six Sigma Quality Improvement with Minitab
by G. Robin HendersonThis book aims to enable readers to understand and implement, via the widely used statistical software package Minitab (Release 16), statistical methods fundamental to the Six Sigma approach to the continuous improvement of products, processes and services.The second edition includes the following new material:Pareto charts and Cause-and-Effect diagramsTime-weighted control charts cumulative sum (CUSUM) and exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA)Multivariate control chartsAcceptance sampling by attributes and variables (not provided in Release 14)Tests of association using the chi-square distributionLogistic regressionTaguchi experimental designs
Six Simple Twists: The Pleat Pattern Approach to Origami Tessellation Design
by Benjamin DiLeonardo-ParkerGet Started with Tessellation FoldingSix Simple Twists: The Pleat Pattern Approach to Origami Tessellation Design explains the process of designing an origami pattern. It answers the questions "how is a tessellation folded" and "what are the further possibilities."The author introduces an innovative pleat pattern technique of origami design that is
Six Simple Twists: The Pleat Pattern Approach to Origami Tessellation Design (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)
by Benjamin DiLeonardo-ParkerThis new edition of Six Simple Twists: The Pleat Pattern Approach to Origami Tessellation Design introduces an innovative pleat pattern technique for origami designs that is easily accessible to anyone who enjoys the geometry of paper. The book begins with six basic forms meant to ease the reader into the style, and then systematically scaffolds the instructions to build a strong understanding of the techniques, leading to instructions on a limitless number of patterns. It then describes a process of designing additional building blocks. At the end, what emerges is a fascinating artform that will enrich folders for many years. Unlike standard, project-based origami books, Six Simple Twists focuses on how to design, rather than construct. In this thoroughly updated second edition, the book explores new techniques and example tessellations, with full-page images, and mathematical analysis of the patterns. A reader will, through practice, gain the ability to create still more complex and fascinating designs. Key Features Introduces the reader to origami tessellations and demonstrates their place in the origami community New layout and instructional approach restructure the book from the ground up Addresses common tessellation questions, such as what types of paper are best to use, and how this artform rose in popularity Teaches the reader how to grid a sheet of paper and the importance of the pre-creases Gives the reader the ability to create and understand tessellations through scaffolded instruction Includes exercises to test understanding Introduces a new notation system for precisely describing pleat intersections Analyzes pleat intersections mathematically using geometrically-focused models, including information about Brocard points
Size (Math Counts: Updated Editions)
by Henry PluckroseAn introduction to capacity for the youngest readers!Math Counts series introduces young readers (grades K-3) to early math concepts. Real-world examples and corresponding photos make math concepts easy to grasp.We use the words big and small to describe the size of things. They help us compare things.
Size-Dependent Continuum Mechanics Approaches: Theory and Applications (Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering)
by Esmaeal Ghavanloo S. Ahmad Fazelzadeh Francesco Marotti de SciarraThis book offers a comprehensive and timely report of size-dependent continuum mechanics approaches. Written by scientists with worldwide reputation and established expertise, it covers the most recent findings, advanced theoretical developments and computational techniques, as well as a range of applications, in the field of nonlocal continuum mechanics. Chapters are concerned with lattice-based nonlocal models, Eringen’s nonlocal models, gradient theories of elasticity, strain- and stress-driven nonlocal models, and peridynamic theory, among other topics. This book provides researchers and practitioners with extensive and specialized information on cutting-edge theories and methods, innovative solutions to current problems and a timely insight into the behavior of some advanced materials and structures. It also offers a useful reference guide to senior undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, materials science, and applied physics.
The Skeleton Key of Mathematics: A Simple Account of Complex Algebraic Theories
by D. E. LittlewoodAs the title promises, this helpful volume offers easy access to the abstract principles common to science and mathematics. It eschews technical terms and omits troublesome details in favor of straightforward explanations that will allow scientists to read papers in branches of science other than their own, mathematicians to appreciate papers on topics on which they have no specialized knowledge, and other readers to cultivate an improved understanding of subjects employing mathematical principles. The broad scope of topics encompasses Euclid's algorithm; congruences; polynomials; complex numbers and algebraic fields; algebraic integers, ideals, and p-adic numbers; groups; the Galois theory of equations; algebraic geometry; matrices and determinants; invariants and tensors; algebras; group algebras; and more."It is refreshing to find a book which deals briefly but competently with a variety of concatenated algebraic topics, that is not written for the specialist," enthused the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries Students' Society about this volume, adding "Littlewood's book can be unreservedly recommended."
Sketches of Physics: The Celebration Collection (Lecture Notes in Physics #1000)
by Roberta Citro Maciej Lewenstein Angel Rubio Wolfgang P. Schleich James D. Wells Gary P. ZankThis book is a journey through the wonders of physics, the special thousandth volume of the renowned Lecture Notes in Physics book series. From quantum physics to solar physics, this volume showcases the beauty of physics in various fields. Written by series editors and colleagues, these essays are accessible to non-specialists and graduate-level students alike, making for an intriguing read for anyone interested in learning about physics beyond their own field of study. Explore the historical development of the series with two insightful forewords.List of essays:A New Era of Quantum Materials Mastery and Quantum Simulators In and Out of EquilibriumEvaluation and Utility of Wilsonian NaturalnessThe Geometric Phase: Consequences in Classical and Quantum PhysicsThe Coming Decades of Quantum SimulationInsights into Complex FunctionsExploring the Hottest Atmosphere with the Parker Solar ProbeA Primer on the Riemann Hypothesis
Skew-Elliptical Distributions and Their Applications: A Journey Beyond Normality
by Marc G. GentonThis book reviews the state-of-the-art advances in skew-elliptical distributions and provides many new developments in a single volume, collecting theoretical results and applications previously scattered throughout the literature. The main goal of this research area is to develop flexible parametric classes of distributions beyond the classical no
The Skew-Normal and Related Families
by Adelchi AzzaliniInterest in the skew-normal and related families of distributions has grown enormously over recent years, as theory has advanced, challenges of data have grown, and computational tools have made substantial progress. This comprehensive treatment, blending theory and practice, will be the standard resource for statisticians and applied researchers. Assuming only basic knowledge of (non-measure-theoretic) probability and statistical inference, the book is accessible to the wide range of researchers who use statistical modelling techniques. Guiding readers through the main concepts and results, it covers both the probability and the statistics sides of the subject, in the univariate and multivariate settings. The theoretical development is complemented by numerous illustrations and applications to a range of fields including quantitative finance, medical statistics, environmental risk studies, and industrial and business efficiency. The author's freely available R package sn, available from CRAN, equips readers to put the methods into action with their own data.
Skew-Normal Model Theories and Their Applications
by Rendao Ye Wenyan Zhu Yue Qi Kun LuoThe book focuses on several skew-normal mixed effects models, and systematically explores statistical inference theories, methods, and applications of parameters of interest. This book is of academic value as it helps to establish a series of statistical inference theories and methods for skew-normal mixed effects models. On the applications side, it provides efficient methods and tools for practical data analysis in various fields including economics, finance, biology and medical science.
Skipped Generation Households in Nigeria
by Joshua Oyeniyi Aransiola Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth Akanni Ibukun AkinyemiThis volume unpacks the phenomenon of skipped generation households—where children live with their grandparents and without their parents—as they become an increasingly common family dynamic in Nigeria and globally. The skipped generation household's emergence in sub-Saharan Africa has been driven by factors including the HIV/AIDS epidemic, labour-based migration, and ethno-religious conflicts. By examining the data from a national study on skipped generation households in Nigeria, contributions track benefits, opportunities, and effects associated with growing up in these households. Details including academic performance and career aspirations for grandchildren, as well as social-psychological and physical well-being of both them and their grandparents, are explored.
Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter and Always Will
by Scott MillerFrom the award-winning baseball writer and coauthor of Ninety Percent Mental, an unprecedented look at the job of Major League Baseball managers—showing how they shape the game, and how the ever-changing game shapes them.Skipper takes on an ambitious Moneyball-esque premise: a deep dive into the ongoing struggle for control that often takes place behind the scenes between Major League Baseball managers and the ownership groups, and now, their data analysts. In a culture still attempting to come to terms with the Digital Age, there&’s a bigger story behind the evolution of authority of managing inside the major leagues. Packed with baseball history, interviews with dozens of MLB's current stars and veterans, and an exclusive, inside look at the day-to-day life of manager LA Dodgers&’ Dave Roberts, Skipper is a fascinating look into the highs, the lows, and the inner workings of the changing world of professional baseball.
Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles
by Todd Karpovich Jeff Seidel Jason La CanforaFor the first decade of the 21st century, the Baltimore Orioles were perpetual cellar dwellers, with losing seasons from 1998-2011-fourteen straight years. They were the worst team in baseball when two-time American League Manager of the Year Buck Showalter took over as manager in August 2010, but they went 34-23 in the last two months of the season, and that set the tone for everything to follow.Buck, along with Andy MacPhail (president of baseball operations) and Dan Duquette (general manager), worked hard to change things in Baltimore, and the results have shown. In 2012, the Orioles went 93-69 and reached the postseason for the first time since 1997. In 2013, they fell short of the playoffs, but they still hit the most homers in the majors. They also set a new record in errorless games and fewest errors in a season. In addition, the Orioles boasted three Gold Glove winners: third baseman Manny Machado, center fielder Adam Jones, and shortstop J.J. Hardy. In 2014, after winning the AL East, they swept the Tigers in the divisional series before losing to the red-hot Royals in the American League Championship.This book details the club’s miraculous turnaround under Buck. It discusses key signings like Nelson Cruz, the quiet effectiveness of Nick Markakis, Jones’s leadership, the struggles of Chris Davis, and several other story lines from Showalter’s tenure.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports-books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Skippyjon Jones, Shape Up
by Judy SchachnerEveryone's favorite kitty boy stays in shape with shapes. Skippyjon is an active kitty boy. He invites his little amigos along as he runs in a circle, salsas on a square, and orbits an oval. Working out has never been so much fun.