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Advanced Placement United States History
by John J Newman Schmalbach John MConcise and accessible text structured and written to follow the current AP Course and Exam Description. Content topics provide core narrative of U.S. history organized in short, focused sections. The text is aligned to course exam framework and correlated in the areas of historical thinking skills, reasoning processes, themes, and content. Text includes primary sources, special features, multiple assessment opportunities, and a complete AP U.S. History practice exam. Prior edition available.
Advanced Placement United States History
by John Newman John Schmalbach<p>Equip your students to excel on the current AP United States History Exam. This new edition is correlated to the 2019 course exam description framework in the areas of historical thinking skills, reasoning processes, themes, and content. The book is divided into nine units following chronological periods, mirroring the most current AP U.S. History framework. Featuring eight historical themes that address broad recurring patterns and topics in U.S. history, helping students connect historical developments in different times and places. Updates put recent political events in context, including events since 2016. <p>This edition also includes more short-answer questions that use secondary sources, matching a change to the 2020 exam. Chapters conclude with a thematically organized list of key terms, people, and events for comprehensive review. The Historical Perspectives features address how historians have interpreted historical events in diverse ways. Each Think As a Historian feature focuses on one of the historical thinking skills or reasoning skills tested on the AP exam.</p>
Advanced Placement World History: Modern [1200-Present]
by Perfection StaffThe Global Tapestry from c. 1200 to c. 1450, Networks of Exchange from c. 1200 to c. 1450, Land-Based Empires, Transoceanic Interconnections from c. 1450 to c. 1750, Revolutions from c. 1750 to c. 1900, Consequences of Industrialization from c. 1750 to c. 1900, Global Conflict After 1900, Cold War and Decolonization, Globalization after 1900.
Advanced Placement: World History Test Preparation Guide to accompany Traditions and Encounters, A Global Perspective on the Past
by Jerry H. Bentley Herbert F. Ziegler Dixie Johnson Grupe Sigrid ReynoldsAdvanced placement class on world history
Advanced Planning and Scheduling in Manufacturing and Supply Chains
by Yuri MauergauzThis book is a guideto modern production planning methods based on new scientific achievementsand various practical planning rules of thumb. Several numerical examplesillustrate most of the calculation methods, while the text includes a set ofprograms for calculating production schedules and an example of a cloud-basedenterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Despite the relatively large numberof books dedicated to this topic, Advanced Planning and Scheduling is the firstbook of its kind to feature such a wide range of information in a single work,a fact that inspired the author to write this book and publish an Englishtranslation. This work consists oftwo parts, with the first part addressing the design of reference andmathematical models, bottleneck models and multi-criteria models and presentingvarious sample models. It describes demand-forecasting methods and alsoincludes considerations for aggregating forecasts. Lastly, it providesreference information on methods for data stocking and sorting. The second partof the book analyzes various stock planning models and the rules of safetystock calculation, while also considering the stock traffic dynamics in supplychains. Various batch computation methods are described in detail, whileproduction planning is considered on several levels, including supply planningfor customers, master planning, and production scheduling. This book can beused as a reference and manual for current planning methods. It is aimed atproduction planning department managers, company information systemspecialists, as well as scientists and PhD students conducting research inproduction planning. It will also be a valuable resource for students atuniversities of applied sciences.
Advanced Platform Development with Kubernetes: Enabling Data Management, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Machine Learning
by Craig JohnstonLeverage Kubernetes for the rapid adoption of emerging technologies. Kubernetes is the future of enterprise platform development and has become the most popular, and often considered the most robust, container orchestration system available today. This book focuses on platforming technologies that power the Internet of Things, Blockchain, Machine Learning, and the many layers of data and application management supporting them. Advanced Platform Development with Kubernetes takes you through the process of building platforms with these in-demand capabilities. You'll progress through the development of Serverless, CICD integration, data processing pipelines, event queues, distributed query engines, modern data warehouses, data lakes, distributed object storage, indexing and analytics, data routing and transformation, query engines, and data science/machine learning environments. You’ll also see how to implement and tie together numerous essential and trending technologies including: Kafka, NiFi, Airflow, Hive, Keycloak, Cassandra, MySQL, Zookeeper, Mosquitto, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Presto, Mino, OpenFaaS, and Ethereum. The book uses Golang and Python to demonstrate the development integration of custom container and Serverless functions, including interaction with the Kubernetes API. The exercises throughout teach Kubernetes through the lens of platform development, expressing the power and flexibility of Kubernetes with clear and pragmatic examples. Discover why Kubernetes is an excellent choice for any individual or organization looking to embark on developing a successful data and application platform. What You'll Learn Configure and install Kubernetes and k3s on vendor-neutral platforms, including generic virtual machines and bare metalImplement an integrated development toolchain for continuous integration and deploymentUse data pipelines with MQTT, NiFi, Logstash, Kafka and ElasticsearchInstall a serverless platform with OpenFaaSExplore blockchain network capabilities with Ethereum Support a multi-tenant data science platform and web IDE with JupyterHub, MLflow and Seldon CoreBuild a hybrid cluster, securely bridging on-premise and cloud-based Kubernetes nodes Who This Book Is ForSystem and software architects, full-stack developers, programmers, and DevOps engineers with some experience building and using containers. This book also targets readers who have started with Kubernetes and need to progress from a basic understanding of the technology and "Hello World" example to more productive, career-building projects.
Advanced Play Therapy: Essential Conditions, Knowledge, and Skills for Child Practice
by Dee RayCurrent play therapy resources offer details on how to conduct play therapy, but are limited in addressing the challenges that develop when therapists conduct play therapy with real-life clients. Using the Child-Centered Play Therapy Approach, Ray has written the first book to address these complex play therapy subjects. Topics covered include: integrating field knowledge of play, development, and theory into the advanced play therapist’s knowledge base; working with difficult situations, such as limit-setting, aggression, and parents; addressing modern work concerns like measuring progress, data accountability, and treatment planning; differentiating play therapy practice in school and community settings; and addressing complicated skills, such as theme work, group play therapy, and supervision. Ray also includes her Child Centered Play Therapy Treatment Manual, an invaluable tool for any play therapist accountable for evidence-based practice. This manual can also be found on the accompanying downloadable resources, along with treatment plan, session summary, and progress-tracking worksheets.
Advanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Review
by Michael Gottlieb Nova PanebiancoThis book is a structured and comprehensive source of detailed information on advanced point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) applications. Dating back to the 1990s with the FAST exam for trauma, the scope of this imaging modality has expanded widely and been adopted by almost all medicine specialties. POCUS is increasingly being integrated into medical school and residency curricula globally and innovations in technology continue to make the devices smaller and lighter, with better image quality and advanced features, facilitating accessibility and use by health care providers wherever it is needed. This volume is organized into four sections: organ systems, procedures, disease-state protocols, and high-level information for individuals building educational programs and for those in leadership roles. The chapters dedicated to organ systems cover ultrasound of the heart, lung, eye, head, neck, and many others. Following a chapter on ultrasound guidance for various procedures, chapters cover ultrasound-guided nerve blocks and resuscitative ultrasound. The book closes with several chapters relevant to ultrasound education and leadership, including chapters that discuss research; diversity, equity, and inclusion; administration of ultrasound programs; and emerging applications of ultrasound. In the hands of appropriately trained users, POCUS augments diagnostic accuracy, allows for timely diagnosis, and improves procedural safety and success rates. Advanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Review reviews core foundational knowledge and provides comprehensive information on advanced techniques, applications, and innovations to addresses the resource gap for POCUS providers who wish to elevate their knowledge to a higher level.
Advanced Polymer Concretes and Compounds
by Oleg Figovsky Dmitry BeilinOne way of improving performance attributes of building structures is to use a new class of materials-polymer composites. They have unique properties that combine high strength with features of non-metallic materials. Polymer concretes (PC) appear to offer many possibilities for producing new materials with desired physical and mechanical character
Advanced Polymer Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Surface Modifications
by Vikas MittalPolymer latex particles continue to become increasingly important in numerous commercial applications. Advanced synthesis techniques are the key to developing new functionality for nanoparticles. These methods make it possible to tailor the size, chemical composition, or properties of these particles, as well as the molecular weight of the polymer
Advanced Polymeric Materials for Sustainability and Innovations
by Sabu Thomas Sajith Thottathil Nandakumar Kalarikkal Didier RouxelThis informative volume discusses recent advancements in the research and development in synthesis, characterization, processing, morphology, structure, and properties of advanced polymeric materials. With contributions from leading international researchers and professors in academic, government and industrial institutions, Advanced Polymeric Materials for Sustainability and Innovations has a special focus on eco-friendly polymers, polymer composites, nanocomposites, and blends and materials for traditional and renewable energy. In this book the relationship between processing-morphology-property applications of polymeric materials is well established. Recent advances in the synthesis of new functional monomers has shown strong potential in generating better property polymers from renewable resources. Fundamental advances in the field of nanocomposite blends and nanostructured polymeric materials in automotive, civil, biomedical and packaging/coating applications are the highlights of this book.
Advanced Polymeric Materials: Structure Property Relationships
by Gabriel O. Shonaike Suresh G. AdvaniFeaturing contributions from experts at some of the world's leading academic and industrial institutions, Advanced Polymeric Materials: Structure Property Relationships brings into book form a wealth of information previously available primarily only within computer programs. In a welcome narrative treatment, it provides comprehensive coverage of p
Advanced Polymeric Materials: Synthesis, Properties, And Advanced Applications
by Sabu Thomas Nandakumar Kalarikkal Didier Rouxel Sajith T. AbdulrahmanRecent advances in polymer research has led to the generation of high quality materials for various applications in day to day life. The synthesis of new functional monomers has shown strong potential in generating novel polymer materials, with improved properties.Advanced Polymeric Materials includes fundamentals and numerous examples of polymer blend preparation and characterizations. Developments in blends, polymer nanocomposites and its various characterization techniques are highlighted in the book.
Advanced Polymeric Systems: Applications in nanostructured materials, composites and biomedical fields (River Publishers Series In Polymer Science Is A Series Of Comprehensive Academic And Professional Books Which Focus On Theory And Applications Of Polymer Science. Polymer Science, Or Macromolecular Science, Is A Subfield Of Materials Science Concerned With Polymers, Primarily Synthetic Polymers Such As Plastics And Elastomers. The Field Of Polymer Science Includes Researchers In Multiple Disciplin)
by Sabu Thomas Nandakumar Kalarikkal Didier Rouxel K. M. Praveen Indu Raj Sandhya GopalakrishnanOver recent years a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the incorporation of various macro, micro and nano sized fillers into polymers. There is also much interest in the evaluation of various polymer properties with respect to a wide set of applications. The advances in nanotechnology together with the development in material sciences has improved the shortcomings of these materials over the decade. This book covers the latest advances in the field of polymer nanocomposites and polymer composites for varied applications. The major topics discussed in the book include: • Nanostructured materials for energy applications • Nanostructured polymercomposites • Bio-polymers • Nanostructured polymers for biomedical applicationsThe book contains extended and updated research papers that were initially selected for the ICAMP-2017 conference which focused on advances in polymer materials.The book is ideal for researchers and practitioners in polymer science and materials science as well as for graduate students in polymer chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.
Advanced Polymers (Advances in Material Research and Technology)
by Shadia Jamil IkhmayiesThis book delves into a wide array of polymer topics, covering synthesis methods, processing technologies, performances, advanced characterization, and modeling techniques. It highlights recent advancements in polybenzoxazine-based smart shape memory materials, metallopolymer, HCN derived polymers. Advanced polymer composites, polymeric nanomaterials, and their fabrication methods and applications are also discussed. Additionally, the book explores the utilization of emerging polymer materials in biosensor development, covering various classes such as biopolymers, functional polymers, hydrogels, conductive polymers, and nanomaterials. It provides insights into the recent advances in polyaniline copolymers for chemical sensors and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF)-based pickering emulsions with antimicrobial properties, particularly focusing on applications in food and biomedical products. Furthermore, it delves into polydisperse polymer brushes under compression, detailing their behavior concerning polymer persistence length and substrate stiffness.
Advanced Polymers in Medicine
by Francesco PuociThe book provides an up-to-date overview of the diverse medical applications of advanced polymers. The book opens by presenting important background information on polymer chemistry and physicochemical characterization of polymers. This serves as essential scientific support for the subsequent chapters, each of which is devoted to the applications of polymers in a particular medical specialty. The coverage is broad, encompassing orthopedics, ophthalmology, tissue engineering, surgery, dentistry, oncology, drug delivery, nephrology, wound dressing and healing, and cardiology. The development of polymers that enhance the biocompatibility of blood-contacting medical devices and the incorporation of polymers within biosensors are also addressed. This book is an excellent guide to the recent advances in polymeric biomaterials and bridges the gap between the research literature and standard textbooks on the applications of polymers in medicine.
Advanced Polytopic Projects (Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure)
by Octavian IordacheThis book focuses on new developments in polytopic projects, particularly on implementation domains and case studies, as well as high-dimensional methodology. Polytopic projects are based on a general reference architecture inspired and shared by the functional organization of organisms and enterprises as informational and cognitive systems, the scientific and engineering methodology and the operational structure of existing self-evolvable and self-sustainable systems.
Advanced Porous Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications (Emerging Materials and Technologies)
by Dusan Losic Mahaveer Kurkuri U. T. Uthappa Ho-Young JungAdvanced Porous Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications probes cutting-edge progress in the application of advanced porous biomaterials in drug delivery fields. These biomaterials offer promise in improving upon the design, cost, and creation of potent novel drug delivery systems. The book focuses on two categories: nature engineered and synthetic advanced porous biomaterials, with a wide range of low-cost porous biomaterial-based systems that have been used for the delivery of diverse drugs through in vitro/in vivo approaches. Details how advanced porous biomaterial-assisted systems improve essential properties in drug delivery applications Explains how advanced porous biomaterials systems are being used and explored to improve overall performances of drug delivery systems in mitigating a variety of diseases Emphasizes major applications in drug delivery such as controlled release, cancer therapy, and targeted delivery, and with focus on oral, topical, and transdermal applications Focuses on both naturally available and synthetic low-cost advanced porous biomaterials and their role in enhancing important parameters in drug delivery applications Accessible to readers with bio and non-bio backgrounds This book is an ideal reference for academics, researchers, and industry professionals in the interdisciplinary fields of biomedicine and biomedical engineering, pharmaceuticals, materials science, and chemistry.
Advanced Portfolio Management: A Quant's Guide for Fundamental Investors
by Giuseppe A. PaleologoYou have great investment ideas. If you turn them into highly profitable portfolios, this book is for you. Advanced Portfolio Management: A Quant’s Guide for Fundamental Investors is for fundamental equity analysts and portfolio managers, present, and future. Whatever stage you are at in your career, you have valuable investment ideas but always need knowledge to turn them into money. This book will introduce you to a framework for portfolio construction and risk management that is grounded in sound theory and tested by successful fundamental portfolio managers. The emphasis is on theory relevant to fundamental portfolio managers that works in practice, enabling you to convert ideas into a strategy portfolio that is both profitable and resilient. Intuition always comes first, and this book helps to lay out simple but effective "rules of thumb" that require little effort to implement and understand. At the same time, the book shows how to implement sophisticated techniques in order to meet the challenges a successful investor faces as his or her strategy grows in size and complexity. Advanced Portfolio Management also contains more advanced material and a quantitative appendix, which benefit quantitative researchers who are members of fundamental teams. You will learn how to: Separate stock-specific return drivers from the investment environment’s return drivers Understand current investment themes Size your cash positions based on Your investment ideas Understand your performance Measure and decompose risk Hedge the risk you don’t want Use diversification to your advantage Manage losses and control tail risk Set your leverage Author Giuseppe A. Paleologo has consulted, collaborated, taught, and drank strong wine with some of the best stock-pickers in the world; he has traded tens of billions of dollars hedging and optimizing their books and has helped them navigate through big drawdowns and even bigger recoveries. Whether or not you have access to risk models or advanced mathematical background, you will benefit from the techniques and the insights contained in the book—and won't find them covered anywhere else.
Advanced Portfolio Optimization: A Cutting-edge Quantitative Approach
by Dany CajasThis book is an innovative and comprehensive guide that provides readers with the knowledge about the latest trends, models and algorithms used to build investment portfolios and the practical skills necessary to apply them in their own investment strategies. It integrates latest advanced quantitative techniques into portfolio optimization, raises questions about which alternatives to modern portfolio theory exists and how they can be applied to improve the performance of multi-asset portfolios. It provides answers and solutions by offering practical tools and code samples that enable readers to implement advanced portfolio optimization techniques and make informed investment decisions. Portfolio Optimization goes beyond traditional portfolio theory (Quadratic Programming), incorporating last advances in convex optimization techniques and cutting-edge machine learning algorithms. It extensively addresses risk management and uncertainty quantification, teaching readers how to measure and minimize various forms of risk in their portfolios. This book goes beyond traditional back testing methodologies based on historical data for investment portfolios, incorporating tools to create synthetic datasets and robust methodologies to identify better investment strategies considering real aspects like transaction costs. The author provides several methodologies for estimating the input parameters of investment portfolio optimization models, from classical statistics to more advanced models, such as graph-based estimators and Bayesian estimators, provide a deep understanding of advanced convex optimization models and machine learning algorithms for building investment portfolios and the necessary tools to design the back testing of investment portfolios using several methodologies based on historical and synthetic datasets that allow readers identify the better investment strategies.
Advanced Positioning, Flow, and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets: Bridging Fundamental and Technical Analysis (Wiley Trading)
by Mark J. KeenanThe definitive book on Positioning Analysis — a powerful and sophisticated framework to help traders, investors and risk managers better understand commodity markets Positioning Analysis is a powerful framework to better understand commodity price dynamics, risk, and sentiment. It indicates what each category of trader is doing—what they are trading, how much they are trading and how they might behave under a variety of different circumstances. It is essential in isolating specific types of flow patterns, defining behavioral responses, measuring shifts in sentiment, and developing tools for better risk management. Advanced Positioning, Flow and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets explains the fundamentals of Positioning Analysis and presents new concepts in Commodity Positioning Analytics. This invaluable guide helps readers recognize how certain types of positioning patterns can be used to develop models, indicators, and analyses that can be used to enhance performance. This updated second edition contains substantial new material, including analytics based on the analysis of flow, the decomposition of trading flows, trading activity in the Chinese commodity markets, and the inclusion of Newsflow into Positioning Analysis. Author: Mark J S Keenan, also covers the structure of positioning data, performance attribution of speculators, sentiment analysis and the identification of price risks and behavioral patterns that can be used to generate trading signals.. This must-have resource: Offers intuitive and accessible guidance to commodity market participants and risk managers at various levels and diverse areas of the market Provides a wide range of analytics that can be used directly or integrated into a variety of different commodity-related trading, investment, and risk management programs Features an online platform comprising a wide range of customizable, regularly-updated analytical tools Contains an abundance of exceptional graphics, charts, and illustrations Includes easy-to-follow instructions for building analytics. Advanced Positioning, Flow and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets: Bridging Fundamental and Technical Analysis, 2nd Edition is an indispensable source of information for all types of commodity traders, investors, and speculators, as well as investors in other asset classes who look to the commodity markets for price information.
Advanced Potentiometry: Potentiometric Titrations and Their Systematic Errors
by Erzsébet Néher-Neumann"Advanced Potentiometry" details the accurate calculation of potentiometric titrations. Additional terms such as the ideal diffusion potential together with the contribution of activity factors furnish calculated stability constants which do not include systematic errors and thus present a complete and correct description of equilibrium processes. Moreover, serious systematic errors resulting from the recent use of curve-fitting computer programs are highlighted later in the text. "Advanced Potentiometry" can advantageously be used by lecturers, researchers, PhD graduates and undergraduate students working in the fields of Solution Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Research.
Advanced Power Applications for System Reliability Monitoring (Power Systems)
by Hongming Zhang Sherrill Edwards Slaven KincicThis book examines real-time models and advanced online applications that enhance reliability and resilience of the grid in real-time and near real-time environments. It is written by Peak Reliability engineers who worked on the creation of the West Wide System Model (WSM) and the implementation of advanced real-time operation situational awareness tools for reliability coordination function. The book looks at how a single Reliability Coordinator for the Western Interconnection did its work under normal and emergency conditions, providing a unique perspective on best practices and lessons learned from Peak’s modeling and coordination efforts to create, maintain, and improve state-of-art new technology and algorithms to improve real-time operation situational awareness and Bulk Electric System (BES) grid resilience. Coverage includes practical experience of implementing real-time Energy Management System (EMS) Network Application, real-time voltage stability analysis, online transient stability analysis, synchrophasor technology, Dispatcher Training Simulator and EMS Cybersecurity & Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) implementation experience in a Reliability Coordinator Control Room setting. Explains how to operate a “green” grid and prevent new blackouts against uncertain operation conditions;Written by Peak Reliability engineers who worked on the creation of the West Wide System Model (WWSM);All material verified in practical system operations, or validated by real system measures and system events.
Advanced Power Electronics Converters
by Euzeli Dos Santos Edison R. da SilvaThis book covers power electronics, in depth, by presenting the basic principles and application details, which can be used both as a textbook and reference book.* Introduces a new method to present power electronics converters called Power Blocks Geometry (PBG)* Applicable for courses focusing on power electronics, power electronics converters, and advanced power converters* Offers a comprehensive set of simulation results to help understand the circuits presented throughout the book
Advanced Power Electronics Converters for Future Renewable Energy Systems
by Rajesh Singh P. Sanjeevikumar Neeraj Priyadarshi Farooque Azam C. BharatirajaThis book narrates an assessment of numerous advanced power converters employed on primitive phase to enhance the efficiency of power translation pertaining to renewable energy systems. It presents the mathematical modelling, analysis, and control of recent power converters topologies, namely, AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC converters. Numerous advanced DC-DC Converters, namely, multi-input DC-DC Converter, Cuk, SEPIC, Zeta and so forth have been assessed mathematically using state space analysis applied with an aim to enhance power efficiency of renewable energy systems. The book: Explains various power electronics converters for different types of renewable energy sources Provides a review of the major power conversion topologies in one book Focuses on experimental analysis rather than simulation work Recommends usage of MATLAB, PSCAD, and PSIM simulation software for detailed analysis Includes DC-DC converters with reasonable peculiar power rating This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students in electric power engineering, power and industrial electronics, and renewable energy.