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Electric, Electronic and Control Engineering: Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electric, Electronic and Control Engineering (ICEECE 2015), Phuket Island, Thailand, 5-6 March 2015
by Fun Shao Wise Shu Tracy TianElectric, Electronic and Control Engineering contains the contributions presented at the 2015 International Conference on Electric, Electronic and Control Engineering (ICEECE 2015, Phuket Island, Thailand, 5-6 March 2015). The book is divided into four main topics: - Electric and Electronic Engineering - Mechanic and Control Engineering - Informati
Advances in Power and Energy Engineering: Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Suzhou, China, April 15-17, 2016
by Yuanzhang SunEnergy and power are playing pivotal roles in social and economic developments of the modern world. Energy and power engineers and technologists have made our lives much more comfortable and affordable. However, due to the demands of the global population on resources and the environment, innovations of more reliable and sustainable energy res
Safety and Reliability: Methodology and Applications
by Tomasz Nowakowski Sylwia Werbińska-Wojciechowska Anna Jodejko-Pietruczuk Marek MłyńczakWithin the last fifty years the performance requirements for technical objects and systems were supplemented with: customer expectations (quality), abilities to prevent the loss of the object properties in operation time (reliability and maintainability), protection against the effects of undesirable events (safety and security) and the ability to
Single Session Therapy: A Clinical Introduction to Principles and Practices
by Michael F. HoytSingle Session Therapy: A Clinical Introduction to Principles and Practices explores the best ways to use a Single Session Therapy (SST) mindset to better achieve therapeutic goals.This text presents comprehensive ideas and methods on how to make a single session of therapy efficient and effective with individuals, couples, and families, including those of various cultural backgrounds. It emphasizes productive mindsets and includes the following topics: concepts and methods, multi-theoretical approaches, training, various clinical problems and multicultural populations, the latest research findings, access, and implementation. Numerous clinical examples from different expert SST practitioners are presented and discussed throughout.This book is an essential reference for professionals involved in brief therapy practice, research, and teaching.
Handbook of Big Data (Chapman & Hall/CRC Handbooks of Modern Statistical Methods)
by Michael Kane Peter Bühlmann Petros Drineas Mark van der LaanHandbook of Big Data provides a state-of-the-art overview of the analysis of large-scale datasets. Featuring contributions from well-known experts in statistics and computer science, this handbook presents a carefully curated collection of techniques from both industry and academia. Thus, the text instills a working understanding of key statistical
CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (The Electrical Engineering Handbook)
by Richard C. DorfThe most important tables from every engineering discipline in one volume collected from the best, most authoritative references in the business--it's now more than wishful thinking. The CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables makes it a reality. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered tog
Mathematical Analysis: Theory and Applications
by Pradip Debnath, H. M. Srivastava, Delfim F. M. Torres, and Yeol Je ChoMathematical Analysis: Theory and Applications provides an overview of the most up-to-date developments in the field, presenting original contributions and surveys from a spectrum of respected academics. Readers will discover numerous valuable tools and techniques to enhance their understanding of recent advancements in mathematical analysis and its applications. Each chapter highlights new research directions, making this book suitable for graduate students, faculty, and researchers with an active interest in the development of mathematical analysis and its practical implementation. Minimal prerequisites in analysis, topology, and functional analysis are required for readers to fully benefit from the content.Features Showcases the latest advancements in these areas by featuring contributions from distinguished scientists and mathematicians from around the world Suitable as a reference for postgraduate students and researchers Explores future research directions
Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles
by Christine A. Bishop Donald W. Sparling Greg Linder Sherry K. KrestBuilding on the success of its popular predecessor, the second edition of Ecotoxicology of Amphibians and Reptiles presents newly available findings on the species that are important environmental indicators. This new edition covers nearly twice as many topics as the first, including recent developments in the ecotoxicology of amphibians and reptil
Routledge Handbook of Gender and Water Governance (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks)
by Margreet Zwarteveen Tatiana Acevedo-Guerrero Lisa Bossenbroek Irene Leonardelli Seema KulkarniThis handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of gender and water governance, exploring how the use, management and knowledge of water resources, services and the water environment are deeply gendered.In water there is a recognized gender gap between water responsibilities and water rights and bridging this gap is likely to help achieve not just goals of equity but also those of sustainability. Building on a rich legacy of feminist water scholarship, the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Water Governance is a collection of reflections and studies that can be used as a prismatic lens into a thriving and ever proliferating array of feminist water studies. It provides a clear testimony of how hydrofeminism has evolved from rather instrumental gender and water studies to scholarship that uses feminist tools to pry open, critically reflect on and formulate alternatives to water development-as-usual. The book also shows how the community of feminists interested in studying water has diversified and expanded, from often white female scholars studying projects and gender relations in the so-called Global South, to a varied mix of scholars and activists theorizing from diverse geographical and political locations – prominently including the body. It is organized into five interconnected parts: Part I: Positionality and embodied waters Part II: Revisiting water debates: diplomacy, security, justice and heritage Part III: Sanitation stories Part IV: Precarious livelihoods Part V: New feminist futures Each of these parts brings out the gendered nature of water, shedding light on the often neglected care and unpaid labour of women and its relationship with extractivism and socioeconomic inequalities. The overall aim of the handbook is to apply social science insights to water governance challenges, creating synergies and linkages between different disciplines and scientific domains.The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Water Governance is essential reading for students, scholars and professionals interested in water governance, water security, health and sanitation, gender studies and sustainable development more broadly.
Antisense Drug Technology: Principles, Strategies, and Applications, Second Edition
by Stanley T. CrookeExtensively revised and updated, Antisense Drug Technology: Principles, Strategies, and Applications, Second Edition reflects the logarithmic progress made in the past four years of oligonucleotide-based therapies, and, in particular, antisense therapeutics and research. Interpreting lessons learned from the clinical trials of first generati
Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics
by Sebastiano Foti Mario Manassero Andrea Dominijanni Guido MussoEnvironmental Geotechnics deals with a wide variety of applications, such as the characterization of polluted sites and landfill waste, the design of containment systems for subsoil pollutant control, radioactive waste disposal, geo-energy exploitation and bacteria-driven soil modification, among others. Reliable and effective predictions of the ac
FRP Composites in Civil Engineering - CICE 2004: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering - CICE 2004, 8-10 December 2004, Adelaide, Australia
by R. SeracinoThe range of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) applications in new construction, and in the retrofitting of existing civil engineering infrastructure, is continuing to grow worldwide. Furthermore, this progress is being matched by advancing research into all aspects of analysis and design. The Second International Conference on FRP Composites in
Reinforced Concrete with FRP Bars: Mechanics and Design
by Antonio Nanni Antonio De Luca Hany Jawaheri ZadehCorrosion-resistant, electromagnetic transparent and lightweight fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are accepted as valid alternatives to steel in concrete reinforcement. Reinforced Concrete with FRP Bars: Mechanics and Design, a technical guide based on the authors more than 30 years of collective experience, provides principles, algorithms, and pr
Handbook of Aqueous Solubility Data
by Samuel H. Yalkowsky Yan He Parijat JainOver the years, researchers have reported solubility data in the chemical, pharmaceutical, engineering, and environmental literature for several thousand organic compounds. Until the first publication of the Handbook of Aqueous Solubility Data, this information had been scattered throughout numerous sources. Now newly revised, the second edition of
Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics
by Jerzy Rakowski Tomasz Łodygowski Przemysław LitewkaRecent Advances in Computational Mechanics contains selected papers presented at the jubilee 20th Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics (CMM 2013), which took place from 27 to 31 August 2013 at the Poznan University of Technology. The first Polish Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics was held in Poznan in 1973. This very successful me
Financial Modelling with Jump Processes (Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)
by Rama Cont Peter TankovWINNER of a Riskbook.com Best of 2004 Book Award!During the last decade, financial models based on jump processes have acquired increasing popularity in risk management and option pricing. Much has been published on the subject, but the technical nature of most papers makes them difficult for nonspecialists to understand, and the mathematic
Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity
by Anthony E. ArmenakasThis book presents both differential equation and integral formulations of boundary value problems for computing the stress and displacement fields of solid bodies at two levels of approximation - isotropic linear theory of elasticity as well as theories of mechanics of materials. Moreover, the book applies these formulations to practical solutions
Selected Essays on George Gascoigne (Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge)
by Gillian AustenThis collection of essays situates George Gascoigne in context as the pre-eminent writer of the early part of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. His ceaseless experimentation was hugely influential on those later Elizabethans - including Spenser, Sidney and Shakespeare - who represent the great flowering of the English literary renaissance. Gascoigne rarely returned to a genre, writing prose fiction, blank verse, plays, sonnets, narrative verse, courtly entertainments, satire and many other literary forms, and the later Elizabethans were fully aware of his significance. These essays are organised into three main sections: influences upon Gascoigne, such as Skelton; Gascoigne’s influence on others, including Spenser; and finally a reassessment of his critical neglect and the story behind his marginalised status in the English literary canon. As only the second multi-authored essay collection on Gascoigne, this book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of this important and often misunderstood writer.
Innovation, Communication and Engineering
by Stephen D. Prior Teen-Hang Meen Artde Donald Kin-Tak LamThis volume represents the proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Innovation, Communication and Engineering (ICICE 2013). This conference was organized by the China University of Petroleum (Huadong/East China) and the Taiwanese Institute of Knowledge Innovation, and was held in Qingdao, Shandong, P.R. China, October 26 - November 1, 20
Questioning the Native Speaker Construct in Teacher Education: Enabling Multilingual Identities and Decolonial Language Pedagogies (Routledge Research in Language Education)
by Julie WaddingtonQuestioning the construction of the ‘native speaker’ as an authority and ideal in language education, this book offers a critical and accessible engagement with research problematising notions of ‘nativeness’ while emphasising the interactional and ongoing nature of identity construction.Crossing disciplinary and geographical boundaries, this book interweaves theoretical frameworks from diverse disciplines, examining and challenging language ideologies that underpin and perpetuate systemic inequalities. The author argues that this multidisciplinary approach can help disrupt the fixed identity categories on which the native speaker construct is based, prompting a reconception of how we think about ourselves in relation to others and in relation to our position in the world. Chapters present different teacher models as well as specific strategies and activities to stimulate debate and encourage approaches which prioritise pedagogical competence over the native speaker ideal.Providing an accessible overview of complex issues along with strategic action in teacher education, this book will be of interest to researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of language education, applied linguistics, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and teacher education. Teacher educators and language teachers should also benefit from this volume.
Coatings Technology Handbook
by Arthur A. TractonServing as an all-in-one guide to the entire field of coatings technology, this encyclopedic reference covers a diverse range of topics-including basic concepts, coating types, materials, processes, testing and applications-summarizing both the latest developments and standard coatings methods. Take advantage of the insights and experience of over
Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach
by Mohammad H. SadraeyAircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach, Second Edition introduces flight performance analysis techniques of fixed-wing air vehicles, particularly heavier-than-aircraft. It covers maximum speed, absolute ceiling, rate of climb, range, endurance, turn performance, and takeoff run.Enabling the reader to analyze the performance and flight capabilities of an aircraft by utilizing only the aircraft weight data, geometry, and engine characteristics, this book covers the flight performance analysis for both propeller-driven and jet aircraft. The second edition features new content on vertical takeoff and landing, UAV launch, UAV recovery, use of rocket engine as the main engine, range for electric aircraft, electric engine, endurance for electric aircraft, gliding flight, pull-up, and climb-turn. In addition, this book includes end-of-chapter problems, MATLAB® code and examples, and case studies to enhance and reinforce student understanding.This book is intended for senior undergraduate aerospace students taking courses in Aircraft Performance, Flight Dynamics, and Flight Mechanics.Instructors will be able to utilize an updated Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for their course.
Monopole Antennas
by Melvin M. Weiner"Monopole Antennas" provides an industry standard for the modeling, testing, and application of airborne and ground-based monopole antennas. This book, with more than double the content of the author's previous, sold-out book, "Monopole Elements on Circular Ground Planes", includes structures in proximity to flat Earth in addition to those in free
Genetics of Complex Disease
by Peter Donaldson Ann Daly Luca Ermini Debra BevittGenetics of Complex Disease is a concise text for final year undergraduate and first year graduate students. Healthcare professionals and other biomedical scientists trying to come to grips with the impact of new genetics research will also find the book useful. After explaining genetic variation and defining complex diseases, the text shows how and why complex diseases are investigated. The focus then changes to areas where there is strong evidence for the genes/alleles involved. Important ethical consequences are also covered, as are the methods used to generate new genetic data.
Rock Characterisation, Modelling and Engineering Design Methods
by John A. Hudson Xia-Ting Feng Fei TanRock Characterisation, Modelling and Engineering Design Methods contains the contributions presented at the 3rd ISRM SINOROCK Symposium (Shanghai, China, 18�20 June 2013). The papers contribute to the further development of the overall rock engineering design process through the sequential linkage of the three themes of rock characterisation, model