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Co-Designers: Cultures of Computer Simulation in Architecture
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May 21, 2012
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Designers employ a variety of tools and techniques for speculating about buildings before they are built. In their simplest form, these are personal thought experiments. However, embracing advanced computer simulations means engaging a network of specialized people and powerful machines. In this ...
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Mineralogy for Petrologists: Optics, Chemistry and Occurrences of Rock-Forming Minerals
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May 21, 2012
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Set of book and CD-ROM for students and practically-oriented researchers and professionals in geology, geological, mining, and mineral resources engineering who need a reference of mineralogy, applied to petrology. Provides a categorized and visualized overview and presents microscopic observations ...
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Shadow Algorithms Data Miner
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May 21, 2012
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Digital shadow generation continues to be an important aspect of visualization and visual effects in film, games, simulations, and scientific applications. This resource offers a thorough picture of the motivations, complexities, and categorized algorithms available to generate digital shadows. ...
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The Biobased Economy: Biofuels, Materials and Chemicals in the Post-oil Era
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May 21, 2012
Editor(s):
Hans Langeveld; Johan Sanders; Marieke Meeusen
The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials - the beginnings of a biobased economy. As alternative development models for the biobased economy emerge, we need to ...
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Ultrawideband Radar: Applications and Design
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May 18, 2012
Editor(s):
James D. Taylor
Providing a practical review of the latest technology in the field, Ultrawideband Radar Applications and Design presents cutting-edge advances in theory, design, and practical applications of ultrawideband (UWB) radar. This book features contributions from an international team of experts to help ...
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Advances in Fruit Processing Technologies
Published:
May 18, 2012
Editor(s):
Sueli Rodrigues; Fabiano Andre Narciso Fernandes
One of the main concerns of the food industry is the need for high-quality fresh fruits and fruit products with good sensory quality, long shelf life, and high nutritional value. To meet these demands, new processing technologies are under investigation and development. Advances in Fruit Processing ...
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Two Spheres: Physical and Strategic Design in Architecture
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May 18, 2012
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Explaining the connection between physical and strategic design, this book proposes an aesthetic connection between two equal aspects of architectural design: the Real and the Ideal. Addressing architectural thinkers from the broad realms of academia and practice, it is suitable either as a seminar ...
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Distributed Strategic Learning for Wireless Engineers
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May 18, 2012
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Establishing the link between several theories, this book demonstrates what is needed to learn strategic interaction in wireless networks under uncertainty, randomness, and time delays. This robust game theory cookbook analyzes games where some parameters are uncertain and random. Starting with the ...
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Utilizing the 3Ms of Process Improvement in Healthcare: A Roadmap to High Reliability Using Lean, Six Sigma, and Change Leadership
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May 18, 2012
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Leading change in the right direction and sustaining that change is extremely difficult without managing the relevant measures, especially in today's healthcare environment. This book details how to use the 3Ms (Measure, Manage to Measure, Make-it-Easy) of change leadership in healthcare. It ...
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The Right Light: Matching Technologies to Needs and Applications
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May 18, 2012
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With so many new lighting technologies available for a wide range of visual environments, how do you choose the options that best address the needs and improve the quality of life for various groups? Focusing on applications and everyday use of light sources, The Right Light: Matching Technologies ...
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Climate Change at the City Scale: Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Cape Town
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May 18, 2012
Editor(s):
Anton Cartwright; Susan Parnell; Gregg Oelofse; Sarah Ward
Climate change impacts are scale and context specific, and cities are likely to bear some of the greatest costs. In recent years  cities have begun to craft their own climate change responses against the backdrop of the reluctance displayed by nation-states in committing to emissions ...
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Handbook of Plant-Based Fermented Food and Beverage Technology, Second Edition
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May 17, 2012
Editor(s):
Y. H. Hui; E. Özgül Evranuz
Fermented food can be produced with inexpensive ingredients and simple techniques and makes a significant contribution to the human diet, especially in rural households and village communities worldwide. Progress in the biological and microbiological sciences involved in the manufacture of these ...
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Statistical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations
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May 17, 2012
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The seventh volume in the SemStat series, Statistical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations presents current research trends and recent developments in statistical methods for stochastic differential equations. Written to be accessible to both new students and seasoned researchers, each ...
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Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook
Published:
May 17, 2012
Editor(s):
Jussi Kantola; Waldemar Karwowski
Edited by Jussi Kantola, the founding faculty member of the world’s first university Knowledge Service Engineering Department at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Waldemar Karwowski from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at UCF, Knowledge Service ...
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Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications
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May 17, 2012
Editor(s):
Ahmed S. Khan
Advances in nanotechnology are transforming the ways of creating materials and products, leading society to the threshold of a second industrial revolution. However, future opportunities will depend significantly on how nanotechnology stakeholders deal with the short-term and long-term benefits, ...
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Managing the Insider Threat: No Dark Corners
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May 17, 2012
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An adversary who attacks an organization from within can prove fatal to the organization and is generally impervious to conventional defenses. Drawn from the findings of an award-winning thesis, Managing the Insider Threat: No Dark Corners is the first comprehensive resource to use social science ...
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The Controller as Lean Leader: A Novel on Changing Behavior with a Lean Cost Management System
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May 17, 2012
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Traditional accounting systems have become inadequate for today’s increasingly competitive global manufacturing environment. They are too complex and too focused on past performance. As manufacturing techniques change and become less labor intensive, accounting methods must also evolve. Regardless ...
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Hairdressing: Level 2: The Interactive Textbook
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May 17, 2012
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For Level 2 Hairdressing students on NVQ, SVQ and VRQ courses A genuinely new and innovative way for students to study hairdressing, this new textbook is supported with extensive multimedia material and activities at no extra cost. Some books include a few videos and basic materials, but this ...
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Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, Third Edition
Published:
May 16, 2012
Editor(s):
Leonard L. Grigsby
Featuring contributions from worldwide leaders in the field, the carefully crafted Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, Third Edition (part of the five-volume set, The Electric Power Engineering Handbook) provides convenient access to detailed information on a diverse array of ...
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Electric Power Transformer Engineering, Third Edition
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May 16, 2012
Editor(s):
James H. Harlow
Electric Power Transformer Engineering, Third Edition expounds the latest information and developments to engineers who are familiar with basic principles and applications, perhaps including a hands-on working knowledge of power transformers. Targeting all from the merely curious to seasoned ...
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The Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Third Edition - Five Volume Set
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May 16, 2012
Editor(s):
Leonard L. Grigsby
The Electric Power Engineering Handbook, Third Edition updates coverage of recent developments and rapid technological growth in crucial aspects of power systems, including protection, dynamics and stability, operation, and control. With contributions from worldwide field leaders—edited by L.L. ...
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$299.95
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Electric Power Substations Engineering, Third Edition
Published:
May 16, 2012
Editor(s):
John D. McDonald
The use of electric power substations in generation, transmission, and distribution remains one of the most challenging and exciting areas of electric power engineering. Recent technological developments have had a tremendous impact on all aspects of substation design and operation. With 80% of ...
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Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues, Second Edition
Published:
May 16, 2012
Editor(s):
Da-Wen Sun
Thermal processing remains one of the most important processes in the food industry. Now in its second edition, Thermal Food Processing: New Technologies and Quality Issues continues to explore the latest developments in the field. Assembling the work of a worldwide panel of experts, this volume ...
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Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society through Improved Understanding
Published:
May 16, 2012
Editor(s):
Erik Eberhardt; Corey Froese; Keith Turner; S. Leroueil
Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society through Improved Understanding comprises the Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Landslides and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides (Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2-8 June 2012). Included are thirteen keynote and invited papers, ...
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Beyond a Stationary Hydrology: the Resilience Approach to the Adaptation of Flooding Systems to Climate Change: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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May 16, 2012
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Nowadays, the uncertainties associated with the process of making decisions for water infrastructure investments can be significant and arise from, amongst other factors, a lack of knowledge about primary external drivers, like climate change. New and improved methods for the assessment climate ...
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