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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Containing more than 1,000 entries, the Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics focuses on mathematical terms and definitions of critical importance to practicing mathematicians and scientists. This single-source reference provides working definitions, meanings of terms, related references, and a list of alternative terms and...

Although twistor theory originated as an approach to the unification of quantum theory and general relativity, twistor correspondences and their generalizations have provided powerful mathematical tools for studying problems in differential geometry, nonlinear equations, and representation theory. At the same time, the theory continues...

Broadcast media has a particular fascination with stories that involve risk and health crisis events--disease outbreaks, terrorist acts, and natural disasters--contexts where risk and health communication play a critical role. An evolving media landscape introduces both challenges and opportunities for using communication to manage...

This book is about an emotion constantly present in human culture and history: fear. It is also a book about literature and medicine, two areas of human endeavour that engage with fear most acutely. The essays in this volume explore fear in various literary...

School Crisis Response introduces a unique educational approach that provides compelling scenarios for the development of school crisis responders.Author: Jeffrey C. RothISBN-10: 1032324732ISBN-13: 9781032324739Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2022Pages: 296Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Enter the fascinating world of forensic science with this essential guide to detecting poisons and powerful drugs. Wilhelm Autenrieth's comprehensive manual offers detailed instructions on the testing and identification of these substances in a laboratory setting. Anyone interested in forensic science, chemistry, or criminal...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death...

The special needs of women with disabilities have been disregarded in a wide variety of vital areas. Issues pertain to women as wives and mothers. Studies of the effects on female sexuality of such conditions as renal disease and diabetes are lacking, though the...

Integrating the perspectives of contemporary psychoanalysis (especially the viewpoints of Heinz Kohut, Helen Block Lewis, and Melanie Klein), family systems theory, and the sociology of conflict, Lansky delineates the spectrum of psychopathological prediAuthor: Melvin R. LanskyISBN-10: 0881631051ISBN-13: 9780881631050Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1992Pages: 270Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize:...

Author: Edited By Jack G. ChirikjianISBN-10: 0867208961ISBN-13: 9780867208962Publisher: Jones & Bartlett PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/15/1995Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.61d

This book presents a comprehensive and coherent picture of how molecules diffuse across a liquid that is, on average, only two molecules thick. It begins by characterizing bilayers structurally, using X-ray diffraction, and then mechanically by measuring elastic moduli and mechanisms of failure. Emphasis...

"Second Edition provides new material on coupling ratings, general purpose couplings versus special purpose couplings, retrofitting of lubricated couplings to nonlubricated couplings, torsional damping couplings, torquemeter couplings, and more."Author: Jon R. MancusoISBN-10: 082479950XISBN-13: 9780824799502Publisher: CRC PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/1999Pages: 592Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.13lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.28w...

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An analysis of polymer and composite rheology. This second edition covers flow properties of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, and general principles and applications of all phases of polymer rheology, with new chapters on the rheology of particulate and fibre composites. It also includes new...

Describes the selection, design, theory, and application of tests for normality. Covers robust estimation, test power, and univariate and multivariate normality. Contains tests ofr multivariate normality and coordinate-dependent and invariant approaches.Author: Henry C. ThodeISBN-10: 0824796136ISBN-13: 9780824796136Publisher: CRC PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2002Pages: 496Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.73lbsSize: 9.42h...

"Covers design methods for optimal (or quasioptimal) control algorithms in the form of synthesis for deterministic and stochastic dynamical systems-with applications in aerospace, robotic, and servomechanical technologies. Providing new results on exact and approximate solutions of optimal control problems."Author: Gennadii E. KolosovISBN-10: 0824775376ISBN-13: 9780824775377Publisher:...

This multidisciplinary resource details the challenges and analytical methodologies utilized to determine the effect of chemical composition, genetics, and human physiology on aroma and flavor perception. Identifying emerging analytical methods and future research paths, the Handbook of Flavor Characterization studies the interpretation and analysis...

This volume provides technical insight on how genomics-oriented studies may be used to bring new understanding to established models of fungal development. The book helps to assess and solve problems associated with multiple copies of genes and proteins with seemingly identical functions and depicts...

Presenting strategies in control policies, this text uses a systems theory approach to predict, simulate and streamline plant operation, conserve fuel and resources, and increase workplace safety in the manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, biochemical and energy industries. Topics of discussion include system theory and...

Featuring case studies and worked examples that illustrate key concepts in the text, this book contains guidelines for scaleup of laboratory and pilot plant results, methods to derive the correct reaction order, activation energy, or kinetic model from laboratory tests, and theories, correlations, and...

The central resource for process improvement and innovation, this book includes valuable techniques to identify and improve organizational processes, as well as manage the change that accompanies implementation. Strategic Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations discusses SWOT analysis, TQM, systematic innovation, Six Sigma, quality...

Featuring presentations from the Fourth International Conference on Commutative Algebra held in Fez, Morocco, this reference presents trends in the growing area of commutative algebra. With contributions from nearly 50 internationally renowned researchers, the book emphasizes innovative applications and connections to algebraic number theory,...

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Containing 12 new chapters, this second edition offers increased coverage of weather correction and normalization of forecasts, anticipation of redevelopment, determining the validity of announced developments, and minimizing risk from over- or under-planning. It provides specific examples and detailed explanations of key points to...

With 300 figures, tables, and equations, this book presents a unified approach to image quality research and modeling. The author discusses the results of different, calibrated psychometric experiments can be rigorously integrated to construct predictive software using Monte Carlo simulations and provides numerous examples...

Complete with equations, illustrations, and tables, this book covers the basic theory of electric power transformers, its application to transformer designs, and their application in utility and industrial power systems. The author presents the principles of the two-winding transformer and its connection to polyphase...

Presenting a systematic approach to concurrent engineering (CE), this reference accommodates the small corporation's quest to incorporate better design management practices. The author provides an easy-to-follow methodology that eliminates the need for costly consultants and promotes environmentally friendly solutions and introduces three main design...

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Focusing exclusively on postharvest vegetable studies, this book covers advances in biochemistry, plant physiology, and molecular physiology to maximize vegetable quality. The book reviews the principles of harvest and storage; factors affecting postharvest physiology, calcium nutrition and irrigation control; product quality changes during handling...

Completely revised to reflect the innovations in HPLC from the past decade, this authoritative reference presents practical strategies for the evaluation and analysis of proteins, peptides, and polynucleotides. Offering class-specific applications for the characterization and fractionation of biological macromolecules, the book contains material on...

Provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent developments in the theory of non-Archimedean pseudo-differential equations and its application to stochastics and mathematical physics--offering current methods of construction for stochastic processes in the field of p-adic numbers and related structures. Develops a new theory for...

A presentation of techniques in advanced process modelling, identification, prediction, and parameter estimation for the implementation and analysis of industrial systems. The authors cover applications for the identification of linear and non-linear systems, the design of generalized predictive controllers (GPCs), and the control of...

A guide to implementing and operating a practical reliability program using carefully designed experiments to provide information quickly, efficiently and cost effectively. It emphasizes real world solutions to daily problems. The second edition contains a special expanded section demonstrating how to combine accelerated testing...

Contains added chapters emphasizing the importance of choosing the correct project and defining project goals. Stresses the need for adequate front end loading (FEL) and outlines the responsibility of the venture manager in project selection. Provides updated case studies and examples on technical evaluation...

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"Analyzes algebras of concrete approximation methods detailing prerequisites, local principles, and lifting theorems. Covers fractality and Fredholmness. Explains the phenomena of the asymptotic splitting of the singular values, and more."Author: Ronald Hagen,Steffen Roch,Bernd SilbermannISBN-10: 0824704606ISBN-13: 9780824704605Publisher: CRC PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2000Pages: 384Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.16h...

A study of digital speech processing, synthesis and recognition. This second edition contains new sections on the international standardization of robust and flexible speech coding techniques, waveform unit concatenation-based speech synthesis, large vocabulary continuous-speech recognition based on statistical pattern recognition, and more.Author: Sadaoki FuruiISBN-10:...

This outstanding reference addresses the judicial, correctional, and law enforcement components of the criminal justice system, including history, ethics, prevention, intervention, due process, marginalized populations, international consequences, white collar and organized crime, alternative to incarceration, the science of victimology, and demands for professionalism. Covering...

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This volume contains papers selected from the Wavelet Analysis and Multiresolution Methods Session of the AMS meeting held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The contributions cover: construction, analysis, computation and application of multiwavelets; scaling vectors; nonhomogenous refinement; mulivariate orthogonal and biorthogonal wavelets;...

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"Provides previously unavailable material in sound quality crucial for a more effective design process. Presents all aspects of product sound quality, such as ""rules of thumb"" and design formulas and charts. Covers sound radiation and targeting, resolving, and testing design features."Author: Richard LyonISBN-10: 0824704002ISBN-13:...

Building upon the strengths of the first edition while continuing to extend the influence and reach of organizational behavior (OB), the Second Edition of this groundbreaking reference/ text analyzes OB from a business marketing perspective-offering a thorough treatment of central, soon-to-be central, contiguous, and...

An introduction to differential geometry with applications to mechanics and physics. It covers topology and differential calculus in banach spaces; differentiable manifold and mapping submanifolds; tangent vector space; tangent bundle, vector field on manifold, Lie algebra structure, and one-parameter group of diffeomorphisms; exterior differential...

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