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Biometric fingerprint technology has revolutionized how many companies approach attendance management. By using biometric technology, a company can significantly maximize efficiency and reduce costs by eliminating the need to manage employee attendance manually. Biometric technology also ensures accurate records and reduces the possibility of...

In this comprehensive guide, you will learn everything you need to know about DevOps release management, from the basics to the more advanced topics. Discover how to effectively plan, schedule, coordinate, and deploy software releases using the latest tools and techniques.With practical examples and...

With increasing attention on the reduction of CO2 emissions, the sustainability of construction materials has become one of the most growing issues in concrete science and engineering research fields. New sustainable construction materials, such as alkali-activated materials, calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement, and limestone calcined...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue on ship structures that was published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. It contains an editorial and fifteen peer reviewed research studies in the field of ship structural design, analysis, and degradation....

This Special Issue includes papers on physical phenomena, such as wind-driven flows, coastal flooding, and turbidity currents, and modeling techniques, such as model comparison, model coupling, parallel computation, and domain decomposition. These papers illustrate the need for modeling coastal ocean flows with multiple physical...

The book, "Optimization and Energy Maximizing Control Systems for Wave Energy Converters", presents eleven contributions on the latest scientific advancements of 2020-2021 in wave energy technology optimization and control, including holistic techno-economic optimization, inclusion of nonlinear effects, and real-time implementations of estimation and control...

With rapid developments being made in the exploration of marine resources, coastal geohazard and offshore geotechnics have attracted a great deal of attention from coastal geotechnical engineers, with significant progress being made in recent years. Due to the complicated nature of marine environmnets, there...

A Chronology Of Paper And Papermaking has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in...

With recent technological advances in multiple research fields such as materials science, micro-/nano-technology, cellular and molecular biology, bioengineering and the environment, much attention is shifting toward the development of new detection tools that not only address needs for high sensitivity and specificity but fulfil...

Readers will be fascinated by Bentele's stories of the setbacks and the successes he encountered over the course of his acclaimed career. The dawn of the jet age, developments at the end of World War II, the development of automotive and aircraft gas turbines,...

The use of the energy and its resources have changed dramatically in last few decades. The increasing use of technology and electrification increases the demand for energy, with impacts natural energy resources. At present, industries are trying to reduce the direct use of traditional...

Geothermal energy is the thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth's core, mantle, and crust. Geothermal technologies are used to generate electricity and to heat and cool buildings. To develop accurate models for heat and mass transfer applications involving fluid flow in geothermal...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy...

The basics of artificial neural networks (ANN), applications, and implementation, are examined. The book targets multidisciplinary audience and explains the principles of neural networks in the simplest terminology. With the advent of computer software platforms in the market, no previous high level mathematical skills...

Site layout planning is an important activity that involves identifying, sizing, and placing of temporary facilities within the boundaries of a construction site. The basic consideration in an effective site layout planning is the smooth and low-cost flow of materials, labor, and equipment within...

Technical Report from the year 2011 in the subject Engineering - Power Engineering, grade: A, ( Atlantic International University ) (Niger Delta University), course: LPH 657, language: English, abstract: Lightning is a major source of danger to H.V transmission lines resulting in serious overvoltage...

A Method of Calculating the Cubic Contents of Excavations and Embankments - By the aid of diagrams. Together with directions for estimating the cost of earthwork. Ninth Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hansebooks is editor of the...

This special re-print edition of Burr's book "Bicycle Repairing" has not been available to those interested in antique bicycles since its publication in 1896. Long considered one of the most comprehensive books on the subject of building and repairing antique bicycles, chapters include Equipment...

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) was launched in February 2002 as a collaborative federal interagency program, under a new cabinet-level organization designed to improve the government-wide management and dissemination of climate change science and related technology development. The mission of the CCSP...

This report details analyses in the development of certain correction factors for free-air ionization chambers used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to realize air kerma for its measurement standards and calibrations of W-anode x-ray beams.Author: Stephen M. SeltzerISBN-10: 1502448467ISBN-13: 9781502448460Publisher: Createspace...

The advent of DNA typing and its use for human identity testing has revolutionized law enforcement investigations in recent years by allowing forensic laboratories to match suspects with minuscule amounts of biological evidence from a crime scene. Equally important is the use of DNA...

NIST Special Publication 800-34, Rev. 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems, provides instructions, recommendations, and considerations for federal information system contingency planning. Contingency planning refers to interim measures to recover information system services after a disruption. Interim measures may include relocation of...

In the book Inside Japan: its People and Culture written by Felipe Cofreros Ph.D. - is a renowned author of childrens books, newspaper and magazine editor who spent a good amount of years in Japan experienced its culture and witnessed the Japanese people role...

Groucho Marx once said that 80% of success was just showing up. In a program with such lofty goals as sending a jet aircraft into orbit, one might hope to define success in more demanding terms. Yet in many ways, the National Aerospace Plane...

This workbook is intended to be used by a single student, for the purpose of understanding DC electronics. The tests and procedures discussed in this book are intended for educational purposes only and are not meant to supersede electrical equipment manufactures recommendations for the...

The International Inventions Exhibition: Official Guide (1885) is a comprehensive guidebook that provides readers with detailed information about the 1885 International Inventions Exhibition. The book was written by William Clowes And Sons, a printing company that was responsible for producing many of the exhibition's...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The City Residence: Its Design and Construction is a book written by William Burnet Tuthill and published in 1890. The book provides a comprehensive guide to designing and constructing a city residence, with a focus on the architectural and engineering aspects of the process....

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...

Design with Type was first published in 1952 and appeared in this multi-award-winning revised edition in 1967, which was the first Canadian work to be named Book of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Its author, Carl Dair (1912-1967) was...

From Simon & Schuster and Gerard K. O'Neill, author of The High Frontier and 2081, comes The Technology Edge, an exploration into the opportunities for America in world competition. Leading business and economic expert Gerard K. O'Neill uses his latest book, The Technology Edge...

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This book presents a unique account of how technological change is generated and the processes by which improved technologies are introduced into economic activity. The central theme of the book is the idea that technological changes are often "path dependent" their form and direction...

The main part of the third volume of Dr Whiteside's annotated and critical edition of all the known mathematical papers of Isaac Newton reproduces, from the original autograph, Newton's elaborate tract on infinite series and fluxions (the so-called Methodus Fluxionum), including a formerly unpublished...

Statistical Plasma Physics is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses on plasma and statistical physics, and as such, its presentation is self-contained and should be read without difficulty by those with backgrounds in classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and statistics.Author:...

Michael Dertouzos has been an insightful commentator and an active participant in the creation of the Information Age.Now, in What Will Be, he offers a thought-provoking and entertaining vision of the world of the next decade -- and of the next century. Dertouzos examines...

In The Smoke Clears, there is a sudden realization of the extent of loss, the aftermath that includes detailed investigations, enquiries, inquests, trial acquittals, convictions and the recommendations put forward in the hope that similar events will never happen again. Some questions may be...

The book is written for, and from, practitioners of design and development, and reveals a proven methodology for success. All of the case histories were recognized as both award-winning products, to include the prestigious Edison Awards, as well as successfully winning in the marketplace....

In the summer of 2023, it becomes evident that the wind power industry is facing serious challenges. Sweden's Vattenfall is denied permission by its own government for a wind farm on Sweden's west coast. The reason? "Negative impacts on the environment." Vattenfall also cancels...

This reprint, entitled "Application of data-driven method for HVAC System", is dedicated to providing an overview of the latest achievements in the application of data-driven methods for HVAC systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: fault detection and diagnosis...

The green approach is no longer (and can no longer be) a goal of the future, but it is a concrete and practical necessity of the present. To take stock of new trends, this Special Issue lines up some recently developed green materials and...

Gallium nitride and related semiconductor materials enable a wide range of novel devices, some of which already improve our everyday life. Driven by vast consumer markets, the research and development of nitride semiconductor devices underwent tremendous growth worldwide. The Special Issue on "Recent Advances...