Technology & Engineering - General

An introduction to dimensional analysis, a method of scientific analysis used to investigate and simplify complex physical phenomena, demonstrated through a series of engaging examples.This book offers an introduction to dimensional analysis, a powerful method of scientific analysis used to investigate and simplify complex...

This book provides career and educational guidance for engineers and those thinking about becoming engineers. Students will learn what engineering is, the author's views on who really is and who is not an engineer, what engineers do, and how they are trained. Is engineering...

Sequential decision problems arise in virtually every human process. They span finance, energy, transportation, health, e-commerce, and supply chains and include pure learning problems that arise in laboratory or field experiments. They even cover search algorithms to maximize uncertain functions. An important dimension of...

The Brand NEW Book from Bernard Marr, bestselling author behind Business Trends in Practice - Winner of Business Book of the Year 2022. Future-proof yourself and develop critical skills for the digital future The working world has changed dramatically in the last twenty years...

As drought continues to grip Oregon and the U.S. Western states, wildfire will be eminent. Climate change requires heroic action to implement a plan to adapt forests and grasslands. Time is of the essence. We must embrace a progressive study of today's forests and...

The Art of Industrial Warfare is an introduction to an industrial self defence system called 7Tao which is designed to allow businesses to protect themselves against competitors from all over the world who do not play by the trading rules established during the 20th...

The Art of Industrial Warfare is an introduction to an industrial self defence system called 7Tao which is designed to allow businesses to protect themselves against competitors from all over the world who do not play by the trading rules established during the 20th...

Google For Grandparents is an easy to follow help guide for the elderly and sight impaired to embrace the Google Home Application. This help guide contains over 40 simple to follow illustrations with instructions and tips on setting up and using Google Home.Written in...

This is the thirteenth book in the series International Straits of the World initiated and edited at the Graduate College of Marine Studies of the University of Delaware. In 1987 the ninth book in this series dealt with the Turkish Straits. Since then, however,...

The authors examined potential implications of emerging technologies for deterrence in the context of U.S. national security policy. They identified long-term effects on two major aspects of the deterrence dynamic?effectiveness and stability. They found that collections of emerging technologies have dramatic implications for both...

Explores a new relation between magnetism and electricity. In this title, Faraday shows us his unsuccessful as well as his successful experiments, and his crude ideas as well as his developed ones, and the reader is tempted to believe that, if he had the...

What makes us human? We are all connected, but do we feel lonely? Does democracy still work? Are cities for everyone? Should the planet be a design project? If Mars is the answer, what is the question? Who wants to live forever? The world...

Everything you ever wanted to know about timber - and more!The Essential Guide is designed for anyone wanting to know the characteristics of timber, whether it be about trees in their native habitat, how they are harvested for the building and furniture industries, what...

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 21st European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 2022), supported by University of Chester, UK on 16-17 June 2022. The Conference Co-chairs are Dr Thaddeus Eze and Dr Nabeel Khan, University of Chester and...

Would you like to master the usage of Microsoft Excel to speed up your work?Wouldn't it be nice to be able to create and modify functions without looking up how to do them on the internet?If the answer to those questions is "YES", keep...

A History of the Eastern Railway rediscovers the lost railway lines of Prussia (the "Ostbahn") and the locomotives that operated on them. It also contains information about some of the little-known railway mail postmarks from the period 1848 to 1945. The first chapter of...

With the rapid increase in corporate businesses today embarking on digital transformation journeys, the fast pace at which technology enhancements are taking place, and the large investments, failure is no option.However, success is not easy, as the studies have shown us over 70 percent...

The Scotch Brook Valley, and its tributary The ModdeshallValley proper, convey brisk and reliable watercourses thatfor centuries supported twelve traditional watermills.In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries most of these millswere used to grind animal bones and flint to supply theLongton fine bone china industry....

Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions with photos show you exactly how to construct and successfully operate your own aquaponics system. Included is everything you need to know about Aquaponics: How to build a system, maintain your system, selecting and raising the best fish species, the best...

Volumetric Regimes emerges from Possible Bodies, a collaborative project on the intersection between artistic and academic research. The project was initiated in 2016 to explore the very concrete and at the same time complex and fictional entities of so-called "bodies" in the context of...

This reprint focuses on the hot issue of bearing lubrication and thermal analysis, and brings together many cutting-edge studies, such as bearing multi-body dynamics, bearing tribology, new lubrication and heat dissipation structures, bearing self-lubricating materials, thermal analysis of bearing assembly process, bearing service state...

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,...

" . . . finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." --American Ethnologist"The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading . . . " --Choice"The Mande Blacksmith is...

In this volume, Don Ihde argues that scientific instrumentation is the link between philosophy of science and philosophy of technology and shows that the interconnections between the two involve scientific instrumentation as an "interface."Author: Don IhdeISBN-10: 025320626XISBN-13: 9780253206268Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)Language: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1991Pages:...

" . . . Dr. Ihde brings an enlightening and deeply humanistic perspective to major technological developments, both past and present." --Science Books & Films"Don Ihde is a pleasure to read. . . . The material is full of nice suggestions and details, empirical...

Exercising Our Worldview: Brief Essays on Issues from Technology to Art from One Christian's Perspective is a collection of 139 brief essays that originated as five-minute radio commentaries. Soon after coming to Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, in 1979, Adams established a habit...

Interested in learning about the Future of Finance?Want to know more about Decentralized Finance in 2022 and beyond? Do YOU want to make passive income starting today?Then keep reading...The Decentralized finance industry has gone from $1B in value locked in 2019 to $106B in...

Want to earn True Passive Income from Cryptocurrency trading?If so, then keep reading...You could spend $6,000 on a course, then an initial $3,000 investment and $700 to purchase the bot, only to learn the same information from this book for $24.99, saving you $9,675!The...

Are YOU looking for a data scientist job?Then keep reading...The median annual salary for a Data Scientist is $98,230, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Data science job postings grew by 31% over the past few years, while data science job searches only rose...

This is a 'top-shelf' canter along the information super-highway to the secretive hubs of data-storage. Those that grasp all the lessons will be the winners." - Alastair Stewart OBEWe can't live without the internet, but we know very little about the secret industry that...

This book, in two volumes, has been produced for engineers and technicians in the electrical discipline who work, or wish to work, in the offshore oil and gas industry.Author: Michael J. DennisISBN-10: 1909593664ISBN-13: 9781909593664Publisher: New Generation PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/28/2013Pages: 422Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.22lbsSize: 11.69h x...

This text provides a thorough introduction into the history and theory of moving image film, video, sound recording and allied technologies. The author explains scientific, technical and engineering concepts clearly, using language that can be understood by non-scientists. Enticknap Integrates a discussion of traditional...

In this highly original interdisciplinary work, well-known environmental philosopher Eric Katz explores technology's role in dominating both nature and humanity. He argues that technology dominates, and hence destroys, the natural world; it dominates, and hence destroys, critical aspects of human life and society. Technology...

The intent of this book is to provide information on systems to convey the ash from coal-fired plants to be disposed of in an environmental way. It shows some very early systems, up to the most recent. It is a compilation of materials, equipment,...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Ignition: We Have a Lift OffBy: Robert BrewsterThe world watched as Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon and proclaimed his most famous quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." While men...

The Energy Predicament: Exploring the Realities Behind Modern and Future Energy Solutions for Climate ChangeBy: Jeremiah CutrightWhile the world is now actively transitioning to carbon-free energy sources due to climate change, there are substantial challenges that the public is not recognizing. The Energy Predicament...

The Cannons of Bull: McGill/HARP Reach for the SkyBy: Dr. Raymond E. March and Dr. Donald L. MordellThe Cannons of Bull recounts in a fascinating, insider fashion the remarkable story of the McGill High-Altitude Research Project. Also known as HARP. An exciting endeavor to...

Waste-to-Resources ist die weltweit bedeutendste Tagung zu den stoffspezifischen Abfallbehandlungsverfahren und der Verwertung von gemischten sowie Restabf舁len. Die Beitr臠e im Tagungsband widmen sich u.a. folgenden Themenbereichen: - Konzepte und Daten zur Weiterentwicklung Abfallwirtschaft - Abfalltechnik und neue Verfahren - Kreislaufwirtschaft w臧rend der Corona-Krise -...

Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Biology - Diseases, Health, Nutrition, grade: 3.95, Bahir Dar University (Bahirdar Institute of Technology), course: Applied Human Nutrition, language: English, abstract: Properly designed and evidence-based dietary guidelines make it easier for people to adopt healthy...

Literature Review from the year 2015 in the subject Engineering - General, Basics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, course: Mineral Engineering, language: English, abstract: Atomic-scale resolution is needed to study the arrangement of atoms in materials and advancing their understanding. Since the seventeenth-century optical...

Project Report from the year 2016 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: 64.4, Sheffield Hallam University, language: English, abstract: In a closed hydroponic farms like hydroponics carried out in greenhouses, very little and insignificant research has been done on maintaining the individual nutrient balance...

Document from the year 2015 in the subject Engineering - System Science, grade: 8.46 CGPA, Saraswati College Of Engineering, course: MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, language: English, abstract: The present paper proposes a systematic design framework for cost of quality that embeds Taguchi's method and other...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Engineering - Computer Engineering, grade: 3.75, course: Computer Engineering, language: English, abstract: Presently in Ghana, the electoral process involves biometric registration of eligible voters and queuing up of the registered voters, to cast their...

Cementing the casing and liner in the oil and gas wells is an important and critical section of drilling operations. Particularly, as the conventional cements have a high range of density, cementing jobs in some cases such as in a low pressure, depleted, or...

The technology gap between the developed world and developing countries is getting more critical by the day. Developed countries are implementing new effective technologies across all spheres of economic progression, thus dictating global business. A developing country like Zimbabwe must therefore source for new...

The OSB is a product derived from wood, developed in the United States of America in 1954, and defined as a panel with oriented particles, which are distributed in multiple layers of a predetermined shape. At the time, OSB was created to replace the...

The need for innovation in the manufacturing industry to meet the consumer's fast changing preference has led to additive manufacturing (AM). Additive manufacturing works around the idea of material addition for product formation instead of conventional ways of subtracting material. Due to AM being...

This book presents a brief overview of the Brush less D.C Machine (BLDCM) covering its construction, classifcation, control, usage etc.Presented further are two possible modeling strategies of this machine and their drawbacks. An attractive method by solving loop equations for instantaneous current is also...

Microbial and plant fuel cell represents a new type of green technology for electricity generation. In this book, batch production of electricity using river water sediment and plant sediment is reported .Experiments were conducted in a single chamber microbial fuel cell and plant fuel...