World History, Volume I, 6th Edition

World History, Volume I, 6th Edition
English | 592 pages | ISBN-10: 049556902X | PDF | 111.88 MB

Noted teachers and scholars William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history is integrated into a chronological framework to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. This edition of WORLD HISTORY continues to take a global approach to world history, with an emphasis on analytical comparisons between and among cultures throughout history. This approach helps students link events together in a broad comparative and global framework, thereby placing the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.

Western Civilization: Alternate Volume: Since 1300, 7th Edition

Western Civilization: Alternate Volume: Since 1300, 7th Edition
English | 1008 pages | ISBN-10: 0495555282 | PDF | 144.62 MB

This Volume is Since 1300 (chapters 11-29) of the best-selling Western civilization text that has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack Spielvogel's engaging, chronological narrative weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. Each chapter offers a substantial introduction and conclusion that sparks students' imaginations by giving them a context within which to understand these disparate themes. And while the single-author narrative makes it easy for students to follow the story of Western civilization, Spielvogel has included dozens of maps and primary sources--including official documents, poems, and songs--that enliven the past while introducing students to the challenges involved in interpreting history.

Applied Concept Mapping: Capturing, Analyzing, and Organizing Knowledge

Applied Concept Mapping: Capturing, Analyzing, and Organizing Knowledge
English | 380 pages | ISBN-10: 1439828601 | PDF | 16.22 MB

The expanding application of Concept Mapping includes its role in knowledge elicitation, institutional memory preservation, and ideation. With the advent of the CmapTools knowledge modeling software kit, Concept Mapping is being applied with increased frequency and success to address a variety of problems in the workplace.

3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development, 2nd Edition

3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development, 2nd Edition
English | 846 pages | ISBN-10: 1568817231 | PDF | 20.94 MB

This engaging book presents the essential mathematics needed to describe, simulate, and render a 3D world. Reflecting both academic and in-the-trenches practical experience, the authors teach you how to describe objects and their positions, orientations, and trajectories in 3D using mathematics. The text provides an introduction to mathematics for game designers, including the fundamentals of coordinate spaces, vectors, and matrices. It also covers orientation in three dimensions, calculus and dynamics, graphics, and parametric curves.

Time-Triggered Communication

Time-Triggered Communication
English | 575 pages | ISBN-10: 1439846618 | PDF | 7.09 MB

Time-Triggered Communication helps readers build an understanding of the conceptual foundation, operation, and application of time-triggered communication, which is widely used for embedded systems in a diverse range of industries. This book assembles contributions from experts that examine the differences and commonalities of the most significant protocols including: TTP, FlexRay, TTEthernet, SAFEbus, TTCAN, and LIN.

Lectures on N X(p)

Lectures on N_X(p)
English | 174 pages | ISBN-10: 1466501928 | PDF | 3.68 MB

Lectures on NX(p) deals with the question on how NX(p), the number of solutions of mod p congruences, varies with p when the family (X) of polynomial equations is fixed. While such a general question cannot have a complete answer, it offers a good occasion for reviewing various techniques in l-adic cohomology and group representations, presented in a context that is appealing to specialists in number theory and algebraic geometry.

Inflammation, Lifestyle and Chronic Diseases: The Silent Link

Inflammation, Lifestyle and Chronic Diseases: The Silent Link
English | 504 pages | ISBN-10: 1439839891 | PDF | 10.7 MB

Oxidative stress and inflammation are among the most important factors of disease. Chronic infections, obesity, alcohol and tobacco usage, radiation, environmental pollutants, and high-calorie diets have been recognized as major risk factors for a variety of chronic diseases from cancer to metabolic diseases. All these risk factors are linked to chronic diseases through inflammation. While short-term, acute inflammation generated by the immune system serves a therapeutic role, chronic low-level inflammation that may persist "silently" for decades is responsible for chronic diseases.

200 Contractual Problems and Their Solutions, 3rd Edition

200 Contractual Problems and Their Solutions, 3rd Edition
English | 480 pages | ISBN-10: 0470658312 | PDF | 7.05 MB

This book examines 200 contractual problems that regularly arise on building and engineering projects and provides a detailed explanation of their solutions, citing standard contract conditions and key parts of legal judgements as authority. A succinct summary is provided at the end of each detailed solution. It covers problems together with their solutions in respect of problems such as procurement matters, tenders and bidding , design issues, and more. This book deals with a broad range of construction contracts including JCT Standard Form and Design and Build, New Engineering Contract NEC3, ICE and GC/Works/1.

Lattice Basis Reduction: An Introduction to the LLL Algorithm and Its Applications

Lattice Basis Reduction: An Introduction to the LLL Algorithm and Its Applications
English | 332 pages | ISBN-10: 1439807027 | PDF | 3.91 MB

First developed in the early 1980s by Lenstra, Lenstra, and Lovász, the LLL algorithm was originally used to provide a polynomial-time algorithm for factoring polynomials with rational coefficients. It very quickly became an essential tool in integer linear programming problems and was later adapted for use in cryptanalysis. This book provides an introduction to the theory and applications of lattice basis reduction and the LLL algorithm. With numerous examples and suggested exercises, the text discusses various applications of lattice basis reduction to cryptography, number theory, polynomial factorization, and matrix canonical forms.

Combinatory Logic: Pure, Applied and Typed

Combinatory Logic: Pure, Applied and Typed
English | 357 pages | ISBN-10: 1439800006 | PDF | 3.81 MB

Combinatory logic is one of the most versatile areas within logic that is tied to parts of philosophical, mathematical, and computational logic. Functioning as a comprehensive source for current developments of combinatory logic, this book is the only one of its kind to cover results of the last four decades. Using a reader-friendly style, the author presents the most up-to-date research studies. She includes an introduction to combinatory logic before progressing to its central theorems and proofs. The text makes intelligent and well-researched connections between combinatory logic and lambda calculi and presents models and applications to illustrate these connections.

Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems with MATLAB, Second Edition

Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems with MATLAB, Second Edition
English | 683 pages | ISBN-10: 1420043048 | PDF | 22.17 MB

Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensors with MATLAB, Second Edition once again presents the key topics and salient information required for sensor design and application. Organized to make it accessible to engineers in school as well as those practicing in the field, this reference explores a broad array of subjects and is divided into sections: Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing, Frequency Domain Processing, Adaptive System Identification and Filtering, Wavenumber Sensor Systems, and Signal Processing Applications.

Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career

Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career
English | 264 pages | ISBN-10: 1118156315 | PDF | 40.22 MB

A one-page tool to reinvent yourself and your career
The global bestseller Business Model Generation introduced a unique visual way to summarize and creatively brainstorm any business or product idea on a single sheet of paper.

A Concise Handbook of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Sciences

A Concise Handbook of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Sciences
English | 1125 pages | ISBN-10: 143980639X | PDF | 9.18 Mb

A Concise Handbook of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Sciences takes a practical approach to the basic notions, formulas, equations, problems, theorems, methods, and laws that most frequently occur in scientific and engineering applications and university education. The authors pay special attention to issues that many engineers and students find difficult to understand.

Encyclopedia of Modern Small Arms

Encyclopedia of Modern Small Arms
English | 224 pages | ISBN-10: 0861241231 | PDF | 50.36 MB

Extremely well illustrated encyclopedia of modern small arms and ammunition of the world.

Encyclopedia of Holidays And Celebrations: A Country-by-country Guide (Three Volume Set)

Encyclopedia of Holidays And Celebrations: A Country-by-country Guide (Three Volume Set)
English | 1200 pages | ISBN-10: 0816062358 | PDF | 30.32 MB

"Encyclopedia of Holidays and Celebrations: A Country-by-Country Guide" explores major holidays and festivals in 206 countries. The first two volumes are organized alphabetically by country. The third volume features overview articles that pre detailed information about major holidays celebrated around the world, as well as articles on major world religions.

Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation

Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation
English | 752 pages | ISBN-10: 0415252261 | PDF | 4.09 MB

This is a key reference guide for the exploration of leisure and outdoor recreation. It reflects the multidisciplinary nature of these fields and contextualizes the leading research and knowledge on key concepts, theories and practices.

Encyclopedia of Literature and Science

Encyclopedia of Literature and Science
English | 488 pages | ISBN-10: 0313305382 | PDF | 10.71 MB

Science and literature have always been strange bedfellows. Like puzzle pieces, they fit because they're different. Some of the greatest works of world literature have been inspired by the marvels of the scientific world. Scientists have written works of the imagination. Even formal scientific writings have been known to employ rhetoric. There is a tendency to think of literature-and the humanities in general-as having little to do with science.

Making Artisan Gelato: 45 Recipes and Techniques for Crafting Flavor-Infused Gelato and Sorbet at Home

Making Artisan Gelato: 45 Recipes and Techniques for Crafting Flavor-Infused Gelato and Sorbet at Home
English | 176 pages | ISBN-10: 159253418X | EPUB | 29.52 MB

The word gelato, in Italian, simply means "ice cream," but its meaning has shifted to define a type of high-end frozen dessert, made with milk, not cream. Gelato also has 35% less air whipped into it than ice cream, heightening its rich mouthfeel without tipping the scales. Gelato, in all its luxury, is simple to make at home with a standard ice-cream maker.

Nanoimprint Technology: Nanotransfer for Thermoplastic and Photocurable Polymers

Nanoimprint Technology: Nanotransfer for Thermoplastic and Photocurable Polymers
English | 240 pages | ISBN-10: 1118359836 | PDF | 5.84 MB

Nanoscale pattern transfer technology using molds is a rapidly advancing area and one that has seen much recent attention due to its potential for use in nanotechnology industries and applications. However, because of these rapid advances, it can be difficult to keep up with the technological trends and the latest cutting-edge methods. In order to fully understand these pioneering technologies, a comprehensive understanding of the basic science and an overview of the techniques are required.

Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11

Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11
English | 864 pages | ISBN-10: 1936420228 | PDF | 23.91 MB

This updated bestseller provides an introduction to programming interactive computer graphics, with an emphasis on game development using DirectX 11. The book is divided into three main parts: basic mathematical tools, fundamental tasks in Direct3D, and techniques and special effects. It includes new Direct3D 11 features such as hardware tessellation and the compute shader, and covers advanced rendering techniques such as ambient occlusion, normal and displacement mapping, shadow rendering, particle systems, and character animation.

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (Use R!)

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (Use R!)
English | 420 pages | ISBN-10: 1461476178 | PDF | 9.35 MB

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R, second edition, is divided into two basic parts, the first presenting R packages, functions, classes and methods for handling spatial data. This part is of interest to users who need to access and visualise spatial data. Data import and export for many file formats for spatial data are covered in detail, as is the interface between R and the open source GRASS GIS and the handling of spatio-temporal data.

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History

Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History
English | 312 pages | ISBN-10: 0765616963 | PDF | 5.3 MB

Most histories seek to understand modern Africa as a troubled outcome of nineteenth century European colonialism, but that is only a small part of the story. In this celebrated book, beautifully translated from the French edition, the history of Africa in the nineteenth century unfolds from the perspective of Africans themselves rather than the European powers.It was above all a time of tremendous internal change on the African continent

American Foreign Policy and Process, 5th Edition

American Foreign Policy and Process, 5 Edition
English | 696 pages | ISBN-10: 0495189812 | PDF | 4.76 MB

This comprehensive text examines the way foreign policy has changed from its earliest years through the post-9/11 years and beyond. It also looks at the ways values and beliefs about foreign policy have changed over the course of U.S. history and demonstrates how the values and beliefs of a variety of domestic factors affect the foreign policy decision-making process.

Culture and Customs of Greece

Culture and Customs of Greece
English | 266 pages | ISBN-10: 0313342962 | PDF | 33.69 MB

The Parthenon. Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. Homer's epic poems. Gods and goddesses lounging around, indulging in pleasures on Mount Olympus. All of these images bring to mind the traditional icons of Greece, the cradle of Western Civilization. But what do we know of modern Greece? The answer to that question and more can be found in this comprehensive look at contemporary Greek culture.

Seamless R and C++ Integration with Rcpp

Seamless R and C++ Integration with Rcpp
English | 220 pages | ISBN-10: 1461468671 | PDF | 3.38 MB

Rcpp is the glue that binds the power and versatility of R with the speed and efficiency of C++. With Rcpp, the transfer of data between R and C++ is nearly seamless, and high-performance statistical computing is finally accessible to most R users. Rcpp should be part of every statistician's toolbox.

Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
English | 304 pages | ISBN-10: 0345526880 | EPUB | 3.13 MB

This book will literally change the way you think about your next meal. Food psychologist Brian Wansink revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why we're eating-often without realizing it. His findings will astound you.

Engineering Circuit Analysis, 8th Edition

Engineering Circuit Analysis, 8th Edition
English | 880 pages | ISBN-10: 0073529575 | PDF | 53.2 MB

The hallmark feature of this classic text is its focus on the student - it is written so that students may teach the science of circuit analysis to themselves. Terms are clearly defined when they are introduced, basic material appears toward the beginning of each chapter and is explained carefully and in detail, and numerical examples are used to introduce and suggest general results. Simple practice problems appear throughout each chapter, while more difficult problems appear at the end of chapters, following the order of presentation of text material. This introduction and resulting repetition provide an important boost to the learning process.

Genomics of Tree Crops

Genomics of Tree Crops
English | 380 pages | ISBN-10: 1461409195 | PDF | 4.19 MB

Trees that are indispensably supportive to human life pose a formidable challenge to breed them to suit to human needs. From soft drinks to breweries to beverages to oil to tires, the value added products from trees give a spectrum of products to human kind. While attempts to tap these resources through conventional breeding are underway, the quick and elegant way of manipulating the genetic systems at the genome level is an essential chapter of modern science. Books featuring genomics of tree crops are few, and genomics is such a science that changes rapidly. Genomics of Tree Crops is an earnest attempt towards compiling genomics of tree crops.

Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good

Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good
English | 336 pages | ISBN-10: 1605984736 | PDF | 3.42 MB

Why is psychiatry such big business? Why are so many psychiatric drugs prescribed, and why, without solid scientific justification, has the number of mental disorders risen from 106 in 1952, to 374 today? Psychological therapist James Davies illustrates how psychiatry has put riches and medical status above patients' wellbeing.

Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition

Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition
English | 520 pages | ISBN-10: 1439888469 | PDF | 38.53 MB

A clear, concise discussion of today's hottest topics in climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the practical problems caused by radical changes in the Earth's climate. From energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions reduction, to climate-altering technologies, this new edition explores the latest concerns such as acidification of the ocean, energy efficiency, transportation, space solar power, and future and emerging possibilities.

Managing Risks in Commercial and Retail Banking

Managing Risks in Commercial and Retail Banking
English | 480 Pages | ISBN-10: 111810353X | PDF, EPUB | 11.38 MB

A practical guide to the practices and procedures of effectively managing banking risks
Managing Risks in Commercial and Retail Banking takes an in-depth, logical look at dealing with all aspects of risk management within the banking sector. It presents complex processes in a simplified way by providing real-life situations and examples.

Location-Based Information Systems: Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications

Location-Based Information Systems: Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications
English | 287 pages | ISBN-10: 1439848548 | PDF | 4.46 MB

Drawing on the authors' more than six years of R&D in location-based information systems (LBIS) as well as their participation in defining the Java ME Location API 2.0, Location-Based Information Systems: Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications provides information and examples for creating real-time LBIS based on GPS-enabled cellular phones. Each chapter presents a general real-time tracking system example that can be easily adapted to target any application domain and that can incorporate other sensor data to make the system "participatory sensing" or "human-centric sensing."

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm: Communicate with Nature Spirits & Elementals

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm: Communicate with Nature Spirits & Elementals
English | 240 pages | ISBN-10: 0875420028 | PDF | 88.87 MB

Have you ever taken a walk in the woods and felt like you were not alone? That's because you weren't! Forests, lakes, mountains, caves-even your garden-are alive with the spirits of nature. Faeries are real, and you can learn to commune with a whole world of unseen beings, including elves, devas, and nature spirits. With an open mind and a little patience, you can begin to recognize their presence all around you. This book will help you deepen your connection to the natural world as you explore the magical, mystical world of the faerie folk.

Encyclopedia of Chess Openings 4 E

Encyclopedia of Chess Openings 4 E
English | 600 pages | ISBN-10: 867297056X | PDF | 18.71 MB

Locke: A Guide for the Perplexed

Locke: A Guide for the Perplexed
English | 144 pages | ISBN-10: 0826489842 | PDF | 3.42 MB

Locke: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear account of Locke's philosophy, his major works and ideas. The book covers the whole range of Locke's philosophical work, offering a thematic review of his thought, together with detailed examination of his landmark text, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Locke's thought, the book provides a cogent and reliable survey of his life, political context and philosophical influences, and clearly and concisely reviews the competing interpretations of the Essay. This is the ideal companion to the study of this most influential and challenging of philosophers.

Local And Global Analysis of Nonlinear Dispersive And Wave Equations

Local And Global Analysis of Nonlinear Dispersive And Wave Equations
English | 373 pages | ISBN-10: 0821841432 | PDF | 8.6 MB

Among nonlinear PDEs, dispersive and wave equations form an important class of equations. These include the nonlinear Schrdinger equation, the nonlinear wave equation, the Korteweg de Vries equation, and the wave maps equation. This book is an introduction to the methods and results used in the modern analysis (both locally and globally in time) of the Cauchy problem for such equations.

Encyclopedia of American Business (2 Vol. Set)

Encyclopedia of American Business (2 Vol. Set)
English | 800 pages | ISBN-10: 0816081123 | PDF | 5.66 MB

Buying, selling, budgeting, and saving are fundamental business practices that almost everyone understands on a basic level. From them, more complex transactions are derived, and these constitute a realm of business that few people find easily accessible.

Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction

Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction
English | 306 pages | ISBN-10: 0816075735 | PDF | 13.6 MB

A part of the Literary Movements series, this A-Z reference covers, in more than 150 entries, short stories, novels, subgenres, characters, and authors. A professional writer and book reviewer specializing in genre fiction, D'Ammassa offers a sampling-but not an extensive exploration-of adventure fiction from its beginnings to today

Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Third edition

Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Third edition
English | 1200 pages | ISBN-10: 0816066604 | PDF | 18.32 MB

"Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Third Edition" outlines the numerous philosophers, personalities, social issues, and cultural histories of religious practices throughout American history. Special emphasis is placed on recent developments in religious life in this country and the historical contributions of people long neglected by mainstream religious historians, including African Americans, Native Americans, and women. In addition, an expanded introduction gives students a narrative historical overview of religion in America.

Local Cohomology: An Algebraic Introduction with Geometric Applications

Local Cohomology: An Algebraic Introduction with Geometric Applications
English | 436 pages | ISBN-10: 0521372860 | PDF | 12.07 MB

This book provides a careful and detailed algebraic introduction to Grothendieck's local cohomology theory, and illustrates many applications for the theory in commutative algebra and in the geometry of quasi-affine and quasi-projective varieties.

Helping your Pupils to Think for Themselves

Helping your Pupils to Think for Themselves
English | 72 pages | | ISBN-10: 0415447305 PDF | 3.64 MB

Possibly the biggest challenge teachers face in the classroom is getting their pupils to think for themselves. When children learn to think independently, they are able to take control of their own learning. What's more, they become good at dealing with the many problems that life will inevitably throw their way – not only good at solving these problems, but at choosing the kind of thinking strategies that will help solve them.

Actinobacteria: Application in Bioremediation and Production of Industrial Enzymes

Actinobacteria: Application in Bioremediation and Production of Industrial Enzymes
English | 296 pages | ISBN-10: 1466578734 | PDF | 3.92 MB

This book describes isolated actinobacteria from different environments, and how these can be used to bioremediate heavy metals and pesticides in contaminated sites. It also describes how free-living actinobacteria acquire the capability to produce nodules in plants and how this factor could be important for accelerating the degradation of pesticides in soils or slurries. Some chapters show how actinobacteria can be used to produce industrial enzymes and metabolites under different physicochemical conditions for use in the food industry. This book will interest professionals involved with waste management, environmental protection, and pollution abatement.

Clinical Education in the Health Professions: An Educator's Guide

Clinical Education in the Health Professions: An Educator's Guide
English | 304 pages | ISBN-10: 0729539008 | PDF | 4.38 MB

Clinical settings are dynamic educational spaces that present both opportunities and barriers to learning and teaching. Designed to inform, challenge and educate health professionals about the evidence underpinning clinical education practices and outcomes, this multi-disciplinary book brings together important concepts in healthcare education and addresses context and processes of learning, professional identity and socialisation, feedback and assessment, ethics, and inter-professional education.

Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees

Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees
English | 400 pages | ISBN-10: 080329302X | PDF | 21.5 MB

Blue Jacket (ca. 1743–ca. 1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought a long and bloody war against white encroachments into the Shawnees' homeland in the Ohio River Valley. Blue Jacket was an astute strategist and diplomat who, though courted by American and British leaders, remained a staunch defender of the Shawnees' independence and territory. In this arresting and controversial account, John Sugden depicts the most influential Native American leader of his time.

Lipids in Photosynthesis: Essential and Regulatory Functions

Lipids in Photosynthesis: Essential and Regulatory Functions
English | 504 pages | ISBN-10: 9048128625 | PDF | 30.05 MB

Lipids in Photosynthesis: Essential and Regulatory Functions, provides an essential summary of an exciting decade of research on relationships between lipids and photosynthesis. The book brings together extensively cross-referenced and peer-reviewed chapters by prominent researchers.

There is No Death

There is No Death
English | 202 pages | ASIN: B00CAWW87E | PDF | 4.12 MB

Relying only on the kind of thing that can be proved by numbers creates, among other things, an emotional gulf between patients and their doctors. More than fifty years ago, the American philosopher William James, speaking of the possibility of an eventual return to a more personal approach, stated: 'The rigorously impersonal view of science might one day appear as having been a useful eccentricity rather than the definitely triumphant position which the sectarian scientist at present so confidently announces it to be.'

H2O Just Ordinary Water

H2O Just Ordinary Water
English | 70 pages | ASIN: B009DMSJTA | PDF | 3.61 MB

Our water is a marvellous solution – always on the move in the cycle of nature – and a condition for all life. Water is always changing form, from liquid to vapour to ice, and back again.
Water is cyclic and has been functioned this way for billions of years. Every life on Earth depends on water; computer simulation has shown that the DNA helix breaks apart if it is modelled without water.

SWITCH! Design and everyday energy ecologies

SWITCH! Design and everyday energy ecologies
English | 224 pages | ISBN-10: 9198092405 | PDF | 33.32 MB

There is no single answer to the question of how people should live nor any silver bullet to solve current ecological problems - and yet, we must seek new ways to think and act in light of emerging environmental challenges. Given the power of design to influence consumer and societal values, its role must be questioned and renewed in relation to current problematics of mass-production and (over)consumption. Switch! develops design artifacts and methods to influence perceptions and values around energy use in everyday life. Within the collaborative design research program, a conceptual and practical inquiry focused on critical interventions into sustainable design discourse.

The Monte Carlo Simulation Method for System Reliability and Risk Analysis

The Monte Carlo Simulation Method for System Reliability and Risk Analysis
English | 212 pages | ISBN-10: 1447145879 | PDF | 4.49 MB

Monte Carlo simulation is one of the best tools for performing realistic analysis of complex systems as it allows most of the limiting assumptions on system behavior to be relaxed. The Monte Carlo Simulation Method for System Reliability and Risk Analysis comprehensively illustrates the Monte Carlo simulation method and its application to reliability and system engineering. Readers are given a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Monte Carlo sampling and simulation and its application for realistic system modeling.

Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming, Second Edition

Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming, Second Edition
English | 418 pages | ISBN-10: 0805863729 | PDF | 6.04 MB

This bestselling text provides a practical guide to the basic concepts of structural equation modeling (SEM) and the AMOS program (Versions 17 & 18). The author reviews SEM applications based on actual data taken from her research. Noted for its non-mathematical language, this book is written for the novice SEM user.