http://www.freebookspot.in Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.in/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.in 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35042 Religion (and spirituality) is very much alive and shapes the cultural values and aspirations of psychiatrist and patient alike, as does the choice of not identifying with a particular faith. Patients bring their beliefs and convictions into the doctor-patient relationship. The challenge for mental health professionals, whatever their own world view, is to develop and refine their vocabularies such that they truly understand what is communicated to them by their patients. Religion and Psychiatry provides psychiatrists with a framework for this understanding and highlights the importance of religion and spirituality in mental well-being. This book aims to inform and explain, as well as to be thought provoking and even controversial. Patiently and thoroughly, the authors consider why and how, when and where religion (and spirituality) are at stake in the life of psychiatric patients. The interface between psychiatry and religion is explored at different levels, varying from daily clinical practice to conceptual fieldwork. The book covers phenomenology, epidemiology, research data, explanatory models and theories. It also reviews the development of DSM V and its awareness of the importance of religion and spirituality in mental health. What can religious traditions learn from each other to assist the patient? Religion and Psychiatry discusses this, as well as the neurological basis of religious experiences. It describes training programmes that successfully incorporate as Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35041 A guide to achieving multiple orgasms offers seven steps that tell readers how to help their partners learn to please them, the ways to heighten sexual enjoyment for their partners, how to prolong lovemaking, and more... Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35040 This book brings together researchers from sociolinguistics, phonetics, and phonology and provides an overview of current issues in variation and gradience in phonetics and phonology. In this book, variation at every level of phonological representation is addressed. It contributes to the growing interest in gradience and variation in theoretical phonology by combining research on the factors underlying variability and systematic quantitative results with theoretical phonological considerations. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35039 Are You Sick and Tired Of Women REJECTING You? Imagine, No More Misery, No More Heartbreak, No More Rejection, No More Humiliation With Women Ever Again... Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35038 Diabetes has become a seemingly unstoppable national epidemic, affecting more than twenty million Americans. Conventional wisdom calls it incurable, but renowned Dr. Gabriel Cousens counters that claim with this breakthrough book. There Is a Cure for Diabetes lays out a three-week plan for reversing the negative genetic expression of diabetes to a physiology of health and well-being. Dr. Cousens’s method, widely tested at his famous Tree of Life centers, is to reset the DNA through green juice fasting and a 100% organic, nutrient-dense, vegan, low-glycemic, low-insulin-scoring, and high-mineral diet of living foods in the first twenty-one days. Both practical and inspirational, the book explains how to abandon the widespread “culture of death”–symbolized by addictive junk food–that fosters diabetes in favor of a more natural, nurturing approach. The program renders insulin and related medicines unnecessary within four days as the blood sugar drops to normal levels; and the diabetic shifts into a non-diabetic physiology within two weeks. The third week focuses on live-food preparation, featuring 100 delicious raw recipes. Dr. Cousens emphasizes regular consultations, monitoring blood chemistries, and emotional support, and includes a one-year support program to help maintain a diabetes-free life. Summary: like a good habit - hard to form and easy to live with Rating: 5 I recommend this book for anyone dealing with blood sugar problems. Its one of those books you read an Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35037 Betty Dodson, Ph.D., author of Sex for One "A book that's long overdue! Informative, sexy, and inspirational." Salon.com "The bible of female anal sex." Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35036 Recoverable and Recyclable Catalysts There is continued pressure on chemical and pharmaceutical industries to reduce chemical waste and improve the selectivity and efficiency of synthetic processes. The need to implement green chemistry principles is a driving force towards the development of recoverable and recyclable catalysts. The design and synthesis of recoverable catalysts is a highly challenging interdisciplinary field combining chemistry, materials science engineering with economic and environmental objectives. Drawing on international research and highlighting recent developments, this book serves as a practical guide for both experts and newcomers to the field. Topics covered include: An introduction to the principles of catalyst recovery and recycling Catalysts on insoluble and soluble support materials Thermomorphic catalysts, self-supported catalysts and perfluorous catalytic systems The development of reusable organic catalysts Continuous flow and membrane reactors Each chapter combines principles with practical information on the synthesis of catalysts and strategies for catalyst recovery. The book concludes with a comparison of different catalytic systems, using case studies to illustrate the key features of each approach. Recoverable and Recyclable Catalysts is a valuable reference source for academic researchers and professionals from a range of pharmaceutical and chemical industries, particularly those working in catalysis, organic Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35035 From Library Journal This set of five essays stems from the 1994 Royal Institute Christmas Lectures, filmed and later televised by the BBC. Greenfield, a science writer and professor of pharmacology at Lincoln College in Oxford, presents a survey of the brain that is intended for a general adult readership. Offering both a "top-down" and "bottom-up" approach, Greenfield examines movement and vision to illustrate how various brain functions might be localized, and she describes how neurons communicate and how this activity can be modified by drugs. She also discusses the development of the human brain from conception to birth and speculates on how experience can modify this brain to create a unique individual. Finally, in her explanation of how memory is laid down, the author touches on a physical basis for the mind. Greenfield presents a number of sophisticated concepts in a lively and very comprehensible style. Her book will provide a useful introduction to the brain in both academic and public libraries.?Laurie Bartolini, Legislative Research, Springfield, Ill. From Kirkus Reviews For the lay reader, a British scientist offers an enlightening look at the human brain and mind, clarifying what researchers now know and what difficult and tantalizing questions they are still struggling to answer. In 1994, Greenfield (Pharmacology/Oxford) was asked to give the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, a popular series aimed at teenagers and broadcast by the BBC. This book, whic Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35034 The subject of vibrations is of fundamental importance in engineering and technology. Discrete modelling is sufficient to understand the dynamics of many vibrating systems; however a large number of vibration phenomena are far more easily understood when modelled as continuous systems. The theory of vibrations in continuous systems is crucial to the understanding of engineering problems in areas as diverse as automotive brakes, overhead transmission lines, liquid filled tanks, ultrasonic testing or room acoustics. Starting from an elementary level, Vibrations and Waves in Continuous Mechanical Systems helps develop a comprehensive understanding of the theory of these systems and the tools with which to analyse them, before progressing to more advanced topics. * Presents dynamics and analysis techniques for a wide range of continuous systems including strings, bars, beams, membranes, plates, fluids and elastic bodies in one, two and three dimensions. * Covers special topics such as the interaction of discrete and continuous systems, vibrations in translating media, and sound emission from vibrating surfaces, among others. * Develops the reader’s understanding by progressing from very simple results to more complex analysis without skipping the key steps in the derivations. * Offers a number of new topics and exercises that form essential steppingstones to the present level of research in the field. * Includes exercises at the end of the chapters based on both the ac Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35033 Although many books currently available describe statistical models and methods for analyzing longitudinal data, they do not highlight connections between various research threads in the statistical literature. Responding to this void, Longitudinal Data Analysis provides a clear, comprehensive, and unified overview of state-of-the-art theory and applications. It also focuses on the assorted challenges that arise in analyzing longitudinal data. After discussing historical aspects, leading researchers explore four broad themes: parametric modeling, nonparametric and semiparametric methods, joint models, and incomplete data. Each of these sections begins with an introductory chapter that provides useful background material and a broad outline to set the stage for subsequent chapters. Rather than focus on a narrowly defined topic, chapters integrate important research discussions from the statistical literature. They seamlessly blend theory with applications and include examples and case studies from various disciplines. Destined to become a landmark publication in the field, this carefully edited collection emphasizes statistical models and methods likely to endure in the future. Whether involved in the development of statistical methodology or the analysis of longitudinal data, readers will gain new perspectives on the field. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35032 Make the right IPTV business decisions with a thorough understanding of the technology and the business implications of the broadband video revolution. Master key trends transforming the world of broadcast television and the Web with this guide to hardware, software, Internet applications and the wide range of alternative products and services. Explore why IP is the new gold standard for online video delivery and how it will be monetized. Understand the entire IPTV process, with clear explanations of complex technologies designed to help leaders make informed decisions and drive successful strategies. This comprehensive guide prepares you for IPTV's rapid deployment and future growth with features that include: Clear explanations of IPTV and Internet Video networks and applications Overviews of how the technical solutions are being turned into business models Reality Check perspectives in each chapter that illustrate theories with real-world case studies An expanded glossary that clarifies complex, technical jargon * Reality Check perspectives throughout each chapter tie theory to real-world case studies * Expanded glossary clarifies complex technical jargon * Includes clear explanations of complex technologies, for both technical and non-technical professionals Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35031 The authors present useful, elegant mathematical concepts such as Markov chains, function iteration and simple groups, and develop these concepts in the context of applications to important, practical problems such as web-navigation, data compression and error correcting codes. The authors highlight how mathematical modeling, together with the power of mathematical tools and abstraction, have been crucial for innovation in technology. The topics are presented with clarity, and the mathematics is expressed in a straightforward manner. Numerous exercises at the end of every section provide practice and reinforce the material in the chapter. An engaging quality of this book is that the authors also put the mathematical material in a historical context and not just a practical one. Mathematics and Technology is intended for undergraduate students, instructors and high school teachers. Prerequisites are essentially linear algebra and Euclidean geometry. Additionally, its lack of calculus centricity as well as a clear indication of the more difficult topics and relatively advanced references make it suitable for any curious individual with a decent command of high school math. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35030 Get ready to pack your bags and go on tour with the most trusted and comprehensive text for concert lighting. With a special focus on rock and roll, learn how to use computer aided drafting, moving luminaires, learn about the people and the history that shaped the field and more. Expand your design possibilities by learning about cross-media use of concert lighting techniques and their application in film, video, theatre and the corporate world. From snagging those precious contracts to knowing the best equipment to use to designing a show, Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art and Business covers everything you need to know. * New Information on computer aided drafting and visualization programs, moving luminaires, digital luminaires and media servers, LED luminaires, new Protocol devices and more to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge trends * Everything a professional needs to know from fighting for contracts to the ins and outs of designing a show by current leading designers: Jeff Ravitz, Andi Watson, Paul Dexter, and legendary Broadway designer Richard Pilbrow * Learn how to light rock-and-roll concerts and use the same techniques in film, video, theatre other medias * Interviews with three established, multi-platinum touring recording artists Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35029 The proceedings to "Serious Games on the Move 08" will contain all results of this conference on game software applications that are designed to do more than entertain. The focus of the contents lie on research results and developments in the rapidly moving field of serious games and their potential use in education and training as well as in the presentation of several showcases. The proceedings will address the following three topics: 1. Designing serious games: This topic will include innovations in the design of serious games, in particular games for use in education and training environments. 2. Embedding serious games and virtual worlds within learning programmes: Original research papers and case studies that investigate the potential for integration of serious games and virtual worlds within programmes of education and training will be the core content of this theme. 3. Tools, technologies and platforms: Under this topic the proceedings will provide information relating to serious games technologies. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35028 Molecular orbital theory is used by chemists to describe the arrangement of electrons in chemical structures. It is also a theory capable of giving some insight into the forces involved in the making and breaking of chemical bonds—the chemical reactions that are often the focus of an organic chemist’s interest. Organic chemists with a serious interest in understanding and explaining their work usually express their ideas in molecular orbital terms, so much so that it is now an essential component of every organic chemist’s skills to have some acquaintance with molecular orbital theory. Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions is both a simplified account of molecular orbital theory and a review of its applications in organic chemistry; it provides a basic introduction to the subject and a wealth of illustrative examples. In this book molecular orbital theory is presented in a much simplified, and entirely non-mathematical language, accessible to every organic chemist, whether student or research worker, whether mathematically competent or not. Topics covered include: Molecular Orbital Theory Molecular Orbitals and the Structures of Organic Molecules Chemical Reactions — How Far and How Fast Ionic Reactions — Reactivity Ionic Reactions — Stereochemistry Pericyclic Reactions Radical Reactions Photochemical Reactions This expanded Reference Edition of Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions takes the content and the same non-mathema Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35027 "California Algebra Readiness" is focused, organized, and easy to follow. The program shows students how to read, write, and understand the unique language of mathematics, so that they are prepared for every type of problem-solving and assessment situation. Reading age for native speakers: Middle School students Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35026 When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman, founder of the longest-running independent film studio, Troma Entertainment. He reveals the best ways to seek out investors, scout locations, hire crew and cast talent, navigate legalities, and stay within your budget. Featuring tips from some of the finest producers in the business (Mark Damon, James Gunn, Mark Harris, Tery Jones, Brad Kevoy, Stepehn Paul, and more!) , this book gives filmmakers practical tools for getting a movie shoot started, keeping it afloat and seeing it through to the end. Candid interviews, tips, tricks, and tidbits scattered throughout the book illustrate the many techniques you can employ to produce your own damn movie-Lloyd Kaufman shows you how it's really done. This volume reveals the secrets of producing a low-budget independent film. Covering everything about production from the initial movie idea, all the way through pre-production and up to the first day of principal photography (including budgeting concerns to production-damaging acts of God), you'll get the inside track to producing your own damn movie. Produce Your Own Damn Movie! will be your step-by-step guide on the journey to: * Maximize production values with a minimal budget * Scout locations * Different producing models * Develop business plans * Pre-selling your movie Hysterical in tone, filmmakers and producers won't be able to put this book down. Produce Your Own Damn Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35025 Every year large sums of money are wasted by the retail industry on badly managed after sales processes. What happens if problems occur after a sale has taken place? How are they dealt with? What processes can be implemented to make sure that they are dealt with more cost effectively, while also improving customer service and increasing sales? Aftersales Management shows how to create much stronger customer service with very little additional cost. It explores what customers want, what sales people want, and how these points interface with the rest of a retailer’s company. It also discusses implementation, explaining how to manage key stakeholders both within the business (the various business functions and departments) and outside (such as manufacturers and suppliers). Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35024 For parents who want to raise their comfort level with todayOs Web capabilities, for those who want to enhance their childrenOs Internet usage in and out of school, and for those who want to be prepared for potential dark alleys in the online world, The Web and Parents: Are You Tech Savvy? is a welcome new resource. DonOt know a blog from a Wiki? MySpace from Facebook? An RSS feed from an instant message? The Web and Parents provides a brief introduction to these and other aspects of Web 2.0, including podcasts, forums, graphic generators, photo storage and file-sharing sites, and more. Parents will get a sense of what each tool or resource does, how they themselves might use them—lots of grownups do, really—and the role each plays in current K-12 education and in the lives of school-age children. With this crash course on todayOs Internet, the Web becomes a place where families come together, not drift apart. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35023 Qualitative research is a powerful tool which plays a part in conducting marketing research into customer value analysis, branding and naming, new product launch, customer satisfaction and market segmentation, among other marketing areas. Its techniques include all types of focus groups, in depth one-one-one interviews, intercept studies and observational research. Because of its importance in determining buyer attitudes and beliefs it has been growing exponentially. Sheila Keegan, psychologist and market research practitioner, outlines the history of qualitative research, its purpose and role, its relationship to quantitative research, ethical issues it provokes, and how to analyze, interpret, and communicate research results. She presents different theoretical models within which qualitative research operates and uses case studies to show how these frameworks differ between the UK, Europe, the US and other countries. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35022 In Leadership under Pressure, Col. Bob Stewart draws on his experiences in the army and in business, using them to illustrate the key attributes of a leader. In this timely and personal view of leadership, readers learn how to maintain morale in tough times, deal with a crisis, show courage to colleagues, and lead others by example. Personal stories and frontline details will give aspiring leaders valuable tools for crisis management and negotiation. Summary: A top pick for anyone who wants to pass the test of leadership with flying colors Rating: 5 Nothing makes you realize the value of leadership than being shot at. "Leadership Under Pressure: Tactics from the Front Line" is a guide to leadership under pressure from a man who knows it in Colonel Bob Stewart. Having served in many high stakes situations, he brings his battlefield wisdom and tells readers how to apply it to the world of business. Motivating and invaluable information, "Leadership Under Pressure" is a top pick for anyone who wants to pass the test of leadership with flying colors. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35021 This volume is a compilation of lectures on algebras and combinatorics presented at the Second International Congress in Algebra and Combinatorics. It reports on not only new results, but also on open problems in the field. The proceedings volume is useful for graduate students and researchers in algebras and combinatorics. The contributors include eminent figures such as E Bannai, P Hilton, M Jambu, I Kotsireas, B Schein and A Smoktunowicz. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35020 BlackBerry Planet is a new tribe of people who simply cannot get along without their favorite device, Research in Motion’s innovative electronic organizer, the BlackBerry. This omnipresent device has gone beyond being the world’s foremost mobile business tool and entered the consumer mainstream as the Swiss Army Knife of smart phones. BlackBerry Planet tells the behind-the-scenes story of how this little device has become the machine that connects the planet. Starting with the early years of Mike Lazaridis’ invention and his founding of RIM at age 23, it details his drive to innovate, developing what was a glorified pager into the essential corporate communicator, used by everyone from dealmakers to the Queen, from movie stars to the entire US Congress. Since 1992, Lazaridis and co-CEO Jim Balsillie together have been the driving force behind the RIM story. With access to senior staffers and former RIM employees, BlackBerry Planet tells the inside story about the branding and marketing success of the BlackBerry, from its use during 9/11, which earned RIM a reputation for security and reliability, to the cultural adoption of the iconic device as a must-have symbol, to the backlash against the addictive properties of the “CrackBerry,” and the various patent suits RIM has had to fight off – including the five-year court battle that resulted in the largest technology patent settlement in US history. As the incredible story of the BlackBerry unfolds, and as RIM battles gl Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35019 In Scrappy Startups: How 15 Ordinary Women Turned Their Unique Ideas into Profitable Businesses, acclaimed author and highly successful career coach Melanie Keveles presents the stories women looking to start their own businesses need to hear—stories of women just like them who realized their entrepreneurial dreams while discovering their own greater creative capacities. Scrappy Startups is more than a book—it is mentorship in print—in which highly successful women entrepreneurs share their best advice in an utterly inspiring way. Representing a wide range of business fields, with enterprises ranging in age from newly begun to a couple of decades old, these women explain their thinking, their alliances, and the singular creative impulses that led to a viable and meaningful commercial endeavor. As presented here, each woman represents a part of the "Dream, Courage, Action" model that Melanie Keveles developed to demonstrate the process of bringing an idea to fruition. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35018 Data interpretation tests are fast becoming the most common type of numerical question in psychometric tests. Almost every battery of psychometric tests will include a data interpretation subtest, or series of questions, and at some point in their career many people will have to pass one. How to Pass Data Interpretation Tests provides 500 practice data interpretation questions, with answers and detailed explanations. It includes 6 timed tests as well as advice on how to prepare for such a test. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35017 What is the proper balance between free trade and protecting the American economy? U.S. Trade Issues: A Reference Handbook is a timely exploration of this vital and politically sensitive question, one that emerged as a crucial issue in the 2008 presidential election. Written by a former chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, it provides an authoritative, accessible, and unbiased review of the defining events, principal players, and key controversies in U.S. trade policy. U.S. Trade Issues describes American trade policies from the days of the republic to the present, focusing most intently on the post-World War II era. It explores a number of current issues, including the Doha Round of Multilateral Negotiations, NAFTA, and the presidentOs trade authority. In addition, the handbook looks at American trade policy in the context of an increasingly globalized world economy. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35016 This book emphasizes the intelligent application of approximation techniques to the type of problems that commonly occur in engineering and the physical sciences. Readers learn why the numerical methods work, what type of errors to expect, and when an application might lead to difficulties. The authors also provide information about the availability of high-quality software for numerical approximation routines. In this book, full mathematical justifications are provided only if they are concise and add to the understanding of the methods. The emphasis is placed on describing each technique from an implementation standpoint, and on convincing the reader that the method is reasonable both mathematically and computationally. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35015 This monograph is the first to systematically study the bias of estimators and construction of corrected confidence intervals for change-point and post-change parameters after a change is detected by using a CUSUM procedure. Researchers in change-point problems and sequential analysis, time series and dynamic systems, and statistical quality control will find that the methods and techniques are mostly new and can be extended to more general dynamic models where the structural and distributional parameters are monitored. Practitioners, who are interested in applications to quality control, dynamic systems, financial markets, clinical trials and other areas, will benefit from case studies based on data sets from river flow, accident interval, stock prices, and global warming. Readers with an elementary probability and statistics background and some knowledge of CUSUM procedures will be able to understand most results as the material is relatively self-contained. The exponential family distribution is used as the basic model that includes changes in mean, variance, and hazard rate as special cases. There are fundamental differences between the sequential sampling plan and fixed sample size. Although the results are given under the CUSUM procedure, the methods and techniques discussed provide new approaches to deal with inference problems after sequential change-point detection, and they also contribute to the theoretical aspects of sequential analysis. Many results are of ind Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35014 A guide to designing load-bearing structural components made from composite fibrous materials; especially useful for practising engineers or engineering students with no prior knowledge but in need of a guide. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35013 With more than 4,800 terms and definitions from around the world plus ten appendices filled with helpful resources, The Pastry Chef's Companion combines the best features of a dictionary and an encyclopedia. In addition to the current terminology of every component of pastry, baking, and confectionary arts, this book provides important information about the origin and historical background of many of the terms. Moreover, it offers coverage of flavor trends, industry practices, key success factors, a resources list, illustrations, and phonetic pronunciations. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35012 Do you love cooking and eating great food? Do you worry about gaining weight? Do you have or suspect you have food sensitivities? Would you like to feel fabulous all the time? Do you love cooking and eating great food? Do you worry about gaining weight? Do you have or suspect you have food sensitivities? Would you like to feel fabulous all the time? The good news is that there are ways of having your cake and eating it too. Basing their philosophy for health and wellbeing on their formidable combined experience in the food and natural health industries, Jan Purser and Kathy Snowball have created another cookbook with sensational healthy food suitable for all occasions, whether it's dinner for two, a family meal or entertaining the masses. And it's all gluten and dairy-free, making it suitable for people with sensitivities or allergies in those areas. Following on from the success of their award-winning The Detox Cookbook, this is a book of recipes and practical advice for living well, for people with a passion for food who also want to keep a close eye on their health. Based on a philosophy for health and well-being, this cookbook offers a selection of sensational healthy food for all occasions, whether it’s dinner for two, a family meal, or entertaining a large group. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35011 With this revision, Weste conveys an understanding of CMOS technology, circuit design, layout, and system design sufficient to the designer. The book deals with the technology down to the layout level of detail, thereby providing a bridge from a circuit to a form that may be fabricated. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35010 Mouthwatering recipes for people who love good food, but need to revitalise body, boost immunity and restore well-being. Whether you're looking for a regular detox regime or just repairing the post-Christmas/Easter/birthday-binge fallout, The Detox Cookb the Why and How To in the most delicious way. This is a collection of mouth-watering recipes that will give you more energy, help you drop a few kilos, cleanse your liver and leave you feeling fantastic. And you won't feel like you're on a diet. Included is a simple explanation of the benefits of regular detoxing, and how to incorporate this sensible program into your busy life. Kathy and Jan believe that if you love your food, but need to cleanse, there is no need to sacrifice flavour. Try Asian-style Duck Salad, Barbecued Seafood with Mango Salsa and Pink Potato Salad or Rack of Lamb with Quinoa and Roasted Pumpkin . . . these are meals the whole family or dinner guests can easily share. Stylishly presented with gorgeous colour photos, The Detox Cookbook is the most practical and inspiring book around on this very hot topic. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35009 Most ocean vessels are underactuated but control of their motion in the real ocean environment is essential. Control of Ships and Underwater Vehicles concentrates on the control of underactuated ocean vessels both surface and submarine. Having more degrees of freedom to be controlled than the number of independent control inputs these vessels give rise to numerous challenges within the area of applied nonlinear control which are of growing concern because of their prevalence. Starting with a review of the necessary background on ocean-vessel dynamics and nonlinear control theory, the authors’ systematic approach is based on various nontrivial coordinate transformations coupled with advanced nonlinear control design methods building on Lyapunov’s direct method, backstepping, and parameter projection techniques. This strategy is then used for the development and analysis of a number of ocean-vessel control systems with the aim of achieving advanced motion control tasks including stabilization, trajectory-tracking, path-tracking and path-following. Control of Ships and Underwater Vehicles offers the reader: • new results in the nonlinear control of underactuated ocean vessels that counter environmental disturbances induced by wind, waves and ocean currents; • efficient designs for the practical implementation of controllers on underactuated ocean vessels; • extensive numerical simulations and real-time implementations of the control systems designed on a scale-mod Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35008 Widely used in medical research, pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industries, biological and physical sciences, and security and environmental agencies, mass spectrometry techniques are continually under development. In Practical Aspects of Trapped Ion Mass Spectrometry: Volume V, Applications of Ion Trapping Devices, an international panel of authors presents a world-wide view of the practical aspects of recent progress using trapped ion devices. In contrast to previous texts, which have concentrated generally on a single or limited range of ion trapping techniques, a key feature of this compilation of contributions is its coverage of all the ion trapping techniques currently in use. Spanning sixteen chapters, the text examines: Ion/neutral and ion/ion reactions Structural characterization of proteins and peptides using quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry, Fourier transform – ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry, and traveling wave ion mobility mass spectrometry Ion spectroscopy and electron diffraction Conformational analysis of protein isobaric charge states Practical examples of trapped-ion technology that reflect the wide diversity of applications of trapped-ion devices This text is the first detailed account of the application of new and established mass spectrometric techniques utilizing trapped or confined ions for prolonged investigation and increased sensitivity. Each chapter contains complete references and utilizes a consistent format and writi Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35007 The United Nations World Assembly on Aging has made advancing health and well-being into old age a worldwide call for action. And this text at hand shows us what researchers worldwide are doing to answer that call. Here, three of America's most esteemed experts on aging lead a global team of contributors - each an expert in his or her country - to show us what the top challenges of each nation are, and what top research is being done there to meet those. While we cannot predict with absolute certainty all of the issues that will arise over the next 20 years, we can anticipate some and we must start now to prepare for these challenges, an expert from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warned at a recent UN World Assembly on Aging. Needed response to the global population shift is not just the responsibility of governments, but will be a product of wise, long-term decisions made by individuals and societies, she explained. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35006 Holistic Engineering Education: Beyond Technology is a compilation of coordinated and focused essays from world leaders in the engineering profession who are dedicated to a transformation of engineering education and practice. The contributors define a new and holistic approach to education and practice that captures the creativity, interdisciplinarity, complexity, and adaptability required for the profession to grow and truly serve global needs. With few exceptions today, engineering students and professionals continue to receive a traditional, technically-based education and training using curriculum models developed for early 20th century manufacturing and machining. While this educational paradigm has served engineering well, helping engineers create awe-inspiring machines and technologies for society, the coursework and expectations of most engineering programs eschew breadth and intellectual exploration to focus on consistent technological precision and study. Why this dichotomy? While engineering will always need precise technological skill, the 21st century innovation economy demands a new professional perspective that recognizes the value of complex systems thinking, cross-disciplinary collaborations, economic and environmental impacts (sustainability), and effective communication to global and community leaders, thus enabling engineers to consider "the whole patient" of society's needs. The goal of this book is to inspire, lead, and guide this critically needed t Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35005 This project is the result of a philosopher’s extended engagement with the literature and practice of political science and public policy formation. One finds in these fields, and in social science generally, two fundamentally opposed approaches to inquiry into the nature and cause of historical political events. These two approaches, which are sometimes employed simultaneously, are both powerful and persuasive. Yet, the two accounts are incompatible and comprehensive. Making a choice between the two is not simply about choosing a view of history; the choice affects how one anticipates policy developments in the future, and, more importantly, how one seeks to influence and shape public policy now and in the years to come. Because there is no external standard of history by which to judge them, one must examine the conceptions of human nature, reason and freedom underlying each in order to adjudicate between the two. Following Alasdair MacIntyre’s approach in Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry, this book analyzes and evaluates the internal coherence and ultimate viability of the two fundamental versions of historical inquiry. Intended not only for philosophers but also for students and practitioners of political science and public policy, the book includes a case study of a particularly significant political development in U.S. history- the ratification of the 16th Amendment- and suggests some specific implications of the philosophical conclusions. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35004 James Higginbotham's work on tense, aspect, and indexicality discusses the principles governing demonstrative, temporal, and indexical expressions in natural language and presents new ideas in the semantics of sentence structure. The book brings together his key contributions to the fields, including his recent intervention in the debate on the roles of context and anaphora in reference. The book's chapters are presented in the form in which they were first published, with afterwords where needed to cover points where the author's thought has developed. It is fully indexed and has a collated bibliography. This will be a precious resource for all those involved in the study of current semantics, and its interactions with syntactic theory, in linguistics, philosophy, and related fields. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35003 In concept and execution, this book covers the field of EAP with careful attention to all its key aspects and full infrastructure, including the available materials, analytical models, processing techniques, and characterization methods. In this second edition the reader is brought current on promising advances in EAP that have occurred in electric EAP, electroactive polymer gels, ionomeric polymer-metal composites, carbon nanotube actuators, and more. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35002 This book presents fundamentals and comprehensive results regarding duality for scalar, vector and set-valued optimization problems in a general setting. After a preliminary chapter dedicated to convex analysis and minimality notions of sets with respect to partial orderings induced by convex cones a chapter on scalar conjugate duality follows. Then investigations on vector duality based on scalar conjugacy are made. Weak, strong and converse duality statements are delivered and connections to classical results from the literature are emphasized. One chapter is exclusively consecrated to the scalar and vector Wolfe and Mond-Weir duality schemes. The monograph is closed with extensive considerations concerning conjugate duality for set-valued optimization problems. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35001 The material from this book was derived from a popular first-year graduate class taught by James M. Palmer for over twenty years at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. This text covers topics in radiation propagation, radiometric sources, optical materials, detectors of optical radiation, radiometric measurements, and calibration. Radiometry forms the practical basis of many current applications in aerospace engineering, infrared systems engineering, remote sensing systems, displays, visible and ultraviolet sensors, infrared detectors of optical radiation, and many other areas. While several texts individually cover topics in specific areas, this text brings the underlying principles together in a manner suitable for both classroom teaching and a reference volume that the practicing engineer can use. The level of discussion of the material is suitable for a class taught to advanced undergraduate students or graduate students. Although this book is not a theoretical treatment, the mathematics required to understand all equations include differential and integral calculus. This text should be foremost in the toolkit of the practicing engineer or scientist working on radiometric problems in areas of optical engineering, electro-optical engineering, systems engineering, imagery analysis, and many others, allowing the technical professional to successfully apply radiometric principles in his or her work. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35000 Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics (COPE) 2nd edition is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the discipline of pragmatics, an important branch of natural language study which deals with the various implied meanings of a given idea imparted in speech. As a derivative volume from Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd edition, it comprises contributions from the foremost scholars of semantics in their various specializations and draws on 20+ years of development in the parent work in a compact and affordable format. Principally intended for tertiary level inquiry and research, this will be invaluable as a reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics inquiring into the study of meaning and meaning relations within languages. As pragmatics is a centrally important and inherently cross-cutting area within linguistics it will therefore be relevant not just for meaning specialists, but for most linguistic audiences. * Edited by Jacob Mey, a leading pragmatics specialist, and authored by experts * The latest trends in the field authoritatively reviewed and interpreted in context of related disciplines. * Drawn from the richest, most authoritative, comprehensive and internationally acclaimed reference resource in the linguistics area * Compact and affordable single volume reference format Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34999 Time-delays are important components of many dynamical systems that describe coupling or interconnection between dynamics, propagation or transport phenomena, and heredity and competition in population dynamics. This monograph addresses the problem of stability analysis and the stabilization of dynamical systems subjected to time-delays. It presents a wide and self-contained panorama of analytical methods and computational algorithms using a unified eigenvalue-based approach illustrated by examples and applications in electrical and mechanical engineering, biology, and complex network analysis. This text bridges the fields of control (analysis and feedback design, robustness, and uncertainty) and numerical analysis (explicit algorithms and methods). The authors present solutions of the (robust) stability analysis and stabilization problem of linear time-delay systems, which are the result of this cross-fertilization of control theory, numerical linear algebra, numerical bifurcation analysis, and optimization. The book is organized into three parts: Part I addresses the analysis of linear time-delay systems from a stability point of view. Part II is devoted to synthesis problems with the focus on stabilization. In Part III the authors present a wide class of applications, including congestion analysis in high-performance networks, output feedback stabilization using the delays as controller parameters, predictor-type controllers, consensus problems in traffic flows, and Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34998 Discover the secrets to foolproof paper piecing with the revolutionary single-foundation technique. Paper-piecing is a great way to ensure pin-point accuracy in your quilts, but there are some blocks that are just so much fiddlier than others. With its revolutionary single-foundation technique, "Flip-Flop Paper Piecing" teaches readers everything they need to know to achieve piecing easily and with ideal accuracy. Also included in this volume are full-size foundations for 26 blocks - each in two sizes - and complete instructions for a beautiful Flip-Flop sampler. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34997 The first edition of Introduction to Texture Analysis: Macrotexture, Microtexture, and Orientation Mapping broke new ground by collating seventy years worth of research in a convenient single-source format. Reflecting emerging methods and the evolution of the field, the second edition continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the concepts, practices, and applications of techniques used to determine and characterize texture. Providing a clear focus on scientific principles, this reference keeps mathematics to a minimum in covering both traditional macrotexture analysis and more modern electron-microscopy-based microtexture analysis. The authors integrate the two techniques and address the subsequent need for a more detailed explanation of philosophy, practice, and analysis associated with texture analysis. The book is organized into three sections: Fundamental Issues addresses terminology associated with orientations and texture, in addition to their representation. It also covers the diffraction of radiation, a phenomenon that is the basis for almost all texture analysis. Macrotexture Analysis covers data acquisition, as well as representation and evaluation related to the well-established methods of macrotexture analysis. Microtexture Analysis provides experimental details of the transmission or scanning electron microscope-based techniques for microtexture analysis. It also describes how microtexture data are evaluated and represented and explores the innovative to Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34996 There is no place more remote than the Arctic and Antarctic, but their remoteness has not kept them isolated: Pollutants released in developed lands travel on air and water currents into the polar regions, the ozone hole has widened over Antarctica, and global warming is causing its greatest damage in the world's iciest locales. Along with an understanding of how human activities are changing the polar regions has come an appreciation of their importance in global climate, biological productivity, and biodiversity. "Polar Regions" is a crucial new book that explains how many scientists are providing forewarning of the changes that will come to the entire planet if society continues on its current trajectory. Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, suggestions for further reading, and Web sites, this book arms readers with the information necessary to take a stand in protecting our fragile planet. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34995 In 1966, Anton LaVey introduced to the world the Church of Satan, an atheistic religion devoted to the philosophy of individualism and pitilessness often associated with Satan. Modern Satanism offers a comprehensive survey and analysis of the church that LaVey built. Satanism has been an open religion for forty years now and operates successfully in its self-created countercultural niche. Given the provocative nature of its name, contemporary Satanism is only superficially understood as an alternative religion/ideology, and all-too-frequently seen as a medieval superstition and associated with rumors of obscure rituals, perverse hedonism, cult-like behavior, and tales of ritual abuse and murder. These may be misconceptions, but the truth behind the unenviable reputation is no less dramatic. Satanism generally eschews supernatural beliefs and embodies a staunchly individualistic, pitiless, anti-egalitarian creed. If there is anything fundamentally diabolical about modern Satanism, it stems more from the echoes of Nazism in its theories than from its horror-comic trappings. Modern Satanism covers the history, ideology, personalities, and practices of the decentralized international movement that contemporary Satanism has become. The work addresses the various beliefs and practices espoused by those who follow it: the ideal of Satan as a rebellious emblem; Satanism's occult, literary, and philosophical influences; the history of the Church of Satan and other Satanic organizat Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34994 In order to gain accreditation, every laboratory must have a superior quality assurance program. The keys to a successful program are the operational and technical manuals and associated documents which define the program and its various components. Written by experts with global experience in setting up laboratories, Implementing Quality in Laboratory Policies and Processes: Using Templates, Project Management, and Six Sigma provides templates for the various policies, procedures, and forms that should be contained in the quality assurance, operational, and technical manuals of a laboratory seeking accreditation. Templates for the entire project life cycle The book begins with a general introduction and overview of quality assurance and then moves on to cover implementation strategies. It contains best practices and templates for the project management of the design and implementation of the laboratory operational and technical manuals required to establish a quality assurance program. The templates span the entire project life cycle, from initiation, to planning, to execution, to monitoring, and finally, to closure. The book also examines how Six Sigma concepts can be used to optimize laboratories, and contains templates that cover administrative issues, quality assurance, sample control, and health and safety issues. In addition, there is a section of criteria files that relate the individual document templates to specific accreditation criterion. Addresses the Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34993 Earth's seas play a tremendous role in the planet's systems: Ocean currents transfer water and heat around the globe, and ocean ecosystems are among the most biologically productive anywhere. But the oceans are being abused. Wild fisheries are harvested to the point of collapse, and some aquaculture damages life and the environment. People intentionally or inadvertently dump wastes - sewage, oil, toxic chemicals, detergents, fertilizers, and invasive species - and all have an impact on ocean ecosystems. Offering full-color photographs and illustrations and captivating text, "Oceans" introduces young science students to these urgent issues. This important new work shows how protecting the oceans requires protecting the entire planet, and describes the importance of setting aside marine reserves to save vital ecosystems. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34992 Clearing forms the core part of a smooth and efficiently functioning financial market infrastructure. Traditionally, it has been provided by clearing houses, most of which today act as a 'central counterparty' (CCP) between the two sides of a trade. The rapid growth of cross-border trading has sparked discussion on the most efficient industry structure - particularly in Europe and the US. At the heart of this discussion lies the question of whether the implementation of a single clearing house creates greater benefits than a more competitive but interlinked market structure. This is the starting point for this book, which analyses the efficiency of clearing and clearing industry structure. Along with clear-cut definitions and a concise characterisation and descriptive analysis of the clearing industry, the book determines the efficiency impact of various cross-border integration and harmonisation initiatives between CCPs. This serves to identify the most preferable future structure for the clearing industry. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34991 Dr. Joelle JayOs The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership draws on timeless principles and Jay's experiences with hundreds of leaders from AmericaOs most successful and admired companies, setting out ten essential components of leading well and living well. In The Inner Edge, Dr. Jay offers customized coaching to help leaders overcome challenges, leverage opportunities, and maximize their talents, teams, and time. Through vivid examples, conversations with accomplished leaders, insightful perspectives on leadership, and thought-provoking questions and exercises, Jay shows readers that leadership is not just a label, but a way of life. Finding your edge, gaining clarity, focusing and taking action, expanding your knowledge—under JayOs training these and other principles become concrete achievable assets for living and leading. The result is an essential resource for helping leaders get results for their organizations in a way that capitalizes on—and enriches—their own unique identity. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34990 For the first time in twenty years the luxury market is shrinking. Now more than ever we need to understand the role of luxury. So, what is real luxury? Once used to describe genuinely sumptuous surroundings or outstanding products, the concept of luxury has been hijacked by a multitude of aspiring or expensive commodities, so that today it is applied to everything from foot spas to instant hot chocolate. Who are the genuine luxury brands, and how have they reacted to the democratization of glamour? What strategies do they use to lift themselves beyond the mere prestige into the realm of the truly elite? Who are their customers, and what kind of lives do these remarkable people lead? How do luxury brands seduce and retain them? With wit, accuracy, and insatiable curiosity, Mark Tungate takes readers on a voyage around the luxury universe, slipping behind the facade of the world's most sophisticated businesses to show the reader how they really function. Among other destinations, the author visits Italian shoemakers, Swiss watch designers, the Champagne houses of France, and the top jewelry designers. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34989 The recording and analysis of food data are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Consequently, the food scientist in industry or at study faces the task of using and understanding statistical methods. Statistics is often viewed as a difficult subject and is often avoided because of its complexity and a lack of specific application to the requirements of food science. This situation is changing – there is now much material on multivariate applications for the more advanced reader, but a case exists for a univariate approach aimed at the non-statistician. This book provides a source text on accessible statistical procedures for the food scientist, and is aimed at professionals and students in food laboratories where analytical, instrumental and sensory data are gathered and require some form of summary and analysis before interpretation. It is suitable for the food analyst, the sensory scientist and the product developer, and others who work in food-related disciplines involving consumer survey investigations will also find many sections of use. There is an emphasis on a ‘hands on’ approach, and worked examples using computer software packages and the minimum of mathematical formulae are included. The book is based on the experience and practice of a scientist engaged for many years in research and teaching of analytical and sensory food science at undergraduate and post-graduate level. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34988 If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you really need The Complete Guide to Digital Printing by Tim Daly. This essential resource is the only guide you'll ever need to printing with Photoshop. Acclaimed author and photographer Tim Daly brings a wealth of experience to this under-resourced topic, covering every aspect of the printing process using Photoshop. Not content with simply covering the software, Tim approaches the entire workflow. This means that right from the moment of capture, your photos are optimised for the highest print quality from Photoshop. Topics covered include image capture and management, file processing, creative emphasis, proofing, Photoshop print functions, color management (both input and output), printer hardware and software, and, of course, the actual printing. Buy this book, and see an immediate difference to the quality of your prints. Authoritative, practical and comprehensive, this is a must-have for every photographer using Photoshop. * Comprehensive one-stop guide to getting the highest quality print results using Adobe Photoshop CS4 * Written in a practical, jargon-free style by a working photographer and experienced author/educator on the subject of printing * Also covers essential material on either side of the Photoshop workflow, including capture, and mounting Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34987 Earth is the water planet, but only a tiny amount of the planet's water is fresh and usable, and water pollution has become a monumental dilemma as we enter the 21st century. Though developed nations now regulate some pollutants and as a result their waterways are cleaner, new chemicals are increasingly being released into the environment, resulting in a toxic soup that may be causing cancers, development problems, and other concerns in people and wildlife. And besides pollution, overfishing and engineering projects are destroying freshwater ecosystems. Hydrosphere is a concise examination of the pressing issues affecting our water supply. This potently written and illustrated new book explains how society needs to adopt a precautionary principle in water matters by better understanding the consequences of their actions before, not after, those actions occur. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34986 Hallelujah! Finally the book you've been waiting for! Sound, Lighting and Video: A Resource for Worship is the only book that tackles the integration and use of light, sound and video for houses or worship. Connect with more people in ways you never thought possible. Written by the managing editor of "Worship Arts and Technology Magazine" you'll learn how to: * Integrate sound, lighting and video together from the ground up for easy application * Connect with more people in ways you've never imagined * Re-examine and re-incorporate your current media systems * Be up and running like the pros with this beginner-friendly guide * Solve your greatest technical problems efficiently, without the information overload * Better communicate your message using media solutions Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34985 This bestselling book introduces you to the principles of sound, perception, audio technology and systems. Providing vital reading for audio students and trainee engineers, this guide is ideal for anyone concerned with audio, sound and recording who wants a really good grounding in theory and industry practice. Now with numerous updates, including a new chapter on sound quality, expanded information on sequencing and synchronization, and updated chapters on digital audio, loudspeakers and mixers. * Best-selling text provides more than an introduction to audio and sound recording in an easily digestible format. * "Fact Files" give succinct information on the areas covered, addressing key points to aid the learning process * Covers the latest digital recording technology, formats , and computer based interfaces * Stereo and surround sound principles described in detail Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34984 No other species in Earth's history has been able to disregard the natural laws that govern population size quite like humans have. And as a result we have experienced an unfathomable population explosion: a nearly 7-fold increase in three centuries and from 3 billion to 6.6 billion in just 45 years (1961 to 2006). But population growth has come with an increase in resource consumption, which has created a number of environmental problems: Farmland is being degraded, fresh water is becoming polluted, fish are being overharvested, forests are being flattened, fossil fuel emissions are driving global warming, and the list goes on. Many scientists suggest that society must now develop sustainably, improving the current economic and social circumstances while protecting the environment for future generations.The insightful "Humans and Natural Environment" presents these eye-opening facts in a manner accessible to young readers, thanks to its abundant full-color photographs and illustrations, readable text, and helpful sidebars. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34983 People exploit the land for desired resources, such as oil, minerals, or timber, or they convert vast expanses of natural terrain to landscapes that better meet their needs: Forests become tree plantations, wilderness is converted to agricultural land, and even farms are paved over to make cities. Already about half the ice-free land area has been converted for human purposes, and that number is growing rapidly. Geosphere is an invaluable new resource that introduces students to sustainability - the idea that economic and social development, along with environmental protection, must be achieved together. Enhanced by illuminating full-color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, and other useful study features, this book details how sustainability is gaining ground with individuals, communities, regions, and even nations, and shows readers how they, too, can become involved. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34982 The rapid evolution of technical capabilities in the systems engineering (SE) community requires constant clarification of how to answer the following questions: What is Systems Architecture? How does it relate to Systems Engineering? What is the role of a Systems Architect? How should Systems Architecture be practiced? A perpetual reassessment of concepts and practices is taking place across various systems disciplines at every level in the SE community. Architecture and Principles of Systems Engineering addresses these integral issues and prepares you for changes that will be occurring for years to come. With their simplified discussion of SE, the authors avoid an overly broad analysis of concepts and terminology. Applying their substantial experience in the academic, government, and commercial R and D sectors, this book is organized into detailed sections on: Foundations of Architecture and Systems Engineering Modeling Languages, Frameworks, and Graphical Tools Architecture Models in Systems Analysis and Design Aerospace and Defense Systems Engineering Describing ways to improve methods of reasoning and thinking about architecture and systems, the text integrates concepts, standards, and terminologies that embody emerging model-based approaches but remain rooted in the long-standing practices of engineering, science, and mathematics. With an emphasis on maintaining conceptual integrity in system design, this text describes succinct practical Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34981 Though climate change is normal in Earth's history, global warming has raised average temperatures to their highest in two millennia, resulting in melting ice caps, shorter winters, changes in the seasonal behaviors of animals, and more extreme weather. And though greenhouse gases are essential for keeping the planet's temperatures comfortable, fossil fuel burning and other human activities are increasing greenhouse gas levels and causing temperatures to rise. While a decade ago many scientists were skeptical that human activities could impact the climate system, their models now show that only human activities can account for the magnitude of changes being seen. "Climate" is a timely new book that discusses the issue of global warming and what we can do to prevent its rise. Highly visual and written in a clear, accessible manner, this book adresses how people must use energy more efficiently, develop alternative energy sources, and lower emissions technologies. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34980 Earth's atmosphere supports and protects all of its life, giving the planet its blue skies, mild temperatures, and weather. But people use the atmosphere for another purpose: as a dump for waste gases and particles. Air pollution obscures vistas, damages ecosystems, and compromises human health. Combined with water in the atmosphere, air pollutants create acid rain. In the upper atmosphere, air pollutants damage the ozone layer, which protects life from the sun's harmful rays. Excess emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane push global temperatures higher, creating global warming. While some pollutants are successfully regulated, as population grows and industries expand, more intensive solutions are needed to deal with the many types of air pollution and its consequences. This provocative book tackles these issues in a straightforward manner and shows readers what they can do to help conserve our planet's atmosphere. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34979 Earth's astonishing diversity of life - in coral reefs, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, deep-sea hot springs, and many others - is amazing for its beauty and for the ecosystem services it provides. People, however, exploit organisms and ecosystems for food, clothing, shelter, medicines, and fuel, damaging or destroying many ecosystems. As a result of human activities, species extinctions are occurring at a rate 10 to 100 times faster than in the planet's recent history. "Biosphere" candidly explores these pressing issues in a clear, accessible format. The information covered in this eye-opening new book discusses how ecosystems must be set aside, habitats restored, and global warming thwarted. Readers will learn how organisms can be saved in their native habitats or in zoos, or their genes can be preserved in freezers. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34978 This book is the essential reference for audio power amplifier designers and engineers. Author Douglas Self covers all the issues of distortion and linearity, power supplies, protection, reliability and layout. He also tackles unusual forms of compensation and unexpected sources of distortion such as capacitors and fuses. This much expanded and updated Fifth Edition includes four NEW chapters, one of them dedicated to the XD crossover-displacement principle, invented by the author, and used by Cambridge Audio. The book has a wealth of new material on four-stage amplifier architectures, current-mirrors, power transistors with internal sensing diodes, amplifier bridging, subtle distortion mechanisms, input stage common-mode distortion, double input stages, amplifier stability, output stages with gain, transformers and hum fields, inrush current suppression, DC servo design, thermal protection, the subtleties of cooling fan control, advanced line input stages, ultra-low-noise design, high and low-pass filtering, testing and safety, infra-red control, signal activation, 12V trigger, level indication and much more. There is significantly expanded material on professional power amplifiers as used in sound reinforcement and PA applications. This book is a must-have for audio power amplifier professionals and audiophiles, amateur constructors and anyone with intellectual curiosity about the struggle towards technical excellence. *Provides everything you want to know in one v Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34977 Macro-engineering involves the large-scale modification and manipulation of natural systems for the benefit of mankind. The primary goals of some Earth-based macroprojects described in this book are power production, land reclamation, food production, climate change, environment, water, transport and coastal protection. Other Earth or space projects considered here have a more futuristic ring, but our present-day technical skill makes their realization possible. Earth-based macroprojects usually combine different aspects and aims. They have a major impact on the ecology of a region and the inhabitant's means of living (like tourism, fishing, shipping). Its effects may be felt worldwide, like the rise in global sea level after the damming and evaporation of large ocean gulfs for power production, or the change in climate following the regional reduction of solar insolation. Each project will dramatically change the lives of the people affected. It can provide them with a better standard of living, at the cost of a rapid adaptation to a changed environment and a changed life style. This may provoke temporary geopolitical and social unrest. Macro-engineering contributes to sustainable progress, but it must first overcome the social, political and economical obstacles in its way. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34976 Due to the wide application of adaptive optical systems, an understanding of optical wave propagation in randomly inhomogeneous media has become essential, and several numerical models of individual AOS components and of efficient correction algorithms have been developed. This monograph contains detailed descriptions of the mathematical experiments that were designed and carried out during more than a decade's worth of research. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34975 Rising oil costs have stimulated significant interest in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) as a method for producing a synthetic petroleum substitute. Drawn from the proceedings at a symposium held during the 236th meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia in August 2008, Advances in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Catalysts, and Catalysis explores the recent developments in Fischer-Tropsch technology, which holds great promise in the area of renewable resources. Expert contributors explore a range of issues The book focuses on three main themes: catalyst preparation and activation, reaction mechanism, and process-related topics. A panel of expert contributors discusses synthesis of catalysts, carbon nanomaterials, nitric oxide calcinations, the influence of carbon, catalytic performance issues, chelating agents, and Cu and alkali promoters. They also explore Co/silica catalysts, thermodynamic control, the Two Alpha model, co-feeding experiments, internal diffusion limitations, Fe-LTFT selectivity, and the effect of co-fed water. Lastly, the book examines cross-flow filtration, kinetic studies, reduction of CO2 emissions, syncrude, and low-temperature water-gas shift. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34973 Chiaverini is the author of a popular series of novels with a common quilting theme, and here she offers a pattern book of quilting projects inspired by characters and events in the "Elm Creek" series. Working with quilt designer and teacher Odom, Chiaverini has put together an interesting selection of quilting projects inspired by the first four novels: The Quilter's Apprentice, Round Robin ... Больше, Cross-Country Quilters, and The Runaway Quilt. Projects include a variety of pieced and appliqued quilts with step-by-step instructions and full-sized templates where necessary. Reading the novels is not a prerequisite for making the quilts pictured, but they will take on deeper meaning for those familiar with the books. Recommended for public library quilting collections. Read more...
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]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34971 This major new reference for students, faculty, and professionals of American corporate governance, modern financial history, and securities law begins with an examination of the collapse of the Enron Corporation and other financial scandals that arose in the wake of the market downturn of 2000. Jerry W. Markham, author of the award-winning Financial History of the United States and former SEC counsel, provides context and analysis to the modern era of corporate curruption. The book examines the SEC's full disclosure system in corporate governance and the role of accountants in that system, including Arthur Andersen LLP, the Enron auditor that collapsed after it was accused of obstructing justice. The author chronicles the meltdown in the telecom sector that gave rise to accounting scandals at Nortel, Lucent, Qwest, Global Crossing, Adelphia, and WorldCom. He traces other accounting and governance failures at Rite Aid, Xerox, Computer Associates, AOL Time Warner, Vivendi, HealthSouth, and Hollinger. Markham also covers such Wall Street scandals as the Martha Stewart trial, the financial analyst conflicts, and the mutual fund trading abuses. This reference places today's financial news in perspective with discussion of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation that was adopted in response to these scandals, the burdens it imposes, and continuing flaws in full disclosure. The book also traces the remarkable market recovery that followed the scandals and addresses the misguided efforts o Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34970 This book has its roots in a series of collaborations in the last decade at the interface between statistical physics and cosmology. The specific problem which initiated this research was the study of the clustering properties of galaxies as revealed by large redshift surveys, a context in which concepts of modern statistical physics (e.g. scale-invariance, fractality..) find ready application. In recent years we have considerably broadened the range of problems in cosmology which we have addressed, treating in particular more theoretical issues about the statistical properties of standard cosmological models. What is common to all this research, however, is that it is informed by a perspective and methodology which is that of statistical physics. We can say that, beyond its specific scientific content, this book has an underlying thesis: such interdisciplinary research is an exciting playground for statistical physics, and one which can bring new and useful insights into cosmology. The book does not represent a final point, but in our view, a marker in the development of this kind of research, which we believe can go very much further in the future. Indeed as we complete this book, new developments - which unfortunately we have not been able to include here - have been made on some of the themes described here. Our focus in this book is on the problem of structure in cosmology. Our aim is to elucidate what the principal concepts of modern statistical physi Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34969 The spontaneous disintegration of long-lived, naturally occurring isotopes provides one source of information on nuclei. However, only a limited number of nuclei are accessible for study by this natural process and then only under a narrow range of circumstances. On the other hand, nuclear reactigns can be induced in the myriad of pairwise combinations provided by stable or long-lived nuclei and over the wide range of energies provided by the accelerators in the physics laboratories of the world. Reactions therefore provide the greatest volume and widest range of nuclear data. The energy loss of a beam particle can be directly interpreted as an excitation energy in the target nucleus. Usually, however, the data acquire meaning for the structure of nuclei only after they have been interpreted through a reaction theory. The synthesis of such accumulated information into a coherent theory of the nucleus is the main subject of nuclear physics. There are a number of volumes on nuclear structure that review this ongoing process. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34968 ractical ethics covers a wide area. We can find ethical ramifications in most of our choices, if we look hard enough. This book does not attempt to cover this whole area. The problems it deals with have been selected on two grounds: their relevance, and the extent to which philosophical reasoning can contribute to a discussion of them. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34967 "The Facts On File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition" is a complete revision that provides an even more extensive survey of myths, legends, and folklore from around the world. With assistance from a team of scholars, James R. Dow has revised and updated the entire text in this comprehensive resource. This new edition boasts approximately 3,000 entries, 150 of which are new; a substantially updated bibliography; an overhauled art program, with hundreds of new images; and, a new guide to Internet sources on world mythology and legend. Entries include important scholarly terms, figures important in folklore and mythology, the historical figures that have inspired myths and folklore, and the authors who wrote down folktales or used folklore and mythology extensively in their work. Many new entries focus on the mythology and folklore of Cambodia, Tibet, Ukraine, and other areas. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34966 The ancient beverage wine is the result of the fermentation of grape must. This naturally and fairly stable product has been and is being used by many human societies as a common or enjoyable beverage, as an important means to improve the quality of drinking water in historical times, as therapeutical agent, and as a religious symbol. During the last centuries, wine has become an object of scientific interest. In this respect different periods may be observed. At first, simple observations were recorded, and subsequently, the chemical basis and the involvement of microorganisms were elucidated. At a later stage, the scientific work led to the analysis of the many minor and trace compounds in wine, the detection and understanding of the biochemical reactions and processes, the diversity of microorganisms involved, and the range of their various activities. In recent years, the focus shifted to the genetic basis of the microorganisms and the molecular aspects of the cells, including metabolism, membrane transport, and regulation. These different stages of wine research were determined by the scientific methods that were known and available at the respective time. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34965 So you’ve spent a few years in business school and (if you’re like most B-school grads) a few years in the workforce before that. All of a sudden, you’re back on the job market, with a new degree and newer skills, and you want to make sure that they pay off. Deja vu? Never fear, Vault is here! And so is the best MBA hiring climate in years. According to the 2006 Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Corporate Recruiters Survey, based on the responses of 1,270 recruiters representing 737 companies, recruiters feel better about the state of the economy now than they have since the global economic slump of 2002. That higher confidence means a higher rate of job offers—so candidates, get ready: touch up your resumes, press your suits and prepare to interview! MBA hiring began to strengthen in 2005 and continued to do so in 2006, according to surveys focused on the hiring landscape for new business school graduates. In its annual Corporate Recruiters Survey, published in spring 2006, GMAC found that companies planned to do more MBA hiring in 2006 than in 2005, as measured by planned on-campus recruiting, percentage of new hires expected to be new MBAs and other metrics. Recruiters surveyed expected to sign on 18 percent more MBAholders in 2006 than in 2005, focusing especially on those with finance and marketing experience. In the future they’re going to be looking at more candidates, too: recruiters say that the average number of schools that they visit to troll for can Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34964 Do you have more than one computer in your home or small office? If you do, you need a network! Using the network, you can share a single internet connection between all your computers, transfer files with a few mouse-clicks rather than a pile of floppy disks, and work wirelessly with your laptop from anywhere in the room. You can also use your network for sharing printers, playing music, and vanquishing the enemy in multi-player online games. Topics include: Wired vs. wireless Router administration Types of broadband services Internet connection sharing File sharing and amp; printer sharing Wireless encryption and security Network troubleshooting Homepage: http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=144 Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34963 Aromatic rices constitute a small but an important sub-group of rice. These are rated best in quality and fetch much higher price than high quality non-aromatic rice in international market. In spite of their importance, pace of improvement of this group of rice has been rather slow. In addition to other problems related with their cross-compatibility with high yielding non-aromatic rices and high dependence of expression of quality traits on environmental factors, lack of information on various aspects of these rices too have contributed towards the slow pace of improvement of these rices. Aromatic rices rices have long been popular in the orient, and are now becoming more popular in middle east, Europe and the United States. Most of the trade in aromatic rice is from India, Pakistan and Thailand. Non-aromatic long and medium grained indicas and short grained japonicas constitute the bulk (79%) of world trade, mainly dominated by Thailand, USA, Vietnam and Australia. Yet it is the aromatic Basmati rice of the Indian sub-continent which clinches a premium and gets three-times higher price (US $ 800-1000 BMT) than high quality non-Basmati types (US $ 200-300 BMT). Bulk of aromatic rice from India and Pakistan consists of Basmati types, while Thailand is the supplier of Jasmine rice. Other important aromatic varieties in the world market are Khao Dawk Mali 105, Siamati (Thailand), Bahra (Afganistan), Sadri (Iran), Della, Texamati and Kasmati (USA). Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34962 A wedding cake has to be better than good—it has to be beautiful, super-delicious, and photogenic, too. Now, thanks to award-winning cake decorator Karen Goble, anyone with ordinary kitchen skills can create a home-baked work of art worthy of the fanciest reception. Suitable for those new to cake decorating, this exciting and innovative collection of 22 simple, but extremely effective wedding designs is complete with illustrated techniques for stacking cakes using pillars and separators, and festooning each layer with sugarpaste or chocolate. It also includes luscious recipes for the cake itself—including Madeira, chocolate, carrot, and fruit. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34961 Categories: Analytical chemistry Electrochemical Analysis General Mass Analysis Qualitative inorganic analysis Qualitative organic analysis Quantitative analysis Separation Science Spectroscopic Analysis Thermal Analysis Biochemistry Inorganic chemistry Mineralogy Nuclear chemistry Organic chemistry Organometallic Chemistry Others Photochemistry Supramolecular chemistry Theoretical chemistry chemical kinetics Computational chemistry General Mathematical chemistry Molecular mechanics Molecular modelling Physical Chemistry Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34960 This volume is a collection of a selected number of articles based on presentations at the 2005 L’Aquila (Italy) Summer School on the topic of “Hydrologic Modeling and Water Cycle: Coupling of the Atmosphere and Hydrological Models”. The primary focus of this volume is on hydrologic modeling and their data requirements, especially precipitation. As the field of hydrologic modeling is experiencing rapid development and transition to application of distributed models, many challenges including overcoming the requirements of compatible observations of inputs and outputs must be addressed. A number of papers address the recent advances in the State-of-the-art distributed precipitation estimation from satellites. A number of articles address the issues related to the data merging and use of geo-statistical techniques for addressing data limitations at spatial resolutions to capture the heterogeneity of physical processes. The participants at the School came from diverse backgrounds and the level of interest and active involvement in the discussions clearly demonstrated the importance the scientific community places on challenges related to the coupling of atmospheric and hydrologic models. Along with my colleagues Dr. Erika Coppola and Dr. Kuolin Hsu, co-directors of the School, we greatly appreciate the invited lectures and all the participants. The members of the local organizing committee, Drs Barbara Tomassetti; Marco Verdecchia and Guido Visconti were instrumental in the succ Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34959 A comprehensive, all-natural program to prevent and treat sinusitis and sinus-related disorders. Complete with lifestyle and dietary changes to improve respiratory function, including alternative therapies. The diagnosis and treatment of chronic sinusitis can at times be a daunting task. As a sinus specialist, I spend a large portion of my time seeing both patients who have been incorrectly diagnosed with chronic sinusitis, and patients with very subtle symptoms but with rather severe sinusitis. In fact, almost inexplicably, sinusitis appears to be at the same time both the most common chronic disease state and the most commonly misdiagnosed disease. These misdiagnoses occur at the hands of both patients and physicians alike. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34955 This workbook is a revision to the workbook of the same title first published in 1967. Although Gaussian modeling has limitations, much of the air quality simulation modeling being done today to estimate impact of proposed sources in response to regulatory requirements is Gaussian. The intent of the workbook is 1) to provide an introduction to the bases for dispersion calculations and to dispersion modeling to those that need a starting point in this subject area, and 2) to provide a ready reference to dispersion equations and example calculations for air quality professionals already familiar with dispersion. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34954 Univ. of Toledo, OH. Textbook of medical terminology students. Provides the basic techniques of medical word building. Full-color, user-friendly format. Previous edition: c1995. Contents at a Glance CHAPTER 1 Basic Elements of a Medical Word 1 CHAPTER 2 Suffixes 13 CHAPTER 3 Prefixes 29 CHAPTER 4 Body Structure 39 CHAPTER 5 Integumentary System 71 CHAPTER 6 Digestive System 105 CHAPTER 7 Respiratory System 147 CHAPTER 8 Cardiovascular System 185 CHAPTER 9 Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems 227 CHAPTER 10 Musculoskeletal System 265 CHAPTER 11 Genitourinary System 309 CHAPTER 12 Female Reproductive System 349 CHAPTER 13 Endocrine System 393 CHAPTER 14 Nervous System 425 CHAPTER 15 Special Senses 465 APPENDIX A Answer Key 503 APPENDIX B Common Abbreviations and Symbols 529 APPENDIX C Glossary of Medical Word Elements 539 APPENDIX D Index of Genetic Disorders 559 APPENDIX E Index of Diagnostic Imaging Procedures 561 APPENDIX F Index of Pharmacology 565 APPENDIX G Index of Oncological Disorders 569 INDEX 571 PRONUNCIATION GUIDELINES inside front cover RULES FOR SINGULAR AND PLURAL SUFFIXES inside back cover Read more...
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]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34952 The book for the mathematically eager who know some algebra. The first edition appeared in 1910, and overall a million copies have been sold. Most talk of continuum and its infinities is suppressed. A remarkable and original user-friendly approach to the study of calculus. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34951 Updated and revised edition written with the total cooperation of Lockheed's Advanced Development Company, this is the most definitive history of this renowned aircraft design and production facility. Included are excerpts from "logs" kept by Clarence. L "Kelly" Johnson--founder and former director of the Skunk Works--and others describing the day-to-day activities inside the facility, along with the trials and tribulations of individual aircraft programs. Readers will learn the official histories of such noteworthy products as the U-2, A-12, D-21, SR-71, and F-117, as well as the P-80, RB-69, Saturn, Constitution, T-33, F-94, XF-90, X-7, and more. Production quantities, serial numbers, Lockheed build numbers, and other related facts and figures are included. Jay Miller is a renowned aerospace historian. He has written many books and has been featured on the Discovery Channel. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34950 Beginning Mac Programming takes you through concrete, working examples, giving you the core concepts and principles of development in context so you will be ready to build the applications you've been imagining. It introduces you to Objective-C and the Cocoa framework in clear, easy-to-understand lessons, and demonstrates how you can use them together to write for the Mac, as well as the iPhone and iPod. You'll explore crucial developer tools like Xcode and Interface Builder, and learn the principles of object-oriented programming, and how memory, data, and storage work to help you build your software. If you've ever wanted to develop software for the Mac, this book is for you. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34949 jQuery: Novice to Ninja is a compilation of best-practice jQuery solutions to meet the most challenging javascript problems. In this question-and-answer book on jQuery, you'll find a cookbook of ready-to-go solutions to help breathe life into your web page. Topics covered include: - Scrolling, Resizing and Animating Webpage elements - Backgrounds, Slideshows, and Crossfaders - Menus, Tabs, and Panels - Buttons, Fields, and Controls - Lists, Trees, and Tables - Frames, Windows, and Dialogs - Adding interactivity with Ajax - Using the jQuery User Interface Themeroller - Writing your own jQuery plug-ins All code used to create each solution is available for download and guaranteed to be simple, efficient and cross-browser compatible. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34948 Over the past decade organizations have faced relentless customer demand for better value at less cost, individual customization, greater choice, faster delivery, higher quality, exceptional service, and more recently – increased environmental and social consciousness. The organization’s weapon of choice to address this increasing demand has been the supply chain. However, as the supply chain footprint changed (e.g. outsourcing, off-shoring and customer/vendor empowerment) so did the organization’s exposure to uncertainty. Organizations were taken by surprise since this exposure was unanticipated, complex and beyond their ability to manage. As customers become more demanding and change occurs at an even greater pace, supply chain risk continues to propagate like a parasite. Organizations and societies are at much greater risk of systemic failure because of the massive interdependency throughout global supply chains. The priority now is two-fold; play catch-up and address these massive gaps while deploying more intelligent and integrated strategies (i.e. social aware, instinctive, dynamic and predictive) for dealing with continuous change. Single Point of Failure: The 10 Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management uses analogies and dozens of case histories to describe the risk parasite that infects all supply chains while revealing methods to neutralize that parasite. The book addresses the questions: What are the "single points of failure"? How exposed are customers, i Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34947 This volume is the second of three volumes devoted to the work of one of the most prominent twentieth-century mathematicians. Throughout his mathematical work, A.N. Kolmogorov (1903-1987) showed great creativity and versatility and his wide-ranging studies in many different areas led to the solution of conceptual and fundamental problems and the posing of new, important questions. His lasting contributions embrace probability theory and statistics, the theory of dynamical systems, mathematical logic, geometry and topology, the theory of functions and functional analysis, classical mechanics, the theory of turbulence, and information theory. This second volume contains papers on probability theory and mathematical statistics, and embraces topics such as limit theorems, axiomatics and logical foundations of probability theory, Markov chains and processes, stationary processes and branching processes. The material appearing in each volume was selected by A.N. Kolmogorov himself and is accompanied by short introductory notes and commentaries which reflect upon the influence of this work on the development of modern mathematics. All papers appear in English - some for the first time -- and in chronological order. This volume contains a significant legacy which will find many grateful beneficiaries amongst researchers and students of mathematics and mechanics, as well as historians of mathematics. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34946 Enjoy your time in Cuba with this practical travel guide. Organise your time with themed tours, itineraries and full colour bulleted maps. Packed with photos, maps, starred recommendations and more. · Includes special interest tours: Colonial Architecture, Cuba Revolution, Art Deco Architecture, Hemingway?s Cuba and Musical. · Places not to be missed in the towns, cities and regions of Cuba, including Baracoa, Bayamo, Camaguey, Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad, Vedado and Vinales. · Comes with full colour pull out map From the Back Cover 27 Self–guided Tours. 32 Maps. One Great Trip. At last, a travel guide that tells you how to see the best of everything—in the smartest, most time–efficient way. The best of Cuba in three days, one week, or two weeks Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste Hundreds of evocative photos Bulleted maps that show you how to go from place to place Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets A tear–resistant foldout map—enclosed in a handy plastic wallet you can also use for tickets and souvenirs Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34945 This is the first book on the market to showcase one of the hottest trends in papercrafting--gorgeous projects with a touch of fabric or sewing. Packed with ideas even needle-and-thread novices can tackle, Sew Easy Papercrafting features: - 24 step-by-step projects in the warm, vintage style popular with crafters right now - Ideas and techniques both scrapbookers and papercrafters will love - Creative projects to keep or share, including journals, greeting cards and frames - Crafts with such irresistible embellishments as ribbons, bows and buttons Readers will come away inspired by all the ways they can combine fabric, paper and sewing--the powerful new trio in crafting! Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34944 Enjoy your time in Cuba with this practical travel guide. Organise your time with themed tours, itineraries and full colour bulleted maps. Packed with photos, maps, starred recommendations and more. · Includes special interest tours: Colonial Architecture, Cuba Revolution, Art Deco Architecture, Hemingway?s Cuba and Musical. · Places not to be missed in the towns, cities and regions of Cuba, including Baracoa, Bayamo, Camaguey, Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad, Vedado and Vinales. · Comes with full colour pull out map Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34943 As an essential component for economic growth, energy has a significant impact on the global economy. The need to meet growing energy demand has prompted cutting-edge innovation in clean technology in an attempt to realise environmental and cost objectives, whilst ensuring the security of energy supply. This Handbook offers a comprehensive review of the economics of energy, including contributions from a distinguished array of international specialists. It provides a thorough discussion of the major research issues in this topical field of economics. Themes addressed include the theory of energy supply, demand and policy, empirical modeling of energy demand, holistic energy models, an analysis of coal, gas, electricity, oil and the `markets' within which they operate, and a discussion of the current key energy policy issues. The topics of pricing, transmission, regulation, security, energy efficiency, new technologies and climate change are also discussed. The International Handbook on the Economics of Energy presents a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research making it an indispensable reference for researchers, advanced students, practitioners and policy-makers alike. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34942 Everything you need to know to make the most of Palm's newest smartphone Smartphones pre all sorts of communication options as well as the ability to manage your appointments and contacts. If you're new to smartphones, Palm Pre For Dummies gets you up and running easily. If you're a bit more savvy, you can delve deeper into more advanced elements, such as Synergy contact management and working with media. The Palm Pre offers features that make it a top contender in the smartphone market. Its webOS system is designed for a touchscreen-based graphical user interface that facilitates many exciting new features. Palm Pre is a new smartphone specifically engineered for a touchscreen device and loaded with features to maximize the user experience This book helps you take advantage of GPS navigation, games on your phone, and media management Begins with the basics: turning the phone on, making and receiving calls, and storing contacts Covers applications for managing personal information and how Palm Synergy helps manage your communications Shows you how to manage and synchronize e-mail accounts, use the calendar, take advantage of Web site resources, and install new webOS applications Palm Pre For Dummies helps you take full advantage of this new feature-rich device. Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34941 Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock? Lively and informed, Scroogenomics illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of eighty-five billion dollars each winter. Economist Joel Waldfogel pres solid explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. When we buy for ourselves, every dollar we spend produces at least a dollar in satisfaction, because we shop carefully and purchase items that are worth more than they cost. Gift giving is different. We make less-informed choices, max out on credit to buy gifts worth less than the money spent, and leave recipients less than satisfied, creating what Waldfogel calls "deadweight loss." Waldfogel indicates that this waste isn't confined to Americans--most major economies share in this orgy of wealth destruction. While recognizing the difficulties of altering current trends, Waldfogel offers viable gift-giving alternatives. By reprioritizing our gift-giving habits, Scroogenomi Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34940 The fast and easy way to crack codes and cryptograms Did you love Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol? Are you fascinated by secret codes and deciphering lost history? Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies shows you how to think like a symbologist to uncover mysteries and history by solving cryptograms and cracking codes that relate to Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Illuminati, and other secret societies and conspiracy theories. You’ll get easy-to-follow instructions for solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers using secret codes and lost symbols. Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying types Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code Sutherland is a syndicated puzzle author; Koltko-Rivera is an expert on the major symbols and ceremonies of Freemasonry With the helpful information in this friendly guide, you’ll be unveiling mysteries and shedding light on history in no time! Read more...
]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34939 Current Best Practice in Interventional Cardiology addresses the questions which challenge clinicians involved with interventional procedures. Helpfully organized into four sections, the text addresses; coronary artery disease, non-coronary interventions, left ventricular failure and the latest advances in imaging technologies, and provides authoritative guidance on the current recommendations for best practice. Containing contributions from an international team of opinion leaders, this new book reviews the key advances in equipment, techniques and therapeutics and is an accessible reference for all hospital-based specialists. Read more...
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