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Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Improving Patient Safety, Patient Flow and the Bottom Line, Second Edition

by Jay Arthur ...

Simple Steps to Improve Patient Safety, Patient Flow and the Bottom LineA Doody's Core Title for 2021!This thoroughly revised resource shows, step-by-step, how to simplify, streamline, analyze, and optimize healthcare performance using tested Lean Six Sigma and change management techniques. Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals, Second Edition, follows the patient from the front door of the hospital or ... Read more

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Simple Steps to Improve Patient Safety, Patient Flow and the Bottom LineA Doody's Core Title for 2021!This thoroughly revised resource shows, step-by-step, how to simplify, streamline, analyze, and optimize healthcare performance using tested Lean Six Sigma and change management techniques. Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals, Second Edition, follows the patient from the front door of the hospital or
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The Ultimate Vaccine Timeline

A Fact-Packed History of Vaccines and Their Makers

by Shaz Khan ...

Dive deep into a comprehensive fact-packed history of vaccines that includes information on vaccine manufacturers and their evolution over time.Browse through an extensive series of verifiable and documented facts on vaccines. For well over a century, vaccines have been routinely recommended to billions of people worldwide, mostly children and babies. With an ever-increasing portfolio of vaccines ... Read more

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Dive deep into a comprehensive fact-packed history of vaccines that includes information on vaccine manufacturers and their evolution over time.Browse through an extensive series of verifiable and documented facts on vaccines. For well over a century, vaccines have been routinely recommended to billions of people worldwide, mostly children and babies. With an ever-increasing portfolio of vaccines
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Hybrid Societies

Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies, Volume 1

Edited by Bertolt Meyer, Ulrike Thomas, Olfa Kanoun ...

Series series Artificial Intelligence (R0)
The open access book gives an overview of novel research findings in the field of humans interaction with embodied technologies. It provides a deep understanding of technologies, scientific methods, and studies on human's interaction with embodied technologies, such as digital agents, robots, cars, and machines. Autonomously acting EDTs and humans in real or virtual shared environments, and humans ... Read more

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The open access book gives an overview of novel research findings in the field of humans interaction with embodied technologies. It provides a deep understanding of technologies, scientific methods, and studies on human's interaction with embodied technologies, such as digital agents, robots, cars, and machines. Autonomously acting EDTs and humans in real or virtual shared environments, and humans
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A History of the Horse Drawn Carriage - A Collection of Historical Articles on Varieties of Coach and Their Evolution

by Various Authors ...

“A History of the Horse Drawn Carriage” is a collection of classic articles on the subject of horse drawn carriages in England, exploring their origins and developments over the centuries with reference to notable events and figures. This fascinating and informative treatise is highly recommended for those with an interest in traditional transportation and its evolution, and it would make for a ... Read more

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“A History of the Horse Drawn Carriage” is a collection of classic articles on the subject of horse drawn carriages in England, exploring their origins and developments over the centuries with reference to notable events and figures. This fascinating and informative treatise is highly recommended for those with an interest in traditional transportation and its evolution, and it would make for a
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Architecture and the Politics of Gender in Early Modern Europe

Edited by Helen Hills ...

Series series Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Written by leading scholars in the field, the essays in this book address the relationships between gender and the built environment, specifically architecture, in early modern Europe. In recent years scholars have begun to investigate the ways in which architecture plays a part in the construction of gendered identities. So far the debates have focused on the built environment of the nineteenth ... Read more

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Written by leading scholars in the field, the essays in this book address the relationships between gender and the built environment, specifically architecture, in early modern Europe. In recent years scholars have begun to investigate the ways in which architecture plays a part in the construction of gendered identities. So far the debates have focused on the built environment of the nineteenth
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Job Shop Leaders

by Torrence Smith ...

This book is about job shops. Inside is a combination of stories and practical tips from my experience. It's not theory. This is how I lost money, made money, kept my job or got promoted. These are all the things I dug through the literature trying to find answers to.Job shops can be many different types of businesses. Factories, distributors, and government offices could all be considered job ... Read more

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This book is about job shops. Inside is a combination of stories and practical tips from my experience. It's not theory. This is how I lost money, made money, kept my job or got promoted. These are all the things I dug through the literature trying to find answers to.Job shops can be many different types of businesses. Factories, distributors, and government offices could all be considered job
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Evaluating Organization Development

How to Ensure and Sustain the Successful Transformation

Edited by Maureen Connelly Jones, William J Rothwell ...

Evaluating organization development (OD) and change is critical for any executive team, project manager, or consultant who wants to see the change effort sustain and successfully evolve. Evaluation can be the key to enacting real change that makes sense to the team, your customers, and your stakeholders while seeing your strategic plan make crucial differences.The process of evaluation is often ... Read more

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Evaluating organization development (OD) and change is critical for any executive team, project manager, or consultant who wants to see the change effort sustain and successfully evolve. Evaluation can be the key to enacting real change that makes sense to the team, your customers, and your stakeholders while seeing your strategic plan make crucial differences.The process of evaluation is often
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Tiger Check

Automating the US Air Force Fighter Pilot in Air-to-Air Combat, 1950–1980

by Steven A. Fino ...

How did American fighter pilots respond to the challenges posed by increasing automation?Spurred by their commanders during the Korean War to be “tigers,” aggressive and tenacious American fighter pilots charged headlong into packs of fireball-spewing enemy MiGs, relying on their keen eyesight, piloting finesse, and steady trigger fingers to achieve victory. But by the 1980s, American fighter ... Read more

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How did American fighter pilots respond to the challenges posed by increasing automation?Spurred by their commanders during the Korean War to be “tigers,” aggressive and tenacious American fighter pilots charged headlong into packs of fireball-spewing enemy MiGs, relying on their keen eyesight, piloting finesse, and steady trigger fingers to achieve victory. But by the 1980s, American fighter
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Mining and the Environment

From Ore to Metal

by Karlheinz Spitz, John Trudinger ...

The history of mining is replete with controversy of which much is related to environmental damage and consequent community outrage. Over recent decades, this has led to increased pressure to improve the environmental and social performance of mining operations, particularly in developing countries. The industry has responded by embracing the ideals of sustainability and corporate social ... Read more

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The history of mining is replete with controversy of which much is related to environmental damage and consequent community outrage. Over recent decades, this has led to increased pressure to improve the environmental and social performance of mining operations, particularly in developing countries. The industry has responded by embracing the ideals of sustainability and corporate social
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Financial Planning: A Guide To Achieve Your Personal Freedom By Building A Strategic Money Plan For Your Life

by Kevin D. Peterson ...

Get your finances in good shape. Find out how to make financial strategy that covers everything from protecting your short term investments to saving for your retirement.A financial plan is a comprehensive evaluation of an investor's current and future financial state.When we have a financial plan, we would then be able to start to make a move on the procedures and strategies laid out in the plan ... Read more

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Get your finances in good shape. Find out how to make financial strategy that covers everything from protecting your short term investments to saving for your retirement.A financial plan is a comprehensive evaluation of an investor's current and future financial state.When we have a financial plan, we would then be able to start to make a move on the procedures and strategies laid out in the plan
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Ethics, Politics, and Whistleblowing in Engineering

Edited by Nicholas Sakellariou, Rania Milleron ...

The aim of this book is to generate a strong operational ethic in the work of engineers from all disciplines. It provides numerous examples of engineers who sought to meet the highest ethical standards, risking both professional and personal retaliations. In short, it presents the fields of engineering ethics in the context of actual conflict situations on the job, and points to an urgent need for ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

The aim of this book is to generate a strong operational ethic in the work of engineers from all disciplines. It provides numerous examples of engineers who sought to meet the highest ethical standards, risking both professional and personal retaliations. In short, it presents the fields of engineering ethics in the context of actual conflict situations on the job, and points to an urgent need for
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Postsocialist Shrinking Cities

Edited by Chung-Tong Wu, Maria Gunko, Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz, Kai Zhou ...

This book provides a comparative analysis of shrinking cities in a broad range of postsocialist countries within the so-called Global East, a liminal space between North and South. While shrinking cities have received increased scholarly attention in the past decades, theoretical, and empirical research has remained predominantly centered on the Global North. This volume brings to the fore a range ... Read more

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This book provides a comparative analysis of shrinking cities in a broad range of postsocialist countries within the so-called Global East, a liminal space between North and South. While shrinking cities have received increased scholarly attention in the past decades, theoretical, and empirical research has remained predominantly centered on the Global North. This volume brings to the fore a range
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICOME 2022)

Edited by Ilie Dumitru, Lucian Matei, Laurentiu Daniel Racila, Adrian Sorin Rosca ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This is an open access book.Faculty of Mechanics is organizing International Conference of Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2022 that will be held on 18****th–20th of May 2022.The aim of the conference is to provide opportunities for the participants to:Gain insight into the cutting-edge technologies and ideas for future developments;Update their skills and knowledge by attending focuse... ... Read more

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This is an open access book.Faculty of Mechanics is organizing International Conference of Mechanical Engineering, ICOME 2022 that will be held on 18****th–20th of May 2022.The aim of the conference is to provide opportunities for the participants to:Gain insight into the cutting-edge technologies and ideas for future developments;Update their skills and knowledge by attending focuse...
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Space Flight

History, Technology, and Operations

by Lance K. Erickson ...

Space exploration has fascinated us since the launch of the first primitive rockets more than 3,000 years ago, and it continues to fascinate us today. The data gathered from such exploration has been hugely instrumental in furthering our understanding of our universe and our world. In Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations, author Lance K. Erickson offers a comprehensive look at the ... Read more

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Space exploration has fascinated us since the launch of the first primitive rockets more than 3,000 years ago, and it continues to fascinate us today. The data gathered from such exploration has been hugely instrumental in furthering our understanding of our universe and our world. In Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations, author Lance K. Erickson offers a comprehensive look at the
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A Classic Guide to Building Punts and Canoes - Including Construction Your Own Canvas Canoes and Building a Sailing Boat

by Anon ...

This book is a collection of vintage articles about designing and building punts and canoes. With detailed diagrams and a wealth of useful tips, these timeless articles will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in making their own small boats and is not to be missed by collectors of classic literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Building Punts and Canoes”, “A 12-ft. Flat ... Read more

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This book is a collection of vintage articles about designing and building punts and canoes. With detailed diagrams and a wealth of useful tips, these timeless articles will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in making their own small boats and is not to be missed by collectors of classic literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Building Punts and Canoes”, “A 12-ft. Flat
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Planning Commissioners Guide

Processes for Reasoning Together

by C Gregory Dale, Anne McBride, Benjamin Herman ...

Across the country, communities rely on their planning commissions for guidance. But who guides the planning commissioners?This step-by-step guidebook gets new commissioners off on the right foot and helps experienced commission members navigate their roles. The authors, all practicing planners, have worked extensively with planning commissions for decades. They have watched commissioners scramble ... Read more

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Across the country, communities rely on their planning commissions for guidance. But who guides the planning commissioners?This step-by-step guidebook gets new commissioners off on the right foot and helps experienced commission members navigate their roles. The authors, all practicing planners, have worked extensively with planning commissions for decades. They have watched commissioners scramble
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Fluid Mechanics and Industrial Applications

Edited by Zhigang Fang ...

The book captures the essence of the Eighth International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Industrial Applications (FMIA 2025). These original and peer-reviewed research papers delve into recent developments and applications of parallel computing in the field of fluid mechanics, CFD, fluid power, fluid flow and related disciplines.This volume covers basic formulations and their computer modelling ... Read more

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The book captures the essence of the Eighth International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Industrial Applications (FMIA 2025). These original and peer-reviewed research papers delve into recent developments and applications of parallel computing in the field of fluid mechanics, CFD, fluid power, fluid flow and related disciplines.This volume covers basic formulations and their computer modelling
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Democracy as Creative Practice

Weaving a Culture of Civic Life

Edited by Tom Borrup, Andrew Zitcer ...

Series series Community Development Research and Practice Series
Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies. Chapter authors are artists, activists, curators, and teachers applying creative and cultural practices in deliberate efforts to build democratic ways of working and interacting in their communities ... Read more

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Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies. Chapter authors are artists, activists, curators, and teachers applying creative and cultural practices in deliberate efforts to build democratic ways of working and interacting in their communities
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Hyperparameter Tuning for Machine and Deep Learning with R

A Practical Guide

Edited by Eva Bartz, Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, Martin Zaefferer, Olaf Mersmann ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book provides a wealth of hands-on examples that illustrate how hyperparameter tuning can be applied in practice and gives deep insights into the working mechanisms of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) methods. The aim of the book is to equip readers with the ability to achieve better results with significantly less time, costs, effort and resources using the methods ... Read more

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This open access book provides a wealth of hands-on examples that illustrate how hyperparameter tuning can be applied in practice and gives deep insights into the working mechanisms of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) methods. The aim of the book is to equip readers with the ability to achieve better results with significantly less time, costs, effort and resources using the methods
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Space–Time Conservation Element and Solution Element Method

Advances and Applications in Engineering Sciences

by Chih-Yung Wen, Yazhong Jiang, Lisong Shi ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This open access book introduces the fundamentals of the space–time conservation element and solution element (CESE) method, which is a novel numerical approach for solving equations of physical conservation laws. It highlights the recent progress to establish various improved CESE schemes and its engineering applications. With attractive accuracy, efficiency, and robustness, the CESE method is ... Read more

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This open access book introduces the fundamentals of the space–time conservation element and solution element (CESE) method, which is a novel numerical approach for solving equations of physical conservation laws. It highlights the recent progress to establish various improved CESE schemes and its engineering applications. With attractive accuracy, efficiency, and robustness, the CESE method is
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Inventing Pollution

Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800

by Peter Thorsheim, Peter Thorsheim ...

Series series Series in Ecology and History
Going as far back as the thirteenth century, Britons mined and burned coal. Britain’s supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal, which powered industry, warmed homes, and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain’s cities and towns filled with ever-greater and denser clouds of smoke. Yet, for much of the nineteenth century, few ... Read more

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Going as far back as the thirteenth century, Britons mined and burned coal. Britain’s supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal, which powered industry, warmed homes, and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain’s cities and towns filled with ever-greater and denser clouds of smoke. Yet, for much of the nineteenth century, few
... Read more
Interpretation in Architecture

Design as Way of Thinking

by Adrian Snodgrass, Richard Coyne ...

Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this book reflects on the role of interpretation in the act of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly dimension to real-world architectural design practice. For practising architects as well as academic researchers, these essays consider interpretation from three theoretical standpoints or ... Read more

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Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this book reflects on the role of interpretation in the act of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly dimension to real-world architectural design practice. For practising architects as well as academic researchers, these essays consider interpretation from three theoretical standpoints or
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Critical Spatial Thinking and Extreme Events

Tools for Multiple Disciplines

by Simonetta Armondi, Gloria Pessina ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This open access book explores the complexity of socio-environmental extreme events and the possible ways to cope with them by mobilising critical and spatial thinking. Being set in “critical disaster studies”, it proposes a critique of dominant intellectual traditions and practices. However, unlike other works based exclusively on critical deconstruction, the book stirs an anticipatory, ... Read more

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This open access book explores the complexity of socio-environmental extreme events and the possible ways to cope with them by mobilising critical and spatial thinking. Being set in “critical disaster studies”, it proposes a critique of dominant intellectual traditions and practices. However, unlike other works based exclusively on critical deconstruction, the book stirs an anticipatory,
... Read more
Flat Out and Half Turned Over

Tales from Pit Road with Buddy Baker

by Buddy Baker, David Poole ...

Series series Tales from the Team
In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published. Read about the bumps and brawls; the blood, sweat, and tears; and the practical jokes that happen behind the scenes from the very drivers, owners, crew chiefs, and pit crew that make up the heart and soul of stock car racing. In this book ... Read more

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In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published. Read about the bumps and brawls; the blood, sweat, and tears; and the practical jokes that happen behind the scenes from the very drivers, owners, crew chiefs, and pit crew that make up the heart and soul of stock car racing. In this book
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