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Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure

par Paulo Pinho, Cecília Silva ...

Despite extensive efforts to understand the overall effect of urban structure on the current patterns of urban mobility, we are still far from a consensual perspective on this complex matter. To help build agreement on the factors influencing travel behaviour, this book discusses the influence of alternative urban structures on sustainable mobility. Bringing together two existing and complementary ... En savoir plus

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Despite extensive efforts to understand the overall effect of urban structure on the current patterns of urban mobility, we are still far from a consensual perspective on this complex matter. To help build agreement on the factors influencing travel behaviour, this book discusses the influence of alternative urban structures on sustainable mobility. Bringing together two existing and complementary
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How Humour Conquers Brain Injury

par Clint Scollon ...

This a guide for surviving a brain injury, which are so prevalent today, by someone who has actually survived one. Brain injuries can be obtained by the simplest of means, such as driving, playing sports and even tripping while walking. This is not a comprehensive list by any means, it simply shows that a brain injury can happen to anyone, anytime.It really depends on you and your attitude, as to ... En savoir plus

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This a guide for surviving a brain injury, which are so prevalent today, by someone who has actually survived one. Brain injuries can be obtained by the simplest of means, such as driving, playing sports and even tripping while walking. This is not a comprehensive list by any means, it simply shows that a brain injury can happen to anyone, anytime.It really depends on you and your attitude, as to
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Journey 7: Newcastle to Melton Mowbray

par Charlie Bunce ...

Collections Livre 7 - Great British Railway Journeys
A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.George Stephenson, the father of the railways, first began laying rails to connect the Darlington collieries with the river at Stockton-on-Tees in the 1820s, and it has since become a place of pilgrimage for railway historians. Michael Portillo’s journey from Newcastle to Melton Mowbray also ... En savoir plus

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A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.George Stephenson, the father of the railways, first began laying rails to connect the Darlington collieries with the river at Stockton-on-Tees in the 1820s, and it has since become a place of pilgrimage for railway historians. Michael Portillo’s journey from Newcastle to Melton Mowbray also
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The Sea Floor

An Introduction to Marine Geology

par Eugen Seibold, Wolfgang H. Berger ...

Collections series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Man's understanding of how this planet is put together and how it evolved has changed radically during the last 30 years. This great revolution in geology - now usually subsumed under the concept of Plate Tectonics - brought the realization that convection within the Earth is responsible for the origin of today's ocean basins and conti nents, and that the grand features of the Earth's surface are ... En savoir plus

$102.99 CAD

Man's understanding of how this planet is put together and how it evolved has changed radically during the last 30 years. This great revolution in geology - now usually subsumed under the concept of Plate Tectonics - brought the realization that convection within the Earth is responsible for the origin of today's ocean basins and conti nents, and that the grand features of the Earth's surface are
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High-Tc SQUIDs for Biomedical Applications: Immunoassays, Magnetoencephalography, and Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging

par Fredrik Öisjöen ...

Collections series Engineering (R0)
This thesis describes the challenging task of developing high critical temperature superconducting quantum interference devices (high-Tc SQUIDs) and using them as sensors for biomedical applications, including magnetic immunoassays, magnetoencephalography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The first part of this work discusses the development of fast magnetic immunoassays, which can be used to ... En savoir plus

$115.99 CAD

This thesis describes the challenging task of developing high critical temperature superconducting quantum interference devices (high-Tc SQUIDs) and using them as sensors for biomedical applications, including magnetic immunoassays, magnetoencephalography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The first part of this work discusses the development of fast magnetic immunoassays, which can be used to
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The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems

par George Baird ...

The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems examines the way project teams can approach the design and expression of both active and passive environmental control systems in a more creative way. Using seminal case studies from around the world and interviews with the architects and environmental engineers involved, the book illustrates innovative responses to client, site and ... En savoir plus

$375.99 CAD

The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems examines the way project teams can approach the design and expression of both active and passive environmental control systems in a more creative way. Using seminal case studies from around the world and interviews with the architects and environmental engineers involved, the book illustrates innovative responses to client, site and
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Wireless World : The Earth With Electronic Waves Around Us

par Emory Clark ...

Ever wondered how the whole world is moving towards a wireless future?"Wireless World: The Earth with Electronic Waves Around us" is a book that talks about the entire realm of wireless technology. Starting from its interesting historical background to its potential future, the author breaks down how wireless technology got where it is today. We live in an era of technology but have very little ... En savoir plus

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Ever wondered how the whole world is moving towards a wireless future?"Wireless World: The Earth with Electronic Waves Around us" is a book that talks about the entire realm of wireless technology. Starting from its interesting historical background to its potential future, the author breaks down how wireless technology got where it is today. We live in an era of technology but have very little
... En savoir plus
Engineering Behind Steering System

Basic Fundamentals of Steering System

par Automotive Technician ...

Collections Livre 1 - Automotive Technology
Hello Readers! The steering system is a critical component of any vehicle, as it allows the driver to control the direction of travel. The engineering behind the steering system is a complex and fascinating subject, and it is essential for safe and efficient driving.The basic fundamentals of steering system engineering include the following:Caster angle: The caster angle is the angle between the ... En savoir plus

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Hello Readers! The steering system is a critical component of any vehicle, as it allows the driver to control the direction of travel. The engineering behind the steering system is a complex and fascinating subject, and it is essential for safe and efficient driving.The basic fundamentals of steering system engineering include the following:Caster angle: The caster angle is the angle between the
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Quirky Quantum Concepts

Physical, Conceptual, Geometric, and Pictorial Physics that Didn’t Fit in Your Textbook

par Eric L. Michelsen ...

Collections series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Quirky Quantum Concepts explains the more important and more difficult concepts in theoretical quantum mechanics, especially those which are consistently neglected or confusing in many common expositions. The emphasis is on physical understanding, which is necessary for the development of new, cutting edge science.In particular, this book explains the basis for many standard quantum methods, which ... En savoir plus

$51.99 CAD

Quirky Quantum Concepts explains the more important and more difficult concepts in theoretical quantum mechanics, especially those which are consistently neglected or confusing in many common expositions. The emphasis is on physical understanding, which is necessary for the development of new, cutting edge science.In particular, this book explains the basis for many standard quantum methods, which
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Maker Pro

Essays on Making a Living as a Maker

par John Baichtal, Wendy Jehanara Tremayne, Andrew 'bunnie' Huang, Sophi Kravitz, Mitch Altman, Jimmy DiResta, Eri Gentry, Tito Jankowski, Alex Dyba, Michael Krumpus, Susan Solarz, Rob Klingberg, Joe Meno, David Gauntlett, Mike Hord, Adam Wolf ...

Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making business, taking a hardware project open-source, and plenty of encouragement to "quit your day job." This book is a reference for anyone who dreams of turning a hobby into a small business, and features ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making business, taking a hardware project open-source, and plenty of encouragement to "quit your day job." This book is a reference for anyone who dreams of turning a hobby into a small business, and features
... En savoir plus
3D Printers to Print Lunar Base and Living Tissue

par Janani Gopalakrishnan Vikram ...

Collections series Article
From being used to prototype designs and build custom toys, 3D printing technology is now ready to churn out everything from space stations and human organs to houses and food too ... En savoir plus

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From being used to prototype designs and build custom toys, 3D printing technology is now ready to churn out everything from space stations and human organs to houses and food too
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Total Productive Maintenance

Proven Strategies and Techniques to Keep Equipment Running at Maximum Efficiency

par Steve Borris ...

Reduce or eliminate costly downtimeShort on teory and long on practice, this book provides examples and case studies, designed to provide maintenance engineers and supervisors with a framework for operational strategies and day-to-day management and training techniques that will keep their equipment running at top efficiency. ... En savoir plus

$147.99 CAD

Reduce or eliminate costly downtimeShort on teory and long on practice, this book provides examples and case studies, designed to provide maintenance engineers and supervisors with a framework for operational strategies and day-to-day management and training techniques that will keep their equipment running at top efficiency.
... En savoir plus
Losing Site

Architecture, Memory and Place

par Shelley Hornstein ...

As Ruskin suggests in his Seven Lamps of Architecture: "We may live without [architecture], and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her." We remember best when we experience an event in a place. But what happens when we leave that place, or that place no longer exists? This book addresses the relationship between memory and place and asks how architecture captures and triggers ... En savoir plus

$91.99 CAD

As Ruskin suggests in his Seven Lamps of Architecture: "We may live without [architecture], and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her." We remember best when we experience an event in a place. But what happens when we leave that place, or that place no longer exists? This book addresses the relationship between memory and place and asks how architecture captures and triggers
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Deleuze & Guattari for Architects

par Andrew Ballantyne ...

Collections series Thinkers for Architects
The work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari has been inspirational for architects and architectural theorists in recent years. It has influenced the design work of architects as diverse as Greg Lynn and David Chipperfield, and is regularly cited by avant-gardist architects and by students, but usually without being well understood.The first collaboration between Deleuze and Guattari was Anti ... En savoir plus

$57.99 CAD

The work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari has been inspirational for architects and architectural theorists in recent years. It has influenced the design work of architects as diverse as Greg Lynn and David Chipperfield, and is regularly cited by avant-gardist architects and by students, but usually without being well understood.The first collaboration between Deleuze and Guattari was Anti
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Model Tests and Numerical Simulations of Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading

LEAP-UCD-2017

Modifié par Bruce L. Kutter, Majid T. Manzari, Mourad Zeghal ...

Collections series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This open access book presents work collected through the Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects (LEAP) in 2017. It addresses the repeatability, variability, and sensitivity of lateral spreading observed in twenty-four centrifuge model tests on mildly sloping liquefiable sand. The centrifuge tests were conducted at nine different centrifuge facilities around the world. For the first time, ... En savoir plus

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This open access book presents work collected through the Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects (LEAP) in 2017. It addresses the repeatability, variability, and sensitivity of lateral spreading observed in twenty-four centrifuge model tests on mildly sloping liquefiable sand. The centrifuge tests were conducted at nine different centrifuge facilities around the world. For the first time,
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Blue Print Reading; Interpreting Working Drawings

par Edwin Mather Wyatt ...

This book is the result of several years teaching of blueprint reading in night schools and several years teaching of drafting preceding used for three years in blueprint and mimeographed tried out. In it. The material was form. In this form it was thoroughly preparing it for book form the drawings have been carefully redrawn and the text improved upon as ex- perience suggested to be desirable. ... En savoir plus

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This book is the result of several years teaching of blueprint reading in night schools and several years teaching of drafting preceding used for three years in blueprint and mimeographed tried out. In it. The material was form. In this form it was thoroughly preparing it for book form the drawings have been carefully redrawn and the text improved upon as ex- perience suggested to be desirable.
... En savoir plus
Data Integrity in Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Regulation Operations

Best Practices Guide to Electronic Records Compliance

par Orlando Lopez ...

Data integrity is fundamental in a pharmaceutical and medical devices quality system. This book provides practical information to enable compliance with data integrity, while highlighting and efficiently integrating worldwide regulation into the subject. The ideas presented in this book are based on many years’ experience in regulated industries in various computer systems development, maintenance ... En savoir plus

$70.99 CAD

Data integrity is fundamental in a pharmaceutical and medical devices quality system. This book provides practical information to enable compliance with data integrity, while highlighting and efficiently integrating worldwide regulation into the subject. The ideas presented in this book are based on many years’ experience in regulated industries in various computer systems development, maintenance
... En savoir plus
Coming to Terms with Chance

Engaging Rational Discrimination and Cumulative Disadvantage

par Oscar H. Gandy ...

The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. ... En savoir plus

$117.99 CAD

The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated.
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Biologically Inspired Robotics

Modifié par Yunhui Liu, Dong Sun ...

Robotic engineering inspired by biology—biomimetics—has many potential applications: robot snakes can be used for rescue operations in disasters, snake-like endoscopes can be used in medical diagnosis, and artificial muscles can replace damaged muscles to recover the motor functions of human limbs. Conversely, the application of robotics technology to our understanding of biological systems and ... En savoir plus

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Robotic engineering inspired by biology—biomimetics—has many potential applications: robot snakes can be used for rescue operations in disasters, snake-like endoscopes can be used in medical diagnosis, and artificial muscles can replace damaged muscles to recover the motor functions of human limbs. Conversely, the application of robotics technology to our understanding of biological systems and
... En savoir plus
Design Paradigms

Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering

par Henry Petroski ...

From ancient Greek temples to twentieth-century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than success. The concept of error, according to the author, is central to the design process. As a way of explaining the enduring aspects of engineering design, he relates stories of some of the greatest engineering successes and failures of all time. These case studies, drawn from a wide ... En savoir plus

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From ancient Greek temples to twentieth-century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than success. The concept of error, according to the author, is central to the design process. As a way of explaining the enduring aspects of engineering design, he relates stories of some of the greatest engineering successes and failures of all time. These case studies, drawn from a wide
... En savoir plus
What We Leave Behind

A Birdwatcher's Dispatches from the Waste Catastrophe

par Stanislaw Lubienski ...

Traduit par Zosia Krasodomska-Jones ...

"Everything looked perfect. Sand - unique Baltic sand, the best in the world - and the calm sea. But wait. Something was amiss. Something was wrong"It starts with a day at the beach. A single white sock that somehow spoils everything. It's enough to send writer and ornithologist Stanislaw Lubienski on a quest to understand what we throw away, where it goes and whether it will be our legacy.By ... En savoir plus

$4.99 CAD

"Everything looked perfect. Sand - unique Baltic sand, the best in the world - and the calm sea. But wait. Something was amiss. Something was wrong"It starts with a day at the beach. A single white sock that somehow spoils everything. It's enough to send writer and ornithologist Stanislaw Lubienski on a quest to understand what we throw away, where it goes and whether it will be our legacy.By
... En savoir plus
Luxury Fashion Brand Management

Unifying Fashion with Sustainability

par Olga Mitterfellner ...

Collections series Mastering Fashion Management
This textbook examines fashion luxury brand management, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of its origins, unique components, current practices, global trade and, most importantly, the application of sustainable models to the industry. It also highlights what makes brands fail and how they can become more resilient.The key content covers the heritage of luxury brands, the ... En savoir plus

$88.99 CAD

This textbook examines fashion luxury brand management, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of its origins, unique components, current practices, global trade and, most importantly, the application of sustainable models to the industry. It also highlights what makes brands fail and how they can become more resilient.The key content covers the heritage of luxury brands, the
... En savoir plus
Ambisonics

A Practical 3D Audio Theory for Recording, Studio Production, Sound Reinforcement, and Virtual Reality

par Franz Zotter, Matthias Frank ...

Collections Livre 19 - Springer Topics in Signal Processing
This open access book provides a concise explanation of the fundamentals and background of the surround sound recording and playback technology Ambisonics. It equips readers with the psychoacoustical, signal processing, acoustical, and mathematical knowledge needed to understand the inner workings of modern processing utilities, special equipment for recording, manipulation, and reproduction in ... En savoir plus

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This open access book provides a concise explanation of the fundamentals and background of the surround sound recording and playback technology Ambisonics. It equips readers with the psychoacoustical, signal processing, acoustical, and mathematical knowledge needed to understand the inner workings of modern processing utilities, special equipment for recording, manipulation, and reproduction in
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Under the Microscope

par Professor Earl Owen ...

Under the Microscope is the story of an extraordinary man, his many life-changing inventions, and his exceptional life and special friendships.Born into a family of doctors – on the paternal and maternal sides - with a birth defect that no one knew how to treat, Earl Owen was given a dose of radiation before anyone knew what radiation treatment could do to a human body, let alone a newborn baby ... En savoir plus

$29.99 CAD

Under the Microscope is the story of an extraordinary man, his many life-changing inventions, and his exceptional life and special friendships.Born into a family of doctors – on the paternal and maternal sides - with a birth defect that no one knew how to treat, Earl Owen was given a dose of radiation before anyone knew what radiation treatment could do to a human body, let alone a newborn baby
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