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Basic Chemometrics for Analytical Chemists

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Report copyright infringementby Andrade-Garda Jose (Author)This textbook provides undergraduate students with comprehensive and accessible instruction in the fundamentals of chemometrics. This branch of analytical chemistry is devoted to the optimisation and implementation of analytical methods and the use of statistical and informatic tools. Readers will receive detailed and practical training in how to devise efficient and reliable analytical methodologies using experimental design and sign...

Reactive Distillation: Advanced Control Using Neural Networks

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Report copyright infringementby Vandana Sakhre (Author), Uday Pratap Singh (Author)Neural Networks is an integral part in machine learning and a known tool for controlling nonlinear processes. The area is under rapid development and provides a tool for modelling and controlling of advanced processes. This book provides a comprehensive overview for modelling, simulation, measurement and control strategies for reactive distillations using neural networks. Author BiographyVandana Sakhre, Manipal...

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Report copyright infringementby Tiago Antao (Author) Number of Pages: 306 Dimensions: 0.64 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: June 30, 2015

Petri Net Workflow Modeling for Digital Publishing- Measuring Quantitative Dependability Attributes

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Report copyright infringementby Gustavo A. Chaparro-Baquero (Author)Digital Publishing consists of different job treatment stages involved in the correct set up of each job to be printed, but this process has been seriously hampered by a number of difficulties including the management of faults and errors of incoming jobs. This work describes workflow modeling using Workflownets and Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets (GSPN) for the Digital Publishing business process and how the dependability ...

Hands-On High Performance Programming with Qt 5

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Report copyright infringementby Marek Krajewski (Author) Number of Pages: 384 Dimensions: 0.79 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: January 31, 2019

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Report copyright infringementby Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan (Author), John Callaway (Author), Clayton Hunt (Author)Conquer complex and interesting programming challenges by building robust and concurrent applications with caches, cryptography, and parallel programming. Key Features: - Understand how to use .NET frameworks like the Task Parallel Library (TPL)and CryptoAPI - Develop a containerized application based on microservices architecture - Gain insights into memory management techniques in...

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

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Report copyright infringementby Randall Munroe (Author)Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "ten hundred") most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the most interesting stuff there is, including: food-heating radio boxes (microwaves) tall roads (bridges) computer buildings (datacenters) t...

Michigan Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Great Lakes State

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Brandes (Author)Michigan is the only state in the nation to border four of the five Great Lakes--giving it the nickname, the Great Lakes State. This abundance of shoreline translates to a multitude of rock exposed by waves and currents. Nearly the entire history of Earth is on display in Michigan, from 3.6-billion-year-old gneisses to potholes drilled by modern rivers. Michigan Rocks! guides you to 56 world-class geologic sites scattered from Isle Royale a...

Entropy Applications in Environmental and Water Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby Huijuan Cui (Guest Editor), Bellie Sivakumar (Guest Editor), Vijay P. Singh (Guest Editor)Entropy theory has wide applications to a range of problems in the fields of environmental and water engineering, including river hydraulic geometry, fluvial hydraulics, water monitoring network design, river flow forecasting, floods and droughts, river network analysis, infiltration, soil moisture, sediment transport, surface water and groundwater quality modeling, ecosys...

Nonthermal Food Preservation and Novel Processing Strategies

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Report copyright infringementby Preeti Birwal (Editor), Megh R. Goyal (Editor), Monika Sharma (Editor)In this volume, several new food processing and preservation technologies have been investigated by researchers that have the potential to increase shelf life and preserve the quality of foods.This handbook introduces some emerging techniques in the food processing sector, focusing on nonthermal techniques such as high-pressure processing, ultrasonication of foods, microwave vacuum dehydratio...

Sustainable Water Resource Development and Management

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Report copyright infringementby A. Zaman (Author), MD Hedayetullah (Author)Here is a comprehensive volume on this important topic. It broadly covers the sources, availability, demand, and supply of water and its uses in irrigation and crop production in agriculture. It then delves into many specific aspects of water resource development and managementAuthor BiographyA. Zaman, PhD, is an internationally renowned scientist who has been specializing in agricultural water management during his ca...

Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook 1997 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Downes (Editor), Graham Inglis (Editor)The Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook is a collection of papers and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ Journal Animals & Men. With contributions from both well-known researchers, and relative newcomers to the field, the Yearbook provides a forum where new theories can be expounded, and work on little-known cryptids discussed. Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.4...

Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook 1998

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Report copyright infringementby Joshua K. Fürchner (Author)One is the work of witnesses to alien inter-stellar teleportation travel and technology."This book contains the true story of witnessing alien inter-stellar teleportation. All key up-to-date facts and information found by me (the author and one of two witnesses) on scientific teleportation, alien activity and space exploration are also included." - Joshua K. FürchnerOne chapter details alien encounters collected from the U.S. Governme...

Surfing the BrainWave: How I Tuned My Son's Brain-for Good!

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Report copyright infringementby Dickson Lai (Phd) (Author)It has been very painful to get the result that he was a child with ADHD (Hyperactive). It was even worse when the teachers placed him behind of the class and literally ignored him since the teacher had to take care of forty other students; leaving the boy behind the class will ease down their headache. My heart was broken when he was sent to a special kids' centre to be with retarded children. Isn't that classified as a tragedy for a ...

Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook 2013 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Downes (Editor)The Centre for Fortean Zoology Yearbook is an annual collection of papers and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ Journal, Animals & Men. With contributions from both well-known researchers, and relative newcomers to the field, the Yearbook provides a forum where new theories can be expounded, and work on little-known cryptids discussed. Number of Pages: 262 Dimensions: 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14...

One Hundred Proofs that the Earth is Not a Globe

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Report copyright infringementby William Carpenter (Author)First published in 1895, this volume contains a series of arguments against the idea that the world is round. The belief that the Earth is flat and not a globe existed in many ancient civilisations, but we now know that this is not true. However, even today there are those who believe in a flat earth, just as there was when ideas of a spherical earth were relatively new. Within this book, the author explains why these new ideas of the ...

The 10th Demon: Children of the Bloodstone

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Report copyright infringementby Bruce Hennigan (Author) Evil Reigns From the Skies! Jonathan Steel is a man with no past who is destined to spend his future hunting down the most powerful demons on Earth. The forces of evil now dominate the heavens with the arrival of the tenth demon and his army of extraterrestrials. Determined to locate a secret cadre of enhanced human children, the demon and his human host must face Jonathan Steel and his team. As a mysterious person surfaces from the past...

The Botany of Beer: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 Plants Used in Brewing - Hardcover

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by Giuseppe Caruso (Author), Kosmos Srl (Translator), Marika Josephson (Foreword by)From mass-produced lagers to craft-brewery IPAs, from beers made in Trappist monasteries according to traditional techniques to those created by innovative local brewers seeking to capture regional terroir, the world of beer boasts endless varieties. The diversity of beer does not only reflect the differences among the people and cultures who brew this beverage. It also testifies to the vast range of plants th...

Astroamerica's Daily Ephemeris 2010-2020 Midnight

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Report copyright infringementby David R. Roell (Compiled by)I once had a nice 20th century ephemeris, with good, clean, easy to read layouts, eclipses at the very top of the page where I could find them, lunar phases and void-ofcourse that I could actually make sense of, with a nice, clear aspectarian at the bottom. It was a French thing (later a Kansas thing - I'm a Kansas boy, I liked that), but on December 31, 2000, it ended. The "replacements" just weren't as good. I've been stranded ever...

Astroamerica's Daily Ephemeris 2000-2020 Midnight

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Report copyright infringementby David R. Roell (Compiled by)I once had a nice 20th century ephemeris, with good, clean, easy to read layouts, eclipses at the very top of the page where I could find them, lunar phases and void-of-course that I could actually make sense of, with a nice, clear aspectarian at the bottom. It was a French thing (later a Kansas thing - I'm a Kansas boy, I liked that), but on December 31, 2000, it ended. The "replacements" just weren't as good. I've been stranded eve...

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Report copyright infringementby Alecia M. Spooner (Author)Ace your environmental science class and get smart about the environment Environmental Science For Dummies is a straightforward guide to the interrelationships of the natural world and the role that humans play in the environment. This book tracks to a typical introductory environmental science curriculum at the college level--and is great as a supplement or study guide for AP Environmental Science, too. Uncover fascinating facts about...

Rocknocker: A Geologist's Memoir - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby George DeVries Klein (Author)Rocknocker: A Geologist's Memoir reviews the life of George Devries Klein, an immigrant who made it through the American System as a geologist. It chronicles his life from early childhood, graduate school, working as an oil company researcher, university professor, science administrator, and as a geological consultant. The book includes the highs and lows of George's life. Each chapter also summarizes key lessons learned making the ...

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Report copyright infringementby W. B. Frankland (Author)Euclid's name echoes through the halls of geometry, but who was the man behind the theorems that have shaped mathematical understanding for centuries? Journey back to ancient Greece and uncover the story of a scholar whose work has transcended time, influencing everything from architecture to art.In "The Story of Euclid," you'll be transported to a world of groundbreaking ideas and timeless principles. Delve into the life of this enigmat...

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Report copyright infringementby Ayesha Ahmad (Author)Have you ever imagined being able to wear a piece of clothing that was grown for you? In Ayesha Ahmad's Fashion's Biofabrication Revolution, she shares how that's not only possible, but the future of fashion.In this book, you will discover how this industry has evolved and why we're now at the crossroads between buying the next big thing and needing to make choices that will protect the environment. In this eye-opening work, you will learn:...

Sensing Geometry: Symbolism and Structure in Art, Science, and Mathematics - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Deihl (Author)This exciting new book explores some of the surprising connections found among mathematics, science, and art. Driven by theory and practice, by rigorous research and free experimentation, Sensing Geometry relates seemingly "unrelated" ideas and phenomena in new and intriguing ways. While abstract mathematical objects, progressively built from self-contained systems, might be said to exist only in the mind, this interdisciplinary study shows ...

Hands-On Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers

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Report copyright infringementby John Essick (Author)Departing from the style of typical manuals, Hands-On Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers, Fourth Edition, uses a learn-by-doing approach to guide students through using this powerful laboratory tool. It helps students--who are not assumed to have prior experience--master the computer-based skills they need to carry out effective experiments.Author BiographyJohn Essick is Professor of Physics at Reed College. His research in...

Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environment Quality - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Roberto Alonso Gonz´alez Lezcano (Guest Editor)This Special Issue addresses a topic of great relevance. In developed countries, there is a higher prevalence of people choosing to spend time indoors. Data show that the time a person spends at home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping, though this varies depending on the individual. Taking into account these data, indoor residential environments have a direct influence on huma...

Grown But Not Made: British Modernist Sculpture and the New Biology

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Juler (Author)What does it mean for a sculpture to be described as 'organic' or a diagram of 'morphological forces'? These were questions that preoccupied Modernist sculptors and critics in Britain as they wrestled with the artistic implications of biological discovery during the 1930s. In this lucid and thought-provoking book, Edward Juler provides the first detailed critical history of British Modernist sculpture's interaction with modern biology. Disc...

Creativity from Suburban Nowheres: Rethinking Cultural and Creative Practices

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Report copyright infringementby Ilja Van Damme (Editor), Ruth McManus (Editor), Michiel Dehaene (Editor)Looking at suburbs as places of creativity gives rise to novel and thought-provoking narratives that typically run counter to the idea that suburbs are sites of "ordinary," "mundane," and "everyday" practices. Far from being geographies of "nowhere" - dull, materialistic, and monotone - suburbs are unpacked as being heterogeneous and historically layered places of living, work, and creation...

Collapsing Gracefully: Making a Built Environment That Is Fit for the Future - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Emilio Garcia (Author), Brenda Vale (Author), Robert Vale (Author)This innovative book investigates the concept of collapse in terms of our built environment, exploring the future transition of modern cities towards scenarios very different from the current promises of progress and development. This is not a book about the end of the world and hopeless apocalyptic scenarios. It is about understanding change in how and where we live. Collapse is inevitable, but ...

Urban Paleontology: Evolution of Urban Forms - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Ming Tang (Author), Dihua Yang (Author)More than ten years ago, when I first read Mario Gandelsonas' book The Urban Context, the beautiful abstract diagrams that the book presented -the street network of Chicago- fascinated me with the profound historical and cultural background that they suggested. Without knowing how this would direct me, I started to draw something related with the street network of Beijing. That is the beginning of this book. Among tons of ...