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Report copyright infringementby Gerald N. Cook (Author), Bruce G. Billig (Author)Airline Operations and Management: A Management Textbook presents a survey of the airline industry, with a strong managerial perspective. It integrates and applies the fundamentals of several management disciplines, particularly operations, marketing, economics and finance, to develop a comprehensive overviewAuthor BiographyGerald N. Cook is Adjunct Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He obtained h...

Innovating for the Circular Economy: Driving Sustainable Transformation

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Report copyright infringementby Rachna Arora (Editor), Dieter Mutz (Editor), Pavithra Mohanraj (Editor)Systemic change is required to move to a circular economy (CE) model which can meet the demands of a growing population in a manner that is decoupled from resource use and waste generation. This book takes a deep dive into the innovation aspect of the circular economy (CE), with a specific focus on India as a geography, where the transformation to a circular economy is underway.How a develop...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert K. Waits (Author)A Book for Safety Razor Collectors -- This book is a black and white version of a color digital edition, first published in 2005 as a limited edition CD-ROM. There are over 1300 entries including pictures of safety razors, advertisements, and patents. Alphabetical entries are organized by razor trademark or trade name. Separate sections cover the major manufacturers: AutoStrop, Durham-Duplex, Gillette, Kampfe Bros., Rolls, Schick, razors...

Introduction to Laser Physics with Applications in Fiber Optics

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Lee (Author)Introduction to Laser Physics is intended to be a "user-friendly" presentation on laser theory. The primary goal in developing this material was to make the mechanisms behind lasing accessible to as wide an audience as possible, ranging from those with no prior exposure to Quantum Physics, to those with some grasp of the subject. To that end, the material has been structured with the more basic concepts and analogous examples at the outset. Th...

DIY Solar Power for Beginners: The Simple Step-by-Step Practical Guide to Install Grid Tied and Off Grid Solar Power Systems for Your Home and Cut En

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Report copyright infringementby Rupert Axford (Author)If you want to design and install your DIY solar power system, keep reading and escape the labor costs.High electricity bills caused by inflation and the current worldwide situation have increased the demand for solar power systems.Unfortunately, the information you can find online is often incomplete or too complicated for first-timers. This is why Rupert Axford has worked closely with experts in this field to provide you with an easy-to-...

Designing Map Interfaces: Patterns for Building Effective Map Apps

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Gaigg (Author)Create useful and usable map apps that your users will love. Turn your next map app project into a success with Designing Map Interfaces: Patterns for Building Effective Map Apps. Whether you're configuring an out-of-the-box solution, building an app using one of the readily available app builder tools, or working on a custom app project, this book will guide you toward developing more useful and usable apps. Current courses for applicatio...

Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 112, September 2018

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Report copyright infringementby Julien Tailleur (Editor), Gerhard Gompper (Editor), M. Cristina Marchetti (Editor)From molecular motors to bacteria, from crawling cells to large animals, active entities are found at all scales in the biological world. Active matter encompasses systems whose individual constituents irreversibly dissipate energy to exert self-propelling forces on their environment. Over the past twenty years, scientists have managed to engineer synthetic active particles in the...

Imagining Climate Engineering: Dreaming of the Designer Climate

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Report copyright infringementby Jeroen Oomen (Author)What is the future of the global climate? And who gets to decide-or even design-this future? This book highlights the increasing attention for climate engineering, a set of speculative technologies aimed to counter global warming. Author BiographyJeroen Oomen is a Researcher at the Urban Futures Studio of Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Number of Pages: 216 Dimensions: 0.49 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Illust...

How to trade the forex market: Step by step guide on how to master forex trading

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Report copyright infringementby Joses Charles (Author)As the title demonstrates, this book is arranged toward giving beginners the fundamentals. The creator is a self-trained forex dealer who became interested by money trade and its benefits at a confidential social event for stock brokers. The text stands apart for charles clear, compact language that, without being stooping, never underestimates the peruser's information. A portion of the fundamentals covered are: The meanings of forex and ...

Power Electronics for Next-Generation Drives and Energy Systems: Clean Generation and Power Grids

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Report copyright infringementby Nayan Kumar (Editor), Josep M. Guerrero (Editor), Debaprasad Kastha (Editor)Power electronics converters are devices that change parameters of electric power, such as voltage and frequency, as well as between AC and DC. They are essential parts of both advanced drives, for machines and vehicles, and energy systems to meet required flexibility and efficiency criteria. In energy systems both stationary and mobile, control and converters help ensure reliability an...

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Report copyright infringementby H. G. Wells (Author)World Brain is an article written by H. G. Wells and first contributed to the new "Encyclopédie Française" in 1937. It explores the idea of a "permanent world encyclopaedia" that would contain "the whole human memory" and that would be "a world synthesis of bibliography and documentation with the indexed archives of the world." Fascinating and arguably prophetic reading, "World Brain" will appeal to fan Wells' work. Herbert George Wells (186...

A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products

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Report copyright infringementby W. H. Dooley (Author)This is a vintage textbook on shoemaking originally designed for industrial, trade, and commercial schools in the early twentieth century. From tanning hides to boot repair, this comprehensive volume contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in leather boot and shoe manufacturing. A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products is written in clear, simple language, making...

How to Run a Lathe - Volume I (Edition 43) the Care and Operation of a Screw-Cutting Lathe

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Report copyright infringementby J. J. O'Brien (Author), M. W. O'Brien (Author)This is the first volume of "How to Run a Lathe" by J. J. O'Brien and M. W. O'Brien. This novice-friendly and profusely-illustrated handbook contains a wealth of practical information on all manner of lathe work, ranging from turning and boring to filing and polishing. Highly recommended for those with an interest in woodwork and not to be missed by collectors of allied literature. Contents include: "History and Dev...

Investigation of Forrestal Fire: Copy of findings, recommendations and opinions of investigation into fire on board USS Forrestal (CVA 59)

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Report copyright infringementby Chief of Naval Operations (Author), Fred T. Jane (Author)A riveting account of one of the most deadly fires in naval history expressed in the stark terms of an after-accident report.On July 29, 1967, 134 sailors died when a fire aboard the USS Forrestal quickly spread throughout the ship. The cause was an electrical malfunction that created a series of explosions. The high ambient temperature made the fire even more dangerous, and the lack of effective firefigh...

Technology Innovation: Models, Dynamics, and Processes

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Report copyright infringementby Angelo Bonomi (Author)Technology Innovation discusses the fundamental aspects of processes and structures of technology innovation. It offers a new perspective concerning fundamentals aspects not directly involved in the complex relations existing between technology and the socio-economic system.By considering technology and its innovation from a scientific point of view, the book presents a novel definition of technology as a set of physical, chemical and biol...

Engineering as a Global Profession: Technical and Ethical Standards

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Davis (Author)While this book begins with the analysis of engineering as a profession, it concentrates on a question that the last two decades seem to have made critical: Is engineering one global profession (like medicine) or many national or regional professions (like law)? While science and technology studies (STS) have increasingly taken an "empirical turn", much of STS research is unclear enough about the professional responsibility of engineers th...

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Cadmore (Author)Bill Cadmore was born and raised in a tiny village on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. He moved to London for university studies and then on to post-graduate work at the University of Leeds. As a teacher of Biology and Physics he went onto become a senior leader in a large comprehensive school in Leeds. Working with other schools, colleges and workplaces he helped develop a vocational training scheme to complement the work he was doing with the ...

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Report copyright infringementby J. C. Bautista (Author)This book contains 120 Python programs and more than 110 illustrations useful both to students of science of the first university courses, as well as high school students and teachers. All the programs and graphics of the book have been developed using free software, which you can obtain free and legally on the internet, so it is not necessary to buy any software. Python is currently the most popular language for teaching introductory com...

Análisis de Series Temporales: Prácticas de Modelización y Predicción

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Report copyright infringementby Juan Carlos García Díaz (Author)Los contenidos de este libro cubren prácticas de laboratorio de un curso de Análisis de Series Temporales de nivel universitario en escuelas de Ingeniería y de Economía. Se utiliza un software comercial muy intuitivo que permite el aprendizaje autónomo del estudiante. Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.24 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: September 14, 2015

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Report copyright infringementby Lindsey P (Author)This book is perfect for those who want to make their own soap but do not know where to begin. Soap making is a fun and rewarding hobby that you can also turn into a business once you have successfully made your first batch of soap. In this book, you will get to know the different ingredients, tools and processes on how to create soap. Soon you will get to know the basic steps on how to process soap. There are mainly two basic processes, the H...

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Report copyright infringementby Franklin T. Bonner (Author), Robert P. Karrfalt (Author)The first comprehensive handbook on the seeds of trees and shrubs produced by the USDA Forest Service was USDA Misc. Pub. 654, Woody-Plant Seed Manual. The manuscript was ready for publication in 1941, but World War II delayed publication until 1948. The boom in tree planting in the 1950s and 1960s created a large demand for seeds and exposed the gaps in our knowledge concerning production and quality of s...

iPhone Operating System 16: The Tech Giant's Amazing Changes

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Report copyright infringementby Jason B. Cox (Author)This book focuses on the new iPhone Operating System, version 16, released by the tech giant, called Apple on September 12th, 2022. This normally happens nearly every year. The changes in the iOS 16, bring a lot of conveniences, to a lot of iPhone users and lovers around the world. Below are some of the goodies, that came with the iOS 16. Updated Lockscreen Messages Undo Send Livetext in Video, etc. With this iOS 16, you have a lot of new f...

Career in Engineering: A Guide for Engineering Students, Interns, and Professionals

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Report copyright infringementby Calvine Odero (Author)The book guides students, interns, and professionals in the field of engineering on the top and most competitive engineering jobs. Number of Pages: 30 Dimensions: 0.06 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 06, 2022

How Flying Bees Pilot, and other arthropod wonders

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Report copyright infringementby Adrian Horridge (Author), Simon Paterson (Designed by)After publishing, with Ted Bullock, the two-volume work on Invertebrate Neurobiology, in 1962 Adrian selected a new topic, and built up a group at St Andrews (and later at the Australian National University), specializing in the optics, neuron anatomy and electrophysiology of the arthropod compound eye, which offered a wide variety of topics.Neuron anatomy of insect visual systems was a classical study in th...

Practical Automated Machine Learning Using H2O.ai: Discover the power of automated machine learning, from experimentation through to deployment to pro

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Report copyright infringementby Salil Ajgaonkar (Author)Accelerate the adoption of machine learning by automating away the complex parts of the ML pipeline using H2O.aiKey Features: Learn how to train the best models with a single click using H2O AutoML Get a simple explanation of model performance using H2O Explainability Easily deploy your trained models to production using H2O MOJO and POJO Book Description: With the huge amount of data being generated over the internet and the benefits t...

High Performance and Optimum Design of Structures and Materials V

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Report copyright infringementby S. Hernández (Editor), G. Schleyer (Editor)The use of novel materials and new structural concepts nowadays is not restricted to highly technical areas like aerospace, aeronautical applications or the automotive industry, but affects all engineering fields including those such as civil engineering and architecture. The included contributions highlight the latest developments in design and manufacturing.Most high-performance structures require the development of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jianjun Zhang (Author), Jing Li (Author)LASER INTER-SATELLITE LINKS TECHNOLOGY State of the art resource covering key technologies and related theories of inter-satellite links Laser Inter-Satellite Links Technology explores satellite networking as a growing topic in the field of communication technology, introducing the definition, types, and working frequency bands of inter-satellite links, discussing the number of orbital elements of the spacecraft motion st...

Chasing Tales: A Different Kind of Travel Book

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Hopley (Author)Chasing Tales is the first-hand account of a working man's travels round some of the world's hottest spots - literally and metaphorically. Written by Liverpool-born engineer, Ken Hopley, it spans his first sea-trip to Mexico in 1967 as a young Merchant Navy officer to being bombed in the Iran-Iraq War, from being awake during an appendicitis operation in a Syria hospital to an enforced retirement after suffering two strokes aged 65, giving a ...

N-Type Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics: Technology, Applications and Economics

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Report copyright infringementby Delfina Muñoz (Editor), Radovan Kopecek (Editor)Most solar cells currently are of the so-called p-type, with "p" standing for positive. Their thickest layer, the base, is Silicon doped with Boron, which has fewer electrons than pure Silicon. P-type Silicon contains Boron-Oxygen defects, which trap electrons and removing them from the photovoltaic current.N-type solar cells, with the base doped with phosphor and thus richer in electrons, does not have these defe...

The Accidental Engineer - 2nd edition: The true story of the first microprocessor ever designed

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Report copyright infringementby Ray Holt (Author), Leo Sorge (Author)The autobiography of the designer of the World's First Microprocessor, the device that started the digital revolution. A military project, it was a secret until 1998. A story of opportunity and excellence. 2nd Version, 2022. All rights reserved. Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.29 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN Publication Date: August 27, 2022

Nordic Animation: Balancing the East and the West

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Report copyright infringementby Liisa Vähäkylä (Author)This book examines the state of the animation industry within the Nordic countries. It looks at the success of popular brands such as Moomins and The Angry Birds, studios such as Anima Vitae and Qvisten, and individuals from the Nordics who have made their mark on the global animation industry.This book begins with some historical findings, before moving to recount stories of some of the most well-known Nordic animation brands. A section ...

Artemis 1 launch: NASA Mission To Return Humans Back To The Moon

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Report copyright infringementby Sydney Walker (Author)Space scientists' excitement is reaching a fever pitch as NASA's Artemis mission draws closer to returning to the moon. The Space Launch System, or SLS, has been hailed by NASA as the most potent rocket ever built. The 98-meter rocket reached the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida's launch area on Wednesday. The rocket traveled more than 10 hours to go the six and a half kilometers to the launch pad.The first SLS rocket launch will be kn...