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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This publication examines how smart ports in the Pacific can support trade, resilience, and more inclusive economic growth.Maritime trade is an essential lifeline for the island nations of the Pacific. This study explores how to adapt international smart port best practices to the Pacific context. It suggests how to achieve short-term wins by implementing technology and business process solutions, and provides a strategic framewor...

Analysis of Distributed Solar Photovoltaic System Harmonics on Transformers

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Report copyright infringementby Jacobus A. Jordaan (Author), Agha F. Nnachi (Author), Bonginkosi A. Thango (Author)A surge in harmonics and distortion in the South Africa's electric power system has come to the fore in the early phases of integrating renewable energy resources to the national electric grid. Having said that, in this day and age a considerable number of harmonic producing apparatus are present. On the basis of their beneficial effects in efficacy and controllability, harmonic ...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles F. Nehme (Author)HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) is a system of technology used to maintain comfortable temperatures and air quality in a given environment. It is essential for the health and comfort of people in a variety of settings, including homes, businesses, and factories, as well as in public buildings such as schools and hospitals. To ensure the most efficient and cost-effective operation, proper maintenance of HVAC systems is ...

Low cost portable Chironji decorticator: Problem & Solution by Indrajeet Singh

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Report copyright infringementby Trif India (Author), Indrajeet Singh (Author)Workers deseed chironji manually, which is time consuming and laborious. Indrajeet Singh ideates about a portable low cost decorticator, which can be used by a small farmer easily. This machine may be manually operated or solar operated.The main purpose of our project is to provide a low cost portable chironji decorticator machine to tribal or people who belong to rural areas or middle class people who can't afford c...

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Report copyright infringementby Qi Zhou (Guest Editor), Seung-Kyum Choi (Guest Editor), Recep M. Gorguluarslan (Guest Editor)Recent advancements in computer technology have allowed for designers to have direct control over the production process through the help of computer-based tools, creating the possibility of a completely integrated design and manufacturing process. Over the last few decades, "artificial intelligence" (AI) techniques, such as machine learing and deep learning, have been ...

Polymers and Ionic Liquids: Shaping up a New Generation of High Performances Nanomaterials

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Report copyright infringementby Jannick Duchet-Rumeau (Guest Editor), Jean-François Gérard (Guest Editor), Sébastien Livi (Guest Editor)The main objective of polymer materials scientists is to develop and design high performance polymer-based materials via the introduction of block copolymers, ionomers or inorganic-organic hybrids, in order to introduce functionalities such as mechanical reinforcement, gas barrier properties, fire retardancy, shape memory behavior or self-healing ability. In ...

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Report copyright infringementby Williams Chirinos (Author)Integrated Project Planning and Construction Based on Results focuses on predictive life cycle projects with a field construction phase. Regardless of the industry, construction projects have difficulties being successful. Even some of them go into claims and dispute resolution situations. This book serves as a guide for all those seeking to improve project delivery using new integrated approaches and methodologies to plan and control ...

The Future of Disruptive Technologies: Impacts on Business, Workforce, and Societies

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Report copyright infringementby Srikanth Gaddam (Author)Embracing Disruptive Technology & Leveraging Each for Career Development is Possible - If You Keep Reading!When Dr. Srikanth Gaddam's 15-year-old son broached the possibilities of landing a high-paying programming job without a college degree, he had to pause and reflect. After all, "even Bill Gates or Steve Jobs did not complete college but became billionaires."On the one hand, society has conditioned us that college is the ultimate...

First Patrol: A Cold War Chronicle at the dawn of Polaris missile submarine patrols

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Report copyright infringementby Philip L. Munck (Author), Michael J. Pastore (Author)Follow a patrol of one of the earliest ballistic missile submarines FIRST PATROL chronicles a crew's experiences during the three month period of duty in a strategic submarine patrol cycle. The events occurred in the early 1960's. Their submarine is one of the first five boats carrying 16 nuclear-warhead Fleet Ballistic Missiles. The 60-day patrol at sea starts after a month of upkeep in Scotland. The story i...

Scrum First Aid: A Recipe Book for Fixing Scrum Challenges and Anti-Patterns

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Report copyright infringementby Todd A. Jacobs (Author)Has your team recently adopted Scrum? Has your company's leadership recently encouraged the development process to become more "agile"? Are you an experienced development team whose Scrum implementation is causing more problems than it solves? Then this book is for you!Whether your current Scrum implementation feels like a slightly-broken process or a five-alarm dumpster fire, you're not alone. Scrum is often touted as a simple, lightweig...

City of Brick and Steel: The Structure of New York Buildings

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Report copyright infringementby Donald Friedman (Editor), Mona Abdelfatah (Author), Marie Ennis (Author)City of Brick and Steel is a guide to the hidden structure that keeps over a million buildings in New York City buildings standing. We explain the basics of structure within the main types of buildings that make up the city as it is today. We also include descriptions of common types of damage and how to identify the different types from visible clues. The buildings date from the mid-1600s ...

THE MICROWAVE DELUSION - Why 'Smart' Wireless Means We Are Dying Younger in Poorer Health and Endangering the Wellbeing of Our Children: The Diary of

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Stein (Author), Jonathan Mantle (Author)The Microwave Delusion tells how one highly successful UK business leader's experience of the damaging health effects of microwave radiation has become part of an international campaign to hold the mobile phone industry to account for its defective safety practices. This book charts industry and government collusion versus the rise of independent science, leading to campaigns and legal judgements in many countries. ...

Texas Wine Pioneers: How Texas Upset the World Wine Stage and Continues to Redefine It Inbox

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Report copyright infringementby Gretchen Glasscock (Author)In the early seventies, when America began to awaken to locally sourced food and wine, Gretchen Glasscock, returned to Texas from the East with a degree from Columbia University and a penchant for research. Taking over management of the family's 20,000 acres of ranch land and seeking to diversify their interests, she upended a Texas A&M Study asserting that all Texas was a hot and humid climate suitable for growing only jug wines....

Optical Trapping and Manipulation: From Fundamentals to Applications

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Jones (Guest Editor), Daniel R. Burnham (Guest Editor)We are pleased to present "Optical Trapping and Manipulation: From Fundamentals to Applications", a Special Issue of Micromachines dedicated to the latest research in optical trapping. In recognition of the broad impact of optical manipulation techniques across disciplines, this Special Issue collected contributions related to all aspects of optical trapping and manipulation. Both theoretical and expe...

SolidWorks Flow Simulation 2021 Black Book (Colored)

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Report copyright infringementby Gaurav Verma (Author), Matt Weber (Author)The SolidWorks Flow Simulation 2021 Black Book is the 4th edition of our series on SolidWorks Flow Simulation. The book is targeted for beginners of SolidWorks Flow Simulation. This book covers the basic equations and terms of Fluid Dynamics theory. The book covers all the major tools of Flow Simulation modules like Fluid Flow, Thermal Fluid Flow, and Electronic Cooling modules. A chapter on basic concepts of CFD has be...

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Report copyright infringementby Gaurav Verma (Author), Matt Weber (Author)The SolidWorks 2021 Black Book is the 8th edition of our series on SolidWorks. With lots of additions and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as learners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step by step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to reduce the gap between university us...

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Report copyright infringementby Bertino Massimo F (Author)This textbook is conceived for a one-semester course at the upper undergraduate or freshman graduate level. The book was written With the fact that nanotechnology is a vast field where the applications range from paint to nanomedicine, through plasmonics and catalysis. An introductory course must be a compromise between a quantitative and a qualitative treatment. For that, this textbook is more quantitative than others in the market, w...

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Report copyright infringementby Qi Xiaoliang (Author)This book honors the remarkable science and life of Shoucheng Zhang, a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological insulators, the quantum Hall effect, spintronics, superconductivity, and other fields. It contains the contributions displayed at the Shoucheng Zhang Memorial Workshop held on May 2-4, 2019 at Stanford University. Number of Pages: 512 Dimensions: 1.13 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publi...

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Report copyright infringementby Alam Muhammad a (Author)How does a solar cell work? How efficient can it be? Why do intricate patterns of metal lines decorate the surface of a solar module? How are the modules arranged in a solar farm? How can sunlight be stored during the day so that it can be used at night? And, how can a lifetime of more than 25 years be ensured in solar modules, despite the exposure to extreme patterns of weather? How do emerging machine-learning techniques assess the hea...

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Report copyright infringementby Kruchinin Sergei (Author)This book is devoted to superconductivity, which is one of the most interesting problems in physics. In accordance with the outline of the book, it treats the key problems in the field of superconductivity, in particular, it discusses the mechanism(s) of superconductivity. This book is useful for researchers and graduate students in the fields of solid state physics, quantum field theory, and many-body theory. Number of Pag...

A Brighter Future for Maldives Powered by Renewables: Road Map for the Energy Sector 2020-2030

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Report copyright infringementby Asian Development Bank (Author)This publication serves as a guide for Maldives' energy transitionfrom being powered by costly and polluting fossil fuels to being sustained by clean and efficient renewable energy sources.Maldives has no proven fossil fuel reserves, but it has abundant renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and ocean (tidal, wave, and ocean thermal)with the potential to produce green hydrogen fuel. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandem...

Standard Table Of Electrochemical Equivalents And Their Derivatives, With Explanatory Text On Electrochemical Calculations, Solutions Of Typical Pract

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Hering (Author)Standard data made profoundly practical. Hering's Standard Table of Electrochemical Equivalents transforms dry constants into an electrochemistry reference guide that serves both the bench scientist and the calculator, pairing a rigorous electrochemical equivalents table with explanatory text on electrochemical calculations and carefully worked examples. Clear figures and worked examples. Precise, step-by-step chemistry problem solutions add...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Willhite (Author)Waterflooding is an important method of improving recovery, but successful waterflood performance requires a sound design. Waterflooding begins with understanding the basic principles of immiscible displacement, then presents a systematic procedure for designing a waterflood. The emphasis is on fundamental concepts and their application in solving various waterflooding problems. Design procedures that can be prepared as small computer prog...

Innovation Analytics: Tools for Competitive Advantage

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Report copyright infringementby Subramanian Nachiappan (Author)Innovation analytics is an emerging paradigm that integrates information/knowledge, analytics, digital twins and artificial intelligence to support and manage the entire lifecycle of a product and process from inception, through engineering design and manufacture, to service and disposal of manufactured products. Innovation analytics is set to become an integral part of the innovation lifecycle to help make smart, agile decisions ...

Backyard Homesteading: An Essential Homestead Guide to Growing Food, Raising Chickens, and Creating a Mini-Farm for Self Sufficiency and Prof

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Report copyright infringementby Dion Rosser (Author)If you are looking for a way to produce your own food, then keep reading... Two manuscripts in one book: Backyard Homestead: The Ultimate Homesteading Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Raising Chickens, and Mini-Farming for Self Sufficiency and Profit Backyard Chickens: A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Chickens for Beginners, Including Tips on Choosing a Breed and Building the Coop In recent years we've seen trends in panic buying, chemicals ...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert O. Ritchie (Author), Dong Liu (Author)Introduction to Fracture Mechanics presents an introduction to the origins, formulation and application of fracture mechanics for the design, safe operation and life prediction in structural materials and components. The book introduces and informs the reader on how fracture mechanics works and how it is so different from other forms of analysis that are used to characterize mechanical properties. Chapters cover foun...

Design Thinking in Technical Communication: Solving Problems Through Making and Collaboration

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Tham (Author)This book explicates the relationships between design thinking, critical making, and socially responsive technical communication. It leverages the recent technology-powered DIY culture called "the Maker Movement" to identify how citizen innovation can inform cutting-edge social innovation that advocates for equitable change and progress on today's "wicked" problems. After offering a succinct account of the origin and recent history of design ...

Facilities Management and the Business of Managing Assets

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Report copyright infringementby Danny Then Shiem-Shin (Author), Tan Teng Hee (Author)The importance of facilities management to the effective operation of all businesses is now widely accepted. Where there continues to be debate is on what constitutes a successful approach, and how much attention it should be given within an overall business plan.Drawing on both research and current practice, this book provides a systematic, innovative, and business-focused approach to the management of facil...

Gallinas domésticas: Una guía completa para la crianza de gallinas para principiantes, incluyendo consejos sobre la elección de la raza y la construcc

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Report copyright infringementby Dion Rosser (Author) Busca una guía sencilla para criar gallinas domésticas? Desea consejos simples y eficaces para encontrar las razas adecuadas para su bandada de traspatio?Si su respuesta es afirmativa, entonces este libro, Gallinas domésticas, es justo lo que ha estado buscando.Esta es una guía para principiantes que lo llevará a través de los fundamentos de la crianza de gallinas, incluyendo: Cosas que hay que considerar antes de criar gallinas Dónde comp...

Raising Pigs: The Ultimate Guide to Pig Raising on Your Homestead

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Report copyright infringementby Dion Rosser (Author)Have you always wanted to raise pigs but didn't know where to begin? Do you want to know how to turn your pig farm into a profitable business? Look no further! Whether you're about to buy your first pig or you already have a pig farm, this guide is a must-have.By reading this book you will: Learn why pig farming is more than just producing meat. Discover the various types of pigs and which pig will best suit your needs. How to build proper ...

Essays in American Public Safety and Emergency Management

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Report copyright infringementby S. Alfassa (Author)This volume is a collection of essays, some published, some not, all prepared between 2015 and 2020. They touch on a myriad of topics, all with an essence of public safety, and some focusing more particularly on emergency management. Number of Pages: 214 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 27, 2020

The Future Architect: Finding the perfect balance of business and technology

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Report copyright infringementby Rupesh Nellore (Author), Srinivasulu Kopparapo (Author)After interviewing, talking and surveying with many mid-level managers, technical leads and engineers who are looking for upscaling their career paths, we found a big gap in bridging the business problem understanding and technology solutioning. Especially asking the right questions, factors influenced for choosing the approach, understanding assumptions, finding the low hanging and high fruits and creating...