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Functional Safety of Machinery: How to Apply ISO 13849-1 and Iec 62061

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Report copyright infringementby Marco Tacchini (Author)FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF MACHINERY Enables readers to understand ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 standards and provides a practical approach to functional safety in machinery design Functional Safety of Machinery: How to Apply ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 introduces functional safety of machinery as a single unified approach, despite the existence of two standards. Aligning with the latest updates of ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061, the book explains the in...

SAR Survival: Search and Rescue Fundamentals for the Outdoors

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Report copyright infringementby Jason a. Hunt (Author)From Dr. Jason Hunt - survival expert, best-selling author, and first responder - SAR Survival: Search and Rescue Fundamentals for the Outdoors offers a behind-the-scenes look at fundamental wilderness search and rescue operations. This book provides essential training that can serve as a foundation to launch your volunteer SAR service or to equip you with the skills and knowledge that search teams will use to locate you and your loved one...

Gender and Early Television: Mapping Women's Role in Emerging Us and British Media, 1850-1950

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Arnold (Author), Claire Nally (Editor), Angela Smith (Editor)Between the nineteenth century and the mid-twentieth century television transformed from an idea to an institution. In Gender and Early Television, Sarah Arnold traces women's relationship to the new medium of television across this period in the UK and USA. She argues that women played a crucial role in its development both as producers and as audiences long before the 'golden age' of televisio...

Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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Report copyright infringementby Georgia L. Irby (Author)This book explores ancient efforts to explain the scientific, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of water. From the ancient point of view, we investigate many questions including: How does water help shape the world? What is the nature of the ocean? What causes watery weather, including superstorms and snow? How does water affect health, as a vector of disease or of healing? What is the nature of deep-sea-creatures (including sea monst...

Using and Conquering the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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Report copyright infringementby Georgia L. Irby (Author)This volume considers how Greco-Roman authorities manipulated water on the practical, technological, and political levels. Water was controlled and harnessed with legal oversight and civic infrastructure (e.g., aqueducts). Waterways were 'improved' and made accessible by harbors, canals, and lighthouses. The Mediterranean Sea and Outer Ocean (and numerous rivers) were mastered by navigation for warfare, exploration, settlement, maritime ...

Phytomycology and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogen Interactions

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Report copyright infringementby Imran Ul Haq (Editor), Siddra Ijaz (Editor), Iqrar Ahmad Khan (Editor)Plants are exposed to highly diverse microbiota forming complex interactions in natural environments. Phytomycology and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogen Interactions presents information on defense mechanisms of the plants, as various microbes can have positive effects on their plant hosts. Key Features Delineates the journey from Koch's postulate to molecular systems biology. Provides...

Appropriate Paper-Based Technology (Apt): A Manual

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Report copyright infringementby Bevill Packer (Author)Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) is a comprehensive survey of the technologies for making a wide range of products from chess-men to armchairs, from trays to solar cookers, using paper. It is a revised and updated edition of the Manual of APT published by IRED, Harare, 1989 and 1991. The revised edition includes additional models and extra pages of colour photographs, and special supplements on APT in the service of disabled people...

How to Make and Use the Treadle Irrigation Pump

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Bielenberg (Author), Hugh Allen (Author)The current design in this manual has evolved from the Bangladesh original into a fully portable pump with both lift and pressure capacity and is especially good for use in permeable soils where water cannot easily be distributed through channels. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: December 15, 1995

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Report copyright infringementby Dario Gioia (Guest Editor), Maria Danese (Guest Editor)Recent increasing trends of the occurrence of natural and anthropic processes have a strong impact on landscape modification, and there is a growing need for the implementation of effective instruments, tools, and approaches to understand and manage landscape changes. A great improvement in the availability of high-resolution DEMs, GIS tools, and algorithms of automatic extraction of landform features and c...

The Antarctica Expedition - My Dream Come True

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Report copyright infringementby Major Mahesh Patel (Author) The manuscript is a first-hand account of the expression of the author as a member of the 8th wintering team of India to the coldest, driest windiest and frozen continent "ANTARCTICA". It is the 5th largest continent, nearly twice the size of Australia and the least populated continent with an average ice thickness of 1.9 kilometres. The book indicates the selection and training of the team members to execute various engineering task...

Modeling and Flowsheet Simulation of Vibrated Fluidized Bed Dryers

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Report copyright infringementby Sören Ernst Lehmann (Author)Fluidized bed dryers are the prime choice when it comes to drying of heat sensitive products, commonly processed in the pharmaceutical and food industry. As many products in these industries are ﬁne and cohesive, mechanical vibration of the dryer is used to enable or improve ﬂuidization. Thus, the goal of this thesis is the development of a ﬂuidized bed drying model that accounts for the inﬂuence of mechanical vibration of the dryer,...

Geometry & Colours of Meliponine Brood Cells

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Report copyright infringementby Abu Hassan Jalil (Author), David W. Roubik (Editor)Title: Geometry and Colours of Meliponine Brood Cells - Part 1 Subtitle: Preliminary Emphasis on Genus Tetragonula Synopsis: This literature is for enthusiasts who have difficulty remembering scientific names but can recognize geometric shapes. A preliminary look at what is termed as the most difficult genus in the Indo-Malaya stingless bee group to identify and differentiate between species by morphology. Thi...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Kuschel (Author)The Live Event Video Technician covers terms, format types, concepts, and technologies used in video production for corporate meetings, concerts, special events, and theatrical productions.The book begins by providing a history of the industry and an overview of important roles and functions therein. It then discusses various display technologies such as LED walls and video projection, as well as video systems for converting and switching of...

Higher Education: Progress for Management and Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby Carolina Machado (Editor), J. Paulo Davim (Editor)Increasing corporate social responsibility demands professionals possess the necessary knowledge, abilities, and competencies to answer the needs of a diverse organization's stakeholders. This book highlights the most recent issues related to higher education in the fields of management and engineering. It explains why a sustainable education is a requirement for professionals, as well as the organizations they ...

Making Sense of Human Life: Murray Bowen's Determined Effort Toward Family Systems Theory

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine M. Rakow (Author)Drawing from rich archival material, this book provides unprecedented access to the professional documents and historical context surrounding the life's work of Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-1990), medical doctor, psychiatrist, and pioneering researcher of Family Systems Theory. Author BiographyCatherine M. Rakow is an independent researcher, has spent nearly 30 years reviewing Murray Bowen archival materials at the National Library of Medic...

Enabling Technologies for Social Distancing: Fundamentals, Concepts and Solutions

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Report copyright infringementby Diep N. Nguyen (Editor), Dinh Thai Hoang (Editor), Thang X. Vu (Editor)This book explores how technology can facilitate social distancing in order to better manage pandemics and future outbreaks. The authors present key concepts, models and practical technology-based social distancing scenarios, and then enabling technologies including machine learning, AI, computer vision, blockchain and big data. Number of Pages: 306 Dimensions: 0.7...

Dynamic System Modelling and Analysis with MATLAB and Python: For Control Engineers

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Report copyright infringementby Jongrae Kim (Author)Dynamic System Modeling & Analysis with MATLAB & Python A robust introduction to the advanced programming techniques and skills needed for control engineering In Dynamic System Modeling & Analysis with MATLAB & Python: For Control Engineers, accomplished control engineer Dr. Jongrae Kim delivers an insightful and concise introduction to the advanced programming skills required by control engineers. The book discusses dynamic...

Design Ideas for Drones, Multicopters and Quadcopters

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Report copyright infringementby Roland Büchi (Author)All in all, quadcopters would be much better accepted among model-makers if they were a little more colorful. Many pilots say, however, that all the work building a depron body would be destroyed in a rollover. However, anyone who flies quadcopters today notices that the technology has advanced so far and so safely that (semi-)scale models can be built without problems in this regard. The only problem that arises is that there are not as ma...

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Report copyright infringementby Shahriyar Kaboli (Author), Saeed Peyghami (Author), Frede Blaabjerg (Author)Resilient Power Electronic Systems Discover an advanced reference offering a powerful novel approach to the design and use of reliable and fault-tolerant power electronic systems In Resilient Power Electronic Systems, a team of accomplished researchers deliver an insightful treatment of the challenges faced by practitioners and researchers working with power electronic converters and at...

Introduction to Logistics Systems Management: With Microsoft Excel and Python Examples

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Report copyright infringementby Gianpaolo Ghiani (Author), Gilbert Laporte (Author), Roberto Musmanno (Author)INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT The updated new edition of the award-winning introductory textbook on logistics system management Introduction to Logistics Systems Management provides an in-depth introduction to the methodological aspects of planning, organization, and control of logistics for organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors. Based on the auth...

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms

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Report copyright infringementby Xinghua Liu (Author), Rui Jiang (Author), Badong Chen (Author)Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms Enables readers to understand important new trends in multimodal perception for mobile robotics This book provides a novel perspective on secure state estimation and multimodal perception for robotic mobility platforms such as autonomous vehicles. It thoroughly evaluates filter-based secure dynamic pose estimation appro...

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Report copyright infringementby Merryn Dineley (Author)Merryn Dineley's thesis is based on the premise that the biochemical laws that govern the processes of malting, mashing and fermentation remain unchanged throughout the millennia'. He therefore uses the results of scientific experimentation to search for evidence of ale and brewing amongst Neolithic residues. Following a discussing of the actual brewing process and later Viking and medieval embellishments, the study discusses the evidence...

History of International Broadcasting, Volume 2

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Report copyright infringementby James Wood (Author) Number of Pages: 294 Dimensions: 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: June 22, 2012

Robotics Simplified: An Illustrative Guide to Learn Fundamentals of Robotics, Including Kinematics, Motion Control, and Trajectory Planning

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Report copyright infringementby Jisu Elsa Jacob Manjunath N. (Author)A comprehensive outlook on all the concepts of Robotics for beginnersKey FeaturesIncludes key concepts of robot modeling, control, and programming.Numerous examples and exercises on various aspects of robotics.Exposure to physical computing, robotic kinematics, trajectory planning, and motion control systems.DescriptionRobotics Simplified is a learner's handbook that provides a thorough foundation around robotics, including ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Challender (Author)Professional Ethics in Construction and Engineering A comprehensive and incisive how-to guide that walks readers through the implementation of robust ethical standards in everyday construction management and decision-making Recent and high-profile incidents--including the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy and the Lakanal House fire in 2009--have been attributed to failures in the building construction, design, and certification industries. S...

A Summary of the Laws of Several States Governing I.--Marriage and Divorce of the Feeble-minded, the Epileptic and the Insane. II.--Asexualization. II

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Report copyright infringementby Stevenson 1883-1950 Smith (Author), Madge W. Joint Author Wilkinson (Created by), Lovisa C. (Lovisa Catharine) Wagoner (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corpo...

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Report copyright infringementby Pr Franklin (Author)The book describes the probable deployment of submarines in different parts of the world. The chapters include basic principles that are required to be followed when deploying them on operational and tactical missions. The book is particularly useful for the newer submarine operating navies around the world.Contents;- The Undersea Environment, The Submarine, Submarine Control, Deployment Strategies, Passage Planning, Deployment Areas, The Ar...

Understanding Australian Construction Contractors: A Guide for Emerging Professionals

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Report copyright infringementby Matt Stevens (Author), John Smolders (Author)This book will provide emerging construction professionals with insights and information helpful for a successful career in the Australian construction industry. This work fills a critical gap and is written by two authors with decades of experience immersed in current issues. It provides a starting point for the next generation of Australian construction contractors.Beginning with an overview of the industry, the ch...

Time-Frequency Analysis of Electroencephalograph (EEG) for Feature Optimization

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Report copyright infringementby Kalyana Veluvolu (Author), Yubo Wang (Author)Document from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Biomedical Engineering, grade: 3.0, language: English, abstract: Electroencephalograph (EEG) has been widely used for BCI applications due to its non-invasiveness, ease of implementation, and cost-efficiency. The collected EEG signal is non-stationary and has task-related information buried in the frequency and temporal domains. In this book, we focused on develop...

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Report copyright infringementby William a. Albrecht (Author), Charles Walters (Editor)This valuable collection of essays reveals the insights of a brilliant soil scientist who was ahead of his time. In this volume, readers will find a carefully organized and convincing explanation of the relationship between plants and animals. Dr. William Albrecht sustains his theory and observation that a declining soil fertility, due to a lack of organic material, major elements, and trace minerals - or a ...

Fossil Fuels in the Arab World: Missed the Boat?: Adjusting to Post-Oil Era

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Report copyright infringementby Basel Asmar (Author)In his previous books, "Fossil Fuels in the Arab World: Facts and Fiction", and "Fossil Fuels in the Arab World: Seasons Reversed", Dr. Asmar assessed mankind's dependence on fossil fuels - focusing particularly on the position of Arab countries in this global industry. His books discussed the fossil fuel market fundamentals and the place of the Arab world within that; they also examined the political influences, culture issues, the status o...

Real-Time Systems Development with Rtems and Multicore Processors

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Report copyright infringementby Gedare Bloom (Author), Joel Sherrill (Author), Tingting Hu (Author)The proliferation of multicore processors in the embedded market for Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) makes developing real-time embedded applications increasingly difficult. What is the underlying theory that makes multicore real-time possible? How does theory influence application design? When is a real-time operating system (RTOS) useful? What RTOS features do applica...