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Frank Knight and the Chicago School in American Economics (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics #Vol. 98)
Over the last twenty years, Ross B. Emmett has explored the work of Frank H. Knight, the philosopher of the Chicago School of economics. Knight occupies a paradoxical place in the history of Chicago economics: vital to the tradition’s teaching of price theory and the twentieth-century re-articulatio... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Engineering Applications of Nanotechnology
This book focuses on the use of nanotechnology in several fields of engineering. Among others, the reader will find valuable information as to how nanotechnology can aid in extending the life of component materials exposed to corrosive atmospheres, in thermal fluid energy conversion processes, anti... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Cardio-Obstetrics: A Practical Guide to Care for Pregnant Cardiac Patients
Cardiac disease is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Catastrophic outcomes typically encountered are due to gaps in knowledge and communication between health care providers. There is a great need for a standardized approach for care of this very high-risk group of pregn... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Lime, The: Botany, Production and Uses (Botany, Production and Uses)
by W Ahmed • M A Ali • G Almaguer-Vargas • A M Al-Saidi • A Al-Maskary • U Ammara • C F Aquino • N Cruz-Huerta • D L Siqueira • P Donkersley • S L Elliot • A A Farooque • F García-Sánchez • V Gimeno • V González-Hernández • M A Hanif • R Janke • M L Keremane • A S Khan • Y Z Liu • B S Marquez • J J Martínez-Nicolás • A Nasehi • M A Nawaz • S Padmanabhan • R B Queiroz • C Ramadugu • I Ramírez-Ramírez • M F Razi • M L Roose • L C Salomão • A W Schumann • R W Scora • S Simón-Grao • Z Singh • A K Srivastava • M Usman • M Waly • Q U ZamanThe lime is an important fruit crop throughout the citrus producing regions of the world, with its own specific benefits and issues affecting successful cultivation and production. Limes: Botany, Production and Uses covers the breeding, genetics and biodiversity of the plants, and explains the p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Constructing 'Pakistan' through Knowledge Production in International Relations and Area Studies
This book analyses the discourse on Pakistan by exploring the knowledge production processes through which the International Relations community, Asian and South Asian area study centres, and think-tanks construct Pakistan’s identity. This book does not attempt to trace how Pakistan has been histori... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Great Ormond Street Handbook of Congenital Ear Deformities: An Illustrated Surgical Guide (Great Ormond Street Handbook Series)
This Great Ormond Street Handbook provides a stepwise illustrated description of the surgical procedures used for correction of congenital deformities of the auricle. The content features over 600 intraoperative high-quality photographs of every step of each of the surgical procedures in addition to... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
From Dictatorship to Democracy
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011Today, Hamid al-Bayati serves as Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations. But for many years he lived in exile in London, where he worked with other opponents of Saddam Hussein's regime to make a democratic and pluralistic Iraq a re... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali was one of the great Muslim theologians. In this book the author provides a translation of some of his works, including his spiritual autobiography. Al-Ghazali's description of his own emergence from scepticism anticipates the philosophical method of systematic doubt employed by Descartes... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1994 -
Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems (Mechanical Engineering Series)
This volume fills the need for a textbook presenting basic governing and constitutive equations, followed by several engineering problems on multiphase flow and transport that are not provided in current advanced texts, monographs, or handbooks. The unique emphasis of this book is on the sound formu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
A Systematic Guide to Leadership Selection Using Total Quality Management Techniques
The old cliché states that not every manager is a leader, but the more important part of that sentiment is that to be a good manager, one has to be a good leader. This perception is because good managers do more than manage. They have to lead by inspiration, they have to lead by example, and they ha... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion
This book provides a comprehensive basics-to-advanced course in an aero-thermal science vital to the design of engines for either type of craft. The text classifies engines powering aircraft and single/multi-stage rockets, and derives performance parameters for both from basic aerodynamics and ther... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Second Edition
Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Second Edition builds upon the success of the book’s first edition, with the addition of three major topic areas: Piston Engines with integrated propeller coverage; Pump Technologies; and Rocket Propulsion. The rocket propulsion section extends the text’s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Bird Strike in Aviation: Statistics, Analysis and Management
Groundbreaking Handbook Offers Detailed Research and Valuable Methodology to Address Dangerous and Costly Aviation Hazard Though annual damages from bird and bat collisions with aircraft have been estimated at $400 million in the United States and up to $1.2 billion in commercial aviation worldwide... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
CompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guide: Network Security Essentials
Prepare for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam that covers the skills required to perform core security functions and pursue a career in IT. You will learn the basic principles of network security. Computer network vulnerabilities and threats are covered and you will learn how to safeguard... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Foreign Object Debris and Damage in Aviation
Foreign Object Debris and Damage in Aviation discusses both biological and non-biological Foreign Object Debris (FOD) and associated Foreign Object Damage (FOD) in aviation. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the wide spectrum of FOD with numerous cost, management, and wildlife considera... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
This book provides comprehensive coverage of combined Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) theory and applications. Rather than looking at the field from only a theoretical or only a practical perspective, this book unifies both perspectives to give holistic understanding. The firs... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
The new edition of this popular professional book on artificial intelligence (ML) and machine learning (ML) has been revised for classroom or training use. The new edition provides comprehensive coverage of combined AI and ML theory and applications. Rather than looking at the field from only a theo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Hospitality Business Development
Hospitality Business Development analyzes and evaluates the different aspects of business growth routes and development processes in the international hospitality industry. It considers the essential features of the strategic business context, in which any hospitality organization operates, and: • e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Energy Internet: Systems and Applications
by Ahmed F Zobaa • Junwei CaoThis textbook is the first of its kind to comprehensively describe the energy Internet, a vast network that efficiently supplies electricity to anyone anywhere and is an internet based wide area network for information and energy fusion. The chapters are organized into five parts: Architecture and D... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Re-mapping the Americas: Trends in Region-making (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series)
Since the end of the Second World War the map of the Americas has changed dramatically. Not only were many former European colonies turned into sovereign states, there was also an ongoing process of region-making recognizable throughout the hemisphere and obvious through the establishment of several... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Pacing Mobilities: Timing, Intensity, Tempo and Duration of Human Movements (Worlds in Motion #8)
Turning the attention to the temporal as well as the more familiar spatial dimensions of mobility, this volume focuses on the momentum for and temporal composition of mobility, the rate at which people enact or deploy their movements as well as the conditions under which these moves are being marsha... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Ferroptosis: Mechanism and Diseases (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology #1301)
This book focuses on the emerging role of ferroptosis in human diseases. It gives a detailed perspective on how to induce or suppress ferroptosis to treat challenging conditions such as infectious diseases, including COVID-19, tuberculosis, parasitic diseases and cancer. The book serves as a practic... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Exchange Rate Volatility, Pricing to Market and Trade Smoothing
A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
Computational Neuroscience Models of the Basal Ganglia (Cognitive Science And Technology Ser.)
The book is a compendium of the aforementioned subclass of models of Basal Ganglia, which presents some the key existent theories of Basal Ganglia function. The book presents computational models of basal ganglia-related disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, and addiction. Importa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
CSS: Tools & Skills
CSS has grown from a language for formatting documents into a robust language for designing web applications. Its syntax is easy to learn, making CSS a great entry point for those new to programming. Indeed, it's often the second language that developers learn, right behind HTML. As CSS's feature se... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018