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Classification and Examples of Differential Equations and their Applications

Classification and Examples of Differential Equations and their Applications

Classification and Examples of Differential Equations and their Applications is the sixth book within Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations Six-volume Set. As a set they are the fourth volume in the series Mathematics and Physics Applied to Science and Technology. This sixth book consists of one chapter (chapter 10 of the set). It contains 20 examples related to the preceding five books and chapters 1 to 9 of the set. It includes two recollections: the first with a classification of differential equations into 500 standards and the second with a list of 500 applications. The ordinary differential equations are classified in 500 standards concerning methods of solution and related properties including: (i) linear differential equations with constant or homogeneous coefficients and finite difference equations; (ii) linear and non-linear single differential equations and simultaneous systems; (iii) existence unicity and other properties; (iv) derivation of general particular special analytic regular irregular and normal integrals; (v) linear differential equations with variable coefficients including known and new special functions. The theory of differential equations is applied to the detailed solution of 500 physical and engineering problems including: (i) one- and multidimensional oscillators with damping or amplification with non-resonant or resonant forcing; (ii) single non-linear and parametric resonance; (iii) bifurcations and chaotic dynamical systems; (iv) longitudinal and transversal deformations and buckling of bars beams and plates; (v) trajectories of particles; (vi) oscillations and waves in non-uniform media ducts and wave guides. Provides detailed solution of examples of differential equations of the types covered in tomes l-5 of the set (Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations Six -volume Set)Includes physical and engineering problems that extend those presented in the tomes 1-6 (Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications to Trajectories and Vibrations Six-volume Set)Includes a classification of ordinary differential equations and their properties into 500 standards that can serve as a look-up table of methods of solutionCovers a recollection of 500 physical and engineering problems and sub-cases that involve the solution of differential equationsPresents the problems used as examples including formulation solution and interpretation of results

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Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia 2nd Edition Volume 1

Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia 2nd Edition Volume 1

Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia 2nd Edition is the updated expanded version of what has been described as a monumental classic work. This new edition contains more than 2 400 pages; 1 692 illustrations 96 of which are full-color photographs; 2 800 entries (topics); and 462 tables including a table of 2 500 food compositions. A comprehensive index enables you to find information quickly and easily. | Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia 2nd Edition Volume 1

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A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese

A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese

A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese. The dictionary presents 9 000 words organized thematically in approximately 300 different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful conversations with native Chinese speakers on a variety of topics from politics to business and from hobbies to education. Each vocabulary item is annotated with the most frequent collocations allowing learners to improve their fluency by storing new vocabulary in larger linguistic units. Cultural and linguistic tips enable learners to grasp the vocabulary more effectively and increase their awareness of Chinese culture embedded in the language. Review exercises are provided throughout to ensure learners have ample opportunity to practice the new material. This is a great resource for both independent study and classroom use and will be of interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike. For further understanding of Chinese expressions students are encouraged to read 500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions and 500 Common Chinese Idioms.

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Molecular Imaging in Oncology

Molecular Imaging in Oncology

With molecular imaging becoming one the fastest growing topics in medical schools Informa Healthcare presents Molecular Imaging in Oncology the first comprehensive reference on molecular imaging in oncology. Giving clinicians and researchers a greater understanding of the current field this text covers:instrumentation and techniquescancer imagingprobe designmolecular genetic imagingcellular processesclinical translationFilled with over 500 images of which more than 50 are in color illustrating diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities of molecular imaging in cancer this text outlines all procedures for radiologists radiology physicists and radiation oncologists in a concise single-source guide.

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Handbook of Silicon Semiconductor Metrology

Handbook of Silicon Semiconductor Metrology

Containing more than 300 equations and nearly 500 drawings photographs and micrographs this reference surveys key areas such as optical measurements and in-line calibration methods. It describes cleanroom-based measurement technology used during the manufacture of silicon integrated circuits and covers model-based critical dimension overlay acoustic film thickness dopant dose junction depth and electrical measurements; particle and defect detection; and flatness following chemical mechanical polishing. Providing examples of well-developed metrology capability the book focuses on metrology for lithography transistor capacitor and on-chip interconnect process technologies. | Handbook of Silicon Semiconductor Metrology

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Pig Health

Pig Health

Key features: Contains the contributions of international experts from the UK USA Australia Spain and Taiwan Includes over 1 500 high-quality illustrations Maintaining the health of pigs is vital in pig farming and production. This new book written by experts from around the world focuses on the health of pigs first with coverage of the disorders of pigs organised by clinical sign and body system. The book explores environmental medicine and then health maintenance. Treatment options are discussed emphasizing a reduction in antimicrobial use and an increased awareness of a holistic approach to treatment. The book includes over 1 500 high-quality illustrations to enhance the clinical description as well as a wealth of high-quality videos to test the reader in making differential diagnoses with treatment options. Quizzes at the end of each section also encourage reflective learning. Clinical examination of the individual pig and groups are covered along with environmental medicine making this the ideal reference for veterinary practitioners and students. Those interested in population medicine (poultry aquaculture cattle and small ruminant and apiaries) will particularly enjoy the holistic approach to veterinary medicine. All those who appreciate the many talents of pigs will enjoy the practical approach to managing the health of their animals. This book moves veterinary science forward promoting health rather than treating disease. It will be your number one reference for keeping your pigs healthy. | Pig Health

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Fitting Statistical Distributions The Generalized Lambda Distribution and Generalized Bootstrap Methods

Fitting Statistical Distributions The Generalized Lambda Distribution and Generalized Bootstrap Methods

Throughout the physical and social sciences researchers face the challenge of fitting statistical distributions to their data. Although the study of statistical modelling has made great strides in recent years the number and variety of distributions to choose from-all with their own formulas tables diagrams and general properties-continue to create problems. For a specific application which of the dozens of distributions should one use? What if none of them fit well?Fitting Statistical Distributions helps answer those questions. Focusing on techniques used successfully across many fields the authors present all of the relevant results related to the Generalized Lambda Distribution (GLD) the Generalized Bootstrap (GB) and Monte Carlo simulation (MC). They provide the tables algorithms and computer programs needed for fitting continuous probability distributions to data in a wide variety of circumstances-covering bivariate as well as univariate distributions and including situations where moments do not exist. Regardless of your specific field-physical science social science or statistics practitioner or theorist-Fitting Statistical Distributions is required reading. It includes wide-ranging applications illustrating the methods in practice and offers proofs of key results for those involved in theoretical development. Without it you may be using obsolete methods wasting time and risking incorrect results. | Fitting Statistical Distributions The Generalized Lambda Distribution and Generalized Bootstrap Methods

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The New Routledge & Van Dale Dutch Dictionary Dutch-English/English-Dutch

The New Routledge & Van Dale Dutch Dictionary Dutch-English/English-Dutch

This comprehensive and contemporary two-way dictionary is ideal for Dutch language learners and users at all levels. Key features of the dictionary include: • Over 33 000 Dutch entries • The use of colloquial and idiomatic language • Useful contextual information within glosses • Phonetic transcription for all Dutch headwords aiding pronunciation • Gender markers for all Dutch nouns • Appendix of Dutch irregular verbs • A clear layout and format for easy referencing This third edition has been systematically revised and updated throughout to provide: • 2 000 new headwords and definitions supported by 4 500 translations and helpful pronunciation aid • Expanded and updated information for a number of the previously existing headwords including the addition of 2 200 new examples | The New Routledge & Van Dale Dutch Dictionary Dutch-English/English-Dutch

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A History of Sports Coaching in Britain Overcoming Amateurism

A History of Sports Coaching in Britain Overcoming Amateurism

At the London Olympics in 2012 Team GB achieved a third place finish in the medals table. A key factor in this achievement was the high standard of contemporary British sports coaching. But how has British sports coaching transitioned from the amateur to the professional and what can the hitherto under-explored history of sports coaching in Britain tell us about both the early history of sport and about contemporary coaching practice? A History of Sports Coaching in Britain is the first book to attempt to examine the history of British sports coaching from its amateur roots in the deep nineteenth century to the high performance high status professional coaching cultures of today. The book draws on original primary source material including the lost coaching lives of key individuals in British coaching to trace the development of coaching in Britain. It assesses the continuing impact of the nineteenth-century amateur ethos throughout the twentieth century and includes important comparisons with developments in international coaching particularly in North America and the Eastern Bloc. The book also explores the politicisation of sport and the complicated interplay between politics and coaching practice and illuminates the origins of the structures organisations and philosophies that surround performance sport in Britain today. This book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of sport sports coaching sports development or the relationships between sport and wider society. | A History of Sports Coaching in Britain Overcoming Amateurism

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Foundations of Statistics for Data Scientists With R and Python

Foundations of Statistics for Data Scientists With R and Python

Foundations of Statistics for Data Scientists: With R and Python is designed as a textbook for a one- or two-term introduction to mathematical statistics for students training to become data scientists. It is an in-depth presentation of the topics in statistical science with which any data scientist should be familiar including probability distributions descriptive and inferential statistical methods and linear modeling. The book assumes knowledge of basic calculus so the presentation can focus on why it works as well as how to do it. Compared to traditional mathematical statistics textbooks however the book has less emphasis on probability theory and more emphasis on using software to implement statistical methods and to conduct simulations to illustrate key concepts. All statistical analyses in the book use R software with an appendix showing the same analyses with Python. Key Features: Shows the elements of statistical science that are important for students who plan to become data scientists. Includes Bayesian and regularized fitting of models (e. g. showing an example using the lasso) classification and clustering and implementing methods with modern software (R and Python). Contains nearly 500 exercises. The book also introduces modern topics that do not normally appear in mathematical statistics texts but are highly relevant for data scientists such as Bayesian inference generalized linear models for non-normal responses (e. g. logistic regression and Poisson loglinear models) and regularized model fitting. The nearly 500 exercises are grouped into Data Analysis and Applications and Methods and Concepts. Appendices introduce R and Python and contain solutions for odd-numbered exercises. The book's website (http://stat4ds. rwth-aachen. de/) has expanded R Python and Matlab appendices and all data sets from the examples and exercises. | Foundations of Statistics for Data Scientists With R and Python

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Relevant Acoustic Phonetics of L2 English Focus on Intelligibility

Relevant Acoustic Phonetics of L2 English Focus on Intelligibility

Intelligibility is the ultimate goal of human communication. However measuring it objectively remained elusive until the 1940s when physicist Harvey Fletcher pioneered a psychoacoustic methodology for doing so. Another physicist von Bekesy demonstrated clinically that Fletcher’s theory of Critical Bands was anchored in anatomical and auditory reality. Fletcher’s and Bekesy’s approach to intelligibility has revolutionized contemporary understanding of the processes involved in encoding and decoding speech signals. Their insights are applied in this book to account for the intelligibility of the pronunciation of 67 non-native speakers from the following language backgrounds –10 Arabic 10 Japanese 10 Korean 10 Mandarin 11 Serbian and Croatian the Slavic Group 6 Somali and 10 Spanish speakers who read the Speech Accent Archive elicitation paragraph. Their pronunciation is analyzed instrumentally and compared and contrasted with that of 10 native speakers of General American English (GAE) who read the same paragraph. The data-driven intelligibility analyses proposed in this book help answer the following questions: Can L2 speakers of English whose native language lacks a segment/segments or a suprasegment/ suprasegments manage to produce it/them intelligibly? If they cannot what segments or suprasegments do they use to substitute for it/them? Do the compensatory strategies used interfere with intelligibility? The findings reported in this book are based on nearly 12 000 measured speech tokens produced by all the participants. This includes some 2 000 vowels more than 500 stop consonants over 3 000 fricatives nearly 1 200 nasals about 1 500 approximants a over 1 200 syllables onsets as many as 800 syllable codas more than 1 600 measurement of F0/pitch and duration measurements of no fewer than 539 disyllabic words. These measurements are in keeping with Baken and Orlikoff (2000:3) and in accordance with widely accepted Just Noticeable Difference thresholds and relative functional load calculations provided by Catforda (1987). | Relevant Acoustic Phonetics of L2 English Focus on Intelligibility

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The Image Processing Handbook

The Image Processing Handbook

Consistently rated as the best overall introduction to computer-based image processing The Image Processing Handbook covers two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques image printing and storage methods image processing algorithms image and feature measurement quantitative image measurement analysis and more. Incorporating image processing and analysis examples at all scales from nano- to astro- this Seventh Edition: Features a greater range of computationally intensive algorithms than previous versions Provides better organization more quantitative results and new material on recent developments Includes completely rewritten chapters on 3D imaging and a thoroughly revamped chapter on statistical analysis Contains more than 1700 references to theory methods and applications in a wide variety of disciplines Presents 500+ entirely new figures and images with more than two-thirds appearing in color The Image Processing Handbook Seventh Edition delivers an accessible and up-to-date treatment of image processing offering broad coverage and comparison of algorithms approaches and outcomes.

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Stage Management

Stage Management

Now in its twelfth edition Stage Management is the comprehensive go-to manual on stage management in all theatre environments. Revered as the authoritative resource for stage management this text is rich with practical resources including checklists diagrams examples forms and step-by-step directions. In addition to sharing their own expertise Stern and Gold have gathered practical advice from working stage managers of Broadway off-Broadway touring companies regional community and 99-seat Equity waiver theatres. This new edition has been fully updated with new technology and best practices including: New websites for stage management tools and software Updated Equity rules Additional safety and emergency protocols New voices from practicing stage managers in text boxes and case studies scattered throughout the book. This practical guide is written for students of Stage Management in Theatre programs as well as early career stage managers. The companion website features paperwork templates downloadable checklists suggested readings a list of websites and apps with today’s cutting-edge stage management technology and a list of over 500 internships and apprenticeships available across the United States.

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Domestic Central Heating Wiring Systems and Controls

Domestic Central Heating Wiring Systems and Controls

This unique A-Z guide to central heating wiring systems provides a comprehensive reference manual for hundreds of items of heating and control equipment making it an indispensable handbook for electricians and installers across the country. The book provides comprehensive coverage of wiring and technical specifications and now includes increased coverage of combination boilers recently developed control features and SEDBUK (Seasonal Efficiency of Domestic Boilers in the UK) boilers ratings where known. In addition to providing concise details of nearly 500 different boilers fuelled by electric gas oil and solid fuel and over 400 programmers and time switches this invaluable resource also features numerous easy-to-understand wiring diagrams with notes on all definitive systems. Brief component descriptions are provided along with updated contact and website details for most major manufacturers. Ray Ward has spent over 20 years as a specialist in the field of wiring domestic central heating systems and the knowledge he has gained from hands-on experience and staff training is now brought together in this comprehensive handbook. | Domestic Central Heating Wiring Systems and Controls

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Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery

This book is a ‘go-to’ guide for postgraduate Orthopaedic examinations as well as for Orthopaedic surgeons for trauma and elective foot and ankle surgery. A streamlined approach ensures that the 22 core topics are covered in a succinct and practical way. Foot and ankle surgery is a vast topic that can be daunting to revise due to the complex and diverse nature of associated pathologies. This highly illustrated succinct text together with key learning points ensures a rapid understanding of all the essential elements of foot and ankle surgery. * Provides ‘need -to-know’ information for Orthopaedic surgeons * Assists with exam preparation for postgraduate exit exams such as the FRCS (Trauma & Orth) * Simple succinct and concise * Over 500 illustrations to aid learning * Accompanying website with MCQs and videos of clinical examination and surgical techniques Orthopaedic surgeons registrars and trainees other specialty doctors general practioners and physiotherapists with musculoskeletal interest and podiatrists will all find here ‘gold standard’ answers to foot and ankle conditions. | Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery

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Building Structures understanding the basics

Building Structures understanding the basics

This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals. follow the history of structural understanding; grasp the concepts of structural behaviour via step-by-step explanations; apply these concepts to a simple building; see how these concepts apply to real buildings from Durham Cathedral to the Bank of China; use these concepts to define the design process; see how these concepts inform design choices; understand how engineering and architecture have diverged and what effect this had; learn to do simple but relevant numerical calculations for actual structures; understand when dynamics are important; follow the development of progressive collapse prevention; enter the world of modern structural theory; see how computers can be used for structural analysis; learn how to organise and design a successful project. With more than 500 pages and over 1100 user-friendly diagrams this book is a must for anyone who would like to understand the fascinating world of structures. | Building Structures understanding the basics

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Self-Assessment for Vascular and Endovascular Specialists

Self-Assessment for Vascular and Endovascular Specialists

Including over 500 multiple choice questions covering a wide range of vascular disorders to test the skills of all vascular specialists. Suitable for postgraduate trainee vascular medicine internists interventional radiologists vascular surgeons and endovascular therapists as they prepare for exams or ensure that they remain up to date. Divided into 21 subject specific-sections and meticulously written and researched the questions and their accompanying rationales are enhanced by explanatory illustrations and supported by key references. Students and experienced clinicians will be prepared for both testing and teaching in all aspects of clinical practice. Advances in the treatment of vascular disease have played a significant role in rising life expectancy over the past 70 years resulting in lower morbidity mortality and quicker recoveries. However there remains an urgent challenge in controlling risk factors such as obesity sedentary lifestyles and tobacco abuse. As explosive growth in endovascular technology continues it is more important than ever for vascular specialists to remain proficient and stay up to date. | Self-Assessment for Vascular and Endovascular Specialists

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Innovation Commercialization and Start-Ups in Life Sciences

Innovation Commercialization and Start-Ups in Life Sciences

Innovation is a translation of a new method idea or product into reality and profit. It is a process of connected steps that accumulates into a brand reputation required for success. Unlike Fortune 500 companies whose projects are self-funded a start-up must simultaneously have a value proposition that attracts a customer (for revenue) investors (for capital) and acquirers (for a liquidity event or IPO). A high percentage of start-ups fail before attaining positive cashflow due to a variety of reasons that are detailed in this book. Avoiding the pitfalls and wrong turns are the goals of this book. Innovation Commercialization and Start-Ups in Life Sciences details the methodologies necessary to create a successful life science start-up from initiation to exit. Written by an expert who has worked with more nearly 500 life science start-ups this book discusses specific processes and investor milestones that must be navigated to align customer funder and acquirer needs. Successful commercialization requires attention to multiple constituents such as investors regulators and customers. Investors require liquidity for their return which is achieved through selling their stock in a public or private sale. The reader will gain an appreciation for the necessary data partnerships and skills needed to create a competitive and sustainable company. The author discusses such specific issues as customer problems demonstrating sales access and ensuring intellectual property is impervious to competitive advancement. This book is intended to be suitable for entrepreneurs venture capitalists and investors in both business and academic settings. These organizations have specific departments such as R&D operations business development legal regulatory and marketing that would also benefit from this book. FEATURES Focuses specifically on life science start-ups Examines how to determine a company valuation and future fundable milestones Explores how to align regulatory and clinical strategies Discusses intellectual property derived from a university or individual through formation to exit. Reviews how start‐ups must simultaneously meet the needs of multiple constituencies at once: investors regulators customers and exit candidates James F. Jordan is an author consultant and speaker. He is a Distinguished Service Professor of Healthcare & Biotechnology Management a former Fortune 100 executive and a managing director of a venture fund. Access the Support Material: https://healthcaredata. center/ Cover design by Sarah Mailhott.

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Mathematics Pocket Book for Engineers and Scientists

Mathematics Pocket Book for Engineers and Scientists

This compendium of essential formulae definitions tables and general information provides the mathematical information required by engineering students technicians scientists and professionals in day-to-day engineering practice. A practical and versatile reference source now in its fifth edition the layout has been changed and streamlined to ensure the information is even more quickly and readily available – making it a handy companion on-site in the office as well as for academic study. It also acts as a practical revision guide for those undertaking degree courses in engineering and science and for BTEC Nationals Higher Nationals and NVQs where mathematics is an underpinning requirement of the course. All the essentials of engineering mathematics – from algebra geometry and trigonometry to logic circuits differential equations and probability – are covered with clear and succinct explanations and illustrated with over 300 line drawings and 500 worked examples based in real-world application. The emphasis throughout the book is on providing the practical tools needed to solve mathematical problems quickly and efficiently in engineering contexts. John Bird’s presentation of this core material puts all the answers at your fingertips. | Mathematics Pocket Book for Engineers and Scientists

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The Green Studio Handbook Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design

The Green Studio Handbook Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design

The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive and user-friendly tool presents practical guidelines for the application of green strategies during the schematic design of buildings. Students and professionals can quickly get up to speed on system viability and sizing. Each of forty-three environmental strategies includes a brief description of principles and concepts step-by-step guidance for integrating the strategy during the early stages of design annotated tables and charts to assist with preliminary sizing key issues to consider when implementing the strategy and pointers to further resources. Ten new in-depth case studies illustrate diverse and successful green buildings integrated design projects and how the whole process comes together This third edition features updated tables and charts that will help to save energy water and material resources during the early stages of design. More than 500 sketches and full-color images illustrate how to successfully apply strategies. A glossary a project index listing 105 buildings in 20 countries updated tables and drawings and I-P and SI units increase the usefulness of The Green Studio Handbook. | The Green Studio Handbook Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design

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Advances in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2005 (2 vols) Selected Papers from the International Conference of Computation

Advances in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2005 (2 vols) Selected Papers from the International Conference of Computation

This volume brings together selected contributed papers presented at the International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE 2005) held in Greece 21 – 26 October 2005. The conference aims to bring together computational scientists from several disciplines in order to share methods and ideas. The ICCMSE is unique in its kind. It regroups original contributions from all fields of the traditional Sciences Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Medicine and all branches of Engineering. It would be perhaps more appropriate to define the ICCMSE as a conference on computational science and its applications to science and engineering. Topics of general interest are: Computational Mathematics Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry. Computational Engineering and Mechanics Computational Biology and Medicine Computational Geosciences and Meteorology Computational Economics and Finance Scientific Computation. High Performance Computing Parallel and Distributed Computing Visualization Problem Solving Environments Numerical Algorithms Modelling and Simulation of Complex System Web-based Simulation and Computing Grid-based Simulation and Computing Fuzzy Logic Hybrid Computational Methods Data Mining Information Retrieval and Virtual Reality Reliable Computing Image Processing Computational Science and Education etc. More than 800 extended abstracts have been submitted for consideration for presentation in ICCMSE 2005. From these 500 have been selected after international peer review by at least two independent reviewers. | Advances in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2005 (2 vols) Selected Papers from the International Conference of Computation

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Structures by Design Thinking Making Breaking

Structures by Design Thinking Making Breaking

*Winner of the 2021 TAA Textbook Excellence Award* Honorable Mention of the 2021 BTES Book Award Structures by Design: Thinking Making Breaking is a new type of structures textbook for architects who prefer to learn using the hands-on creative problem-solving techniques typically found in a design studio. Instead of presenting structures as abstract concepts defined by formulas and diagrams this book uses a project-based approach to demonstrate how a range of efficient effective and expressive architectural solutions can be generated tested and revised. Each section of the book is focused on a particular manner by which structural resistance is provided: Form (Arches and Cables) Sections (Beams Slabs and Columns) Vectors (Trusses and Space Frames) Surfaces (Shells and Plates) and Frames (Connections and High-Rises). The design exercises featured in each chapter use the Think Make Break method of reiterative design to develop and evaluate different structural options. A variety of structural design tools will be used including the human body physical models historical precedents static diagrams traditional formulae and advanced digital analysis. The book can be incorporated into various course curricula and studio exercises because of the flexibility of the format and range of expertise required for these explorations. More than 500 original illustrations and photos provide example solutions and inspiration for further design exploration. | Structures by Design Thinking Making Breaking

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Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species

Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species—the first catalogue of its kind—covers all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012 comprising 3 509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera. Also included are 54 genera and 302 species that are dubious or invalid resulting in recognition of 705 genera and 4 085 species. Features: Alphabetical listings by genus and species Individual accounts for each genus and species Detailed data on type specimens and type localities All subspecies synonyms and proposed snake names Distribution of species by country province and elevation Distribution of fossils by country and geological periods Major taxonomic references for each genus and species Appendix with major references for each country Complete bibliography of all references cited in text and appendix Index of 12 500 primary snake names The data on type specimens includes museum and catalog number length and sex and collector and date. The listed type localities include restrictions and corrections. The bibliography provides complete citations of all references cited in the text and appendix and taxonomic comments are given in the remarks sections. This standard reference supplies a scientific academic and professional treatment of snakes—appealing to conservationists and herpetologists as well as zoologists naturalists hobbyists researchers and teachers. | Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species

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Lexicon of Pulse Crops

Lexicon of Pulse Crops

Lexicon of Pulse Crops integrates botanical and linguistic data to analyze and interpret the grain legume significance from the earliest archaeological and written records until the present day. Aimed at both agronomic and linguistic research communities this book presents a database containing 9 500 common names in more than 900 languages and dialects of all ethnolinguistic families denoting more than 1 100 botanical taxa of 14 selected pulse crop genera and species. The book begins with overviews of the world’s economically most important grain legume crops and their uncultivated relatives as well as the world’s language families with their inner structure including both extinct and living members. The main section of the text presents 14 specialized book chapters covering Arachis Cajanus Cicer Ervum Faba Glycine Lablab Lathyrus Lens Lupinus Phaseolus Pisum Vicia and Vigna. They provide the reader with extensive lists of the botanically accepted species and subtaxa and surveys lexicological abundance in all world’s ethnolinguistic families comprising extinct and living as well as natural and constructed languages while the vernacular names for the most significant taxa are presented in comprehensive tables. Each of these chapters also presents the existing etymologies and novel approaches to deciphering the origins of common names accompanied by one original color plate depicting possible root evolutions in the form of corresponding pulse crop plants.

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Advanced Number Theory with Applications

Advanced Number Theory with Applications

Exploring one of the most dynamic areas of mathematics Advanced Number Theory with Applications covers a wide range of algebraic analytic combinatorial cryptographic and geometric aspects of number theory. Written by a recognized leader in algebra and number theory the book includes a page reference for every citing in the bibliography and more than 1 500 entries in the index so that students can easily cross-reference and find the appropriate data. With numerous examples throughout the text begins with coverage of algebraic number theory binary quadratic forms Diophantine approximation arithmetic functions p-adic analysis Dirichlet characters density and primes in arithmetic progression. It then applies these tools to Diophantine equations before developing elliptic curves and modular forms. The text also presents an overview of Fermat’s Last Theorem (FLT) and numerous consequences of the ABC conjecture including Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem Hall’s conjecture the Erdös–Mollin-–Walsh conjecture and the Granville–Langevin Conjecture. In the appendix the author reviews sieve methods such as Eratothesenes’ Selberg’s Linnik’s and Bombieri’s sieves. He also discusses recent results on gaps between primes and the use of sieves in factoring. By focusing on salient techniques in number theory this textbook provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive material for a second course in this field. It prepares students for future study at the graduate level.

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