BOOKS with Alphabet I (Ia, Ib,Ic, Id, Ie…... )

Overview: Clear and concise introduction to the low velocity, high velocity, and ballistic impacts.Provides good background on the mechanics of composite materials.Numerous references for further studiesThe book provides an introduction to the mechanics of composite materials, written for graduate students and practitioners in industry. It examines ways to model the impact event, to determine the size and severity of the damage and discusses general trends observed during experiments.978-3-7091-1111-6978-3-7091-0523-8Series ISSN 0254-1971 Series E-ISSN 2309-3706

Overview: Theoretically comprehensive, because all case studies are analysed from one comprehensive policy science perspective (namely the policy arrangement approach).Theoretically innovative, since the policy.Environmental policy in its broadest context has been significantly revitalized and renewed during the last two decades. That observation is nothing new, attested to by the number of publications, conferences and both private and public projects that have been initiated. However, our understanding of the dynamics of this renewal has generally been informed by studies on single policies

Overview: Imparts a quantitative understanding of the roles seasonality and population behavior play in the spread of a disease;.Illustrates formulation and theoretical analysis of mathematical disease models a.This volume presents infectious diseases modeled mathematically, taking seasonality and changes in population behavior into account, using a switched and hybrid systems framework. The scope of coverage includes background on mathematical epidemiology, including classical formulations and results; a motivation for seasonal effects and changes in population behavior, an investigation into

Overview: A companion book to International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism.Offers hundreds of direct quotes from individuals from eight major regions of the world.Demonstrates a grounded theory analysiHow do ordinary people from different regions around the world define peace and reconciliation? What factors do they think are necessary for promoting reconciliation between countries? Do they believe that individuals have a right to protest against war and in favor of peace? Do they believe that apologies can improve the chances of reconciliation? What do they think are the best ways fo

Overview: Includes supplementary material: 978-3-540-42337-9978-3-540-44576-0Series ISSN 0075-8434 Series E-ISSN 1617-9692

Overview: This book provides a sound insight into the complex and wide ranging field of building services. It will appeal as a textbook to HND students of building services engineering as well as to undergraduate students of quantity and building surveying, estate management, building, and architecture and related disciplines, all of whom are normally required to take an introductory course in building servicesIn this thoroughly revised new edition, which has been fully updated, both the theoretical and practical content has been expanded. In particular, the chapters covering cold water provis

Overview: 978-3-662-28206-9978-3-662-29720-9

Overview: Presents a comprehensive overview of the topics relevant to Industry 4.0.Provides special emphasis on small industries.Discusses the present and future implications of innovations in manufacturing tecThis book provides an overview of the burgeoning next generation of industry- Industry 4.0, which promises to increase flexibility in manufacturing in tandem with mass communication, improved productivity and better quality. This volume provides a comprehensive and holistic overview of intelligent manufacturing, process planning, assessment of product development opportunities, aspects o

Overview: Provides a concise easy to understand primer that contains expert-level knowledge.Enables the reader to identify and fully understand the key areas in the field of ionising radiation protection.Offers.This concise yet comprehensive primer on ionising radiation protection includes chapters on foundational nuclear physics, radiation units, the biological effects of radiation exposure, radiation risk and epidemiological studies, internal and external radiation hazards, background radiation, radioactive waste management, and radiation detection. The background knowledge to understand eac

Overview: Einziger aktueller einb?diger Kommentar zum IPR..Darstellung der praxisrelevanten Probleme von F?len mit Auslandsber?rung..Aufgrund der zunehmenden Internationalisierung des Rechtsverkehrs gewinnt das Internationale Privatrecht in der Praxis immer gr??ere Bedeutung. Gleichwohl existiert bislang kein einb?ndiger Kommentar, der sich allein mit dem Internationalen Privatrecht besch?ftigt. Diese Lücke?soll durch das vorliegende Werk gefüllt werden. Der Kommentar behandelt?das gesamte deutsche Internationale Privatrecht. Im Vordergrund stehen die?Vorschriften der Art. 3-46 EGBGB. Es werde

Overview: Differential Geometry from an extrinsic and an intrinsic view point.One semester lecture course for students of mathematics or STEM disciplines.Contains a lot of examples and exercisesThis textbook is suitable for a one semester lecture course on differential geometry for students of mathematics or STEM disciplines with a working knowledge of analysis, linear algebra, complex analysis, and point set topology. The book treats the subject both from an extrinsic and an intrinsic view point..The first chapters give a historical overview of the field and contain an introduction to basic c

Overview: The area of virtual organizations, and industrial virtual enterprises in particular, is attracting a large and growing interest both in terms of the research and development and the implementation of new business practices. An ever-increasing number of international projects and national initiatives have been launched recently. Most of the earlier efforts are focused on the development of supporting infrastructures, although more and more initiatives now pursue the exploitation of this concept in business terms. Being a recent research and development area, and in spite of the mentio

Overview: Offers readers an exhaustive, structured approach to the main principles and practice of interaction as they relate to storytelling.Written by an international group of research specialists in the fieDigital News Media (DNM) are characterized by their efforts to provide consumers with new content interaction experiences, which contrast with the more passive experiences provided by traditional news media. This book directly addresses these interaction experiences, taking the reader from underlying principles to actual practices. To meet this objective, the book undertakes a characteri

Overview: Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in ScopeIt Takes a Village: A Collaborative Assault on the Struggling Reader Dilemma has a wellspring of incredibly useful information for teacher educators, pre-service and in-service teachers alike.It shows quite clearly that preparing effective reading teachers while addressing issues related to (a) readers who struggle (b) parental inclusion, and (c) the inclusion of the wider community can be done quite successfully.This book puts readers in touch with compelling insights into the importance of parental inclusion in the

Overview: Offers a concise "textbook-like" approach with many graphs and tables to support explanations in the text.Covers the topic comprehensively, including the fundamental drivers of peak oil and the often-.This book examines the physical andeconomic characteristics of the global oil resource to explain why peak oil hasbeen so poorly understood. The author draws on information held in oil industrydatasets that are not widely available outside of the specialist literature,and describes a number of methods that have been successfully used to predictoil peaks. In contrast to the widely-held v

Overview: Introduces ReScript, a functional language for web applications development.Learn how to effectively use powerful features such as type inference, pattern matching, and algebraic data types.Includes eThis book serves as a succinct guide on ReScript, a functional language for building web applications. Using examples of ReScript language features along with explanations of fundamental concepts in functional programming, this book will show web developers with a background in JavaScript how to effectively use ReScript to its full potential. . . In .Introducing ReScript., you‘ll learn h

Overview: Einzigartige Kombination aus kindgerechter Geschichte und gut verst?ndlichen Fachinformationen für Eltern.Mit Tipps zum Umgang mit Betroffenen und weiteren Informationen zu Therapie und HilfsangebotenJedes Buch der Serie vom kleinen Igel Igelino thematisiert eine h?ufige psychische Erkrankung im Kindesalter. Die Geschichten und Erkl?rungen sind auf kindgerechte, enttabuisierende Weise gestaltet..Mit diesem Ratgeber erhalten Eltern und Angeh?rige die M?glichkeit, mit Hilfe der Geschichte von Igelino, ihren noch jungen Kindern altersgerecht die menschliche Psyche im Falle einer Depress

Overview: Umfassender überblick zu den Herausforderungen an eine moderne Staatsanwaltschaft.Einführung und überblick durch Wissenschaftler und Praktiker.Systematische Bestandsaufnahme.In diesem Band setzen sich Autorinnen und Autoren aus der Wissenschaft und/oder staatsanwaltschaftlichen Praxis aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln mit der Entwicklung, der Rolle, dem aktuellen Zustand und den Anforderungen an eine moderne Staatsanwaltschaft im hierarchischen Gefüge auseinander und versuchen, Wege für eine künftige Ausrichtung sowie eine Absicherung der Staatsanwaltschaft in Deutschland als ?W?cht

Overview: Combines theory with real-world practices.Provides qualitative and quantitative analysis.The first English-language publication on this subject.West meets East: Both Western and Eastern literatures anThis book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson’s AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business firms. China’s development experience offers a valuable case study that can provide readers deeper insights into this comparatively young discipline, and into China. Though the discipline of systems engineering and its application to hardwar

Overview: Paves the way for the cross-disciplinary comparison of imaginary worlds.Combines insights from anthropology and literature studies.Explores why imaginary worlds have become so popular in the contemporIn this work, the author contends that we should create a comparative framework for the study of imaginary worlds in the?social sciences. Making use of extended examples from both science fiction and fantasy fiction, as well as the living?movement of steampunk, the reader is invited to an argument about how best to define imaginary worlds and approach them?as social locations for qualita