Industries Professions category: 12443 books
On the Cancer Frontier
One Man, One Disease, and a Medical Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
In 1950, a diagnosis of cancer was all but a death sentence. Mortality rates only got worse, and as late as 1986, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine lamented: We are losing the war against cancer.” Cancer is one of humankind's oldest and most persistent enemies; it has been called...
Small Change, Big Gains
Reflections of an Energy Entrepreneur
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Small Change, Big Gains: Reflections of an Energy Entrepreneur introduces climate change economics and provides recommendations on how to develop feasible pathways to a sustainable energy future. Mr. Stoner examines the global energy supply as if it was a single portfolio of assets, and shows it is...
Indoor Thermal Comfort Perception
A Questionnaire Approach Focusing on Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Providing a methodology for evaluating indoor thermal comfort with a focus on children, this book presents an in-depth examination of children’s perceptions of comfort. Divided into two sections, it first presents a history of thermal comfort, the human body and environmental parameters, common...
by Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with industrial societies have a lengthy history, and our purpose in the proposed book is not to catalogue this...
Business Models for Renewable Energy Initiatives
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
The burning of fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gasses critically impacts the global environment. By utilizing better techniques and process, businesses can aid in the journey to an economic, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly future for generations to come. Business Models for Renewable...
Energy Policies for Sustainable Development Strategies
The Case of Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
In this book, a number of long-term energy scenarios are developed for Nigeria considering the impact of vital factors that may influence energy policies in the country’s future energy system. The energy scenarios were developed through the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP) model....
Building a Sustainable Energy Future
The Greater Mekong Subregion
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
An integrated, prosperous, and equitable Mekong subregion is the vision of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program. Developing the energy sector is critical to realizing this vision. The results of the formal energy modeling exercise make a strong case for pursuing an integrated...
The Shipbroker's Working Knowledge
Dry Cargo Chartering in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
The Shipbroker’s working knowledge is a book for employees involved in the shipping industry and particularly those dealing or about to deal with the chartering of dry cargo ships. It provides personal knowledge that the author gained during the performance of his duties in the various departments...
by Gordon Boyd, Mr Leslie Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This is a fully revised, new edition on the topic of instrumentation and control systems and their application to marine engineering for professional trainees studying Merchant Navy Marine Engineering Certificates of Competency (CoC) as well as Electrical/Marine Engineering undergraduate students....
Soap Opera
The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
As the maker of Ivory soap, Tide detergent, and Crest toothpaste, Procter & Gamble is a household name. It is America’s thirteenth largest company, lauded by business schools as a model for success. But behind P&G’s wholesome image is a control-obsessed company so paranoid that Wall Street...
Dirty Tricks
British Airways' Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic was valued at over £1.2 billion when he sold a 49% stake to Singapore Airlines in 1999. This was an extraordinary achievement for an airline that began life in 1984 with one plane. Virgin Atlantic became one of the world's top airlines only after surviving an incredible...
by Janet Amber
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2018
Thank you for your interest in this booklet. The "The Basics" series, is a series of booklets designed to help you get the basics or foundations about a subject. Time is one of our most precious resources and as such it does not comeback, for that reason the Amber siblings have created...
An Untidy Life
What I Saw at the Media Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
A brilliantly evocative memoir from the golden age of newspaper publishing, from a man who helped define our modern media.
Les Hinton was 15 when he first worked for Rupert Murdoch, and Murdoch’s “empire” was a single evening newspaper. In the next half century, he travelled the world...
Valley of Genius
The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all back to our roots in the counterculture, and will remind us of the true nature of the innovation process, before we tried to tame it with slogans and buzzwords." -- Po Bronson, #1 New York Times...