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Traces of the Sage
Monument, Materiality, and the First Temple of Confucius
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) in Qufu is the definitive monument to the world's greatest sage. From its humble origins deep in China's past, the home of Confucius grew in size and stature under the auspices of almost every major dynasty until it was the largest and most richly endowed temple...
Optics for Ophthalmologists
A Board-Review Manual
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This manual is written to assist the student of optics or the ophthalmology resi dent in reviewing optics. It is particularly suitable as an optics Board review. However, it was not intended to accomplish the far greater task of encompassing the entire field of geometric optics or even of teaching...
Geriatric Psychiatry Study Guide
Mastering the Competencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2018
Trainees in subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry and general psychiatry need to master core competencies in geriatric psychiatry in order to practice. This book is designed to provide short-answer question-based learning centering around the core curriculum topics in geriatric psychiatry and is primarily...
Keeping up with the Egyptians
Building Pyramids (Revised)
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
Have you ever heard a “good” theory on how to build an Egyptian pyramid? Did they use a huge ramp? Was it aliens….or giants? What does the evidence reveal? Within these pages, it is easy to see, using skilled people, common materials, reasonable thinking and a good plan. That it is possible...
Atmospheric Radiation
A Primer with Illustrative Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
This textbook is a first-look at radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres with a particular focus on the Earth's atmosphere and climate. It covers the basics of the radiative transfer of sunlight, treating absorption and scattering, and the transfer of the thermal infrared. The examples included...
Engaging and Transforming Global Communication through Cultural Discourse Analysis
A Tribute to Donal Carbaugh
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Global communication can be difficult in the best of circumstances. The contributors in this book take seriously the premise that one can examine communication within specific global settings and scenes with the goal of ensuring that the meanings made among those within specific communities is more...
by David Robert Stauffer, Jeanne Trinko Mechler, Michael A. Sorna
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
The simplest method of transferring data through the inputs or outputs of a silicon chip is to directly connect each bit of the datapath from one chip to the next chip. Once upon a time this was an acceptable approach. However, one aspect (and perhaps the only aspect) of chip design which has not...
The Human–Animal Boundary
Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Throughout the centuries philosophers and poets alike have defended an essential difference—rather than a porous transition—between the human and animal. Attempts to assign essential properties to humans (e.g., language, reason, or morality) often reflected ulterior aims to defend a privileged...
Sleep Soundly!
Natural Solutions for a Good Night's Sleep
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
SLEEP SOUNDLY If you are one of millions of adults who suffer from insufficient or troubled sleep, worry no more. SLEEP SOUNDLY offers you a wealth of easy, practical, natural ways to help you get a better night’s sleep—without reliance on sleep drugs. The latest research tells us that adults live...
Environmental Considerations Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing Operations
Adjusting to the Shale Revolution in a Green World
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2019
A guide to environmental and communication issues related to fracking and the best approach to protect communities
Environmental Considerations Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing Operations offers a much-needed resource that explores the complex challenges of fracking by providing an understanding...
Media Research Methods
Understanding Metric and Interpretive Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Media Research Methods: Understanding Metric and Interpretive Approaches brings the insights of a senior theorist, methodologist, and critic to the classroom. Departing from the methods recipe approach, the text explains the reasons behind the methods and makes the connections to theory and knowledge...
by Richard A. Boisvert, James W. Bradley, John G. Crock
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
The Far Northeast, a peninsula incorporating the six New England states, New York east of the Hudson, Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces, provided the setting for a distinct chapter in the peopling of North America. Late Pleistocene Archaeology...
integrating Marker Passing and Problem Solving
A Spreading Activation Approach To Improved Choice in Planning
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
A recent area of interest in the Artificial Intelligence community has been the application of massively parallel algorithms to enhance the choice mechanism in traditional AI problems. This volume provides a detailed description of how marker-passing -- a parallel, non-deductive, spreading activation...
by James A. Janke
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
Rancher Jason McHenry struggled against Apaches, bandits, disease, drought, and hardship in Arizona for five years and finally gave up. He sells his ranch and heads for Chicago to work in the stockyards. The first leg of his journey is in a stagecoach with five other passengers: a fellow rancher heading...