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Fluorine
Chemistry, Analysis, Function and Effects
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Fluorine is best known for its role in the prevention of cavities and in improving oral and bone health however equally there are millions of people around the world suffering from dental fluorosis due to chronic exposure to high levels of fluoride in drinking water. This volume, written by leading...
by Barry B. Hughes, Evan E. Hillebrand
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
"People who run cities like to play Simcity to find out how impossible their jobs are. Hughes gives everyone a chance to play a kind of Simplanet, with outcomes far more complex and uncertain. In the process, the book and the computer program provide a coherent path to understanding an anarchic...
Modeling Materials
Continuum, Atomistic and Multiscale Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Material properties emerge from phenomena on scales ranging from Angstroms to millimeters, and only a multiscale treatment can provide a complete understanding. Materials researchers must therefore understand fundamental concepts and techniques from different fields, and these are presented in a comprehensive...
Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
From Fundamental Concepts to Governing Equations
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics are foundational theories of many fields of science and engineering. This book presents a fresh perspective on these fundamental topics, connecting micro- and nanoscopic theories and emphasizing topics relevant to understanding solid-state thermo-mechanical behavior....
Algebra '...the way to do it'
Algebra Maths Revision eBook
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
ALGEBRA '...the way to do it' (170 pages) is a revision study of algebra from foundations up to approximately GCE Advanced Subsidiary level (Age 17 years) It contains good, clearly - explained teaching text, worked examples and exercises (with fully - worked answers), 'building' algebra from basics...
A Focus on Fractions
Bringing Research to the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
A Focus on Fractions is a groundbreaking effort to make the mathematics education research on how students develop their understanding of fraction concepts readily accessible and understandable to pre- and in-service K– 8 mathematics educators. Using extensive annotated samples of student work,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
From improved varieties to local applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...
Cosmopolitanism and Tourism
Rethinking Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet...
Marijuana 360
Differing Perspectives on Legalization
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana when voters passed Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act. Since then, 24 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Four states, including Alaska, Oregon, Colorado...
A Short Guide to Brain Imaging
The Neuroscience of Human Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Brain imaging has revolutionised the field of Psychology - once more concerned with IQ tests, reaction times and questionnaires. Most Psychology departments now have access to an MRI scanner - some have even renamed themselves as departments of cognitive neuroscience. Yet brain imaging can be a minefield,...
Communication Research Measures II
A Sourcebook
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in newer subdisciplines in communication, including...
by E. B. Ferson
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains complete directions for making a chiming tower clock. With simple, clear instructions and complete working drawings, this volume will be of utility to those with an interest in making clocks and timepieces. "The Tower Clock and How to Make it" is ideal for those with little...
by Arthur A. Meyerhoff, I. Taner, A.E.L. Morris
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
TECTONlCS AND PHYSICS Geology, although rooted in the laws of physics, rarely has been taught in a manner designed to stress the relations between the laws and theorems of physics and the postulates of geology. The same is true of geophysics, whose specialties (seismology, gravimetIy, magnetics, magnetotellurics)...
by E. B. Walters
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
A woman on the verge of falling apart…
Born to a Las Vegas showgirl, fashion designer Faith Fitzgerald’s childhood was not easy, until her father found her and whisked her off to L.A. to join his wealthy family. So doing anything that dishonors his name is not an option. When a close family...