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The Confederados
Old South Immigrants in Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 1998
This collection of essays--which also includes a previously unpublished narrative by an original settler-- examines the fascinating experiences of southern Confederate exiles in Brazil and their continuing legacy.
During the late 1860s Southerners dissatisfied with the outcome of the Civil...
by Charles S. White, Linda B. Haramati, Joseph Jen-Sho Chen
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Based on the learning goals of the Society of Thoracic Radiology Curriculum in Cardiac Radiology, Cardiac Imaging presents core knowledge that must be learned to accurately and effectively interpret cardiac imaging studies. This book imparts essential facts about all imaging modalities and the basics...
Neo-Environmental Determinism
Geographical Critiques
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This book pulls together major critiques of contemporary attempts to explain nature-society relations in an environmentally deterministic way. After defining key terms, it reviews the history of environmental determinism’s rise and fall within geography in the early twentieth century. It discusses...
by Donald Chubb, B.S.E., M.S.E. and Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2007
This is a text book presenting the fundamentals of thermophotovoltaic(TPV) energy conversion suitable for an upper undergraduate or first year graduate course. In addition it can serve as a reference or design aid for engineers developing TPV systems. Each chapter includes a summary and concludes...
¿Antes o después de la independencia?
La comprensión lectora de textos informativos en la escuela primaria
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Examina las formas como los alumnos de primaria recuperan la información contenida en textos informativos de trama narrativa. A partir de este análisis, este libro ofrece a los docentes herramientas didácticas y teóricas que ayudan a los alumnos a desarrollar estrategias de construcción de significado.
by Ennio Arimondo, Chun C. Lin, Paul R. Berman
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics publishes reviews of recent developments in a field that is in a state of rapid growth, as new experimental and theoretical techniques are used on many old and new problems. Topics covered include related applied areas, such as atmospheric science,...
Principles of Optics
Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 1999
Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past 40 years. The new edition is the first ever thoroughly revised and expanded edition of this standard text. Among the new material, much of which...
by M.B. Kirkham
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2004
Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations combines biology and physics to show how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. This text explores the instrumentation and the methods used to measure the status of water in soil and plants. Principles are clearly presented with the aid...
by M. Aulice Scibioh, B. Viswanathan
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Carbon Dioxide to Chemicals and Fuels provides a snapshot of the present status of this rapidly growing field, examining ongoing breakthroughs in research and development, motivations, innovations and their respective impacts and perspectives. It also covers in detail the existing technical barriers...
Decision Making in Health and Medicine
Integrating Evidence and Values
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic uncertainties. Medical therapies have side effects, surgical interventions may lead to complications, and diagnostic tests can produce misleading results. Furthermore, patient values and...
by M.B Mensky
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Advances in technology are taking the accuracy of macroscopic as well as microscopic measurements close to the quantum limit, for example, in the attempts to detect gravitational waves. Interest in continuous quantum measurements has therefore grown considerably in recent years. Continuous Quantum...
by Chun C. Lin, Ennio Arimondo, Paul R. Berman
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006
Volume 54 of the Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Series contains ten contributions, covering a diversity of subject areas in atomic, molecular and optical physics. The article by Regal and Jin reviews the properties of a Fermi degenerate gas of cold potassium atoms in the crossover...
Detrital Gypsum Forms in the Nigerian (Southern) Sector of Chad Basin: A Criteria for interpretation in Nigeria's inland basins
Implication of Detrital Gypsum Forms in Sedimentary Basins
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2007 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (School of Science), course: Geology, language: English, abstract: The upper beds of Coniacian to early Maastrichtian Fika Shales are exposed...
Atlas of Trauma/ Emergency Surgical Techniques E-Book
A Volume in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Atlas of Trauma/Emergency Surgical Techniques, a title in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series, presents state-of-the-art updates on the full range of trauma and emergency surgical techniques performed today. Drs. Cioffi and Asensio, along with numerous other internationally recognized general surgeons,...