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This new edition has been extensively revised to reflect the progress in error control coding over the past few years. Over 60% of the material has been completely reworked, and 30% of the material is original. Convolutional, turbo, and low density parity-check (LDPC) coding and polar codes in...

It is our conviction that professional skill in forestry will develop more readily and more efficiently if forestry students are presented with a clear understanding of the im­ pact of the physical factors that both enhance and inhibit forestry activities. Part I is analytic, written as a basic text...

This book explores the extent to which fuzzy set logic can overcome some of the shortcomings of public choice theory, particularly its inability to provide adequate predictive power in empirical studies. Especially in the case of social preferences, public choice theory has failed to produce the set...

Aquatic ecosystem assessment is a rapidly developing field, and one of the newer approaches to assessing the condition of rivers and lakes is the Reference Condition Approach. This is a significant advancement in biomonitoring because it solves the problem of trying to locate nearby control or reference...

Understanding the key components of the diagnosis, assessment and management of inflammatory arthritis patients is essential to improving patient care. This book aims to cover these areas. It places inflammatory arthritis into a historical context; deals with the epidemiology, pathology, clinical...

In The Economics of Higher Education in the United States, editors Thomas Adam and A. Burcu Bayram have assembled five essays, adapted from the fifty-second annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series, that focus on the increasing cost of college—a topic that causes great anxiety among students,...

The definitive, step-by-step guide for conducting teacher rounds! With teacher rounds, educators benefit from the observant peer learning that’s common in other demanding fields. From practical strategies to ready-to-use templates, this invaluable book offers a complete toolkit for leading...

Apart from Hotine's work on Mathematical Geodesy, several previously unpublished reports are collected in this monograph, complemented by extensive comments on these contributions and a complete bibliography of Hotine by the editor.

Reality television remains a pervasive form of television programming within our culture. The new mantra is go big or go home, be weird or be invisible. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty, for example,are arguably two of the most compelling reality television programs currently airing because...

Images et mirages des migrations dans les littératures et les cinémas d'Afrique francophone évoque les thèmes de l'errance et de l'exil dans les productions littéraires et cinématographiques d'Afrique et de la diaspora. Comment se négocient les notions d'espace de soi versus espace de l'autre...

In this charming chapter book for early readers, Tony Taylor leaves behind the bright lights of New York City to visit his grandparents on their farm in rural Maryland for the summer. Tony enjoys having plenty of room to run and play. He goes fishing and hiking, and spends time doing chores with his...

One year ago, Syndicessca Jeannie entered the Facility looking for a fresh start, trying to escape a varied past that wouldnt let go. As she struggles with her education, she has to also confront the scrutiny of several members of the Facilitys mysterious board. With the arrival of a young potentially...

The world ended three thousand years ago. The surface is empty and dead, and mankind only survived by carving their new cities and towns in great sinkholes called Krads. In one of these Krads, a man named Tarn guards the town against the threats of the world beneath them. On one mission gone wrong,...

WITCH IN THE WIND is BOOK 1 of a family saga wrapped in mystery and magic. *What will it take to stop the corrupt Council of Master Witches from destroying The Otherland— with the mortal realm as collateral damage? According to an ancient prophecy in this light paranormal mystery series,...