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Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
In sharp contrast to the “melting pot” reputation of the United States, the American South—with its history of slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement—has been perceived in stark and simplistic demographic terms. In Far East, Down South, editors Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant,...
by Estelle M.H. Merrill
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Cambridge, Massachusetts: the home to Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT), and the Charles River. Originally founded as Newtowne, Cambridge is well known today for its institutions of higher learning, and as a hub of intellectualism. Although Harvard and MIT contribute much to...
by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
These counterexamples, arranged according to difficulty or sophistication, deal mostly with the part of analysis known as "real variables," starting at the level of calculus. The first half of the book concerns functions of a real variable; topics include the real number system, functions and limits,...
Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully, 2e
Solutions for Reaching Struggling Learners, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Unlock math concepts for struggling learners with the expanded new edition of this bestselling text, ideal for both preservice and in-service educators. Filled with invaluable tips, tools, and research-based strategies for Grades K-12, this comprehensive resource fully prepares teachers to demystify...
Corporate Governance and Investment Management
The Promises and Limitations of the New Financial Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
Shareholder engagement with publicly listed companies is often seen as a key means to monitor corporate malpractices. In this book, the authors examine the corporate governance roles of key institutional investors in UK corporate equity, including pension funds, insurance companies, collective investment...
Southern Illinois University at 150 Years
Growth, Accomplishments, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major...
by H. Kriesi, D. Bochsler, J. Matthes
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the models of contemporary democracy; its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites; its empirically existing varieties and its two major challenges - globalization and mediatization. The book also covers the global spread of democracy and its spread into supranational democracies.
by Wei Shyy, H. S. Udaykumar, Madhukar M. Rao
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This text describes several computational techniques that can be applied to a variety of problems in thermo-fluid physics, multi-phase flow, and applied mechanics involving moving flow boundaries. Step-by-step discussions of numerical procedures include multiple examples that employ algorithms in problem-solving.In...
The DelFly
Design, Aerodynamics, and Artificial Intelligence of a Flapping Wing Robot
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence. Readers can explore these topics in the context of the "Delfly", a flapping wing robot designed at Delft University in The Netherlands.
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Power System Dynamics and Stability
With Synchrophasor Measurement and Power System Toolbox
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Classic power system dynamics text now with phasor measurement and simulation toolbox
This new edition addresses the needs of dynamic modeling and simulation relevant to power system planning, design, and operation, including a systematic derivation of synchronous machine dynamic models together...
The State and Healthcare
Comparing OECD Countries
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the convergence toward hybrid forms of healthcare systems.
Carbonates in Continental Settings
Geochemistry, Diagenesis and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organization of the book first emphasizes the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits...
by Y.H. Venus Lun, Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Alexander M. Goulielmos
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
The first volume in a new Springer Series on Shipping and Transport Logistics, Oil Transport Management provides a full historical account of the evolution of the oil transport industry since the 1800's. In this comprehensive guide, the authors investigate the industry and describe the shipping market...
by M. Hickman, N. Mai, H. Crowley
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day lives in ways that they find positive and viable.