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This book contains state-of-the-art information in the emerging field of environmental forensics. Exemplified through real case studies, it provides an up-to-date overview of main environmental forensics techniques. Emphasizing methodologies targeting both the contaminant and the associated environmental matrix, it presents a variety of challenging situations and offers appropriate solutions through practical application of forensic techniques. The book is meant to function as a "road map" and it presents users with a comprehensive forensic toolkit and the knowledge of how to use it in challenging situations.

This book provides an overview of the key aspects of combustion¿including chemical kinetics, premixed flame, diffusion flame, and liquid droplet combustion¿followed by a discussion of the general elements of measurement systems and data acquisition and analysis. Building upon this foundation, the text proceeds to address measurements, instruments, analyses, and diagnostics specific to experimental combustion. It not only describes the construction, working principles, application areas, and limitations of the necessary instruments, but also details the procedure for uncertainty analysis in practical combustion experiments.

This book covers the physical basis of high-voltage engineering, from insulation stress and strength to lightning attachment and protection and beyond. It presents information critical to the design, selection, testing, maintenance, and operation of high-voltage power equipment, describing current insulation systems and discussing power system overvoltages, electric field calculation, and statistical analysis of ionization and breakdown phenomena. Examining contemporary practices in insulation coordination in association with the latest standards, the text provides a real-world understanding of the factors affecting¿and the actual means of evaluating¿insulation performance.

Suitable as a reference for industry practitioners and as a textbook for classroom use, this book provides an understanding of systems engineering (SoSE), enterprise systems engineering (ESE), and complex systems engineering (CSE). Industry practitioners present and analyze case studies from a range of domains that demonstrate the underlying principles and best practices. A number of the case studies focus on addressing real human needs. Diverse approaches such as use of soft systems skills are illustrated in applications, and other helpful techniques are also provided.

Research has identified the importance of helping students develop the ability to monitor their own comprehension and to make their thinking processes explicit, and indeed demonstrates that metacognitive teaching strategies greatly improve student engagement with course material.This book -- by presenting principles that teachers in higher education can put into practice in their own classrooms -- explains how to lay the ground for this engagement, and help students become self-regulated learners actively employing metacognitive and reflective strategies in their education.Key elements include embedding metacognitive instruction in the content matter; being explicit about the usefulness of metacognitive activities to provide the incentive for students to commit to the extra effort; as well as following through consistently.Recognizing that few teachers have a deep understanding of metacognition and how it functions, and still fewer have developed methods for integrating it into their curriculum, this book offers a hands-on, user-friendly guide for implementing metacognitive and reflective pedagogy in a range of disciplines. Offering seven practitioner examples from the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, the social sciences and the humanities, along with sample syllabi, course materials, and student examples, this volume offers a range of strategies for incorporating these pedagogical approaches in college classrooms, as well as theoretical rationales for the strategies presented. By providing successful models from courses in a broad spectrum of disciplines, the editors and contributors reassure readers that they need not reinvent the wheel or fear the unknown, but can instead adapt tested interventions that aid learning and have been shown to improve both instructor and student satisfaction and engagement.

Provides an insightful approach to inclusive and equitable teaching and illustrate its transformative power to bring about success. It encourages reflection and self-examination and calls for an understanding of how students can achieve. It also demonstrates what is involved in terms of recognizing biases, confronting institutional racism, surmounting stereotyping, adopting culturally relevant teaching, connecting with parents and the community, and integrating diversity.

Presents first-person accounts of fourteen faculty and administrators about how they grappled, and engaged, with assessment and how - despite misgivings and an often - contentious process - they were able to gain the collaboration of their peers as the benefits for student learning became evident. This book offers advice, strategies, and models.

Beginning in the twentieth century, American faculty increasingly viewed themselves as professionals who were more than mere employees. This volume focuses on key developments in the long process by which the American professoriate achieved tenure, academic freedom, and a voice in university governance.

Judges in most societies often resort to resolving disputes by means of applying a criterion of reasonableness. In The Demise of the'Reasonable Man' Michael Saltman explores the ways in which reasonableness varies from one legal culture to another, defined by the relative presence or absence of centralized political power.

Originally published: St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 2009.

This is a classic study of how managers interpret and engage problems as they are experienced and felt at various points and levels in factories and businesses

Almost all of America's private colleges and universities started out as denominational schools, but connections with sponsoring churches gradually attenuated over the last century

Political and Military Sociology, Volume 41 explores the social elements and impact of national defense

This volume examines race, gender, and identity in African American culture

When originally published in 1971, Hollywood Studio Musicians was the first detailed analysis of the work and careers of production personnel in an industry devoted to mass culture

Examines the global justice movement that grew up around G8 protests, focusing on its methods of organising across national borders.

For more than four decades, scientists and researchers have relied on the Advances in Chromatography series for the most up-to-date information on a wide range of developments in chromatographic methods and applications. For Volume 52, well-known chemists offer cutting-edge reviews of chromatographic methods with applications in the life sciences¿from aerosol-based detectors to protein biomarker assays. The clear presentation of topics and vivid illustrations for which this series has become known makes the material accessible and engaging to chemists at all levels of technical skill.

This book presents both theoretical and practical guidance for the design and implementation of local exhaust and ventilation systems in industrial facilities. It explains the mechanism and processes of ejecting airflows in different variations¿from uniform air motion processes in closed chutes to the creation of accelerated air streams in a free-particle flow. It also examines the engineering methods of calculating the amount of aspirated air for various industries, and compares the calculated volumes of aspiration with real-life test results.

The third edition of a bestseller, this book will continue to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortable, and effectively, and for the design of materials which help the same people cope with their environments. This book covers hot, moderate, and cold environments, and defines them in terms of six basic parameters: air temperature, radiate temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing worn, and the person¿s activity. It focuses on the principles and practice of human response, which incorporates psychology, physiology and environmental physics with applied ergonomics.

This book examines the present and future of soft computer techniques. It explains how to use the latest technological tools, such as multicore processors and graphics processing units, to implement highly efficient intelligent system methods using a general purpose computer.

A practical guide for the identification and management of a range of hazardous wastes, this book integrates technical information including chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, with current regulations. Emphasizing basic environmental science and related technical fields, the book is an introductory manual for waste management as mandated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and related statutes.

Addressing the growing interest in high-temperature technologies, this book covers technology related to energy, space, aerospace, electronics, and other areas. While some applications involve the use of materials at high temperatures, others require materials processed at high temperatures for use at room temperature. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, the chapters bring as broad a perspective to the field as possible. The book addresses the related science and engineering disciplines, including chemistry, material science, electrical and mechanical engineering, metallurgy, and physics.

Exploring the role of the chemical senses in mediating intraspecific communication, this volume examines the structure, anatomy, electrophysiology, and molecular biology of pheromones. It discusses how chemical signals work on different mammalian and non-mammalian species and includes chapters on insects, Drosophila, honey bees, amphibians, mice, cats, and cattle. It also explores the controversial topic of human pheromones. An essential reference for students and researchers in the field of pheromones, this is also an ideal resource for those working on behavioral phenotyping of animal models and persons interested in the biology/ecology of the different species.

Provides students and law enforcement professionals with an accurate, clear overview of forensic pathology. This book presents death investigation at the scene and autopsy, providing readers with a broad understanding of forensic pathology and giving them a clear picture of what happens after the examination of the scene.

A significant barrier to successful juvenile intervention is misconduct committed against juveniles by the persons employed to help them. This book explores the nature of employee-on-youth misconduct, its extent, its consequences, factors that increase its occurrence, and potential solutions to the problem.

The investigation of sex crimes is a specific function for many law enforcement agencies, requiring an understanding of how to investigate, process crime scenes, interact with victims and offenders, and prepare for court. This book draws on new methods of investigation and the effects of such crimes on victims.

This book provides the first genuinely intelligible and reasonably systematic presentation of this perspective and contributed to the restructuring of empirical knowledge upon solid foundations. It remains important to those who would understood these areas of the social sciences and their potential to contribute to understanding of social life.

Addresses the social experiences of juvenile offenders in the correctional machinery and the career effects these experiences have on offenders. This book follows offenders from apprehension through court appearance, probation and institutionalization, showing how the organizations operate and the role definitions of the people who man them.