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Notes from the Other Side of Nightis a diary-memoir written upon Juliana Geran Pilon's return to her native Romania in 1975, which she had left along with her family when she was just fourteen

For over three decades John Shelton Reed has been "minding" the South

White cells are the least numerous of the cellular elements in blood and ratios of white cells to platelets and white cells to red cells are ap proximately 1:15 to 1:1000 respectively.

This book provides a structured account of the existing knowledge of toxic algae, the chemistry of the toxins they produce, the effects these substances exert in humans and wildlife, as well as the strategies envisaged to protect public health and the environment.

The book explodes the myths that currently drive society¿s view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward.

This book discusses fire hazards, occupancy hazards, extinguishing methods, hazard identification, and classification of materials. It provides suggestions for simple, readily recognizable and easily understood markings for materials which will give at a glance a general idea of the inherent hazards of any material and the order of severity of these hazards as they relate to fire prevention, exposure, and control. Its objectives are to provide an appropriate alerting signal and on-the-spot information to safeguard the lives of the public and emergency personnel.

Quick Changeover Concepts Applied provides a comprehensive overview of changeovers from a strategic, tactical, and operational perspective. It outlines strategies that can help readers shorten internal set-up steps through the physical analysis of machine elements. The method presented is the result of a synthesis of the classic Shingo SMED methodology along with modern engineering techniques. The book redefines set-up and set-up time and details a step-by-step method for developing quick changeover methods in a manner where changes can be realized with minimal spending.

This text describes the physical properties of surfaces and explores modern theoretical and experimental methods for calculating the surface and adhesive characteristics of various materials and coatings. It presents relatively simple and efficient approaches and methods developed by the authors and compares the results to experimental data for metals, alloys, semiconductors, and complex compounds. The book also covers dry friction, adsorption of metal atoms, and ferromagnetic films. The principles and methods are useful in selecting optimum materials and coatings for various applications such as minimizing friction.

This is the first book to document the complete history of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo), taking readers inside the interesting stories and people behind this unique, underdog computer. The authors reveal the story of a pivotal period in the home computing revolution from the perspective of Tandy¿s CoCo. The book also features first-hand accounts from the people who created and promoted the CoCo, from the original Tandy executives and engineers to today¿s active product creators and information keepers.

This book goes beyond conventional circuit design to discuss the actual use of industrial technology, covering facets of implementation otherwise overlooked by theoretical textbooks. The Second Edition contains many new figures, chapters, and improvements, along with numerous examples of successful home appliance, aviation, naval, automotive electronics, industrial motor drive, and grid interface for renewable energy products. It highlights advancements in packaging technologies, tackles the advent of hybrid circuits able to incorporate control and power stages within the same package, and examines design for reliability.

This book presents the results of theoretical and experimental research on novel concretes and protective compounds based on advanced polymer binders. It explores the present state of the field, including applications, characteristics, durability, and environmental impact associated with polymer concretes. The text examines two new polymers, namely, rubber concrete based on polybutadiene binder (RubCon) and silicate polymer concrete based on organo-silicate binder (OSPC) as well as novel polymer and silicate polymer coatings for corrosion and fire protection. It reflects the newest developments in the rapidly growing field of building materials engineering.

Covering power frequency 50-60 Hz (worldwide and US) equipment applications, this book explains how to implement industry-proven modeling and design techniques to solve complex electromagnetic phenomena. It analyzes materials structure and 3D fields, supplying necessary theory and physical insight. Complete with examples, case studies, and homework problems, the text describes parameters for electromagnetic calculation of the structural parts of transformers, electric machines, apparatuses, and other electrical equipment, considering recent progress in magnetic and superconducting materials as well as modern methods of mechatronics and computer science.

Providing a fundamental understanding of the Lean enterprise production system, this book can help an organization translate its current Lean knowledge into a step-by-step methodology to win and launch new business. By developing the New Product Acquisition and Launch Portfolio presented in this book, readers can dramatically improve their ability to acquire new business and deliver products on time. Detailing how to achieve a successful new product launch through upfront planning, this book provides readers with the understanding to enhance efficiencies throughout the supply chain.

Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the detriment both of their studies and their development as lifelong learners.

Examines the theories and concepts of leadership that are described in the multidisciplinary literature on leadership, and are being applied in other sectors - from government to the non-profit and business communities - to explore the implications for leaders and leadership programs in higher education.

Investigating image encryption approaches, this book examines image encryption algorithms for the purpose of wireless communication of images in secure form. It considers two directions for image encryption: permutation-based encryption and diffusion-based encryption. Covering the range of image encryption principles and techniques, it presents hybrid encryption algorithms to enhance the characteristics of traditional algorithms. It explores number theory-based encryption algorithms, details the strength of different encryption algorithms, and describes their ability to work within the limitations of wireless communication systems.

The book has two-fold intentions. Firstly it assembles the latest research in the field of nanoscale memories technology in one place. And secondly, it exposes the reader to myriad applications that nanoscale memories technology has enabled. The book is meant for advanced graduate research work or for academicians and researchers. This way the book has a widespread appeal, including practicing engineers, academicians, research scientists, and senior graduate students. Nanoscale memories today have a widespread application range.

The first to address this emerging field, this book provides experts¿ cutting-edge knowledge of micro/nanotechnology, energy, and bio-systems. The editors offer an integrated view from theory to practice, covering topics ranging from sensors to energy devices and control of biology systems in cellular and molecular levels. The book also features case studies for modeling of micro/nano devices and systems, and explains how the models can be used for control and optimization. Readers benefit from learning new techniques, and applying those techniques to their own research.

This book offers a practical alternative to the everyday predictive models that have failed to prepare decision-makers for today's economic problems. Rather than telling readers how to prepare for the future, it offers readers tools to evaluate and influence their own futures. The text describes key concepts concisely and clearly, including practical examples. The concepts discussed in the chapters can help business executives avoid problems from the past as they look into the future.

This book describes how large-scale wastes can be used as a resource for making other materials. It covers metal processing wastes (slag, red mud), fly ash from coal combustion, electronic waste, and food waste. These wastes have potential to be used in bulk (e.g., for construction applications) as well as for niche applications (e.g., in the areas of catalysis). This book reviews literature from around the world on how large-scale wastes are in use by industry as well as research on the potential applications of wastes.

Phytochemicals are the mainstay of therapeutics of herbal or botanical medicine. Research on phytomolecules is conducted worldwide and several have been screened for clinical trials, including promising anticancer agents withaferin-a and camphothecin. This book provides a scientific understanding of the mode of action of these molecules, targeting only those phytohemicals and herbal extracts that are subjects of recent pharmacological investigations. Chapters such as industrial crops for steroid manufacturing and anticancer potential of sesquiterpenoids make readers eager to learn more about the commercial viability of phytochemical and herbal extracts.

With contributions from an impressive group of Argentinean and German oceanographers, this book examines classical ecological issues relating to marine ecosystems in the context of climate change.

This text gives readers the prerequisites and tools to understand the convergence, principal value, and evaluation of the improper/generalized Riemann integral. It also illustrates applications to science and engineering problems. The author uses powerful tools of real and complex analysis not only to compute the examples and solve the problems but also to justify that the computation methods are legitimate. Enriched with many examples, applications, and problems, the book helps readers acquire a deeper understanding of the subject, preparing them for further study.

For decades, people have sought to harvest energy from natural sources. Lately, climate change has popularized solar or photovoltaic technology, while piezoelectric technology is being developed to power handheld devices, and thermoelectric technology is being explored to convert wasted engine heat into electricity. Written by experts from academia and industry, Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems presents current research and explains the field from a materials and device perspective, with resulting technologies capable of enabling low-power implantable sensors or large-scale electrical grids.

The secret to streamlined project scheduling is a solid understanding of basic rock cutting mechanics. Comparing theoretical values with experimental and real-world results, Mechanical Excavation in Mining and Civil Industries explains rock cutting theories for chisel, conical, disc, and button cutters. The authors provide numerical examples on the effect of independent variables on dependent variables, as well as examples from real-life mining and civil engineering jobs. The book assists students and engineers in machinery selection and performance prediction, and discusses rock cutting mechanics and mechanical miners.

Easily digestible for beginners and useful to seasoned professionals, this book describes the key concepts of the computational Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method, discusses the newest and most popular computational nanotechnologies using the FDTD method, and predicts future applications by examining interdisciplinary research from world-renowned experts. Complete with case studies, examples, supportive appendices, and FDTD codes accessible via a companion website, the text delivers a practical introduction to the use of FDTD in nanotechnology and serves as a valuable reference for both academia and industry.

Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a powerful technique for investigating the whole set of geometric parameters describing (micro)particles embedded in a material. Particularly, disordered particle assembles can be explored via SAS. This book explains several models and approaches of SAS for the study of densely packed systems. Written by one of the leaders in the field, it is essential reading for material scientists, physicists, and crystallographers using SAS to explore, understand, and tailor properties of materials and their structure.

Focusing on diseases related to cellular energy metabolism, such as cancer and diabetes, this book presents a holistic perspective for illuminating the molecular mechanisms of these diseases and the evolutionary underpinning of their simultaneous epidemics. It demonstrates the importance of physical thinking and mathematical analysis in understanding complex systems. Taking an interdisciplinary look at this translational subject, the book explains how mathematical modeling and analysis are critical to the future of diagnostics and therapeutics in medicine.