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This work covers interrelated methods and tools of spherically oriented geomathematics and periodically reflected analytic number theory. It establishes multi-dimensional Euler and Poisson summation formulas corresponding to elliptic operators for the adaptive determination and calculation of formulas and identities of weighted lattice point numbers, in particular the non-uniform distribution of lattice points. The book presents multi-dimensional techniques for periodization, describes weighted lattice point and ball numbers in georelevant "potato-like" regions, and discusses radial and angular non-uniform lattice point distribution.

Now more than ever before, today¿s schools are hazard zones. Concise and practical, this guidebook shows teenagers and pre-teens how to perform a risk assessment to determine if they should feel threatened. It explains what to do and what not to do in a crisis and helps them improve their chances of survival if they become victimized. It also describes how to make changes in their lifestyles that will reduce their risk of victimization, and provides tips on working with other students and school personnel to increase the safety of all.

This how-to manual on the proper integration of safety and environmental sustainability with Lean implementations supplies a proven recipe for achieving safety and sustainability excellence. It is the result of the author¿s decades of experience implementing Lean; Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE); and sustainability processes in the chemical, food, and consumer products industries. The book unveils valuable lessons learned and little-known tips for eliminating waste and increasing process efficiency, while reducing safety incidents and impact on the environment.

With particular emphasis on the development of basic analog building blocks, this book shows how to design CMOS analog integrated circuits with improved electrical performance, providing up-to-date coverage of design techniques and circuit architectures that are useful not only for the analog section but also for the digital section of the chip. Highlighting various design challenges, the text offers a complete understanding of architectural- and transistor-level design issues of analog integrated circuits. The author describes important trends in the design of high-speed and power-efficient front-end analog circuits, which can be used to interface modern digital signal processors.

Exploring current and future opportunities in PV polymeric packaging, this work offers an insider¿s perspective on the manufacturing processes and needs of the solar industry and reveals opportunities for future material development and processing. Suitable for nonspecialists in polymer science, it provides a basic understanding of polymeric concepts, fundamental properties, and processing techniques commonly used in solar module packaging. The book also presents guidelines for using polymers in commercial PV modules as well as the tests required to establish confidence in the selection process.

Introducing the concept of practical environmentalism from an individual's perspective, this book explains how we can integrate concern for the environment with the necessities of daily living. It provides a guiding framework to help readers make meaningful and rational environmental choices that address the four pillars of environmental degradation, resource conservation, economic progress, and personal benefit. Case studies range from small personal choices to the biggest and most contentious environmental dilemmas. The book shows how practical environmentalism can lead individuals toward better environmental decisions and an improved chance for true environmental progress.

An examination of advances in rip current research, this book provides a better understanding of the dynamics, mechanisms, and predictability of rip currents. A practical guide, it bridges the gap between rip current science and the implementation of appropriate public safety education. Coverage includes rip current prediction and modeling; case studies from the UK, Brasil, the United States, and Japan; rip currents in the Great Lakes; public safety procedures; the legal implications of rip current drowning; and more.

This book provides an overview of geoinformatics and current trends in applied geomorphology. It discusses airborne laser scanning in geomorphic mapping, case studies of coastal zone management and mapping, tsunami inundation mapping, desert environmental mapping, tectonic geomorphology, groundwater exploration and management, petroleum exploration, disaster management and glacier mass balance studies. The self-contained chapters begin with basic aspects, follow with geoinformatics application, and finish with relevant case studies. Figures, photographs, tables, and equations are included.

Drawing on the authors¿ extensive experimental work, this book provides an in-depth introduction to the crystal chemistry, synthesis, luminescence, and applications of phosphor materials for solid-state lighting, mainly focusing on new nitride phosphors. It collects the latest data and trends on LED phosphors and discusses the use of new white LED lamps for general illumination and LCD backlighting. Covering novel luminescent materials, the book brings readers up to date on the evolving field of solid-state lighting.

This edition presents the most prominent topics and applications of digital image processing, analysis, and computer graphics in the field of cultural heritage preservation. The text assumes prior knowledge of digital image processing and computer graphics fundamentals. Each chapter contains a table of contents, illustrations, and figures that elucidate the presented concepts in detail, as well as a chapter summary and a bibliography for further reading. Well-known experts cover a wide range of topics and related applications, including spectral imaging, automated restoration, computational reconstruction, digital reproduction, and 3D models.

This second edition of a bestseller provides an updated interdisciplinary text on the rapidly evolving information regarding asbestos and human health. It explores the pathological complexities of asbestos-related disease and examines how asbestos induces diseases in biological systems. The book also discusses the types of instruments and methods available for evaluation of the content of asbestiform minerals in products, air, water, surface areas, and tissue. It explains the relevance of each of these applications and gives readers the tools to evaluate data in the future.

Bringing together the contributions of international experts, this book demonstrates ways to recognize and reduce regional infrastructure vulnerability by building secure networks of collaboration within different areas of the world. With sections on the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Rim, it examines the various ways different societies have responded to environmental threats. The book presents a multifaceted study to foster dialogue among policymakers to reduce social vulnerability and build local and regional capacities to withstand environmental assaults.

Based on a selection of key historical incidents, this book provides a candid discussion of potential areas for improvement in preparedness and future deployment capabilities, written by the actual investigators. The book explores how mistakes of the future are more likely to be avoided if historya (TM)s lessons are available, and explains that future deployments may be more efficient and effectively executed as a result. Each chapter provides a summary of the case examined, details of the disaster, and a review of important aspects in terms of legislative, moral, practical, and other considerations.

Providing a history of the development of the juvenile court, this book explores various controversies in juvenile justice. It includes essays that review major theories of juvenile delinquency, explore psychological and biological factors that may explain delinquent behavior, and examine the nexus between substance abuse and delinquency.

Features original writings that explore the issue of white-collar crime and the controversies that surround it, focusing on the vastness of state-corporate and white-collar crime, the victimization that results, and the ways these crimes affect society environmentally, politically, economically and personally.

A collection of 12 traditional tales from various parts of China.

Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from one of the top recognized authorities worldwide, this book gives you step-by-step guidance on how to grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, lettuce, arugula, bok choy, and various herbs year-round within your home or in a backyard greenhouse. The book includes an appendix with sources of seeds and other supplies, along with helpful websites and other material on home-growing and caring for your crops.

Describes how MR imaging is used to track stem cells as they repair damaged tissue in the body. This book provides a comprehensive overview of cell therapy imaging, ranging from the basic biology of cell therapeutic choices to the preclinical and clinical applications of cell therapy.

Features the original essays that introduce students to the complex and influential field of critical criminology. This book presents many of the theories of critical criminology and explores how, despite their distinctions, each theory is rooted in radical criminology, and all are critical of mainstream criminology.

Machiavelli has been viewed as the forerunner of the humanists of our day, liberals and socialists, who have discovered that moral ends sometimes require immoral means

Covers the role of phosphonates in traditional and modern organic syntheses. This book includes 600 reaction schemes. It covers synthetic methods, chemistry, and properties or applications that are relevant to the corresponding reagent.

The study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modelled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. This text, derived from a NATO sponsored conference on orthography and literacy, brings together current research.

Focuses on advances in the use of ergonomics modeling and on the evaluation of usability, which is a critical aspect of any human-technology system. This book provides a resource for evaluating products and environments and designing future ones that are intuitive, safe, and easy to use.

The primary focus of the Cross Cultural Decision Making field is specifically on the intersections between psychosocial theory provided from the social sciences and methods of computational modeling provided from computer science and mathematics. This book focuses on crucial questions regarding data acquisition.

About the Book Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the first undergraduate text to recognize the role of institutions in understanding development and growth. Through a series of chapters devoted to specific sets of institutions, Roland examines the effects of institutions on growth, property rights, market development, and the delivery of public goods and services and focuses. With the most comprehensive and up to date treatment of institutions on development, Roland explores the important questions of why some countries develop faster than others and why some fail while others are successful. Roland also introduces the latest research related to randomized program evaluation and how it can be used to evaluate different aid programs. What is the effect of de-worming drugs on school participation and learning? How effective are bed nets in fighting malaria? Program evaluation helps determine which programs are best, and which policies have the best ratio in achieving goals of health, education, welfare, and other measures of development. Organized in three key parts, Roland begins by introducing the big issues of development. The second part gives a through treatment of the economics of institutions and why they matter, and the third analyzes development outcomes while building on the institutional framework introduced in part two.

Introduces community college faculty and faculty developers to the use of faculty learning communities (FLCs) as a means for faculty themselves to investigate and surmount student learning problems they encounter in their classrooms, and as an effective and low-cost strategy for faculty developers working with few resources to stimulate innovative teaching that leads to student persistence and improved learning outcomes.

Explores the gamut of social theory Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application, 1/e, is the most comprehensive, informative social theory book on the market. The title covers multiple schools of thought and applies their ideas to society today. Readers will learn the origins of social theory and understand the role of myriad social revolutions that shaped the course of societies around the world. MySearchLab is a part of the Delaney program. Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals, help students explore social theory in even greater depth. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. This title is available in a variety of formats - digital and print. Pearson offers its titles on the devices students love through Pearson's MyLab products, CourseSmart, Amazon, and more.

This book explores the recent advances in the techniques and platforms used in biomarker research that have revolutionized the way we study, diagnose, and treat brain injury conditions. The contributors describe different biomarker studies pertaining to brain injury and other neurological disorders and analyze the different models and technologies used to identify these biological markers. The book includes findings from "Omics research" that have been utilized to decipher and identify such biomarkers. It discusses protein, microRNA, and altered gene profiles and reviews neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and prion and Alzheimer¿s disease.

Today's marketplace demands product reliability. To meet these demands, product design requires a focused, streamlined, concurrent engineering process that can produce a product at the lowest cost in the least amount of time. This book provides an approach to the design process that is focused on reliability and based on the physics of failure.