crc press sep 2014 (29 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Updated and expanded with new topics, this second edition presents the essential core of mathematical principles needed by scientists and engineers. It uses a unique and educational approach that is the signature style of the author's companion books. Starting from the basic concepts of trigonometry, the book covers calculus, differential equations, and vector calculus. A new chapter on applications discusses how we see objects 'mathematically' with the eye, how quantum mechanics works, and more.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Updated and expanded with new topics, this second edition presents a full course in introductory electronics using a unique and educational presentation technique. This concise yet detailed book covers introductory electrical principles (DC and AC circuits), the physics of electronics components, circuits involving diodes and transistors, transistors amplifiers, filtering, operational amplifiers, digital electronics, transformers, instrumentation, and power supplies. The book includes tutorial problems and a comprehensive set of laboratory experiments requiring conventional components and test equipment.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Updated and expanded with new topics, this second edition puts the physics of the solid state within the reach of students by offering an easy-to-navigate pathway from basic knowledge through to advanced concepts. Using the unique signature style of the author's other companion books, this edition illustrates how electrical and magnetic properties of matter arise from the basic principles of quantum mechanics in a way that is accessible to science and engineering students.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Program Governance provides a thorough understanding of governance while reviewing the underlying theories of governance. One of the first books on the subject, it caters to the needs of practitioners, researchers, and students of management and governance. The book supplies a holistic view of program governance while covering multiple elements of program governance. Topics covered include the governance structure, governance roles, governance functions, governance mechanisms, factors influencing the governance framework, and different domains of programs that come under the jurisdiction of a governance framework.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Big Data: A Business and Legal Guide supplies a clear understanding of the interrelationships between Big Data and the laws, regulations, and contracting practices that impact its use. Providing business professionals and lawyers (in-house and in private practice) with an accessible primer on Big Data and its business implications, this book will enable readers to quickly grasp the key issues and immediately begin implementing powerful solutions to collecting, licensing, handling, and using Big Data. The book brings together a collection of subject matter experts that examine a different area of law in each chapter and explain how these laws can affect the way an organization can use Big Data.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book covers a comprehensive range of topics, including: Hospitality management; Hospitality & tourism marketing; Tourism management; Technology & innovation in hospitality & tourism; Foodservice & food safety; Gastronomy, and will be of interest to postgraduate students, academics and professionals involved in the fields of hospitality and tourism.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Designed for CS0 and CS1 courses, this textbook teaches computer science students how to use programming skills to explore fundamental concepts and computational approaches to solving problems. It uses Python as the lab software so that students can seamlessly transition from introductory projects to more advanced studies in later courses. The interactive lab projects in each chapter allow students to examine important ideas in computer science. The Python software modules for each lab project are available online.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores the study of processing and visually representing data sets. Data visualization is closely related to information graphics, information visualization, scientific visualization, and statistical graphics. This second edition presents a better treatment of the relationship between traditional scientific visualization and information visualization, a description of the emerging field of visual analytics, and updated techniques using the GPU and new generations of software tools and packages. This edition is also enhanced with exercises and downloadable code and data sets.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book focuses on the improvement of power efficiency in wireless communication systems, especially of mobile devices. Reviewing cutting-edge techniques for conserving power and boosting power efficiency, it examines various technologies and their impact on the consumer devices. The book covers orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal generation and formulation and examines the advantages and disadvantages of OFDM systems compared to alternative multiplexing. It also details a cost-effective technique to help readers increase power efficiency, reduce system costs, and prolong battery life in mobile devices.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents the fundamentals of crystallography to students studying the solid state in chemistry, physics, materials science, geological sciences, and engineering. Computers are an essential part of crystallography, and appropriate computer-based exercises are integrated into this book for self-study. The material is presented in a logical order with the goal of understanding not only how atoms are arranged in crystals, but how crystal systems are related to each other. The theoretical material is developed extensively in two dimensions. An overview and some detailed examples are given in three dimensions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Combining the two statistical techniques of network sampling and adaptive sampling, this book illustrates the advantages of using them in tandem to effectively capture sparsely located elements in unknown pockets.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This classroom-tested text incorporates the variational formulation of mechanical models based on the principle of virtual work (PVW). All models are presented following the same sequence of steps, including kinematics, strain measurement, rigid body deformation, internal and external work, equilibrium, constitutive equations, and structural design. This presentation allows readers to establish a logical sequence for treating any mechanical problem. The author offers step-by-step explanations of the limitations and strengths of mechanical models and includes many real-world examples. MATLAB programs are supplied to run the examples.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Designed for an undergraduate course on mathematical modeling or differential equations, this text provides students with an understanding of the practical and theoretical aspects of mathematical models involving ODEs and PDEs. It develops students' intuition by building the theory from the ground up and illustrates the analysis of more than 20 distinct models through concrete applications in physics, engineering, finance, and many other areas. The book also uses MATLAB® GUIs that enable students to discover patterns and make conjectures.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discussing and debating the lessons that can be learned from earthen architecture to create sustainable architecture today, this book will be a valuable source of information for academics and professionals in the fields of Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Engineering and Architecture.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This new edition integrates modern approaches for studying plant molecular biology and biotechnology into the framework of traditional plant propagation. It emphasizes the principles of plant propagation applied in both temperate and tropical environments. In addition to presenting the essential fundamentals, the book features protocols and practices that students will be able to apply in laboratory and field experiences. This text helps readers choose the best methods for plant propagation including proper media and containers; describes techniques such as budding, cutting, layering, grafting, and cloning; and addresses various propagation challenges.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book gathers important ideas related to combinatorial maps and explains how the maps are applied in geometric modeling and image processing. It focuses on two subclasses of combinatorial maps: n-Gmaps and n-maps. The book presents the data structures, operations, and algorithms that are useful in handling subdivided geometric objects. It shows how to study data structures for the explicit representation of subdivided geometric objects and describes operations for handling the structures. The book also illustrates results of the design of data structures and operations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book deals with different types of greenhouses, materials, structures, advanced control techniques and tendencies that are needed for designing and controlling an advanced greenhouse. The control system is presented as an integral system which covers the explanation of basic and advanced concepts for a real time controller. Also, structural analysis is introduced, whereby mechanical design is regarded as a key factor. The book incorporates simulations and experimental results, and utilizes LabVIEW and ADAMS software. Finally, it provides a perspective on the present state and future of greenhouses globally.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Presenting new technologies in underground coal extraction, with special attention to mine galleries support and maintenance, load mechanism of 'massif-support system-safety system' systems, analysis of face equipment for thin coal seams mining and substantiation of rational stoping parameters. Advanced surface mining technologies of coal and ore are discussed in an original form, stability calculations of internal dumps and open-cut faces are presented, as well as examination of land surface subsidence using modern methods of calculation experiments. Special attention is given to the complex mining of mineral resources, such as: iron ore, coal deposits with drilling advance degassing wells, methane extraction from coal and anthropogenic deposits, heat receipt from mine water with help of thermal pumps. The unique geological conditions for mining in Poland and the Ukraine require a new technological approach for mining thin and very thin coal seams with thickness of 1 meter and less, using selective coal extraction methods, leaving rock behind in the mine. Relevant technological solutions are discussed in this volume. Further, technological process control during coal seams underground gasification is described together with pressure-temperature conditions of gas hydrates formation from gaseous mixtures of various content. Substantiation is also given to gas hydrates extraction technologies development and 21st century new pulse technologies of well drilling and a temperature mode of a rock-cutting tool and equipment with cryogenic-gravel filters is examined. Gas extraction processes located in flooded deposits with uniform and macroheterogeneous collectors are presented with the description of an effective methodology of two-subbench technology of ore deposits extraction.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book shows how four types of higher-order nonlinear evolution PDEs have many commonalities through their special quasilinear degenerate representations. The authors present a unified approach to deal with these quasilinear PDEs, describe many properties of the equations, and examine traditional questions of existence/nonexistence, uniqueness/nonuniqueness, global asymptotics, regularizations, shock-wave theory, and various blow-up singularities. The book illustrates how complex PDEs are used in a variety of applications and describes new nonlinear phenomena for the equations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book gives a broad outlook on various aspects of process management from mixing to winding department. Raw material evaluation and selection plays a vital role in process control of spinning. It describes the scientific method adopted to optimize raw material properties. The influence of machine components on process control and quality in each department are covered in a detailed manner with charts and data wherever necessary.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a comprehensive source of knowledge of new sorbent materials, presenting fundamental principles for their syntheses, and adsorption properties. It presents advanced techniques employed to create specialized sorbents with a wide range of functions, which can be used to enhance the separation and/or purification of useful bioactive compounds, heavy metals, dyes, and more. It discusses original results compared with the most recent developments in the field of separation processes, covering specialized sorbents such as monolith cryogels, composite hydrogels, metal impregnated ion exchangers, and molecularly imprinted polymers.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This authoritative, highly illustrated text and color atlas with accompanying e book containing video clips, provides a step by step guide to commonly performed minor surgical procedures whether performed by a surgeon, dermatologist, family doctor or trainee. Divided into three main color-coded sections, the book covers: essential background information including post surgical aftercare, key knowledge for diagnosis and management and skills to perform the procedure step by step.\* Comprehensive coverage - learn how to perform a whole range of procedures from vasectomy to the diagnosis and removal of skin lesions\* Step by step techniques - see how to perform each technique with numerous color illustrations and video clips\* Practical advice, boxes, tables, warning and clinical pearls - help you achieve success and avoid common pitfalls\* Authoritative yet contemporary - gain wisdom from this trusted book brought completely up to date by today's practitionersThis classic text continues to be the essential book on minor surgical practice for all trainees and practitioners whether experienced surgeon, dermatologist, family doctor, nurses and the supporting healthcare team.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book serves as a comprehensive guide to beach spawning, a charismatic animal behavior that is seen in a surprising number of teleost species. This unexpected form of reproduction provides a window into the ecology of coastal areas, the behaviors and physiology necessary for fish and their eggs to adapt to terrestrial conditions, and the threats and challenges for conservation and management. Beach spawning species include important forage fish such as the Capelin, exotic fisheries such as the Fugu Puffer, and the spectacular midnight runs of the California Grunion.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A great deal of confusion and uncertainty over genotoxic impurity (GTI) identification, assessment, and control exists. This book strives to facilitate scientific and systematic consensus on GTI management by presenting rationales, strategies, practices, and case studies from the pharmaceutical industry. Exploring the safety, quality, and regulatory aspects of GTIs, the text explains the how and why of various GTI control tactics and practices, including GTI control examples in drug substance and drug product development processes from large and small pharmaceutical firms in multiple geographical regions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Technology now allows the use of microwave and millimetre wave sensors for the detection of concealed objects-typically weapons and explosive devices-on the human body. The book discusses these developments and includes examples of actual devices built and tested by the authors. The book focuses on active millimetre wave sensors using the direct detection and the heterodyne approach, active microwave sensors for CNR-based object detection, passive millimetre wave sensors, and the role of shielding effects in operating non-imaging MM-wave sensors.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides the fundamentals for the understanding of reactive chemicals retention and their transport in soils and aquifers. The book offers the first comprehensive treatment with supporting examples of mathematical models that describe contaminants reactivity and transport in soils and aquifers. It is also a practical guide for designing experiments and collecting data that focuses on characterizing retention as well as release kinetic reactions in soils and contaminant transport experiments in the laboratory, greenhouse (column) and in the field.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nanotechnology is finding numerous uses in the water industry, including high surface area filtration media, membranes for desalination plants, and fundamental new methods for desalination. This book provides a comprehensive overview from a global perspective, presenting the latest research and developments in the use of nanotechnology for water purification and desalination. It effectively demonstrates the role of nanotechnology in water treatment.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Get Up to Speed on PhysicsUpdated and expanded with new topics, The Physics Companion, 2nd Edition offers a unique and educational approach to learning physics at a level suitable for first-year science students. This new edition expands the presentation to include senior topics, such as statistical mechanics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics. A Convenient, Student-Friendly Format Rich with Diagrams and Clear ExplanationsThis useful book serves students from the beginning of their studies to well into their future careers. It provides detailed graphics, simple and clear explanations of difficult concepts, and annotated mathematical treatments in a one-page-per-topic format that is the signature style of the author's companion books.Be sure to check out the author's other companion books:The Mathematics Companion: Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers, 2nd EditionThe Materials Physics Companion, 2nd EditionThe Electronics Companion: Devices and Circuits for Physicists and Engineers, 2nd EditionThe Chemistry Companion 568 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides a one-semester undergraduate introduction to counterexamples in calculus and analysis. It helps engineering, natural sciences, and mathematics students tackle commonly made erroneous conjectures. The book encourages students to think critically and analytically, and helps to reveal common errors in many examples.In this book, the authors present an overview of important concepts and results in calculus and real analysis by considering false statements, which may appear to be true at first glance. The book covers topics concerning the functions of real variables, starting with elementary properties, moving to limits and continuity, and then to differentiation and integration. The first part of the book describes single-variable functions, while the second part covers the functions of two variables.The many examples presented throughout the book typically start at a very basic level and become more complex during the development of exposition. At the end of each chapter, supplementary exercises of different levels of complexity are provided, the most difficult of them with a hint to the solution.This book is intended for students who are interested in developing a deeper understanding of the topics of calculus. The gathered counterexamples may also be used by calculus instructors in their classes. 368 pp. Englisch.