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The Fracture of Brittle Materials. Testing and Analysis
Freiman Stephen
Supports the use and development of strong, fracture-resistant, and mechanically reliable ceramic materials The Fracture of Brittle Materials thoroughly sets forth the key scientific and engineering concepts underlying the selection of test...
Modern Analog Filter Analysis and Design. A Practical Approach
Raut R.
Starting from the fundamentals, the present book describes methods of designing analog electronic filters and illustrates these methods by providing numerical and circuit simulation programs. The subject matters comprise many concepts and...
Teaching Intensive and Accelerated Courses. Instruction that Motivates Learning
Ginsberg Margery B.
In this comprehensive resource, Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg describe how to meet the challenge of teaching intensive and accelerated courses to nontraditional learners and working adults. By making motivation and cultural...
Solid State Proton Conductors. Properties and Applications in Fuel Cells
Vona Maria LuisaDi
Proton conduction can be found in many different solid materials, from organic polymers at room temperature to inorganic oxides at high temperature. Solid state proton conductors are of central interest for many technological innovations,...
Meteorology of Tropical West Africa. The Forecasters' Handbook
Diop-Kane Mariane
Meteorology of tropical West Africa: the Forecasters’ Handbook presents the science and practice of weather forecasting for an important region of the tropics. Connecting basic theory with forecasting practice, the book provides a unique...
Assessing Meaning Making and Self-Authorship: Theory, Research, and Application. ASHE Higher Education Report 38:3
Magolda Marcia B.Baxter
One reason so many students fail to achieve complex learning goals may be that they rely too heavily on others’ opinions about what to believe, who to be, and how to relate to others. The meaning-making capacity of self-authorship provides a...
Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology
Ayala Francisco J.
This collection of specially commissioned essays puts top scholars head to head to debate the central issues in the lively and fast growing field of philosophy of biology Brings together original essays on ten of the most hotly debated questions...
Managing Online Instructor Workload. Strategies for Finding Balance and Success
Concei??o Simone C.O.
Managing Online Instructor Workload is a groundbreaking book that offers strategies, advice, illustrative examples, and a four-step process for identifying challenges and rethinking, prioritizing, managing, and balancing one's online instruction...
Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching. How to "Be There" for Distance Learners
Concei??o Simone C.O.
This important new resource shows how a strong sense of online presence contributes to greater student satisfaction and retention. The authors explore the psychological and social aspects of online presence from both the instructor and student...
Motivating and Retaining Online Students. Research-Based Strategies That Work
Concei??o Simone C.O.
Finally, the first research-based book of sound strategies and best practices to help instructors motivate students to complete their online courses. Although studies support the effectiveness of learning online, students often fail to complete...
Fiber Optic Sensors. An Introduction for Engineers and Scientists
Spillman William B.
Since the technology has moved strongly into a number of different areas a textbook of this sort could be used by a wide variety of academic departments including physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering,...
Scattering and Dynamics of Polymers. Seeking Order in Disordered Systems
Han Charles C.
Scattering is a very powerful tool to study the structure of polymers. Written by highly regarded and respected scientists in the field, this book presents the latest developments in the field of scattering in a uniform, systematic manner. This...
Family Conflict Among Chinese- and Mexican-Origin Adolescents and Their Parents in the U.S.. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 135
Umana-Taylor Adriana J.
Gain a nuanced understanding of parent–adolescent conflict in Chinese- and Mexican-origin families in the United States. This volume explores key issues related to family conflict such as acculturation gaps parent and adolescent internal...
Algorithms in Computational Molecular Biology. Techniques, Approaches and Applications
Elloumi Mourad
This book represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of information on the topic of computational molecular biology. Bringing the most recent research into the forefront of discussion, Algorithms in Computational Molecular...
Ceramics and Composites Processing Methods
Boccaccini Aldo R.
Examines the latest processing and fabrication methods There is increasing interest in the application of advanced ceramic materials in diverse areas such as transportation, energy, environmental protection and remediation, communications,...
The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education
Grace Andr? P.
With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The...
Atmospheric Science for Environmental Scientists
Jackson Andrea V.
Climate change and air quality are two of the most pressing issues facing Mankind. This book gives undergraduate and graduate students and professionals working in the science and policy of pollution, climate change and air quality a broad and...
Applied Nonlinear Dynamics. Analytical, Computational and Experimental Methods
Balachandran Balakumar
A unified and coherent treatment of analytical, computational and experimental techniques of nonlinear dynamics with numerous illustrative applications. Features a discourse on geometric concepts such as Poincare maps. Discusses chaos, stability...
Student Affairs Budgeting and Financial Management in the Midst of Fiscal Crisis. New Directions for Student Services, Number 129
Varlotta Lori E.
This volume is designed to help senior student affairs officers navigate through uncertain economic times. After a broad review of budget models and the leadership potential of the senior officer, we look at the role of student affairs officers...
Applications of Transition Metal Catalysis in Drug Discovery and Development. An Industrial Perspective
Crawley Matthew L.
This book focuses on the drug discovery and development applications of transition metal catalyzed processes, which can efficiently create preclinical and clinical drug candidates as well as marketed drugs. The authors pay particular attention...
Career Programming: Linking Youth to the World of Work. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 134
Hirsch Barton J.
Across education, out-of-school-time programming, and workforce development, researchers and practitioners are seeking ways to bolster the career readiness of our nation’s youth, particularly low-income youth. This issue brings together...
Revisiting Truth, Beauty,and Justice: Evaluating With Validity in the 21st Century. New Directions for Evaluation, Number 142
Montrosse-Moorhead Bianca
This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation. Not focued solely on the logic of evaluation or predictive validity, it discusses the various elements needed to construct evaluation arguments that...
Youth Civic Development: Work at the Cutting Edge. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 134
Flanagan Constance A.
Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities, it has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for...
Alluvial Sedimentation (Special Publication 17 of the IAS)
Puigdefabregas C.
Most of the thirty-four papers contained in this Special Publication arise from the Fourth International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology held in Spain in 1989. Sections deal with various aspects of sediment transport and hydraulics in flume...
The Shaping of American Higher Education. Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System
Kisker Carrie B.
When the first edition of The Shaping of American Higher Education was published it was lauded for its historical perspective and in-depth coverage of current events that provided an authoritative, comprehensive account of the history of higher...
Green Solvents. Reactions in Water
Anastas Paul T.
There has been dramatic growth in the community of researchers and industrialists working in the area of Green Chemistry. There has been an increasing recognition by a wide-range of scientists and engineers in the chemical enterprise that the...
Graphics for Learning. Proven Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Visuals in Training Materials
Clark Ruth C.
Are you getting the most learning value from visuals? Thoroughly revised and updated, Graphics for Learning is the second edition of the bestselling book that summarizes the guidelines for the best use of graphics for instructional materials,...
Thermochemical Processing of Biomass. Conversion into Fuels, Chemicals and Power
Stevens Christian
Thermochemical pathways for biomass conversion offer opportunities for rapid and efficient processing of diverse feedstocks into fuels, chemicals and power. Thermochemical processing has several advantages relative to biochemical processing,...
Reading R. S. Peters Today. Analysis, Ethics, and the Aims of Education
Christoph Martin Wieland
Reading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics and the Aims of Education reassesses British philosopher Richard Stanley Peters’ educational writings by examining them against the most recent developments in philosophy and practice. Critically...
Sex, Stress and Reproductive Success
Barsyte Dalia
Any events that challenge the survival of living organisms may be classified as stressors. These stressors could include, for example, lack of food, increased population pressure, predatory pressure, climatic events or in the case of humans,...
Handbook of Nanotoxicology, Nanomedicine and Stem Cell Use in Toxicology
Casciano Daniel A.
The Handbook of Nanotoxicology, Nanomedicine and Stem Cell Use in Toxicology provides an insight into the current trends and future directions of research in these rapidly developing scientific fields. Written by leading scientists and experts,...
Exploring Leadership. For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference
Wagner Wendy
Exploring Leadership For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Facilitation and Activity Guide Based on the third edition of the best-selling text Exploring Leadership, this companion Facilitation and Activity Guide is designed to help...
Exploring Leadership. For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Student Workbook
Wagner Wendy
Exploring Leadership For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Student Workbook This companion to the third edition of Exploring Leadership is designed to help you deepen your understanding of leadership and develop your leadership...
Facilitating the Moral Growth of College Students. New Directions for Student Services, Number 139
Liddell Debora L.
Moral development is a powerful task of young adulthood, and attending to that development is a mandate expected of institutions of higher education. Liddell and Cooper offer a practical approach to understanding how moral learning occurs as...
Generation on a Tightrope. A Portrait of Today's College Student
Dean Diane R.
Praise for Generation on a Tightrope «Over the last four decades, Arthur Levine has become the premier analyst of continuities and changes in the American college student population. In this impressive and comprehensive volume, Levine and...
Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Alkire Richard C.
Volume 7 in the well-established series «Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering» covers – among others – important topics on electrodeposition. As in all previous volumes, the editors have succeeded in selecting highly topical areas...
Sustainable Water Engineering. Theory and Practice
Chandrappa Ramesha
Ensuring safe and plentiful supplies of potable water (both now and for future generations) and developing sustainable treatment processes for wastewater are among the world’s greatest engineering challenges. However, sustainability requires...
Solidification of Containerless Undercooled Melts
Herlach Dieter M.
All metallic materials are prepared from the liquid state as their parent phase. Solidification is therefore one of the most important phase transformation in daily human life. Solidification is the transition from liquid to solid state of...
Living Dinosaurs. The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds
Dyke Dr. Gareth
Living Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent....
Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry II
Corey E. J.
The up-to-DATE guide to name reactions in heterocyclic chemistry Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry II presents a comprehensive treatise on name reactions in heterocyclic chemistry, one of the most exciting—and important—fields within...
Impact Cratering. Processes and Products
Pierazzo E.
Impact cratering is arguably the most ubiquitous geological process in the Solar System. It has played an important role in Earth’s history, shaping the geological landscape, affecting the evolution of life, and generating economic resources....
Transformative Learning in Practice. Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education
Mezirow Jack
Transformative learning is becoming influential in all areas of the educational landscape. In Transformative Learning in Practice, leading authorities and practitioners working in a variety of national and international settings, including...
Qualitative Research. A Guide to Design and Implementation
Tisdell Elizabeth J.
The bestselling guide to qualitative research, updated and expanded Qualitative Research is the essential guide to understanding, designing, conducting, and presenting a qualitative research study. This fourth edition features new material...
Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Understanding and Applying the New Therapies
Forman Evan M.
Praise for Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Understanding and Applying the New Therapies «One of the most fruitful aspects of the encounter between classical Buddhist knowledge and modern science has been the emergence...
Chemometric Methods in Capillary Electrophoresis
Hanrahan Grady
Use chemometric techniques to develop optimum separation conditions for capillary electrophoreses For all its advantages, capillary electrophoresis (CE) also carries significant disadvantages for the researcher. Offering a unique blend of...
Ceramic Materials and Components for Engines
Aldinger Fritz
Several ceramic parts have already proven their suitability for serial application in automobile engines in very impressive ways, especially in Japan, the USA and in Germany. However, there is still a lack of economical quality assurance...
Elements of Structural Dynamics. A New Perspective
Rao G. V.
Structural dynamics is a subset of structural analysis which covers the behavior of structures subjected to dynamic loading. The subject has seen rapid growth and also change in how the basic concepts can be interpreted. For instance, the...
Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems. An Approach to Reading the Landscape
Brierley Gary J.
Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. ‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has...
Biomimetic, Bioresponsive, and Bioactive Materials. An Introduction to Integrating Materials with Tissues
Phillips Gary J.
The accessible introduction to biomaterials and their applications in tissue replacement, medical devices, and more Molecular and cell biology is being increasingly integrated into the search for high-performance biomaterials and biomedical...
Practical Sustainability Strategies. How to Gain a Competitive Advantage
Avlonas Nikos
Strategies that enable organizations to succeed as businesses and as responsible corporate citizens Based on the authors' many years of research and hands-on experience, this book provides tested and proven practical strategies that make it...
