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Special Issues in Chairing Academic Departments
Carolyn Allard
Chairing an academic department comes with a multitude of responsibilities in a wide variety of areas. As a new department chair, you immediately confront many of the basics of academic leadership: managing budgets, supporting faculty, resolving...
Surgical Essentials of Immediate Implant Dentistry
Jay Beagle R.
Surgical Essentials of Immediate Implant Dentistry provides a definitive text on this important treatment modality. Assisting readers to make sense of the various clinical techniques and protocols, Beagle discusses the available underlying...
Analytical and Numerical Methods for Vibration Analyses
Jong-Shyong Wu
Illustrates theories and associated mathematical expressions with numerical examples using various methods, leading to exact solutions, more accurate results, and more computationally efficient techniques This book presents the derivations of...
Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics
Ian Smith
The 9th edition maintains the content on all soil mechanics subject areas – groundwater flow, soil physical properties, stresses, shear strength, consolidation and settlement, slope stability, retaining walls, shallow and deep foundations,...
A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945
Amelia Jones
A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the...
The British and Irish Short Story Handbook
David Malcolm
The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist...
1 and 2 Thessalonians Through the Centuries
Anthony Thiselton C.
This unique commentary on Paul’s early letters by an outstanding New Testament specialist, provides a broad range of original perspectives of how people have interpreted, and been influenced by, Paul’s first two letters. Addresses questions...
Social Movements in Global Politics
David West
Social Movements in Global Politics is a timely new account of the unconventional, ‘extra-institutional’ activities of social movements. In the face of impending global crises and stubborn conflicts, a conventional view of politics risks leaving...
Radio in the Digital Age
Andrew Dubber
Radio’s influence can be found in almost every corner of new media. Radio in the Digital Age assesses a medium that has not only survived the challenges of a new technological age but indeed has extended its reach. This is not a book about...
Will the Middle East Implode?
Mohammed Ayoob
The Middle East has long been fraught with tension and volatility. However, the recent Arab uprisings have intensified instability, turning this 'hot-spot' into a veritable tinderbox whose potential for implosion has far-reaching regional and...
Time Management for Department Chairs
Christian Hansen K.
Department chairs who have asked themselves the question 'Who knows where the time goes' should ask Christian Hansen for the answer. His book, Time Management for Department Chairs, will help chairs maximize the investment of their most...
Non-Gaussian Statistical Communication Theory
David Middleton
The book is based on the observation that communication is the central operation of discovery in all the sciences. In its «active mode» we use it to «interrogate» the physical world, sending appropriate «signals» and receiving nature's «reply»....
Introduction to Surface Engineering and Functionally Engineered Materials
Peter Martin
This book provides a clear and understandable text for users and developers of advanced engineered materials, particularly in the area of thin films, and addresses fundamentals of modifying the optical, electrical, photo-electric, triboligical,...
Computer, Network, Software, and Hardware Engineering with Applications
Norman Schneidewind F.
There are many books on computers, networks, and software engineering but none that integrate the three with applications. Integration is important because, increasingly, software dominates the performance, reliability, maintainability, and...
200 Contractual Problems and their Solutions
J. Knowles Roger
This book examines 200 contractual problems which regularly arise on building and engineering projects and provides a detailed explanation of their solutions, citing standard contract conditions and key parts of legal judgements as authority. A...
A Companion to Creative Writing
Graeme Harper
A Companion to Creative Writing comprehensively considers key aspects of the practice, profession and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world. The most comprehensive collection specifically relating to the practices and cultural...
The Future for Creative Writing
Graeme Harper
This is a compelling look at the current state and future direction of creative writing by a preeminent scholar in the field. Explores the practice of creative writing, its place in the world, and its impact on individuals and communities...
The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation
Craig Carroll E.
With the latest insights from the world of communication studies into the nature of corporate reputation, this new addition to Wiley-Blackwell’s series of handbooks on communication and media reflects the growing visibility of large businesses’...
Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Margaret Campbell L.
Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care uses a case-based approach to provide students and practitioners with an important learning tool to improve critical thinking skills and encourage discussion toward improving experiences for...
Principles and Applications of Tribology
Bharat Bhushan
This fully updated Second Edition provides the reader with the solid understanding of tribology which is essential to engineers involved in the design of, and ensuring the reliability of, machine parts and systems. It moves from basic theory to...
Practical Guide to the NEC3 Professional Services Contract
Michael Rowlinson
Currently in its third edition, the NEC suite has become one of the UK’s leading families of standard forms of contract for major construction and civil engineering projects. Part of the NEC suite, the Professional Services Contract (PSC) was...
Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults
Stephen Brookfield D.
Praise for Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults «Stephen Brookfield has used his gifts for clear thinking and lucid writing to produce this theoretically informed, immensely practical book on how the dynamics of power and adult teaching...
Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Systems, Fundamentals and Hard-switching Converters
Adrian Ioinovici
Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Systems is a definitive five-volume reference spanning classical theory through practical applications and consolidating the latest advancements in energy conversion technology. Comprehensive yet highly...
Signal and Image Multiresolution Analysis
Abdeldjalil Ouahabi
Multiresolution analysis using the wavelet transform has received considerable attention in recent years by researchers in various fields. It is a powerful tool for efficiently representing signals and images at multiple levels of detail with...
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning
Ho Law
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring, and Learning addresses the psychological principles upon which coaching and mentoring is based, and integrates them in a universal framework for the theory and practice of individual and organizational...
Environmental Scanning and Sustainable Development
Nicolas Lesca
This work is an initial exploration of the relationship between scanning and sustainable development. In ten chapters, the authors examine the application, characteristics and implementation of scanning oriented toward sustainable development....
How to Write Successful Fundraising Appeals
Mal Warwick
Includes Sample Letters, Real World Examples, Style Tips, New Chapters on E-mail, Websites, Social Media, and More… Now in a completely revised third edition, this classic book shows how to create winning appeals that will realize the full...
Numerical Methods in Contact Mechanics
Vladislav Yastrebov A.
Computational contact mechanics is a broad topic which brings together algorithmic, geometrical, optimization and numerical aspects for a robust, fast and accurate treatment of contact problems. This book covers all the basic ingredients of...
Water Safety and Water Infrastructure Security
John Voeller G.
Water Safety and Water Infrastructure Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering topics related to contamination of drinking water, prevention, monitoring, and decontamination....
The Graphic Designer's Guide to Portfolio Design
Debbie Myers Rose
Landing a job in graphic design or multimedia starts with the creation of a portfolio that showcases a student's best work. With sample portfolios, interviews with leaders in graphic design and advertising industries, and step-by-step...
The Resource Handbook for Academic Deans
Laura Behling L.
The Resource Handbook for Academic Deans, Third Edition This thoroughly revised volume is written by and for academic administrators. Each chapter explores a particular challenge or issue that has been identified by the American Conference of...
Detection and Intelligent Systems for Homeland Security
John Voeller G.
Detection and Intelligent Systems for Homeland Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering advanced technology for image and video interpretation systems used for surveillance,...
Wireless Power Transfer via Radiowaves
Naoki Shinohara
Recent advances in Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) technologies have enabled various engineering applications with potential product implementation. WPT can be utilized to charge batteries in various pieces of equipment without the need for a...
The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Control
Tobias Egner
Covering basic theory, new research, and intersections with adjacent fields, this is the first comprehensive reference work on cognitive control – our ability to use internal goals to guide thought and behavior. Draws together expert...
Visual Design for Online Learning
Torria Davis
Update the visual design of your course in pedagogically sound ways Visual Design for Online Learning spotlights the role that visual elements play in the online learning environment. Written for both new and experienced instructors, the book...
74th Conference on Glass Problems
S. K. Sundaram
Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 35, Issue 1, 74th Conference on Glass Problems S.K. Sundaram, Editor In continuing the tradition that dates back to 1934, this volume is a collection of 25 papers presented at the 74th Glass...
Signal Processing and Integrated Circuits
Hussein Baher
This book provides a balanced account of analog, digital and mixed-mode signal processing with applications in telecommunications. Part I Perspective gives an overview of the areas of Systems on a Chip (Soc) and mobile communication which are...
Supporting Dyslexic Adults in Higher Education and the Workplace
Nicola Brunswick
Supporting Dyslexic Adults provides practical advice in supporting dyslexic adults in education and employment, and guidance on the latest research Provides an important overview of current research and practice in supporting dyslexic adults in...
Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook
Paula Keech
Do you have the passion and the creativity for fashion? Why not earn a living from it? The Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook is your essential guide on how to go it alone, covering what to expect, making sure you get paid, planning your...
Financial Engineering and Arbitrage in the Financial Markets
Robert Dubil
A whole is worth the sum of its parts. Even the most complex structured bond, credit arbitrage strategy or hedge trade can be broken down into its component parts, and if we understand the elemental components, we can then value the whole as the...
The LTE / SAE Deployment Handbook
Jyrki T. J. Penttinen
Describing the essential aspects that need to be considered during the deployment and operational phases of 3GPP LTE/SAE networks, this book gives a complete picture of LTE systems, as well as providing many examples from operational networks....
A Contractor's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract
Michael Robinson D.
This guide will help the contractor’s staff overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international contract using FIDIC forms. The majority of FIDIC-based contracts use the Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction), so...
Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education
Mark Mason
A collection of scholarly essays, Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education provides an accessible theoretical introduction to the topic of complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change. Explains the...
A Concise Guide to Clinical Trials
Allan Hackshaw
Clinical trials have revolutionized the way disease is prevented, detected and treated, and early death avoided, and they continue to be an expanding area of research. They are central to the work of pharmaceutical companies, and there are many...
A Concise Companion to American Studies
John Rowe Carlos
A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume that brings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum of American experience. A collection of 22 original essays which provides an unprecedented introduction to the «new»...
The Handbook of Language and Globalization
Nikolas Coupland
The Handbook of Language and Globalization brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research. The first volume to assemble leading scholarship in this...
Museums and the Public Sphere
Jennifer Barrett
Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums around the world as sites of democratic public space. Explores the role of museums around the world as sites of public discourse and democracy Examines the changing idea of the...
A Practical Guide to the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract
Michael Rowlinson
Launched in 1991, the New Engineering Contract (NEC) has become one of the UK's leading standard forms of contract for major construction and civil engineering projects. Currently in the third edition, popularly known as NEC 3, it is a process...
The Handbook of Media Audiences
Virginia Nightingale
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the complexity and diversity of audience studies in the advent of digital media. Details the study of audiences and how it is changing in relation to digital media Recognizes and appreciates...
The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine
Jeremy Howick H.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become a required element of clinical practice, but it is critical for the healthcare community to understand the ongoing controversy surrounding EBM. Seeking to address questions raised by critics, The...
