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Handbook of MRI Pulse Sequences

By: Matt A. Bernstein,Kevin F. King,Xiaohong Joe Zhou

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Handbook of MRI Pulse Sequences

By: Matt A. Bernstein,Kevin F. King,Xiaohong Joe Zhou

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is among the most important medical imaging techniques available today. There is an installed base of approximately 15,000 MRI scanners worldwide. Each of these scanners is capable of running many different "pulse sequences", which are governed by physics and engineering principles, and implemented by software programs that control the MRI hardware. To utilize an MRI scanner to the fullest extent, a conceptual understanding of its pulse sequences is crucial. Handbook of MRI Pulse Sequences offers a complete guide that can help the scientists, engineers, clinicians, and technologists in the field of MRI understand and better employ their scanner. - Explains pulse sequences, their components, and the associated image reconstruction methods commonly used in MRI - Provides self-contained sections for individual techniques - Can be used as a quick reference guide or as a resource for deeper study - Includes both non-mathematical and mathematical descriptions - Contains numerous figures, tables, references, and worked example problems

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0080533124

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Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

A Practical Introduction, Second Edition

By: Kevin P. Menard

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Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

A Practical Introduction, Second Edition

By: Kevin P. Menard

Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) has left the domain of the rheologist and has become a prevalent tool in the analytical laboratory. However, information on the use of this important tool is still scattered among a range of books and articles. Novices in the field have to dig through thermal analysis, rheology, and materials texts just to find the

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CRC Press

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1420053132

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Maths Handbook and Study Guide Grade 11

A comprehensive guide

By: Kevin Smith

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Maths Handbook and Study Guide Grade 11

A comprehensive guide

By: Kevin Smith

The Maths Handbook & Study Guide is a comprehensive reference book and set of notes that covers everything in one book. The book is written in a clear, simple, visual and logical manner. The colour coding facilitates explanations, definitions, formulas, recaps of previous work, hints and ideas. It is easy to read, easy to understand and it is easy to apply what has been learnt. It works in conjunction with all other Maths books. It is a welcome addition to the Handbook and Study Guide series. The Maths Handbook and Study Guide demystifies Maths and helps students to reach their potential in this challenging subject. The sub-title of the book is ‘Maths Made Easy’ and this is what it aims to do. Kevin ensures that his work is up to date at all times and that it is suitable for IEB and National Curriculum students. There are exercises in the front of the book and solutions to problems at the back.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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0981437060

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9780981437064

Cracking the LSAT

By: Adam Robinson,Kevin Blemel

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Cracking the LSAT

By: Adam Robinson,Kevin Blemel

This guide includes everything readers need to know to master the Arguments, Logic Games, Reading Comprehension, and Writing sections of the exam. Includes three full-length practice exams, tons of drills, and detailed explanations.

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Princeton Review

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0307944735

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Maths Handbook & Study Guide Grade 10

A comprehensive guide

By: Kevin Smith

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Maths Handbook & Study Guide Grade 10

A comprehensive guide

By: Kevin Smith

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Cracking the LSAT with DVD, 2010 Edition

By: Adam Robinson,Kevin Blemel,Mindy Eve Myers,Andrew Brody

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Cracking the LSAT with DVD, 2010 Edition

By: Adam Robinson,Kevin Blemel,Mindy Eve Myers,Andrew Brody

Are you an aspiring lawyer planning to take the LSAT? The test is a major factor in the law school admissions process, andCracking the LSAT with DVDhas everything you need to prepare for this crucial exam. The test prep experts at The Princeton Review bring you proven techniques in this new 2010 edition of our popular guide. It includes 2 practice tests in the book and exclusive free access to 4 additional practice tests and more practice questions and review online. Plus it comes with a supplemental DVD with video tutorials from The Princeton Review’s top instructors. InCracking the LSAT with DVDwe’ll bring you the key strategies and skills to ace every section of the test. It offers you a rich array of resources, including •Strategies to help you solve even the most difficult questions in Games, Arguments, and Reading Comprehension •Detailed explanations for every practice question •Helpful hints and law school information throughout the book •Online, interactive tutorial lessons with extra practice problems •Customized online study plans based on your schedule

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Princeton Review

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0375429301

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Play the Way You Feel

The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film

By: Kevin Whitehead

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Play the Way You Feel

The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film

By: Kevin Whitehead

Jazz stories have been entwined with cinema since the inception of jazz film genre in the 1920s, giving us origin tales and biopics, spectacles and low-budget quickies, comedies, musicals, and dramas, and stories of improvisers and composers at work. And the jazz film has seen a resurgence in recent years--from biopics like Miles Ahead and HBO's Bessie, to dramas Whiplash and La La Land. In Play the Way You Feel, author and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers a comprehensive guide to these films and other media from the perspective of the music itself. Spanning 93 years of film history, the book looks closely at movies, cartoons, and a few TV shows that tell jazz stories, from early talkies to modern times, with an eye to narrative conventions and common story points. Examining the ways historical films have painted a clear picture of the past or overtly distorted history, Play the Way You Feel serves up capsule discussions of sundry topics including Duke Ellington's social life at the Cotton Club, avant-garde musical practices in 1930s vaudeville, and Martin Scorsese's improvisatory method on the set of New York, New York. Throughout the book, Whitehead brings the same analytical bent and concise, witty language listeners know from his jazz segments on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He investigates well-known songs, traces the development of the stock jazz film ending, and offers fresh, often revisionist takes on works by such directors as Howard Hawks, John Cassavetes, Shirley Clarke, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and Damien Chazelle. In all, Play the Way You Feel is a feast for film-genre fanatics and movie-watching jazz enthusiasts.

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Oxford University Press

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019084759X

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Star Trek: Seekers: Second Nature

By: David Mack,Dayton Ward,Kevin Dilmore

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Star Trek: Seekers: Second Nature

By: David Mack,Dayton Ward,Kevin Dilmore

While scouting for new worlds in the vast Taurus Reach, the crew of the Sagittarius tries to save the Tomol--a species whose members all commit ritual suicide just as they reach adulthood--from both themselves and the Klingons.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476753075

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Tales from Jabba's Palace: Star Wars Legends

By: Kevin Anderson

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Tales from Jabba's Palace: Star Wars Legends

By: Kevin Anderson

In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke -- if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba's grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it. . . . Featuring original stories by: Kevin J. Anderson, M. Shayne Bell, John Gregory Betancourt, Mark Budz and Marina Fitch, A.C. Crispin, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, George Alec Effinger, Kenneth C. Flint, Esther Friesner, Barbara Hambly, Daryl F. Mallett, J.D. Montgomery, Judy and Gar Reeves-Stevens, Jennifer Roberson, Kathy Tyers, Deborah Wheeler, Dave Wolverton, William F. Wu, Timothy Zahn. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

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Random House Worlds

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0307796256

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Maths Handbook & Study Guide Grade 12

A comprehensive guide

By: Kevin Smith

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Maths Handbook & Study Guide Grade 12

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By: Kevin Smith

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0981437087

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Cracking the LSAT 2012

By: Kevin Blemel,Adam Robinson,Princeton Review (Firm)

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Cracking the LSAT 2012

By: Kevin Blemel,Adam Robinson,Princeton Review (Firm)

Accompanying DVD includes tutorials and admission advice.

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Princeton Review

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0375428275

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Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore

By: Kevin Blackburn,ZongLun Wu

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Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore

By: Kevin Blackburn,ZongLun Wu

Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore is a unique study in the history of education because it examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries – Malaysia and Singapore. Blackburn and Wu’s book analyzes the transition of the subject of history from colonial education to postcolonial education, from the history syllabus upholding the colonial order to the period after independence when the history syllabus became a tool for nation-building. Malaysia and Singapore are excellent case studies of this process because they once shared a common imperial curriculum in the English language schools that was gradually ‘decolonized’ to form the basis of the early history syllabuses of the new nation-states (they were briefly one nation-state in the early to mid-1960s). The colonial English language history syllabus was ‘decolonized’ into a national curriculum that was translated for the Chinese, Malay, and Tamil schools of Malaysia and Singapore. By analyzing the causes and consequences of the dramatic changes made to the teaching of history in the schools of Malaya and Singapore as Britain ended her empire in Southeast Asia, Blackburn and Wu offer fascinating insights into educational reform, the effects of decolonization on curricula, and the history of Malaysian and Singaporean education.

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Routledge

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0429749406

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Bayesian Artificial Intelligence

By: Kevin B. Korb,Ann E. Nicholson

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Bayesian Artificial Intelligence

By: Kevin B. Korb,Ann E. Nicholson

The second edition of this bestseller provides a practical and accessible introduction to the main concepts, foundation, and applications of Bayesian networks. This edition contains a new chapter on Bayesian network classifiers and a new section on object-oriented Bayesian networks, along with new applications and case studies. It includes a new section that addresses foundational problems with causal discovery and Markov blanket discovery and a new section that covers methods of evaluating causal discovery programs. The book also offers more coverage on the uses of causal interventions to understand and reason with causal Bayesian networks. Supplemental materials are available on the book's website.

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CRC Press

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1439815925

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9781439815922

Reeds Vol 1: Mathematics for Marine Engineers

By: Kevin Corner,Leslie Jackson,William Embleton

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Reeds Vol 1: Mathematics for Marine Engineers

By: Kevin Corner,Leslie Jackson,William Embleton

This exciting new edition covers the core subject areas of arithmetic, algebra, mensuration in 2D and 3D, trigonometry and geometry, graphs, calculus and statistics and probability for Marine Engineering students. Initial examples have been designed purely to practise mathematical technique and, once these skills have been mastered, further examples focus on engineering situations where the appropriate skills may be utilised. The practical questions are primarily from a marine engineering background but questions from other disciplines, such as electrical engineering, will also be covered, and reference made to the use of advanced calculators where relevant.

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A&C Black

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1408175568

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9781408175569

Wrapped in White

By: Kevin Brooks

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Wrapped in White

By: Kevin Brooks

PI John Craine - still struggling to cope with the weight of his past - is forced to finally confront it in his most personal and frightening case yet. PI John Craine is hired to investigate the brutal murder of a Somali youth called Jamaal Tan. The police are treating the murder as just another gang-related crime, but Tan’s aunt believes there’s more to it than that, and she claims the police are trying to cover up her nephew’s death. While investigating the case, Craine learns of the sudden death of his friend and mentor Leon Mercer. At first it appears to be a tragic accident, but Craine soon finds himself entangled in two deeply suspicious investigations. And before long he comes face to face with a man he hoped never to see again.

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Random House

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1446473546

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9781446473542

Maths Handbook & Study Guide Grade 12: Teacher’s Guide and Answer Book

By: Kevin Smith

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Maths Handbook & Study Guide Grade 12: Teacher’s Guide and Answer Book

By: Kevin Smith

Guidelines for teachers and worked through solutions to all the exercises in the Grade 12 Textbook. Guidelines for teachers and worked through solutions to all the exercises in the Grade 12 Textbook.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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0981437095

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9780981437095

The Secret Knowledge of Shaolin - Dim Mak

By: Kevin Vandeyck Ph.D

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The Secret Knowledge of Shaolin - Dim Mak

By: Kevin Vandeyck Ph.D

A very detailed description of the vital points in chinese medicine and how they relate to shaolin gung-fu. Often listed as secret knowledge, this information is usually only shared with the most senior students of a shaolin master.

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Lulu.com

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138766459X

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Religious and Philosophical Traditions of Korea

By: Kevin Cawley

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Religious and Philosophical Traditions of Korea

By: Kevin Cawley

Religious and Philosophical Traditions of Korea addresses a wide range of traditions, serving as a guide to those interested in Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, Christianity and many others. It brings readers along a journey from the past to the present, moving beyond the confines of the Korean peninsula. In this book Kevin N. Cawley examines the different ideas which have shaped a vibrant and exciting intellectual history and engages with some of the key texts and figures from Korea’s intellectual traditions. This comprehensive and riveting text emphasises how some of these ideas have real relevance in the world today and how they have practical value for our lives in the twenty-first century. Students, researchers and academics in the growing area of Korean Studies will find this book indispensable. It will also be of interest to undergraduates and graduate students interested in the comparative study of Asian religions, philosophies and cultures.

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Routledge

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131727380X

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9781317273806

Student Solutions Manual for Trigonometry

A Unit Circle Approach

By: Michael Sullivan,Kevin Bodden,Randy Gallaher

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Student Solutions Manual for Trigonometry

A Unit Circle Approach

By: Michael Sullivan,Kevin Bodden,Randy Gallaher

Fully worked solutions to odd-numbered exercises

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Pearson Educacion

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0136152155

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Crystallography and Crystal Defects

By: Anthony Kelly,Kevin M. Knowles

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Crystallography and Crystal Defects

By: Anthony Kelly,Kevin M. Knowles

The classic book that presents a unified approach to crystallography and the defects found within crystals, revised and updated This new edition of Crystallography and Crystal Defects explains the modern concepts of crystallography in a clear, succinct manner and shows how to apply these concepts in the analyses of point, line and planar defects in crystalline materials. Fully revised and updated, this book now includes: Original source references to key crystallographic terms familiar to materials scientists Expanded discussion on the elasticity of cubic materials New content on texture that contains more detail on Euler angles, orientation distribution functions and an expanded discussion on examples of textures in engineering materials Additional content on dislocations in materials of symmetry lower than cubic An expanded discussion of twinning which includes the description and classification of growth twins The inclusion and explanation of results from atomistic modelling of twin boundaries Problem sets with new questions, detailed worked solutions, supplementary lecture material and online computer programs for crystallographic calculations. Written by authors with extensive lecturing experience at undergraduate level, Crystallography and Crystal Defects, Third Edition continues to take its place as the core text on the topic and provides the essential resource for students and researchers in metallurgy, materials science, physics, chemistry, electrical, civil and mechanical engineering.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119420172

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9781119420170

Iterative Learning Control

Robustness and Monotonic Convergence for Interval Systems

By: Hyo-Sung Ahn,Kevin L. Moore,YangQuan Chen

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Iterative Learning Control

Robustness and Monotonic Convergence for Interval Systems

By: Hyo-Sung Ahn,Kevin L. Moore,YangQuan Chen

This monograph studies the design of robust, monotonically-convergent iterative learning controllers for discrete-time systems. It presents a unified analysis and design framework that enables designers to consider both robustness and monotonic convergence for typical uncertainty models, including parametric interval uncertainties, iteration-domain frequency uncertainty, and iteration-domain stochastic uncertainty. The book shows how to use robust iterative learning control in the face of model uncertainty.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1846288592

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9781846288593

Stable Adaptive Control and Estimation for Nonlinear Systems

Neural and Fuzzy Approximator Techniques

By: Jeffrey T. Spooner,Manfredi Maggiore,Raúl Ordóñez,Kevin M. Passino

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Stable Adaptive Control and Estimation for Nonlinear Systems

Neural and Fuzzy Approximator Techniques

By: Jeffrey T. Spooner,Manfredi Maggiore,Raúl Ordóñez,Kevin M. Passino

Thema dieses Buches ist die Anwendung neuronaler Netze und Fuzzy-Logic-Methoden zur Identifikation und Steuerung nichtlinear-dynamischer Systeme. Dabei werden fortgeschrittene Konzepte der herkömmlichen Steuerungstheorie mit den intuitiven Eigenschaften intelligenter Systeme kombiniert, um praxisrelevante Steuerungsaufgaben zu lösen. Die Autoren bieten viel Hintergrundmaterial; ausgearbeitete Beispiele und Übungsaufgaben helfen Studenten und Praktikern beim Vertiefen des Stoffes. Lösungen zu den Aufgaben sowie MATLAB-Codebeispiele sind ebenfalls enthalten.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471460974

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9780471460978

Robust and Adaptive Control

With Aerospace Applications

By: Eugene Lavretsky,Kevin Wise

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Robust and Adaptive Control

With Aerospace Applications

By: Eugene Lavretsky,Kevin Wise

Robust and Adaptive Control shows the reader how to produce consistent and accurate controllers that operate in the presence of uncertainties and unforeseen events. Driven by aerospace applications the focus of the book is primarily on continuous-dynamical systems. The text is a three-part treatment, beginning with robust and optimal linear control methods and moving on to a self-contained presentation of the design and analysis of model reference adaptive control (MRAC) for nonlinear uncertain dynamical systems. Recent extensions and modifications to MRAC design are included, as are guidelines for combining robust optimal and MRAC controllers. Features of the text include: · case studies that demonstrate the benefits of robust and adaptive control for piloted, autonomous and experimental aerial platforms; · detailed background material for each chapter to motivate theoretical developments; · realistic examples and simulation data illustrating key features of the methods described; and · problem solutions for instructors and MATLAB® code provided electronically. The theoretical content and practical applications reported address real-life aerospace problems, being based on numerous transitions of control-theoretic results into operational systems and airborne vehicles that are drawn from the authors’ extensive professional experience with The Boeing Company. The systems covered are challenging, often open-loop unstable, with uncertainties in their dynamics, and thus requiring both persistently reliable control and the ability to track commands either from a pilot or a guidance computer. Readers are assumed to have a basic understanding of root locus, Bode diagrams, and Nyquist plots, as well as linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, and the use of state-space methods in analysis and modeling of dynamical systems. Robust and Adaptive Control is intended to methodically teach senior undergraduate and graduate students how to construct stable and predictable control algorithms for realistic industrial applications. Practicing engineers and academic researchers will also find the book of great instructional value.

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1447143965

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The Brilliant & Forever

By: Kevin MacNeil

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The Brilliant & Forever

By: Kevin MacNeil

A Scottish isle hosts a literary festival in this humorous yet tragic novel by the author of A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde. On an island like no other, populated by writers, the annual Brilliant & Forever Festival is a much anticipated event; its participants a story away from either glory or infamy. This year, three best friends—two human, one alpaca—are chosen to compete, so victory is not only about reward. This is a novel like no other; a wonderful, provocative tussle, a whip-cracking, energetic, laugh-out-loud satire on what we value in culture, and in our lives. And yet, written with exquisite warmth and empathy, it’s also a moving exploration of integrity, friendship and belonging. It’ll split your sides and break your heart. Praise for The Brilliant & Forever “Laugh-out-loud funny. It’s so refreshing to read a book that isn’t like anything else.” —David Robinson “A wise warm-hearted meditation on the human condition.” —TheScotsman (UK) “Full of wry detail and satirical flourish, a demonstration of virtuoso storytelling. MacNeil atomizes the process of othering by which communities define themselves. All of that makes it sound overly serious, which it isn’t: MacNeil’s prose style keeps things light, lyrical, and funny.” —The Skinny “The reader will realize that this charming, sad novel is inspired by Italo Calvino . . . . It is a joy to read such an engaging, luminous novel, which dissects rather than enacts our cultural cringe.” —The Guardian (UK)

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Casemate Publishers

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0857908928

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9780857908926

Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems

By: Gilbert M. Masters,Kevin F. Hsu

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Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems

By: Gilbert M. Masters,Kevin F. Hsu

RENEWABLE AND EFFICIENT ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS Join the energy revolution—this comprehensive resource offers quantitative and practical approaches for designing a sustainable, 21st-century electricity system, covering renewable generation technologies, conventional power plants, energy efficiency, storage, and microgrids. Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems dives into the fundamentals of modern electricity systems, introducing key technologies, economic and environmental impacts, and practical considerations for energy and climate professionals. The book explains the science and engineering underlying renewable energy—including solar, wind, and hydropower—along with an expanded set of key energy technologies such as fuel cells, batteries, and hydrogen. This updated edition prepares readers to participate in the world’s ongoing efforts to decarbonize the electricity sector and move toward a more sustainable future. The book covers foundational knowledge of electric power, up through current developments and future prospects for renewable energy. The update significantly expands core content to address topics such as energy efficiency, smart grids, energy storage, and microgrids. It reframes energy as an integral factor in urban development and highlights forward-looking strategies to decarbonize the built environment. The text draws on a multi-scalar approach that ranges from utility-scale to building-scale to assess energy systems, and further considers centralized vs. distributed system architecture. The authors integrate perspectives from engineering professionals across different sectors, incorporating relevant insights from applied projects, with an eye toward implementing energy systems in the real world. Given the textbook’s broad reach, this edition situates energy development in an international context and provides examples relevant to a global audience. An essential resource for engineers and other practitioners working in climate and energy, offering cutting-edge frameworks and quantitative approaches to energy system design. Early chapters develop the skills and knowledge necessary for students and professionals entering the clean energy field. Later chapters offer an excellent bridge to prepare advanced students for further study in power engineering, or who intend to pursue policy or economic analysis. Step-by-step explanations of quantitative analysis are supplemented with additional practice problems to encourage self-instruction or complement classroom use. Accessible explanations provide planners and policymakers with fundamental technical understanding of energy systems. Combines pure technical analysis with economic and environmental considerations, and explores the link between energy, carbon, and new digital technologies, to provide a more comprehensive approach to energy education. As the world undergoes a transformation in energy and electricity, Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems is an indispensable text for students of energy, environment, and climate, as well as for practitioners seeking to refresh their understanding of renewable energy systems.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119847125

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9781119847120

Active Robot Vision: Camera Heads, Model Based Navigation And Reactive Control

By: Kevin Bowyer,Horst Bunke,Henrik I Christensen

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Active Robot Vision: Camera Heads, Model Based Navigation And Reactive Control

By: Kevin Bowyer,Horst Bunke,Henrik I Christensen

Contents:Editorial (H I Christensen et al.)The Harvard Binocular Head (N J Ferrier & J J Clark)Heads, Eyes, and Head-Eye Systems (K Pahlavan & J-O Eklundh)Design and Performance of TRISH, a Binocular Robot Head with Torsional Eye Movements (E Milios et al.)A Low-Cost Robot Camera Head (H I Christensen)The Surrey Attentive Robot Vision System (J R G Pretlove & G A Parker)Layered Control of a Binocular Camera Head (J L Crowley et al.)SAVIC: A Simulation, Visualization and Interactive Control Environment for Mobile Robots (C Chen & M M Trivedi)Simulation and Expectation in Sensor-Based Systems (Y Roth & R Jain)Active Avoidance: Escape and Dodging Behaviors for Reactive Control (R C Arkin et al.) Readership: Engineers and computer scientists. keywords:Active Vision;Robot Vision;Computer Vision;Model-Based Vision;Robot Navigation;Reactive Control;Robot Motion Planning;Knowledge-Based Vision;Robotics

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World Scientific

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9814504432

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9789814504430

Equivalents of the Riemann Hypothesis

By: Kevin Broughan

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Equivalents of the Riemann Hypothesis

By: Kevin Broughan

This third volume presents further equivalents to the Riemann hypothesis and explores its decidability.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009384805

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Equivalents of the Riemann Hypothesis: Volume 3, Further Steps towards Resolving the Riemann Hypothesis

By: Kevin Broughan

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Equivalents of the Riemann Hypothesis: Volume 3, Further Steps towards Resolving the Riemann Hypothesis

By: Kevin Broughan

This three-volume work presents the main known equivalents to the Riemann hypothesis, perhaps the most important problem in mathematics. Volume 3 covers new arithmetic and analytic equivalences from numerous studies in the field, such as Rogers and Tao, and presents derivations which show whether the Riemann hypothesis is decidable.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009384775

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Tourism Forecasting and Marketing

By: Kevin Kai Fai Wong,Haiyan Song

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Tourism Forecasting and Marketing

By: Kevin Kai Fai Wong,Haiyan Song

Up-to-date research on the latest practice and applications of tourism demand modelling and forcasting. The book addresses both econometric and time series approaches to forecasting, focusing on the concepts, model specification, data analysis and methodologies used in day-to-day tourism planning.

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Psychology Press

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0789020874

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9780789020871

Trigonometry: Enhanced with Graphing Utilities

By: Michael Sullivan, III,Mark McCombs,Kevin Bodden

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Trigonometry: Enhanced with Graphing Utilities

By: Michael Sullivan, III,Mark McCombs,Kevin Bodden

Fully worked solutions to odd-numbered exercises.

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Prentice Hall

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0131527290

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9780131527294

Studying Singapore's Past

C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore

By: Ping Tjin Thum,Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn,John Bastin,Anthony Milner,Kelvin W.K. Ng,A.J. Stockwell,Jason Lim

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Studying Singapore's Past

C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore

By: Ping Tjin Thum,Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn,John Bastin,Anthony Milner,Kelvin W.K. Ng,A.J. Stockwell,Jason Lim

C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published in 1972 as "The Straits Settlements, 1826-1867: Indian Presidency to Crown Colony", to her magisterial history of Singapore, first published in 1977 and re-issued in 2009 in an updated edition as A History of Singapore, 1819-2005. Her approach to history involved detailed work with documents and published materials, with a particular focus on political and economic history. One contributor to the present volume described the book as an "exercise in endowing a modern 'nation-state' with a coherent past that should explain the present." As styles in history evolved, younger scholars including some of her former students and colleagues began exploring new approaches to historical research that drew on non-English-language souce material and asked fresh questions of the sources. Mary enjoyed controversy and expected debate, and had a deep interest in these accounts, which were in many ways a natural progression from her own publications even when they raised questions about her interpretations and conclusions. Studying Singapore's Past had its origins in a conference organised to discuss her work. The volume includes ten contributions, some from long-established scholars of Singapore's history, others from a new generation of researchers. Their work offers an evaluation of established understandings of Singapore's history, and gives an indication of new directions that researchers are exploring. In publishing the book, the editor not only pays tribute to a distinguished historian but also seeks to make a contribution to the historiography of Singapore and to ongoing debates about Singapore's past.

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NUS Press

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9971696460

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War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore

By: Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn

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War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore

By: Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn

Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority could do little other than resign themselves to life under Japanese rule. The Occupation would last three and a half years, until the return of the British in September 1945. How is this period remembered? And how have individuals, communities, and states shaped and reshaped memories in the postwar era? The book response to these questions, presenting answers that use the words of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians, British and Australians who personally experienced the war years. The authors guide readers through many forms of memory: from the soaring pillars of Singapore's Civilian War Memorial, to traditional Chinese cemeteries in Malaysia; and from families left bereft by Japanese massacres, to the young women who flocked to the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Army, dreaming of a march on Delhi. This volume provides a forum for previously marginalized and self-censored voices, using the stories they relate to reflect on the nature of conflict and memory. They also offer a deeper understanding of the searing transit from wartime occupation to post-war decolonization and the moulding of postcolonial states and identities.

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9971695995

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