Clarke chronicles his life in phases, and shares his experiences growing up in the village, and enjoying school, and his contributions in three jobs: in Cable and Wireless, as an ambasador in the World Trade Organisation, and as a senior manager in the World intellectual Property Organisation. His 'fourth job' is his third attempt at writing this memoir.
Semiconductor device modelling has developed in recent years from being solely the domain of device physicists to span broader technological disciplines involved in device and electronic circuit design and develop ment. The rapid emergence of very high speed, high density integrated circuit technology and the drive towards high speed communications has meant that extremely small-scale device structures are used in contempor ary designs. The characterisation and analysis of these devices can no longer be satisfied by electrical measurements alone. Traditional equivalent circuit models and closed-form analytical models cannot always provide consis tently accurate results for all modes of operation of these very small devices. Furthermore, the highly competitive nature of the semiconductor industry has led to the need to minimise development costs and lead-time associated with introducing new designs. This has meant that there has been a greater demand for models capable of increasing our understanding of how these devices operate and capable of predicting accurate quantitative results. The desire to move towards computer aided design and expert systems has reinforced the need for models capable of representing device operation under DC, small-signal, large-signal and high frequency operation. It is also desirable to relate the physical structure of the device to the electrical performance. This demand for better models has led to the introduction of improved equivalent circuit models and a upsurge in interest in using physical models.
Teacher education in times of change offers a critical examination of teacher education policy in the UK and Ireland over the past three decades. Written by a research group from five countries, it makes international comparisons, and covers broader developments in professional learning, to place these key issues and lessons in a wider context.
During the second day of the 2006 Defence Force Air Show, held on 2122 October at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base at Richmond, New South Wales, the Mayor of the local Hawkesbury City Council, Dr Rex Stubbs, presented to the RAAF a unique treasure-trove of Air Force-related artwork. This consisted of two sketchbooks belonging to a recently-deceased local artist named Bill Wells, and contained a total of 108 pen and pencil drawings made on the Richmond base between the years 1996 and 2000. The original sketchbooks have been placed in the collection of the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Victoria, to ensure their proper preservation and display. This book represents a further endeavour to make Bill Wells remarkable artistic achievement better known across the RAAF and the Australian community. Because so many of the subjects which the artist chose to draw at Richmond featured C-130 Hercules transports (Richmond being the home base for the two RAAF squadrons which operated this aircraft type) and 2008 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the C-130 in RAAF service, the decision was made to produce a special commemorative publication. Presented here are more than 70 drawings from Bill Wells sketchbooks. All of these were executed in black pencil or ink, except one where coloured crayon was added to an initial pencil drawing. Featured are scenes viewed on the ground at Richmond involving Hercules aircraft or aspects relating to the servicing and maintenance of these aircraft; a few reflect the historical environment of the base. To show that the artists skills were not confined to the drawing medium, four full-colour paintings are also included. This publication is a tribute both to the artistry of the late Bill Wells and to the truly remarkable aircraft which has given the RAAF a full half-century of accident-free flying in the service of Australia."--From information provided by publisher.
Business Law in Canada, tenth edition provides future business professionals with a strong and practical legal grounding on the issues that touch every business. The new edition reflects the most current developments in business law, as well as the increasing importance of information technology, the internet, intellectual property, and legal issues concerning small businesses. Note: MyBusLawLab is not included with the purchase of this product.
This is the first comprehensive study of the trombone in English. It covers the instrument, its repertoire, the way it has been played, and the social, cultural, and aesthetic contexts within which it has developed. The book explores the origins of the instrument, its invention in the fifteenth century, and its story up to modern times, also revealing hidden aspects of the trombone in different eras and countries. The book looks not only at the trombone within classical music but also at its place in jazz, popular music, popular religion, and light music. Trevor Herbert examines each century of the trombone's development and details the fundamental impact of jazz on the modern trombone. By the late twentieth century, he shows, jazz techniques had filtered into the performance idioms of almost all styles of music and transformed ideas about virtuosity and lyricism in trombone playing.
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