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This inclusive cross-cultural study rethinks the nexus between engineering education and context. In so doing the book offers a reflection on contextual boundaries with an overall boundary crossing ……続きを見る

This book focuses on the development of four key issues in the development of modern Spain; knowledge, manufacturing, energy and telecommunications, and public works. If technology transfer from adv……続きを見る

Wanderlusting is one man's story, alternately funny and hair-raising, about his travels after he dropped out of graduate school in the 1970s. Gary McWilliams chose a working man's life, and worked s……続きを見る

This book addresses questions surrounding the feasibility of a global approach to ethical governance of science and technology. The emergence and rapid spread of nanotechnology offers a test case fo……続きを見る

In this global society, manufacturers compete in many ways, and information infrastructures play a critical role in ensuring the right information is available at the right time and the right place ……続きを見る

Numerical application of Plasticity to Geomechanics is an area of research that has grown rapidly since its origins in the late 1960s. This growth led to new methodologies and analysis approaches th……続きを見る

Aspects of Safety Management contains the invited papers presented at the ninth annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium, held in Bristol, February 2001. For some time, it has been recognised that t……続きを見る

This book is an account on the thermomechanical behaviour of granular and porous materials and deals with experiments, theoretical deduction of macroscale equations by means of averaging from micros……続きを見る

In 1998-99, at the dawn of the SoC Revolution, we wrote Surviving the SOC Revolution: A Guide to Platform Based Design. In that book, we focused on presenting guidelines and best practices to aid en……続きを見る

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range ……続きを見る

Safety professionals know that the best solution to preventing accidents in the workplace boils down to engineering out the hazards. If there isn't any hazard or exposure, there can't be any acciden……続きを見る

This volume identifies, discusses and addresses the wide array of ethical issues that have emerged for engineers due to the rise of a global economy. To date, there has been no systematic treatment ……続きを見る

Ce manuel de photographie sportive offre les conseils de base pour réaliser de bons reportages sportifs. Les grandes lignes générales sont exposées et également les informations spécifiques pour que……続きを見る

Negli Stati Uniti le aziende pagano l'energia un terzo rispetto all’Italia (grazie allo shale gas) e anche i competitor europei possono contare su un 30% in meno. Colmare, o almeno ridurre, il gap c……続きを見る

This book presents invited reviews and original short notes of recent results obtained in studies concerning the fabrication and application of nanostructures, which hold great promise for the new g……続きを見る

This comprehensive book is the first of its kind to take scientists and engineers beyond simply getting a patent granted. Through the author's extensive technical background and experience in intell……続きを見る

Born into poverty in the Scottish Border country in 1757, Thomas Telford rose to become a towering figure of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the pre-eminent engineer of his day. Incorporati……続きを見る

The largest untapped and under appreciated resource in this country as well as this world, are the people living with disabilities. In the United States, there are over 57 million people, 20% of the……続きを見る

John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs in a sustainable way. He believes that in our eagerness to find technological solutions to the big cha……続きを見る

A incerteza política, uma economia volátil, agressões ao sigilo bancário, as ameaças à manutenção da riqueza, aumento da carga fiscal, os serviços governamentais deficientes para compensar o pagamen……続きを見る

This authoritative treatment covers theory, optimal estimation and a range of practical applications. The first book on the subject, and written by leading researchers, this clear and rigorous work ……続きを見る

Los 12 pilares clave para construir una novela desata el misterio de cómo elaborar una historia sólida, para que puedas ir desde una idea hasta una novela completa en pasos fáciles de entender. La a……続きを見る

This groundbreaking volume covers the significant advantages of wave technologies in the development of innovative machine building where high technologies with appreciable economic effect are appli……続きを見る

A mathematical model of a physical system provides the engineer with the insight and intuitive understanding required to make efficient system design changes or other modifications. In this context,……続きを見る

This book presents a collection of studies by Romanian philosophers, addressing foundational issues currently debated in contemporary philosophy of science. It offers a historical survey of the trad……続きを見る

This book addresses the methodological issues involved in responsible innovation and provides an overview of recent applications of multidisciplinary research. Responsible innovation involves resear……続きを見る

Despite the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, a growing number of countries are interested in expanding or introducing nuclear energy. However, nuclear energy production and ……続きを見る

'The text is well written and supported by clear and useful illustrations. This would be a useful textbook for postgraduate or advanced undergraduate studies and would also make a good introductory ……続きを見る

This book brings together philosophical approaches to cooperation and collective agency with research into human-machine interaction and cooperation from engineering, robotics, computer science and ……続きを見る

In today's economic scenario it is all more vital that companies leverage full potential of its existing IT investment by exploiting out of box functionalities to the fullest extent. SAP EWS is one ……続きを見る