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The High Cost of Low Morale...and what to do about it

The High Cost of Low Morale...and what to do about it

While the morale of an organization is an intangible element composed of feelings and attitudes of individuals and groups the effects of morale include tangible and extremely important factors such as profits efficiency quality and productivity. Low morale and its costliest indicator high turnover can be a tremendous drain on a company's finances. Managers often view morale as mysterious and unpredictable when in fact it is a measurable controllable expense. The High Cost of Low Morale explores the underlying causes of low morale and offers you field-proven practical methods for increasing morale and reducing turnover in your organization. | The High Cost of Low Morale. and what to do about it

GBP 175.00
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Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Practices

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Practices

Advanced imaging spectral technology and hyperspectral analysis techniques for multiple applications are the key features of the book. This book will present in one volume complete solutions from concepts fundamentals and methods of acquisition of hyperspectral data to analyses and applications of the data in a very coherent manner. It will help readers to fully understand basic theories of HRS how to utilize various field spectrometers and bioinstruments the importance of radiometric correction and atmospheric correction the use of analysis tools and software and determine what to do with HRS technology and data. | Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Practices

GBP 94.99
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Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design

Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design

The energy used to operate buildings is one of the most significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. While it is possible to reduce emissions through climate-responsive design many architects are not trained to do this. Filling an urgent need for a design reference in this emerging field this book describes how to reduce building-related greenhouse gas emissions through appropriate design techniques. It presents strategies to achieve CO2 reductions with an emphasis on control of energy flows through the building envelope and passive heating and cooling strategies. This new revised edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on building simulations. | Carbon-Neutral Architectural Design

GBP 145.00
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Professional Issues in Software Engineering

Professional Issues in Software Engineering

Nowadays software engineers not only have to worry about the technical knowledge needed to do their job but they are increasingly having to know about the legal professional and commercial context in which they must work. With the explosion of the Internet and major changes to the field with the introduction of the new Data Protection Act and the legal status of software engineers it is now essential that they have an appreciation of a wide variety of issues outside the technical. Equally valuable to both students and practitioners it brings together the expertise and experience of leading academics in software engineering law industrial relations and health and safety explaining the central principles and issues in each field and shows how they apply to software engineering. | Professional Issues in Software Engineering

GBP 175.00
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Geometric Design of Roads Handbook

Geometric Design of Roads Handbook

Explore the Art and Science of Geometric Design The Geometric Design of Roads Handbook covers the design of the visible elements of the road—its horizontal and vertical alignments the cross-section intersections and interchanges. Good practice allows the smooth and safe flow of traffic as well as easy maintenance. Geometric design is covered in depth. The book also addresses the underpinning disciplines of statistics traffic flow theory economic and utility analysis systems analysis hydraulics and drainage capacity analysis coordinate calculation environmental issues and public transport. Background Material for the Practicing Designer A key principle is recognizing what the driver wishes to do rather than what the vehicle can do. The book takes a human factors approach to design drawing on the concept of the self-explaining road. It also emphasizes the need for consistency of design and shows how this can be quantified and sets out the issues of the design domain context the extended design domain concept and the design exception. The book is not simply an engineering manual but properly explores context-sensitive design. Discover and Develop Real-World Solutions Changes in geometric design over the last few years have been dramatic and far-reaching and this is the first book to draw these together into a practical guide which presents a proper and overriding philosophy of design for road and highway designers and students. This text: Covers the basics of geometric design Explores key aspects of multimodal design Addresses drainage and environmental issues Reviews practical standards procedures and guidelines Provides additional references for further reading A practical guide for graduate students taking geometric design traffic operations/capacity analysis and public transport the Geometric Design of Roads Handbook introduces a novel approach that addresses the human aspect in the design process and incorporates relevant concepts that can help readers create and implement safe and efficient designs.

GBP 115.00
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Maternal-Fetal Evidence Based Guidelines

Maternal-Fetal Evidence Based Guidelines

This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in Maternal-Fetal Medicine to present the reader with the right information with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones. The information is presented in the right format by summarizing evidence succinctly and clearly in tables and algorithms. The aim is to inform the clinician to reduce errors and to make it easy to do it right. The volume can be purchased separately or together with the companion volume on Obstetric Evidence Based Guidelines (set ISBN 9780367567033). The Series in Maternal-Fetal Medicine is published in conjunction with the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. From reviews of previous editions: An excellent resource with quick and easy protocols… this book has a permanent spot on my shelf. —Doody’s Review Service | Maternal-Fetal Evidence Based Guidelines

GBP 145.00
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Developments in Lymphoid Cell Biology

Developments in Lymphoid Cell Biology

In this volume the author by no means attempted to give a comprehensive view of the myriad of recent developments in immunology. The author has attempted after introducing sufficient background in chapter 1 to highlight certain areas of lymphoid cell biology which are given less attention in current thinking but which seem to the author to offer exciting prospects for research. In other cases the important topics of transplantation and tolerance are looked at from points of view which are somewhat less conventional in the hope that these aspects may stimulate others to look at the yet unsolved problems in these areas. In making the selection of topics and indeed in the selection of references within each chapter the contributors and the author have attempted to select those which offered what seemed to be the best sources of information. They do not wish to minimize the important contributions of others but are guided by constraints of brevity and cogent expression. | Developments in Lymphoid Cell Biology

GBP 140.00
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An Introduction to Forensic Genetics for Non-geneticists

An Introduction to Forensic Genetics for Non-geneticists

This book aims to enable non-experts in Genetics to understand the contribution of this science to resolve civil or criminal litigations analysing evidence of human and non-human origins. The main difficulties in the comprehension and misuse of the results of Forensic Genetics reside in the lack of effective communication between geneticists and the users of the produced information (as lawyers and judges) and do not arise primarily from the lack of knowledge of genetics. Therefore instead of a classical handbook we use a question-and-answer approach which meets this interfacial essence. Questions that can be addressed by genetic expertise are typified and for each of them we provide the possible expert report presenting the essential biological and statistical genetics background in the form of boxes/appendices along with exemplary cases. Legal ethical and theoretical limitations of Forensic Genetics are discussed formulating questions that cannot or should not be addressed by this applied science. | An Introduction to Forensic Genetics for Non-geneticists

GBP 130.00
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Subtle Agroecologies Farming With the Hidden Half of Nature

Subtle Agroecologies Farming With the Hidden Half of Nature

This book is about the invisible or subtle nature of food and farming and also about the nature of existence. Everything that we know (and do not know) about the physical world has a subtle counterpart which has been scarcely considered in modernist farming practice and research. If you think this book isn’t for you if it appears more important to attend to the pressing physical challenges the world is facing before having the luxury of turning to such subtleties then think again. For it could be precisely this worldview – the one prioritises the physical-material dimension of reality - that helped get us into this situation in the first place. Perhaps we need a different worldview to get us out? This book makes a foundational contribution to the discipline of Subtle Agroecologies a nexus of indigenous epistemologies multidisciplinary advances in wave-based and ethereal studies and the science of sustainable agriculture. Not a farming system in itself Subtle Agroecologies superimposes a non-material dimension upon existing materially-based agroecological farming systems. Bringing together 43 authors from 12 countries and five continents from the natural and social sciences as well as the arts and humanities this multi-contributed book introduces the discipline explaining its relevance and potential contribution to the field of Agroecology. Research into Subtle Agroecologies may be described as the systematic study of the nature of the invisible world as it relates to the practice of agriculture and to do this through adapting and innovating with research methods in particular with those of a more embodied nature with the overall purpose of bringing and maintaining balance and harmony. Such research is an open-minded inquiry its grounding being the lived experiences of humans working on and with the land over several thousand years to the present. By reclaiming and reinterpreting the perennial relationship between humans and nature the implications would revolutionise agriculture heralding a new wave of more sustainable farming techniques changing our whole relationship with nature to one of real collaboration rather than control and ultimately transforming ourselves. | Subtle Agroecologies Farming With the Hidden Half of Nature

GBP 170.00
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Critical Materials and Sustainability Transition

Critical Materials and Sustainability Transition

Critical minerals play a vital role in the ongoing energy transition which aims to shift global energy systems towards more sustainable and low-carbon alternatives. These minerals also known as critical minerals are essential components in various clean energy technologies such as wind turbines solar panels electric vehicles and energy storage systems. They possess unique properties that enable efficient energy generation storage and transmission. For instance neodymium a rare earth element is crucial for the production of high-performance magnets used in wind turbines and electric motors. Lithium another critical mineral is a key component in rechargeable batteries powering electric vehicles and energy storage solutions. As the demand for clean energy technologies continues to rise securing a sustainable and reliable supply of critical minerals becomes increasingly important to support the global energy transition and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. In this book we investigate various aspects of critical mineral governance in the context of sustainability transition. We give perspectives around the critical metal requirements of sustainability transition in a forward-looking manner. We discuss the answers to the following questions: What role do the critical raw materials play in the transition to a sustainable economy and energy systems transformation? What are the bottlenecks in achieving a sustainable critical material supply? How do the critical minerals enable renewable energy transition and sustainable development? What is their role in the sustainability transition? How is mineral criticality assessed? And how critical are minerals? What are some regional differences in terms of critical mineral availability processing capacity and the supply chain? What strategy should be followed in deciding between primary raw materials and secondary raw materials in supplying critical raw materials for the transition to a sustainable economy? What is the (known) critical material budget and how does it fit with the climate pledges? The authors of the chapters of this book take a multi-perspective approach and provide insights from industrial ecology environmental engineering and sustainable management of natural resources. The information provided will help readers to understand critical metal requirements of present and future key technologies and will help societies to develop and implement sustainable supply strategies. | Critical Materials and Sustainability Transition

GBP 125.00
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Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology

Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology

Concise yet comprehensive this textbook of clinical pulmonology provides pulmonologists and respiratory disease physicians with all the key information that they need to know to manage the patient through the diagnosis and treatment journeys. From the most common condition to the rarest each disease is consistently presented and comprehensively covered giving the reader just the key facts. Building upon the basic sciences and integrating these with clinical practice each chapter has a consistent approach is highly designed and visually appealing. Numerous illustrations colour photographs scans bullet points tables and algorithms ensure that the key information is available at a glance. The keynote sections serve as a useful revision aid as do the multiple choice questions. A truly international and highly experienced editorship with expert contributors from around the world ensure that the book remains a trusted source of information. Set at the level between the definitive reference work and the clinical manual Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology is an invaluable cornerstone for all pulmonologists whether trainees or experienced clinicians.

GBP 99.99
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Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

This textbook covers tools and applications in civil engineering systems. It begins by revising the mathematical and statistical background for the adequate formulation of civil engineering problems. Then it examines a series of topics required to understand infrastructure facilities and transportation networks and their planning maintenance upgrading and expansion. It covers problem definition model formulation and decision making systems including optimization estimation and prediction. The applications deal with some of the challenges that civil engineers will typically encounter during their professional lives ranging from municipal planning and infrastructure management to transportation analysis. The treatment of the topics is integral. Tools and examples from real life situations are combined to illustrate the use of methods and principles. Students will learn to understand a system conceptualize a model analyse it and make decisions or draw conclusions just as practising engineers do. A final chapter introduces methods for expanding simple models adding complexity and incorporating uncertainty. Instructors can choose to cover some of the material from the foundation chapters on mathematics and statistics or directly concentrate on the tools and applications. | Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

GBP 175.00
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Pandemics and Innovative Food Systems

Pandemics and Innovative Food Systems

The debate on health nutrition and food security could not have arisen at a more opportune time. The recent pandemic has given rise to increased food and nutrition insecurity for individuals families and communities. The crisis threatened the food security and nutrition of millions of people many of whom were already suffering. We face possible disruptions to the functioning of food systems with severe consequences for health and nutrition. Pandemics create a greater burden for poorer countries and countries since they are already pressure of inadequate food supplies. With concerted action we can not only avoid some of the worst impacts but do so in a way that supports a transition to more sustainable food systems that are in better balance with nature and that support healthy diets – and thus better health prospects for all. This book aims to highlight the impact of pandemics in food systems and nutrition security. It draws on the experience from the past and present pandemics to better prepare the world for future crises. | Pandemics and Innovative Food Systems

GBP 135.00
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Modelling Interception and Transpiration at Monthly Time Steps IHE Dissertation 31

Modelling Interception and Transpiration at Monthly Time Steps IHE Dissertation 31

The book presents improved equations for monthly water resources models in particular for interception and transpiration. Most of the existing monthly models do not make a distinction between interception and transipiration while this distinction is very important for management purposes. Interception is direct feedback to the atmosphere important to sustain rainfall. Transpiration is a good indicator for plant growth and biomass production. This distinction also contributes to the estimation of recharge and therewith of runoff. ;The derivations are based on the Markov theory for the occurrence of rain-days. The methodology can be used on the basis of an analysis of a few time series of daily data at a spatial scale of 300km and not necessarily of the same period as the monthly data. Zimbabwe served as the case study but derived equations can be used worldwide as long as the relationship between the monthly rainfall and the mean number of rain-days can be established. | Modelling Interception and Transpiration at Monthly Time Steps IHE Dissertation 31

GBP 115.00
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Applied Safety for Engineers Systems and Products

Applied Safety for Engineers Systems and Products

Global competition and other factors are forcing manufacturers to produce highly safe engineering systems and products. This book meets the needs for product designers systems engineers and safety engineers that work together and need a single resource which considers all three areas when designing new products and systems that they can refer to. Applied Safety for Engineers: Systems and Products serves as a comprehensive resource offering a wide range of safety topics when involved with product design engineering system analysis and engineering maintenance. Examples along with their solutions are placed at the end of each chapter to test reader comprehension. The book facilitates the importance for product designers safety and systems engineering professionals to work closely during the product design phase so they can understand each other’s discipline. Written in a manner that readers do not need any previous knowledge on the subject the book offers many sources for further reading at the end of each chapter. This book will be useful to product designers system engineers safety specialists graduate and senior undergraduate students researchers and manufacturers industrial engineers safety engineers and engineers-at-large. | Applied Safety for Engineers Systems and Products

GBP 105.00
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Lectures On Quantum Mechanics

Lectures On Quantum Mechanics

These lecture notes comprise a three-semester graduate course in quantum mechanics at the University of Illinois. There are a number of texts which present the basic topics very well; but since a fair quantity of the material discussed in my course was not available to the students in elementary quantum mechanics books I was asked to prepare written notes. In retrospect these lecture notes seemed sufficiently interesting to warrant their publication in this format. The notes presented here in slightly revised form consitutute a self-contained course in quantum mechanics from first principles to elementary and relativistic one-particle mechanics. Prerequisite to reading these notes is some familiarity with elementary quantum mechanics at least at the undergraduate level. Preferably the reader should already have met the uncertainty principle and the concept of a wave function. Prerequisites also include sufficient acquaintance with complex cariables to be able to do simple contour integrals and to understand words such as poles and branch cuts. An elementary knowledge of Fourier transforms and series is necessary. I also assume an awareness of classical electrodynamics. | Lectures On Quantum Mechanics

GBP 130.00
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Flavoromics An Integrated Approach to Flavor and Sensory Assessment

Flavoromics An Integrated Approach to Flavor and Sensory Assessment

Forty years of progress in the fields of gas chromatography and data collection have culminated in flavoromics. This is a combination of chemometrics and metabolomics. Essentially it is the non-targeted way of rapidly collecting a significant amount of data from a wide range of sample populations and using the data to study complicated topics. Now that we have the required tools we can carry out high-throughput trace investigations that incorporate both gustatory and olfactory signals. Flavoromics: An Integrated Approach to Flavor and Sensory Assessment describes the tools to do high-throughput trace analyses that represent both taste and olfaction stimuli. It explains how today's single sample research will generate thousands of data points which are loaded into sophisticated statistical analysis algorithms to establish what stimuli are responsible for flavor. This cutting-edge equipment will enable us to create flavorings and perfumes that are more realistic and superior. Key Features: Includes a detailed section on data handling/mining Section 4 describes a broad overview of different food matrices Points out the integration of flavoromics with advanced separation methods data management statistical modeling and variable selection This book represents a revolutionary tool waiting to help make better truer to life flavorings and fragrances. | Flavoromics An Integrated Approach to Flavor and Sensory Assessment

GBP 170.00
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Go Green for Environmental Sustainability An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Applications

Go Green for Environmental Sustainability An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Applications

This book highlights topics ranging from green chemistry and engineering to bioremediation smart technologies and sustainable business practices. The common threads running through this volume are the need for urgent action a vision for a sustainable future and the awareness that solutions must be widely accessible and advance the welfare of all nations especially in the face of climate change. The authors delineate how we can protect and restore natural ecosystem potential to achieve environmental sustainability. They provide a clear idea of today’s environmental challenges and solutions focus on energy use patterns and the reduction of energy consumption advocate for increased environmental awareness and discuss environmental monitoring systems. The book contains many domestic and international case studies and showcases visionary ideas in action to illustrate sustainability principles. This volume provides an in-depth reference for stakeholders from academia government and industry on the latest research in environmental sustainability solutions. Inspired by the common wisdom that we do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors but instead borrow it from our children the authors offer solutions to emergent problems. This research comprises an important contribution to the global effort to build a more sustainable tomorrow. | Go Green for Environmental Sustainability An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Applications

GBP 105.00
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Building Energy Simulation A Workbook Using DesignBuilder

Building Energy Simulation A Workbook Using DesignBuilder

The second edition of Building Energy Simulation includes studies of various components and systems of buildings and their effect on energy consumption with the help of DesignBuilderTM a front-end for the EnergyPlus simulation engine supported by examples and exercises. The book employs a learning by doing methodology. It explains simulation-input parameters and how-to-do analysis of the simulation output in the process explaining building physics and energy simulation. Divided into three sections it covers the fundamentals of energy simulation followed by advanced topics in energy simulation and simulation for compliance with building codes and detailed case studies for comprehensive building energy simulation. Features: Focuses on learning building energy simulation while being interactive through examples and exercises. Explains the building physics and the science behind the energy performance of buildings. Encourages an integrated design approach by explaining the interactions between various building systems and their effect on energy performance of building. Discusses a how-to model for building energy code compliance including three projects to practice whole building simulation. Provides hands-on training of building energy simulation tools: DesignBuilder™ and EnergyPlus. Includes practical projects problems appendices and CAD files in the e-resources section. Building Energy Simulation is intended for students and researchers in building energy courses energy simulation professionals and architects. | Building Energy Simulation A Workbook Using DesignBuilder™

GBP 105.00
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Swarm Intelligence and Deep Evolution Evolutionary Approach to Artificial Intelligence

Swarm Intelligence and Deep Evolution Evolutionary Approach to Artificial Intelligence

The book provides theoretical and practical knowledge about swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation. It describes the emerging trends in deep learning that involve the integration of swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation with deep learning i. e. deep neuroevolution and deep swarms. The study reviews the research on network structures and hyperparameters in deep learning and attracting attention as a new trend in AI. A part of the coverage of the book is based on the results of practical examples as well as various real-world applications. The future of AI based on the ideas of swarm intelligence and evolution is also covered. The book is an introductory work for researchers. Approaches to the realization of AI and the emergence of intelligence are explained with emphasis on evolution and learning. It is designed for beginners who do not have any knowledge of algorithms or biology and explains the basics of neural networks and deep learning in an easy-to-understand manner. As a practical exercise in neuroevolution the book shows how to learn to drive a racing car and a helicopter using MindRender. MindRender is an AI educational software that allows the readers to create and play with VR programs and provides a variety of examples so that the readers will be able to create and understand AI. | Swarm Intelligence and Deep Evolution Evolutionary Approach to Artificial Intelligence

GBP 160.00
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Experiment Design for Civil Engineering Methods and Examples

Experiment Design for Civil Engineering Methods and Examples

Experiment Design for Civil Engineering provides guidance to students and practicing civil engineers on how to design a civil engineering experiment that will produce useful and unassailable results. It includes a long list of complete experiment designs that students can perform in the laboratory at most universities and that many consulting engineers can do in corporate laboratories. These experiments also provide a way to evaluate a new design against an existing experiment to determine what information is most appropriate in each section and how to format the data for the most effective outcome. Interpretation of output data is discussed along with uncertainty as well as optimal presentation of the data to others. The content of the first 8 chapters is similar in format to authors' recent title Experiment Design for Environmental Engineering: Methods and Examples (CRC Press 2022) and has been revised for civil engineers. This textbook: Fills in the gap in ABET requirements to teach experiment design. Provides a standardized approach to experiment design that can work for any experiment. Includes completed experiment designs suitable for college laboratory and professional applications. Shows how to organize experimental data as it is collected to optimize usefulness. Provides templates for design of the experiment and for presenting the resulting data to technical and nontechnical audiences or clients. | Experiment Design for Civil Engineering Methods and Examples

GBP 89.99
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Data Science with Semantic Technologies Deployment and Exploration

Data Science with Semantic Technologies Deployment and Exploration

Gone are the days when data was interlinked with related data by humans and human interpretation was required. Data is no longer just data. It is now considered a Thing or Entity or Concept with meaning so that a machine not only understands the concept but also extrapolates the way humans do. Data Science with Semantic Technologies: Deployment and Exploration the second volume of a two-volume handbook set provides a roadmap for the deployment of semantic technologies in the field of data science and enables the user to create intelligence through these technologies by exploring the opportunities and eradicating the challenges in the current and future time frame. In addition this book offers the answer to various questions like: What makes a technology semantic as opposed to other approaches to data science? What is knowledge data science? How does knowledge data science relate to other fields? This book explores the optimal use of these technologies to provide the highest benefit to the user under one comprehensive source and title. As there is no dedicated book available in the market on this topic at this time this book becomes a unique resource for scholars researchers data scientists professionals and practitioners. This volume can serve as an important guide toward applications of data science with semantic technologies for the upcoming generation. | Data Science with Semantic Technologies Deployment and Exploration

GBP 150.00
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Neurological Rehabilitation Spasticity and Contractures in Clinical Practice and Research

Neurological Rehabilitation Spasticity and Contractures in Clinical Practice and Research

This book is the first attempt at bringing together a volume of work from a range of professionals with an interest in spasticity. The framework for the definition was developed in part by the authors contributing chapters that make up this volume. The book represents the current state-of-the-art regarding definition measurement pathophysiology (all state-of-the-art summaries) and simultaneously gives clinicians guidance on clinical management. This work combines coverage of both spasticity and contractures as these two phenomena are often closely interrelated. Current researchers do not differentiate between these individual impairments and as such there is significant confusion in the literature. This book discusses both conditions and then separates them into their respective components. If these two conditions co-exist (which is generally the case) then the management of a patient will need to be customized to individual clinical presentation. The clinical sections of the book are all written by currently practicing and research active clinicians and the earlier chapters are written by researchers currently working on spasticity. In summary this book: Provides information that is clinically relevant and strongly researched Includes clinical studies covering both spasticity and contractures which is unique Presents editors and contributors that are world-class experts Takes a cookbook approach to measurements in clinical studies and research Contains extensive references that are included at the end of each chapter | Neurological Rehabilitation Spasticity and Contractures in Clinical Practice and Research

GBP 145.00
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Project Management Simplified A Step-by-Step Process

Project Management Simplified A Step-by-Step Process

Are projects a problem for you? Do your projects cost too much take too long or are just not quite right? If so Project Management Simplified: A Step-by-Step Process is the book for you. It applies well-defined processes for managing projects to managing change in our lives. It describes an approach modeled on a process used successfully in businesses not-for-profit organizations schools and other organizations. The skills and techniques are not unique to businesses and organizations; they are life skills available to everyone. There are a number of structured approaches that guide the successful completion of projects in business environments. This book translates these processes and techniques such that nonproject managers can easily use these proven approaches in a nonbusiness context for their own projects. It removes technical jargon the need for computer software and hardware and complicated organizational environments describing the essential project management processes in a simple straightforward manner. As you progress through the book you connect the dots necessary to complete your personal projects. A sample project in the text and a case study in the appendices further illustrate the concepts explained in the text. The author challenges you to select a project and working along with the book be the project manager and develop a project plan. By working with customers and funders of the project defining the project identifying how long it will take and determining its cost you will develop the expertise to define project goals and create a plan to reach them. | Project Management Simplified A Step-by-Step Process

GBP 175.00
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Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces Interfaces And Membranes

Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces Interfaces And Membranes

Understanding the structural and thermodynamic properties of surfaces interfaces and membranes is important for both fundamental and practical reasons. Important applications include coatings dispersants encapsulating agents and biological materials. Soft materials important in the development of new materials and the basis of many biological systems cannot be designed using trial and error methods due to the multiplicity of components and parameters. While these systems can sometimes be analyzed in terms of microscopic mixtures it is often conceptually simpler to regard them as dispersions and to focus on the properties of the internal interfaces found in these systems. The basic physics centers on the properties of quasi-two-dimensional systems embedded in the three-dimensional world thus exhibiting phenomena that do not exist in bulk materials. This approach is the basis behind the theoretical presentation of Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces Interfaces and Membranes. The approach adapted allows one to treat the rich diversity of phenomena investigated in the field of soft matter physics (including both colloid/interface science as well as the materials and macromolecular aspects of biological physics) such as interfacial tension the roughening transition wetting interactions between surfaces membrane elasticity and self-assembly. Presented as a set of lecture notes this book is aimed at physicists physical chemists biological physicists chemical engineers and materials scientists who are interested in the statistical mechanics that underlie the macroscopic thermodynamic properties of surfaces interfaces and membranes. This paperback edition contains all the material published in the original hard-cover edition as well as additional clarifications and explanations.

GBP 130.00
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