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1001 Solved Engineering Fundamentals Problems, 3rd ed.（PDF）
Here's a wide-ranging collection of practice problems typical of the FE exam in every respect. All exam topics are covered and SI units are used. These multiple-choice questions are conveniently arranged by subject–so you can work through just the areas where you need practice, or all 1001 problems. A full, step-by-step solution is provided for [...]
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist, Second Edition: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL
Semantic Web models and technologies provide information in machine-readable languages that enable computers to access the Web more intelligently and perform tasks automatically without the direction of users. These technologies are relatively recent and advancing rapidly, creating a set of unique challenges for those developing applications. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist is the essential, [...]
Mobile WiMAX: A Systems Approach to Understanding IEEE 802.16m Radio Access Technology(PDF)
Presenting the new IEEE 802.16m standard, this is the first book to take a systematic, top-down approach to describing Mobile WiMAX and its next generation, giving detailed algorithmic descriptions together with explanations of the principles behind the operation of individual air-interface protocols and network components. Features: – A systematic and detailed, top-down approach to the [...]
Environmental Chemistry: Microscale Laboratory Experiments(PDF)
This book presents chemical analyses of the most pressing waste, pollution, and resource problems for the undergraduate or graduate student. Its distinctive holistic approach provides a solid introduction to theory as well as a practical laboratory manual detailing beginning and advanced experimental applications. It presents laboratory procedures at microscale conditions, for minimum waste and maximum [...]
Experiments for Digital Fundamentals(PDF)
Experiments in Digital Fundamentals, Tenth Edition, is designed to provide laboratory exercises that closely track topics in Digital Fundamentals, Tenth Edition, by Thomas L. Floyd. New to this edition is Experiment 26, which is a software tutorial for Quartus® II used for programming PLDs. The re quired software is a free download. Other changes include [...]
Perioperative Addiction: Clinical Management of the Addicted Patient(PDF)
Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career: the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs. The editors and contributors provide expert guidance on how to identify and manage the addicted patient, approaching the subject from [...]
The Progressive in Modern English: A Corpus-Based Study of Grammaticalization and Related Changes
This book constitutes the first full-length diachronic treatment of the English progressive from Old English to Present-day English, focusing on the crucial phase of its grammaticalization between the 17th and 20th centuries. It uses data from the British component of ARCHER-2 (A Representative Corpus of Historical English Registers, version 2) to uncover the details of [...]
Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications(PDF)
Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, Seventh Edition, is intended for one- or two-term introductory discrete mathematics courses taken by students from a wide variety of majors, including computer science, mathematics, and engineering. This renowned best-selling text, which has been used at over 500 institutions around the world, gives a focused introduction to the primary themes [...]
A Conversation Book 2: English in Everyday Life (Full Student Book) (Third Edition)(PDF)
A Conversation Book 2, Revised Third Edition, by Tina Kasloff Carver and Sandra Douglas Fotinos, presents an inviting, student-centered approach to developing fluency in English conversation. Contextualized picture dictionary-type pages provide students with the vocabulary needed for everyday life. Following each vocabulary lesson, task-based and cooperative activities such as role-playing, storytelling, problem solving, and community [...]
Financial Terrorism : Hijacking America Under the Threat of Bankruptcy(PDF)
Debts, deficits, taxation, regulation, and all the other hallmarks of economic slavery are already ravaging this nation. This book warns Americans that a dreaded new world order is being built around them and that economic control is part of a plan to enslave us. John F. McManus analyzes many proposed solutions and quick fixes for [...]