Nanostructured smart materials : synthesis, characterization, and potential applications

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Ceramic Materials Science and Engineering by Carter, C. Barry

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Extending SaltStack. by Hall, Joseph

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Parallel Computing Architectures and APIs IoT Big Data Stream Processing. by Kale, Vivek

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Guidelines for defining process safety competency requirements

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Control of quantum systems : theory and methods by Cong, Shuang

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Handbook of tunnel engineering II : basics and additional services for design and construction by Maidl, Bernhard

Table of Contents: “…3.8.2 Design method for steel fibre concrete tunnel linings -- 3.8.3 Conventionally reinforced shotcrete versus steel fibre shotcrete -- 4 Measurement for monitoring, probing and recording evidence -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Measurement programme -- 4.2.1 General -- 4.2.2 Measurements of construction states -- 4.2.2.1 Standard monitoring section -- 4.2.2.2 Principal monitoring sections -- 4.2.2.3 Surface measurements -- 4.2.2.4 Basic rules for implementation and evaluation -- 4.2.3 Measurement of the final state -- 4.2.3.1 Measurement programme -- 4.2.3.2 Evaluation -- 4.2.4 Special features of shield drives -- 4.2.4.1 Instrumentation -- 4.2.4.2 Recording and evaluation of machine data -- 4.2.5 IT systems for the recording and evaluation of geotechnical data -- 4.3 Measurement processes, instruments -- 4.3.1 Deformation measurement -- 4.3.1.1 Geodetic surveying -- 4.3.1.2 Convergence measurements -- 4.3.1.3 Optical surveying of displacement with electronic total station -- 4.3.1.4 Surface surveying -- 4.3.1.5 Extensometer measurements -- 4.3.1.6 Inclinometer / deflectometer measurements -- 4.3.1.7 Sliding micrometer measurements -- 4.3.1.8 Trivec measurements -- 4.3.2 Profile surveying -- 4.3.2.1 Photogrammetric scanner -- 4.3.3 Stress and strain measurements in the support layer -- 4.3.3.1 Radial and tangential stress measurement in concrete -- 4.3.3.2 Measurements in steel arches -- 4.3.4 Measurements of the loading and function of anchors -- 4.3.4.1 Checking of anchor forces in unbonded anchors -- 4.3.4.2 Checking of anchor forces with mechanical measurement anchors -- 4.4 Geophysical exploration ahead of the face -- 4.4.1 Seismology -- 4.4.2 Geoelectrical -- 4.4.3 Gravimetric -- 4.4.4 Geomagnetic -- 4.4.5 Geothermal -- 4.4.6 Examples and experience.…”
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Music in the USA : a documentary companion

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Global encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history

Table of Contents: “…Hong Kong Immigration Department (2017) -- Queen Boat trials (2001-2002) -- Queer domesticity in Europe -- Queer in Latin America -- Queer names and identity politics in the Arab world -- Queer themes in Italian Neorealist cinema -- Queer theorists -- Queer theory, African -- Rape, Corrective, in Africa -- Refugees and asylum in Africa -- Refugees and immigration policies -- Religion and same-sex behaviors : Christianity -- Religion and same-sex behaviors : Islam -- Religion and same-sex behaviors : Judaism -- Rescalvo, Sonia (1946-1991) -- Resorts -- Rituals and same-sex and trans experience -- Roopbaan -- Ruling, Anna (1880-1953) -- Rural queer communities, US -- Rural queerness -- Russian Gay Propaganda Law -- Sacred Band of Thebes -- Samoan Fa'afafine -- Sappho, Nineteenth-century rediscovery of -- Scandals in Europe -- Scouting -- Section 377 and Section 377A -- Section 377 in South Asia -- Senegal -- Sex reassignment surgery in Asia -- Sex reassignment surgery in Iran -- Sex tourism in Asia -- Sex tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Sex tourism in the Middle East -- Sex work in Asia -- Sex work/sex tourism/sex trafficking in Africa -- Sexology in Asia -- Sexperts and sex education in the West -- Sexual revolution in Europe -- Sexual revolution in the United States -- Sharaf (1997; Sun'allah Ibrahim) -- Shifting sexual norms in nineteenth-century Iran -- Sins against nature in colonial Latin America -- Situational homosexuality -- Slavery and sodomy in Brazil -- Sodomy laws in the United States -- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695) -- South Africa -- Southern Comfort Conference -- Spectra Project -- Sports and sexuality in Latin America -- Sports, Women in, Africa -- Stone butch blues (1993; Leslie Feinberg) -- Stonewall riots, International effects of -- Strange fruit -- Sufi treatment of same-sex relations in poetry and prose -- Sunil Babu Pant and Others v. …”
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Global encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history

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Human machine interface : making healthcare digital

Table of Contents: “…5.1.3.6 Robotics in Medical Waste Residual Management -- 5.2 Theoretical Framework -- 5.3 Objectives -- 5.4 Research Methodology -- 5.5 Primary and Secondary Data -- 5.6 Factors for Consideration -- 5.6.1 Patient Demographics -- 5.6.2 Hospital/Health Institutes Demographics -- 5.6.3 Patient Perception Factors -- 5.6.4 Hospital's Feasibility Factors and Hospital's Economic Factors for Implementation -- 5.7 Robotics Implementation -- 5.8 Tools for Analysis -- 5.9 Analysis of Patient's Perception -- 5.10 Review of Literature -- 5.11 Hospitals Considered for the Study (Through Indirect Sources) -- 5.12 Analysis and Interpretation -- 5.12.1 Crosstabulation -- 5.12.2 Regression and Model Fit -- 5.12.3 Factor Analysis -- 5.12.4 Regression Analysis -- 5.12.5 Descriptive Statistics -- 5.13 Conclusion -- References -- Annexure -- Chapter 6 Accelerating Development of Medical Devices Using Human-Machine Interface -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 HMI Machineries -- 6.3 Brain-Computer Interface and HMI -- 6.4 HMI for a Mobile Medical Exoskeleton -- 6.5 Human Artificial Limb and Robotic Surgical Treatment by HMI -- 6.6 Cognitive Enhancement by HMI -- 6.7 Soft Electronics for the Skin Using HMI -- 6.8 Safety Considerations -- 6.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 The Role of a Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) System on the Medical Devices -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Machine Learning for HCI Systems -- 7.3 Patient Experience -- 7.4 Cognitive Science -- 7.5 HCI System Based on Image Processing -- 7.5.1 Patient's Facial Expression -- 7.5.2 Gender and Age -- 7.5.3 Emotional Intelligence -- 7.6 Blockchain -- 7.7 Virtual Reality -- 7.8 The Challenges in Designing HCI Systems for Medical Devices -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Human-Machine Interaction in Leveraging the Concept of Telemedicine -- 8.1 Introduction.…”
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System health management : with aerospace applications

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Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields - Iv : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 19-25 October 2001. by Boebinger, G.

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Statistics for linguistics : a step-by-step guide for novices by Eddington, David

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Negotiation by Lewicki, Roy J.

Table of Contents: “…Contents note continued: Sticking by Your Principles versus Being Resilient Enough to Go with the Flow -- Sticking with Your Strategy versus Opportunistically Pursuing New Options -- Being Too Honest and Open versus Being Too Closed and Opaque -- Being Too Trusting versus Being Too Distrusting -- 6.Remember the Intangibles -- 7.Actively Manage Coalitions---Those Against You, For You, and Unknown -- 8.Savor and Protect Your Reputation -- 9.Remember That Rationality and Fairness Are Relative -- 10.Continue to Learn from Your Experience.…”


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The Bedford handbook for writers by Hacker, Diana, 1942-2004

Table of Contents: “…Preface for instructors -- How to use this book -- Part 1: Composing And Revising: -- Generate ideas and sketch a plan: -- Assessing the writing situation: -- Subject -- Sources of information -- Chart: Ways to narrow a subject to a topic -- Purpose -- Audience -- Length, document design, and deadlines -- Chart: Checklist for assessing the writing situation -- Exploring your subject: -- Listing -- Clustering or branching -- Asking questions -- Freewriting -- Keeping a journal -- Talking -- Settling on a tentative focus -- Sketching a tentative plan -- Rough out an initial draft: -- Letting it be rough -- Drafting an introduction that includes a thesis -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-the thesis sentence -- Filling out the body -- Attempting a conclusion -- Make global revisions: think big: -- Getting distance -- Approaching global revision in cycles -- Chart: Guidelines for peer reviewers -- Strengthening the content -- Sharpening the focus -- Improving the organization -- Clarifying the point of view -- Refining the tone -- Chart: Cycles of global revision -- Revise and edit sentences; proofread the final draft: -- Chart: Cycles of sentence-level revision -- Chart: Editing checklist -- Composing and revising on a word processor -- Expository student essay: Explaining an insight -- Descriptive student essay: Profiling a person or a place -- Narrative student essay: Re-creating an experience -- Part 2: Constructing Paragraphs: -- Focus on a main point: -- Stating the main point in a topic sentence -- Sticking to the point -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-topic sentences -- Develop the main point: -- Developing skimpy paragraphs -- Choosing a suitable pattern of development: -- Examples and illustrations -- Narration -- Description -- Process -- Comparison and contrast -- Analogy -- Cause and effect -- Classification and division -- Definition -- Arranging information: -- Order of time -- Order of space -- Order of climax -- Adjusting paragraph length -- Improve coherence: -- Linking ideas clearly -- Repeating key words -- Using parallel structures -- Maintaining consistency -- Providing transitions --Part 3: Crafting Sentences: -- Coordinate equal ideas; subordinate minor ideas: -- Chart: Using coordination to combine sentences of equal importance -- Chart: Using subordination to combine sentences of unequal importance -- Choppy sentences -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-choppy sentences -- Ineffective or excessive coordination -- Subordination for emphasis -- Excessive subordination -- Balance parallel ideas: -- In a series -- Presented as pairs -- Repetition of function words -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-parallelism -- Add needed words: -- In compound structures -- That -- In comparisons -- A, an, and the -- Untangle mixed constructions: -- Mixed grammar -- Illogical connections -- Is when, is where, and reason-is because -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-mixed constructions -- Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers: -- Limiting modifiers -- Misplaced phrases and clauses -- Awkwardly placed modifiers -- Split infinitives -- Dangling modifiers -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-dangling modifiers -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for dangling modifiers -- Eliminate distracting shifts: -- Person, number -- Verb tense -- Verb mood, voice -- Indirect to direct questions or quotations -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-shifts -- Emphasize your point: -- Active verbs -- Subject that names actor -- Special techniques -- Provide some variety: -- Sentence openings -- Sentence structures -- Inverted order -- Adding a question or quotation -- Part 4: Choosing Words: -- Tighten wordy sentences: -- Redundancies -- Unnecessary repetition -- Empty or inflated phrases -- Simplifying the structure -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for wordy sentences -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-wordy sentences -- Reducing clauses to phrases, phrases to single words -- Choose appropriate language: -- Jargon -- Pretentious language, euphemisms, "doublespeak" -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-jargon and pretentious language -- Obsolete, archaic, and invented words -- Slang, regional expressions, nonstandard English -- Levels of formality -- Sexist language -- Chart: Avoiding sexist language -- Find the exact words: -- Connotations -- Specific, concrete nouns -- Misused words -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-misused words -- Standard idioms -- Worn-out expressions -- Figures of speech -- Part 5: Editing For Grammar: -- Repair sentence fragments: -- Subordinate clauses -- Phrases -- Other fragmented word groups -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-sentence fragments -- Acceptable fragments -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for sentence fragments -- Revise comma splices and fused sentences: -- Correction with coordinating conjunction -- Correction with semicolon, colon, dash -- Correction by separating sentences -- Correction by restructuring -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-comma splices and fused sentences -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for comma splices and fused sentences -- Make subjects and verbs agree: -- Words between subject and verb -- Compound subjects with and -- Compound subjects with or, nor, either-or, or neither-nor -- Indefinite pronouns -- Collective nouns -- Subject following verb -- Subject complement -- Who, which, and that -- Words with plural form, singular meaning -- Titles of works, words mentioned as words -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-subject-verb agreement -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for problems with subject-verb agreement -- Make pronouns and antecedents agree: -- Singular with singular, plural with plural: -- Indefinite pronouns -- Generic nouns -- Collective nouns -- Compound antecedents with and -- Compound antecedents with or, nor, either-or, or neither-not -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-pronoun-antecedent agreement -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement -- Make pronoun references clear: -- Ambiguous or remote reference -- Broad reference of this, that, which, and it -- Implied antecedents -- Indefinite use of they, it, and you -- Who for persons, that or which for things -- Use personal pronouns and nouns in the proper case: -- Subjects and subject complements -- Objects -- Appositives -- Elliptical constructions -- We or us before a noun -- Subjects and objects of infinitives -- Pronoun modifying a gerund -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for problems with pronoun case -- Use who and whom in the proper case: -- In subordinate clauses -- In questions -- Chart: Reviewing your writing for problems with who and whom -- Choose adjectives and adverbs with care: -- Adverbs as modifiers -- Adjectives as complements -- Comparatives and superlatives -- Double negatives -- Choose standard English verb forms: -- Irregular verbs -- lie and lay -- S(or -es) endings -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-problems with -s endings on verbs -- Ed endings -- Chart: Looking at yourself as a writer-problems with -ed endings on verbs -- Omitted verbs -- Use verbs in the appropriate tense, mood, and voice: -- Verb tense -- Subjunctive mood -- Active and passive voice.…”


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Forensic engineering : the art and craft of a failure detective by Gagg, Colin

Table of Contents: “…</P><P>1.9 Forensic approach to failure</P><P>1.9.1 Reverse engineering</P><P>1.9.2 Associated costs of forensic investigation</P><P>1.10 Historic failures</P><P>1.10.1 Computer-aided technology limitations</P><P>1.11 Analytical techniques </P><P>1.12 Dissemination of knowledge and experience</P><P>1.12.1 Popular books</P><P>1.12.2 Event reporting</P><P>1.12.3 Text books</P><P>1.12.4 Forensic engineering teaching</P><P>1.13 Case study themes</P><P>1.13.1 The Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident of 2009 </P><P>1.14 Research enriched teaching</P><P>1.15 Concluding remarks</P><P>1.16 References</P><P></P><B><P>Chapter 2</P><P>Initial aspects of forensic failure investigation</P><OL><OL></B><P><LI>Introduction</LI><P></P></OL></OL><P>2.1 Three essential 'abstract' assets for the investigator </P><P>2.1.1 Assessing the situation</P><P>2.1.2 Initial visual observation as a fact-finding exercise</P><P>2.1.3 The failure scenario</P><P>2.1.4 Summary of understated investigative skills</P><P>2.2 Visual observation</P><P>2.2.1 Case study: visual comparison</P><P>2.2.2 Case study: common (engineering) sense </P><P>2.3 Forensic photography</P><P>2.4 Record keeping</P><P>2.5 Witness evidence</P><P>2.6 Documentary evidence</P><P>2.6.1 Case study: Fatal aircraft crash</P><P>2.7 Product and material standards</P><P>2.7.1 Case study: Step ladder accident </P><P>2.8 Patents</P><P>2.9 Surviving remains (detritus)</P><P>2.9.1 Gathering of evidence and the 'Chain of Evidence' </P><P>2.10 Product liability</P><P>2.10.1 Case study: Premature failure of a presentation cake knife </P><P>2.11 The 'Corporate' environment</P><P>2.11.1 Case study: Bird-strike testing of aircraft engines </P><P>2.12 Abuse or misuse</P><P>2.12.1 Case study: abuse</P><P>2.12.2 Case study: miss-use</P><P>2.13 References</P><P></P><B><P>Chapter 3 </P><P>A framework or methodology for forensic investigation </P><P></P><OL><OL></B><P><LI>Introduction</LI><P></P></OL></OL><P>3.1 Background to failure analysis methodology</P><P>3.2 An investigative path followed by the writer</P><P>3.2.1 Intuition (reasoning) and a 'structured' investigation framework</P><P>3.2.2 Individual stages of investigation</P><P>3.2.3 The field investigation kit</P><P>3.2.4 Initial approach to failure investigation</P><P>3.2.5 Background data collection</P><P>3.2.6 Sifting the evidence</P><P>3.2.6.1 Case study: Failure of a new design of horse bit </P><P>3.2.7 Records</P><P>3.2.8 Single items of evidence</P><P>3.3 The failure detective</P><P>3.3.1 Transformation stresses</P><P>3.3.2 Establishing a load transfer path to determine the 'weakest link'</P><P>3.3.3 Case study: The weakest link principle</P><P>3.3.4 Case study: Failure of a backhoe dipper arm</P><P>3.4 Computer-aided technologies</P><P>3.4.1 Case study: failure of an open-ended spanner </P><P>3.5 The forensic engineering Report</P><P>3.6 Concluding remarks</P><P>3.7 References</P><P></P><B><P>Chapter 4 </P><P>Analytical methods</P><P></P></B><P>4.0 Introduction to a typical forensic engineering 'toolbox'</P><P>4.1 Non-destructive testing (NDT)</P><P>4.1.1 Case study: Failure of a power transmission shaft</P><P>4.2 Crack detection and the human eye</P><P>4.2.2 Surface appearance of common cracks</P><P>4.2.3 Other crack detection techniques</P><P>4.3 Hardness testing</P><P>4.3.1 Case study: Pin-punch splintering</P><P>4.3.2 Relationship between hardness and tensile strength</P><P>4.4 Indirect stress/strain analysis</P><P>4.4.1 Brittle lacquer technique</P><P>4.4.2 Case study: Cycle accident</P><P>4.4.3 Photo-elastic stress measurement</P><P>4.5 Conventional (contact) radiography</P><P>4.5.1 Case study: Failure of a vehicle motherboard</P><P>4.5.2 Case study: Heavy goods vehicle fire</P><P>4.6 Summary of NDT inspection</P><P>4.7 Forensic optical microscopy</P><P>4.7.1 Macroscopic examination</P><P>4.7.2 Examination under magnification: optical microscopy</P><P>4.7.3 Reflected light microscopy</P><P>4.7.4 Stereo microscopy</P><P>4.8 Metallography</P><P>4.9 Scanning electron microscopy</P><P>4.9.1 The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM)</P><P>4.9.2 Case study: Hit and run accident</P><P>4.10 Optical versus scanning microscopy</P><P>4.10.1 Case study: Printed circuit board (PCB) failure</P><P>4.10.2 Case study: Prototype PCB failure</P><P>4.11 Energy dispersive X-Ray analysis (EDAX)</P><P>4.12 Destructive testing methods</P><P>4.12.1 Tensile testing</P><P>4.12.2 Flexure or bending</P><P>4.12.3 Case study: Cracking of aluminium pressings</P><P>4.12.4 Torsion testing</P><P>4.12.5 Shear testing </P><P>4.12.6 Izod or Charpy impact test</P><P>4.12.7 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)</P><P>4.12.8 Case study: Electronic component registration difficulties</P><P>4.13 Novel tools and techniques</P><P>4.13.1 The contour method </P><P>4.13.2 Neutron diffraction</P><P>4.13.3 Nano test systems</P><P>4.13.4 Flash thermography</P><P>4.13.5 Thermographic Signal Reconstruction (TSR)</P><P>4.13.6 Electromagnetically induced acoustic emission (EMIAE)</P><P>4.13.7 Pulsed eddy current (PEC)</P><P>4.13.8 Microwave technology</P><P>4.14 References</P><B><P></P><P>Chapter 5</B> </P><B><P>Sources of stress and service failure mechanisms</P></B><P></P><P>5.0 Introduction</P><P>5.1 Fundamental mechanical background</P><P>5.1.1 Stresses and strains</P><P>5.1.2 Ductile and brittle transition</P><P>5.1.3 Fracture toughness and linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM)</P><P>5.1.4 Limitations of a fracture mechanics approach</P><P>5.1.5 Stress Concentration (Kt)</P><P>5.1.6 Case study: stress concentration -- cement mill power input shaft </P><P>5.1.7 Residual stresses</P><P>5.1.8 Summary of fundamental mechanical background</P><P>5.2 Service failure mechanism</P><P>5.2.1 Case study: Hubble space telescope mirror and the Team Philips catamaran </P><P>5.3 Mechanical Failure</P><P>5.4 Hydrogen Embrittlement</P><P>5.4.1 Sources of hydrogen </P><P>5.4.2 <EM>Hydrogen induced brittle failure</P></EM><P>5.5 Impact</P><P>5.6 Bending</P><P>5.7 Torsion</P><P>5.8 Creep</P><P>5.9 Fatigue</P><P>5.9.1 Minimizing susceptibility to onset of fatigue failure</P><P>5.9.2 Case study: Failure of a power transmission gear wheel </P><P>5.9.3 Fatigue related failure modes</P><P>5.9.4 Approximating the history of a fatigue failure</P><P>5.9.5 Summation of fatigue as a service failure mechanism</P><P>5.10 Wear</P><P>5.11 Corrosion</P><P>5.11.1 Case study: The Statue of Liberty </P><P>5.11.2 Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)</P><P>5.11.3 Case study: SCC of brass impeller blades</P><P>5.12 Manufacturing fabrication as a source of stress</P><P>5.12.1 Casting</P><P>5.12.2 Casting Failure Analysis</P><P>5.12.3 Case study: Extrusion press</P><P>5.12.4 Welding</P><P>5.12.5 Quench cracking</P><P>5.12.6 Tempering and toughening</P><B><P></B>5…”
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Encyclopedia of small business

Table of Contents: “…Small Business -- Small Business Administration -- Small Business Consortia -- Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) -- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program -- Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) -- Small Business Investor Alliance -- Small Business Job Protection Act -- Small Business/Large Business Relationships -- Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program -- Small Business-Dominated Industries -- Small Claims Court -- Smoke-Free Environment -- Social Entrepreneurship -- Social Media, Communication Tools -- Social Media Marketing -- Social Media, Networking -- Social Media, Overview -- Social Media, Rich Media -- Socially Responsible Investing -- Sole Proprietorship -- Spam -- Span of Control -- Stakeholders -- Standard Mileage Rate -- Startup Culture -- Stocks -- Strategy -- Strategy, Generic -- Strategy, Portfolio Model -- Strategy, Structure-Conduct-Performance Model -- Subcontracting -- Substance Abuse -- Succession Plans -- Supplier Relations -- Supply and Demand -- Sustainable Business Practices -- Sustainable Growth -- Syndicated Loans -- Target Markets -- Tariffs -- Tax Planning -- Tax Preparation Software -- Tax Returns -- Tax Withholding -- Tax-Deductible Business Expenses -- Technology Diffusion -- Telemarketing -- Temporary Employment Services -- Testing Laboratories -- Time Management -- Toll-Free Telephone Numbers -- Total Preventive Maintenance -- Total Quality Management (TQM) -- Trade Secrets -- Trademarks -- Training and Development -- Transaction Processing -- Transportation -- Transportation of Exports -- Tuition Assistance Programs -- Undercapitalization -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL) -- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) -- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship -- US Chamber of Commerce -- US Department of Commerce -- US Small Business Administration Guaranteed Loans -- User Experience -- Valuation -- Value-Added Tax -- Variable Pay -- Variance -- Venture Capital -- Venture Capital Networks -- Venture Philanthropy -- Vertical Marketing System -- Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOC) -- Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 -- Viral Marketing -- Virtual Private Networks -- Virtual Staffing -- Vistage -- Warranties -- Web Programming Languages and Tools -- Web Site Design -- Wellness Programs -- Wholesaling -- Wide Area Networks (WANs) -- Women Entrepreneurs -- Women-Owned Businesses Certification -- Workers' Compensation -- Work-Life Balance -- Workplace Anger -- Workplace Diversity -- Workplace Giving -- Workplace Safety -- Workplace Violence -- Written Communication -- Young Entrepreneur Council -- Young President's Organization -- Zoning Ordinances.…”
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CLOUD OF THINGS foundations, applications, and challenges.

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Learning Web design : a beginner's guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and web graphics by Niederst Robbins, Jennifer

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