Guide to Diagnostic Tests

Table of Contents: “…GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST -- G6PD (GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE) -- GROWTH HORMONE -- HAPTOGLOBIN -- HELICOBACTER PYLORI TESTS -- HEMATOCRIT -- HEMOGLOBIN A1C, BLOOD -- HEMOGLOBIN A2 -- HEMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS AND EVALUATION -- HEMOGLOBIN, FETAL -- HEMOGLOBIN, TOTAL -- HEPARIN ANTI-XA ASSAY, CHROMOGENIC -- HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA (HIT) ANTIBODIES -- HEPATITIS A VIRUS ANTIBODY -- HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN -- HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY -- HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY -- HEPATITIS B E ANTIGEN -- HEPATITIS B VIRUS DNA, QUANTITATIVE -- HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODY -- HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPING -- HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA (HCV-RNA), QUANTITATIVE -- HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIBODY -- HEPATITIS E VIRUS ANTIBODY -- HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY -- HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM ANTIGEN -- HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM ANTIBODIES BY IMMUNODIFFUSION -- HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM ANTIBODIES BY CF -- HIV ANTIBODY -- HIV RNA, QUANTITATIVE -- HIV RESISTANCE TESTING -- HLA TYPING -- HLA-B27 TYPING -- HLA-B51 TYPING -- HOMOCYSTEINE -- 5-HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID -- IGG INDEX -- INCREASE IN IGG4: -- IMMUNOFIXATION ELECTROPHORESIS -- IMMUNOGLOBULINS -- INHIBITOR SCREEN (1:1 MIX) -- INSULIN ANTIBODY -- INSULIN, IMMUNOREACTIVE -- INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 -- INTRINSIC FACTOR BLOCKING ANTIBODY -- IODINE -- IRON -- IRON-BINDING CAPACITY -- ISLET CELL ANTIBODIES -- JAK2 (V617F) MUTATION -- KAPPA AND LAMBDA FREE LIGHT CHAINS WITH RATIO -- LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE -- LACTATE -- LEAD -- LEGIONELLA ANTIBODY -- LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMA PHENOTYPING BY FLOW CYTOMETRY -- LIPASE -- LIPOPROTEIN(A) -- LIPOPROTEIN ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 (LP-PLA2) -- LUTEINIZING HORMONE -- LYME DISEASE ANTIBODY -- MAGNESIUM -- MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN -- MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION -- MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME -- METANEPHRINES, FREE (UNCONJUGATED), PLASMA -- METANEPHRINES, FRACTIONATED, URINE -- METHANOL -- METHEMOGLOBIN -- MTHFR MUTATION -- METHYLMALONIC ACID -- ₀ø2-MICROGLOBULIN -- MITOCHONDRIAL ANTIBODIES -- NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODIES -- N-TELOPEPTIDE, CROSS-LINKED -- NUCLEAR ANTIBODY -- OLIGOCLONAL BANDS -- OSMOLALITY, SERUM -- OSMOLALITY, URINE -- OSTEOCALCIN -- OXYGEN, PARTIAL PRESSURE -- PANCREATIC ELASTASE -- PARATHYROID HORMONE -- PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN -- PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME -- pH -- PHOSPHORUS -- PLATELET ANTIBODIES -- PLATELET COUNT -- PLATELET FUNCTION ASSAY -- PORPHOBILINOGEN -- POTASSIUM -- PROCALCITONIN -- PROCOLLAGEN TYPE I N-TERMINAL PROPEPTIDE (PINP) -- PROLACTIN -- PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN -- PROTEIN C -- PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS -- PROTEIN S -- PROTEIN, TOTAL -- PROTHROMBIN TIME -- Q FEVER ANTIBODY -- QUANTIFERON-TB (INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASING ASSAY) -- RAPID PLASMA REAGIN -- RED BLOOD CELL COUNT -- RENIN ACTIVITY -- RETICULOCYTE COUNT -- Rh(D) TYPING -- RHEUMATOID FACTOR -- RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY -- RIBOSOMAL DNA (16S rDNA) SEQUENCING -- RUBELLA ANTIBODY -- RUSSELL VIPER VENOM TIME (dRVVT) -- SALICYLATE -- SCLERODERMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIBODY -- SEMEN ANALYSIS -- SMITH (ANTI-Sm) ANTIBODY -- SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODIES -- SODIUM -- SOMATOSTATIN -- SS-A/Ro ANTIBODY -- SS-B/La ANTIBODY -- SYPHILIS, SEROLOGIC TESTING -- T-CELL RECEPTOR GENE REARRANGEMENT -- TESTOSTERONE.…”
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Liquid biofuel production

Table of Contents: “…<P><b>1 Process Engineering Biofuel Production 1<br /> </b><i>Opubo Gbanaye Benebo</i></p> <p>1.1 Biofuel Production Background 1</p> <p>1.1.1 General Limitations 2</p> <p>1.1.2 Limitation of Cashcrop Raw Material 4</p> <p>1.1.3 Limitations of Algae Raw Materials Remediation 5</p> <p>1.1.4 Limitations Remediation 5</p> <p>1.2 Process Engineering Liquid Biofuel Production 8</p> <p>1.2.1 Algae Cultivation Assessment 8</p> <p>1.2.2 Algal Cultivation Inefficiencies Remediation 11</p> <p>1.2.3 Technology Development 12</p> <p>1.2.4 Lessons from the Algae Biofuel Industry Collapse 13</p> <p>1.2.5 Process Development Norms 14</p> <p>1.2.6 Research Team 15</p> <p>1.2.7 Alga Cultivation General Issues 16</p> <p>1.2.8 Biofuel Process Technology 17</p> <p>1.3 Algal Cultivation Process Technology 18</p> <p>1.3.1 Cellular Reaction Kinetics Analysis 19</p> <p>1.3.2 Cultivation Bench-Scale Model Design 20</p> <p>1.3.3 Cultivation Bioreactor 21</p> <p>1.3.4 Concentrator Harvesting of Cells 21</p> <p>1.3.5 Cell Rupture Technology 21</p> <p>1.3.6 BioFeedstock Separation Process 22</p> <p>1.3.7 Bench-Scale Cultivation Process Technology 23</p> <p>1.3.8 Process Technology Financial Viability Design 23</p> <p>1.3.9 Process Technology Sustainability Engineering 24</p> <p>1.3.10 Process Technology Optimization Engineering 25</p> <p>1.3.11 Base Cultivation Process Technology 26</p> <p>1.4 Algal Biomass Biorefinery Process Engineering 26</p> <p>1.4.1 Resourcing Algal Biomass 27</p> <p>1.4.2 Microbes Nutrients-Feed Production 28</p> <p>1.4.3 Fermentation Process Technology 28</p> <p>1.4.4 Biodiesel Process Technology 29</p> <p>1.4.5 Biorefinery Process Technology 29</p> <p>1.4.6 Engineering Cost Impact Analysis 30</p> <p>Acknowledgment 32</p> <p>About the Author 33</p> <p>References 34</p> <p><b>2 A Renewable Source of Hydrocarbons and High Value Co-Products from Algal Biomass 35<br /> </b><i>Abhishek Walia, Samriti Sharma and Saruchi</i></p> <p>2.1 Introduction 36</p> <p>2.2 Algal Biomass Production 38</p> <p>2.2.1 Growth Conditions 38</p> <p>2.2.1.1 Temperature 38</p> <p>2.2.1.2 Light Intensity 38</p> <p>2.2.1.3 pH 39</p> <p>2.2.1.4 Aeration and Mixing 39</p> <p>2.2.1.5 Salinity 39</p> <p>2.2.2 Photoautotrophic Production 40</p> <p>2.2.2.1 Open Pond Production Pathway 40</p> <p>2.2.2.2 Closed Photobioreactor Systems 40</p> <p>2.2.3 Harvesting and Dewatering of Algal Biomass 42</p> <p>2.2.3.1 Flocculation 42</p> <p>2.2.3.2 Chemical Flocculation 42</p> <p>2.2.3.3 Electroflocculation 42</p> <p>2.2.3.4 Biofloculation 43</p> <p>2.2.3.5 Magnetic Separation of Algae 43</p> <p>2.2.3.6 Dissolved Air Flotation 43</p> <p>2.2.3.7 Filtration 43</p> <p>2.2.3.8 Centrifugation 43</p> <p>2.2.3.9 Attachment/Biofilm-Based Systems 44</p> <p>2.3 Developments in Algal Cultivation for Fuel By Using Different Production System 44</p> <p>2.3.1 Stirred Tank Photobioreactor 45</p> <p>2.3.2 Vertical Tubular Photobioreactors 45</p> <p>2.3.2.1 Bubble Column 45</p> <p>2.3.2.2 Airlift Reactors 46</p> <p>2.3.3 Horizontal Tubular Photobioreactors 46</p> <p>2.3.4 Flat Panel Photobioreactor 47</p> <p>2.4 Algal Biofuels -- Feedstock of the Future 48</p> <p>2.4.1 Biohydrogen 49</p> <p>2.4.2 Biobutanol 49</p> <p>2.4.3 Jet Fuel 50</p> <p>2.4.4 Biogas 50</p> <p>2.4.5 Bioethanol 51</p> <p>2.5 Biofuel Pathways 51</p> <p>2.5.1 Thermo-Chemical Conversion 52</p> <p>2.5.2 Biochemical Conversion 52</p> <p>2.5.3 Alcoholic Fermentation 53</p> <p>2.5.4 Biophotolysis 53</p> <p>2.6 High Value Co-Products from Algal Biomass 53</p> <p>2.6.1 Algae in Human Nutrition 54</p> <p>2.6.2 Algae in Animal and Aquaculture Feed 54</p> <p>2.6.3 Algae as Fertilizer 55</p> <p>2.6.4 Algae as Recombinant Protein 56</p> <p>2.6.5 Algae as Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) 56</p> <p>2.7 Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment 57</p> <p>2.8 Economics of Algae Cultivation 58</p> <p>2.9 Problems and Potential of Alga-Culture 61</p> <p>2.10 Conclusion 63</p> <p>References 64</p> <p><b>3 Waste Biomass Utilization for Liquid Fuels: Challenges & Solution 73<br /> </b><i>Sourish Bhattacharya, Surajbhan Sevda, Pooja Bachani, Vamsi Bharadwaj and Sandhya Mishra</i></p> <p>3.1 Introduction 74</p> <p>3.2 Waste Biomass and its Types 75</p> <p>3.3 Major Waste Biomass Conversion Routes 76</p> <p>3.4 Metabolic Engineering in Yeast for Accumulation of C5</p> <p>Sugars along with C6 Sugars 77</p> <p>3.5 Genetic Engineering for Improved Xylose Fermentation by Yeasts 77</p> <p>3.6 Biofuel from Microalgae through Mixotrophic Approach Utilizing Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate 80</p> <p>3.7 Conclusion 82</p> <p>References 83</p> <p><b>4 Biofuel Production from Lignocellulosic Feedstock via Thermochemical Routes 89<br /> </b><i>Long T. …”
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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 applied psychology

Table of Contents: “…Gifted students -- Goal setting and achievement motivation in sport -- Group counseling -- Group dynamics in sport -- Groups, productivity within -- Groupthink -- Health and culture -- Health promotion in schools -- Health psychology, cross cultural -- History of applied psychology, overview -- Hollandʼs theory (vocational personality types) -- Home school collaboration -- Homophobia -- Homosexuality -- Human rights -- Humor and well being -- Hypnosis -- Ideological orientation and values -- Indecision, vocational -- Indigenous psychologies -- Industrial/organizational psychology across cultures -- Industrial/organizational psychology, overview -- Injury in sport -- Intelligence and culture -- Intelligence assessment -- Intelligence, emotional -- Intelligence in humans -- Intentional behavior -- Intergroup relations and culture -- International classification of diseases (WHO) -- International conflict -- Internet counseling -- Interpersonal attraction -- Interpersonal behavior and culture -- Interpersonal conflict -- Interpersonal perception -- Interrogation and interviewing -- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in sport -- Intrinsic motivation and self determination -- Job analysis, design and evaluation -- Job search -- Sob stress -- Job stress and burnout -- Jury decision making -- Labor turnover -- Leadership and culture -- Learning -- Learning disabilities -- Learning styles and approaches to studying -- Legal competency -- Leisure and work, relationship between -- Lifespan development and culture -- Literacy, improvement of -- Marital therapy -- Mathematics, teaching of -- Measurement and counseling -- Mental measurement and culture -- Mentoring -- Models for transportation -- Motivational taxonomies.…”
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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Outdoor Learning

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Third world health : hostage to first world health by MacDonald, Theodore H. (Theodore Harney), 1933-

Table of Contents: “…-- Organising for transnational government -- References -- Appendices -- A: Regression line explained -- B: Compound interest formula explained -- C: Protecting breastfeeding from unethical marketing -- D: Nutrition league table -- E: Peru's letter of intent -- F: New framework and guidelines enshrining a fundamental human right to the highest attainable standard of health -- G: State of the IBFAN code country by country -- H: WHO HFA (2000) targets for equity in health -- Index.…”


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Graduation for All : a Practical Guide to Decreasing School Dropout. by Lehr, Camilla A.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Prerequisites: Establishing a Solid Foundation -- Early Intervention -- Effective Schools -- Types and Examples of Interventions Designed to Address Dropout -- There is More Than One (Right) Way of Doing Things -- Examples of Effective Interventions -- Linking the Intervention to Identified Needs -- Levels of Intervention -- Universal Interventions -- Selected Interventions -- Indicated Interventions -- Implementation Scenario: Clarifying the Focus: Prevention and Intervention Programs (January) -- Summary -- Reflection Questions -- Further Reading -- Taking Action -- Guide to Action Tools -- Action Tool 6.1: Individual Program Description Form -- Action Tool 6.2: Comparing Programs Mapping Tool -- Action Tool 6.3: Extracurricular Options Mapping Form -- Chapter 7 -- Putting the Pieces Together -- Topics -- In This Chapter, You Will ... -- Organizing Your Data -- Identifying and Prioritizing Needs -- Creating a Progress Report -- Revising Your Communication Plan -- Implementation Scenario: Putting the Pieces Together (February) -- Summary -- Reflection Questions -- Further Reading -- Taking Action -- Guide to Action Tools -- Action Tool 7.1: Key Findings Summary Sheet -- Action Tool 7.2: Prioritization Matrix -- Action Tool 7.3: Progress Report -- Action Tool 7.4: Communication Plan -- Chapter 8 -- Deciding What to Do -- Topics -- In This Chapter, You Will ... -- Starting from Scratch or Choosing an Existing Program -- Identifying Effective Programs -- Research Design -- Significance of the Effects -- Durability of Effects -- Use of an External Evaluator.…”
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Writing and speaking in the technology professions : a practical guide

Table of Contents: “…An Examination of the Multiple Perspectives of Clarity / Ronald E Dulek -- The Grammar Instinct / Alan D Manning -- Comparing the Two Cultures in Technical Writing / Don Bush -- Construction and Content: Putting Documents Together -- Creating a Doc Spec / Liz Wing -- Write a Good Technical Report / Gael D Ulrich -- How to Avoid the Transitional Ax in Indirect Bad News Messages / Thomas L Wiseman -- Job Hunting: Sharpening Your Competitive Edge / Ron S Blicq -- How to Write a Recommendation / Alan D Wilcox -- Some Guidance On Preparing Technical Articles For Publication / Richard Manley, Judith Graham, Ralph Baxter -- Today's Style Guide: Trusted Tool with Added Potential / Jane Perkins, Cassandra Maloney -- "Professional Communication" and the "Odor of Mendacity": The Persistent Suspicion that Skillful Writing is Successful Lying / Edmond H Weiss -- Text and Graphics: Presenting Information Visually -- Editing Visual Media / Thomas R Williams, Deborah A Harkus -- Visual Discriminability of Headings in Text / Thomas R Williams, Jan H Spyridakis -- Choosing the Right Graph / Jean-Luc Doumont, Philippe Vandenbroeck -- Table Construction: Do's and Don'ts / Eva Dukes -- Safety Labels: What to Put in Them, How to Write Them, and Where to Place Them / Christopher Velotta -- Editing Math: What to Do with the Symbols / Barry W Burton -- Displaying Scientific Graphics on Computer / Janet E Lincoln, Donald L Monk -- Manuals and Procedures: Giving Directions that Work -- Designing and Writing Operating Manuals / Lidia Lopinto -- Manual Dexterity-What Makes Instructional Manuals Usable / James P Gleason, Joan P Wackerman -- Selecting and Switching: Some Advantages of Diagrams Over Tables and Lists for Presenting Instructions / Angelique Boekelder, Micha?…”
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Rêves d'un Marco Polo by Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983

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Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 - Second Edition. by Allen, Belinda

Table of Contents: “…-- Using Replace Values -- Transforming data -- Trim a little off the top, the right, the left, etc. -- Formatting with Case -- Working with dates and times -- Merging columns -- Splitting columns -- Merging queries -- Appending queries -- Summarizing with Group By -- Formulating with DAX -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Bonus Chapter -- Recap -- Excel 2016 -- Sharing Excel reports via IM -- Sharing Excel reports via live presentation -- Jet Express for GP -- Eliminating values that should be zero -- Refreshing with an option window -- Microsoft Power BI -- Map of customer balances.…”
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Statistical data cleaning with applications in R by Loo, Mark van der, 1976-, Jonge, Edwin de, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…6.5.7 Checking Variable Types and Metadata -- 6.5.8 Checking Value Ranges and Code Lists -- 6.5.9 Checking In-Record Consistency Rules -- 6.5.10 Checking Cross-Record Validation Rules -- 6.5.11 Checking Functional Dependencies -- 6.5.12 Cross-Dataset Validation -- 6.5.13 Macros, Variable Groups, Keys -- 6.5.14 Analyzing Output: validation Objects -- 6.5.15 Output Dimensionality and Output Selection -- 6.5.15 Exercises for Section -- Chapter 7 Localizing Errors in Data Records -- 7.1 Error Localization -- 7.2 Error Localization with R -- 7.2.1 The Errorlocate Package -- 7.3 Error Localization as MIP-Problem -- 7.3.1 Error Localization and Mixed-Integer Programming -- 7.3.2 Linear Restrictions -- 7.3.3 Categorical Restrictions -- 7.3.4 Mixed-Type Restrictions -- 7.4 Numerical Stability Issues -- 7.4.1 A Short Overview of MIP Solving -- 7.4.2 Scaling Numerical Records -- 7.4.3 Setting Numerical Threshold Values -- 7.5 Practical Issues -- 7.5.1 Setting Reliability Weights -- 7.5.2 Simplifying Conditional Validation Rules -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Rule Set Maintenance and Simplification -- 8.1 Quality of Validation Rules -- 8.1.1 Completeness -- 8.1.2 Superfluous Rules and Infeasibility -- 8.2 Rules in the Language of Logic -- 8.2.1 Using Logic to Rewrite Rules -- 8.3 Rule Set Issues -- 8.3.1 Infeasible Rule Set -- 8.3.2 Fixed Value -- 8.3.3 Redundant Rule -- 8.3.4 Nonrelaxing Clause -- 8.3.5 Nonconstraining Clause -- 8.4 Detection and Simplification Procedure -- 8.4.1 Mixed-Integer Programming -- 8.4.2 Detecting Feasibility -- 8.4.3 Finding Rules Causing Infeasibility -- 8.4.4 Detecting Conflicting Rules -- 8.4.5 Detect Partial Infeasibility -- 8.4.6 Detect Fixed Values -- 8.4.7 Detect Nonrelaxing Clauses -- 8.4.8 Detect Nonconstraining Clauses -- 8.4.9 Detect Redundant Rules -- 8.5 Conclusion.…”
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Transportation Engineering : Theory, Practice, and Modeling. by Teodorovic, Dusan

Table of Contents: “…Passengers -- Infrastructure -- Rolling stock and operating speed -- Levitation and propulsion -- Control systems -- Weight and energy consumption -- Commercial use -- 2.4.5.3. …”
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Panzers in the defence of festung Posen, 1945 by Karalus, Maciej, 1974-, Jerzak, Jarosław

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Honor bound

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Violence and vengeance : religious conflict and its aftermath in eastern Indonesia by Duncan, Christopher R.

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Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics by Roff, Derek A.

Table of Contents: “…1 -- Introduction -- 1.1 Introducing the Problem -- 1.2 Overview -- 1.3 Two General Approaches to Quantitative Genetic Modeling -- 1.4 Wright's Method of Estimating the Number of Loci -- 1.5 QTL Mapping -- 1.6 Summary -- 2 -- Heritability -- 2.1 The Meaning of Heritability -- 2.2 Estimation of Heritability for Continuous Traits -- 2.3 Estimation of Heritability for Threshold Traits -- 2.4 Heritability Values Among Different Types of Trait -- 2.5 Dominance Variance in the Different Types of Trait -- 2.6 Heritability Values in Nature -- 2.7 Summary -- 3 -- The Genetic Correlation -- 3.1 Theory -- 3.2 Estimation of the Genetic Correlation Between Traits Within an Individual -- 3.3 Estimation of the Genetic Correlation Between Different Environments -- 3.4 The Distribution of Genetic Correlations -- 3.5 Is the Phenotypic Correlation a Reasonable Estimate of the Genetic Correlation? …”
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The Palgrave handbook of Australian and New Zealand criminology, crime and justice

Table of Contents: “…Green criminology; Rob White and Sarah Wright Monod -- 42. Narrative criminology; Mark Halsey -- 43. …”
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