Cost-effective building : economic concepts and constructions

Table of Contents: “…Showroom near Zevenbergen: ott architekten, Augsburg -- Cost efficient but not cheap: Wolfgang Ott -- Studio in Madrid: Abalos & Herreros, Madrid -- Pharmacy and Medical Practice in Plancher-Bas: Rachel Amiot & Vincent Lombard, Besancon -- Static Lightness in Timber: Jean Luc Sandoz -- Mobile House in England: Mae Architects, London -- Prefabricated House from Denmark: ONV arkitekter, Vanlose -- Straw House in Eschenz: Felix Jerusalem, Zurich -- House in Shimane: Sambuichi Architects, Hiroshima -- House in Aitrach: SoHo Architektur, Augsburg -- Weekend House in St. …”


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Quality at Work : a Personal Guide to Professional Standards. by Bone, Diane

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Arab & Arab American feminisms : gender, violence, & belonging

Table of Contents: “…Hyder -- The pity committee and the careful reader: how not to buy stereotypes about Muslim women / Mohja Kahf -- History's traces: personal narrative, diaspora, and the Arab Jewish experience / Kyla Wazana Tompkins -- The burden of representation: when Palestinians speak out / Nada Elia -- Taking power and making power: resistance, global politics, and institution building: an interview with Anan Ameri / Nadine Naber -- Inside out: youth of color organizing from multiple sites: an interview with Janaan Attia / Nadine Naber -- Arabiya made invisible: between marginalization of agency and silencing of dissent / Noura Erakat -- On Rachel Corrie, Palestine, and feminist solidarity / Therese Saliba -- Just peace Seder / Toronto Just Peace Seder Community -- Dissidents, displacements, and diasporas: an interview with Dena Al-Adeeb / Nadine Naber -- Arab American feminisms: mobilizing the politics of invisibility / Amira Jarmakani -- Class equality, gender justice and living in harmony with Mother Earth: an interview with Joe Kadi / Nadine Naber -- Personal and political: the dynamics of Arab American feminism / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Teaching scriptural texts in the classroom: the question of gender / Moutouk Berry -- The light in my house / Imani Yatouma -- Guidelines / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Reflections of a genderqueer Palestinian American lesbian mother / Huda Jadallah -- The memory of your hands is a rainbow / Amal Hassan Fadlalla -- You are a 14-year-old Arab chick who just moved to Texas / Randa Jarrar -- The long road home / Sherene Seikaly -- The legacy of exile: an excerpt / Emanne Bayoumi -- Stealth Muslim / Evelyn Alsultany -- Where is home? …”
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Transformative doctoral research practices for professionals

Table of Contents: “…FIELDS AND OCEANS: Helping Professional Doctorate Students to Orientate Themselves and Navigate through Their Practitioner Research Journeys; INTRODUCTION; EMBARKATION; LEARNING THE ROPES; GUIDING LIGHTS; LOGGING THE JOURNEY; NEW WATERS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; PART 1: MAPPING DOCTORAL PRACTICES; 2. …”
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Nanostructured smart materials : synthesis, characterization, and potential applications

Table of Contents: “…Balavijayalakshmi -- Photoluminescence Investigations of UV, Near UV, and Visible Light Excited CaS:Eu Nanophosphors / S. Rekha and E.I. …”
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New Horizons in Fundamental Physics

Table of Contents: “….) -- From the stable to the exotic: clustering in light nuclei (C. Beck) -- Towards Laser Spectroscopy of Superheavy Elements (H. …”
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HTML5 Games : Creating Fun with HTML5, CSS3, and WebGL. by Seidelin, Jacob

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 8: Interacting with the GameCapturing User Input; Building the Input Module; Summary; Chapter 9: Animating Game Graphics; Making the Game React; Adding Points and Time; Summary; Part III: Adding 3D and Sound; Chapter 10: Creating Audio for Games; HTML5 Audio; Using the audio Element; Working with Audio Data; Building the Audio Module; Adding Sound Effects to the Game; Summary; Chapter 11: Creating 3D Graphics with WebGL; 3D for the Web; Shaders; Rendering 3D Objects; Using Textures and Lighting; Creating the WebGL display; Summary; Part IV: Local Storage and Multiplayer Games.…”
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Marketing for rainmakers : 52 rules of engagement to attract and retain customers for life by Fragasso, Philip M., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…French KISS. -- ROE #46. Light Your Lying Pants on Fire. -- ROE #47. Sell Soft, Market Hard. -- ROE #48. …”
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Cost-effective building : economic concepts and constructions

Table of Contents: “…Cost and quality awareness in building: a challenge / Christian Schittch -- Project summary -- Showroom near Zevenbergen / ott architekten, Augsburg -- Cost efficient but not cheap / Wolfgang Ott -- Studio in Madrid / Abalos & Herreros, Madrid -- Pharmacy and medical practice in Plancher-Bas / Rachel Amiot & Vincent Lombard, Besancon -- Static lightness in timber / Jean Luc Sandoz -- Mobile house in England / Mae Architects, London -- Prefabricated house from Denmark / ONV arkitekter, Vanløse -- Straw house in Eschenz / Feliz Jerusalem, Zurich -- House in Shimane / Sambuichi Architects, Hiroshima -- House in Aitrach / SoHo Architektur, Augsburg -- Weekend house in St. …”
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Culture and Computing. Interactive Cultural Heritage and Arts 9th International Conference, C&C 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Even...

Table of Contents: “…ICT for Cultural Heritage -- Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) as a Tool for Heritage Conservation: Observations and Reflections on Data Collection, Management and Use in Research in a Middle Eastern Context -- The MaDiH (مديح): Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan, Opportunities and Limitations -- A SLAM Integrated Approach for Digital Heritage Documentation -- The Circular City Implementation: Cultural Heritage and Digital Technology -- Research on Digital Dissemination of Chinese Classical Garden Culture -- The Method of Mining the Relationship Between the Use of Architectural Elements in Buildings and Cultural Connotation It Reflects: Case of Beijing's Representative Buildings -- IkebanaGAN: New GANs Technique for Digital Ikebana Art -- Interactive Tools for the Visualization of Tangible and Intangible Silk Heritage Emerging from an Interdisciplinary Work -- Soundscape Singapore: Sound as Mediated Cultural Heritage -- Towards Smart Planning Conservation of Heritage Cities: Digital Technologies and Heritage Conservation Planning -- Digital Storytelling: the Integration of Intangible and Tangible Heritage in the city of Surat, India -- Technology and Art -- A Sonification of the zCOSMOS Galaxy Dataset -- Films as Technological Artefacts -- Symbolic Representation and Processing of Musical Structure: Stream Segments, Pitch Interval Patterns, General Chord Types -- Towards AI Aesthetics: Human-AI Collaboration in Creating Chinese Landscape Painting -- Kindergarten Interactive Lighting Design Based on Cognitive Development Theory -- Research on "The Cinema Development Mode of Digital Art Exhibition" from the Perspective of Cultural Computing -- Implementation of Fast-Building Interactive Scene with Chinese Paper Cutting Style -- Empathy in Technology Design and Graffiti -- Voyages Along the Star Paths: Capturing Calendrical Cycles from Kauai to Bali -- Urban Interactive Installation Art as Pseudo-Environment Based on the Frame of the Shannon–Weaver Model -- The Multileveled Rhythmic Structure of Ragtime -- Visitors' Experiences in Digital Culture -- Redefining the Digital Paradigm for Virtual Museums: Towards Interactive and Engaging Experiences in the Post-Pandemic Era -- Research on Factors Influencing Users' Technology Acceptance of Virtual Museums -- Unlocking Learning: Promoting Cultural Brand through Interactions with Ancient Locks in an SL Virtual Space -- Breaking Boundaries, Creating Connectivities: Enabling Access to Digitized Museum Collections -- Toward Extended Sensory Interface for Impaired Person -- User Experience in Digital Museums: A Case Study of the Palace Museum in Beijing -- Before You Visit-: New Opportunities for the Digital Transformation of Museums -- Analysis of the Influencing Factors of User Experience in Online Art Forms during the COVID-19——based on the DEMATEL Method.…”
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Advances in Earthquake Engineering for Urban Risk Reduction by Wasti, Syed Tanvir, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…-Axial Behavior of RC Columns Retrofitted with FRP Composites -- Collapse of Lightly Confined Reinforced Concrete Frames during Earthquakes -- Evaluation of Approximate Nonlinear Procedures for Observed Response of a Shear Wall Structure.…”
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Human Factors and Ergonomics Design Handbook Third Edition by Tillman, Barry, Tillman, Peggy, Rose, Rhonda Renee, Woodson, Wesley E.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Systems -- Chapter 1 Systems Introduction -- Chapter 2 Architectural Systems -- Chapter 3 Transportation Systems -- Chapter 4 Military and Government Systems -- Chapter 5 Space Systems -- Chapter 6 Industrial Systems -- Chapter 7 Agricultural Systems -- Chapter 8 Communications Systems -- Chapter 9 Consumer Product Systems -- Part 2 Subsystems Design -- Chapter 10 Subsystems Introduction -- Chapter 11 Architectural Entryways -- Chapter 12 Doors, Hatches, and Equipment Closures -- Chapter 13 Windows -- Chapter 14 Parking -- Chapter 15 Walkways, Hallways, and Catwalks -- Chapter 16 Ramps, Stairs, and Ladders -- Chapter 17 Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walkways -- Chapter 18 Bathrooms, Restrooms, and Locker Rooms -- Chapter 19 Bedrooms and Berthing Subsystems -- Chapter 20 Kitchens and Galleys -- Chapter 21 Dining and Food Service -- Chapter 22 Offices -- Chapter 23 Auditoriums and Theatres -- Chapter 24 Spectator Requirements for Sports Facilities -- Chapter 25 Special Workplaces -- Chapter 26 Lighting -- Chapter 27 Guidelines for Sound Systems -- Part 3 Component and Product Design -- Chapter 28 Visual Displays -- Chapter 29 Auditory Displays -- Chapter 30 Controls -- Chapter 31 Fasteners -- Chapter 32 Tools -- Chapter 33 Furniture and Appliances -- Part 4 Human Factors Data -- Chapter 34 The Body -- Chapter 35 Human Strength -- Chapter 36 Equilibrium -- Chapter 37 Reaction Time -- Chapter 38 Control Response -- Chapter 39 Work Output and Cost -- Chapter 40 Thermal Response -- Chapter 41 Visual Response -- Chapter 42 Auditory Response -- Chapter 43 Tactile Response -- Chapter 44 Acceleration Response -- Chapter 45 Vibration Response -- Chapter 46 Atmospheric Factors -- Chapter 47 Radiation -- Chapter 48 Effect of Electrical Current on the Human Body -- Chapter 49 Skin Reaction to Chemical Substances -- Chapter 50 Information Processing -- Chapter 51 Behavioral Expectancy -- Chapter 52 Human Fatigue -- Part 5 Human Factors Engineering Methods -- Chapter 53 Human Factors Engineering Methods Overview -- Chapter 54 Planning for Human Factors Input -- Chapter 55 Concept Development -- Chapter 56 System Design -- Chapter 57 System Evaluation -- Chapter 58 Human Factors in System Operations -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.…”
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Small antenna design by Miron, Douglas B.

Table of Contents: “…-- 1.3 Some Historical Small Antenna Types and Applications -- 1.4 Some Present and Future Small Antennas -- References -- Chapter 2: Antenna Fundamentals I -- 2.1 Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.1.1Waves in Space -- 2.1.2 Waves in Transmission Lines -- 2.1.3 Power in Waves -- 2.2 Polarization -- 2.3 The Short Dipole -- 2.3.1 Radiation Pattern -- 2.3.2 Circuit Behavior -- 2.4 The Small Loop -- 2.4.1 Circuit Behavior -- 2.5 Directionality, Efficiency, and Gain -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 3: Antenna Fundamentals II -- 3.1 Bandwidth and Quality Factor, Q -- 3.2 Impedance Matching and System Efficiency -- 3.2.1 Narrow-Band Matching -- 3.2.2 Wideband Matching -- 3.2.3 System Efficiency -- 3.3 Reception -- 3.3.1 Effective Height -- 3.3.2 Effective Area -- 3.3.3 Reception Pattern -- 3.4 Ground Effects -- 3.4.1 Image Theory -- 3.4.2 Vertical Dipole Above a Perfect Ground Plane -- 3.4.3 Horizontal Dipole Above a PEC Plane -- 3.4.4 Grounded-Source Antennas -- 3.4.5 Counterpoise -- 3.4.6 Summary of Ground Effects -- 3.5 Improvements -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 4: Introduction to Numerical Modeling of Wire Antennas -- 4.1 General Concepts -- 4.2 The Mathematical Basics of the Numerical Electromagnetic Code (NEC) -- 4.2.1 Basis Functions -- 4.2.2 Applied Field Models -- 4.2.3 Solving the Integral Equation -- 4.3 Using NEC in the Command Window -- 4.4 Modeling Guidelines -- 4.5 NEC in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) -- 4.6 Examples from Chapters 2 and 3 -- 4.6.1 The Short Dipole -- 4.6.2 Small Loop in Free Space -- 4.6.3 End-Loaded Short Dipole -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 5: Programmed Modeling -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Using Wire-List Generators in NEC -- 5.2 Using Code to Generate a Wire List -- Problems -- Chapter 6: Open-Ended Antennas -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Thick Monopoles -- 6.1.1 Modeling Thick Monopoles -- 6.2 Top Loading -- 6.2.1 The Inverted-L -- 6.2.2 Top-Loading with Radials -- 6.2.3 Volume Loading -- 6.3 Coil Loading -- 6.4 Using Resonance -- 6.5 Summary -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 7: Loops and Other Closed-Wire Antennas -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 Thick Loops -- 7.1.1 The Doughnut -- 7.1.2 The Barrel Loop -- 7.2 Solenoid Antennas -- 7.3 The Contrawound Toroidal Helix Antenna (CTHA) -- 7.4 The Folded Spherical Helix Monopole -- 7.5 Final Comments -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 8: Receiving Antennas -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 External Noise -- 8.2 The Ferrite Rod Antenna -- 8.2.1 Antenna Parameters -- 8.2.2 Circuit Applications -- 8.3 Active Receiving Antennas -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 9: Measurements -- 9.1 What are You Measuring? …”
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Wind resource assessment and micro-siting : science and engineering by Zhang, Matthew Huaiquan

Table of Contents: “…2.1.4 Roughness Change Model2.1.5 Displacement Height; 2.1.6 Wind Shear; 2.2 Speed-up Effect of Terrain; 2.2.1 Horizontal Speed-up Profile; 2.2.2 Vertical Speed-up on Hill Top; 2.2.3 Orographic Categorisation of Terrain; 2.2.4 Ruggedness Index; 2.3 Shelter Effect of Obstacles; 2.3.1 Reduced Wind Speed; 2.3.2 Increased Turbulence Intensity; 2.4 Summary; References; Chapter 3 Numerical Wind Flow Modelling; 3.1 Modelling Concept Review; 3.1.1 Wind Flow Concepts; 3.1.2 Governing Equations; 3.1.3 Meshing the Computational Domain; 3.2 Linearised Numerical Flow Models; 3.2.1 Jackson-Hunt Model.…”
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ITNG 2023 20th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 -- Improved Significant Wave Height Prediction by an LSTM and EEMD Method. Chapter 4 -- A Deep Learning Approach for Sentiment and Emotional Analysis of Lebanese Arabizi Twitter Data. …”
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Cambridge world history of food

Table of Contents: “…Nutrition and the decline of mortality ; Nutrition and mortality decline : another view ; Infection and nutrition : synergistic interactions ; Famine ; Height and nutrition ; The nutrition of women in the developing world ; Infant and child nutrition ; Adolescent nutrition and fertility ; Nutrition and mental development ; Human nutritional adaptation : biological and cultural aspects ; The psychology of food and food choice ; Food fads ; Food prejudices and taboos ; The social and cultural uses of food ; Food as aphrodisiacs and anaphrodisiacs? …”
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Applied and Computational Mathematics ICoMPAC 2023, Sukolilo, Indonesia, September 30

Table of Contents: “…Magdalena, Resonance Detection in a Semi-Closed Basin with Constant Height and Triangular Width -- R. Rahmawati, L. Harsyiah and Z. …”
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A grammar of Bilinarra : an Australian aboriginal language of the Northern Territory by Meakins, Felicity

Table of Contents: “…1.3.3 Life and language on the cattle stations1.3.4 Bilinarra life and culture today; 1.3.5 Bilinarra and its language ecology today; 1.4 Kinship; 1.5 Mother-in-law speech; 2 Phonology; 2.1 Phoneme inventory; 2.1.1 Practical orthography; 2.1.2 Phonemic oppositions; 2.1.2.1 Consonants; 2.1.2.1.1 Place of articulation contrasts; 2.1.2.1.2 Manner of articulation contrasts; 2.1.2.2 Vowels; 2.1.2.2.1 Height; 2.1.2.2.2 Backness; 2.1.2.2.3 Length; 2.1.2.3 Alternation between phonemes /j, ny/; /d, n/; 2.1.3 Allophony; 2.1.3.1 Stops and voicing; 2.1.3.2 Vowels; 2.1.3.2.1 Allophones of /a.…”
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Small antenna design by Miron, Douglas B.

Table of Contents: “…-- 1.3 Some Historical Small Antenna Types and Applications -- 1.4 Some Present and Future Small Antennas -- References -- Chapter 2: Antenna Fundamentals I -- 2.1 Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.1.1Waves in Space -- 2.1.2 Waves in Transmission Lines -- 2.1.3 Power in Waves -- 2.2 Polarization -- 2.3 The Short Dipole -- 2.3.1 Radiation Pattern -- 2.3.2 Circuit Behavior -- 2.4 The Small Loop -- 2.4.1 Circuit Behavior -- 2.5 Directionality, Efficiency, and Gain -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 3: Antenna Fundamentals II -- 3.1 Bandwidth and Quality Factor, Q -- 3.2 Impedance Matching and System Efficiency -- 3.2.1 Narrow-Band Matching -- 3.2.2 Wideband Matching -- 3.2.3 System Efficiency -- 3.3 Reception -- 3.3.1 Effective Height -- 3.3.2 Effective Area -- 3.3.3 Reception Pattern -- 3.4 Ground Effects -- 3.4.1 Image Theory -- 3.4.2 Vertical Dipole Above a Perfect Ground Plane -- 3.4.3 Horizontal Dipole Above a PEC Plane -- 3.4.4 Grounded-Source Antennas -- 3.4.5 Counterpoise -- 3.4.6 Summary of Ground Effects -- 3.5 Improvements -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 4: Introduction to Numerical Modeling of Wire Antennas -- 4.1 General Concepts -- 4.2 The Mathematical Basics of the Numerical Electromagnetic Code (NEC) -- 4.2.1 Basis Functions -- 4.2.2 Applied Field Models -- 4.2.3 Solving the Integral Equation -- 4.3 Using NEC in the Command Window -- 4.4 Modeling Guidelines -- 4.5 NEC in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) -- 4.6 Examples from Chapters 2 and 3 -- 4.6.1 The Short Dipole -- 4.6.2 Small Loop in Free Space -- 4.6.3 End-Loaded Short Dipole -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 5: Programmed Modeling -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Using Wire-List Generators in NEC -- 5.2 Using Code to Generate a Wire List -- Problems -- Chapter 6: Open-Ended Antennas -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Thick Monopoles -- 6.1.1 Modeling Thick Monopoles -- 6.2 Top Loading -- 6.2.1 The Inverted-L -- 6.2.2 Top-Loading with Radials -- 6.2.3 Volume Loading -- 6.3 Coil Loading -- 6.4 Using Resonance -- 6.5 Summary -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 7: Loops and Other Closed-Wire Antennas -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 Thick Loops -- 7.1.1 The Doughnut -- 7.1.2 The Barrel Loop -- 7.2 Solenoid Antennas -- 7.3 The Contrawound Toroidal Helix Antenna (CTHA) -- 7.4 The Folded Spherical Helix Monopole -- 7.5 Final Comments -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 8: Receiving Antennas -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 External Noise -- 8.2 The Ferrite Rod Antenna -- 8.2.1 Antenna Parameters -- 8.2.2 Circuit Applications -- 8.3 Active Receiving Antennas -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 9: Measurements -- 9.1 What are You Measuring? …”
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Remote sensing with polarimetric radar by Mott, Harold

Table of Contents: “…. -- 5.6. SAR Errors. -- 5.7. Height Measurement. -- 5.8. Polarimetric Interferometry. -- 5.9. …”
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