American Film History Selected Readings, Origins To 1960. by Lucia, Cynthia

Table of Contents: “…Early Background: Vaudeville, Blackface Minstrelsy, and Film -- Story Films, Melodrama, and Uplift -- White-Owned Race Film Companies: Competition and Collaboration -- The Minors: Lesser-Known Race Film Companies -- The End: The Coming of Sound -- Notes -- References -- 5 Chaplin and Silent Film Comedy -- The Tramp and Chaplin's Rise to Stardom -- From Willie Work to the Glasses Character: Harold Lloyd -- A Calm Demeanor Beneath a Porkpie Hat: Buster Keaton -- City Lights: A Farewell to Silent Film Comedy -- References…”
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International directory of company histories. Volume 83

Table of Contents: “…. -- Longs Drug Stores Corporation -- The Lubrizol Corporation -- Maples Industries, Incorporated -- Marriott International, Incorporated -- MIVA, Incorporated -- Musco Lighting -- NICE Systems Limited -- Ocean Spray Cranberries, Incorporated -- P. …”
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Advances in applied materials and electronics engineering III : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 3rd International Conference on Applied Materials and Electronics Engin...

Table of Contents: “…Advances in Applied Materials and Electronics Engineering III; Preface, Committees and Sponsors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Synthesis and Characterization of Antimony-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures via Microwave-Assisted Process; Preparation of Light Guide Plates with Micro-Patterned Functional Resin Layers by Using UV Nano-Imprint Process; Enhanced Cr(VI) Removal from Landfill Leachates Using Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron; Fabrication of Aligned PAN Nanofiber by Electrospinning with Parallel Electrode…”
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Lua game development cookbook : over 70 recipes that will help you master the elements and best practices required to build a modern game engine using Lua by Kas̆uba, Mário

Table of Contents: “…2.1""; ""Introduction""; ""Drawing primitives in immediate mode""; ""Setting up blending""; ""Moving, rotating, and scaling objects""; ""Setting up the orthogonal and perspective cameras""; ""Setting up materials""; ""Setting up lighting""; ""Using display lists""; ""Setting up vertex buffer""…”
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ESP8266 Internet of Things Cookbook by Schwartz, Marco

Table of Contents: “…Creating automated alerts based on the measured data -- Monitoring several ESP8266 modules at once -- Troubleshooting usual common issues with web services -- Chapter 6: Interacting with Web Services -- Introduction -- Discovering the Temboo platform -- Tweeting data from the ESP8266 board -- Posting updates on Facebook -- Storing data on Google Drive -- Automation with IFTTT -- Sending push notifications -- Sending e-mail notifications -- Sending text message notifications -- Troubleshooting usual issues with web services -- Chapter 7: Machine to Machine Interactions -- Introduction -- Types of IoT interactions -- Basic local machine to machine interactions -- Cloud machine to machine interaction -- Automated M2M with IFTTT -- M2M alarm system -- Automated light control -- Automated gardening controller -- Troubleshooting common issues with web services -- Index.…”
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Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 Essentials. by Vandezande, James

Table of Contents: “…Creating Openings with ShaftsPicking Walls; Laying Out Roofs; Picking Walls; Sloped Arrows; Extruded Roofs; Adding Ceilings; Automatic Ceilings; Sketching Ceilings; Bulkhead Conditions; Adding Lights and Rotating the Grid; Changing the Ceiling; Sloping the Ceiling; Chapter 5: Stairs, Ramps, and Railings; Creating Stair Configurations; Creating the Generic Railing; Creating Your Design Stair; Straight Run; Straight Run with Landing; Multistory Runs; Setting the Host Function for Railings; Designing Ramps; Straight Runs; Editing Boundary Conditions.…”
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Virtual Selling : A Quick-Start Guide to Leveraging Video, Technology, and Virtual Communication Channels to Engage Remote Buyers and Close Deals Fast. by Blount, Jeb

Table of Contents: “…PART III: Video Sales Calls -- 11 Video Calls-The Closest Thing to Being There -- Video Is Underutilized by Sales Professionals -- Notes -- 12 Blending Video Calls into the Sales and Account Management Process -- Initial Meetings -- Discovery -- Presentations -- Demos -- Closing and Negotiating -- Account Management -- 13 Brain Games -- Video Calls and the Problem with Cognitive Load -- You Are Always on Stage: Neutralizing Cognitive Biases -- Notes -- 14 Seven Technical Elements of Highly Effective Video Sales Calls -- Audio -- Lighting -- Framing -- Camera -- Backdrop -- Internet Connection…”
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Expanding architecture : design as activism

Table of Contents: “…Wilson -- Toward a humane environment: sustainable design and social justice / Lance Hosey -- El programa de vivienda ecológica: building the capacity of Yaqui women to help themselves / Sergio Palleroni and Mónica Escobedo Fuentes -- Unbearable lightness / Deborah Gans -- [II.] Participatory design : The creek that connects it all: participatory planning in a Taiwanese mountain village / Chia-Ning Yang and Hsu-Jen Kao -- Growing urban habitats: a local housing crisis spawns a new design center / Katie Swenson -- Traditions, transformation, and community design: the making of two Ta'u houses / Jeffrey Hou -- Claiming public space: the case for proactive, democratic design / Peter Aeschbacher and Michael Rios -- [III.] …”


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Fundamentals of materials for energy and environmental sustainability

Table of Contents: “…Energy Efficiency: 35. Lighting/appliances; 36. Increasing building energy efficiency through advances in materials; 37. …”


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Renewable energy for sustainable growth assessment

Table of Contents: “…Biomass as Emerging Renewable: Challenges and Opportunities / Prabhansu, Nayan Kumar -- Assessment of Renewable Energy Technologies Based on Sustainability Indicators for Indian Scenario / Anuja Shaktawat, Shelly Vadhera -- A Review of Biomass Impact and Energy Conversion / Dhanasekaran Subashri, Pambayan Ulagan Mahalingam -- Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems / Vishal Anand, Varsha Singh, Saad Mekhlief -- Thermal Performance Studies of an Artificially Roughened Corrugated Aluminium Alloy (AlMn1Cu) Plate Solar Air Heater (SAH) at a Moderate Air Flow Rate / P P Dutta, P Goswami, A Das, L Chutia, M Borbara, V Das, K Bania, S Rai, M Bardalai -- An Overview of Partial Shading on PV Systems / Siddharth Mathur, Gautam Raina, Pulkit Jain, Sunanda Sinha -- Optical Modeling Techniques for Bifacial PV / Pulkit Jain, Gautam Raina, Siddharth Mathur, Sunanda Sinha -- Intervention of Microorganisms for the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Extract the Fermentable Sugars for Biofuel Production / M Naveen Kumar, A Gangagni Rao, Sudharshan Juntupally, Vijayalakshmi Arelli, Sameena Begum -- Biomass and Bioenergy: Resources, Conversion and Application / Sunita Barot -- Renewable Energy Development in Africa: Lessons and Policy Recommendations from South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria / Adedoyin Adeleke, Fabio Inzoli, Emanuela Colombo -- Sustainable Development of Pine Biocarbon Derived Thermally Stable and Electrically Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite Films / Rehnuma Saleheen, MGH Zaidi, Sameena Mehtab, Kavita Singhal -- Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems / Gayathri M Nandhini, A Kannbhiran -- Fuel Cells for Alternative and Sustainable Energy Systems / N V Raghavaiah, G Naga Srinivasulu -- Fuel Cell Utilization for Energy Storage / Archit Rai, Sumit Pramanik -- Miniature Hydel Energy Harvesting Unit to Power Auto Faucet and Lighting Systems for Domestic Applications / Farid Ullah Khan, Adil Ahmad Taj, Umar Safi Ullah Jan, Gule Saman -- Modeling, Performance Analysis, Impact Study and Operational Paradigms of Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant / B Koti Reddy, Amit Kumar Singh -- A Review on Control Technologies and Islanding Issues in Microgrids / Anup Kumar Nanda, Babita Panda, Chinmoy Kumar Panigrahi -- A Review of Microgrid Protection Schemes Resilient to Weather Intermittency and DER Faults / Goyal R Awagan Ebha Koley, Subhojit Ghosh -- Theories of Finance for Generation Portfolio Optimization / Arjun C Unni, Weerakorn Ongsakul, Madhu M Nimal -- Variable Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator-Wind Energy Systems / Priya R Vijaya, Raja Pichamuthu, MP Selvan -- Study of Radiant Cooling System with Parallel Desiccant Based Dedicated Outdoor Air System with Solar Regeneration / Prateek Srivastava, Gaurav Singh.…”
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Reptile medicine and surgery in clinical practice

Table of Contents: “…List of Contributors xi Preface xv 1 Taxonomy and Introduction to Common Species 1; Bob Doneley 2 Anatomy and Physiology of Reptiles 15; Bairbre O'Malley 3 Behaviour in the Wild and in Captivity 33; Robert Johnson 4 Husbandry and Nutrition 45; Michelle Kischinovsky, Aidan Raftery and Shivananden Sawmy 5 Enclosure Design 61; Michael McFadden, Deborah Monks, Bob Doneley and Robert Johnson 6 Lighting 75; Frances M. Baines 7 Reproduction 91; Timothy J. …”
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Terry Boyle's Discover Ontario 5-Book Bundle : Discover Ontario by Boyle, Terry

Table of Contents: “…Memories of OntarioFishing -- Lost North America -- The Irish: Part 1 -- The Irish: Part 2 -- The Need to Remember -- From the Sixties and Beyond -- Prohibition -- The Great Depression -- Eldersâ#x80;#x99; Conference, 1992 -- Nature in Victoria County -- Memories of Ontario -- The Brougham Apple Basket -- Bancroft Rock Festival -- Demographics -- Shipwreck -- A Young Brideâ#x80;#x99;s Dream -- The Paranormal and the Unexplained -- The Mysteries of Long Point -- Strange Creatures Swimming in Our Waters -- Strange Lights in the Sky…”
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Open Minded Torah : Of Irony, Fundamentalism and Love. by Kolbrener, William

Table of Contents: “…; 29 Fear and loathing in Jerusalem; 30 Open minded Torah III: Between fundamentalism and postmodernism; Part III Time and memory; 31 â#x80;#x98;Carpe Diem, Dudeâ#x80;#x99;; 32 The antidote for religion: Fear of God; 33 Speech in exile and the voice of the shofar; 34 Back to the future: Yom Kippur, time, and creative repentance; 35 Shades of faith: My sukka is not insured by AIG; 36 â#x80;#x98;A special conversationâ#x80;#x99;: Freud, the Maharal, and the Sabbath; 37 Lighting up: The beauty of Hanuka.…”
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Python Digital Forensics Cookbook. by Miller, Preston

Table of Contents: “…. ; Multiple hands make light work; Getting started; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Chapter 2: Creating Artifact Report Recipes; Introduction; Using HTML templates; Getting started; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Creating a paper trail; Getting started; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Working with CSVs.…”
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Latest development of applied materials technology : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 6th Cross-Strait Conference on Advanced Engineering Materials, November 8-11, 2011, Nan...

Table of Contents: “…Power Modulated Plasma-Polymerized Anti-Fingerprint Transparent Protective Coating with a Gradient Composition Power Modulated Plasma-Polymerized Gradient Anti-Fingerprint Transparent Protective Coating with a Gradient Composition; Prediction of Hot Tearing Susceptibility for Mg-Zn-(Al) Alloys; Preparation of Spray Pyrolyzed Bismuth Oxide and its Application in Inhibition of Ultraviolet from Light-Emitting Diode (LED); Properties and Structure Investigation of Rare Earth-Doped Zinc Aluminum Silica-Phosphate Glasses; Removal of Impurities in Aluminum by Uses of Fluxes…”
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A cabinet of philosophical curiosities : a collection of puzzles, oddities, riddles, and dilemmas by Sorensen, Roy A.

Table of Contents: “…; Lewis Carroll's Pig Puzzles; A Round Trip from Small to Large; Partway Down the Slippery Slope; Contrapositive Thinking; Queer Quantities; New Zealand's Arthur Prior; Most Remote Capital City; The Logic of 'Australia'; Predicting Your Predictor; The Freedom of a Coin Toss; Fair Tosses from an Unfair Coin; Predicting Random Choices; Wittgenstein on Ice; The Unbearable Lightness of Logical Conclusions; Impossible Crimes; Double Belief; The Evil of Doing the Impossible; Identity Theft; Infinite Chess.…”
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ROBOTICS AT HOME WITH RASPBERRY PI PICO build autonomous robots with the versatile low cost Raspberry Pi Pico controller and Python. by Staple, Danny

Table of Contents: “…Test fitting a Raspberry Pi Pico robot -- Creating your first test-fit part -- Motors -- Power systems -- Creating a rough chassis -- Arranging the test-fit parts -- A recommended shopping list for robot basics -- Robot parts and where to find them -- The robot workshop and makerspaces -- Summary -- Exercises -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Preparing Raspberry Pi Pico -- Technical requirements -- Getting CircuitPython onto Raspberry Pi Pico -- Preparing the CircuitPython library for Pico -- Coding on Pico -- first steps -- Downloading the Mu editor -- Lighting the Pico LED with CircuitPython…”
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Highways : construction, management, and maintenance

Table of Contents: “…Lane Departure Warning System""; ""2.3.9. Intelligent Lighting System""; ""2.3.10. E-Call""; ""2.3.11. Autonomous Driving""; ""2.3.12. …”
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Flying at night : poems 1965-1985 by Kooser, Ted

Table of Contents: “…Sure signs: Selecting a reader -- First snow -- An old photograph -- The constellation Orion -- The salesman -- Old soldiers' home -- Self-portrait at thirty-nine -- Christmas Eve -- Visiting mountains -- The leaky faucet -- A frozen stream -- Living near the rehabilitation home -- Late February -- A drive in the country -- Spring plowing -- Sitting all evening alone in the kitchen -- Sure signs -- A summer night -- In a country cemetery in Iowa -- The man with the hearing aid -- The very old -- Walking beside a creek -- Book club -- At the end of the weekend -- Uncle Adler -- In the corners of fields -- How to make rhubarb wine -- Late lights in Minnesota -- The afterlife -- A widow -- So this is Nebraska -- Fort Robinson -- How to foretell a change in the weather -- Snow fence -- In an old apple orchard -- An empty place -- After the funeral : cleaning out the medicine cabinet -- The grandfather cap -- Shooting a farmhouse -- Beer bottle -- Sleeping cat -- North of Alliance -- Late September -- Carrie -- For a friend -- Grandfather -- Looking for you, Barbara -- Pocket poem -- Moles -- Notes on the death of Nels Paulssen, farmer, at the ripe old age of 93 -- Advice -- After my grandmother's funeral -- A hot night in wheat country -- Five P.M -- Abandoned farmhouse -- The blind always come as such a surprise -- Furnace -- West window -- Boarding house -- A letter from Aunt Belle -- At the bait stand -- The tattooed lady -- A death at the office -- There is always a little wind -- The Widow Lester -- Houses at the edge of town -- The old woman -- A place in Kansas -- Tom Ball's barn -- My grandfather dying -- The Red Wing Church -- Highway 30 -- Birthday -- The failed suicide -- The goldfish floats to the top of his life -- They had torn off my face at the office -- Year's end -- New Year's Day -- Walking to work -- Sunday morning -- One world at a time: Flying at night -- A fencerow in early March -- Just now -- A birthday card -- In the basement of the Goodwill Store -- Camera -- A room in the past -- In January, 1962 -- Tillage marks -- A child's grave marker -- Father -- At midnight -- Central -- The fan in the window -- Myrtle -- Daddy longlegs -- Good-bye -- The giant slide -- A roadside shrine in Kansas -- Decoration day -- A monday in May -- A buffalo skull -- Laundry -- The mouse -- Ladder -- Walking at noon near the Burlington Depot in Lincoln, Nebraska -- A patch of sunlight -- Carp -- At the center -- A sunset -- The ride -- At nightfall -- At the office early -- Cleaning a bass -- An empty shotgun shell -- A quarter moon just before dawn -- A letter -- Latvian neighborhood -- The Voyager II satellite -- The witness -- As the President spoke -- The pitch -- The sigh -- The onion woman -- Hobo jungle -- An August night -- The urine specimen -- Geronimo's mirror -- Porch swing in September.…”


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Not playing around : intersectional identities, media representation, and the power of sport

Table of Contents: “…Schartel Dunn -- Response : being black is life / Rebekah Sears -- Section III: after the lights go out -- Fairness, without the inclusion : a critical discourse analysis of trans-exclusionary sports bans / Vincent Peña -- Response : I am trans. …”
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