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Volume one of the second edition of the comprehensive Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering reveals how human factors deeply affect productivity in the workplace and why the modern manufacturing engineer must be well versed in these areas. The book considers historical data for anthropometry and explores the impact of injuries, product liability, and low productivity on product cost. It begins by sequentially outlining the basic concepts of re...

Jia Pingwa's novels have caused both fame and controversy throughout the Chinese speaking world. This pioneering study examines the corpus of Pingwa's writings, emphasizing his importance, prominence and relevance to modern Chinese society.

The Handbook of Computational Molecular Biology offers a comprehensive, systematic treatment of computational biology, from the most basic concepts to advanced applications. Algorithmic in nature, the handbook highlights applications to molecular biology through every topic covered. In addition, many of the newer topics in the field are covered in depth, like microarrays, comparative genomics and external memory algorithms, and parallel method...

Introducing readers to the far-reaching global orientation that is now taking place in urban China, an international team of contributors examine the impact of globalization on Chinese cities, including the economic, cultural and political impact.

Embedded Linux System Design and Development contains a full development roadmap for embedded Linux systems. It facilitates movement to embedded Linux from traditional real-time operating systems, and describes the system design model containing embedded Linux. This book delivers practical solutions for writing, debugging, and profiling applications and drivers in embedded Linux, and for understanding Linux BSP architecture. It enables you to ...

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Making a case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality and citizenship, and the ways in which the association of some with the European Union has transformed these definitions.

Totalitarianism has been a defining force of the twentieth century. Many historians (Bullock et al) would argue that it has been the defining movement. Roberts' book will look less at the outcomes across Europe but more a the history and development of the idea, discussing whether or not totalitarian regimes where discrete or "fed" each other, how far they were different in derivation and intentional and most of all the "historical specificity...

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Groups together discussions of theory and methodology, scale, data, quantitative methods, and cultural resource management and uses location models and case studies to illustrate these concepts. This book provides a treatment of predictive modeling. It draws together theoretical models and case studies and explains how modeling may be applied.

RegulationskrankheitenVersuch einer fachübergreifenden AnalyseVon Jürgen Schole und Wolfgang LutzAufbauend auf den Ergebnissen von Selye und Heilmeyer wird von zwei Seiten - der Regulationsbiochemie, einschließlich Molekularbiologie, und der Praxis des Internisten - versucht, das vielfältige Ursachengefüge der Regulations- bzw. Adaptionskrankheiten auf ein biologisches Grundprinzip zurückzuführen. Gleichzeitig werden neue Wege für eine wirksam...

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This textbook series provides advanced introductions to the main areas of study in contemporary Applied Linguistics, with a principal focus on the theory and practice of language teaching and language learning and on the processes and problems of language in use.This volume is a study of the language of literary texts. It looks at the usefulness of pragmatic theories to the interpretation of literary texts and surveys methods of analysing narr...

Explore New Orleans in over 230 colorful postcards published during the first half of the 20th Century. These hand-tinted photographs and the accompanying text help illuminate this fascinating city, from its early agricultural and trade port origins, through its elaborate religious and riotous cultural heritage. Wonderful imagery of popular and historically significant sites accompanies interesting essays and trivia tidbits that shed light on ...

Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Commander of the Panzer Lehr Division, wrote twenty manuscripts while interred as a U.S. Army prisoner of war from April 1945 until his release from captivity two years later. The entire series of manuscripts, commonly referred to as Foreign Military Studies, was prepared post-war by hundreds of senior German officers at the direction of the U.S. Armys Historical Division. Bayerlein cooperated whole-heartedly a...

Here is the ultimate portfolio featuring some of the most advanced interlocking concrete paver technology available today. Over 300 full color images showcase innovative paver shapes, textures, colors, and finishes, as well as a wide variety of classic pavers in a stunning collection of residential and commercial projects. Homeowners, landscape architects, and builders should not be without this important resource, which inspires with hundreds...

This book details the construction of a range of simple miniature steam engines and boilers. The projects, each of which can be completed with only a basic workshop, range from a single-acting oscillator to more sophisticated twin-cylinder double-acting engines and a variety of boilers. A final project brings together engine and boiler for a simple steam railway locomotive. These projects are a perfect introduction to model engineering and an ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, is one of the most disabling forms of arthritis and affects over two million people in the United States. Without proper treatment it can lead to long-term joint damage, chronic pain, loss of function, and disability. From the first moment of her diagnosis, author M.E.A. McNeil took charge and educated herself on every aspect of her condition. Now, as a "patient-...