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This book deals with these parametric methods, first discussing those based on time series models, Capon's method and its variants, and then estimators based on the notions of sub-spaces. However, the book also deals with the traditional "analog" methods, now called non-parametric methods, which are still the most widely used in practical spectral analysis.

While exploring the variety of sensing techniques used to achieve structural health monitoring, this book focuses on the sensors, signal- and data-reduction methods, and inverse techniques. Because the techniques are not based upon application type or linked to special classes of problems, the book explores the broader families--vibration and modal analysis, optical fibre sensing, acousto-ultrasonics using piezoelectric transducers, and electr...

This book includes recommendations prepared by members of the French Society for Trenchless Technology (FSTT), based on their recent national multi-year project. Comprehensive guidelines, techniques and theories in the areas of both microtunneling and horizontal drilling are given, encompassing the fields of application for each method, what investigations should be undertaken, which machines and equipment should be used, how the work should b...

Using case histories, including those involving cancer, Pennington examines and defines the components of successful healing, demonstrating that it is the psychological process rather than any specific technique that shifts the balance point from dying to living.

The B-17 was called a Flying Fortress because of its fire power, not because of its ability to protect its crew. There was very little armor to do that. In most places the only thing between the crew and Mother Earth...sometimes more than four miles below...was a thin sheet of Alclad aluminum. As the aircraft strugged through acres of punishing flak, or was attacked by enemy fighters, there was no place to hide. Twenty-Seven-Eighty Blues is ...

An insightful guide to understanding and navigating the ethical issues faced by anyone affected by the ethical dilemmas associated with current and emerging technologies Ethics of Emerging Technologies provides the background, insight, and tools for approaching and solving ethical dilemmas across a broad range of topics. The text discusses ethical problems, using examples and reasoning tools that will aid engineers, scientists, managers, admin...

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Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals - Challenging choices is a practical text, which addresses the links between philosophy, research method and practice in an accessible, readable way. The subtitle, Challenging Choices', carries a double meaning: qualitative research is both challenging (ie, demanding and stimulating) to undertake and likely to be challenged and contested. In particular, the choices researchers make when des...

Probability is a vital measure in numerous disciplines, from bioinformatics and econometrics to finance/insurance and computer science. Developed from a successful course, Fundamental Probability: A Computational Approach provides an engaging and hands-on introduction to this important topic. Whilst the theory is explored in detail, this book also emphasises practical applications, with the presentation of a large variety of examples and exerc...

The Phoenix Affirmations, " named for the town in which the principles were created and the mythological bird adopted by ancient Christians as a symbol of resurrection, offers disillusioned and spiritually homeless Christians and others a sense of hope and a more tolerant, joyful, and compassionate message than those we often hear from the media and some Christian leaders. These twelve central affirmative principles of Christian faith are buil...

Finally a book for the serious and dedicated bowler, designed to push the intermediate to the highest level and help the experienced professional stay there. Sport Psychology Library: Bowling -- co-authored by sport psychologist Eric Lasser and US bowling coaches Jeri Edwards and Fred Borden -- provides bowlers with the specific psychological strategies and exercises necessary for that sound mental game, grace under pressure, and an impenetrab...

In a moment when poetry is blindfolded in the labyrinth of world politics, trying to find its way to the solutions, Lane gives us the rational route. She has put her fragile eggs (bubbles) in the basket of balance and harmony, the ironic optimism that suffuses her compassionate and intelligent writing... These are not classical puzzles planted as they are in history. They are Now." -- Linda Rogers.

A fascinating look at the beginnings of Fascism and Communism in Italy in the 1920s, this provocative essay analyzes the social stratification of northern and southern Italy in 1926, and is relevant to current discussions of state formations, diasporas, and strategic alliances.

For nearly six years the Restall family lived on Oak Island digging for the treasure of the infamous Money Pit. In 1965 their quest ended in tragedy.

Exploring the usefulness of the study of history for contemporary military strategists, this volume illustrates the great importance of military history while simultaneously revealing the challenges of applying the past to the present. Essays from authors of diverse backgrounds--British and American, Civilian and Military--present an overwhelming argument for the necessity of the study of the past by today's military leaders in spite of these ...

Street criminals live in a dangerous world, but they cannot realistically rely on the criminal justice system to protect them from predation by fellow lawbreakers, they are on their own when it comes to dealing with crimes perpetrated against them and often use retaliation as a mechanism for deterring and responding to victimization. Street Justice: Retaliation in the Criminal World explores the face of modern day retaliation from the perspect...

This book keeps our attention focussed on what is, has been and will be important. He ranks with the few contemporary poets who understand the past as well as the present and have much to contribute to those who may still be literate in the future. His imagination is a dark wood with wildlife in it.

Meditation drafts, fragments, lyric samplings, glimpses, notes, reveries, lines on the edge of disappearing, poetry close to white space gaps, glancing off mysteries, a sacred spell of reflections and soundings, ecstasies and longings. Such is B W Powe's book, his first new one in nine years.

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The authors--one a clinical educator and social scientist, the other a nurse psychotherapist and practicing Buddhist--present a fascinating dialog on the "science" and the "art" sides of the art-science debate. Practical suggestions are included for achieving a balance between these two poles of the helping and healing process.