The science and technology of coastal and ocean engineering are closely related to harbour and fishery engineering, because they share a common basic knowledge. However, whereas various publications of coastal engineering, harbour engineering, and ocean engineering have described just the knowledge in their own respective fields, an interrelated and systematic presentation linking them together has yet to be attempted. This book is the first attempt to systematically combine the fields of coastal, ocean, harbour, and fishery engineering from an engineering viewpoint backed by hydrodynamics. Understanding the interaction of waves with structures and sediment, and predicting the associated responses of interest, underlie nearly every problem in coastal and ocean engineering. This is precisely the goal of this book. Although primarily intended for use as a special textbook for graduate students and senior practising engineers, it is hoped that this book will also serve as a useful reference and assist in the further development of this field. With these objectives in mind, each chapter deals with important problems to be solved in the near future. The references included in each chapter should aid students and practising engineers in further broadening their knowledge.This book is the English translation of the original Japanese version published in May, 1991, commemorating the author’s retirement from Osaka University. “Elsevier will be named copyright holder of the English translated publication of the Work. This grant by Gihodo Publishers Ltd. (GP) only pertains to the English language version of the Work and no other rights, except to publish the Work in the English language, are granted to Elsevier Science (ES) by GP, which is acknowledged by ES to be the original copyright holder in the Work.”
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Author: T. Sawaragi Publisher: Elsevier Science ISBN: 9780080544847 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 1995 497 pages
Translated into 16 languages! The reader-friendly, icon-rich Briefcase Books series is must reading for all managers at every level.
All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well-established in the organizational hierarchy, can use a little “brushing up” now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their organizations.
While they don’t need the knowledge of a CPA, all managers must still have a basic understanding of how money is tracked and accounted for in an organization.
Using the sidebars and down-to-earth style that has become the Briefcase Books trademark, Accounting for Managers defines essential terms–from general ledger to chart of accounts–and, more importantly, discusses their applications in everyday business. It also introduces managers to popular accounting software programs and their use in tracking and allocating funds in the organization.
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Author: William Webster Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education ISBN: 9780071436472 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2003 239 pages
101 Unforgettable Stories about Our Nutty but Lovable Families
Readers will be amused, comforted, and encouraged by stories about “nutty” families just like their own, and realize we all have the same family matters and what really matters is families. A quirky and fun holiday book and a great bridal shower or wedding gift!
Nearly everyone thinks their own family is “nutty” or at least has one or two nuts. With 101 stories of wacky yet lovable relatives, funny foibles, and holiday meltdowns, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters is often hilarious and occasionally poignant.
Author: Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Amy Newmark; Susan M. Heim Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul ISBN: 9781611591361 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 2011 432 pages
Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of litigation at the international and domestic levels concerning consular access for foreign nationals charged with a criminal offence. The issue has complicated relations between countries, with the majority of litigation involving the United States, which has adopted a restrictive view of the consular access obligation.
This book brings together for the first time relevant documentary sources on the law of consular access. The book includes significant excerpts alongside commentary on the documents, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions. While presenting information on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the book presents other sources, including bilateral consular agreements, multilateral treaties, and key court cases from various jurisdictions. Many of these sources are not readily accessible.
The Law of Consular Access will be of interest to scholars of international law, human rights, and international relations. It will also be of interest to private and government lawyers, as well as diplomats and consuls.
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Author: John Quigley; William J. Aceves; Adele Shank Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781135238711 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2009 306 pages
Beurteilung und Begutachtung der Berufsunfähigkeit
Die Sachverständigengespräche, ausgerichtet durch das Orthopädische Weiterbildungsinstitut Münster in Zusammenarbeit mit der Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster unter der Schirmherrschaft “Initiativkreis Medizinische Begutachtung” sind jährliche Veranstaltungen, die sich mit der Beurteilung und Begutachtung orthopädischer Krankheitsbilder aus interdisziplinärer Sicht befassen.
Author: W.H.M. Castro; M.F. Hein; K.G. Mangen; I. Mazzotti; G. Müller; N. Neumann; H.-H. Raspe; F. Schröter Publisher: Steinkopff ISBN: 9783642573521 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2013 76 pages
This is an accessible introduction to the life and thought of John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308), the scholastic philosopher and theologian who came to be called the Subtle Doctor. A native of Scotland (as his name implies), Scotus became a Franciscan and taught in Oxford, Paris, and Cologne. In his writings he put Aristotelian thought to the service of Christian theology and was the founder of a school of scholasticism called Scotism, which was often opposed to the Thomism of the followers of Thomas Aquinas. In particular, Scotus is well known for his defense of contra-causal free will and logical possibility and for his account of individuation in terms of “haecceity” or “thisness.”Cross offers a clear introductory account of the most significant aspects of Scotus’s theological thought. Theology is here construed broadly to include Scotus’s philosophical investigation of God’s existence and attributes. In addition to providing a clear, though not always uncritical, outline of Scotus’s positions, Cross aims to show how Scotus’s theories fit into modern debates, particularly contemporary debates in philosophical theology, and to point out Scotus’s historical significance in the development of theology.
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Author: Richard Cross Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780190284282 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: June 1999 272 pages
Everything beginners need to know to start playing guitar Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then pick up a guitar and start strumming! Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar shows you the basics-step by step and note by note. You begin with basic chords and techniques and progress through suspensions, bass runs, hammer-ons, and barre chords. As you learn to read tablature and lead sheets, you can play any number of songs and styles of music, from rock to folk to country. The chord chart and scale appendices are ready references for use long after you master the basics.
Plus, this new edition includes an audio CD so you can hear what each note, chord, and technique should sound like, along with a new chapter on reading music.
This new edition includes substantial improvements to get readers playing the guitar faster
A photo-intensive, step-by-step approach to playing acoustic and electric guitar
The bonus CD includes more than 100 audio tracks
Whether you’ve never picked up a guitar or want to brush up on the basics, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Guitar will get you strumming in no time.
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Author: Charles Kim Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9781118206270 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2011 272 pages
Many listeners and players are fascinated by Bach’s Goldberg Variations. In this wideranging and searching study, Professor Williams, one of the leading Bach scholars of our time, helps them probe its depths and understand its uniqueness. He considers the work’s historical origins, especially in relation to all Bach’s Clavierübung volumes and late keyboard works, its musical agenda and its formal shape, and discusses significant performance issues. In the course of the book he poses a number of key questions. Why should such a work be written? Does the work have both a conceptual and a perceptual shape? What other music is likely to have influenced the Goldberg and to what extent is it trying to be encyclopedic? What is the canonic vocabulary? How have contemporaries or musicians from Beethoven to the present day seen this work and, above all, how has its mysterious beauty been created?
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Author: Peter Williams Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780511029165 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2001 120 pages
The use of neural implants for stimulation and recording show excellent promise in restoring certain functions to the central nervous system; and neuroprostheses remains one of the most important tools of neuroscientists for the elucidation of the brain’s function. Ailments such as Parkinson’s disease, obesity, blindness, and epilepsy are being studied from this angle. Development of better electrodes for recording and stimulation is therefore critical to ensure continuing progress in this field.
This book addresses one of the main clinical complications with the use of electrodes, namely the reaction of the neurological tissue in the immediate vicinity of an implanted device. The authors describe new techniques for assessing this phenomenon, as well as new microfabrication techniques to impede the inflammatory response of the brain. Inflammation can adversely effect these devices, limiting their lifetime and reducing their effectiveness. The measurement protocols and improved fabrication protocols described within these pages will become standard tools in the future of neuroprostheses.
The author holds two U.S. patents on microassembly and is also a Review Editor for Frontiers in Neuroengineering.
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Author: André Mercanzini; Philippe Renaud Publisher: EFPL Press ISBN: 9781482247152 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 2011 250 pages
Based on a large-scale qualitative longitudinal study of the life course conducted in the UK (Timescapes Study), this unique collection reveals close-up – and in their own words – the experiences of children and young people, parents, and older generations. The participants lives and times are explored through multiple accounts of their changing trajectories. Collectively, the contributions examine family and generational relationships in all their complexity as they change and develop. Tackling a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds and geographical locations, each individual chapter is concerned with particular stages of the life course, delivering policy-relevant findings to address individual and family lives over time. Understanding Families Over Time also has a methodological twist: change and continuity through biographical, historical and generational time are integral aspects of the overall study.
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