John J : 1441 books

Book cover of A Guide to MATLAB

A Guide to MATLAB

For Beginners and Experienced Users

by Brian R. Hunt, Ronald L. Lipsman, Jonathan M. Rosenberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006

This is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematical and technical computing. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for using MATLAB's programming features, graphical capabilities, simulation...
Book cover of Digital Systems Engineering
by William J. Dally, John W. Poulton
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2008

What makes some computers slow? Why do some digital systems operate reliably for years while others fail mysteriously every few hours? How can some systems dissipate kilowatts while others operate off batteries? These questions of speed, reliability, and power are all determined by the system-level...
Book cover of Forest Mensuration
by John A. Kershaw Jr., Mark J. Ducey, Thomas W. Beers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

Forest mensuration – the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest products – holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As demands on the world’s forests have grown, scientists and professionals are increasingly called on to quantify forest...
Book cover of Labor Unions, Management Innovation and Organizational Change in Police Departments
by John DeCarlo, Michael J. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015

This Brief examines the role of Police Unions in law enforcement policy development. It provides an overview of the historical and political background of police labor unions, and takes a critical look at the shifting perception of labor unions from generally positive to somewhat negative, to compare...
Book cover of Biomedical Engineering Desk Reference
by Buddy D. Ratner, Allan S. Hoffman, Frederick J. Schoen
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009

A one-stop Desk Reference, for Biomedical Engineers involved in the ever expanding and very fast moving area; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the biomedical engineering...
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Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai

Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550–1700

by Anand A. Yang, Kieko Matteson, Tonio Andrade
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth...
Book cover of Math Tools, Grades 3–12

Math Tools, Grades 3–12

60+ Ways to Build Mathematical Practices, Differentiate Instruction, and Increase Student Engagement

by Harvey F. Silver, John R. Brunsting, Terry Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

Teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time! With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of a bestseller is an all-in-one math classroom management resource. Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific...
Book cover of Psychiatric Criminology

Psychiatric Criminology

A Roadmap for Rapid Assessment

by John A. Liebert, MD, William J. Birnes
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016

Since the shutdown of our public psychiatry system, the seriously mentally ill are now mostly managed by public safety officers, school officials, emergency first responders and social workers with little experience in recognizing symptoms, triggers and issues. This book addresses the need to recognize...
Book cover of Hooligans Abroad (RLE Sports Studies)

Hooligans Abroad (RLE Sports Studies)

The Behaviour and Control of English Fans in Continental Europe

by John M. Williams, Eric Dunning, Patrick J. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014

This book traces international developments in the hooligan phenomenon since the Heysel tragedy of 1985. The authors make special reference to the troubled European championships in West Germany in 1988 and look critically at political responses to the problem. The authors used ‘participant observation’...
Book cover of Fuzzy Social Choice Models

Fuzzy Social Choice Models

Explaining the Government Formation Process

by Kelly Nelson Pook, John N. Mordeson, Terry D. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014

This book explores the extent to which fuzzy set logic can overcome some of the shortcomings of public choice theory, particularly its inability to provide adequate predictive power in empirical studies. Especially in the case of social preferences, public choice theory has failed to produce the set...
Book cover of The Social Geography of Medicine and Health (RLE Social & Cultural Geography)
by John Eyles, Kevin J. Woods
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014

This book, originally published in 1983, drawing material from Europe, the USA, the Soviet Union and the Developing World, provides a comprehensive review of the key issues in medical geography. It sets the central problems of medical geography in a broad social context as well as in a spatial one...
Book cover of Insurance Law: Cases and Materials
by Professor John Lowry, Dr P J Rawlings
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004

This book is intended as a complement to the authors' Insurance Law: Doctrines and Principles,following its general pattern but integrating the jurisprudence from other common law jurisdictions, particularly the USA, as a means of demonstrating how problems which have long confronted the English courts...
Book cover of Confronting Mental Health Evidence

Confronting Mental Health Evidence

A Practical PLAN to Examine Reliability and Experts in Family Law

by John A. Zervopoulos, Ph.D., J.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015

Confronting Mental Health Evidence—Second Edition describes and applies the four-step PLANModel to help lawyers organize, critique, and use psychological materials and testimony when examining experts and framing legal arguments. This Second Edition refreshes previous topics, including understanding...
Book cover of Advances in the Study of Behavior
by Marc Naguib, John C. Mitani, Leigh W. Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This volume makes another important "contribution to the development of the field" by presenting theoretical ideas...
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