Thomas S : 567 books
Sustainability in the Anthropocene
Philosophical Essays on Renewable Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
We are facing an environmental crisis that some say is ushering a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, one that threatens not only a great deal of life on the planet but also our understanding of who we are and our relation to the natural world. In the face of this crisis it has become clear that...
Turn, Turtle!
Reenacting The Institute
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Performing Urgency #2 – Series Edited by Florian Malzacher. 'Turn Turtle, Turn! Reenacting The Institute' is a creative and intellectual analysis of the new turn in the perception and workings of the institutes in the performing arts. What has become apparent in the last ten years or so is a move...
by Lifeng Zhang, Brian G. Thomas, Miaoyong Zhu
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
This collection explores computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of engineering processes, with contributions from researchers and engineers involved in the modeling of multiscale and multiphase phenomena in material processing systems.
The papers cover the following processes:...
by Thomas E. Doyle, Robert F. Gorman, Edward S. Mihalkanin
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
The Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations, Third Edition defines the core concepts of human rights and humanitarian law. It relates the major international legal agreements related to human rights and names the diverse intergovernmental organizations which are responsible...
Warlords Rising
Confronting Violent Non-State Actors
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2005
Violent non-state actors (VNSA) often serve a destabilizing role in nearly every humanitarian and political crisis faced by the international community. As non-state armed groups gain greater access to resources and networks through global interconnectivity, they have come to dominate the terrain...
How Did You Get Here?
Students with Disabilities and Their Journeys to Harvard
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
When their children were young, several parents interviewed in this book were told “you can’t expect much from your child.” As they got older, the kids themselves often heard the same thing: that as children with disabilities, academic success would be elusive, if not impossible, for them.
How...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 1
Cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...
by Thomas J. Sauer, Neal S. Eash, Deb O'Dell
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Already renowned as a user-friendly beginners’ guide to soil science, Soil Science Simplified, 6th Edition is an updated version of the beloved textbook that includes even more thorough applications of soil science to interdisciplinary fields. It includes the most recent research concerning uses...
Epidemiologic Methods
Studying the Occurrence of Illness
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2003
This is a rigorous introduction to the concepts and tools of epidemiologic research. It offers clear descriptions of key concepts, rich examples, and instructive exercises (with answers). The book is well-suited for use in graduate-level courses on epidemiologic methods.
Creating Effective Transitions
Moving from the Elementary Grades to Middle School
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions. This book was developed with a two-fold premise: one, that educators and parents understand the role they play in meeting the basic developmental needs of individual students during times of transition; and two, that school leaders...
Il Battesimo nello Spirito Santo
Verità e obiezioni
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 2, 2014
In questo breve trattato sul battesimo nello Spirito Santo l’autore esamina l’argomento con grande dovizia, considerando anche una serie di osservazioni sollevate da chi obietta la sua esposizione: sempre senza spunti critici che servirebbero soltanto a sollevare sterili polemiche.
Modelling Population Dynamics
Model Formulation, Fitting and Assessment using State-Space Methods
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This book gives a unifying framework for estimating the abundance of open populations: populations subject to births, deaths and movement, given imperfect measurements or samples of the populations. The focus is primarily on populations of vertebrates for which dynamics are typically modelled within...
IPSAS Explained
A Summary of International Public Sector Accounting Standards
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Global diversity in the practice of public sector accounting continues to impede the reduction of bureaucracy and the creation of comparable standards in terms of accountability and transparency. The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) continues to engage in the ongoing...
by Gordon Appel, S. Thomas, V. Schmid
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2004
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Teesside (Teesside Business School), course: International Management Styles, 50 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Since the liberalisation...