This book provides a general introduction into aviation operations, covering all the relevant elements of this field and the interrelations between them.

Numerous books have been written about aviation, but most are written by and for specialists, and assume a profound understanding of the fundamentals. This textbook provides the basics for understanding these fundamentals. It explains how the commercial aviation sector is structured and how technological, economic and political forces define its development and the prosperity of its players.

Aviation operations have become an important field of expertise. Airlines, airports and aviation suppliers, the players in aviation, need expertise on how aircraft can be profitably exploited by connecting airports with the aim of adding value to society. This book covers all relevant aspects of aviation operations, including contemporary challenges, like capacity constraints and sustainability.

This textbook delivers a fundamental understanding of the commercial aviation sector at a level ideal for first-year university students and can be a tool for lecturers in developing an aviation operations curriculum. It may also be of interest to people already employed within aviation, often specialists, seeking an accurate overview of all relevant fields of operations.

Public Service Information Technology explains how all areas of IT management work together. Building a computer-based information system is like constructing a house; different disciplines are employed and need to be coordinated. In addition to the technical aspects like computer networking and systems administration, the functional, business, management, and strategic aspects all are equally important. IT is not as simple as expecting to use a software program in three months. Information Technology is a complex field that has multiple working parts that require proper management. This book demystifies how IT operates in an organization, giving the public manager the necessary details to manage Information Technology and to use all of its resources for proper effect.

This book is for technical IT managers and non-technical (non-IT) managers and senior executive leaders. Not only will the Chief Information Officer, the IT Director, and the IT Manager find this book invaluable to running an effective IT unit, the Chief Financial Officer, the HR Director, and functional managers will understand their roles in conjunction with the technical team. Every manager at all levels of the organization has a small yet consequential role to play in developing and managing an IT system. With practical guidelines and worksheets provided in the book, both the functional team and the technical team will be able to engage collaboratively to produce a high-quality computer-based information system that everyone involved can be proud to use for many years and that can deliver an effective and timely public program to citizens.

This book includes:

• Multiple layers of security controls your organization can develop and maintain, providing greater protection against cyber threats.
• Job-related worksheets you can use to strengthen your skills and achieve desired program results.
• Practices you can apply to maximize the value of your contracts and your relationships with for-profit companies and other contractors.
• New method for deciding when contracting or outsourcing is appropriate when internal resources are not available.
• Improved method for estimating intangible benefits (non-financial gains) attributable to a proposed project.
• An approach to deciding what parts of a business process should or should not be automated, paying critical attention to decision points and document reviews.

This book provides a clear, easy to digest overview of Quality Management Systems (QMS). Critically, it offers the reader an explanation of the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) requirement that in future all new and existing Management Systems Standards will need to have the same high-level structure, commonly referred to as Annex SL, with identical core text, as well as common terms and definitions.

In addition to explaining what Annex SL entails, this book provides the reader with a guide to the principles, requirements and interoperability of Quality Management System standards, how to complete internal and external management reviews, third-party audits and evaluations, as well as how to become an ISO Certified Organisation once your QMS is fully established.

As a simple and straightforward explanation of QMS Standards and their current requirements, this is a perfect guide for practitioners who need a comprehensive overview to put theory into practice, as well as for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying quality management as part of broader Operations and Management courses.

Table of Contents

1. What is a Quality Management System? 2. The History of Quality Standards 3. Who Produces Quality Standards? 4. What is Annex SL all about? 5. The Seven Principles of Quality Management 6. Detailed Requirements for Management Systems 7. The Interoperability of Management System Standards 8. The Importance of Data Protection 9. What about Auditing your Quality Management System? 10. What to do once the QMS is Established

This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of diplomacy and its vital role in an era of increasing international uncertainty.

The work employs a distinctive "diplomatic perspective" on international relations and argues that the experience of conducting diplomacy gives rise to a set of priorities: first, the peaceful resolution of disputes; second, the avoidance of unwanted conflict; and, third, the minimization of the intensity of violent conflict where it has become unavoidable. It argues that changes in the international system require a shift in priorities from the diplomacy of problem-solving by building institutionalized cooperation, to the diplomacy of managing relationships between people. Divided into three sections, the first examines what is meant when we talk about diplomacy, why we need diplomats, and the operations of the modern diplomatic system of states. The second discusses the "three bads," about which people generally worry: bad leaders, bad media, and bad followers. The idea of "bad" is considered in terms of the moral character, professional competence, and the consequences of what people do for us. The final section discusses diplomacy and bad diplomats, reviewing what people can do to help themselves and the professionals be good diplomats.

This book is intended as a primary text for courses in international diplomacy and as a supplementary text for courses on contemporary issues in international relations.

Table of Contents

Part I: Diplomacy and Diplomats

1. Introduction: What are we talking about when we talk about diplomacy?

2. Why we need diplomacy and diplomats

3. The modern diplomatic system of states

Part II: Diplomacy and "The Three Bads" of International Relations

4. Diplomacy and bad leaders

5. Diplomacy and bad media

6. Diplomacy and bad followers

Part III: Conclusions

7. Diplomacy and bad diplomats

Reading and Writing a Screenplay takes you on a journey through the many possible ways of writing, reading and imagining fiction and documentary projects for cinema, television and new media. It explores the critical role of a script as a document to be written and read with both future readers and the future film it will be giving life to in mind.

The book explores the screenplay and the screenwriting process by approaching the film script in three different ways: how it is written, how it is read and how it can be rewritten. Combining contemporary screenwriting practices with historical and academic context, Isabelle Raynauld provides key analytical tools and reading strategies for conceptualizing and scripting projects based on the impact different writing styles can have on readers, with various examples ranging from early cinema to new media and new platforms throughout.

This title offers an alternative, thought-provoking and inspiring approach to reading and writing a screenplay that is ideal for directors, producers, actors, students, aspiring screenwriters and readers interested in understanding how an effective screenplay is created.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The screenplay as text

1. What constitutes a "good" screenplay?

2. The screenplay as text

3. Ideas, writing in stages and types of documents

4. What does screenwriting share with editing principles?

5. Structures

6. Point of view: telling a story from a certain perspective

7. The scene

8. The character

9. Writing sound

10. Writing for documentary

11. New media, new forms of writing: towards expanded screenwriting practices

12. Reading a screenplay: reading modes from analysis to writing

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

This established textbook provides an understanding of materials’ behaviour through knowledge of their chemical and physical structure. It covers the main classes of construction materials: metals, concrete, other ceramics (including bricks and masonry), polymers, fibre composites, bituminous materials, timber, and glass. It provides a clear and comprehensive perspective on the whole range of materials used in modern construction, to form a must-have for civil and structural engineering students, and those on courses such as architecture, surveying and construction.

It begins with a Fundamentals section followed by a section on each of the major groups of materials. In this new edition:

- The section on fibre composites FRP and FRC has been completely restructured and updated.

- Typical questions with answers to any numerical examples are given at the end of each section, as well as an instructor’s manual with further questions and answers.

- The links in all parts have also been updated and extended, including links to free reports from The Concrete Centre, as well as other online resources and material suppliers’ websites.

- and now with solutions manual and resources for adopting instructors on https://www.crcpress.com/9781498741101

Table of Contents

Part I: Fundamentals

Revised and updated by Peter Domone and Marios Soutsos, with acknowledgment to the previous authors Bill Biggs, Ian McColl and Bob Moon

Chapter 1: Atoms, Bonding, Energy and Equilibrium

Chapter 2: Mechanical Properties of Solids

Chapter 3: Structure of Solids

Chapter 4: Fracture and Toughness

Chapter 5: Liquids, Viscoelasticity and Gels

Chapter 7: Electrical and Thermal Properties

Example Questions

Further Reading

Part II: Metals and Alloys

Revised and updated Marios Soutsos and Peter Domone, with acknowledgment to the previous authors Bill Biggs, Ian McColl and Bob Moon

Chapter 8: Deformation and Strengthening of Metals

Chapter 9: Forming of Metals

Chapter 10: Oxidation and Corrosion

Chapter 11: Iron and Steel

Chapter 12: Aluminium

Example Questions

Further Reading

Part III: Concrete

Marios Soutsos and Peter Domone

Chapter 13: Portland Cements

Chapter 14: Admixtures

Chapter 15: Additions

Chapter 16: Other Types of Cement

Chapter 17: Aggregates for Concrete

Chapter 18: Properties of Fresh Concrete

Chapter 19: Early Age Properties of Concrete

Chapter 20: Deformation of Concrete

Chapter 21: Strength and Failure of Concrete

Chapter 22: Concrete Mix Design

Chapter 23: Non-Destructive Testing of Hardened Concrete

Chapter 24: Durability of Concrete

Chapter 25: Special Concretes

Chapter 26: Recycling of Concrete

Example Questions

Further Reading

Part IV: Polymers

Revised and updated by Vasileios Koutsos with acknowledgement to the previous author Len Holloway

Chapter 27: Polymer Types, Properties and Applications

Further Reading

Part V: Fibre Composites FRP and FRC

Philip Purnell

Chapter 28: Reinforcing Fibre Materials

Chapter 29: Reinforcing Fibre Architecture

Chapter 30: Matrices

Chapter 31: Interfaces and Bonding

Chapter 32: Mechanical Behaviour and Properties of Composites

Chapter 33: Manufacture of Fibre Composites

Chapter 34: Applications of Fibre Composites in Construction.

Chapter 35: Durability

Chapter 36: Recycling

Further Reading

Part VI: Glass

Graham Dodd

Chapter 37: Manufacture and Processing

Chapter 38: Properties and Performance

Chapter 39: Design and Applications

Chapter 40: Service and End of Life

Further Reading

Part VII: Timber

John Dinwoodie

Chapter 41: Structure of Timber and the Presence of Moisture

Chapter 42: Deformation in Timber

Chapter 43: Strength and Failure in Timber

Chapter 44: Durability of Timber

Chapter 45: Processing and Recycling of Timber

Example Questions

Acknowledgment, Further Reading and Sources of Information

Part VIII: Masonry

Revised and updated by Paulo B. Lourenço with acknowledgment to the previous author Bob de Vekey

Chapter 46: Materials and Components for Masonry

Chapter 47: Masonry Construction and Forms

Chapter 48: Structural Behaviour and Movement of Masonry

Chapter 49: Non-Structural Physical Properties of Masonry

Chapter 50: Deterioration, Conservation and Strengthening of Masonry

Example Questions

Further Reading and Sources of Information

Part IX: Bituminous Materials

Gordon D. Airey

Chapter 51: Components of Bituminous Materials

Chapter 52: Viscosity, Stiffness and Deformation of Bituminous Materials

Chapter 53: Strength and Failure of Bituminous Materials

Chapter 54: Durability of Bituminous Mixtures

Chapter 55: Design and Production of Bituminous Materials

Chapter 56: Recycling of Bituminous Materials

Example Questions

Further Reading

Part X: Selection and Sustainable Use of Materials

Marios Soutsos and Peter Domone

Chapter 57: Mechanical Properties of Materials

Chapter 58: Sustainability and Construction Materials

Contemporary, thoughtful and extensively illustrated, Modern Diplomacy examines a broad range of current diplomatic practice. This leading and widely used book - now in its fifth edition - equips students with a detailed analysis of important international issues that reflect and impact upon diplomacy and its relations. The subject is brought to life through case studies and examples which highlight the working of contemporary diplomacy within the international political arena.

Organised around five broad topic areas, including the nature of diplomacy, diplomatic methods, negotiation, the operation of diplomacy in specific areas and international conflict, the book covers all major topic areas of contemporary diplomacy.

New features for this edition:

Developments in diplomatic practice

Strategies in diplomacy

International trade, geopolitics and agreements

Diplomacy of new regional organisations and groupings

Developing country diplomacy

Non-traditional diplomacy

New concepts – parallel and counter diplomacy

New case studies include: the Paris Climate Agreement, Brexit, international finance and trade agreements, and the UN security forces.

Modern Diplomacy is essential reading for students and practitioners of international relations, foreign policy, international law, international political economy, international economics, the Foreign Services Institutes and the National Diplomatic Academies.

Table of Contents

1. The Changing Nature of Diplomacy

2. Foreign Policy Organisation

3. Diplomatic Methods

4. Negotiation

5. Developing Diplomatic Practice

6. Groups and Networks

7. Regional Organisations and Diplomacy

8. Cyber Diplomacy

9. International Financial Relations

10. Trade, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

11. Environmental Diplomacy

12. Environmental Diplomacy: Case Examples

13. Disaster and Emergency Diplomacy

14. Diplomacy and Security

15. Diplomacy and Mediation

16. The Diplomacy of Normalisation

17. Diplomatic Correspondence: Case Examples

18. International Treaties

19. International Agreements: Case Examples

20. Paris Agreement

Conclusion

An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models, Fourth Edition provides a cohesive framework for statistical modelling, with an emphasis on numerical and graphical methods. This new edition of a bestseller has been updated with new sections on non-linear associations, strategies for model selection, and a Postface on good statistical practice.

Like its predecessor, this edition presents the theoretical background of generalized linear models (GLMs) before focusing on methods for analyzing particular kinds of data. It covers Normal, Poisson, and Binomial distributions; linear regression models; classical estimation and model fitting methods; and frequentist methods of statistical inference. After forming this foundation, the authors explore multiple linear regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), logistic regression, log-linear models, survival analysis, multilevel modeling, Bayesian models, and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods.

Introduces GLMs in a way that enables readers to understand the unifying structure that underpins them

Discusses common concepts and principles of advanced GLMs, including nominal and ordinal regression, survival analysis, non-linear associations and longitudinal analysis

Connects Bayesian analysis and MCMC methods to fit GLMs

Contains numerous examples from business, medicine, engineering, and the social sciences

Provides the example code for R, Stata, and WinBUGS to encourage implementation of the methods

Offers the data sets and solutions to the exercises online

Describes the components of good statistical practice to improve scientific validity and reproducibility of results.

Using popular statistical software programs, this concise and accessible text illustrates practical approaches to estimation, model fitting, and model comparisons.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Model Fitting

Exponential Family and Generalized

Linear Models

Estimation

Inference

Normal Linear Models

Binary Variables and Logistic Regression

Nominal and Ordinal Logistic Regression

Poisson Regression and Log-Linear Models

Survival Analysis

Clustered and Longitudinal Data

Bayesian Analysis

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods

Example Bayesian Analyses

Postface

Appendix

This fascinating new core textbook, authored by a highly respected academic with over a decade of industry experience, takes a global and strategic approach to the important topic of operations management (OM). Integrating contemporary and traditional theories the text covers everything a student needs to understand the reality of operations in the modern world and combines the latest cutting-edge thinking with innovative learning features. Written in a concise and engaging style and based on up-to-date research in the field, the book provides a range of international case studies and examples that help students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world practice. This is a must-have textbook for students studying operations management modules on undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes. In addition, this is an ideal textbook to accompany modules on operations strategy, production management and services management. Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/operations-management. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

As the pace of change increases and new business structures evolve, finding and harnessing people’s talent is becoming ever more important. From Talent Management to Talent Liberation presents a thoughtful and practical approach to talent. It provides compelling evidence for the limitations of talent management practice and offers talent liberation as an alternative approach.

Talent Liberation is positioned through five premises that draw on the agile movement to provide a fundamental reappraisal of the talent agenda. These premises are then applied through a range of strategic and tactical tools such as the Talent Compass. By combining academic research, thought leadership and practical experience, this book will stimulate fresh thinking.

Readers will be inspired to take action, using the simple tools to liberate more of the talent in their organisation and their teams. Leaders, HR professionals and individuals will benefit from the relevant insights shared here.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1 – The context for talent liberation

Chapter one: Talent management – not fit for purpose

Chapter two: The future of work – talent required

Chapter three: Talent liberation – a new metaphor

Part 2 – The practice of talent liberation

Chapter four: The Talent compass – identifying risks and opportunities

Chapter five: HR as liberators

Chapter six: Leaders as liberators

Chapter seven: Liberating your own talent

Part 3 - Toolkit and resources

A. Talent Compass questions

B. Talent Compass sample risks and solutions

C. When to borrow, buy or build

D. Examples of everyday learning opportunities

E. Completing your personal incident room

F. Life wheel template

G. Broadening your continued professional development

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The Evidence-Based Practitioner Coach gives a descriptive, phenomenological understanding of human development through the lens of the Integrated Experiential Learning Process, and how it can be applied in coaching.

Aimed at coaches who would like to ground their experience in an evidence-based practitioner model, it synthesises evidence and theory from a range of disciplines, exploring how we learn through a complex process involving brain, body and social relationships, and facilitated consciously and unconsciously through the central and autonomic nervous systems. It applies this understanding to a range of settings, contexts and environments. The book notably combines the fascinating knowledge produced by cutting-edge research with useful, practical methodologies developed by some of the wisest observers of humanity. Its sheer readability, in an engagingly down-to-earth and warmly human way, helps make the contents readily accessible to coach practitioners and others from non-academic backgrounds.

Rigorous and erudite, this book would be suitable for business coaches, corporate executives, senior managers, and human resource specialists, and provides an invaluable contribution to what it means to be a scientist-practitioner within the evolving profession of coaching.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Complex responsive processes and experiential learning 2. The physiology of learning 3. Movement and experiential learning 4. Human development models 5. Research methodology 6. Applying the Integrated Experiential Learning Process to coaching 7. Applying the Integrated Experiential Learning Process in business 8. The Integrated Experiential Learning Process in a team context 9. Coaching presence 10. Being a scientist-practitioner Bibliography

Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This introductory textbook fully explores the multidisciplinary nature of events management and provides the student with all the practical skills and professional knowledge they need to succeed in the events industry.

It introduces every core functional area of events management, such as marketing, finance, project management, strategy, operations, event design and human resources, in a vast array of different event settings from sport to political events. This new edition has been updated to include:

New and updated content on technological developments in events such as virtual/hybrid events, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality, holograms in music events, software for event planning and projection mapping.

New content on eSports, the sustainability sector, employability skills, policy changes, diversity and inclusion, ethics and responsibility in events, and contemporary event safety and security issues including the threat of terrorism.

New and updated case studies that cover a wider range of regions.

A fully updated and extended companion website that includes web and video links, quizzes and a case study archive for students, as well as PowerPoint slides for instructors and a brand-new instructor manual full of teaching strategy ideas.

Every topic is brought to life through vivid case studies, personal biographies and examples of best practice from the real world of events management. Written by a team of authors with many years’ experience of working in the events industry, Events Management: An Introduction is the essential course text for any events management programme.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Events Management

2. Event Project Management: Feasibility, Planning, Delivery and Evaluation

3. Event Design and Production

4. Event Operations

5. Event Human Resource Management

6. Event Finance

7. Event Marketing

8. Event Law, Health, Safety and Risk Management

9. Sporting Events

10. Mega-Events

11. Events in the Public and Third Sectors

12. Business Events

13. Cultural Events and Festivals

14. Event Impacts and Sustainability

15. Events and the Media

A thorough knowledge of geology is essential in the design and construction of infrastructures for transport, buildings and mining operations; while an understanding of geology is also crucial for those working in urban, territorial and environmental planning and in the prevention and mitigation of geohazards.

Geological Engineering provides an interpretation of the geological setting, integrating geological conditions into engineering design and construction, and provides engineering solutions that take into account both ground conditions and environment.

This textbook, extensively illustrated with working examples and a wealth of graphics, covers the subject area of geological engineering in four sections:

Fundamentals: soil mechanics, rock mechanics and hydrogeology

Methods: site investigations, rock mass characterization and engineering geological mapping

Applications: foundations, slope stability, tunnelling, dams and reservoirs and earth works

Geohazards: landslides, other mass movements, earthquake hazards and prevention and mitigation of geological hazards

As well as being a textbook for graduate and postgraduate students and academics, Geological Engineering serves as a basic reference for practicing engineering geologists and geological and geotechnical engineers, as well as civil and mining engineers dealing with design and construction of foundations, earth works and excavations for infrastructures, buildings, and mining operations.

Table of Contents

PART I. FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Geological Engineering

1.1 Definition and Importance of Geological Engineering

1.2 The Geological Environment and its Relation with Engineering

1.3 Geological Factors and Geotechnical Problems

1.4 Methods and Applications in Engineering Geology

1.5 Information Sources in Engineering Geology

1.6 How this Book is Structured

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 2 – Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology of Sediments

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Soil Description and Classification

2.3 Flow of Water through Soils

2.4 Effective Stress

2.5 Consolidation and Compressibility

2.6 Shear Strength of Soils

2.7 Influence of Mineralogy and Fabric on the Geotechnical Properties of Soils

2.8 Engineering Geology Characteristics of Sediments

2.9 Problematic Soils

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 3 – ROCK MECHANICS

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Physical and Mechanical Properties of Rocks

3.3 Stress and Strain in Rocks

3.4 Strenght and Deformability of Intact Rock

3.5 Discontinuities

3.6 Strenght and Deformability of Rock Masses

3.7 In situ Stress

3.8 Rock Mass Classifications

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 4 - HYDROGEOLOGY

4.1 Hydrogeological Behaviour of Soils and Rocks

4.2 Hydrogeological Parameters

4.3 Flow. Darcy's Law and Fundamental Flow Equations in Porous Media

4.4 Evaluation Methods for Hydrogeological Parameters

4.5 Solution Methods

4.6 Chemical Properties of Water

Recommended Reading/References

PART II. METHODS

Chapter 5 – SITE INVESTIGATIONS

5.1 Planning and Design

5.2 Preliminary Investigations

5.3 Engineering Geophysics

5.4 Boreholes, Trial Pits, Trenches and Sampling

5.5 In situ Tests

5.6 Geotechnical Instrumentation

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 6 - ROCK MASS DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISATION

6.1 Methodology

6.2 Description and Zoning

6.3 Intact Rock Characterisation

6.4 Description of Discontinuities

6.5 Rock Mass Parameters

6.6 Rock Mass Classification and Characterisation

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 7 - ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL MAPPING

7.1 Definition

7.2 Types of Maps

7.3 Mapping Methods

7.4 Data Collection

7.5 Applications

Recommended Reading/References

PART III. APPLICATIONS

Chapter 8 - FOUNDATIONS

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Shallow Foundations

8.3 Deep Foundations

8.4 Foundations in Rock

8.5 Foundations in Complex Geological Conditions

8.6 Site Investigation

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 9 - SLOPES

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Site Investigations

9.3 Factors Influencing Slope Stability

9.4 Types of Slope Failure

9.5 Stability Analysis

9.6 Stabilization Measures

9.7 Monitoring and Control

9.8 Slope Excavation

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 10 - TUNNELS

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Site Investigation

10.3 Influence of Geological Conditions

10.4 Geomechanical Design Parameters

10.5 Rock Mass Classifications for Tunneling

10.6 Tunnel Support Design using Rock Mass Classifications

10.7 Excavability

10.8 Tunnel Excavation and Support Methods in Rock

10.9 Tunnel Excavation and Support Methods in Soil

10.10 Geological Engineering during Tunnel Construction

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 11 - DAMS AND RESERVOIRS

11.1. Introduction

11.2 Types of Dams and Auxiliary Structures

11.3 Site Investigation

11.4 Engineering Geology Criteria for Dam Selection

11.5 Geological Materials for Dam Construction

11.6 Reservoir Water Tightness

11.7 Permeability of Dam Foundations

11.8 Reservoir Slope Stability

11.9 Engineering Geological Conditions for Dam Foundations

11.10 Seismic Actions and Induced Seismicity

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 12 - EARTH STRUCTURES

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Design Methodology

12.3 Materials

12.4 Implementation and Control

12.5 Embankments on Soft Soils

12.6 Embankments on Slopes

Recommended Reading/References

PART IV. GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS

Chapter 13 - LANDSLIDES AND OTHER MASS MOVEMENTS

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Slope Movements

13.3 Investigation of Landslides

13.4 Corrective Measures

13.5 Collapse and Subsidence

13.6 Prevention of Risks from Mass Movements

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 14 - SEISMIC HAZARD

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Faults and Earthquakes

14.3 Seismicity Studies

14.4 Seismic Hazard Analysis

14.5 Seismic Site Response

14.6 Ground Effects Induced by Earthquakes

14.7 Applications to Geological Engineering

Recommended Reading/References

Chapter 15 - PREVENTION OF GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS

15.1 Geological Hazards

15.2 Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability

15.3 Safety Criteria in Geological Engineering

15.4 Prevention and Mitigation of Geological Hazards

15.5 Hazard and Risk Maps

Recommended Reading/References

Appendix A: Charts for Circular and Wedge Failure Analysis

Appendix B: Pressure Units Conversion Chart

Appendix C: Symbols and Acronyms

Appendix D: List of Boxes

Appendix E: Permissions to Reproduce Figures and Tables

Index

Following the 2007–2009 financial and economic crises, there has been an unprecedented demand among economics students for an alternative approach, which offers a historical, institutional and multidisciplinary treatment of the discipline. Economic development lends itself ideally to meet this demand, yet most undergraduate textbooks do not reflect this.

This book will fill this gap, presenting all the core material needed to teach development economics in a one semester course, while also addressing the need for a new economics and offering flexibility to instructors. Rather than taking the typical approach of organizing by topic, the book uses theories and debates to guide its structure. This will allow students to see different perspectives on key development questions, and therefore to understand more fully the contested nature of many key areas of development economics.

The book can be used as a standalone textbook on development economics, or to accompany a more traditional text.

Table of Contents

Part I: Background

1: Introduction

2: Data and its uses in development economics

3: Commonalities and differences in low and low middle income countries

4: Poverty, inequality and some proposed solutions

Part II: Key approaches to economic development and the middle income trap

5: Classical and radical antecedents of development economics

6: Developmentalists and developmentalism

7: Neo-Marxism, structuralism and dependency theory

8: Neoliberalism and its critics

9: New developmentalism: industrial policy, policy space, and premature deindustrialization debates

10: Is there a middle income trap?

Part III: How key approaches play into some key debates

11: Debates on foreign aid

12: Debates on foreign direct investment

13: Debates on agriculture/sustainable agriculture

14: Debates on technology and addressing environmental problems/green industrial policy

Part IV: Conclusion

15: Catch-up growth: finding a trigger

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Natural Resources and the Environment: Economics, Law, Politics, and Institutions provides a new approach to the study of environmental and natural resource economics.

It augments current contributions from the fields of public choice, law, and economics, and the burgeoning field of what used to be called the "New Institutional Economics," to describe, explain, and interpret how these new developments have been applied to better understand the economics of natural resources and the environment. This textbook takes a multi-disciplinary approach, which is essential for understanding complex environmental problems, and examines the issue from not only an economic perspective, but also taking into account law, politics, and institutions. In doing so, it provides students with a realistic understanding of how environmental policy is created and presents a comprehensive examination of real-world environmental policy. The book provides a comprehensive coverage of key issues, including renewable energy, climate change, agriculture, water resources, land conservation, and fisheries, with each chapter accompanied by learning resources, such as recommended further reading, discussion questions, and exercises.

This textbook is essential reading for students and scholars seeking to build an interdisciplinary understanding of natural resources and the environment.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. A mini-course in basic economic theory

3. Valuation

4. Institutions, property rights, and transaction costs

5. Common-pool resources

6. Public choice and the politics of environmental policy

7. Population

8. Fossil fuel energy

9. Climate change

10. Air and water quality

11. Energy conservation and energy efficiency

12. Renewable energy

13. Agriculture

14. Water resources

15. Fisheries

16. Forests and deforestation

17. Wildlife, endangered species, and biodiversity

18. Conclusion: Institutional environmental economics

An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology offers an accessible review of recent research in the application of cognitive methods, theories, and models. Using real-world scenarios and engaging everyday examples this book offers clear explanations of how the findings of cognitive psychologists have been put to use. The book explores all of the major areas of cognitive psychology, including attention, perception, memory, thinking and decision making, as well as some of the factors that affect cognitive processes, such as drugs and biological cycles.

Now in full colour, this new edition has been thoroughly updated to include cutting-edge research and theories. There are also new chapters on perceptual errors and accidents, the influence of emotion, and the role of cognitive factors in music and sport.

Written by well-respected experts in the field, this textbook will appeal to all undergraduate students of cognitive psychology, as well as professionals working in the areas covered in the book, such as education, police work, sport, and music.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology David Groome 2. Perception and Attention: Errors and accidents Graham Edgar, Helen Edgar 3. Face Identification Richard Kemp, David White 4. Auditory Perception Kevin Baker 5. Working Memory and Performance Limitations David Heathcote 6. Memory Improvement David Groome, Robin Law 7. Everyday Memory David Groome 8. Witness Interviews and Crime Investigation Rebecca Milne, Ray Bull 9. Decision Making Ben Newell 10. The Effects of Drugs on Cognition Moira Maguire 11. Biological Cycles and Cognition Robin Law, Moira Maguire 12. Emotion and Cognition Jenny Yiend 13. Music and Cognition Catherine Loveday 14. Sporting Performance, Pressure, and Cognition: Introducing Attentional Control Theory: Sport Michael W. Eysenck, Mark Wilson

Sub-Saharan Africa is at a turning point. The barriers to economic growth seen in the 1980-2000 era are disappearing and new optimism is spreading. However, difficult goals of eliminating poverty, achieving equity and overcoming environmental threats continue. This much-needed and insightful textbook has been written to help us understand this combination of emerging improvements and significant challenges.

Opening with an analysis of the main theories relating to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, the book explores all the key issues, including:

Human development;

Rapid urbanization;

Structural and gender dimensions;

Sustainable development and environmental issues; and

Africa’s role in the world economy.

The authors use economic tools and concepts throughout, in a way that makes them accessible to students without an economics background. Readers are also aided by a wide range of case studies, on-the-ground examples and statistical information, which provide a detailed analysis of each topic. This text is also accompanied by an e-resource, featuring additional sources for students and instructors.

African Economic Development is a clear and comprehensive textbook suitable for courses on African economic development, development economics, African studies and development studies.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: AFRICA IN CHANGING PERSPECTIVE

Part I: ANALYZING THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE

Chapter 1: Dimensions of Development: Geography, Ecology, History

Chapter 2: Concepts of African Economic Development: Growth, Structural Change, Poverty and Gender

Chapter 3: Development Theories, Political Economy and Governance

Chapter 4: Economic Institutions and Planning for Development

Part II: HUMAN RESOURCES IN AFRICA

Chapter 5: Demography

Chapter 6: Income Distribution and Human Needs

Chapter 7: Human Development: Education and Health

Chapter 8: Labour and Livelihoods, Formal and Informal

Chapter 9: Urbanization, Migration and Regional Development

Part III: SUSTAINING AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 10: Environment and Climate Change

Chapter 11: Agriculture and Rural Development

Chapter 12: Natural Resources

Chapter 13: The Industrial Sector

Chapter 14: Infrastructure, Communications, Services and Tourism

Chapter 15: Macroeconomic Management, Debt and Structural Adjustment Plans

Part IV: AFRICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY

Chapter 16: Trade and Economic Development

Chapter 17: Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa

Chapter 18: Development Assistance: the African Record

Chapter 19: The Changing Role of China in Africa

Chapter 20: International Migration

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This fourth edition of the bestselling Mathematics in Early Years Education provides an accessible introduction to the teaching of mathematics in the early years. Covering all areas of mathematics – number and counting, calculation, pattern, shape, measures and data handling – it provides a wide range of practical activities and guidance on how to support young children’s mathematical development. There is also guidance on managing the transition to KS1 and a strong emphasis throughout on creating home links and working in partnership with parents.

This new edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research and thinking in this area and includes:

why mathematics is important as a way of making sense of the world

how attitudes to mathematics can influence teaching and learning

how children learn mathematics and what they are capable of learning

how technology can support maths teaching

maths phobia and the impact society has on maths teaching

material on sorting, matching and handling data

the importance of educating about finance in today’s world

ideas for observation and questioning to assess children’s understanding

examples of planned activities

suggestions for language development

assessment criteria.

This textbook is ideal for those training to be teachers through an undergraduate or PGCE route, those training for Early Years Professional Status and those studying early childhood on foundation or honours degrees, as well as parents looking to explore how their young children learn mathematics. This will be an essential text for any early years practitioner looking to make mathematics interesting, exciting and engaging in their classroom.

Table of Contents

1. Learning mathematics in early years settings 2. Planning, organising and assessing for mathematics 3. Number and counting 4. Calculating and problem solving with number 5. Pattern 6. Shape and space 7. Measures: making comparisons 8.Sorting, matching and handling data

The best-selling introductory mathematics textbook for students on engineering and science degree and pre-degree courses. Sales stand at more than half a million copies world-wide. Its unique programmed approach really works! Many thousands of students have found that they understand and excel through using this book. It takes you through the mathematics in a step-by-step fashion with a wealth of examples and exercises. The text demands that you engage with it by asking you to complete steps that you should be able to manage from previous examples or knowledge you have acquired, while carefully introducing new steps. By working with the authors through the examples, you become proficient as you go. By the time you come to trying examples on your own, confidence is high. Aimed at undergraduates on Foundation and First Year degree programmes in all Engineering disciplines and Science. The Foundation section covers mathematics from GCSE onwards to allow for revision and gap-filling, and so means the book can be used for a range of abilities and all levels of access. New to this Edition: - A general revision of the entire contents - In Matrices an emphasis on eigenvalues and eigenvectors and the introduction of the Cayley-Hamilton theorem - New review summaries plus a new easy reference to help check back when you need more help - Key chapters improved yet further as a result of detailed student feedback Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/engineering-mathematics. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

Growing and influential, the discipline of Human Resource Development (HRD) is the framework for helping employees develop their personal and organizational skills, knowledge, and abilities. HRD is increasingly viewed as the only source of sustainable competitive advantage for an organization.
This book offers an international perspective on the significant developments in the field and covers HRD and learning, organizational learning including a discussion of change management, a comparative view of learning education, training and human resource development in both developed and emerging countries, a section covering the training cycle from identification of training needs to design, delivery and evaluation and a final discussion of HRD management including functions and services, leadership development, learning spaces and business ethics.
A distinguished group of international contributors present current views from Europe Ireland, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia UK, USA, India, Iraq, Brazil, Romania, South Africa and Australia. American contributors include Maria Cseh from George Washington University, Douglas Jondle from University of St Thomas Minnesota and K. Peter Kuchinke from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

The study of fashion has expanded into a thriving field of inquiry, with researchers utilizing diverse methods from across subject disciplines to explore fashion and dress in wide-ranging contexts. With an emphasis on material culture and ethnographic approaches in fashion studies, this groundbreaking volume offers fascinating insights into the complex dynamics of research and fashion. Featuring unique case studies, with interdisciplinary scholars reflecting on their practical research experiences, Fashion Studies provides rich and nuanced perspectives on the use, and mixing and matching of methodological approaches - including object and image based research, the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods and the fluid bridging of theory and practice. Engaging with diverse subjects, from ethnographies of model casting and street-style blogging, wardrobe studies and a material culture analysis of global denim wearing, to Martin Margiela's design and archival methods, Fashion Studies presents complex approaches in a lively and informative manner that will appeal to students of fashion, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies and related fields.

A perennial bestseller, the Digital Avionics Handbook offers a comprehensive view of avionics. Complete with case studies of avionics architectures as well as examples of modern systems flying on current military and civil aircraft, this Third Edition includes:

Ten brand-new chapters covering new topics and emerging trends

Significant restructuring to deliver a more coherent and cohesive story

Updates to all existing chapters to reflect the latest software and technologies

Featuring discussions of new data bus and display concepts involving retina scanning, speech interaction, and synthetic vision, the Digital Avionics Handbook, Third Edition provides practicing and aspiring electrical, aerospace, avionics, and control systems engineers with a pragmatic look at the present state of the art of avionics.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Editors

Contributors

Section I: Evolution of Avionics: Safety and Certification

Evolving Avionics

Uma D. Ferrell and Thomas K. Ferrell

Communications

Roy T. Oishi and Ann Heinke

Navigation

Myron Kayton

Global Positioning System

Christopher J. Hegarty, John M. Foley, and Sai K. Kalyanaraman

Fault-Tolerant Avionics

Ellis F. Hitt

Electromagnetic Environment

Richard Hess

Vehicle Health Management Systems

Philip A. Scandura, Jr.

Cockpit Voice Recorders and Data Recorders

Scott Montgomery

Certification of Civil Avionics

G. Frank McCormick

System Safety and System Development

Marge Jones

Understanding the Role of RTCA DO-160 in the Avionics Certification Process

Donald L. Sweeney

RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B

Thomas K. Ferrell and Uma D. Ferrell

RTCA DO-178C/EUROCAE ED-12C and the Technical Supplements

Thomas K. Ferrell and Uma D. Ferrell

RTCA DO-254/EUROCAE ED-80

Randall Fulton

Section II: Avionics Functions: Supporting Technology and Case Studies

Human Factors Engineering and Flight Deck Design

Kathy H. Abbott

Head-Mounted Displays

James Melzer

Head-Up Display

Robert B. Wood and Peter J. Howells

Display Devices

Thomas M. Lippert

Vision Systems

Steven D. Young, Lynda J. Kramer, and Randall E. Bailey

Speech Recognition and Synthesis

Douglas W. Beeks

Terrain Awareness

Barry C. Breen

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II (TCAS II)

Steve Henely

Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast

Joel M. Wichgers

Flight Management Systems

Randy Walter

Electrical Wiring Interconnect System

Michael Traskos

Batteries

David G. Vutetakis

Genesis

Randy Walter and Christopher B. Watkins

Boeing B-777 Avionics Architecture

Michael J. Morgan

Boeing B-777

Gregg F. Bartley

New Avionics Systems

Peter Potocki de Montalk

Airbus Electrical Flight Controls

Pascal Traverse

Section III: Avionics Development: Tools, Techniques, and Methods

Electronic Hardware Reliability

P.V. Varde, Nikhil Vichare, Ping Zhao, Diganta Das, and Michael G. Pecht

MIL-STD-1553B Digital Time Division Command/Response Multiplex Data Bus

Chris de Long

ARINC 429 Digital Information Transfer System

Paul J. Prisaznuk

RTCA DO-297/EUROCAE ED-124 Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) Design Guidance and Certification Considerations

Cary R. Spitzer and Leanna Rierson

ARINC Specification 653, Avionics Application Software Standard Interface

Paul J. Prisaznuk

Time-Triggered Protocol

Mirko Jakovljevic

Digital Avionics Modeling and Simulation

Jack Strauss, Joseph Lyvers, Terry Venema, and Andrew Shupe

Model-Based Development with AADL

Julien Delange and Bruce Lewis

Mathworks Approach to MBD

Bill Potter, Pieter Mosterman, and Tom Erkkinen

Esterel SCADE Approach to MBD

Jean-Louis Camus

Model Checking

Tingting Hu and Ivan Cibrario Bertolotti

Formal Methods

Ben Di Vito

Navigation and Tracking

James Farrell and Maarten Uijt de Haag

Section IV: Conclusion

Next Frontier

Mark G. Ballin

Index

Security for Software Engineers is designed to introduce security concepts to undergraduate software engineering students. The book is divided into four units, each targeting activities that a software engineer will likely be involved in within industry.

The book explores the key areas of attack vectors, code hardening, privacy, and social engineering. Each topic is explored from a theoretical and a practical-application standpoint.

Features:

Targets software engineering students - one of the only security texts to target this audience.

Focuses on the white-hat side of the security equation rather than the black-hat side.

Includes many practical and real-world examples that easily translate into the workplace.

Covers a one-semester undergraduate course.

Describes all aspects of computer security as it pertains to the job of a software engineer and presents problems similar to that which an engineer will encounter in the industry.

This text will equip students to make knowledgeable security decisions, be productive members of a security review team, and write code that protects a user’s information assets.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Security 0: Security for Software Engineers 1: Roles Unit 1: Attack Vectors 2: Classification of Attacks 3: Software Weapons 4: Social Engineering Unit 2: Code Hardening 5: Command Injection 6: Script Injection 7: Memory Injection 8: Threat Modeling 9: Mitigation Unit 3: Privacy 10: Authentication 11: Access Control 12: Encryption Appendices A: Arrays B: Function Pointers C: V-Tables D: Integers E: The Callstack F: The Heap G: Further Reading H: Works Cited I: Glossary J: Index

A concise yet comprehensive book that can be read and used from cover to cover, presenting topics that are fundamental for environmental engineering students, engineers, and professionals in the fields of air pollution control engineering and management. Air Pollution Control Engineering for Environmental Engineers covers topics including regulatory approaches to managing air pollution, emissions calculations, and control technologies for various air pollutants. This textbook also presents practical and contemporary issues, such as fugitive component leak detection and repair (LDAR). Subjects in the specifications of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Professional Engineering (PE) exams are embedded in this book. Filled with real-world engineering design and calculation examples, the reader's understanding and common sense needed for air pollution control and management will be enhanced.

Features

Provides well-digested practical information for both engineering students and engineering professionals in the fields of air pollution control engineering and management.

Written in a reader-friendly format for easy grasp of common sense needed for a successful engineering profession.

Covers subjects in the specifications of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Professional Engineering (PE) exams relevant to air pollution control.

Includes practical and meaningful engineering design and calculation examples.

Table of Contents

Air Pollution and Air Pollutants. Regulatory Approaches to Solving Air Pollution Problems. Combustion and Combustion Calculations. Emission Calculation Basic Principles. Emission Factors and Emissions Inventory. Emission Sampling and Monitoring. Atmospheric Dispersion and Meteorology. Emission Capturing Systems. Reduction of Particulates Emissions. Reduction of SOx Emissions. Reduction of NOx Emissions. Reduction of VOC Emissions. Reduction of CO Emissions. Reduction of Toxic and other HAP Emissions. Landfill Gas Management and Control. Odor Management and Control. Leak Detection and Repair of Fugitive Emissions Components. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Control. Indoor Air Pollution and Control. Index.

If you're a sound operator, you know that regardless of the musical genre or venue, high-quality audio is imperative to your and the artist's success. Any live act must sound great to be well received by today's increasingly demanding audiences. Fully revised and updated, The Ultimate Live Sound Operator's Handbook focuses on each aspect of live sound operation in a way that is straightforward and easy to understand-from basic system and acoustic considerations to miking, mixing, and recording the live show. Plus media examples, along with hundreds of detailed illustrations and photographs, provide an incredibly powerful and useful learning experience. This third edition offers new sections on digital concepts, wireless considerations, digital mixers, modern digital snakes and routing schemes, and plug-ins for live sound.