Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics of the myriad varieties of meteorites, and explains the mineralogical characteristics of Solar System bodies visited by spacecraft. Some of these bodies contain minerals that do not occur naturally on Earth or in meteorites. The book explains how to recognize different phases under the microscope and in back-scattered electron images. It summarizes the major ways in which meteoritic minerals form - from condensation in the expanding atmospheres of dying stars to crystallization in deep-seated magmas, from flash-melting in the solar nebula to weathering in the terrestrial environment. Containing spectacular back-scattered electron images, colour photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists, as well as graduate students in these fields

Precision CNC Machining for High-Performance Gears: Theory and Technology covers basic theories and methods, key technologies, and machining equipment in precision CNC machining of high-performance gears. Sections cover research status and development trends of machining technologies and CNC machining equipment of high-performance gears, calculation theories of the precision modification method of high-performance gears, methods of reducing the machining principle errors of high-performance gears, the modeling method of multi-source errors and the compensation technique of CNC gear machine tools, the key technologies of precision CNC gear machine tools, the optimization method of the process parameters of hobbing and grinding, key technologies, and more.

This resource will provide a framework to help answer the following questions: - What is the legal health record in a hybrid or electronic environment? - How is information protected, shared, and exchanged across jurisdictions? - How are data quality and data integrity maintained when data are collected from a number of different sources and devices? - Who is the custodian of the health record in a shared environment? - And so much more. Key Features: Offers considerations and guiding principles for the Canadian Health Information Management Lifecycle, such as: - collection and capture of data and organization of the data into information - maintenance and preservation in a secure and private environment - use and disclosure via authorized and authenticated paths - final disposition and destruction, and - evaluation and maintenance of the entire process. An eBook is also available.

"The Study Guide for the Fundamentals of Health Information Management, 2nd edition, is a lovely complement to the textbook readings. Using the study guide allows for an overview of key aspects of each chapter and provides a quick review in the form of multiple choice, short answer, and true/false questions. Case studies have been included and allow the student to go beyond the basic knowledge/understanding level and apply their critical thinking and analysis skills. Instructors can use the study guide to direct class discussion on specific topics of interest." Kelly Abrams, Ph.D. Candidate, CHIM VP, Canadian College of Health Information Management