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Solomon's Riches (Hardcover)
Steve Darr; Foreword by Geoff J. Gardner
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This book provides provocative information on poetry written in
response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain
since the 1640s: "Peterloo," a peaceful protest that became a
massacre; "Cato Street," a government scripted rebellion; and the
"Queen Caroline Controversy," when the estranged wife of George IV
tried to claim her crown.
Sensors and Sensory Systems for an Electronic Nose reviews the
current state of progress in the development of an electronic
instrument capable of olfaction. The instrument -- the so-called
electronic nose -- has enormous potential for application in such
areas as product flavor control and environmental monitoring. The
book discusses the essential elements of an electronic nose, such
as chemical sensors, signal processing, and pattern recoginiton
techniques. It is also one of the first contributions to the new
and exciting field of machine olfaction.
Written in 1836, this two-volume study has enduring importance in
the field of Egyptology. Covering topics including Egyptian homes,
ceremonies, hunting, religious rites, and castes, it provides a
comprehensive account of ancient Egyptian life and practices. The
work is illustrated with numerous anecdotes and hundreds of
beautiful woodcuts.
Innovation, the conversion of the new to business as usual, is a
very special business process. It is the business process able to
reprogram all others. Creating the practices that make this process
work is a key challenge for all in financial services that are
worried about responding to the future. When an institution can
identify things that are outside its present practices and convert
them, production line style, into products, processes, cultural
changes, or new markets, it will never be outpaced by internal or
external change again. The institution becomes "FutureProof."
This is a book about those practices in banks. It explains,
using examples from institutions around the world, what it takes to
create an innovation culture that consistently introduces new
things into undifferentiated markets and internal cultures. It
shows how banks can leverage the power of the new to establish
unexpected revenue lines, or make old ones grow. And it provides
advice on the social and political factors that either help or
hinder the germination of the new in banks. Moreover, though, this
is a book about the science of innovation in a banking context.
Drawing from practices already highly developed in financial
services--managing portfolios of assets to mitigate risk--it
explains how practitioners can run their innovations groups like
any other business line in the bank one that delivers a return on
investment predictably and at high multiples of internal cost of
capital.
For leaders, "Innovation and the Future Proof Bank" provides the
diagnostic tools to guide benchmarking and investment decisions for
the innovation function. And for innovation practitioners, the book
lays out everything needed to make sure that converting the new to
business as usual is predictable, measurable, and profitable.
This book examines both the potential application of electronic
nose technology, and the current state of development of chemical
sensors for the detection of vapours from explosives, such as those
used in landmines. The two fields have developed, somewhat in
parallel, over the past decade and so one of the purposes of this
workshop, on which the book is based, was to bring together
scientists from the two fields in order to challenge the two
communities and, mutually, stimulate both fields.
It begins with a review of the basic principles of an electronic
nose and explores possible ways in which the detection limit of
conventional electronic nose technology can be reduced to the level
required for the trace levels observed for many explosive
materials. Next are reviews of the use of several different types
of solid-state chemical sensors: polymer-based sensors, i.e.
chemiluminescent, fluorescent and optical, to detect explosive
materials; metal oxide semiconducting resistive sensors; and then
electrochemical sensors. Next, different pattern recognition
techniques are presented to enhance the performance of chemical
sensors. Then biological systems are considered as a possible
blue-print for chemical sensing. The biology can be employed either
to understand the way insects locate odorant sources, or to
understand the signal processing neural pathways. Next is a
discussion of some of the new types of electronic noses; namely, a
fast GC column with a SAW detector and a micromechanical sensor.
Finally, the important issues of sampling technologies and the
design of the microfluidic systems are considered. In particular,
the use of pre-concentrators and solid phase micro extractors to
boost the vapour concentration before it is introduced to the
chemical sensor or electronic nose.
Kyle J. Gardner reveals the transformation of the historical
Himalayan entrepot of Ladakh into a modern, disputed borderland
through an examination of rare British, Indian, Ladakhi, and
Kashmiri archival sources. In so doing, he provides both a history
of the rise of geopolitics and the first comprehensive history of
Ladakh's encounter with the British Empire. He examines how
colonial border-making practices transformed geography into a
political science and established principles that a network of
imperial frontier experts would apply throughout the empire and
bequeath to an independent India. Through analyzing the complex of
imperial policies and practices, The Frontier Complex reveals how
the colonial state transformed, and was transformed by, new ways of
conceiving of territory. Yet, despite a century of attempts to
craft a suitable border, the British failed. The result is an
imperial legacy still playing out across the Himalayas.
Kyle J. Gardner reveals the transformation of the historical
Himalayan entrepot of Ladakh into a modern, disputed borderland
through an examination of rare British, Indian, Ladakhi, and
Kashmiri archival sources. In so doing, he provides both a history
of the rise of geopolitics and the first comprehensive history of
Ladakh's encounter with the British Empire. He examines how
colonial border-making practices transformed geography into a
political science and established principles that a network of
imperial frontier experts would apply throughout the empire and
bequeath to an independent India. Through analyzing the complex of
imperial policies and practices, The Frontier Complex reveals how
the colonial state transformed, and was transformed by, new ways of
conceiving of territory. Yet, despite a century of attempts to
craft a suitable border, the British failed. The result is an
imperial legacy still playing out across the Himalayas.
Sensors and Sensory Systems for an Electronic Nose reviews the
current state of progress in the development of an electronic
instrument capable of olfaction. The instrument -- the so-called
electronic nose -- has enormous potential for application in such
areas as product flavor control and environmental monitoring. The
book discusses the essential elements of an electronic nose, such
as chemical sensors, signal processing, and pattern recoginiton
techniques. It is also one of the first contributions to the new
and exciting field of machine olfaction.
Geometric tomography deals with the retrieval of information about
a geometric object from data concerning its projections (shadows)
on planes or cross-sections by planes. It is a geometric relative
of computerized tomography, which reconstructs an image from X-rays
of a human patient. The subject overlaps with convex geometry and
employs many tools from that area, including some formulas from
integral geometry. It also has connections to discrete tomography,
geometric probing in robotics and to stereology. This comprehensive
study provides a rigorous treatment of the subject. Although
primarily meant for researchers and graduate students in geometry
and tomography, brief introductions, suitable for advanced
undergraduates, are provided to the basic concepts. More than 70
illustrations are used to clarify the text. The book also presents
66 unsolved problems. Each chapter ends with extensive notes,
historical remarks, and some biographies. This new edition includes
numerous updates and improvements, with some 300 new references
bringing the total to over 800.
This book examines both the potential application of electronic
nose technology, and the current state of development of chemical
sensors for the detection of vapours from explosives, such as those
used in landmines. The two fields have developed, somewhat in
parallel, over the past decade and so one of the purposes of this
workshop, on which the book is based, was to bring together
scientists from the two fields in order to challenge the two
communities and, mutually, stimulate both fields.
It begins with a review of the basic principles of an electronic
nose and explores possible ways in which the detection limit of
conventional electronic nose technology can be reduced to the level
required for the trace levels observed for many explosive
materials. Next are reviews of the use of several different types
of solid-state chemical sensors: polymer-based sensors, i.e.
chemiluminescent, fluorescent and optical, to detect explosive
materials; metal oxide semiconducting resistive sensors; and then
electrochemical sensors. Next, different pattern recognition
techniques are presented to enhance the performance of chemical
sensors. Then biological systems are considered as a possible
blue-print for chemical sensing. The biology can be employed either
to understand the way insects locate odorant sources, or to
understand the signal processing neural pathways. Next is a
discussion of some of the new types of electronic noses; namely, a
fast GC column with a SAW detector and a micromechanical sensor.
Finally, the important issues of sampling technologies and the
design of the microfluidic systems are considered. In particular,
the use of pre-concentrators and solid phase micro extractors to
boost the vapour concentration before it is introduced to the
chemical sensor or electronic nose.
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Part of the highly
regarded Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery series,
Fractures, Fourth Edition, is a concise, lavishly illustrated
reference covering the most advanced, successful surgical
techniques for fractures of the upper extremity, lower extremity,
pelvis, and acetabulum-all in step-by-step detail. This fully
revised edition presents the preferred techniques of surgical
masters, illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye
view intraoperative photographs, as well as superb drawings by
noted medical illustrators. New and rewritten chapters keep you
fully up to date with recent changes in the field. Provides the
up-to-date guidance you need to master both traditional techniques
and innovative new procedures in fracture surgery. Features four
new chapters, each written by a renowned expert in the field:
acetabular fractures: Stoppa approach; extremity deformity
correction and limb lengthening; proximal humerus fractures: IM
nail; and posterior pelvic-ring disruptions: lumbopelvic fixation.
Covers indications and contraindications, pitfalls and potential
complications, pertinent surgical anatomy, and pearls and tips for
improving results. Helps you acquire both knowledge and skill as
you master the art and science of fracture surgery with guidance
from leading orthopaedic surgeons. Enrich Your eBook Reading
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This book provides provocative information on poetry written in
response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain
since the 1640s: 'Peterloo', a peaceful protest that became a
massacre; 'Cato Street', a government scripted rebellion; and the
'Queen Caroline Controversy', when the estranged wife of George IV
tried to claim her crown.
Manufacturers with highly-configurable products face daunting
challenges to create the flexibility, transparency, and customer
experience that delights customers without undermining profits. If
a company continually experiences the pain of not being able to
seamlessly connect the customer to the enterprise and efficiently
drive order demand across the enterprise, the business is not set
up properly. There is a misalignment between the company's
infrastructure and the actual business requirements. This book
explains how to bring a company into alignment.
While much has been written about mass customization as a
high-level strategy, much less has been offered about implementing
mass customization as a business strategy. Manufacturers that
thrive in the 21st century will treat customers as "insiders."
Under mass customization, a customer is an "insider." The customer
can select from an array of choices to purchase products that match
their individualized needs.
This book explains mass customization (also known as build to
order, assemble to order, configure to order, make to order and
engineer to order) from the standpoint of discrete manufacturers
and reviews why mass customization must be viewed as an
enterprise-wide business strategy, not merely a departmental
initiative. Companies with highly-configurable products need to
combine the technical superiority of their products with
operational excellence. A manufacturer needs to be able to
seamlessly connect the customer to the enterprise so the hand-offs
from organization to organization are efficient and keep the
process moving forward to a timely completion and delivery.
'Mass Customization' is for anyone whose company faces a
constant, uphill challenge with respect to quoting, configuring,
and producing high-configured products; any company that has made
an investment in product configurator software and wants to
understand why operational efficiencies and profits haven't
improved, and anyone who would like to get a better understanding
of what is required to implement mass customization as well as the
power mass customization has to transform certain businesses and
industries.
Even though they are immersed in sex-saturated society, millions of
teens are pledging to remain virgins until their wedding night. How
are evangelical Christians persuading young people to wait until
marriage? Christine J. Gardner looks closely at the language of the
chastity movement and discovers a savvy campaign that uses sex to
'sell' abstinence. Drawing from interviews with evangelical leaders
and teenagers, she examines the strategy to shift from a negative
'just say no' approach to a positive one: 'just say yes' to great
sex within marriage. "Making Chastity Sexy" sheds new light on an
abstinence campaign that has successfully recast a traditionally
feminist idea - 'my body, my choice' - into a powerful message, but
one that Gardner suggests may ultimately reduce evangelicalism's
transformative power. Focusing on the United States, her study also
includes a comparative dimension by examining the export of this
evangelical agenda to sub-Saharan Africa.
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