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Heat exchangers with minichannel and microchannel flow passages are
becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to remove large
heat fluxes under single-phase and two-phase applications. Heat
Transfer and Fluid Flow in Minichannels and Microchannels
methodically covers gas, liquid, and electrokinetic flows, as well
as flow boiling and condensation, in minichannel and microchannel
applications. Examining biomedical applications as well, the book
is an ideal reference for anyone involved in the design processes
of microchannel flow passages in a heat exchanger.
Within the ever-changing global map of migrations, Southern Europe
has come to occupy a strategic position. As Europe struggles to
control immigration from the developing world, the EU's southern
flank is perceived as the weak flank of Fortress Europe. This book
examines the many facets of Southern Europe's new immigration - the
diverse roles played by immigrants in the labour market, issues of
social and spatial exclusion, the slow evolution of policy, and
wider strategic concerns of security and geopolitics.
In 1955, Clyde Kennard, a decorated army veteran, was forced to cut
short the final year of his studies at the University of Chicago
and return home to Mississippi due to family circumstances, where
Kennard made the decision to complete his education. Yet still on
the eve of the civil rights movement in America, Kennard's decision
would be one of the first serious attempts to integrate any public
school at the college level in the state. The Life and Times of
Clyde Kennard tells the true story of Kennard's efforts to complete
his further education at Mississippi Southern College (now the
University of Southern Mississippi) against the backdrop of the
institutionalized social order of the times and the prevailing
winds of change attempting to blow that social order away. As
Meredith's admission to "Ole Miss" became more widely known at the
time, Kennard became the forgotten man. Author Derek R. King shares
his extensive research into Kennard's life, and touches on key
events that shaped those times.
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 the framework of
an annual cycle, and for which stochastic variability in the
demographic processes is usually modest. Discrete-time models are
developed in which animals can be assigned to discrete states such
as age class, gender, maturity, population (within a
metapopulation), or species (for multi-species models). The book
goes well beyond estimation of abundance, allowing inference on
underlying population processes such as birth or recruitment,
survival and movement. This requires the formulation and fitting of
population dynamics models. The resulting fitted models yield both
estimates of abundance and estimates of parameters characterizing
the underlying processes.
Discover Brian R. King's revolutionary "Life Team StrategyTM" in
this groundbreaking book, "What to Do When You're Totally Screwed."
By categorizing the people around you as Starters, Sitters,
Sneezers, Shovers and Shouters, King provides fast and effective
strategies to help you determine if these people are holding you up
or holding you back. You will learn a simple and effective system
for balancing the relationships in your life as well as the
thoughts in your head to make sure your life becomes precisely what
you need, when you need it in order to be as happy, healthy and as
effective as you can possibly be.
The greatest archaeological find of the 20th century, and perhaps
of all time, was the discovery in 1922 of the tomb of the Egyptian
Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Untouched for 3,300 years, the ancient tomb,
filled with spectacular treasures, raised many questions about the
legendary reign of this boy king. Recently Tut has been in the news
again. Not only has a traveling museum exhibit of his tomb's
fascinating artifacts drawn the public's attention, but also a CT
scan of his body, which provides new evidence concerning the king's
fate, has received a good deal of media attention. Based on this
new investigation, an Egyptian team of scientists and scholars has
now publicly ruled out the possibility that Tut was murdered. In
this thorough and intriguing review of all of the evidence, two law
enforcement specialists in forensics and the psychology of criminal
behavior dispute the conclusions reached by the Egyptian team.
Applying sophisticated crime-solving techniques used in the
investigation of contemporary murders, Detectives King and Cooper
make a compelling case that the cause of King Tut's death was most
likely murder. The detectives' investigation concentrates on Tut's
inner circle of close confidants. One by one, the suspects are
eliminated, due to evidence or probable cause, until in the end the
detectives focus on the most likely suspect. For readers who enjoy
mysteries, true crime, and history, Who Killed King Tut? is both an
educational read and a real page-turner.
This book has been conceived to extend the generally published work
on one- and two-dimensional digital filters in order to include
some of the more recently developed ideas. It is intended to
supplement and build on the classical books which cover the
fundamental concepts of the topic. As a consequence of this, the
basic theory is stated in a compact manner and is not developed
thoroughly, as this would result in considerable duplication of
existing books. The main theme of the book has been to provide a
comprehensive background to the methods available for the
realization of both recursive and nonrecursive digital filters, and
to give an insight into some of the more recent implementation
procedures. The book is planned to cover one- and two-dimensional
systems in parallel, showing the techniques which are applicable in
both areas, and also the limitations and constraints necessary when
a one-dimensional technique is extended to systems of higher
dimensionality. The theme of the book commences with several
chapters on the design of filter transfer functions to meet given
specifications. This is followed by a discussion of methods of
implementing these in a practical system and the limitations
imposed as a result of noise and finite word length. Finally, a
discussion of some applications is included.
Heat exchangers with minichannel and microchannel flow passages are
becoming increasingly popular because of their ability to remove
large heat fluxes under single-phase and two-phase applications.
This book serves as a sourcebook for those individuals involved in
the design processes of microchannel flow passages in a heat
exchanger.
This book manages to present its findings in a manner that is
directly useful to a designer, while a researcher is able to use
the information in developing new models, or in identifying
research needs.
Each chapter is accompanied by a real life' case study.
First book published solely dealing with heat and fluid flow in
minichannels and microchannels.
This is a highly readable and comprehensive account of the
regulatory state and governance. It examines both key concepts and
theories and important policy domains, and utilises comparative,
historical and transnational perspectives. A critical theme is
consideration of whether the regulatory state that has developed in
recent decades, often as an accompaniment to marketization public
policies, is an authoritarian or a liberalizing mode of governance.
By the late 1700s, half the free population of Saint Domingue was
black. The French Caribbean colony offered a high degree of social,
economic, and physical mobility to free people of color. Covering
the period 1776-1791, this study offers the most comprehensive
portrait to date of Saint Domingue's free black elites on the eve
of the colony's transformation into the republic of Haiti. Stewart
R. King identifies two distinctive groups that shared Saint
Domingue's free black upper stratum, one consisting of planters and
merchants and the other of members of the army and police forces.
With the aid of individual and family case studies, King documents
how the two groups used different strategies to pursue the common
goal of economic and social advancement. Among other aspects, King
looks at the rural or urban bases of these groups networks, their
relationships with whites and free blacks of lesser means, and
their attitudes toward the acquisition, use, and sale of land,
slaves, and other property. King's main source is the notarial
archives of Saint Domingue, whose holdings offer an especially rich
glimpse of free black elite life. Because elites were keenly aware
of how a bureaucratic paper trail could help cement their status,
the archives divulge a wealth of details on personal and public
matters. Blue Coat or Powdered Wig is a vivid portrayal of race
relations far from the European centers of colonial power, where
the interactions of free blacks and whites were governed as much by
practicalities and shared concerns as by the law.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference, Lyon, France,
27-29 June 1990. This book presents the specialist and those less
familiar with water treatment and environmental management with up
to date information from a range of international workers. The
conference was a forum at which interest groups representing the
research community, water companies, regulatory bodies, and
designers and operators of plant were beneficially brought into
contact. The spirit of information exchange is retained in this
book.
September, 1925. After their recent adventures in Transylvania,
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes look forward to spending time with
Holmes' son, the famous artist Damian Adler, and his family. But
when they arrive at Damian's house in the French countryside, they
discover that the Adlers have fled from a mysterious threat. In the
ominously empty house, Russell discovers four crates packed with
memorabilia related to the artist Horace Vernet, including an old
journal written in a nearly impenetrable code. Intrigued, Russell
sets about deciphering the intricate cryptograph. The secrets of
the past appear to be reaching into the present. Could there be
things about Holmes' own history that even the master detective
does not perceive?
From 70 of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an
invaluable guide to crafting mysteries—from character development
and plot to procedurals and thrillers—“this is a writing guide
that readers and writers will turn to again and again” (Booklist,
starred review). Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is known for
providing unparalleled resources on the craft, art, and business of
storytelling, helping writers of all levels improve their skills
for nearly a century. Now, this handbook helps authors navigate the
ever-shifting publishing landscape—from pacing, plotting, the
business side of publishing, to the current demand for diversity
and inclusivity across all genres, and more. Featuring essays by a
new generation of bestselling experts on various elements of the
craft and shorter pieces of crowd-sourced wisdom from the MWA
membership as a whole, the topics covered can be categorized as
follows: —Before Writing (rules; genres; setting; character;
research; etc.) —While Writing (outlining; the plot; dialogue;
mood; etc.) —After Writing (agents; editors; self-pub; etc.)
—Other than Novels (short stories; true crime; etc.) —Other
Considerations (diverse characters; legal questions; criticism)
Also included is a collection of essays from MWA published
authors—including Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen,
and Charlaine Harris—selected by bestselling
authors Lee Child and Laurie King and
arranged thematically answering, “What piece of writing advice do
you wish you’d had at the beginning of your career?”
“Everything you wanted to know about how to plan, draft, write,
revise, publish, and market a mystery” (Kirkus Reviews), this
inclusive manual provides practical, current, easily digestible
advice for new and established authors alike.
A lively collection of essays from scholars from across Europe,
North America and Australia. The book ranges from Shakespeare's use
of manuals on war written for the sixteenth-century English public
by an English mercenary, to reflections on the ways in which
Shakespeare has been represented in Nazi Germany, wartime Denmark,
or cold war Romania.
Written by a combination of established scholars and new critics in
the field, the essays collected in Circuit of
Apollo attest to the vital practice of commemorating
women’s artistic and personal relationships. In doing so, they
illuminate the complexity of female friendships and honor as well
as the robust creativity and intellectual work contributed by women
to culture in the long eighteenth century. Women’s tributes to
each other sometimes took the form of critical engagement or
competition, but they always exposed the feminocentric networks of
artistic, social, and material exchange women created and
maintained both in and outside of London. This volume advocates for
a new perspective for researching and teaching early modern women
that is grounded in admiration. Published by University of Delaware
Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Queen Marie of Roumania, granddaughter to both Victoria, Empress of
the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, is in need of
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes' services. The Queen, a famous
beauty who has transformed Roumania from a quiet backwater into a
significant force, invites the pair to Bran castle, the ancient
fortress that sits on the border with the newly regained territory
of Transylvania. The threat the Queen fears is dubious: shadowy
figures, vague whispers, dangers that may only be accidents. But a
young girl is involved. So, putting aside their doubts, Russell and
Holmes set out to investigate the mystery in a land of long memory
and hidden corners, from whose churchyards the shades creep.
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