English | 2022 | ISBN: 1108839835 | 461 Pages | PDF | 22 MB
Cosmochemistry is a rapidly evolving field of planetary science and the second edition of this classic text reflects the exciting discoveries made over the past decade from new spacecraft missions. Topics covered include the synthesis of elements in stars, behaviour of elements and isotopes in the early solar nebula and planetary bodies, and compositions of extra-terrestrial materials. Radioisotope chronology of the early Solar System is also discussed, as well as geochemical exploration of planets by spacecraft, and cosmochemical constraints on the formation of solar systems. Thoroughly updated throughout, this new edition features significantly expanded coverage of chemical fractionation and isotopic analyses; focus boxes covering basic definitions and essential background material on mineralogy, organic chemistry and quantitative topics; and a comprehensive glossary. An appendix of analytical techniques and end-of-chapter review questions, with solutions available at www.cambridge.org/cosmochemistry2e, also contribute to making this the ideal teaching resource for courses on the Solar System's composition as well as a valuable reference for early career researchers.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030923568 | 213 pages | True PDF EPUB | 40.52 MB
This book provides a comprehensive overview of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its practical applications. In addition to the structured procedure with definitions and CSR approaches, functions within the value chain are described in comprehensive manner with reference to business practice. Business trends in special sectors such as innovation management and hospitality management are also covered. Numerous practical examples and country-specific recommendations for decisions in practical situations are also offered.

English | 2020 | ISBN: 1473758386 | 674 pages | True PDF | 9.54 MB
The tenth edition by Steve Lumby and Chris Jones provides a comprehensive insight into the complex and ever-changing area of corporate finance. Covering some of the common financial decisions that face companies including investment, financing, the dividend decision and the management of risk, this text enables students to reflect on how these types of decisions are made. The strong theoretical approach that underpins the text is enhanced with a range of real world examples which help to put the financial models and frameworks into context. Packed with diverse examples and problems, Corporate Finance provides a broad introduction to the subject in an accessible yet rigorous style.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030851125 | 242 pages | pdf, epub | 46.68 MB
The bookCoronavirus Therapeutics Volume IIprovides the most comprehensive review on contemporary knowledge on the consequences during the outbreak of Coronavirus. This also describes the clinical features, diagnostic evaluation and management of Coronavirus patients. Using an integrative approach to the understanding of paradigm gap in host-pathogen interaction studies to the management of Coronavirus patients in the Intensive Care Unit to the current challenges for the effective management of Coronavirus pandemic risk factors including diabetes, hypertension, obesity and repercussion on the central and peripheral nervous system.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030851087 | 225 pages | True PDF EPUB | 46.51 MB
The book Coronavirus Therapeutics Volume I provides the most comprehensive review on contemporary knowledge on the origin and structural biology and molecular aspects of Coronaviruses. This also describes the etiology and pathogeny and therapeutic targets including vaccine drug candidates against Coronaviruses in the light of current scientific knowledge. Using an integrative approach to the understanding of Coronaviruses structure, function and immunobiology, the contributors provide a synopsis of novel mechanisms by which Coronaviruses can be treated.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811204349 | 562 pages | True PDF EPUB | 41.96 MB
This book is an updated and extended version of Completely Positive Matrices (Abraham Berman and Naomi Shaked-Monderer, World Scientific 2003). It contains new sections on the cone of copositive matrices, which is the dual of the cone of completely positive matrices, and new results on both copositive matrices and completely positive matrices.The book is an up to date comprehensive resource for researchers in Matrix Theory and Optimization. It can also serve as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030899756 | 577 pages | True PDF EPUB | 158.83 MB
This book covers fundamentals and recent advancements on conversion coatings for magnesium and its alloys. The contents are presented in two sections, respectively dealing with chemical and electrochemical conversion coatings. The chemical conversion coating section is further subdivided into inorganic conversion coatings, organic conversion coatings and advanced approaches/coatings. The section on electrochemical conversion coatings spans from fundamentals to state-of-the-art progress on electrochemical anodization and plasma electrolytic oxidation of magnesium and its alloys.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030931927 | 156 pages | True PDF EPUB | 34.16 MB
This book presents the theoretical bases and the application tools for using the 'convergence-confinement' method which is a rational method largely used in design engineering for tunneling. Until recently, the stability conditions of underground works and the choice of support methods were essentially defined on the basis of good practice or empirical methods. The progress made, on one hand on the knowledge of the constitutive laws of soils and rocks and, on the other hand on the numerical modeling of the interaction between the ground and the structures have led to the development of robust design tools for tunnels supports. The convergence-confinement method makes it possible to simulate the excavation of a tunnel and the installation of the support using a simple plane strain model. The book presents the theoretical bases of the method and its most recent developments. Closed-form solutions for stress and displacement fields around tunnels are provided for elastic, viscoelastic and elasto-plastic behavior of the ground. More generally, the principles for applying the method in numerical models are presented.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 103200844X | 288 pages | pdf | 5.46 MB
Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction: Theory and Practice aims to provide students and practitioners with an all-inclusive understanding of strategies for adopting continuous improvement in construction cost management. This book addresses continuous improvement practices from the perspective of cost management and applies case study examples to question the readers' perspective of continuous cost improvement strategies in the project lifecycle. Continuous cost improvement practices in managing the cost of minor, major, and mega projects are all connected with decision-making toolsfor devisingstrategies for choosing the approaches for mitigating the effect of cost overruns in construction projects. Continuous cost improvement should be taught as part of modern methods and processes of construction in further and higher education institutions. This book will be key reading for all advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Construction Project Management, Building and Quantity Surveying. Professionals in all aspects of the AEC industry will also gain greatly from engaging with the key concepts of continuous cost improvement throughout this book.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 1316519015 | 566 pages | pdf | 8.29 MB
Based on extensive data and analysis of sixty contentious episodes in twelve European countries, this book proposes a novel approach that takes a middle ground between narrative approaches and conventional protest event analysis. Looking particularly at responses to austerity policies in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2008-2015), the authors develop a rigorous conceptual framework that focuses on the interactions between three types of participants in contentious politics: governments, challengers, and third parties. This approach allows political scientists to map not only the variety of actors and actor coalitions that drove the interactions in the different episodes, but also the interplay of repression/concessions/support and of mobilization/cooperation/mediation on the part of the actors involved in the contention. The methodology used will enable researchers to answer old (and new) research questions related to political conflict in a way that is simultaneously attentive to conceptual depth and statistical rigor.