Systems Science: Theory, Analysis, Modeling, and Design
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030934810 | 821 Pages | PDF | 16 MB
This book describes a comprehensive approach to applying systems science formally to the deep analysis of a wide variety of complex systems. Detailed 'how-to' examples of the three phases (analysis-modeling-design) of systems science are applied to systems of various types (machines, organic (e.g. ecosystem), and supra-organic (e.g. business organizations and government). The complexity of the global system has reached proportions that seriously challenge our abilities to understand the consequences of our use of technology, modification of natural ecosystems, or even how to govern ourselves. For this reason, complex mathematics is eschewed when simpler structures will suffice, allowing the widest possible audience to apply and benefit from the available tools and concepts of systems science in their own work. The book shows, in detail, how to functionally and structurally deconstruct complex systems using a fundamental language of systems. It shows how to capture the discovered details in a structured knowledge base from which abstract models can be derived for simulation. The knowledge base is also shown to be a basis for generating system design specifications for human-built artifacts, or policy recommendations/policy mechanisms for socio-economic-ecological systems management. The book builds on principles and methods found in the authors' textbook Principles of Systems Science (co-authored with Michael Kalton), but without prerequisites. It will appeal to a broad audience that deals with complex systems every day, from design engineers to economic and ecological systems managers and policymakers.

Syd Chaplin: A Biography By Lisa K. Stein
2010 | 279 Pages | ISBN: 0786460350 | PDF | 3 MB
This is the first study of the life and art of Sydney Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's brother, a person notable not only for his importance in establishing his brother's career, but in several other early Hollywood enterprises, including the founding of United Artists and the Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation, America's first domestic airline. Sydney also had a successful film career, beginning in 1914 with Keystone and culminating with a string of popular films for Warner Bros. in the 1920s. Sydney's film career ended in 1929 because of an assault charge by an actress. This incident proved to be only the last in a string of scandals, each causing him to move to another place, another studio, or another business venture.

Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System: Volume I - Gastrointestinal Tract
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811663947 | 1037 Pages | PDF True | 150 MB
This two-volume textbook provides a comprehensive review of both adult and pediatric gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic pathology. The 1st volume is dedicated to gastrointestinal tract pathology. The second volume of this book covers liver, biliary system, and pancreatic pathology.

Streets of Crocodiles: Photography, Media, and Postsocialist Landscapes in Poland By Kamil Turowski, Katarzyna Marciniak
2011 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 1841503657 | PDF | 16 MB
This powerful presentation of photographs of Poland from the late 1980s to the present depicts the hybridized landscape of this pivotal Eastern European nation following its entry into the European Union. A visual record of the country's transition from socialism to capitalism, it focuses on the industrial blue-collar city of Lodz-located in the heart of New Europe and home to nearly one million people. Photographer Kamil Turowski's monotones are captivating-seeming to conceal a looming threat-while Katarzyna Marciniak's accompanying text expands on the photos and the "crocodilian" texture of contemporary Eastern Europe. A walk on the wild side, Streets of Crocodiles captures viscerally the changing landscape of postsocialist Poland.

Stereo: Comparative Perspectives on the Sociological Study of Popular Music in France and Britain By Hugh Dauncey, Philippe Le Guern
2011 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 1409405680 | PDF | 3 MB
The term 'Popular Music' has traditionally denoted different things in France and Britain. In France, the very concept of 'popular' music has been fiercely debated and contested, whereas in Britain and more largely throughout what the French describe as the 'Anglo-saxon' world 'popular music' has been more readily accepted as a description of what people do as leisure or consume as part of the music industry, and as something that academics are legitimately entitled to study. French researchers have for some decades been keenly interested in reading British and American studies of popular culture and popular music and have often imported key concepts and methodologies into their own work on French music, but apart from the widespread use of elements of 'French theory' in British and American research, the 'Anglo-saxon' world has remained largely ignorant of particular traditions of the study of popular music in France and specific theoretical debates or organisational principles of the making and consuming of French musics. French, British and American research into popular music has thus coexisted - with considerable cross-fertilisation - for many years, but the barriers of language and different academic traditions have made it hard for French and anglophone researchers to appreciate fully the ways in which popular music has developed in their respective countries and the perspectives on its study adopted by their colleagues. This volume provides a comparative and contrastive perspective on popular music and its study in France and the UK.

Statistics of Random Processes II: Applications by R. S. Liptser
English | PDF | 1978 | 348 Pages | ISBN : 0387902368 | 20.5 MB

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Sports Betting For Dummies by For Dummies
English | June 30, 2020 | ISBN: 1119654386 | 464 pages | MOBI | 2.65 Mb
The sports gambling book you can bet on

Spirit and Reason: The Vine Deloria Jr. Reader By Vine Deloria Jr., Samuel Scinta, Kristen Foehner, Barbara Deloria
1999 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 1555914306 | PDF | 6 MB
A collection of the writings of America's premier Native American writer and preeminent thinker! Viewed by many as one of the most influential Native Americans of the twentieth century, Vine Deloria, Jr., through his extensive writings on political and legal issues, has changed the way people view American Indians. Although best known for his contributions to American Indian issues, Deloria has also been one of the foremost critics of contemporary thought. This book is a celebration of the works of one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.

SolidWorks 2022 Step-By-Step Guide (Colored): Part, Assembly, Drawings, Sheet Metal, & Surfacing by Amit Bhatt
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09TYTT1MS | 438 pages | PDF | 58 Mb
This book starts with SolidWorks 2022 using step-by-step examples. It begins with creating sketches and parts, assembling them, and then creating print ready drawings. This book gives you an idea about how you can design and document various mechanical components, and helps you to learn some advanced tools and techniques. This book also follows some of the best practices in creating parts. In addition to this, there are some additional chapters covering sheet metal and surface design. Each topic in this book has a brief introduction and a step-by-step example. This will help you to learn SolidWorks 2022 quickly and easily.

Sociology of Law: A Study of Cultural Contextualism
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811655081 | 168 Pages | PDF | 2.2 MB
This book, based on extensive ethnographic material, analyzes the complex relationships between the law and various social controls, helping to answer the question of how social order is formed. Formal law exists in a web of complex structures and meanings. Accordingly, legal study must take into account multiple types of order, allowing us to understand in depth the strengths and weaknesses, reasonable and absurdity, and successes and failures of the law. In addition, the interactions of numerous actors shape the structure and context of the law.