Nick Mead, "Values and Professional Knowledge in Teacher Education "
English | ISBN: 1138544639 | 2019 | 164 pages | PDF | 939 KB
Values and Professional Knowledge in Teacher Education provides distinctive insights into potential strengths to develop trainee teachers' values within school-based training. Looking at the personal moral and political values of trainees as fundamental to strategic and critical professional knowledge, the book considers a key question about training contexts: to what extent is teacher education embedded in the purpose and rationale of the school so that trainees' values, and consequently their autonomy and identity, can flourish? The book is research focused and offers case studies that offer vicarious experiences which resonate with the professional needs and concerns of teacher educators.

Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski, "Valentinus' Legacy and Polyphony of Voices "
English | ISBN: 1032019352 | 2021 | 228 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book challenges the popular use of 'Valentinian' to describe a Christian school of thought in the second century CE by analysing documents ascribed to 'Valentinians' by early Christian Apologists, and more recently by modern scholars after the discovery of codices near Nag Hammadi in Egypt.

Susie L. Gronseth, "Universal Access Through Inclusive Instructional Design: International Perspectives on UDL"
English | ISBN: 1138351075 | 2019 | 404 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Universal Access Through Inclusive Instructional Design explores the ways that educators around the world reduce barriers for students with disabilities and other challenges by planning and implementing accessible, equitable, high-quality curricula. Incorporating key frameworks such as Universal Design for Learning, these dynamic contributions highlight essential supports for flexibility in student engagement, representation of content, and learner action and expression. This comprehensive resource―rich with coverage of foundations, policies, technology applications, accessibility challenges, case studies, and more―leads the way to design and delivery of instruction that meets the needs of learners in varying contexts, from early childhood through adulthood.

Ubiquitous Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of ICUIS 2021 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 243) by P. Karuppusamy, Isidoros Perikos, Fausto Pedro García Márquez
October 9, 2021 | ISBN: 9811636745 | English | 773 pages | EPUB | 126.5 MB
This book features a collection of high-quality, peer-reviewed papers presented at International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligent Systems (ICUIS 2021) organized by Shree Venkateshwara Hi-Tech Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India, during April 16-17, 2021. The book covers topics such as cloud computing, mobile computing and networks, embedded computing frameworks, modeling and analysis of ubiquitous information systems, communication networking models, big data models and applications, ubiquitous information processing systems, next-generation ubiquitous networks and protocols, advanced intelligent systems, Internet of things, wireless communication and storage networks, intelligent information retrieval techniques, AI-based intelligent information visualization techniques, cognitive informatics, smart automation systems, healthcare informatics and bioinformatics models, security and privacy of intelligent information systems, and smart distributed information systems.

Em Campbell-Pretty, Steve Farber, Gener Kim, "Tribal Unity: Getting from Teams to Tribes by Creating a One Team Culture"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1537347578 | EPUB | pages: 148 | 1.8 mb
Tribal Unity is a real world, practical guide, for leaders committed to making their organisation a truly great place to work. Based on the true story of how one inspiring leader transformed a highly toxic organisational culture, into an internationally recognised case study of success. Tribal Unity shares proven patterns that are revolutionising the way teams of teams connect and perform.

Jan Hornat, "Transatlantic Democracy Assistance: Promoting Different Models of Democracy "
English | ISBN: 1138350877 | 2018 | 224 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The approaches of EU institutions and the US to democracy assistance often vary quite significantly as both actors choose different means and tactics. The nuances in the understandings of democracy on the part of the EU and the US lead to their promotion of models of democratic governance that are often quite divergent and, in some respects, clashing.

Juda Bennett, "Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts"
English | 2014 | pages: 218 | ISBN: 1438453558 | PDF | 3,1 mb
Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts radically intervenes in one of the most established and sacred topics in Toni Morrison scholarship, love. Moving beyond Morrison's representation of ghosts as the forgotten or occluded past, Juda Bennett uncovers how Morrison imagines the spectral sphere as always already queer, a provocation and challenge to heteronormativity-with the ghost appearing as an active participant in disruptions of compulsory heterosexuality, as a figure embodying closet desires, or as a disembodied emanation that counterpoints homophobia. From The Bluest Eye to Home, Morrison's novels have included many queer ghosts that challenge our most cherished conceptions of love and speak to cultural anxieties about black sexualities, gay marriage, AIDS, lesbian visibility, and transgender identities. Not surprisingly, the scene-stealing ghost Beloved appears at the very heart of this book, but Bennett cautions against interpretative stasis, inviting readers to break free of the stranglehold Beloved has had on imaginations, so as not to miss the full force of Morrison's lifelong project to queer love.

Timelines of Science: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Shaped the World by DK
English | September 1, 2015 | ISBN: 1465442472 | 400 pages | PDF | 117 Mb
Now available in paperback, Timelines of Science is an informative guide to the history of scientific discovery and technology. that follows the path chronologically, and explores everything from ancient Greek geometry to quantum physics. Timelines of Science highlights the theories, breakthroughs, and key thinkers that shaped the science as we know it today, from the discovery of penicillin to the advent of the Internet.Filled with striking visuals, including specially commissioned photography, arresting infographics, and illustrations that illuminate technological discovery, Timelines of Science includes major advances in all the sciences, including biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy.

David Winner, "Those Feet : A Sensual History of English Football"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0747547386 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 1.1 mb
Is Victorian masturbation anxiety the root cause of England's many World Cup failures? What links Roy Keane to a soldier who never lived but died in the Charge of the Light Brigade? And how did thick mud and wet leather shape the contours of the English soul? In this playful and highly original look at English football, David Winner, author of the acclaimed Brilliant Orange, journeys to the heart of Englishness itself, and shines a peculiar light on the true nature of a rapidly-changing game which was never really meant to be beautiful.

Tangellapalli Srinivas, "Thermal Cycles of Heat Recovery Power Plants"
English | ISBN: 9811803765 | 2021 | 289 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Thermal Cycles of Heat Recovery Power Plants presents information about thermal power plant cycles suitable for waste heat recovery (WHR) in modern power plants. The author covers five thermal power cycles: organic Rankine cycle (ORC), organic flash cycle (OFC), Kalina cycle (KC), steam Rankine cycle (SRC) and steam flash cycle (SFC) with the working fluids of R123, R124, R134a, R245fa, R717 and R407C. The handbook helps the reader to understand the latest power plant technologies suitable for utilizing the waste heat generated by thermal industrial processes. Key Features: - Comprehensive modeling, simulation, analysis and optimization of 5 power cycle types with different working fluids - Clear information about the processes and solutions of thermal power cycles to augment the power generation with improved energy conversion. - Simple, reader friendly presentation - bibliographic references after each chapter for further reading This handbook is suitable for engineering students in degree courses and professionals in training programs who require resources on advanced thermal power plant operation and optimal waste heat recovery processes, respectively. It is also a handy reference for energy conversion efficiency in heat recovery power plants. The book is also of interest to any researchers interested in industrial applications of thermodynamic processes.