BRAVO TEN: Gripping Special Forces Action With The Rhodesian SAS by Andy Ryan
English | 2017 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0755D8B9Z | 360 pages | EPUB | 0.43 Mb
Rhodesia was one of the very last colonial outposts in southern Africa. She had long served Great Britain well, in both peace and war. During World War II, many Rhodesians rallied to the mother counties aid, serving in all branches of His Majesties armed forces, including the fledgling SAS. Her last major act of solidarity with the UK was during the Malayan emergency of 1951 to 1953. Fighting a guerrilla war for which it was ill prepared, the British Army soon realised the need for a special forces unit. The Special Air Service Regiment was duly resurrected and organised into four operational Squadrons. A, B and D Squadrons were drawn from the British Army, while C Squadron was raised from Rhodesian volunteers. When the Malayan conflict came to an end the British gave the SAS a permanent place in its order of battle, but C Squadron quietly disbanded and its members returned home to civilian life in Rhodesia. In 1961, the Rhodesian government decided to reform C Squadron as a counter to the increasing threat of communist insurgency within her borders...... The decision to reinstate C Squadron proved prudent for, after Rhodesia finally made a unilateral declaration of independence on November 11th 1965 and broke away from UK rule, both the Russian and Chinese backed communist terrorist movements known to the world as ZIPRA and ZANLA saw their chance to move in for the kill. Standing alone, hamstrung by international sanctions and facing vastly numerically superior enemy forces, Rhodesia astounded the world by not only holding the enemy off, but taking the fight to them in their host countries of Zambia and Mozambique, killing countless thousands of terrorists in the process. In 1976 FRELIMO, the ruling party of Mozambique, declared war on Rhodesia and brought her sizeable and well equipped army into the fray alongside their ally, Robert Mugabe's ZANLA.

Atmospheric Chemistry in the Mediterranean Region: Volume 2 - From Air Pollutant Sources to Impacts
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030823849 | 622 Pages | PDF (True) | 31 MB
This two-volume set provides an extensive review of the abundant past and recent literature on the atmospheric chemistry in the Mediterranean region. The books document the experience gained on the atmospheric composition over the Mediterranean basin and close areas after six decades of research, starting from early studies of radioactive aerosol fallouts and intense desert dust events in the 1960s, followed by studies of aerosols collected during oceanographic cruises in the early 1980s, and including subsequent knowledge from various surface monitoring stations, intensive campaigns, satellite climatologies, laboratory studies, as well as chemistry-transport and climate models. Through ten thematic sections, the authors examine the sources and fates of atmospheric pollutants over the Mediterranean basin and what we know about the main impacts of the regional atmospheric chemistry. This overview not only considers the full regional cycle of both aerosol and reactive gases including emissions, transport, transformations, and sinks, but also addresses their major impacts on air quality and health, on the radiative budget and climate, on marine chemistry and biogeochemistry . The volumes are an initiative from the ChArMEx project that has federated many studies on those topics in the 2010-2020decade, and update the scientific knowledge by integrating the ChArMEx and non-ChArMEx literature. The books are contributed by a large pool of well-known authors from the respective fields, mainly from France and Greece, but also from six other Mediterranean and eight non-Mediterranean countries. All Chapters have been peer-reviewed by international scientific experts in the corresponding domains.

Shung Sung, "Asymptotic Modal Analysis of Structural and Acoustical Systems: A Systems Engineering Approach "
English | ISBN: 3031003071 | 2021 | 250 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book describes the Asymptotic Modal Analysis (AMA) method to predict the high-frequency vibroacoustic response of structural and acoustical systems. The AMA method is based on taking the asymptotic limit of Classical Modal Analysis (CMA) as the number of modes in the structural system or acoustical system becomes large in a certain frequency bandwidth. While CMA requires both the computation of individual modes and a modal summation, AMA evaluates the averaged modal response only at a center frequency of the bandwidth and does not sum the individual contributions from each mode to obtain a final result. It is similar to Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) in this respect. However, while SEA is limited to obtaining spatial averages or mean values (as it is a statistical method), AMA is derived systematically from CMA and can provide spatial information as well as estimates of the accuracy of the solution for a particular number of modes. A principal goal is to present the state-of-the-art of AMA and suggest where further developments may be possible. A short review of the CMA method as applied to structural and acoustical systems subjected to random excitation is first presented. Then the development of AMA is presented for an individual structural system and an individual acoustic cavity system, as well as a combined structural-acoustic system. The extension of AMA for treating coupled or multi-component systems is then described, followed by its application to nonlinear systems. Finally, the AMA method is summarized and potential further developments are discussed.

Professor Chris Impey, "Astronomy Education: A Practitioner's Guide to the Research (Volume 1) "
English | ISBN: 0750317213 | 2020 | 150 pages | PDF | 45 MB
This book focuses on the practical implementation of evidence-based strategies that are supported by research literature. Chapter topics include an overview of learner-centered theories and strategies for course design and implementation, the use of Lecture Tutorials, the use of technology and simulations to support learner-centered teaching, the use of research-based projects, citizen science, World Wide Telescope and planetariums in instruction, and many other useful tools and methods.

Asia's Wildlife: A Journey to the Forests of Hope by Fanny Lai, Bjorn Olesen
English | August 7, 2018 | ISBN: 0794608132 | True EPUB/PDF | 256 pages | 87.8/430 MB
Asia's Wildlife provides rare insights into Asia's breathtaking tropical forests and the rare species that inhabit them-many of which are now endangered. Proceeds from this book will go to support the conservation activities of BirdLife International.

Artificial Intelligence for Digitising Industry: Applications by Ovidiu Vermesan
English | PDF | 2021 | 436 Pages | ISBN : N/A | 198.4 MB
This book provides in-depth insights into use cases implementing artificial intelligence (AI) applications at the edge. It covers new ideas, concepts, research, and innovation to enable the development and deployment of AI, the industrial internet of things (IIoT), edge computing, and digital twin technologies in industrial environments. The work is based on the research results and activities of the AI4DI (ECSEL JU) project, including an overview of industrial use cases, research, technological innovation, validation, and deployment.

Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography, and Coding Theory 2021
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1470467941 | 198 Pages | PDF (True) | 2 MB
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Mary Nyquist, "Arbitrary Rule: Slavery, Tyranny, and the Power of Life and Death"
English | ISBN: 022601553X | 2013 | 440 pages | PDF | 30 MB
Slavery appears as a figurative construct during the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century, and again in the American and French revolutions, when radicals represent their treatment as a form of political slavery. What, if anything, does figurative, political slavery have to do with transatlantic slavery? In Arbitrary Rule, Mary Nyquist explores connections between political and chattel slavery by excavating the tradition of Western political thought that justifies actively opposing tyranny. She argues that as powerful rhetorical and conceptual constructs, Greco-Roman political liberty and slavery reemerge at the time of early modern Eurocolonial expansion; they help to create racialized "free" national identities and their "unfree" counterparts in non-European nations represented as inhabiting an earlier, privative age.

Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers (Second Early Release)
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9781492098041 | 207 pages | True EPUB, MOBI | 16.26 MB
Many introductory guides to AI are mathematics books in disguise. This one mostly eschews the math. Instead, author Jeff Prosise helps engineers and software developers build an intuitive understanding of AI to solve business problems. Need to create a system to detect defective parts coming off an assembly line? This practical book teaches you the skills necessary to put AI and machine learning to work at your company.

Applications of Nanocomposites
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032160969 | 272 Pages | PDF (True) | 15.5 MB
In this book, different applications of nanomaterials are described based on experiments, validations, and prototype manufacturing. It also covers synthesis, characterization, functionalization and coating of nanomaterials in various application-oriented investigations. The use of nanomaterials in energy storage, catalyst preparation and tribology are a few examples of improving the efficiency of future technologies. In addition, this book has also contributed to the nanomanufacturing of composites for automobile industries, glass industries, textiles and flexible electronics. This book provides knowledge on multiple related fields in applying nanomaterials, emphasizing the most updated literature, understanding applications, and consists of examples and illustrations so that readers can absorb the content rapidly.