Richard E. Mshomba, "Africa and the World Trade Organization"
English | ISBN: 1107401534 | 2011 | 384 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Mshomba provides a systematic study of Africa as it relates to the World Trade Organization. He examines the WTO's enforcement mechanism; the WTO's broadened mandate, illustrated by the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights; agriculture in the Doha Round; issues relating to transparency in government procurement; and the endeavor to streamline assistance to developing countries through an "Aid for Trade" initiative. The author integrates theory and practice, with a clear presentation of important economic concepts. He provides a rigorous analysis of key issues and proposals. He presents African countries as having an important role to play in the WTO, especially as they actively engage in bargaining through various coalitions. Mshomba acknowledges that WTO negotiations will always be complex and at times contentious due to wide economic and political differences between countries. He views the differences, however, as creating opportunities for a mutually beneficial exchange of goods, services, and ideas.
Zakaria Djebbara, "Affordances in Everyday Life: A Multidisciplinary Collection of Essays"
English | ISBN: 3031085833 | 2022 | 235 pages | PDF | 6 MB
The concept of affordances is being increasingly used in fields beyond ecological psychology to reveal previously unexplored interdisciplinary relationships. These fields include engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, urban theory, architecture, computer science, and much more. As the concept is adapted for its relational meaning between an agent and the environment, or object, the meaning of the term has changed to fit the customs of the adapting field. This book maps the different shades of the term and brings insights into how it is operationalized by providing short accessible essays regardless of background. Each contribution addresses big questions around this topic such as the application of the concept on ongoing research, how to measure or identify affordances, as well as other reflective questions about the future of affordances in the field.
Aesthetics of Standstill By Reinhold Gorling (editor), Barbara Gronau (editor), Ludger Schwarte (editor)
2019 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 3956794672 | PDF | 167 MB
Essays consider the temporality and the aesthetics of "standstill.""Standstill" could be the name for the kind of experience that is the hiatus between social expectations and real possibilities of agency. Standstill may also be the name of an aesthetic strategy to instill a nonlinear time of resistance and experience into thepolitical protocol of progress. Finally, standstill can be the name for the temporal fissure in the midst of the subject, for the lapse between the subject oftheenunciation and the subject ofastatement, the limit that is the border between theinside and the outside. It can be the name for the mode of potentiality, for the moment of gesture, or, with Walter Benjamin, the medium of the dialectical image. The essays of this book traverse these dimensions of standstill as an in-between of time.ContributorsGeorges Didi-Huberman, Reinhold Görling, Barbara Gronau, Adrian Heathfield, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Oliver Marchart, Rita McBride, Christoph Menke, Aernout Mik, Misha Kavka, David Lapoujade, Mirjam Lewandowsky, Via Lewandowsky, Peter Osborne, Christine Ross, Marcel Odenbach, Jacques Rancière, Ludger Schwarte, Martin Seel
Advances in Micro and Nano Manufacturing and Surface Engineering: Proceedings of AIMTDR 2021
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811945705 | 361 Pages | PDF (True) | 14 MB
This book presents select proceedings of the 8th International and 29th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design, and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2021). It discusses the latest advances in miniature manufacturing, machining of miniature components, surface engineering, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, industry 4.0, optimization techniques, micro-electric discharge machining, electrochemical micro-machining, thin films, optimization of micro-machining process parameters, machining of nano-composites, characterization using atomic force microscopy, micro tool fabrications, characterization of nano-composites, surface roughness analysis, tribological performance of surface coated materials, and sustainability in manufacturing. The contents of this book are useful for students, researchers, and as well as industry professionals working in the various areas of mechanical engineering.
Zeev Alfassi, "Activation Analysis, Volume I"
English | 1990-01-05 | ISBN: 0849345839 | 188 pages | PDF | 15.9 mb
This timely publication covers prompt measurements as well as delayed activation measurements used in chemical analysis of the elements. It describes the various possibilities of activation: neutrons, charged ions, and photons.
Actionable Research for Educational Equity and Social Justice: Higher Education Reform in China and Beyond By Wang Chen (editor), Xu Li (editor), Edward P. St. John (editor), Cliona Hannon (editor)
2018 | 310 Pages | ISBN: 081537187X | PDF | 2 MB
Actionable Research for Educational Equity and Social Justice advances a unique, engaged approach to promoting educational equity and social justice in higher education across China and beyond. Developed as a joint venture of senior and junior scholars in China and the United States, this book documents Chinese, Latin American, U.S., and European examples of engaged scholarship supporting the development of strategies for expanding educational opportunities for low-income families. Drawing from collaborative research, workshops, and field investigations, chapter authors propose and test new methods and practices for reducing educational inequality and provide examples of successful practices that have improved access for low-income students across the globe.
Academic Literacies Provision for International Students: Evaluating Impact and Quality by Lia Blaj-Ward
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 109 Pages | ISBN : 3031115023 | 2.2 MB
"The volume provides a welcome addition to the literature. It contributes through the reframing of support for English as an Additional language (EAL) international students through the lens of 'academic literacies'. This approach, and the vignettes throughout, show how institutions can develop in learners the practices required to 'communicate with confidence, clarity and care'. The result will be thought-provoking reading for practitioners in the field, as well as university policy developers, management and leadership."
ASM International, "ASM Handbook, Volume 1A: Cast Iron Science and Technology"
English | ISBN: 162708133X | 2017 | 790 pages | PDF | 43 MB
Cast iron development engineers, foundry production and support personnel, product-application engineers, and designers now have an ASM Handbook® devoted to the principles, practices, and application of cast iron science and technology. Up-to-date content covers all aspects of cast iron fundamentals and metallurgy, primary and secondary processing, effects of processing on properties, process, and product design, and the engineering properties of specific grades, types, and product forms of iron castings. With emphasis on both the science and applied technology of cast irons, this new ASM Handbook provides specific coverage of many important aspects of cast iron production, analysis, and use. The science of cast iron provides an important foundation on many modern techniques addressed in this new volume, including coverage on computational modeling, computer-aided prediction, and methods of analysis and testing. Also included are articles devoted to important process design factors such as modification and inoculation, effects of trace elements, filling and feeding systems, and the development of solidification microstructures. ASM Handbook, Volume 1A: Cast Iron Science and Technology is an in-depth and comprehensive reference for those who research, develop, process, make, use, analyze, or specify cast irons. Doru M. Stefanescu, Professor Emeritus from The University of Alabama and The Ohio State University, has gathered an international group of leading innovators, researchers, and practitioners in the cast iron field to create an invaluable reference for both practitioners and researchers.
AI Knowledge Transfer From the University to Society : Applications in High-Impact Sectors
by José Guadix Martín , Milica Lilic
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032226323 | 149 Pages | True PDF | 5 MB
Suzanne Burns, Sarah Delgado, "AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing, Fourth Edition"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1260116735 | PDF | pages: 578 | 428.3 mb
Succinct, complete guidance on how to safely and competently care for adult progressive care patients and their families - written by top clinical experts