Engineers like to think of their discipline as a rigorous application of scientific and mathematical principles to the problem of creating a useful object. To a certain extent, this is an appropriate description of the tools of engineering – those techniques that we use to translate a concept in the mind of the designer into […]
About AICPA Audit and Accounting Guides This AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide has been developed by the AICPA Investment Companies Guide Task Force to assist management in the preparation of their financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and to assist practitioners in performing and reporting on their audit and attestation […]
After several years in use, this second edition of the Springer Handbook of Electronic and Photonic Materials is brought out to update the coverage and include new topics. Like the first edition, it represents a comprehensive treatise on electronic and photonic materials, with each chapter written by experts in the field. It is aimed at […]
Tonal Harmony with an Introduction to Post-Tonal Music is intended for a two-year course in music theory/harmony. It offers a clear and thorough introduction to the resources and practice of Western music from the seventeenth century to the present day. Its concise, one-volume format and flexible approach make the book usable in a broad range […]
Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach, Fifth Edition. We are pleased to present this new edition of our textbook in which we focus on making the mathematics accessible, supporting student success, and offering teachers flexible teaching options. Accessible to Students We have taken care to write this text with the student in mind. Paying careful […]
The global airline industry has matured into a vast and complex system of interrelated technical, economic and organizational components, all of which must work in harmony to ensure the safe and reliable operation of air transportation services. Contributing to each of these components are numerous stakeholders with diverse perspectives and interests – industrial, legal, commercial […]
INTRODUCTION KEY CONCEPTS Limited health literacy is common and must be considered when providing medication management services. Some groups of people are at higher risk for having limited literacy skills, but in general, you cannot tell by looking. Patients with limited health literacy are more likely to misunderstand medication instructions and have difficulty demonstrating the […]
FOR INSTRUCTOR S Active, Engaging, Flexible The introductory laboratory in biological anthropology can be an inspiring place. It is exciting to see students interact with materials and concepts that may be entirely novel and unfamiliar to them. Of course, it is a challenging place too, a place with many students who enrolled without foreseeing the […]
PREFACE In this book I draw upon thirty years of experience in solar energy engineering to prepare the practicing engineer to deliver solar energy systems in their projects. I try to include between the covers of this book all of the information specifi c to solar energy needed to supplement the general project delivery process […]
No, no, it’s none of those. It’s the doorstop of a cookbook that you hold in your precious hands with over 250 recipes that since 2007 really have become some of the most requested recipes by both vegans and nonvegans alike. It’s been around just long enough that we’ve met full-grown adult plant eaters who […]
J nan old literary theme, from Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son to Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, our most beloved child is often the most problematic and misunderstood among our offspring. I worry for Full House, my adored and wayward boy. I have nurtured this short book for fifteen years through […]
For an author used to the luxury of lengthy academic papers and the occasional 500-page monograph, and to the protection afforded by technical language and multiple qualifications, boiling down human evolutionary history to the size constraints and style of a VSI was a considerable challenge. That it was overcome at all is in large measure […]