In 1895 Scottish entrepreneur, engineer, and outdoor adventurer Henry Ogle Bell-Irving built the Good Hope Cannery in Rivers Inlet, BC. There was a fortune to be made and Bell-Irving was determined to
U.S. Steel created Gary, Indiana. The new steel plant and town built on the site in 1906 were at once a triumph of industrial capitalism and a bold experiment in urban planning. Gary beca
Doran, a civil/structural engineer in the UK, Douglas (School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt U., UK), and Pratley, an architect in the UK, provide a handbook for practitioners and students to t
This delightful evocation of simpler times and the tools that built America has always held a special place in the hearts of lovers of Americana and Yankee ingenuity. Now available in a handsome hardc
In 1957, one of the two reactors built at Windscale was destroyed by fire, in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book describes the fire and what followed, and considers its causes, effect
Private and foreign economic sectors (termed non-state sectors in China) have been the main engine of China’s phenomenal economic growth. Built on rich data analyses, this book offers a fresh and in-d
Feeling and Form in Social Life shows how a vigorous and practical science of society can be built. Drawing in part from the philosophy of Susanne Langer, Lloyd Sandelands reveals human societies to b
States increasingly delegate regulatory and police functions to internet intermediaries. This may lead to interference with the right to freedom of expression. In a time when these issues are of parti
The first guide devoted to the functions, structures, and applications of natural hydrocolloids In today’s health-conscious climate, the demand for natural food products is growing all the time.
States increasingly delegate regulatory and police functions to internet intermediaries. This may lead to interference with the right to freedom of expression. In a time when these issues are of parti
To communicate in a new language, you first have to gain a complete understanding of its fundamentals; the ABC’s of that language—definitions, functions, and usage.The Language of Graphic Design provi
This book primarily deals with corporate restructuring through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). It critically examines all functions that must be performed in completing an M&A transaction. Do
This book primarily deals with corporate restructuring through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). It critically examines all functions that must be performed in completing an M&A transaction. Do
This comprehensive history of linguistics is part of a 5 volume set. Together, the volumes examine the social, cultural and religious functions of language, its place in education, the prestige attach
This comprehensive history of linguistics is part of a 5 volume set. Together, the volumes examine the social, cultural and religious functions of language, its place in education, the prestige attach
Intended as an introductory guide, this work takes for its subject complex, analytic, automorphic forms and functions on (a domain equivalent to) a bounded domain in a finite-dimensional, complex, vec
In this book, the functions and dynamics of enterprises are explained with the use of anthropological methods. The chapters are based on anthropological research that has continued mainly as an inter-
Summaries of lectures at a 2013 summer school in Shanghai cover a short course on matrix functions, a short course on exponential integrators, matrix equations and model reduction, Rayleigh quotient b
Alison Horbury investigates the reprisal of the myth of Persephone - a mother-daughter plot of separation and initiation - in post-feminist television cultures where, she argues, it functions as a sym
There are several tests used in clinical practice and research worldwide that have been devised to assess the functions subsumed by the frontal lobes of the brain. Anatomical localisation has revealed
This book describes in 13 chapters mechanisms of P450 used to monooxygenate substrates via the NAD(P)H/O2 pathway using its peroxidase and peroxygenase functions. P450 also utilizes peroxides, peracid
Intended as an introductory guide, this work takes for its subject complex, analytic, automorphic forms and functions on (a domain equivalent to) a bounded domain in a finite-dimensional, complex, vec
Archaeologists present the first findings from the Asyut Project a German-Egyptian cooperative project started in 2003 to reconstruct the regional history of Asyut and to clarify the functions of a
Henryk Jurkowski's seminal 1988 text, Aspects of Puppet Theatre, was ground-breaking in its analysis of puppetry as an important performing art. Focusing on the cultural and social functions of puppet
From the earliest days of the organized Christian community, the bishop was the most important local official, a pivotal figure who discharged both secular and spiritual functions. As in most politica
This book offers a self-contained introduction to the theory of guiding functions methods, which can be used to study the existence of periodic solutions and their bifurcations in ordinary differentia
Recent research indicates that the dysregulation of microRNA expression levels is an important mechanism that triggers the loss or gain of functions in cancer cells, acting as tumor suppressors and on
This book presents a comprehensive survey of adipose tissue, its physiological functions, and its role in disease. The volume spans the entire range of adipose tissue studies, from basic anatomical an
Jessie attempts to present himself as an effective alert bright young man who is in possession and control of outstanding intellectual functions. He comes through however, as a bragging dishonest, sus
POLITICS, PARTIES, AND ELECTIONS IN AMERICA, Seventh Edition, is filled with the latest research on what political parties do, how they are organized, how party leaders behave, the functions of politi
Following the end of the Second World War, the creation of regional organizations in Europe provided niche functions to help ensure regional stability through security and transition. Yet, as the Cold
The third in the Illustrated Atlas series of portfolios provides an overview of the functions of the human body. This 20 plate collection includes titles on blood pressure, respiration and digestion.
Complement has long been regarded as a pivotal effector arm of the innate immune response, eliciting important immunoregulatory functions in the context of inflammation and also serving as a vital lin
Focusing on concepts rather than techniques, this text deals primarily with real-valued functions of a real variable. Complex numbers appear only in supplements and the last two chapters. 1968 edition
You can't fight your basic nature. But if you can understand it, you can succeed. Twelve specific and very important cognitive functions begin developing in the brain at birth. These ""ski
Event marketing is big business: U.S. corporations invest more than $300 billion a year in every kind of event-from webinars, tradeshows, product launches, and golf hospitality functions, to user gro
-Provides the first ever use of performance criticism to analyze Old Testament, or biblical, texts. -Shows that prophetic activity, especially Amos, functions as drama and theater in the same way that
Like their better studied royal sisters farther north, Spanish queens were expected to produce an heir, to raise and educate their children, to take part in ceremonial functions, to perform charitable
This excellent account of the theory of the circular functions and its applications is of particular value to students of mathematics who intended to proceed further in the study of analysis.
Organized in May 1863 and later renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps, the Invalid Corps consisted primarily of veterans with disabilities who performed a number of functions such as enforcing the draft,
