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Sexuality in Close Relationships

Sexuality in Close Relationships

This is one of the first volumes to examine the interface between research undertaken in sexuality and that in close relationships from a social psychological perspective. Experts from several different disciplines offer chapters that contain theory extant literature and their own original research on such topics as jealousy extradyadic sexuality communication love and sexual coercion. Aimed at a fairly wide audience this book will be of interest to students faculty and other professionals in social psychology sociology communication and family and women's studies. It is also a valuable source of information for teachers researchers and clinicians working in the areas of human sexuality and/or close relationships. | Sexuality in Close Relationships

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Close-up and Macro Photography Its Art and Fieldcraft Techniques

Close-up and Macro Photography Its Art and Fieldcraft Techniques

Focusing on fieldcraft techniques for macro and close-up photography Thompson covers the vital but often overlooked skills necessary to achieve consistent professional results in the field. Case studies covering a broad and often challenging group of subjects from the seashore to your back garden form the core of the lavishly illustrated book. Biology life history subject behaviour and ethics along with best practice approaches are discussed in detail and underpinned with photographic tips. The book is divided into four sections—Digital Fundamentals Fieldcraft & Methodology Portfolio Case Studies Digital Workflow & Presentation—covering the full photographic process from capture through to editing captioning development and storage are discussed. Moving beyond the surface-level approach to macro instruction this book provides readers with techniques that work in the field. Illustrated with over 250 of the author's own inspiring images this publication is a must for photographers naturalists and anyone interested in improving their macro skills in the field. | Close-up and Macro Photography Its Art and Fieldcraft Techniques

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Essentials of Soft Matter Science

Essentials of Soft Matter Science

‘Choice Outstanding Title’ Authored by world-leading physicists this introductory textbook explores the basic principles of polymers colloids liquid crystals wetting and foams. It is a practical ‘toolbox’ for readers to acquire basic knowledge in the field and facilitate further reading and advanced courses. Undergraduate students in physics biology and the medical sciences will learn the basics of soft matter physics in addition to scaling approaches in the spirit of the Nobel prize laureate in physics in 1991 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes the inventor of soft matter physics and close collaborator to author Françoise Brochard-Wyart. Features: Accessible and compact approach Contains interesting examples from everyday life (including the Paris Metro a water spider a gecko and duck feathers) Accompanied by additional exercises to enhance understanding available for download from the CRC Press website Three physicists (one theoretician; two experimentalists one in biophysics) adopt an intuitive and practical style to present the fundamentals of soft matter physics. Make no mistake: the style is accessible and revealing but the underlying science is profound. Brochard-Wyart (Sorbonne Univ. ) was a collaborator and former student of the late Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (originator of soft matter physics 1991 Nobel laureate in physics). The authors lay claim to the style of de Gennes (and reference their class notes) in their method of presentation including its organization and range of topics. There are two broad groupings: chapters 1–7 cover definition and characterization of soft matter then interfaces phase transitions liquid crystals surfactants and polymers offering simple calculations (order of magnitude estimates) and scaling law arguments. Part 2 (chapters 8–10) covers a range of applications: self-cleaning surfaces biomimetic adhesion optical applications and biological applications from DNA to tissue engineering. Many examples are based on everyday household phenomena. Each chapter provides a short bibliography. Any student (primarily in physics biology chemistry and engineering) or researcher will enjoy reading this unique book. To benefit fully readers need some background in electricity and magnetism chemistry fluid mechanics statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. This reader has rarely encountered a book so accessible yet so thought provoking. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals. —J. Lambropoulos University of Rochester in CHOICE October 2020). | Essentials of Soft Matter Science

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Fundamentals of Soft Matter Science

Fundamentals of Soft Matter Science

This revised edition continues to provide the most approachable introduction to the structure characteristics and everyday applications of soft matter. It begins with a substantially revised overview of the underlying physics and chemistry common to soft materials. Subsequent chapters comprehensively address the different classes of soft materials from liquid crystals to surfactants polymers colloids and biomaterials with vivid full-color illustrations throughout. There are new worked examples throughout new problems some deeper mathematical treatment and new sections on key topics such as diffusion active matter liquid crystal defects surfactant phases and more. • Introduces the science of soft materials experimental methods used in their study and wide-ranging applications in everyday life. • Provides brand new worked examples throughout in addition to expanded chapter problem sets and an updated glossary. • Includes expanded mathematical content and substantially revised introductory chapters. This book will provide a comprehensive introductory resource to both undergraduate and graduate students discovering soft materials for the first time and is aimed at students with an introductory college background in physics chemistry or materials science. | Fundamentals of Soft Matter Science

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Soft Clay Engineering and Ground Improvement

Soft Clay Engineering and Ground Improvement

Soft Clay Engineering and Ground Improvement covers the design and implementation of ground improvement techniques as applicable to soft clays. This particular subject poses major geotechnical challenges in civil engineering. Not only civil engineers but planners architects consultants and contractors are now aware what soft soils are and the risks associated with development of such areas. The book is designed as a reference and useful tool for those in the industry both to consultants and contractors. It also benefits researchers and academics working on ground improvement of soft soils and serves as an excellent overview for postgraduates. University lecturers are beginning to incorporate more ground improvement topics into their curricula and this text would be ideal for short courses for practicing engineers. It includes several examples to assist a newcomer to carry out preliminary designs. The three authors each with dozens of years of experience have witnessed and participated in the rapid evolvement of ground improvement in soft soils. In addition top-tier professionals who deal with soft clays and ground improvement on a daily basis have contributed providing their expertise in dealing with real-world problems and practical solutions.

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Soft Ground Tunnel Design

Soft Ground Tunnel Design

Soft Ground Tunnel Design is a textbook that teaches the principles of tunnel and underground space design in soft ground. ‘Soft ground’ refers to soil in contrast to rock. The book focuses on stability prediction of ground movements and structural design of the lining. It shows that the choice of excavation and support methods depends on ground stability limitation of damage to the existing built environment and health safety and environmental considerations. Benoît Jones builds on the basic principles of soil-structure interaction the three-dimensional effects of construction sequence and the effects of construction on other surface or subsurface structures in steps of gradually increasing complexity. The use of worked examples throughout and example problems at the end of each chapter give the reader confidence to apply their knowledge. Engineers and graduate students will be able to: • understand the basis for choosing an underground construction method and/or ground improvement method • calculate heading stability • predict ground movements • understand the complex soil-structure interaction around an advancing tunnel • design tunnel linings in soft ground using a variety of methods • predict the effects of construction on the built environment and assess potential damage Benoît Jones has worked in tunnelling as a designer contractor and academic for more than 20 years. He set up and ran the MSc Tunnelling and Underground Space course at the University of Warwick. He is now managing director of his own company Inbye Engineering.

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Design and Performance of Embankments on Very Soft Soils

Design and Performance of Embankments on Very Soft Soils

Embankment construction projects on very soft soil often give rise to serious problems. This volume on geotechnics and soft soil engineering therefore treats all phases of the design and construction process exhaustively from the first investigation step to the monitoring of constructed work. The book presents the development concepts necessary for the project stages and discusses in great detail construction methods displacement estimations stability analyses monitoring and various other aspects involved. Extensive attention is furthermore paid to the application of geosynthetics as a tool to improve the stability of soft soils and embankments. Including various tables and practical data for many geographical areas in the world this reference volume is essential reading for engineers and researchers in geotechnical engineering construction and related disciplines. | Design and Performance of Embankments on Very Soft Soils

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Soft Computing Approach for Mathematical Modeling of Engineering Problems

Soft Computing Approach for Mathematical Modeling of Engineering Problems

This book describes different mathematical modeling and soft computing techniques used to solve practical engineering problems. It gives an overview of the current state of soft computing techniques and describes the advantages and disadvantages of soft computing compared to traditional hard computing techniques. Through examples and case studies the editors demonstrate and describe how problems with inherent uncertainty can be addressed and eventually solved through the aid of numerical models and methods. The chapters address several applications and examples in bioengineering science drug delivery solving inventory issues Industry 4. 0 augmented reality and weather forecasting. Other examples include solving fuzzy-shortest-path problems by introducing a new distance and ranking functions. Because in practice problems arise with uncertain data and most of them cannot be solved exactly and easily the main objective is to develop models that deliver solutions with the aid of numerical methods. This is the reason behind investigating soft numerical computing in dynamic systems. Having this in mind the authors and editors have considered error of approximation and have discussed several common types of errors and their propagations. Moreover they have explained the numerical methods along with convergence and consistence properties and characteristics as the main objectives behind this book involve considering discussing and proving related theorems within the setting of soft computing. This book examines dynamic models and how time is fundamental to the structure of the model and data as well as the understanding of how a process unfolds • Discusses mathematical modeling with soft computing and the implementations of uncertain mathematical models • Examines how uncertain dynamic systems models include uncertain state uncertain state space and uncertain state’s transition functions • Assists readers to become familiar with many soft numerical methods to simulate the solution function’s behaviorThis book is intended for system specialists who are interested in dynamic systems that operate at different time scales. The book can be used by engineering students researchers and professionals in control and finite element fields as well as all engineering applied mathematics economics and computer science interested in dynamic and uncertain systems. Ali Ahmadian is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of IR 4. 0 The National University of Malaysia. Soheil Salahshour is an associate professor at Bahcesehir University. | Soft Computing Approach for Mathematical Modeling of Engineering Problems

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Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries A Guide for Students and Therapists

Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries A Guide for Students and Therapists

The fifth edition of the retitled Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries sharpens its focus on the treatment of sports injuries providing the most complete evidence-based guide for physiotherapists sports therapists and medical practitioners working with athletes. Opening with chapters that examine the underlying science of tissue healing and principles of rehabilitation the book employs a systematic approach with chapters covering each area of the body from facial through to ankle and foot injuries. Every chapter includes in-depth discussion and guidance on the treatment of common sports injuries through physiotherapeutic modalities drawing on the author’s wealth of personal experience and the latest peer-reviewed research. A complete pedagogical resource Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries is highly illustrated in full colour and is an important text for students of sports therapy physiotherapy sport medicine and athletic training interesting further reading for sport and exercise science or kinesiology students with an interest in sports injury and a crucial reference for practicing physiotherapists and athletic trainers and the related disciplines. | Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries A Guide for Students and Therapists

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The Security Risk Handbook Assess Survey Audit

The Security Risk Handbook Assess Survey Audit

The Security Risk Handbook assists businesses that need to be able to carry out effective security risk assessments security surveys and security audits. It provides guidelines and standardised detailed processes and procedures for carrying out all three stages of the security journey: assess survey and audit. Packed with tools and templates the book is extremely practical. At the end of each explanatory chapter a unique case study can be examined by the reader in the areas of risk assessment security survey and security audit. This book also highlights the commercial and reputational benefits of rigorous risk management procedures. It can be applied to corporate security retail security critical national infrastructure security maritime security aviation security counter-terrorism and executive and close protection. This text is relevant to security professionals across all key sectors: corporate security retail security critical national infrastructure security maritime security aviation security counter-terrorism and executive and close protection. It will also be useful to health and safety managers operations managers facilities managers and logistics professionals whose remit is to ensure security across an organisation or function. | The Security Risk Handbook Assess Survey Audit

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Stellar Evolution

Stellar Evolution

This book addresses the fascinating subject of astrophysics from its theoretical basis to predominant research conducted in the field today. An accomplished researcher in the field and a well-known expositor the author strikes a balance that allows the serious reader to appreciate the current issues without previous knowledge of the subject. Astronomy and Astrophysics * The Equations of Stellar Structure * The Gas Characteristics * The Structure of a Star * Computation of Stellar Evolution * Evolutionary Track * Binary Systems * Star Formation * Rotation of Stars * Supernova * Close Binary Systems * Special Topics * The Galaxy

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Adolescent Literacies A Handbook of Practice-Based Research

Adolescent Literacies A Handbook of Practice-Based Research

Showcasing cutting-edge findings on adolescent literacy teaching and learning this unique handbook is grounded in the realities of students' daily lives. It highlights research methods and instructional approaches that capitalize on adolescents' interests knowledge and new literacies. Attention is given to how race gender language and other dimensions of identity-along with curriculum and teaching methods-shape youths' literacy development and engagement. The volume explores innovative ways that educators are using a variety of multimodal texts from textbooks to graphic novels and digital productions. It reviews a range of pedagogical approaches; key topics include collaborative inquiry argumentation close reading and composition. | Adolescent Literacies A Handbook of Practice-Based Research

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The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 Volume Two 1950-1960

The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 Volume Two 1950-1960

This book first published in 1961 is an analysis of the great struggle of the twentieth century the Cold War. It carefully examines the conflict’s origins in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and follows the thread of antagonism between west and east all the way up to 1960. These were the key years of the Cold War when it seemed that the prospect of nuclear confrontation was a real one and this book offers a close reading of the main events of those years. This volume concentrates on the Cold War in the East and Volume One focuses on the European theatre. | The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 Volume Two 1950-1960

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The Scope of Epidemiological Psychiatry Essays in Honour of Michael Shepherd

The Scope of Epidemiological Psychiatry Essays in Honour of Michael Shepherd

The late Professor Michael Shepherd was one of the most eminent and respected international figures in psychiatry. His contributions to the field in general were enormous but it is probably in epidemiological and social psychiatry that his work has had the greatest influence. Originally published in 1989 this volume of essays written specifically in Professor Shepherd’s honour is concerned with the scientific approach to epidemiological psychiatry. The distinguished contributors many of whom were close colleagues or former students were drawn from a conspicuously wide range of scientific disciplines medical and non-medical and their contributions reflect the far-reaching applications of epidemiological methods to mental health problems. | The Scope of Epidemiological Psychiatry Essays in Honour of Michael Shepherd

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The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950

The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950

This book first published in 1961 is an analysis of the great struggle of the twentieth century the Cold War. It carefully examines the conflict’s origins in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and follows the thread of antagonism between west and east all the way up to 1960. These were the key years of the Cold War when it seemed that the prospect of nuclear confrontation was a real one and this book offers a close reading of the main events of those years. This volume concentrates on the European theatre and Volume Two focuses on the Cold War in the East. | The Cold War and its Origins 1917-1960 Volume One 1917-1950

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The Evolution Of An International Actor Western Europe's New Assertiveness

The Evolution Of An International Actor Western Europe's New Assertiveness

This volume is the result of a joint effort on the part of European and American scholars to describe and analyze the nature and the role of the European Community on the threshold of the 1990s. The 1980s stood witness to a significant change in West Europe from Eurosclerosis to close European cooperation in the fields of security foreign policy and trade. This newly won assertiveness on the part of the West Europeans will be put to a test in the next decade as in addition to the progressing West European integration process a new dynamic is likely to preoccupy the 1990s – the ongoing reform process in East Europe. | The Evolution Of An International Actor Western Europe's New Assertiveness

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Multimodal Transport Law

Multimodal Transport Law

An accessible introduction to multimodal contracts of carriage Multimodal Transport Law works from general principles toward specific technical problems. Adopting an international approach it addresses such key topics as: Contracts of carriage Transport documents The parties to a contract of carriage International conventions on the carriage of goods Multimodal situations covered by unimodal conventions Conflict of laws The rules applicable to the individual legs of multimodal contracts of carriage The Rotterdam Rules Providing a close examination of the relevant rules regulations and case law this is essential reading for law students useful for claims handlers and practitioners and of interest for academics and legislators seeking a better appreciation of multimodal contracts of carriage.

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Cost Accounting and Financial Management for Construction Project Managers

Cost Accounting and Financial Management for Construction Project Managers

Proper cost accounting and financial management are essential elements of any successful construction job and therefore make up essential skills for construction project managers and project engineers. Many textbooks on the market focus on the theoretical principles of accounting and finance required for head office staff like the chief financial officer (CFO) of a construction firm. This book's unique practical approach focuses on the activities of the construction management team including the project manager superintendent project engineer and jobsite cost engineers and cost accountants. In short this book provides a seamless connection between cost accounting and construction project management from the construction management practitioner’s perspective. Following a complete accounting cycle from the original estimate through cost controls to financial close-out the book makes use of one commercial construction project case study throughout. It covers key topics like financial statements ratios cost control earned value equipment depreciation cash flow and pay requests. But unlike other texts this book also covers additional financial responsibilities such as cost estimates change orders and project close-out. Also included are more advanced accounting and financial topics such as supply chain management activity-based accounting lean construction techniques taxes and the developer’s pro forma. Each chapter contains review questions and applied exercises and the book is supplemented with an eResource with instructor manual estimates and schedules further cases and figures from the book. This textbook is ideal for use in all cost accounting and financial management classes on both undergraduate and graduate level construction management or construction engineering programs. | Cost Accounting and Financial Management for Construction Project Managers

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Patterns in Excitable Media Genesis Dynamics and Control

Patterns in Excitable Media Genesis Dynamics and Control

Excitable media comprise a class of models for a wide range of physical chemical and biological systems that exhibit spontaneous formation of spatial patterns. Patterns in Excitable Media: Genesis Dynamics and Control explores several aspects of the dynamics of such patterns—in particular their evolution upon interaction with structural and functional heterogeneities in the system. The book provides readers with an introduction to recent developments in the interdisciplinary field of dynamics and control of patterns in nonlinear biological systems described by excitable media models. It also discusses low-amplitude control schemes for eliminating such patterns from an excitable medium which has direct clinical relevance in view of the close connection to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. | Patterns in Excitable Media Genesis Dynamics and Control

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The Ocean Engineering Handbook

The Ocean Engineering Handbook

Compiled with the help of an internationally acclaimed panel of experts the Ocean Engineering Handbook is the most complete reference available for professionals. It offers you comprehensive coverage of important areas of the theory and practice of oceanic/coastal engineering and technology. This well organized text includes five major sections: Marine Hydro Dynamics and Vehicles Control Modeling Considerations Position Control Systems for Offshore Vessels Applications of Computational Intelligence in the Ocean's Environment and Fiber Optics in Oceanographic Applications. Designed to be used as a traditional handbook it thoroughly covers position control theory and implementations and offers a close look at the present state of ocean engineering. With 200 tables and over 100 figures the Ocean Engineering Handbook will give you a head start in many aspects of oceanic engineering.

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Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication Multiple Perspectives

Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication Multiple Perspectives

The third edition of this text maintains its place as a key resource for learning the foundational and emerging theories in the field of interpersonal communication. With each chapter devoted to a specific theory and authored by experts in that theory the book gives students and scholars a comprehensive overview of this field. This edition features an expanded discussion of theory development and evaluation a new section on theories of identity and difference in close relationships and increased attention to social media. With the theory chapters sharing the same structure the book ensures consistent coverage of topics within each theory. This book is an essential text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in interpersonal communication and is a valued resource for scholars. | Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication Multiple Perspectives

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Max Liebermann Modern Art and Modern Germany

Max Liebermann Modern Art and Modern Germany

Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany is the first English-language examination of this German impressionist painter whose long life and career spanned nine decades. Through a close reading of key paintings and by a discussion of his many cultural networks across Germany and throughout Europe this study by Marion Deshmukh illuminates Liebermann’s importance as a pioneer of German modernism. Critics and admirers alike saw his art as representing aesthetic European modernism at its best. His subjects included dispassionate depictions of the rural Dutch countryside his colorful garden at the Wannsee and his many portraits of Germany’s cultural political and military elites. Liebermann was the largest collector of French Impressionism in Germany - and his cosmopolitan outlook and his art created strong antipathies towards both by political and cultural conservatives throughout his life. | Max Liebermann Modern Art and Modern Germany

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Reimagining Research Engaging Data Research and Program Evaluation in Social Justice Counseling

Reimagining Research Engaging Data Research and Program Evaluation in Social Justice Counseling

Reimagining Research centers antiracist research practices and showcases real-world research in counseling practice. The book focuses on the research competencies that matter most to counselors with each chapter co-authored by practicing counselors and counselor educators. Each chapter reflects diversity in authorship and opens with a potential for practice case study that illustrates a research-related challenge in the practice of counseling. Online resources—including a focus group interview sample transcripts of qualitative interviews video demonstrations of statistical techniques and other documents used in research processes—present these potentials for practice in experiential ways. Chapters close with attention to resources that are readily available for counselors who want to implement these practices such as evidence-based practice guidelines open-access journals and open-access statistical tools. | Reimagining Research Engaging Data Research and Program Evaluation in Social Justice Counseling

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