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Tool Steels Properties and Performance

Tool Steels Properties and Performance

This handy book provides a single up-to-date source of information for increasing the life of tool steels through optimized design and manufacturing. Supplying a solid understanding of the metallurgy involved the text explains how material compositions manufacturing processes heat treatments surface hardening techniques and coatings affect tool steel properties grades and performance. It also explores real-life case studies and failure analyses offering examples of die-life parameters and hints for modifying tool steels and heat treatments during cutting or forming processes. While the book offers deep coverage of properties microstructure and manufacturing its focus is on describing the performance of each application of this special class of ferrous materials. Provides a single up-to-date source of information for increasing the life of tool steels through optimized design and manufacturing. Explains how material compositions manufacturing processes heat treatments surface hardening techniques and coatings affect tool steel properties grades and performance. Supplies a solid understanding of the metallurgy involved in tool steel manufacturing machining hot and cold working and molding. Offers examples of die-life parameters and hints for modifying tool steels and heat treatments during cutting or forming processes. Includes real-life case studies and failure analyses from the Villares Metals plant in Brazil. | Tool Steels Properties and Performance

GBP 44.99
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Sensory Theatre How to Make Interactive Inclusive Immersive Theatre for Diverse Audiences by a Founder of Oily Cart

Sensory Theatre How to Make Interactive Inclusive Immersive Theatre for Diverse Audiences by a Founder of Oily Cart

Sensory Theatre: How to Make Interactive Inclusive Immersive Theatre for Diverse Audiences by a Founder of Oily Cart is an accessible step-by-step guide to creating theatre for inclusive audiences such as young people on the autism spectrum or affected by other neuro-divergent conditions and children under two. Conventional theatre relies on seeing and hearing to involve its audience; sensory theatre harnesses the power of five or more senses to address its participants who have different ways of relating to the world around them. This book is an insightful history of Oily Cart and its pioneering development of work for the very young including Baby Theatre and for neuro-divergent audiences including those on the autism spectrum. It gives a clear introduction to the fundamental concepts of this theatre suggests a host of practical techniques drawn from over forty years of experience and describes some of Oily Cart’s most radical innovations including theatre on trampolines in hydrotherapy pools and with flying audiences in the company of aerial artists. The book also includes copious photos from the Oily Cart’s archives and links to videos examples of the company’s work. Readers will learn how to: Research the intended audience while not being led astray by labels. Create a welcoming immersive sensory space in classrooms nurseries school halls and playgrounds. Devise sensory stories that can be adapted to suit different audiences. Recruit audition cast and run rehearsals. Ensure that the production is truly sensory and interactive. Written for Theatre for Young Audiences Drama in Education and specialized Applied Theatre courses as well as educators and theatre practitioners interested in creating inclusive interactive productions Sensory Theatre offers a goldmine of ideas for making work that connects with audiences who can be the hardest to reach. | Sensory Theatre How to Make Interactive Inclusive Immersive Theatre for Diverse Audiences by a Founder of Oily Cart

GBP 31.99
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Ergonomics and Safety in Hand Tool Design

iURBAN Intelligent Urban Energy Tool

iURBAN Intelligent Urban Energy Tool

iURBAN: Intelligent Urban Energy Tool introduces an urban energy tool integrating different ICT energy management systems (both hardware and software) in two European cities providing useful data to a novel decision support system that makes available the necessary parameters for the generation and further operation of associated business models. The business models contribute at a global level to efficiently manage and distribute the energy produced and consumed at a local level (city or neighbourhood) incorporating behavioural aspects of the users into the software platform and in general prosumers. iURBAN integrates a smart Decision Support System (smartDSS) that collects real-time or near real-time data aggregates analyses and suggest actions of energy consumption and production from different buildings renewable energy production resources combined heat and power plants electric vehicles (EV) charge stations storage systems sensors and actuators. The consumption and production data is collected via a heterogeneous data communication protocols and networks. The iURBAN smartDSS through a Local Decision Support System allows the citizens to analyse the consumptions and productions that they are generating receive information about CO2 savings advises in demand response and the possibility to participate actively in the energy market. Whilst through a Centralised Decision Support System allow to utilities ESCOs municipalities or other authorised third parties to: Get a continuous snapshot of city energy consumption and productionManage energy consumption and productionForecasting of energy consumptionPlanning of new energy producers for the future needs of the cityVisualise analyse and take decisions of all the end points that are consuming or producing energy in a city level permitting them to forecast and planning renewable power generation available in the city. | iURBAN Intelligent Urban Energy Tool

GBP 64.99
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Cognition and Tool Use Forms of Engagement in Human and Animal Use of Tools

Confidential Informant Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool

Confidential Informant Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool

He baffled and eluded law enforcement officers for nearly two decades. In the end however it wasn't the painstaking forensic analysis of hundreds of pieces of crime scene evidence that led to the capture of the Unabomber-but the lucky tip of an informant. Truth of the matter is for all their sophistication and hi-tech science crime-fighting techniques such as fingerprint and DNA analysis are a factor in less than one percent of all criminal cases. In the overwhelming number of crimes informants have provided the necessary ammunition needed to bring criminals to justice from Genovese to Gotti and Capone to Dillinger. Confidential Informant: Understanding Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool explores the covert and clandestine world of informants-revealing the secrets of how to find them and make the most out of them while at the same time avoiding the pitfalls of dealing with them. Using case studies in which informants played key roles in solving crimes the book examines all aspects of informant development and management from the motivation of the informant to the legal problems that accompany the use of informants in criminal cases. Written by John Madinger a former narcotics agent supervisor and administrator and currently a Senior Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service Confidential Informant: Understanding Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool examines the emotional and behavioral characteristics of the informant as well as the psychology of trust and betrayal. The book also illustrates techniques for improving interviewing and communication skills when dealing with informants and provides invaluable forms that can be used in connection with these vital sources of information. | Confidential Informant Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool

GBP 44.99
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Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services

Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services

In companies that produce goods and services productivity and efficiency improvements are a constant challenge. This book reviews the differences between productivity and efficiency. It proposes a new method and makes available a computational tool for implementation that contributes to facilitating the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The book presents a discussion about productivity and efficiency illustrating the potentials of use and conceptual differences. It covers the concepts and techniques for analysis of productivity and efficiency analyzing critical benefits and limitations explains in detail how to use DEA for analysis provides innovative methods for using DEA offers a free online computer tool with a direction guide shows real empirical applications and covers other techniques that can be used to complement the analysis performed. The book is for professionals managers consultants students working and taking courses in productive systems of goods and services. Ancillary materials include a free online computer tool to operationalize the concepts and methods proposed in the book a guide on how to use the method and the software developed for the DEA application. Solutions manual instructor’s manual PowerPoint slides and figure slides also will be available upon qualified adoption. | Analysis and Management of Productivity and Efficiency in Production Systems for Goods and Services

GBP 44.99
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Treatment as a tool for investigating cognition

Validating a Best Practice A Tool for Improvement and Benchmarking

Validating a Best Practice A Tool for Improvement and Benchmarking

Sharing Best Practices across industries and functions is an accepted approach to continuous improvement. The Benchmarking trend of the 1990s has evolved with the help of competitive analysis performance excellence awards and other corporate recognition programs into an ongoing documentation of what works. Bob Camp introduced benchmarking against a Best Practice based on his work at Xerox in the 1980s. Case studies abound documenting Best Practice functions and processes. Some case studies use the words “Best Practice” without evidence that the process results or methods are indeed superior. What is missing is a comprehensive model for assessing and writing a Best Practice that provides sufficient information to use as an effective benchmark. This book provides that comprehensive model. Today’s consumers expect products and services to be of high quality reliable and user-friendly. This is the result of years of continuous improvement and innovation by producers. Although many organizations strive for excellent results there is still room for improvement. Unfortunately leaders don’t always have methods and tools to measure or assess that degree of excellence. If leaders could use a tool to discover how good their approaches and methods are and how excellent their achieved results are they could plan further improvements. The goal is to achieve excellent results. The tool described in this book guides leaders to achieve that excellence. | Validating a Best Practice A Tool for Improvement and Benchmarking

GBP 39.99
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Researching and Analysing Business Research Methods in Practice

Decent Work-Life in Business Essential Tool for Sustainable Development

Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry

Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry

This title was first published in 2000: Steven Nivin analyzes a process vital to economic development - technological change. He furthers understanding of the processes driving innovation so that we may gain a deeper insight into the development of economies. Specifically the study explores the concept of innovation potential and the factors that result in variations in innovation potential across metropolitan areas using the US machine tool industry as a case study. To provide a comparison the same models are also estimated for the semiconductor industry. The findings indicate that urbanisation economies localization economies human capital universities and invention-derived knowledge are significant factors. The study assesses the contributions of three different skill levels of human capital; college-educated graduate degree and locally produced PhD’s in mechanical and electrical engineering. Only the graduate and PhD degree measures are found to be significant indicating the importance of having a highly skilled pool of labour within the region. The influences of the factors appear to be similar across industries with some slight differences. The transfer of knowledge through patents is also studied. It is found that the transmission of this knowledge is slower between different industries relative to the transmission within the same industry. | Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U. S. Machine Tool Industry

GBP 66.99
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Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry

Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U.S. Machine Tool Industry

This title was first published in 2000: Steven Nivin analyzes a process vital to economic development - technological change. He furthers understanding of the processes driving innovation so that we may gain a deeper insight into the development of economies. Specifically the study explores the concept of innovation potential and the factors that result in variations in innovation potential across metropolitan areas using the US machine tool industry as a case study. To provide a comparison the same models are also estimated for the semiconductor industry. The findings indicate that urbanisation economies localization economies human capital universities and invention-derived knowledge are significant factors. The study assesses the contributions of three different skill levels of human capital; college-educated graduate degree and locally produced PhD’s in mechanical and electrical engineering. Only the graduate and PhD degree measures are found to be significant indicating the importance of having a highly skilled pool of labour within the region. The influences of the factors appear to be similar across industries with some slight differences. The transfer of knowledge through patents is also studied. It is found that the transmission of this knowledge is slower between different industries relative to the transmission within the same industry. | Regional Innovation Potential: The Case of the U. S. Machine Tool Industry

GBP 21.99
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Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool A Comprehensive Resource for Coaches and Psychologists

The Media as a Tool of International Intervention House of Cards

GBP 130.00
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Introducing Pragmatism A Tool for Rethinking Philosophy

Aid and Technical Cooperation as a Foreign Policy Tool for Emerging Donors The Case of Brazil

Aid and Technical Cooperation as a Foreign Policy Tool for Emerging Donors The Case of Brazil

The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism or selfishness? The assumption is sometimes made that donors from developing countries might be more motivated by altruism than ‘traditional’ western donors. This book demonstrates that on the contrary the provision of development assistance can be used to serve national interests allowing so-called ‘emerging’ donors to gain soft power in the international sphere by improving their image and global influence. Technical cooperation or the transfer of knowledge is an area of particular interest as it can enable donors to position themselves as a global leader in a given field with a unique set of skills and expertise in a knowledge area. This book uses the Brazilian case to demonstrate how a country such as Brazil can seek power and influence by providing no-strings-attached technical assistance. The empirical analysis unpicks the motivations behind development assistance and how it can be used as a foreign policy tool. In doing so the book sheds light upon the similarities and variations in the provision of technical cooperation as a foreign policy tool by China India and Brazil. This book will be of interest to researchers of International Development South-South Cooperation International Relations and those working on Brazil specifically. | Aid and Technical Cooperation as a Foreign Policy Tool for Emerging Donors The Case of Brazil

GBP 39.99
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Understanding Urban Metabolism A Tool for Urban Planning

Code-Switching as a Pedagogical Tool in Bilingual Classrooms Insights from a Secondary STEM Classroom in Zimbabwe

The Practical Zone System for Film and Digital Photography Classic Tool Universal Applications

The Stage Director’s Prompt Book A Guide to Creating and Using the Stage Director’s Most Powerful Rehearsal and Production Tool

The Stage Director’s Prompt Book A Guide to Creating and Using the Stage Director’s Most Powerful Rehearsal and Production Tool

The Stage Director’s Prompt Book is a step-by-step detailed guide on how to create a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance tool—the director’s prompt book. A prompt book is a coordinating and organizational tool for the stage director. This book systematizes the creative process the director uses to analyze and interpret a play and coordinates all director-related rehearsal and production activities into a single self-contained interpretive and organizational system. This book guides the director through the necessary steps and stages of creating and using a prompt book—from play analysis and interpretation through the formation of a dynamic and theatrical director’s vision to a unique method of physicalizing a play in production. A prompt book of a one-act play is included in the book as a complete example of the system. Such techniques as redlining color coding and creating a three-column left-hand page are vividly illustrated for readers allowing them to assemble their own prompt books. In a clear and example-driven format The Stage Director’s Prompt Book offers a system of directorial interpretation that takes the director through a series of point-by point instructions to construct a strong effective and creative instrument for success. For the undergraduate and graduate student of theatre directing stage management and producing courses along with aspiring professional directors this book provides an interactive and intuitive approach to personalize the stage directing experience and assemble a graphically dynamic and creative director’s prompt book. | The Stage Director’s Prompt Book A Guide to Creating and Using the Stage Director’s Most Powerful Rehearsal and Production Tool

GBP 29.99
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QLab 4 Projects in Video Audio and Lighting Control

Introduction to Renewable Energy Conversions