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AutoCAD 2912 and AutoCAD LT 2012 essentials by Onstott, Scott

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AutoCAD 2912 and AutoCAD LT 2012 essentials by Onstott, Scott

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The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries First Do No Harm? / by Ahmed, Anya, Ackers-Johnson, James, Ackers, Helen Louise

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The Ethics of Educational Healthcare Placements in Low and Middle Income Countries First Do No Harm? / by Ahmed, Anya, Ackers-Johnson, James, Ackers, Helen Louise

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Fatigue of materials and structures application to design and damage /

Table of Contents: “…Superposition" method -- 3.4.5.Superposition method: applicable examples -- 3.4.6.Numerical application exercise -- 3.5.Performing some "damage tolerance" calculations -- 3.5.1.Complementarity of fatigue and damage tolerance -- 3.5.2.Safety coefficients to understand curve a = f(N) -- 3.5.3.Acquisition of the material parameters -- 3.5.4.Negative parameter: corrosion -- "corrosion fatigue" -- 3.6.Application to the residual strength of thin sheets -- 3.6.1.Planar panels: Feddersen diagram -- 3.6.2.Case of stiffened panels -- 3.7.Propagation of cracks subjected to random loading in the aeronautic industry -- 3.7.1.Modeling of the interactions of loading cycles -- 3.7.2.Comparison of predictions with experimental results -- 3.7.3.Rainflow treatment of random loadings -- 3.8.Conclusion -- 3.8.1.Organization of the evolution of "damage tolerance" -- 3.8.2.Structural maintenance program -- 3.8.3.Inspection of structures being used -- 3.9.Damage tolerance within the gigacyclic domain -- 3.9.1.Observations on crack propagation -- 3.9.2.Propagation of a fish-eye with regards to damage tolerance -- 3.9.3.Example of a turbine disk subjected to vibration -- 3.10.Bibliography -- ch. 4 Defect Influence on the Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Materials / Gilles Baudry -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Some facts -- 4.2.1.Failure observation -- 4.2.2.Endurance limit level -- 4.2.3.Influence of the rolling reduction ratio and the effect of rolling direction -- 4.2.4.Low cycle fatigue: SN curves -- 4.2.5.Wohler curve: existence of an endurance limit -- 4.2.6.Summary -- 4.3.Approaches -- 4.3.1.First models -- 4.3.2.Kitagawa diagram -- 4.3.3.Murakami model -- 4.4.A few examples -- 4.4.1.Medium-loaded components: example of as-forged parts: connecting rods -- effect of the forging skin -- 4.4.2.High-loaded components: relative importance of cleanliness and surface state -- example of the valve spring -- 4.4.3.High-loaded components: Bearings-Endurance cleanliness relationship -- 4.5.Prospects -- 4.5.1.Estimation of lifetimes and their dispersions -- 4.5.2.Fiber orientation -- 4.5.3.Prestressing -- 4.5.4.Corrosion -- 4.5.5.Complex loadings: spectra/over-loadings/multiaxial loadings -- 4.5.6.Gigacycle fatigue -- 4.6.Conclusion -- 4.7.Bibliography -- ch. 5 Fretting Fatigue: Modeling and Applications / Trevor Lindley -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Experimental methods -- 5.2.1.Fatigue specimens and contact pads -- 5.2.2.Fatigue S-N data with and without fretting -- 5.2.3.Frictional force measurement -- 5.2.4.Metallography and fractography -- 5.2.5.Mechanisms in fretting fatigue -- 5.3.Fretting fatigue analysis -- 5.3.1.The S-N approach -- 5.3.2.Fretting modeling -- 5.3.3.Two-body contact -- 5.3.4.Fatigue crack initiation -- 5.3.5.Analysis of cracks: the fracture mechanics approach -- 5.3.6.Propagation -- 5.4.Applications under fretting conditions -- 5.4.1.Metallic material: partial slip regime -- 5.4.2.Epoxy polymers: development of cracks under a total slip regime -- 5.5.Palliatives to combat fretting fatigue -- 5.6.Conclusions -- 5.7.Bibliography -- ch. 6 Contact Fatigue / Ky Dang Van -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Classification of the main types of contact damage -- 6.2.1.Background -- 6.2.2.Damage induced by rolling contacts with or without sliding effect -- 6.2.3.Fretting -- 6.3.A few results on contact mechanics -- 6.3.1.Hertz solution -- 6.3.2.Case of contact with friction under total sliding conditions -- 6.3.3.Case of contact with partial sliding -- 6.3.4.Elastic contact between two solids of different elastic modules -- 6.3.5.3D elastic contact -- 6.4.Elastic limit -- 6.5.Elastoplastic contact -- 6.5.1.Stationary methods -- 6.5.2.Direct cyclic method -- 6.6.Application to modeling of a few contact fatigue issues -- 6.6.1.General methodology -- 6.6.2.Initiation of fatigue cracks in rails -- 6.6.3.Propagation of initiated cracks -- 6.6.4.Application to fretting fatigue -- 6.7.Conclusion -- 6.8.Bibliography -- ch. 7 Thermal Fatigue / Luc Remy -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Characterization tests -- 7.2.1.Cyclic mechanical behavior -- 7.2.2.Damage -- 7.3.Constitutive and damage models at variable temperatures -- 7.3.1.Constitutive laws -- 7.3.2.Damage process modeling based on fatigue conditions -- 7.3.3.Modeling the damage process in complex cases: towards considering interactions with creep and oxidation phenomena -- 7.4.Applications -- 7.4.1.Exhaust manifolds in automotive industry -- 7.4.2.Cylinder heads made from aluminum alloys in the automotive industry -- 7.4.3.Brake disks in the rail and automotive industries -- 7.4.4.Nuclear industry pipes -- 7.4.5.Simple structures simulating turbine blades -- 7.5.Conclusion -- 7.6.Bibliography.…”
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Fatigue of materials and structures application to design and damage /

Table of Contents: “…Superposition" method -- 3.4.5.Superposition method: applicable examples -- 3.4.6.Numerical application exercise -- 3.5.Performing some "damage tolerance" calculations -- 3.5.1.Complementarity of fatigue and damage tolerance -- 3.5.2.Safety coefficients to understand curve a = f(N) -- 3.5.3.Acquisition of the material parameters -- 3.5.4.Negative parameter: corrosion -- "corrosion fatigue" -- 3.6.Application to the residual strength of thin sheets -- 3.6.1.Planar panels: Feddersen diagram -- 3.6.2.Case of stiffened panels -- 3.7.Propagation of cracks subjected to random loading in the aeronautic industry -- 3.7.1.Modeling of the interactions of loading cycles -- 3.7.2.Comparison of predictions with experimental results -- 3.7.3.Rainflow treatment of random loadings -- 3.8.Conclusion -- 3.8.1.Organization of the evolution of "damage tolerance" -- 3.8.2.Structural maintenance program -- 3.8.3.Inspection of structures being used -- 3.9.Damage tolerance within the gigacyclic domain -- 3.9.1.Observations on crack propagation -- 3.9.2.Propagation of a fish-eye with regards to damage tolerance -- 3.9.3.Example of a turbine disk subjected to vibration -- 3.10.Bibliography -- ch. 4 Defect Influence on the Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Materials / Gilles Baudry -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Some facts -- 4.2.1.Failure observation -- 4.2.2.Endurance limit level -- 4.2.3.Influence of the rolling reduction ratio and the effect of rolling direction -- 4.2.4.Low cycle fatigue: SN curves -- 4.2.5.Wohler curve: existence of an endurance limit -- 4.2.6.Summary -- 4.3.Approaches -- 4.3.1.First models -- 4.3.2.Kitagawa diagram -- 4.3.3.Murakami model -- 4.4.A few examples -- 4.4.1.Medium-loaded components: example of as-forged parts: connecting rods -- effect of the forging skin -- 4.4.2.High-loaded components: relative importance of cleanliness and surface state -- example of the valve spring -- 4.4.3.High-loaded components: Bearings-Endurance cleanliness relationship -- 4.5.Prospects -- 4.5.1.Estimation of lifetimes and their dispersions -- 4.5.2.Fiber orientation -- 4.5.3.Prestressing -- 4.5.4.Corrosion -- 4.5.5.Complex loadings: spectra/over-loadings/multiaxial loadings -- 4.5.6.Gigacycle fatigue -- 4.6.Conclusion -- 4.7.Bibliography -- ch. 5 Fretting Fatigue: Modeling and Applications / Trevor Lindley -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Experimental methods -- 5.2.1.Fatigue specimens and contact pads -- 5.2.2.Fatigue S-N data with and without fretting -- 5.2.3.Frictional force measurement -- 5.2.4.Metallography and fractography -- 5.2.5.Mechanisms in fretting fatigue -- 5.3.Fretting fatigue analysis -- 5.3.1.The S-N approach -- 5.3.2.Fretting modeling -- 5.3.3.Two-body contact -- 5.3.4.Fatigue crack initiation -- 5.3.5.Analysis of cracks: the fracture mechanics approach -- 5.3.6.Propagation -- 5.4.Applications under fretting conditions -- 5.4.1.Metallic material: partial slip regime -- 5.4.2.Epoxy polymers: development of cracks under a total slip regime -- 5.5.Palliatives to combat fretting fatigue -- 5.6.Conclusions -- 5.7.Bibliography -- ch. 6 Contact Fatigue / Ky Dang Van -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Classification of the main types of contact damage -- 6.2.1.Background -- 6.2.2.Damage induced by rolling contacts with or without sliding effect -- 6.2.3.Fretting -- 6.3.A few results on contact mechanics -- 6.3.1.Hertz solution -- 6.3.2.Case of contact with friction under total sliding conditions -- 6.3.3.Case of contact with partial sliding -- 6.3.4.Elastic contact between two solids of different elastic modules -- 6.3.5.3D elastic contact -- 6.4.Elastic limit -- 6.5.Elastoplastic contact -- 6.5.1.Stationary methods -- 6.5.2.Direct cyclic method -- 6.6.Application to modeling of a few contact fatigue issues -- 6.6.1.General methodology -- 6.6.2.Initiation of fatigue cracks in rails -- 6.6.3.Propagation of initiated cracks -- 6.6.4.Application to fretting fatigue -- 6.7.Conclusion -- 6.8.Bibliography -- ch. 7 Thermal Fatigue / Luc Remy -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Characterization tests -- 7.2.1.Cyclic mechanical behavior -- 7.2.2.Damage -- 7.3.Constitutive and damage models at variable temperatures -- 7.3.1.Constitutive laws -- 7.3.2.Damage process modeling based on fatigue conditions -- 7.3.3.Modeling the damage process in complex cases: towards considering interactions with creep and oxidation phenomena -- 7.4.Applications -- 7.4.1.Exhaust manifolds in automotive industry -- 7.4.2.Cylinder heads made from aluminum alloys in the automotive industry -- 7.4.3.Brake disks in the rail and automotive industries -- 7.4.4.Nuclear industry pipes -- 7.4.5.Simple structures simulating turbine blades -- 7.5.Conclusion -- 7.6.Bibliography.…”
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Mastering Lean Six Sigma advanced black belt concepts / by Taghizadegan, Salman, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Lean Six Sigma infrastructure: designing and engineering (Lean Six Sigma deployment) -- 3.1 Initiate financial growth need projects -- 3.2 Elements of successful Six Sigma implementation -- 3.2.1 Management system support and commitment -- 3.2.2 Well-trained belts -- 3.2.3 Well-defined projects and infrastructure -- 3.2.4 Lean Six Sigma success models -- 3.3 Roadmap for deployment phase -- 3.3.1 Envision financial growth needs projects -- 3.3.2 Launch the project initiative -- 3.3.3 Engineer, execute, and manage the project -- 3.3.4 Continuous progress and maintaining the momentum -- 3.3.5 Changing the way organizations work -- 3.4 Strategies to overcome organizational resistance to changes -- 3.5 Converting goals/objectives into actionable projects --…”
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Mastering Lean Six Sigma advanced black belt concepts / by Taghizadegan, Salman, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Lean Six Sigma infrastructure: designing and engineering (Lean Six Sigma deployment) -- 3.1 Initiate financial growth need projects -- 3.2 Elements of successful Six Sigma implementation -- 3.2.1 Management system support and commitment -- 3.2.2 Well-trained belts -- 3.2.3 Well-defined projects and infrastructure -- 3.2.4 Lean Six Sigma success models -- 3.3 Roadmap for deployment phase -- 3.3.1 Envision financial growth needs projects -- 3.3.2 Launch the project initiative -- 3.3.3 Engineer, execute, and manage the project -- 3.3.4 Continuous progress and maintaining the momentum -- 3.3.5 Changing the way organizations work -- 3.4 Strategies to overcome organizational resistance to changes -- 3.5 Converting goals/objectives into actionable projects --…”
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TouchPoints creating powerful leadership connections in the smallest of moments / by Conant, Douglas R., 1951-

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TouchPoints creating powerful leadership connections in the smallest of moments / by Conant, Douglas R., 1951-

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Venice Variations : Tracing the Architectural Imagination by Psarra, Sophia

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Planning and managing public relations campaigns : a strategic approach / by Gregory, Anne, 1953-

Planning and managing public relations campaigns : a strategic approach / by Gregory, Anne, 1953-

Time's river archaeological syntheses from the lower Mississippi River Valley /

Table of Contents: “…Homes Hogue -- Through the lens of the lithic analyst : the organization of Mississippi Delta chipped-stone technologies / Philip J. …”
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Cognition and motivation forging an interdisciplinary perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Eysenck -- Biological foundations : the seeking system as an affective source for motivation and cognition / Jeff Stewart and Jaak Panksepp -- Motivation, cognition and emotion : a phylogenetic interdisciplinary approach / Manfred Wimmer -- The social and cultural context of cognition : a knowledge perspective / Evelyn Au, Wendy Wan & Chi-yue Chiu -- Biological models of organisms and their evolutionary change : their importance for epistemology and different cultural traditions / Karl Edlinger -- What do genes have to do with cognition? …”
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Time's river archaeological syntheses from the lower Mississippi River Valley /

Table of Contents: “…Homes Hogue -- Through the lens of the lithic analyst : the organization of Mississippi Delta chipped-stone technologies / Philip J. …”
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Cognition and motivation forging an interdisciplinary perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Eysenck -- Biological foundations : the seeking system as an affective source for motivation and cognition / Jeff Stewart and Jaak Panksepp -- Motivation, cognition and emotion : a phylogenetic interdisciplinary approach / Manfred Wimmer -- The social and cultural context of cognition : a knowledge perspective / Evelyn Au, Wendy Wan & Chi-yue Chiu -- Biological models of organisms and their evolutionary change : their importance for epistemology and different cultural traditions / Karl Edlinger -- What do genes have to do with cognition? …”
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Labour law and worker protection in developing countries

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Labour law and worker protection in developing countries

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