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The Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow Fundamentals Handbook was
developed to assist nuclear facility operating contractors provide operators, maintenance
personnel, and the technical staff with the necessary fundamentals training to…

It is true that unmotivated subjects in unfamiliar situations don’t play as game theory predicts. So if game theory had to predict interactive human under all circumstances to be worthy of attention, it would in-
deed be a failure. But who would…

Being an artist is something that many people aspire too, but often fail at. Why the failure?
It is usually simply expecting to make world class art in a very short period of time and
getting discouraged.
However, there is no …

Welcome to Dreamweaver CS6: Visual
QuickStart Guide! Adobe Dreamweaver
has long (initially under its previous name,
Macromedia Dreamweaver) been the
premier visual tool for Web site developers,
allowing you to build great-looking Web
pages and…

Driving is a complex, multitask activity. Despite this, it is not unusual to see drivers
engage simultaneously in other nondriving tasks. The potential consequences of
doing so were borne out in a landmark incident that occurred on the morning of…

Gearbox is the core part of a wind turbine which realizes the transmission and
energy transfer from wind blades to electric generator. The dynamics and vibration
properties of the gearbox especially of its geared rotor systems…

The creators of curricula at technical universities have known for a long time that
a good designer, apart from the skills of coding, should possess interdisciplinary
knowledge. In addition to teaching mechanics, strength of materials, basics of…

It is estimated that between a third and a half of the world’s population—approximately three billion people on six continents— lives in buildings constructed of earth. The typologies of earthen architecture, however, extend beyond buildings…

That’s what New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia said back in 1934. Not
many people understood the meaning or the impact of Mayor LaGuardia’s
statement, because he said it in Latin. (“E finita la cuccagna,” said the mayor.)
But today,…

This book provides a general introduction to developing plug-ins for the Eclipse platform. No
prior experience, other than Java, is necessary to be able to follow the examples presented
in this book. By the end of the book, you should be able to…