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Embedded Software Development for Safety-Critical Systems Second Edition

Embedded Software Development for Safety-Critical Systems Second Edition

This is a book about the development of dependable embedded software. It is for systems designers implementers and verifiers who are experienced in general embedded software development but who are now facing the prospect of delivering a software-based system for a safety-critical application. It is aimed at those creating a product that must satisfy one or more of the international standards relating to safety-critical applications including IEC 61508 ISO 26262 EN 50128 EN 50657 IEC 62304 or related standards. Of the first edition Stephen Thomas PE Founder and Editor of FunctionalSafetyEngineer. com said I highly recommend Mr. Hobbs' book. | Embedded Software Development for Safety-Critical Systems Second Edition

GBP 66.99
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The Critical Point A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

The Critical Point A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869 Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics | The Critical Point A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

GBP 59.99
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Group-Theoretic Methods in Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Group-Theoretic Methods in Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Group analysis of differential equations has applications to various problems in nonlinear mechanics and physics. For the first time this book gives the systematic group analysis of main postulates of classical and relativistic mechanics. The consistent presentation of Lie group theory is illustrated by plentiful examples. Symmetries and conservation laws of differential equations are studied. Specific equations and problems of mechanics and physics are considered and exact solutions are given for the following equations: dynamics of rigid body heat transfer wave hydrodynamics Thomas-Fermi and more. The author pays particular attention to the application of group analysis to developing asymptotic methods of applied mathematics in problems with small parameter. The methods are used to solve basic equations (Van Der Pol's equation Duffing equation etc. ) encountered in the theory of nonlinear oscillations. This book is intended for a wide range of scientists engineers and students in the fields of applied mathematics mechanics and physics. | Group-Theoretic Methods in Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

GBP 56.99
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The Glycemic Index Applications in Practice

The Glycemic Index Applications in Practice

In 1981 David Jenkins Thomas Wolever and colleagues introduced the concept of the glycemic index (GI) to differentiate carbohydrates based on the rate of blood glucose rise following their consumption. Although GI was first used in diet therapy for diabetes research evidence has accumulated since then to thousands of publications from all over the world with applications for prevention and/or management of many diseases as well as effects on physiological states and exercise. The Glycemic Index: Applications in Practice has gathered together in an unbiased and critical way all the evidence and research on GI including diabetes cardiovascular disease cancer obesity polycystic ovary syndrome pregnancy outcomes sports performance eye health and cognitive functioning. It provides a detailed explanation on how to correctly measure a food’s GI how the GI of food products can be altered as well as the use and misuse of GI labelling around the globe. The contributors are either pioneers or experts in the area of GI from all around the globe including Australia Canada Europe and the United States. The book is a valuable source of information for healthcare professionals of various disciplines nutritionists dietitians food scientists medical doctors sports scientists psychologists public health (nutrition) policy makers and students in these fields as well as an important addition to university libraries. | The Glycemic Index Applications in Practice

GBP 44.99
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Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country

Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country

This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form play out over time in real complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance generated in this case by agriculture can spread an astonishing variety of altered hydrologic and sedimentation processes throughout a drainage basin. The changes have spatial and temporal patterns forced on them by the distinctive topographic structure of drainage basins. Through painstaking field surveys comparative photographic records careful dating a skillful eye for subtle landscape features and a geographer’s interdisciplinary understanding of landscape processes the author leads the reader through the arc of an instructive and encouraging story. Farmers—whose unfamiliarity with new environmental conditions led initially to landscape destruction impoverishment and instability—eventually adapted their land use and settlement practices and supported by government institutions recovered and enriched the same working landscape. For the natural scientist Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country illustrates how an initially simple alteration of land cover can set off a train of unanticipated changes to runoff erosion and sedimentation processes that spread through a landscape over decades—impoverishing downstream landscapes and communities. Distinct zones of the landscape respond differently and in sequence. The effects take a surprisingly long time to spread through a landscape because sediment moves short distances during storms and can persist for decades or centuries in relatively stable forms where it resists further movement because of consolidation plant reinforcement and low gradients. For the social scientist the book raises questions of whether and how people can be alerted early to their potential for environmental disturbance but also for learning and adopting restorative practices. Trimble’s commitment to all aspects of this problem should energize both groups. —Professor Thomas Dunne Bren School of Environmental Science and Management UC Santa Barbara

GBP 44.99
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Aeroponics Growing Vertical

Aeroponics Growing Vertical

Aeroponics: Growing Vertical covers aspects of the emerging technology aeroponics which is a sister to hydroponics involving state-of-the-art controlled environment agriculture. The book begins with an introduction of aeroponics followed by a summary of peer-reviewed technical literature conducted over 50 years involving various aspects of aeroponics. It covers the science and all the patent literature since 2001 to give the reader a comprehensive view of the innovations related to aeroponics. This book is a useful reference for people interested in learning about how aeroponics works. This book is for novices as well as scientists interested in research activities conducted in countries around the world as well as work in using aeroponics in outer space. Designed for the user interested in research conducted in the past this a helpful resource for those in the next generation of profitable agricultural endeavors. Features: · Comprehensive resource presenting key aspects of aeroponics · Focus on areas of aeroponics including its history science innovations business and practice · Provides a complete overview of the intellectual property associated with aeroponics · Presents a broad overview of research using aeroponic systems across the globe · Features information on key start-up businesses and activities that drive this technology Thomas Gurley earned a BA in chemistry from Houghton College and a PhD in analytical chemistry from Case Western Reserve University and has 40 years industrial chemistry experience with companies including Goodyear Abbott Labs and his consulting company Manning Wood LLC. He holds two Fulbright scholarships to Ukraine and Uganda. He is currently R&D Director for Aero Development Corporation a manufacturer of aeroponic commercial growing systems. He conducts research in aeroponics as an adjunct professor at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina. | Aeroponics Growing Vertical

GBP 24.99
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Exploring Roguelike Games

Exploring Roguelike Games

Since 1980 in-the-know computer gamers have been enthralled by the unpredictable random and incredibly deep gameplay of Rogue and those games inspired by it known to fans as roguelikes. For decades this venerable genre was off the radar of most players and developers for a variety of reasons: deceptively simple graphics (often just text characters) high difficulty and their demand that a player brings more of themselves to the game than your typical AAA title asks. This book covers many of the most prominent titles and explains in great detail what makes them interesting the ways to get started playing them the history of the genre and more. It includes interviews playthroughs and hundreds of screenshots. It is a labor of love: if even a fraction of the author’s enthusiasm for these games gets through these pages to you then you will enjoy it a great deal. Key Features: Playing tips and strategy for newcomers to the genre Core roguelikes Rogue Angband NetHack Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup ADOM and Brogue The lost roguelikes Super Rogue and XRogue and the early RPG dnd for PLATO systems The Japanese console roguelikes Taloon’s Mystery Dungeon and Shiren the Wanderer Lesser-known but extremely interesting games like Larn DoomRL HyperRogue Incursion and Dungeon Hack Rogue-ish games that blur the edges of the genre including Spelunky HyperRogue ToeJam & Earl Defense of the Oasis Out There and Zelda Randomizer Interviews with such developers as Keith Burgun (100 Rogues and Auro) Rodain Joubert (Desktop Dungeons) Josh Ge (Cogmind) Dr. Thomas Biskup (ADOM) and Robin Bandy (devnull public NetHack tournament) An interview regarding Strange Adventures in Infinite Space Design issues of interest to developers and enthusiasts Author Bio: John Harris has bumped around the Internet for more than 20 years. In addition to writing the columns @Play and Pixel Journeys for GameSetWatch and developer interviews for Gamasutra he has spoken at Roguelike Celebration. John Harris has a MA in English Literature from Georgia Southern University. | Exploring Roguelike Games

GBP 44.99
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