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Power Converter Circuits

Power Converter Circuits

This text reveals all key components of rectification inversion cycloconversion and conversion circuits. It authoritatively describes switching voltage and current relationships and converter properties operation control and performance as utilized in most practical applications. Authored jointly by a veteran scholar and an accomplished researcher in the field Power Converter Circuits highlights methods grounded in classical mathematics and includes an abundance of numerical worked examples. Features hundreds of chapter-specific problems with solutions provided separately at the end of the book

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Going beyond Parochialism and Fragmentation in the Study of International Relations

Going beyond Parochialism and Fragmentation in the Study of International Relations

International Relations (IR) as a discipline is a western dominated enterprise. This has led to calls to broaden the scope and vision of the discipline by embracing a wider range of histories experiences and theoretical perspectives – particularly those outside the Anglo-American core of the West. The ongoing ‘broadening IR projects’ – be they ‘non-Western IR’ ‘post-Western IR’ or ‘Global IR’ – are making contributions in this regard. However some careful thinking is needed here in that these attempts could also lead to a national or regional ‘inwardness’ that works to reproduce the very parochialism that is being challenged. The main intellectual concerns of this edited volume are problematising Western parochialism in IR; giving theoretical and epistemological substance to pluralism in the field of IR based on both Western and non-Western thoughts and experiences; and working out ways to move the discipline of IR one step closer to a dialogic community. A key issue that cuts across all contributions in the volume is to go beyond both parochialism and fragmentation in international studies. In order to address the manifold and contested implications of pluralism in in the field of IR the volume draws on the wealth of experience and research of prominent and emerging IR scholars whose contributions make up the work with a mixture of theoretical analysis and case studies. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in Global IR and promoting dialogue in a pluralist IR. | Going beyond Parochialism and Fragmentation in the Study of International Relations

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Infrared Detectors

Infrared Detectors

Completely revised and reorganized while retaining the approachable style of the first edition Infrared Detectors Second Edition addresses the latest developments in the science and technology of infrared (IR) detection. Antoni Rogalski an internationally recognized pioneer in the field covers the comprehensive range of subjects necessary to understand modern IR detector theory and technology. He presents each topic with a brief summary of historical background followed by summary of principles underlying performance an overview of properties and analysis of the state of the art. Divided into four sections the book covers fundaments of IR detection IR thermal detectors IR photon detectors and focal plane arrays. It begins with a tutorial introduction to essential of different types of IR detectors and systems. The author explores the theory and technology of different thermal detectors and then moves on to the theory and technology of photon detectors. He concludes his treatment with a discussion of IR focal plane arrays where relations between performance of detector array and infrared system quality are considered. New to the Second Edition:Fundamentals of IR detection radiometry and flux-transfer issues needed for IR detector and system analysisMajor achievements and trends in the development of IR detectors Novel uncooled detectors such as cantilever antenna and optically coupled detectorsType II superlattice detectorsQuantum dot IR detectorsTerahertz (THz) arrays and new generation of IR detectors so-called third generation detectorsThe author accomplishes the difficult task of making the information accessible to a wide readership. A comprehensive analysis of the latest developments in IR detector technology and basic insight into the fundamental processes important to evolving detection techniques the book provides the most complete and up-to-date resource of its kind including a summary of useful data guide to the literature and overview of applications.

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Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia IR Perspectives in Context

Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia IR Perspectives in Context

Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia is for the informed the interested and the engaged. Sorpong Peou brings together the skills of the pedagogue with the knowledge of the scholar. Dr. David Dewitt University Professor Emeritus Senior Scholar York University Toronto Canada. Peou’s excellent book provides both the lay reader and the specialist with six important theoretical frameworks which should provide the basis for better appreciation of what a security community in Indo-Pacific Asia means in our world today. There are very few scholars who understand the region like Peou. Dr. W. Andy Knight Professor of Political Science the University of Alberta Canada. Sorpong Peou’s extraordinary breadth of knowledge of both International Relations theory and the key trends in Indo-Pacific Asia shines through in this authoritative analysis. Dr. Richard Stubbs Professor of Political Science McMaster University Canada. A pedagogical approach of the textbook that is appreciated is how the author respectfully engages with the theories of IR and is not pushing an agenda of denouncing some theories and trying to persuade the reader of others. We live in such polarizing times that it is truly refreshing to read scholarly work that avoids sensationalistic attacks on theories that have been debated for decades. Each theory in this manuscript is explored on its own terms and the reader is encouraged to figure out where they stand on these enduring debates in the context of Indo-Pacific security. The approach will lead to compelling classroom discussions of the theories and the politics of the region. This book is a must-read for any student or observer of security trends in the region. Dr. Mark Williams Chair and Professor of Political Studies Vancouver Island University B. C. Canada. | Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia IR Perspectives in Context

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Withdrawal from Immanuel Kant and International Relations The Global Unlimited

Withdrawal from Immanuel Kant and International Relations The Global Unlimited

This book shows how the flawed orientation forming Immanuel Kant’s philosophical project is the same from which the discipline of International Relations (IR) becomes possible and appears necessary. Tracing how core problems in Kant’s thought are inescapably reproduced in IR this book demonstrates that constructive critique of IR is impossible through mere challenge to its Kantian traditions. It argues that confrontation with the Kantian character of IR demands fundamental withdrawal from their shared aims. Investigating the global limits inherent to epistemological and ontological commitments of Kant’s writings and IR this interdisciplinary study interrogates the racism sexism coloniality white male privilege and anthropocentricism of both as sites from which such withdrawal may be initiated. Following queer and feminist examinations of how Kant and IR discipline a joint orientation through sex gender and sexuality it indicates how withdrawal is possible. And considering how Anishinaabe legal tradition opens freedom beyond the restricting horizons of Kant and IR this book contemplates withdrawal from both as leading to a global unlimited. An essential text for advanced undergraduate and graduate studies this book will also be of strong interest to those studying the thinking and writings of Kant neo- and post-Kantian scholarship and IR theory. | Withdrawal from Immanuel Kant and International Relations The Global Unlimited

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Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations Ongoing Debates and Sociological Realities

Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations Ongoing Debates and Sociological Realities

This edited volume offers arguably the first systemic and critical assessment of the debates about and contestations to the construction of a putative Chinese School of IR as sociological realities in the context of China’s rapid rise to a global power status. Contributors to this volume scrutinize a particular approach to worlding beyond the West as a conscious effort to produce alternative knowledge in an increasingly globalized discipline of IR. Collectively they grapple with the pitfalls and implications of such intellectual creativity drawing upon local traditions and concerns knowledge claims and indigenous sources for the global production of knowledge of IR. They also consider critically how such assertions of Chinese voices and articulation of their ambition for theoretical innovation from the disciplinary margins contribute to the emergence of a Global IR as a truly inclusive discipline that recognizes its multiple and diverse foundations. Reflecting the varied perspectives of both the active participants in the Chinese School of IR debates within China and the observers and critics outside China this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of IR theory Non-Western IR and Chinese Studies. | Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations Ongoing Debates and Sociological Realities

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The Routledge Handbook of Russian International Relations Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Russian International Relations Studies

This handbook examines the study of international relations (IR) in Russia giving a comprehensive analysis of historical theoretic-conceptual geographical and institutional aspects. It identifies the place and role of Russia in global IR and discusses the factors that facilitate or impede the development of Russian IR studies. The contributors represent diverse Russian regions and IR schools and offer an overview of different intellectual traditions and key IR paradigms in the post-Soviet era. Filling the vacuum in international understanding of the Russian perspective on pivotal international issues they demonstrate the continuity and change in Russia’s international policy course over the past three decades and explain how different foreign policy schools and concepts have affected Russian foreign policy making and the decision-making process. Providing a unique contribution to the discussion on non-Western IR theory this handbook will appeal to scholars and students of international relations Russian studies world politics and international studies. | The Routledge Handbook of Russian International Relations Studies

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Peace in International Relations

Peace in International Relations

This updated and revised second edition examines the conceptualisation and evolution of peace in International Relations (IR) theory. The book examines the concept of peace and its usage in the main theoretical debates in IR including realism liberalism constructivism critical theory and post-structuralism as well as in the more direct debates on peace and conflict studies. It explores themes relating to culture development agency and structure not just in terms of representations of IR and of peace but in terms of the discipline of IR itself. The work also specifically explores the recent mantras associated with liberal and neoliberal versions of peace which appear to have become foundational for much of the mainstream literature and for doctrines for peace and development in the policy world. Analysing war has often led to the dominance – and mitigation – of violence as a basic assumption in and response to the problems of IR. This study aims to redress this negative balance by arguing that the discipline offers a rich basis for the study of peace which has advanced significantly over the last century or so. It also proposes innovative theoretical dimensions of the study of peace with new chapters discussing post-colonial and digital developments. This book will be of great interest to students of peace and conflict studies politics and IR.

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China and International Theory The Balance of Relationships

China and International Theory The Balance of Relationships

Major IR theories which stress that actors will inevitably only seek to enhance their own interests tend to contrive binaries of self and other and ‘inside’ and ‘outside’. By contrast this book recognizes the general need of all to relate which they do through various imagined resemblances between them. The authors of this book therefore propose the ‘balance of relationships’ (BoR) as a new international relations theory to transcend binary ways of thinking. BoR theory differs from mainstream IR theories owing to two key differences in its epistemological position. Firstly the theory explains why and how states as socially-interrelated actors inescapably pursue a strategy of self-restraint in order to join a network of stable and long-term relationships. Secondly owing to its focus on explaining bilateral relations BoR theory bypasses rule-based governance. By positing ‘relationality’ as a key concept of Chinese international relations this book shows that BoR can also serve as an important concept in the theorization of international relations more broadly. The rising interest in developing a Chinese school of IR means the BoR theory will draw attention from students of IR theory comparative foreign policy Chinese foreign policy East Asia cultural studies post-Western IR post-colonial studies and civilizational politics. | China and International Theory The Balance of Relationships

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Routledge Handbook of International Relations in the Middle East

Routledge Handbook of International Relations in the Middle East

This handbook examines the regional and international dynamics of the Middle East. It challenges the state society dichotomy to make sense of decision-making and behavior by ruling regimes. The 33 chapter authors include the world’s leading scholars of the Middle East and International Relations (IR) in order to make sense of the region. This synthesis of area studies expertise and IR theory provides a unique and rigorous account of the region’s current dynamics which have reached a crisis point since the beginning of the Arab Spring. The Middle East has been characterized by volatility for more than a century. Although the region attracts significant scholarly interest IR theory has rarely been used as a tool to understand events. The constructivist approach in IR highlights the significance of state identity shaped by history and culture in making sense of international relations. The authors of this volume consider how IR theory can elucidate the patterns and principles that shape the region in order to provide a rigorous account of the contemporary challenges of the Middle East. The Routledge Handbook of International Relations in the Middle East provides comprehensive coverage of International Relations issues in the region. Thus it offers key resources for researchers and students interested in International Relations and the Middle East.

GBP 42.99
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Latin America in Global International Relations

Latin America in Global International Relations

Using decades of their own insight into teaching undergraduate International Relations (IR) courses leading experts offer an introduction to IR thinking throughout history in Latin America unfolding ideas voices concepts and approaches from the region that can contribute to the broader Global IR discussion. The book highlights and discuss the growing possibility of a Latin American agency defined broadly to include both material and ideational elements in regional and international relations covering areas where Latin America’s contributions are especially visible and relevant such as regionalism international law security management and Latin America’s relations with the outside world. This is not about exclusively Latin American solutions to Latin American problems but rather about contributions in which Latin Americans define the terms for understanding the issues and set the terms for the nature and scope of outside involvement. Written with verve and clarity Latin America in Global International Relations exposes readers to the relevance of redefining and broadening IR theory. It will serve as a guide for instructors in structuring their courses and in identifying the place of Latin America in the discipline.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Applying Secure Acquisition Principles to Ensure a Trusted Technology Product

Supply Chain Risk Management Applying Secure Acquisition Principles to Ensure a Trusted Technology Product

The book presents the concepts of ICT supply chain risk management from the perspective of NIST IR 800-161. It covers how to create a verifiable audit-based control structure to ensure comprehensive security for acquired products. It explains how to establish systematic control over the supply chain and how to build auditable trust into the products and services acquired by the organization. It details a capability maturity development process that will install an increasingly competent process and an attendant set of activities and tasks within the technology acquisition process. It defines a complete and correct set of processes activities tasks and monitoring and reporting systems. | Supply Chain Risk Management Applying Secure Acquisition Principles to Ensure a Trusted Technology Product

GBP 62.99
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Islam in International Relations Politics and Paradigms

Islam in International Relations Politics and Paradigms

Islam in International Relations: Politics and Paradigms analyses the interaction between Islam and IR. It shows how Islam is a conceptualization of ideas that affect people’s thinking and behaviour in their capacity to relate with IR as both discipline and practice. This approach challenges Western-based and defined epistemological and ontological foundations of the discipline and by doing so contributes to worlding IR as a field of study and practice by presenting and discussing a broad range of standpoints from within Islamic civilization. The volume opens with the presentation and discussion of the international thought of a major Muslim leader followed by a chapter that addresses the ethical practice of IR from traditional pacifism to modern Arab political philosophy. It then switches to applying constructivism as a tool to understand Islam in world affairs and proceeds to address the issue of how the ethnocentric approach of Western academia has hindered our understanding of world affairs. The volume moves on to address the ISIS phenomenon a current urgent issue in world affairs and closes with a look at Islamic geopolitics. This comprehensive collection will be of great interest to students scholars and policy-makers with a focus on the Muslim world. | Islam in International Relations Politics and Paradigms

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What's the Point of International Relations?

What's the Point of International Relations?

What’s the Point of International Relations casts a critical eye on what it is that we think we are doing when we study and teach international relations (IR). It brings together many of IR’s leading thinkers to challenge conventional understandings of the discipline’s origins history and composition. It sees IR as a discipline that has much to learn from others which has not yet lived up to its ambitions or potential and where much work remains to be done. At the same time it finds much that is worth celebrating in the discipline’s growing pluralism and views IR as a deeply political critical and normative pursuit. The volume is divided into five parts: • What is the point of IR? • The origins of a discipline • Policing the boundaries • Engaging the world • Imagining the future Although each chapter alludes to and/or discusses central aspects of all of these components each part is designed to capture the central thrust of the concerns of the contributors. Moving beyond western debate orthodox perspectives and uncritical histories this volume is essential reading for all scholars and advanced level students concerned with the history development and future of international relations. | What's the Point of International Relations?

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The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

This book merges macro- and micro-level analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to dissect China’s aim in creating an integrated Eurasian continent through this single mega-project. BRI has been the source of much interest and confusion as established frameworks of analysis seek to understand China’s intentions behind the policy. China’s international activity in the early 21st century has not yet been successfully theorised by IR scholars because of a failure to satisfactorily encompass its complexity. In addition the mix-and-match syncretism of the Chinese approach to foreign policy has been under-emphasised or omitted in many analyses. Bringing together complexity thinking and analytic eclecticism to assess the degree to which this scheme can transform international relations Garlick critically examines this large-scale interconnectivity project and its potential impacts. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of international relations and China studies including academics policy-makers and diplomats around the world. | The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative From Asia to Europe

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International Relations from the Global South Worlds of Difference

International Relations from the Global South Worlds of Difference

This exciting new textbook challenges the implicit notions inherent in most existing International Relations (IR) scholarship and instead presents the subject as seen from different vantage points in the global South. Divided into four sections (1) the IR discipline (2) key concepts and categories (3) global issues and (4) IR futures it examines the ways in which world politics have been addressed by traditional core approaches and explores the limitations of these treatments for understanding both Southern and Northern experiences of the international. The book encourages readers to consider how key ideas have been developed in the discipline and through systematic interventions by contributors from around the globe aims at both transforming and enriching the dominant terms of scholarly debate. This empowering critical and reflexive tool for thinking about the diversity of experiences of international relations and for placing them front and center in the classroom will help professors and students in both the global North and the global South envision the world differently. In addition to general introductory IR courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels it will appeal to courses on sociology and historiography of knowledge globalization neoliberalism security the state imperialism and international political economy. | International Relations from the Global South Worlds of Difference

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Just War Thinkers From Cicero to the 21st Century

Just War Thinkers From Cicero to the 21st Century

This volume offers a set of concise and accessible introductions to the seminal figures in the historical development of the just war tradition. In what if any circumstances are political communities justified in going to war? And what limits should apply to the conduct of any such war? The just war tradition is a body of thought that helps us think through these very questions. Its core ideas have been subject to fierce debate for over 2 000 years. Yet they continue to play a prominent role in how political and military leaders address the challenges posed by the use of force in international society. Until now there has been no text that offers concise and accessible introductions to the key figures associated with the tradition. Stepping into this breach Just War Thinkers provides a set of clear but detailed essays by leading experts on nineteen seminal thinkers from Cicero to Jeff McMahan. This volume challenges the reader to think about how traditions are constituted—who is included and excluded and how that is determined—and how they serve to enable constrain and indeed channel subsequent thought debate and exchange. This book will be of much interest to students of just war tradition and theory ethics and war philosophy security studies and IR. | Just War Thinkers From Cicero to the 21st Century

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The Analytics Revolution in Higher Education Big Data Organizational Learning and Student Success

The Analytics Revolution in Higher Education Big Data Organizational Learning and Student Success

Co-published with and In this era of “Big Data ” institutions of higher education are challenged to make the most of the information they have to improve student learning outcomes close equity gaps keep costs down and address the economic needs of the communities they serve at the local regional and national levels. This book helps readers understand and respond to this “analytics revolution ” examining the evolving dynamics of the institutional research (IR) function and the many audiences that institutional researchers need to serve. Internally there is a growing need among senior leaders administrators faculty advisors and staff for decision analytics that help craft better resource strategies and bring greater efficiencies and return-on-investment for students and families. Externally state legislators the federal government and philanthropies demand more forecasting and more evidence than ever before. These demands require new and creative responses as they are added to previous demands rather than replacing them nor do they come with additional resources to produce the analysis to make data into actionable improvements. Thus the IR function must become that of teacher ensuring that data and analyses are accurate timely accessible and compelling whether produced by an IR office or some other source. Despite formidable challenges IR functions have begun to leverage big data and unlock the power of predictive tools and techniques contributing to improved student outcomes. | The Analytics Revolution in Higher Education Big Data Organizational Learning and Student Success

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The International Politics of Fashion Being Fab in a Dangerous World

The International Politics of Fashion Being Fab in a Dangerous World

This book seeks to address and fill a puzzling omission in contemporary critical IR scholarship. Following on from the aesthetic turn in IR critical and ‘postmodern’ IR has produced an impressive array of studies into movies literature music and art and the way these media produce mediate and represent international politics. By contrast the proponents of the aesthetic turn have overlooked fashion as a source of knowledge about global politics. Yet stories about the political role of fashion abound in the news media. Margaret Thatcher used dress to define her political image and more recently the fascination with Michelle Obama Carla Bruni and other women in similar positions and the discussions about the appropriateness of their wardrobes regularly makes the news. In Sudan a female writer and activist successfully challenged the government over her right to wear trousers in public and in Europe the debate on women’s headscarves has politicised a garment item and turned it into a symbol of fundamentalism and oppression. In response the contributors to this book investigate the politics of fashion from a variety of perspectives addressing theoretical as well as empirical issues establishing the critical study of fashion and its protagonists as a central contribution to the aesthetic turn in international politics. The politics of fashion go beyond these examples of the uses and abuses of textiles and fabrics for political purposes extending into its very ‘grammar’ and vocabulary. This book will be a unique contribution to the field and will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations critical IR theory and popular culture and world politics. | The International Politics of Fashion Being Fab in a Dangerous World

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Vibrational Spectroscopy for Tissue Analysis

Vibrational Spectroscopy for Tissue Analysis

A rapidly growing field vibrational spectroscopy has found applications in industries including pharmaceutical manufacture food and drug safety and process monitoring on production lines. In particular interest in clinical spectroscopy is rising rapidly as researchers recognize the potential of the vibrational spectroscopic techniques—Infrared (IR) and Raman Spectroscopy—as noninvasive tissue diagnosis tools. However the details of the characteristic peak frequencies and their relationship to specific functional groups present in the biological tissues have not been fully understood. Vibrational Spectroscopy for Tissue Analysis introduces IR and Raman Spectroscopy to those scientists who are either using these spectroscopic techniques to address clinical problems or planning to use spectroscopy to analyze clinical tissues and understand their chemical composition. By compiling the interpretations and understandings of the spectral peaks of the biological molecules in one place this book aids in the understanding of IR and Raman Spectroscopy and what these techniques can offer both in early diagnosis of the disease and monitoring of the progression of the disease. Despite the tremendous advances in the field of spectroscopy where new applications are emerging at the pace of development there are still areas of research that are crying for further exploration. This book bridges the gap between the spectroscopic research and medical applications.

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Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Fundamentals to Applications

Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Fundamentals to Applications

Electric motors are the largest consumer of electric energy and they play a critical role in the growing market for electrification. Due to their simple construction switched reluctance motors (SRMs) are exceptionally attractive for the industry to respond to the increasing demand for high-efficiency high-performance and low-cost electric motors with a more secure supply chain. Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Fundamentals to Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering the major aspects of switched reluctance motor drives. It provides an overview of the use of electric motors in the industrial residential commercial and transportation sectors. It explains the theory behind the operation of switched reluctance motors and provides models to analyze them. The book extensively concentrates on the fundamentals and applications of SRM design and covers various design details such as materials mechanical construction and controls. Acoustic noise and vibration is the most well-known issue in switched reluctance motors but this can be reduced significantly through a multidisciplinary approach. These methodologies are explained in two chapters of the book. The first covers the fundamentals of acoustic noise and vibration so readers have the necessary tools to analyze the problems and explains the surface waves spring-mass models forcing harmonics and mode shapes that are utilized in modeling and analyzing acoustic noise and vibration. The second applies these fundamentals to switched reluctance motors and provides examples for determining the sources of any acoustic noise in switched reluctance motors. In the final chapter two SRM designs are presented and proposed as replacements for permanent magnet machines in a residential HVAC application and a hybrid-electric propulsion application. It also shows a high-power and compact converter design for SRM drives. Features:Comprehensive coverage of switched reluctance motor drives from fundamental principles to design operation and applicationsA specific chapter on electric motor usage in industrial residential commercial and transportation applications to address the benefits of switched reluctance machinesTwo chapters address acoustic noise and vibration in detailNumerous illustrations and practical examples on the design modeling and analysis of switched reluctance motor drivesExamples of switched reluctance motor and drive design | Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Fundamentals to Applications

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Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance

Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance

Since the publication of the first edition of this book the area of mathematical finance has grown rapidly with financial analysts using more sophisticated mathematical concepts such as stochastic integration to describe the behavior of markets and to derive computing methods. Maintaining the lucid style of its popular predecessor Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance Second Edition incorporates some of these new techniques and concepts to provide an accessible up-to-date initiation to the field. New to the Second EditionComplements on discrete models including Rogers' approach to the fundamental theorem of asset pricing and super-replication in incomplete marketsDiscussions on local volatility Dupire's formula the change of numéraire techniques forward measures and the forward Libor model A new chapter on credit risk modelingAn extension of the chapter on simulation with numerical experiments that illustrate variance reduction techniques and hedging strategiesAdditional exercises and problemsProviding all of the necessary stochastic calculus theory the authors cover many key finance topics including martingales arbitrage option pricing American and European options the Black-Scholes model optimal hedging and the computer simulation of financial models. They succeed in producing a solid introduction to stochastic approaches used in the financial world.

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Introduction to the Principalship Theory to Practice

Introduction to the Principalship Theory to Practice

The second edition of this textbook from respected author team Kaplan and Owings explores how principals can effectively build a culture around student achievement. Introduction to the Principalship a second edition closely aligned with NELP (2018) standards helps aspiring principals understand how to develop a vision for improvement make decisions and manage conflict build teachers’ capacity communicate monitor the organization’s performance and create a school climate of mutual respect. This important book provides readers with various leadership concepts to inform their practice as well as the cognitive and practical tools to evaluate and prioritize what leadership actions to take. Each chapter offers opportunities for readers to create personal meaning and explore new ways of doing leadership to advance a positive person-focused environment. Providing both the theoretical framework and skills for effective practice Introduction to the Principalship addresses the issues most urgent and relevant for educational leadership graduate students learning how to build a school culture that promotes every student’s success. Fully revised this second edition includes a new chapter on building your capacity for leadership expanded discussion of data-informed accountability equity considerations and crisis management and all chapters updated and revised throughout to reflect the latest developments in the field. Special Features: •Learning Objectives—chapter openers introduce the topic and initiate student thinking. •Reflections and Relevance—interactive exercises role plays class activities and assignments that can be used synchronously and asynchronously to deepen and extend student learning. •Key Takeaways—organized by learning objective these answer readers’ question What about this information is meaningful for me as an aspiring principal? •Suggested Readings—each chapter concludes with annotated suggested readings to extend and deepen discussion of key issues in chapter. •NELP Standards—each chapter is aligned to the latest school leadership licensure standards. •Companion Website—includes links to supplemental material additional readings video clips with related teaching and learning activities and PowerPoints for instructors. | Introduction to the Principalship Theory to Practice

GBP 64.99
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Style Bible What to Wear to Work

Style Bible What to Wear to Work

First impressions (and second ones!) count whether you are an intern or a CEO. Lauren A. Rothman addresses an age-old dilemma: how to be appropriate and stylish in the workplace. Based on a decade of experience in the fashion industry she addresses the basics of fashion and executive presence by offering advice anecdotes and style alerts that help readers avoid major fashion faux pas at the office. Style Bible: What to Wear to Work is the must-have resource for the modern professional male or female climbing the ladder of success. Lauren identifies the ultimate wardrobe essentials and reveals shopping strategies and destinations for the everyday person. Style Bible complete with helpful illustrations is the go-to manual on how to dress for every professional occasion and a valuable resource for understanding dress codes by industry city and gender so that your visual cues will make a strong impact. Make a commitment to being better dressed at work with Style Bible. | Style Bible What to Wear to Work

GBP 175.00
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