Subject(s): Supervision of employees | Interpersonal relations | Management Summary: "Help your boss to help YOURSELFWays and Means for Managing Up takes the unique position that the best way to succeed professionally is to play an instrumental role in your boss's success. Having served 30 years in the Army and reporting directly to two

Subject(s): Building, Iron and steel -- Materials | Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics | Strengthening mechanisms in solids | Fiber-reinforced plastics | Adhesives Summary: "This book comprehensively covers the behavior and design of fiber reinforced polymer strengthened metallic structures based on existing international research. It begins

Subject(s): Byzantine Empire. Stratos | Christian patron saints -- Cult -- Byzantine Empire | Christian martyrs -- Cult -- Byzantine Empire | War -- Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 | Byzantine Empire -- History, Military -- 1081-1453 | Byzantine Empire -- Church history Summary: "The rulers of th

Subject(s): Electric generators -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Dwellings -- Maintenance and repair Summary: This complete and practical guide shows you, step by step, how to choose the best generator for your needs, safely and properly install it, and handle troubleshooting and maintenance. Home Generator Selection, Installation, and Repair cover

Subject(s): Biochemical markers Summary: The Path from Biomarker Discovery to Regulatory Qualification is a unique guide that focuses on biomarker qualification, its history and current regulatory settings in both the US and abroad. This multi-contributed book provides a detailed look at the next step to developing biomarkers for clinical use a

Subject(s): Language and languages -- Study and teaching History Summary: "Konrad Koerner, a leading historian of linguistics, has long said that an academic field cannot be considered to have matured until it has history as one of its subfields. The history of linguistics is a growing area, having come into its own in the 1960s, especially

Subject(s): Bridges -- Floors Materials | Fiber-reinforced concrete | Polymer-impregnated concrete Summary: "This book presents the analysis and design of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) decks, which have been increasingly implemented in rehabilitation projects and new construction due to their reduced weight, lower maintenance costs, and en

Subject(s): Communication in families | Dysfunctional families Summary: "This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life, ranging from, for example, severe acts of violence to more subtle forms of conflict. In addition to offering a working definition of the c

Subject(s): Production engineering -- Textbooks | Product design -- Textbooks Summary: "This textbook provides a conceptual framework and methodologies for integrating product design and manufacturing. The readers should be able to use the framework and methodologies provided to jointly optimize the design/re-design of new products and manu

Subject(s): Mobile communication systems -- Security measures Abstract: Recently, mobile security has garnered considerable interest in both the research community and industry due to the popularity of smartphones. The current smartphone platforms are open systems that allow application development, also for malicious parties. To protect the mo