Subject(s): Robots -- Design and construction | Robotics Summary: "This book presents the latest theoretical and practical developments in the field of robotics. Each chapter covers basic theory and key topics, including actuators, sensors, and microcontrollers, followed by specific robot-building applications, such as robot swarms, legged

Subject(s): Executive ability | Chief executive officers | Leadership Summary: "Bestselling author and top business consultant D.A. Benton shows how to stay relevant and competitive in any stage of your career in today's fast-changing business environment The CEO Difference describes how to keep your career on an upwards trajectory thro

Subject(s): Heat -- Convection | Heat -- Transmission Summary: "With clear, concise coverage of the basics of convection, this textbook is written for senior/graduate students, from mechanical and other engineering majors, who have taken a basic heat transfer course. Balancing basic concepts with engineering applications, the new edition is

Subject(s): Social sciences -- Malaysia | Social sciences -- Research -- Malaysia | Social sciences -- Indonesia | Social sciences -- Research -- Indonesia Summary: Festschrift in honour of Professor Abdul Rahman Embong, a sociologist in Malaysia. Holdings: ,Book - General,Gombak Campus Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,H53 M3

Subject(s): Educational tests and measurements | Grading and marking (Students) Summary: Increased emphasis in many school systems on formal testing to mark student achievement and hold teachers accountable has begun to heighten concern among many educational policy makers, assessment specialists, and classroom teachers over questions of access

Subject(s): Mathematics, Ancient -- India | Astronomy, Ancient -- India | Mathematics -- History -- India | Astronomy -- History -- India Summary: "Already in 1786, Sir William Jones, founder of the Asiatick Society in Calcutta, wrote "What their astronomical and mathematical writings contain, will not, I trust, remain long a secret: th

Subject(s): Field programmable gate arrays Abstract: "Roughly a decade ago, power consumption and heat dissipation concerns forced the semiconductor industry to radically change its course, shifting from sequential to parallel computing. Unfortunately, improving performance of applications has now become much more difficult than in the good

Subject(s): Building -- Estimates | Life cycle costing Summary: "Whole life costing has been a subject waiting to come of age for many years. What was previously of mainly academic interest is now becoming a key business tool in the procurement and construction of significant projects. With the advent of PPP and in particular of PFI, detail

Subject(s): Electric circuits | Electrical engineering Summary: "A fully comprehensive text for courses in electrical principles, circuit theory, and electrical technology, providing 800 worked examples and over 1,000 further problems for students to work through at their own pace. This book is ideal for students studying engineering for th

Subject(s): Motivation in education Summary: "In this inspiring, humorous, and practical book he shows what you can do to help children of all ages develop into confident, thoughtful and independent learners. Based around the acronym ASK, this book explores attitudes, skills and knowledge to learning - what is required and how to develop th