Subject(s): Building Summary: "Construction is a highly practical subject. Students on all built environment degree programmes are expected to know and understand building technology from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. Construction site visits are a popular way for students to become acquainted with the practical aspects of co

Subject(s): Women slaves -- Fiction -- Arabian Peninsula | Arabian Peninsula -- Fiction -- History -- 19th century Summary: It's 1833 and the British Navy are conducting a survey of the Arabian Peninsula where slavery is a rife as ever despite abolition. Zena, a headstrong and determined young Abyssinian beauty has been torn from her remote

Subject(s): Thorn (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Fiction Summary: "Silencer" pits brother against brother against wife against husband in a thriller that proves once again that Hall is a master of suspense ("Publishers Weekly"). Holdings: ,Book - General,Gom

Subject(s): Knowledge management Summary: Conceived just 15 years ago, knowledge management (KM) is the business discipline about which managers perhaps know the least. Having spent pots of money investing in it, the benefits ts are still marginal. That is because practitioners are still feeling their way. Now that the boom days are temporarily

Subject(s): Science -- Data processing | Database management | Supercomputers | Computer simulation | Data integration (Computer science) Summary: "Dealing with the volume, complexity, and diversity of data currently being generated by scientific experiments and simulations often causes scientists to waste productive time. Scientific Data M

Subject(s): Semantic computing | Context-aware computing Summary: "Develops a Comprehensive, Global Model for Contextually Based Processing Systems A new perspective on global information systems operation Helping to advance a valuable paradigm shift in the next generation and processing of knowledge, Introduction to Contextual Processing:

Subject(s): Psychology -- Cross-cultural studies -- Research Summary: "Cross-cultural research is now an undeniable part of mainstream psychology and has had a major impact on conceptual models of human behavior. Although it is true that the basic principles of social psychological methodology and data analysis are applicable to cross-cultu

Subject(s): Democratization -- History -- 20th century -- Korea (South) | Korea (South) -- History -- 1988-2002 | Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1988-2002 | Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1988- | Korea (South) -- History -- 2002- | Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 2002- | Korea (South) -- History -- 1960-1988 | Kore

Subject(s): Jacobs, Alice (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Brothers -- Fiction | Revenge -- Fiction | English fiction Summary: Alice Jacobs has finally found the family she always wanted...With her shy smile and kind nature, Alice wins the hearts of the Arnold family. A decent and well respected couple,Tom and Nancy Arnold have raised two ve

Subject(s): Pathogenic bacteria | Bacterial diseases | Molecular diagnosis Summary: "As more original molecular protocols and subsequent modifications are described in the literature, it has become difficult for those not directly involved in the development of these protocols to know which are most appropriate to adopt for accurate identif