Subject(s): Ireland -- History Summary: "Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists struggled for supremacy, a case study in conflict resolution or an economy that for a time promised to make the Irish among the wealthiest people on the

Subject(s): Sustainable construction -- Netherlands | Ecological houses -- Design and construction -- Netherlands | House construction -- Environmental aspects -- Netherlands | Dwellings -- Energy conservation -- Netherlands Summary: "To date, the focus in the field of sustainable building has been on new building design. However, existing

Subject(s): Mechatronics Summary: "This book explains the fundamentals of integrating different types of components and functions, both mechanical and electrical, to achieve optimal operation that meets a desired set of performance specifications. This integration will benefit performance, efficiency, reliability, cost, and environmental im

Subject(s): Heat -- Transmission | Heat equation | Inverse problems (Differential equations) | Heat engineering Summary: "The use of inverse problems constitutes a new research paradigm in which groups of theoretical, computational, and experimental researchers synergistically interact to better understand the physical phenomena being studi

Subject(s): Emulsion polymerization | Microencapsulation | Nanoparticles Summary: "Miniemulsion Polymeriziation Technology comprises 10 papers by many of the world's experts on the subject. It summarizes the recent advances in miniemulsion polymerization technology including the advances on the selection of surfactants and co-surfacta

Subject(s): Radio frequency integrated circuits -- Design and construction | Systems on a chip | Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary Summary: "This book provides perspectives on radio-frequency circuit and systems design, covering recent topics and developments in the RF area, exploring topics such as LNA linearization, behavioral mod

Subject(s): Lenox, Charles (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Private investigators -- Fiction -- England London | Murder -- Fiction -- Investigation | Mystery | London (England) -- Fiction Summary: Investigating the murder of a footman whose death is complicated by a false identity and unsettling facts about the victim's employers, Detect

Subject(s): Computer software -- Testing Summary: "Testing IT provides a complete, off-the-shelf software testing process framework for any testing practitioner who is looking to research, implement, roll out, adopt, and maintain a software testing process. It covers all aspects of testing for software developed or modified in-house, modifi

Subject(s): Investments | Corporations -- Finance | Capital investments Abstract: In these turbulent financial and economic times, the importance of sound investment decisions becomes a critical variable in underpinning future business success and, indeed, survival. The difficulties currently encountered globally by firms in both raising financ

Subject(s): Islam -- History -- United States | Muslims -- United States Summary: Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. The first recorded arrival was in the late fifteenth century when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic in search of new horizons and trading routes. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri