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Designer Drafting and Visualizing for the Entertainment World
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Subject(s): Mechanical drawing | Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery Summary: "In the second edition of Designer Drafting and Visualization for the Entertainment World, art director Patricia Woodbridge teams up with scenic designer and SCAD professor Hal Tiné to give you a dynamic glimpse into the world of designing for mainstream entert

A First Course in Machine Learning
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Subject(s): Machine learning Summary: "Machine Learning is rapidly becoming one of the most important areas of general practice, research and development activity within Computing Sci- ence. This is re ected in the scale of the academic research area devoted to the subject and the active recruitment of Machine Learning specialists by major

RFID Essentials, Innovations and Beyond
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Subject(s): Radio frequency identification systems Summary: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems are emerging as one of the most pervasive computing technologies due to their broad applicability. RFID systems consist of tiny integrated circuits equipped with antennas (RFID tags) that communicate with their reading devices (RFID readers

Realeconomik : the Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (And How to Avert the Next One)
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Subject(s): Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects | Recessions | Capitalism | Bank failures | Financial crises -- Prevention | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Summary: "This book directly confronts uncomfortable questions that many prefer to brush aside: if economists and other scholars, politicians, and business professionals understand t

International Journalism
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Subject(s): Foreign correspondents | Foreign news | Communication, International | Journalism Summary: "What is the future of the foreign correspondent -- is there one? Tracing the historical development of international reporting, Kevin Williams examines the organizational structures, occupational culture, and information environment in wh

Urban Poverty in China
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Subject(s): Urban poor -- China | China -- Social conditions -- 2000- Review: "Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but combine laid-of

Damaged : the Heartbreaking True Story of a Lost Little Girl
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Subject(s): Foster mothers -- Great Britain | Abused children -- Biography -- Great Britain | Foster home care -- Great Britain Summary: The author had fostered fifty children over twenty years but none of them had been as disturbed as Jodie, a troubled eight-year-old whose violence and aggression had seen off five foster carers in just four mo

Data Center Storage : cost-Effective Strategies, Implementation, and Management
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Subject(s): Computer storage devices | Electronic data processing departments -- Management Summary: "This work provides a storage industry insiders insight on how to properly scope, plan, evaluate, and implement storage technologies to maximize performance, capacity, reliability, and power savings. It covers all types of storage technology

The Religion Toolkit : a Complete Guide to Religious Studies
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Subject(s): Religion -- Study and teaching | Religion -- Research Summary: "This unique introductory textbook is a complete overview of Religious Studies, providing students with the essential knowledge and tools they need to explore and understand the nature of religion. In a lively and engaging way, the authors draw together the main elem

From Landfill Gas to Energy : Technologies and Challenges
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Subject(s): Gas as fuel | Landfill gases -- Recycling | Gas extraction | Sanitary landfills -- Byproducts Summary: "A comprehensive description of technologies available for converting old landfills to energy producers, and capturing the green house gases emitting from them. Its key assets are the case studies of successful landfill gas (LF

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