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![]() Understanding Elections through Statistics: Polling, Prediction, and Testing English | 2021 | ISBN: 0367895374 | 226 Pages | PDF | 11 MB Elections are random events. From individuals deciding whether to vote, to people deciding for whom to vote, to election authorities deciding what to count, the outcomes of competitive democratic elections are rarely known until election day...or beyond. Understanding Elections through Statistics: Polling, Prediction, and Testing explores this random phenomenon from two points of view: predicting the election outcome using opinion polls and testing the election outcome using government-reported data. ![]() Ultrasound for Material Characterization and Processing by Francesca Lionetto English | PDF | 2021 | 189 Pages | ISBN : N/A | 31.1 MB Ultrasonic waves are nowadays used for multiple purposes in many different fields from the non-destructive inspection of materials to sonochemical synthesis of materials and welding. Usually, ultrasonic applications are divided into low intensity/high frequency ultrasound and high intensity/low frequency ultrasound. Low intensity ultrasound transmits energy through the medium in order to obtain the information about the medium or to convey information through the medium. ![]() Turkey`s Water Policy: National Frameworks and International Cooperation by Aysegul Kibaroglu English | PDF | 2011 | 426 Pages | ISBN : 3642196357 | 3.7 MB Water is a strategic natural resource of vital importance to all nations. As such it has been the cause of several international disputes. For Turkey especially, water is crucial to social and economic development. Turkey's current national water regime that emphasises water resources development and management for productive uses, however, faces growing environmental concerns and international criticism regarding transboundary water cooperation. ![]() Triple Double: Using Statistics to Settle NBA Debates English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030790312 | 80 Pages | PDF EPUB | 1.27 MB This book provides empirical evidence and statistical analyses to uncover answers to some of the most debated questions in the NBA. The sports world lives and breathes off of debates on who deserves an MVP award, and which athletes should be considered all-stars. This book provides some statistics-backed perspectives to some of these debates that are specific to the NBA. ![]() Tricks of the Rich : How to make, grow and save money English | 2010 | ISBN: 0273736353 | 221 Pages | PDF | 4 MB We all do it, we slog away to make a living, after all it's the only way... But, what if there was another way? A smarter way - a way that gives you more chance of making your dreams a reality? There is. And Paul Overy, self made millionaire and financial coach will show you how. ![]() Transnational Migration and Human Security: The Migration-Development-Security Nexus by Thanh-Dam Truong English | PDF | 2011 | 363 Pages | ISBN : 3642127568 | 6.6 MB The volume places the migration-development-security nexus in the field of transnational studies. Rather than treating these three categories as self-evident, the essays excavate aspects of power and privilege built into their governing frameworks and conflicting rationales apparent in practices of control. Bringing together diverse experiences and case studies, the volume highlights the problematic nature of maintaining distinct and disconnected frameworks of governance. It argues for a new approach that demonstrates the significance and usefulness of comparative ethics in conceptualising migration from a human-centered and gendered perspective in order to address the multi-facetted and multi-dimensional nature and meanings of "security". ![]() Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems XLIX: Special Issue on Data Management - Principles, Technologies and Applications English | 2021 | ISBN: 366264147X | 139 Pages | PDF EPUB | 29 MB ![]() Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management by Matthias Finkbeiner English | PDF | 2011 | 618 Pages | ISBN : 9400718985 | 18.6 MB This book is a selection of the most relevant contributions to the LCM 2011 conference in Berlin. The material explores scientific and practical solutions to incorporating life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision making. There are several sections addressing methodological topics such as LCSM approaches, methods and tools, while more application-oriented sections deal with the implementation of these approaches in relevant industrial sectors including agriculture and food, packaging, energy, electronics and ICT, and mobility. ![]() Toward an African Future―Of the Limit of World by Nahum Dimitri Chandler 2021 | ISBN: 1438484194 | English | 144 pages | PDF | 0.8 MB Examines the thought of W. E. B. Du Bois, with attention to its potential for reorienting present-day critical theory and political philosophy. ![]() Tourism and Brexit : Travel, Borders and Identity by Hazel Andrews English | 2021 | ISBN: 1845417909 | 245 Pages | PDF | 1.84 MB |