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 James R. Dudley, "Social Work Evaluation: Enhancing What We Do" English | 2020 | pages: 363 | ISBN: 0190916656 | PDF | 13,2 mb Social workers are increasingly faced with the demands of evaluating their own programs and practice to maintain accountability to funding agencies, secure funding, and remedy a number of social problems facing our society. One of the nine basic competencies required by the social work accreditation agency is to be able to conduct evaluations. Evaluation is a critical area of practice for demonstrating accountability to clients, communities, numerous other stakeholders, and funding and regulatory agencies.  Christopher B. Doob, "Social Inequality and Social Stratification in US Society Ed 2" English | ISBN: 0367233290 | 2019 | 486 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Social Inequality and Social Stratification in US Society uses a historical and conceptual framework to explain social stratification and social inequality. The historical scope gives context to each issue discussed and allows the reader to understand how each topic has evolved over the course of American history. The author uses qualitative data to help explain socioeconomic issues and connect related topics. Each chapter examines major concepts, so readers can see how an individual's success in stratified settings often relies heavily on their access to valued resources―types of capital which involve finances, schooling, social networking, and cultural competence. Analyzing the impact of capital types throughout the text helps map out the prospects for individuals, families, and also classes to maintain or alter their position in social-stratification systems.  Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Communities for Smart Grids English | 2022 | ISBN: 1786306840 | 308 Pages | PDF (True) | 42 MB Smart zero-energy buildings and communities have a major role to play in the evolution of the electric grid towards alignment with carbon neutrality policies. The goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment can be pursued through a holistic approach, including the drastic reduction of buildings' energy consumption.  Smart Water Heating: How Domestic Electric Water Heaters can be used to perform Demand-Side-Management By Julian Bruno Bruhn 2019 | 80 Pages | ISBN: 620249011X | PDF | 1 MB Electric water heaters are responsible for a significant proportion of household electricity consumption. Given their high rated power and storage capacity, they represent promising applications for demand-side-management measures, which could provide economic benefits for households and aid the successful transition of the energy system. This work proposes an algorithm that could control electric water heaters intelligently throughout existing residential demand-side-management programs in Germany, minimizing energy cost while maintaining the habitual health and comfort standards users of conventionally operating hot water tanks are accustomed to. It was revealed, that even once the forecast error associated with seasonal single exponential smoothing is introduced, up to 21 % cost savings can be achieved, without any deterioration of user comfort. The simulation results and estimated low computational resource requirements suggest the economic viability of implementing the algorithm in a locally embedded device and that extensive dissemination of demand-side-management for electric water heaters might be feasible in the current electricity tariff environment.  Slouching Towards Utopia: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century by J. Bradford English | September 6, 2022 | ISBN: 0465019595 | True EPUB | 624 pages | 2.6 MB From one of the world's leading economists, a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied  Slimmer LEGS IN 7 DAYS! 4 min No Jumping Quiet Home Workout Plan for Toned and Slim Thighs and Legs by Minimalistic Workout English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09R9LCX9R | 50 pages | EPUB | 2.76 Mb Slimmer LEGS IN 7 DAYS! 4 min No Jumping Quiet Home Workout Plan for Toned and Slim Thighs and Legs (No Equipment needed)  Jeremy Brook, "Sixty Years of Airfix Models" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1847979750 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 65.6 mb Airfix has been at the forefront of the model industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down and only the kits survived intact. For the next twenty-five years Airfix was run by Palitoy and later Humbrol, but suffered from a lack of investment. In 2006, Hornby Hobbies Ltd, the train and Scalextric manufacturer, bought the ailing company and transformed it. Money and resources were ploughed into the range, and today Airfix releases around twenty new kits per year, designed to an incredibly high standard. The old kits of the 1950s and 1960s are gradually being replaced by new state-of-the-art tooling, all bearing that most prestigious name - Airfix. Published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the first Airfix aircraft kit, Sixty Years of Airfix Models, tells the full story, year by year, of the company and its products.  Timothy Scott Brown, "Sixties Europe " English | ISBN: 1107122384 | 2020 | 250 pages | PDF | 7 MB Sixties Europe examines the border-crossing uprisings of the 1960s in Europe on both sides of the Cold War divide. Placing European developments within a global context formed by Third World liberation struggles and Cold War geopolitics, Timothy Scott Brown highlights the importance of transnational exchanges across bloc boundaries. New Left ideas and cultural practices easily crossed bloc boundaries, but Brown demonstrates that the 1960s in Europe did not simply unfold according to a normative western model. Everywhere, innovations in the arts and popular culture synergized radical politics as advocates of workers' democracy emerged to pursue longstanding demands predating the Cold War divide. Tracing the development of a distinctive blend of cultural and political activism across diverse national settings, Sixties Europe examines an important, historically-recent attempt to address unresolved questions about human social organization that remain relevant in the present, and it offers an original history of Europe across a transformative decade.  Singing: The First Art by Dan H. Marek English | December 28, 2006 | ISBN: 0810857111 | True EPUB | 264 pages | 9.6 MB The Italian singing technique Bel Canto instructs, "He who knows how to breathe and how to pronounce, knows how to sing." Singing: The First Art incorporates the techniques of Bel Canto along with those of masters like Berton Coffin and Manuel Garcia to promote and facilitate vocal excellence. Many concepts are described, from correct posture and alignment to improving and maintaining proper breathing, from good pronunciation and diction to producing an even, pure tone, and from vocal ranges to singing within and smoothly shifting between vocal registers. Mannes Vocal Faculty member Dan H. Marek effectively breaks down these complicated concepts with clear exercises, helping the vocal student to achieve freedom and complete control over his or her instrument.  Simulation with Python: Develop Simulation and Modeling in Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences English | 2022 | ISBN: 1484281845 | 330 Pages | PDF EPUB | 16 MB The book discusses simulation used in the natural and social sciences and with simulations taken from the top algorithms used in the industry today. The authors use an engaging approach that mixes mathematics and programming experiments with beginning-intermediate level Python code to create an immersive learning experience that is cohesive and integrated. |
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