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 Social Media, Religion, and Spirituality By Anita Greenhill, Marie Gillespie, David Eric John Herbert 2013 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 3110270455 | PDF | 4 MB Amongst books on religion and the internet, this collection is distinctive in addressing the interaction between social and mass media in the construction of contemporary religion and spirituality, and public understandings of them. Topics discussed include the implications of social media for religious authority, the implications of mediatisation for community relations, and the challenges of social media for traditionally bounded religious communities.
 Jo Anne Schneider, "Social Capital and Welfare Reform: Organizations, Congregations, and Communities" English | ISBN: 0231126506 | 2006 | 432 pages | EPUB | 5 MB In this groundbreaking study, Jo Anne Schneider considers the reasons behind the limited success of most welfare reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy.  Runhua Guo, "Smart Road Infrastructure: Innovative technologies " English | ISBN: 1839531835 | 2022 | 233 pages | PDF | 38 MB Smart roads are road infrastructures with integrated structural materials, sensors, information centres, and energy systems. They are intended to extend the road's service life and performance, reduce safety risks, and improve service quality. Several smart road pilot projects have been initiated, such as precast pavements with integrated optical fibres, self-healing asphalt material, self-snow-melting systems and solar pavements.  Smart Agriculture Automation Using Advanced Technologies: Data Analytics and Machine Learning, Cloud Architecture, Automation and IoT by Amitava Choudhury, Arindam Biswas, T. P. Singh, Santanu Kumar Ghosh English | PDF | 2021 | 236 Pages | ISBN : 9811661235 | 6.1 MB This book addresses the challenges for developing and emerging trends in Internet-of-Things (IoT) for smart agriculture platforms. It also describes data analytics & machine learning, cloud architecture, automation & robotics and aims to overcome existing barriers for smart agriculture with commercial viability. It discusses IoT-based monitoring systems for analyzing the crop environment, and methods for improving the efficiency of decision-making based on the analysis of harvest statistics. The book explores a range of applications including intelligent field monitoring, intelligent data processing and sensor technologies, predictive analysis systems, crop monitoring, and weather data-enabled analysis in IoT agro-systems. This volume will be helpful for engineering and technology experts and researchers, as well as for policy-makers.  Meredith Jones, "Skintight: An Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery" English | 2008 | ISBN: 1845206681 | PDF | pages: 226 | 1.8 mb Cosmetic surgery is everywhere: we are surrounded by altered, enhanced, skinny and stretched celebrities, in a hyped media culture that focuses increasingly on the body beautiful. Once only associated with the rich and famous, cosmetic surgery is now widely available, advertised in magazines, doctors' surgeries, and even on television. In some parts of the world it has become an aesthetic and cultural norm, yet remains deeply troubling for many. Skintight argues that cosmetic surgery is the most provocative and controversial aspect of a new 'makeover culture'. Shows such as Ten Years Younger and Extreme Makeover demonstrate that 'fixing' the body is a way to improve lifestyle and uncover true identity. Meanwhile, celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Jocelyn Wildenstein demonstrate the horrors of extreme surgical alteration. Presenting a multidisciplinary approach, and examining a wide range of popular culture case studies from women's magazines, television, architecture and the Internet amongst others, Skintight dissects the realities of cosmetic surgery and culture.  Peter T. Johnstone, "Sketches of an Elephant: A Topos Theory Compendiumm vol. 1" English | 2002 | ISBN: 0198534256 | PDF | pages: 1182 | 58.3 mb Topos Theory is an important branch of mathematical logic of interest to theoretical computer scientsts, logicians and philosophers who study the foundations of mathematics, and to those working in differential geometry and continum physics. This compendium contains material that was previously available only in specialist journals. This is likely to become the standard reference work for all those interested in the subject.  Simplified Structural Design and Construction Manual: A Practical Approach in Reinforced Concrete Design, Estimation and Construction by Benjamin Nwobu English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09317YFJT | 182 pages | EPUB | 3.05 Mb This book is titled Simplified Structural Design and Construction Manual is specifically prepared to provide a practical approach to the principles and methods adopted in the design of reinforced concrete elements of a structure. It is very simplified and suitable for undergraduates, fields engineers, architects, builders and non professionals who needs the basic knowledge of reinforced concrete design, estimation and Construction. A large number of examples have been clearly worked out in the book for better understanding.  Thorsten Dullweber, "Silicon Solar Cell Metallization and Module Technology " English | ISBN: 183953155X | 2022 | 570 pages | PDF | 19 MB In solar cell production, metallization is the manufacturing of metal contacts at the surfaces of solar cells in order to collect the photo-generated current for use. Being one of the most expensive steps in solar cell fabrication, it plays both an electrical and an optical role, because the contacts contribute to shading, and to the series resistance of solar cells. In addition, metal contacts may reduce the solar cells voltage due to charge carrier recombination at the metal / silicon interface. Addressing these challenges could increase solar cell conversion efficiency while cutting their production costs.  Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy by Josh O'Kane English | September 13th, 2022 | ISBN: 1039000789 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 1.39 MB From the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything.  Lama Karma Drodhul, "Siddhas of Ga: Remembered by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche" English | ISBN: 1934608378 | 2013 | 70 pages | EPUB | 8 MB A Bouquet of Utpalas: Brief accounts of the lives of siddhas of Ga whom my guru actually met or whose stories he heard from trustworthy sources, set forth here as medicine to restore faithKhenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche strongly encouraged Lama Karma Drodhul to request Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche to tell the stories of accomplished tantric practitioners (siddhas) from Kham, Eastern Tibet.Most of the holy beings whose lives are recounted here began as ordinary people like us, and were not recognized emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas. This book clearly demonstrates that we can, through diligence, achieve the same result.Beautifully recorded by Lama Karma Drodhul, these are stories of siddhas that Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche actually knew. Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche once remarked that there is nothing like these accounts of Siddhas of Ga. |
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