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 Theresa Payton, "Privacy in the Age of Big dаta: Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family" English | ISBN: 1538167824 | 2023 | 368 pages | MOBI | 708 KB A thorough update to a classic in the field of privacy and big data.  Lucas Fain, "Primal Philosophy: Rousseau with Laplanche" English | ISBN: 1538146185 | 2021 | 216 pages | AZW3 | 1471 KB Primal Philosophy: Rousseau with Laplanche presents the first comprehensive study of Rousseau's thought on the possibility of philosophy and the responsibility of the philosopher. Through a close reading of texts from throughout Rousseau's entire corpus, together with inspiration from Jean Laplanche's seminal work on the Freudian theory of seduction, this book positions Rousseau within a contemporary debate involving Theodor Adorno and Alain Badiou on the fate of philosophy after Heidegger. In confrontation with the radical subordination of ethics to ontology, which is characteristic of Cartesian thought and its culmination in Heidegger's philosophical legacy, the reading of Rousseau with Laplanche elaborates the rootedness of philosophy in a process of primal seduction, which opens a way to rethink the meaning of a genuine first philosophy, not as the study of being qua being in the tradition initiated by Aristotle, but as primal philosophy, the study of the genesis of philosophy itself. The rootedness of philosophy in a process of primal seduction then reveals the primal responsibility of the philosopher―a responsibility for human happiness found in the possibility of philosophy itself.  Francesco Borrelli, "Predictive Control for Linear and Hybrid Systems" English | ISBN: 1107016886 | 2017 | 440 pages | PDF | 12 MB Model Predictive Control (MPC), the dominant advanced control approach in industry over the past twenty-five years, is presented comprehensively in this unique book. With a simple, unified approach, and with attention to real-time implementation, it covers predictive control theory including the stability, feasibility, and robustness of MPC controllers. The theory of explicit MPC, where the nonlinear optimal feedback controller can be calculated efficiently, is presented in the context of linear systems with linear constraints, switched linear systems, and, more generally, linear hybrid systems. Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative applications, the authors discuss the techniques required to design predictive control laws, including algorithms for polyhedral manipulations, mathematical and multiparametric programming and how to validate the theoretical properties and to implement predictive control policies. The most important algorithms feature in an accompanying free online MATLAB toolbox, which allows easy access to sample solutions. Predictive Control for Linear and Hybrid Systems is an ideal reference for graduate, postgraduate and advanced control practitioners interested in theory and/or implementation aspects of predictive control.  Nicholas G. Irving, "Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E: " English | ISBN: 1479256293 | 2012 | 148 pages | MOBI | 1326 KB The Precision Rifle B.I.B.L.E is an unprecedented sniper instructional book. The information contained in this book has been accumulated from years of combat experience (Iraq and Afghanistan), and from the top schools our Military Special Operations, and Law Enforcement attend. All packaged up and brought to you by the successful former US Army Ranger Sniper (The Reaper 33), Nicholas Irving. Some of the topics discussed in this book includes, the up to date sniper fundamentals, various range and wind estimation and calculations (basic and advanced), environmentals, high angle shooting, disproved sniper theories, transonic issues, Advanced ballistics, hit probabilities, precision shooting in urban and mountainous environments, etc. There are over 19 chapters of unparalleled topics and information ever presented in a sniper/precision book.  Thomas Stutenbäumer, "Practical Guide to SAP ABAP: Conceptual Design, Development, Debugging" English | ASIN : B01D1SFD8Q | 2016 | 290 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB This book offers a comprehensive practical guide to SAP ABAP for ABAP professionals. Part I of this two-part series lays the groundwork with ABAP basics. Readers will learn fundamental methods and procedures for everyday ABAP use- for example, how to download files from SAP directories to workstations. Dive into the SAP Data Dictionary and how it works. Get detailed information on effective debugging techniques and how to use the SAP Debugger. Clarify when it is best to use standard SAP tables vs. Z-tables. Get expert developer tips and tricks including how to navigate ALV grid lists. Understand the documentation programs available to you and how to use them. Obtain useful reference lists of SAP transactions and SAP database tables. By using practical examples, tips, and , the author brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP ABAP.  Alexander Henley, "Practical Guide to Critical Religion, A " English | ISBN: 1350256463 | 2026 | 262 pages | PDF | 2 MB Making critical theory on 'religion' accessible to students and skeptics, this Practical Guide showcases its relevance and usefulness for research and teaching on all sorts of contemporary subjects. Why do many scholars now doubt that 'religion' is a useful concept for understanding aspects of our world? What's wrong with describing things as 'religious' or 'non-religious'? Why does it matter, and what can we do about it? The book begins with a toolkit of concepts and methods for doing Critical Religion. Part I provides a roadmap to navigate this critical turn in religious studies and its implications across disciplines. In Part II, we hear from three influential theorists on the importance of being critical about 'religion' and the 'secular', and what it means to them. Then in Part III we see these insights put into practice: eight pioneering scholars present case studies that show how they have applied critical approaches in their own fields. Each case highlights ways in which  Dorothy J. Solinger, "Poverty and Pacification: The Chinese State Abandons the Old Working Class" English | ISBN: 1538154951 | 2022 | 332 pages | MOBI | 1347 KB This groundbreaking book powerfully humanizes the little-known urban workers who have been left behind in China's single-minded drive to modernize. Dorothy Solinger traces the origins of their plight to the mid-1990s, when the Chinese government found that state-owned factories were failing in large numbers in the face of market reforms just as the country was about to enter the World Trade Organization. Under these circumstances, leaders urged firms to lay off tens of millions of previously lifetime-employed, welfare-secure, under-educated, middle-aged employees. As these dislocated people were left without any source of livelihood, the regime settled on a tiny welfare effort, the Minimum Livelihood Guarantee (dibao), to provide some support and, most important from the viewpoint of the leadership, to keep them quiet so that enterprise reform could proceed peacefully. Solinger explores the induced urban poverty that resulted and relates the painful struggle for survival of these discarded laborers. She also details the history and workings of the  Amelia Jones, "Postmodernism and the En-Gendering of Marcel Duchamp " English | ISBN: 0521456541 | 1995 | 340 pages | PDF | 21 MB A critical analysis of postmodernism in the visual arts since the 1960s, this book focuses primarily on American texts that reference and construct Marcel Duchamp as the originator of postmodern art. Amelia Jones contends that Duchamp, through his 'readymades', (the standard terms used to describe Duchamp's works) has paradoxically served in a paternal role for post-1960s American artists, critics and art historians, who have attempted to construct a new tradition of artistic practice that counters the masculinist ideologies of Abstract Expressionism and Greenbergian modernism. Adapting feminist, psychoanalytic and Derridean conceptions of interpretation as an exchange of sexual identities, Jones offers highly charged readings that focus on the eroticism of Duchamp's works and on his theories of artistic production. She reconstructs Duchamp as an indeterminably gendered author whose gift to postmodernism might best be viewed in terms of the potential of his readymades to destructure the contradictory notions of sexual difference and subjectivity.  Louise Hagger, "Posh Toast: Over 70 Recipes for Glorious Things - On Toast" English | ISBN: 1849497001 | | pages | AZW3 | 60 MB This is the new hot (and buttered) food trend-simple toast recipes that everyone can make. Hungry food fans everywhere are toasting sourdough, spelt, and rye and loading them with luscious ingredients to make a simple, satisfying meal. Posh Toast features every toast recipe you could ever need, covering breakfast, lunch, snacks, and supper, plus a guide to the basics of toasting. Every recipe has a photo and easy-to-follow instructions, making it the ultimate gift or self-purchase for toast addicts, novices, and expert cooks alike. It's everything good. On toast. It's Posh Toast.  Deepak Punetha, "Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF): Advanced Material for Multifunctional Applications " English | ISBN: 9819567173 | 2026 | 377 pages | PDF | 20 MB This book highlights the advanced properties, fabrication techniques, and multifunctional applications of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a high-performance polymer known for its exceptional piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric properties. It provides a comprehensive exploration of PVDF's structural characteristics, synthesis methods, and modifications for enhanced functionalities. Covering diverse applications in energy harvesting, sensors, actuators, biomedical devices, and flexible electronics, the book bridges the gap between fundamental science and practical implementations. Special emphasis is given to the role of PVDF in sustainable technologies and next-generation electronic devices. This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and students working in materials science, nanotechnology, and polymer engineering. |
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