“…An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.This book sets out to understand how the meaning of 'literature' was transformed in the Global South in the post-1945 era. …”

“…It covers Python's data types and shows how to use the must-have Python data science libraries, including Pandas for data analysis and Matplotlib for creating visuals of the results. …”

“…Increasingly library personnel are called upon to teach classes, deliver presentations and represent their organizations in an official capacity. …”

“…The present paper focuses on the concept of a linear motor for tram operation without overhead lines. …”

“…The KIT-Library of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of the most modern libraries in Germany. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Group-Based BCU-Exit Method -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Group-Based Verifi cation Scheme -- 22.3 Linear and Nonlinear Relationships -- 22.4 Group-Based BCU-Exit Point Method -- 22.5 Numerical Studies -- 22.6 Concluding Remarks -- 23. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tapered Amplifier Lasers 2.4.5. Linear Laser Array Structures References Part II: DIODE LASER RELIABILITY Overview 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Actividad 73: Demuestra tus habilidades -- Actividad 74: Regatear desde el peligro -- Actividad 75: A través de la mini-portería -- Actividad 76: Trucos en el regate -- Actividad 77: A través del bosque -- Actividad 78: Abrir los ojos -- Actividad 79: Regate para marcar de uno contra uno -- Actividad 80: Enfrentamiento con mini-porterías -- Actividad 81: La patrulla de la mini-portería -- Actividad 82: Librarse de la prisión -- Actividad 83: Messi contra ronaldo -- Actividad 84: Mini-porterías de cazador -- Corriendo con el balón -- Actividad 85: Cosas de principio a fin -- Actividad 86: Atrapar -- Actividad 87: Correr en círculo con el balón -- Actividad 88: Robin hood -- Actividad 89: ¿Qué hora es, entrenador? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…O processo de bolonha e as reformas curriculares da geografia em Portugal -- O processo de bolonha e as reformas curriculares da geografia em Portugal -- Contos de uma ciência periférica: Back, With a Vengeance -- No limiar da mudança didáctica: aprender a ser socialmente interventivo nas aulas de geografia -- "Cidadania e profissionalidade": uma nova disciplina leccionada por professores de geografia: reflexão sobre os desafios teóricos e metodológicos que encerra para os professores-geógrafos -- Projectos de educação para o desenvolvimento e a cidadania no contexto académico: estudo de caso do curso de geografia da Universidade do Minho -- Contig: as tecnologias de informação geográfica nos ensinos básico e secundário -- Projectos pin (potencial interesse nacional): um instrumento para promover o crescimento económico à custa da sustentabilidade ambiental? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Two Sides of Permissions: Sites and Groups -- Permissions: Site Permissions -- Icon 2: Grant Permissions -- Icon 3: Create Group -- Icon 4: Edit User Permissions for Existing Group -- Icon 5: Remove User Permissions -- Icon 6: Check Permissions -- Link 7: Manage Permission Levels -- Link 8: Manage Access Request Settings -- Link 9: Manage Site Collection Administrators -- Permissions: People and Groups -- New: Add Users -- Actions: E-Mail Users -- Actions: Call/Message Selected Users -- Actions: Remove Users from Group -- Settings: Group Settings -- Settings: View Group Permissions -- Settings: Make Default Group -- Settings: List Settings -- Set Top Level Permissions to Read Only -- Set Document Library Permissions -- Set a Document's Permissions -- Setting Permissions for Your Company Example -- Stop Inheriting Permissions -- Check Company Permissions -- Site Editing -- Edit Your Site Page -- Add an App -- Edit Links: Edit the Top link Bar -- Edit Links: Edit the Quick Links Bar -- Create a Project Site -- Step 1: Sign On to Your SharePoint Site -- Step 2: Navigate to "Parent" of Where You Want to Create Your Project Site -- Step 3: Create a Project Subsite -- Step 4: Alter Your Site -- Step 5: Save Your Project Site Template -- Step 6: Clean Up Your Site and Add Apps as Appropriate -- Step 7: Set Permissions -- Step 8: Using Your Project Site -- Using Project E-mail -- Uploading and Creating Documents -- Add Tasks and Task Management -- Add Calendar Entries -- One Note Notebook -- Start a Newsfeed Conversation -- Share Your Project Site -- Sync Your Site with SkyDrive Pro -- SharePoint Admin Center -- SharePoint Admin Center -- SharePoint Admin Center Site Collections Ribbon -- Icon 1: New -- Icon 2: Delete -- Icon 3: Properties -- Icon 4: Owners -- Icon 5: Sharing (External Sharing) -- Icon 6: Storage Quota -- Icon 7: Server Resource Quota…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Exercises -- 10.2 Implementing the CustomerService -- 10.2.1 Setting up for success: Creating skeleton classes -- 10.2.2 How to delete your own code -- Exercises -- 10.3 Implementing the BookingService -- 10.3.1 Unit testing across architectural layers -- 10.3.2 The difference between a stub and a mock -- 10.3.3 Mocking a class with the Moq library -- 10.3.4 Calling a repository from a service -- Exercises -- Summary -- 11 Runtime type checking revisited and error handling -- 11.1 Validating input parameters of a service layer method -- 11.1.1 Runtime type checks with the is and as operators -- 11.1.2 Type checking with the is operator -- 11.1.3 Type checking with the as operator -- 11.1.4 What did we do in section 11.1? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Minimum Renyi's Pseudodistance Estimators for Generalized Linear Models -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. The minimum RP estimators for the GLM model: asymptotic distribution -- 17.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Descrizione delle analisi di regressione lineare multipla nell'indagine TALIS -- Riquadro 3.6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Difficultés communes et solutions proposées -- Cibler soigneusement les publics -- 1ère solution - Contacts directs -- 2e solution - Des partenariats -- Secret fiscal -- 1ère solution - Concevoir les études de manière à éviter le problème du secret fiscal -- 2e solution - Collecte d'informations réalisée par l'administration fiscale pour le compte du chercheur -- 4.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gestion macroéconomique -- Gestion monétaire -- Encadré 2. Ciblage de l'inflation -- Graphique 12. Inflation : cibles et résultats -- Tableau 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Courbe des rendements -- Tableau 10. Ciblage de l'inflation dans les pays de l'OCDE -- Tableau 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.1.1.3 Operation With Continuous Output Current and R-L Load -- Solution -- 5.1.1.4 Operation With Continuous Output Current and R-L-E Load -- Solution -- Solution -- 5.1.1.5 Operation With Pure DC Output Current of I ̄o Value and R-L-E Load -- Solution -- Solution -- 5.1.1.6 Rectifier Operating in Inverter Mode -- Solution -- 5.1.2 Linear Control of Rectifier Output Voltage -- 5.1.3 Cosine Control of Rectifier Output Voltage -- 5.2 Three-Phase Half-Wave Thyristor Rectifier -- 5.3 Three-Phase Bridge Fully Controlled Thyristor Rectifier -- 5.3.1 Operation With Pure DC Output Current of I ̄o Value -- 5.3.2 Conduction Angle Overlap Phenomenon in the Three-Phase Half-Wave Thyristor Rectifier -- 5.3.3 Conduction Angle Overlap Phenomenon in the Three-Phase Bridge Fully Controlled Thyristor Rectifier -- Solution -- Solution -- 5.4 Asymmetric or Half-Controlled Rectifiers -- Solution -- Solution -- 5.5 Twelve-Pulse Fully Controlled Thyristor Rectifier -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Bibliography and Publications -- 6 - Inverters (DC-AC Converters) -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Single-Phase Half-Bridge Inverter -- 6.2 Single-Phase Full-Bridge Inverter -- 6.3 Output Voltage Control of Single-Phase Inverters -- 6.3.1 Single Pulse Width Modulation Technique for Quasi Square-Wave Single-Phase Full-Bridge Inverter -- Solution -- Solution -- 6.3.2 Single-Phase Two-Level Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- Solution -- 6.4 Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverter -- 6.4.1 Operation of the Three-Phase Full-Bridge Inverter With 180° Switch Conduction -- Solution -- Solution -- 6.4.2 Operation of the Three-Phase Full-Bridge PWM Inverter With 120° Switch Conduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Vision of Small Basic -- The Basics of Small Basic -- The Small Basic Language -- The Small Basic Library -- The Small Basic Development Environment -- Installing Small Basic -- The Small Basic IDE -- Opening and Saving Your Work -- Sharing Your Work and Importing Games -- Copy and Paste -- Undo and Redo -- Running Your Program and Graduating -- Writing and Running Your First Program -- Objects and Methods -- Naming Your Programs -- Files Generated by Small Basic -- Helping Hands: IntelliSense and Syntax Coloring -- Drawing with Small Basic -- Try It Out 1-1 -- Programming Challenges -- Chapter 2: Getting Started -- The Parts of a Program -- Comments and Statements -- Characters and Strings -- Arguments and Methods -- Try It Out 2-1 -- Exploring Other Features -- Case Sensitivity -- Sequential Execution -- Displaying Numbers and Doing Math -- Joining Strings -- Try It Out 2-2 -- Object Properties -- Setting and Changing Property Values -- Working with Properties -- Try It Out 2-3 -- Arithmetic Operators -- Try It Out 2-4 -- Programming Errors -- Syntax Errors -- Logic Errors -- Runtime Errors -- Programming Challenges -- Chapter 3: Drawing Basics -- The Graphics Coordinate System -- Drawing Lines -- Drawing Shapes -- Triangles -- Try It Out 3-1 -- Rectangles and Squares -- Try It Out 3-2 -- Ellipses and Circles -- Pen Size and Color -- Pen Width and Shape Size -- Try It Out 3-3 -- Drawing Text -- Inserting Images -- Programming Challenges -- Chapter 4: Using Variables…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Intelligent Vibration Control in Civil Engineering Structures -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Earthquake and Wind Disasters -- 1.1.1 Earthquake Disaster -- 1.1.2 Wind Disaster -- 1.2 Structure Vibration Control -- 1.2.1 Basic Principles -- 1.2.2 Classification -- 1.2.2.1 Vibration isolation -- 1.2.2.2 Vibration mitigation -- 1.2.3 Structure Intelligent Control -- 1.2.3.1 Active intelligent control -- 1.2.3.2 Semi-active intelligent control -- 1.2.3.3 Intelligent control algorithm -- 2 Intelligent Control Strategies -- 2.1 Equations of Motion of Intelligent Control System -- 2.2 Classical Linear Optimal Control Algorithm -- 2.2.1 LQR Optimal Control -- 2.2.1.1 Basic equation of LQR optimal control -- 2.2.1.2 Solution of optimal control -- 2.2.2 LQG Optimal Control -- 2.3 Pole Assignment Method -- 2.3.1 Pole Assignment Method with State Feedback -- 2.3.2 Pole Assignment Method With Output Feedback -- 2.4 Instantaneous Optimal Control Algorithm -- 2.5 Independent Mode Space Control -- 2.5.1 Modal Control Based on State Space -- 2.5.2 Modal Control Based on Equation of Motion -- 2.6 H∞ Feedback Control -- 2.6.1 H∞ Norm -- 2.6.2 H∞ Feedback Control -- 2.7 Sliding Mode Control -- 2.7.1 Design of Sliding Surface -- 2.7.2 Design of Controller -- 2.8 Optimal Polynomial Control -- 2.8.1 Basic Principle -- 2.8.2 Applications -- 2.9 Fuzzy Control -- 2.9.1 Basic Principle -- 2.9.2 Design of Fuzzy Controller -- 2.9.2.1 Determination of the basic domain -- 2.9.2.2 Fuzzification of the accurate value -- 2.9.2.3 Parameter selection -- 2.9.2.4 Selection of the membership function -- 2.9.2.5 Determination of the rule base -- 2.9.2.6 Defuzzification -- 2.10 Neural Network Control -- 2.10.1 Basic Principle -- 2.10.2 Learning Method -- 2.11 Particle Swarm Optimization Control -- 2.11.1 Basic Principle…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.5 LValues and RValues -- (1) Lvalues (Left values) -- (2) Rvalues (Right values) -- 5.6 Return by Reference -- 5.7 Returning More Values by Reference -- 5.8 Default Arguments -- 5.9 The const Argument -- 5.10 Inputting Default Arguments -- 5.11 Inline Functions -- 5.12 Function Overloading -- 5.13 Principles of Function Overloading -- 5.14 Precautions with Function Overloading -- 5.15 Library Functions -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 6: Classes and Objects -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Structures in C -- 6.3 Structures in C++ -- 6.4 Classes in C++ -- 6.5 Declaring Objects -- (1) Accessing Class Members -- 6.6 The public Keyword -- 6.7 The private Keyword -- 6.8 The protected Keyword -- 6.9 Defining Member Functions -- (1) Member Function inside the Class -- (2) Private Member Function -- (3) Member Function Outside the Class -- 6.10 Characteristics of Member Functions -- 6.11 Outside Member Function Inline -- 6.12 Rules for Inline Functions -- 6.13 Data Hiding or Encapsulation -- 6.14 Classes, Objects and Memory -- 6.15 Static Member Variables and Functions -- (1) Static Member Variables -- (2) Static Member Functions -- (3) Static Private Member Function -- (4) Static Public Member Variable -- 6.16 Static Object -- 6.17 Array of Objects -- 6.18 Objects as Function Arguments -- 6.19 friend Functions -- friend Classes -- 6.20 The const Member Function -- 6.21 Recursive Member Function -- 6.22 Local Classes -- 6.23 Empty, Static and Const Classes -- 6.24 Member Functions and Non-Member Functions -- 6.25 The main () as a Member Function -- 6.26 Overloading Member Functions -- 6.27 Overloading main() Function -- 6.28 The main (), Member Function and Indirect Recursion -- 6.29 Bit Fields and Classes -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 7: Constructors and Destructors -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Constructors and Destructors -- (1) Constructors…”