“…Covering cases as varied as assessment of workplace accidents to the investigation of Halliburton in the BP oil spill, Forensic Engineering Fundamentals is a comprehensive introduction to the many diverse facets of the field that forensic engineers must be familiar with in their practice. Topics include The role of the forensic engineerStructures, structural distress, and the importance of standards and codesThe failure of appliances—the cause of many water- or fire-related lossesSlips, trips, and falls of pedestrians and the accessibility of walking surfacesIndustrial incidents involving loss of equipment, injury and loss of life, as well as OSHA and MSHA regulationsStandard accident reconstruction involving vehiclesElectrical incidents and lightning and the effect of electrical energy on the human bodyAnalysis of fires with an emphasis on thermodynamics, testing, and simulationCarbon monoxide incidents and common fire suppression and warning systems, as well as the various NFPA codesProbability and uncertainty, with some basic calculations available to the forensic engineerApplicable standards and protocols that have developed over the years to protect life and propertyOffering readers real-world experience drawn from the authors’ 25 years of experience, this volume assists newcomers to the field in understanding the engineering basics underlying the cases they will encounter in their practice. …”

“…El cuarto capítulo atiende al espacio predilecto para estas reuniones, el jardín, y este se estudia en relación a los roles de los personajes en sus celebraciones. Por último, atendemos a la función de las academias en cada obra. …”

“…The Arab spring, protest movements in the EU, Russia, Turkey or elsewhere, are often labeled as twitter-revolutions. A crucial role is attributed to the new media, coverage of events abroad and ensuing mutual reactions. …”

“…Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the ‘post-industrial’ society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age’ and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. …”

“…In the last years, the molecular entities and mechanisms involved in modulation of BK channels have gained tremendous attention, as the key role of these channels in cellular processes became increasingly recognized. …”

“…While mental imagery has featured prominently in recent theoretical accounts of disorders as diverse as post-traumatic stress disorder, phobia, body dysmorphic disorder, mood disorders, and psychosis, there remains an insufficiently strong theoretical and methodological foundation to enable comparison of the role of imagery across such different disorders. …”

“…Collectively, the papers in this e-book serve to expand the awareness of practitioners and researchers interested in psychological interventions of the critical role of methodological quality in this work. This research was funded by the projects 1150096 (Chilean National Fund of Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT); and PSI2015-71947-REDT (Spain’s Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness)…”

“…Au xxe siècle en France, l’antijésuitisme ne disparaît pas de la production littéraire, mais il laisse peu à peu la place à une vision moins polémique de la Compagnie de Jésus et de son rôle au sein de la société ou de l’Église. Les jésuites de leur côté, d’abord très réservés envers les audaces littéraires du xxe siècle, comme en témoignent leurs revues, les apprivoisent peu à peu, voire laissent certains des leurs s’en inspirer dans des œuvres originales. …”

“…The book engages with wider scholarly conceptualisations of contemporary global social, agrarian and political changes, whilst underlining the roles that local social political historical contexts play in shaping mineral extractive processes and practices. …”

“…And it also helps us appreciate how various individuals and groups intervened in and helped create the demand for bioethics, playing a major role in their transformation into ‘ethics experts’. …”

“…They emphasise the importance of studying such themes as the aftermath of witch trials, the continued role of cunning-folk in society, and the nature of the witchcraft discourse in different social contexts. …”

“…Many of the writers reviewed have not been studied in any depth elsewhere thus far, and there is a definite need to criticise and compare their works. The role of Slobodan Milosevic in the construction of Serbophobia is considered fully as is Tito's involvement in the war, and the important Moslem question. …”

“…By demonstrating that they all contribute to Lucan's poetic technique, Martin Dinter shows how they play a fundamental role in shaping and connecting the many episodes of the Bellum Civile that constitute Lucan's epic body. …”

“…It casts scrutiny on changes in basic education, the alternative monastic education, higher education and teacher education, and engages with issues of ethnic education and the debate on the role of language and the local curriculum as part of the peace process. …”

“…His concluding chapter deals with the different life cycles of men and women, insider-outsider relations, secular and sacred domains, the image and metaphor of "home," and the essential role that aesthetics plays in these spheres. The first ethnography to evoke the full aesthetic life of a community, Lord I'm Coming Home will be important reading not only for anthropologists but also for scholars and students in the fields of American studies, art, folklore, and sociology…”

“…Il permet également de montrer le rôle de l’historien dans la valorisation scientifique du patrimoine de l’éducation. …”

“…Ils mettent l’accent sur les logiques des organisations collectives et des réseaux sociaux, sur le rôle des migrants dans le développement ou encore sur les dynamiques culturelles associées au fait migratoire. …”

“…Bien des facteurs interviennent dans la réalisation d'une performance, surtout dans les sports où le matériel, comme en voile, joue un rôle prépondérant. L'exemple, développé dans cet ouvrage, en témoigne : comment la Nouvelle-Zélande, petit pays de cinq millions d'habitants perdu dans le Pacifique Sud, a pu tenir tête aux géants de la planète et remporter, en 1995, la prestigieuse Coupe de l'America, détrônant les grandes nations maritimes comme les États-Unis, détentrice du trophée. …”

“…Spécialiste mondialement reconnu de l’histoire de l’aviation, il a exploré la genèse des grands programmes aérospatiaux européens (Concorde, Airbus, Ariane), mais aussi démonté les ressorts de l’économie de marché en France : persistance de l'entreprise familiale, organisation du commerce de détail, structuration des échanges, rôle économique de l’État, rapports entre décideurs publics et privés, etc. …”

“…Diese Publikation zeigt vor dem Hintergrund der empirischen Erkenntnisse des Forschungsvorhabens auf, welche Wirkungen in der Planung entwicklungspolitischer Inlandsvorhaben anvisiert werden können, welche Rahmenbedingungen ihre Wirksamkeit beeinflussen können und welche Designs und Instrumente für die Erfassung von Wirkungen in diesem Feld geeignet sind Die Relevanz der Studie beschränkt sich [...] nicht nur auf die entwicklungspolitische Inlandsarbeit, sondern auch auf andere Bereiche, in denen Lernprozesse und Wirkungsbeobachtung eine Rolle spielen, wie z.B. in Bereichen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, in der Umweltbildung oder in der politischen Bildung. - Susanne von Jan, in: Zeitschrift für Evaluation 1/2020, S. 175f…”