Simplified Design of Steel Structures (Parker-Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides)

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The seventh edition of Simplified Design of Steel Structures is an excellent reference for architects and engineers who need information about the common uses of steel for the structures of buildings. The clear and concise format benefits readers who have limited backgrounds in mathematics and engineering. This new edition has been updated to reflect changes in standards, industry technology, and construction practices, including new research in the field, examples of general building structural systems, and the use of computers in structural design. Specifically, Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Stress Design (ASD) are now covered.

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A little bit of information for an expensive price........2001-05-17

I am working as a civil engineer in a design office active in constructing light gauge steel structures. I have bought the book to obtain a guide or some kind of a handbook which includes some guidelines or procedures for typical structural steel design applications. But i hava found the book too superficial. I wish the book handled the subjects in a little bit detailed way. And I wish there were flowcharts for designing with steel. The only good thing about the book is the example projects at the end of the book. As a result I do not advise this book to anyone because it is expensive too. Pay half more and buy the Structural Steel Designer's Handbook, which includes all the information in this book and much much more.Do not pay attention to the number of pages written here, since size of the book is nearly the size of a pocket book.

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Louis Jacques MandŽ Daguerre grabbed the attention of the world in 1839 with a new invention: the daguerreotype. These magically detailed, one-of-a-kind images on silver-plated sheets of copper were the first photographs shown to the public. They boldly announced a revolution that would forever change the history of visual representation. This comprehensive catalogue on CD-ROM discusses various aspects of the daguerreotype in France during its heyday from 1839 to 1855. It traces the opposed attitudes of the scientific and artistic communities toward the invention; Daguerre's modern marketing techniques; the growth of the daguerreotype business, especially in professional portrait studios; the role of so-called scientific daguerreotypes in the evolving field of anthropology; the decline of the daguerreotype in France with the advent of photography on paper; and much more. There are also 175 entries on individual daguerreotypes, all illustrated in full color; an anthology of historical documents in both French and English; and a computer animation showing the steps in making a daguerreotype.

The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839-1855

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The Dawn of Photography: French Daguerreotypes, 1839-1855
Dominique de Font-Reault Quentin Bajac
Manufacturer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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ASIN: B000ORU9LY

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Spanning over one hundred years of critical responses, the collection includes three different sections: the initial reply from Smith's friends David Hume, Edmund Burke, and William Robertson; the more considered opinions put forward by Smith's contemporaries, such as Lord Kames, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, and Dugald Stewart; and the later nineteenth-century, largely critical, views expressed by a new generation of philosophers.

On Moral Sentiments: Contemporary Responses to Adam Smith. Key Issues, edited by Andrew Pyle No. 18

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On Moral Sentiments: Contemporary Responses to Adam Smith. Key Issues, edited by Andrew Pyle No. 18

Manufacturer: Bristol 1997.
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ASIN: B000IFZ052

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After a decade's development, evolutionary computation (EC) proves to be a powerful tool kit for economic analysis. While the demand for this equipment is increasing, there is no volume exclusively written for economists. This volume for the first time helps economists to get a quick grasp on how EC may support their research. A comprehensive coverage of the subject is given, that includes the following three areas: game theory, agent-based economic modelling and financial engineering. Twenty leading scholars from each of these areas contribute a chapter to the volume. The reader will find himself treading the path of the history of this research area, from the fledgling stage to the burgeoning era. The results on games, labour markets, pollution control, institution and productivity, financial markets, trading systems design and derivative pricing, are new and interesting for different target groups. The book also includes informations on web sites, conferences, and computer software.

Evolutionary Algorithms in Management Applications

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Evolutionary Algorithms in Management Applications

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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: First International Conference, EMO 2001, Zurich, Switzerland, March 7-9, 2001 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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The reference in evolutionary multi-objective optimization

Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: First International Conference, EMO 2001, Zurich, Switzerland, March 7-9, 2001 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Multi-Criterion Optimization, EMO 2001, held in Zurich, Switzerland in March 2001.
The 45 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 87 submissions. Also included are two tutorial surveys and two invited papers. The book is organized in topical sections on algorithm improvements, performance assessment and comparison, constraint handling and problem decomposition, uncertainty and noise, hybrid and alternative methods, scheduling, and applications of multi-objective optimization in a variety of fields.

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The reference in evolutionary multi-objective optimization.......2003-05-29

Evolutionary multi-objective optimization is becoming more and more used these days, and most breakthroughs in this subject can be found in these proceedings (proceedings of EMO'03 are even better than EMO'01, the program committee did a wonderful job). These are not the standard technical proceedings whose intended audience are specialists in the field, anyone with a basic knowledge of evolutionary computation can understand these papers. The proceedings begin with short tutorials explaining what EMO is and after that about the first half deals with more theoretical aspects while the second part with applications.

Reading these proceedings like a book is feasible (you may skip some papers you're not interested in) and most of the papers are very well written, so if you're interested in recent advances in EMO, reading these proceedings is almost required. The book by Kalyanmoy Deb (Multi-objective optimization using evolutionary algorithms) is nice but does not provide enough treatment from an applications perspective, but it constitutes a nice textbook to enter the subject of EMO anyway.

Both EMO2001 and 2003 proceedings are "must-read" in evolutionary multi-objective optimization !

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Presenting a 10-year plan aimed at creating sophisticated capital markets in Vietnam, this booklet offers a future vision of the Vietnamese economy as developing sound, efficient, and integrated capital markets and supporting sustainable economic growth with structural reforms. Taking into account the economic transformation Vietnam embarked upon 20 years ago, recommendations are provided for continued economic growth and integration into the global world economy.

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Users of this course-book report and demonstrate skill improvements of 60% to 95% after practicing the 48-lessons only once. Lesson plans are provided for self-study, corporate training use and university classes. Individual lessons or the entire course-book can be repeated without duplication.

During each lesson you use, learn and practice strategic business writing skills in an interactive virtual reality, but without a computer. The synergistic methodology prevents you from making errors, and each lesson constitutes a learning and reference experience for future use.

During lessons you learn and practice business writing by selecting from vocabulary and phrase alternatives to write original sentences and paragraphs. University studies have shown that studying the alternatives and writing your selections provide the learning experiences to make you a better writer.

The user friendly methodology lets you practice without stress, errors or writer's block. But you will also have free, unlimited email access to the author. He's a university writing instructor as well as an experienced business executive.

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You (and your boss) will notice better writing skills after as few as 3-lessons. And you'll see those immediate skill improvements whether you use this course-book for self-study, in corporate training class or in a university class.

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Each lesson has several parts, such as one email, memo and letter, plus two reports. Specialized subjects include topic specific materials such as an Audit Report for Audit, a News Release for Public Relations, a Complaint for Legal Affairs, etc. You'll also use and learn the vocabulary for 48-business activities like sales management, budgeting and trade finance.

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The lessons include 1) all formats including emails, memos, letters, reports, proposals, etc., 2) innovative business ideas from Harvard Business Review, Fortune, etc., 3) all grammar structures from 1st person to perfect tenses & participles.

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Who should buy this course-book? Everyone whose business responsibilities involve writing, plus trainers, teachers and others with responsibilities to promote business writing skills. Companies with employees using this course-book include Microsoft, Coca-Cola, J. Walter Thompson and Baker-Hughes.

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For self study you can choose from four lessons plans. First, you can work by General Topic, such as Banking or Sales & Marketing. That's the fastest way to see results and it's recommended for both self-study and corporate training classes.

Second, for self-study you can also select specific topics. A sales manager might start with Sales Management & Distribution Channels. (See the Table of Contents for a topic list.)

Third, for self-study you can write only desired formats, such as emails, memos, letters or reports. Fourth, you can work from Chapter 1 to 48, using the Table of Contents as a reference. That's the lesson plan used in university classes. But prior university courses have shown that you don't need to attend classes, you just need to write the lessons.

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During each PracticeLesson™ you will write 6 to 8-pages. Lessons can be written multiple times and you will be writing differently each time and learning more. Writing the lessons is simple. For example, from this model:

{Based on discussions to date = As a result of recent talks}, the merger
{is going to be restructured = will be reconfigured}.

1st, choose & write one alternative from the 1st {__ = __}™ module, i.e.
{Based on discussions to date = As a result of recent talks}

2nd, copy & write ", the merger"

3rd, choose & write one alternative from the 2nd { = } module.
{is going to be restructured = will be reconfigured}.

During the processes of analyzing, choosing and writing the alternatives, you'll learn business wr

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Mickey Z. considers work a 50-year fugue from which some people awaken to wonder what has become of their lives. In The Murdering of My Years, cabbies, waitresses, clerks, telemarketers, and an array of others tell how they balance activism and artistic production with the daily struggle to make ends meet. Contributors' essays are at once absurd and poignant; captivating and strange. Collectively, their reflections challenge the myth of the American work ethic and exhort readers to advocate for themselves in the workplace.

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solace for outsiders.......2004-03-06

The subtitle of this book is "Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet," and that is exactly what it is about-- people outside the mainstream of the 9to5 existence trying to make a living while not compromising their vision.

The author had e-mailed a number of people with a number of questions about their lives, everything from how they pay the rent to how their life choices affect their sex life. While some of the information is eye-opening and valuable, one soon begins to feel that the scope of the book is a bit too narrow-- only two dozen people offer their viewpoints, and often they are less than candid about various situations. Though there is some important information here for those contemplating charting their own course through life, the main value of this book is reassurance that You Are Not Alone.

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How to be a starving artist; step one: stop whining. (Intelligence City Lit).(The Murdering of My Years: Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet)(Book Review) ... (book review): An article from: City Limits
Bill Roundy
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Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from City Limits, published by City Limits Community Information Service, Inc. on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1187 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: How to be a starving artist; step one: stop whining. (Intelligence City Lit).(The Murdering of My Years: Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet)(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Bill Roundy
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Date: May 1, 2003
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Stop Singing People Might Hear You: My Cleft Book
Maria T. Burglehaus
Manufacturer: Maria T. Burglehaus Publishing
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Cleft lips and palates are common congenital anomalies occurring approximately once out of every five hundred to seven hundred and fifty births. Stop Singing People Might Hear You, My Cleft Book is an inspiring account of one womans perseverance while living with a congenital anomaly. It illustrates how one can look challenges in the eye and conquer adversity with bravado.

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Packed with more than 500 outstanding photographs, drawings, and diagrams, this illustrated history is the best source ever to the development of Allied tanks, gun motor carriages, and special-purpose vehicles in World War Two. Military enthusiasts and history buffs will pore excitedly over pictures of each type as well as the many variants--which sometimes run into the dozens. Not one is missing: more than 2,000 vehicles come with detailed specifications, comparative scale drawings, and appendices dealing with guns, engines, and suspension systems.

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Typical but good reference.......2006-01-30

For those that need a starter reference book on World War II allied tanks, this will due. Most books have the same material repeated, and this is not much difference except you have a reliable author putting the information together. A fine addition to your reference library on World War II.

British and american tanks of WWII.......2005-09-01

Not to bad. Excellent references to unusual variants. good detail about equipment, usage and weaknesses.

allied tanks.......2003-01-14

In many ways not up to standard with its German partner, Encyclopedia of German tanks of World War Two. Armor is not given section by section breakdown, but maximum and minimum. Allied armored cars, which were quite numerous, are not listed, unlike their German equivelent.

But on the positive side, an appendix of british and American tank armament is included in the back that is in far more detail than the one provided in the German one which is excellent reading. And the same can also be said of engines.

A good refurence in regards to the British, American, Canadian and Australian tanks and their sub types.

Generic: Wished it was much better........2002-06-25

I guess my expectations for this book were too high, especially when you compare it against its German counterpart [both by Chamberlain and the prequel by von Segner]. As an armor historian, I wanted a thorough breakdown of technical data, like the German work, along with a more thorough explanation of different marks and variants.
4 pages of line drawings at the end only makes you want more.
This is a good work if you are starting off in the field, or needed someone to explain certain details for ASL. However, it is way too cut and dried and much of this information is available on the internet.
Wish it was much better.

Not comparable to Encyclopedia of German Tanks.......2001-10-10

I bought this book because I was impressed by its counterpart on German armor. I was disappointed to notice that it doesn't live up to that standard. Where the 'German' book covered each version with technical data, this book often simply summed up all known versions, with a very brief description, often not even mentioning in service date (year) and production numbers. For example, the 24 pages long M4 Sherman section only contains 2 'technical' specification listings.... Same goes for the British Churchill tank section, only a single technical spec list. On the positive side are the sections on more obscure models and prototypes, almost all with illustration(s).

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