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Book SynopsisOffering a thorough exploration of the rapid advancements in technology development for interpreting, this book explores the effects of technology on the practice of interpreting, providing theoretical insights and practical applications.The chapters underscore the interdisciplinary nature of interpreting in the digital age and cover a wide range of topics from online learning environments for trainee interpreters, ethical considerations, to the application of specific digital tools in language interpretation. It covers the application of advanced language models in interpreting, the pedagogical implications of technology in interpreter training, as well as the cognitive aspects of interpreting in a technologically advanced environment. The authors integrate insights from technology, linguistics, education, and cognitive science to provide a comprehensive understanding of how technology influences interpreting. This interdisciplinary approach allows the book to provide a holistic view of the field, making it a valuable resource for readers from various disciplines interested in the interplay between technology and interpreting. The book serves as a platform for discussing and debating new thoughts on the teaching and training of interpreting and the delivery of interpreting services.Delving into the new paradigms of interpreting studies that have emerged in the wake of technological advancements, this book will be invaluable to students studying interpreting or related fields, researchers investigating the impact of technology on interpreting, and practitioners in the field who are keen to understand and leverage the latest technological advancements.

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Book SynopsisFor two decades,Understanding Clinical Papershas been helpingstudents and professionalsunderstandtheresearch that supportsevidence-based practice. Now in its fourth edition, this popularintroductorytextbookcovers everymajoraspect ofreadingand evaluatingclinical research literature, from identifying the aims and objectives of a paper toanalysingthe data with different multivariable methods.Numerousexcerptsfrom actual clinicalresearchpapersmakelearningreal and immediate,supported by a unique visual approach that reinforceskey points and connectsexampleswith the chapter material. The fourth editionincludes extensivelyrevised content throughout,includingfour brand-new chapters covering qualitative?studies, Poisson regression, studies of complex interventions, and research usingpreviouslycollected data.New and updated materialdiscussesthedifference between clinical and statistical significance, the consequences of multiple testing?and methods of correction,how?topic guides Table of ContentsPreface to the First Edition vii Preface to the Second Edition ix Preface to the Third Edition xi Preface to the Fourth Edition xii Part I Setting the Scene: Who Did What, and Why 1 1 Some Preliminaries 3 2 The Abstract and Introduction 8 3 The Aims and Objectives 15 Part II Design Matters: What Type of Study Is It? 21 4 Descriptive Studies: Qualitative 23 5 Descriptive Studies: Quantitative 29 6 Analytic Studies 36 7 Intervention Studies 45 8 Mixed Methods Research 57 9 Studies of Complex Interventions 60 10 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 65 11 Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies 75 Part III The Cast: Finding Out About the Subjects of the Research 79 12 The Research Setting 81 13 Populations and Samples in Quantitative Research 85 14 Research Using Already-Collected Data 90 15 The Sample in Qualitative Research 95 16 Identifying and Defining Cases 99 17 Controls and Comparisons 102 Part IV Establishing The Facts: Starting With Basic Observations 107 18 Identifying the Characteristics of Quantitative Data 109 19 Summarizing the Characteristics of Quantitative Data 116 20 Identifying and Summarising the Characteristics of Qualitative Data 121 21 Measuring the Characteristics of Participants: Quantitative 124 22 Measuring the Characteristics of Participants: Qualitative 130 23 Diagnostic Tests: Measuring the Characteristics of Measures 133 24 Measurement Scales 138 25 Exploring and Explaining: Topic Guides 150 Part V Establishing More of the Facts: Some Common Ways of Describing Results 153 26 Fractions, Proportions, and Rates 155 27 Risks and Odds 157 28 Ratios of Risks and Odds 160 Part VI Analysing the Data: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing 167 29 Confidence Intervals for Means, Proportions, and Medians 169 30 Confidence Intervals for Ratios 176 31 Testing Hypotheses – The p-value 181 Part VII Analysing the Data: Multivariable Methods 197 32 Measuring Association 199 33 Measuring Agreement 206 34 Linear Regression 211 35 Logistic Regression 222 36 Poisson Regression 228 37 Measuring Survival 237 38 Analysing Qualitative Data 244 Part VIII Reading Between the Lines: How Authors Use Text, Tables, and Pictures to Tell You the Story 249 39 Results in Text and Tables 251 40 Results in Pictures 260 41 The Discussion and Conclusions 270 References 274 Index 282

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Book SynopsisPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The gold-standard reference on the design and application of classic and modern antennasâfully updated to reflect the latest advances and technologiesThis new edition of the âœbible of antenna engineeringâ has been updated to provide start-to-finish coverage of the latest innovations in antenna design and application. You will find in-depth discussion of antennas used in modern communication systems, mobile and personal wireless technologies, satellites, radar deployments, flexible electronics, and other emerging technologies, including 5G, terahertz, and wearable electronics. Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fifth Edition, is bolstered by real-world examples, hundreds of illustrations, and

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Mikell P. Groover is Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, where he taught and did research for 44 years. He received his B.A. in Arts and Science (1961), B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1962), M.S. in Industrial Engineering (1966), and Ph.D. (1969), all from Lehigh. His industrial experience includes several years as a manufacturing engineer before embarking on graduate studies at Lehigh.

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Book Synopsis  Dr Mark Breach is Principal Lecturer in Engineering Surveying at Nottingham Trent University. As Programme Leader for the MSc Civil and Geotechnical Engineering degrees he manages all its postgraduate dissertations and he also performs a similar function for undergraduate Civil Engineers. Table of Contents 1 What is a dissertation? 1.1 Why do we do projects? 1.2 What is a project? 1.3 What happens when? 1.4 Planning the project 1.5 Your tutor, friend or foe? Summary 2 Making a start 2.1 Choosing and defining the project 2.2 Motivation and added value 2.3 What type of project? 2.4 What is the question? 2.5 The aim 2.6 The objectives 2.7 Methodology 2.8 Hypothesis and key questions 2.9 Resources 2.10 Timetable 2.11 Example project proposal Summary 3 Hard work or pleasure? 3.1 Getting stuck in 3.2 The science and engineering context 3.3 Health, safety and risk assessment 3.4 COSHH 3.5 Ethics 3.6 Proving your point. 3.7 Quantitative or qualitative methods 3.8 Quantitative methods 3.9 Qualitative methods 3.10 Getting the data 3.11 Questionnaires 3.12 Interviews Summary 4 Meaning from numbers 4.1 The nature of uncertainty 4.2 Data types 4.3 Previewing your data 4.4 Statistical methods 4.5 Parametric methods 4.6 Non-parametric methods Summary 5 Paperwork, paperwork 5.1 Writing up 5.2 Introduction chapter 5.3 Literature review chapter(s) 5.4 Citing references 5.6 Results chapter 5.7 Analysis chapter 5.8 Conclusions and recommendations chapter 5.9 Abstract 5.10 Tops and tails Summary 6 Tips and hints 6.1 What can go wrong? 6.2 Recovering from disaster 6.3 How to make it go right from the start: prevention, better than cure Summary 7 Assessment and beyond 7.1 Project proposal 7.2 Preliminary literature review 7.3 Progress presentation and the viva voce 7.4 Preparing your presentation 7.5 Poster presentations 7.6 Marking the dissertation 7.7 Preparing for publication 7.8 Copyright Summary 8 Plagiarism – avoidance and detection 8.1 What is plagiarism? 8.2 Why people plagiarise 8.3 How you are likely to be caught 8.4 What happens when you get caught? 8.5 How to avoid accidental plagiarism 8.5 How to avoid accidental plagiarism Summary 9 Questions and answers I

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Book SynopsisTechnology affects almost everything we do, and its possibilities can be both exhilarating and daunting. This collection features two radio documentaries exploring Douglas Adams’ vision of the digital future, plus Did Douglas Get it Right?, presented by Mitch Benn.Douglas Adams was a passionate technology enthusiast. His bestselling The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is full of futuristic tech, and in 1990 he predicted something very like the World Wide Web in the BBC2 film Hyperland. So in 1999, he was the natural choice to present Radio 4’s The Internet: The Last 20th Century Battleground. In it, he looked at the explosion in online communication, the evolution of cyberspace, and the risks and opportunities of the new virtual world.A year later, he hosted The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Future, in which he and his guests discussed how music, publishing, broadcasting, and society in general would be transformed in the 21st century. Sadly, this was Adams’ last BBC project: his death in 2001 meant he would never see if his visions came true.However, in 2015, Mitch Benn dipped into the archives for a follow-up programme, Did Douglas Get it Right?, revisiting Adams’ predictions to discover how prescient (or otherwise) they turned out to be...Fascinating, funny and insightful, these three programmes are a wonderful tribute to Douglas Adams, and a treat for fans and futurists alike.Produced by Mark Rickards.

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Book SynopsisThe LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 set offers so many new and exciting features that it can be hard to know where to begin. Without the help of an expert, it could take months of experimentation to learn how to use the advanced mechanisms and numerous programming features. In The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Laboratory, author Daniele Benedettelli, robotics expert and member of the elite LEGO MINDSTORMS Expert Panel, shows you how to use gears, beams, motors, sensors, and programming blocks to create sophisticated robots that can avoid obstacles, walk on two legs, and even demonstrate autonomous behavior. You ll also dig into related math, engineering, and robotics concepts that will help you create your own amazing robots. Programming experiments throughout will challenge you, while a series of comics and countless illustrations inform the discussion and keep things fun. As you make your way through the book, you ll build and program five wicked cool robots: ROV3R, a vehicle you can modify to do thinTable of ContentsChapter 1: Your LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 SetChapter 2: Building ROV3RChapter 3: ProgrammingChapter 4: Advanced Programming with the Brick Program AppChapter 5: EV3 ProgrammingChapter 6: Experimenting with the EV3 Infrared ComponentsChapter 7: The Math Behind the Magic!Chapter 8: LEGO RecipesChapter 9: Building WATCHGOOZ3Chapter 10: Programming WATCHGOOZ3Chapter 11: Building the SUP3R CARChapter 12: Programming the SUP3R CARChapter 13: Building the SENTIN3LChapter 14: Programming the SENTIN3LChapter 15: Building the T-R3XChapter 16: Programming the T-R3XAppendix A: The EV3 31313 Set Bill of MaterialsAppendix B: Differences Between the Education Set and Retail Set

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Book SynopsisThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. Offering the the first theoretical and historical account of software for media authoring and its effects on the practice and the very concept of 'media,' the author of The Language of New Media (2001) develops his own theory for this rapidly-growing, always-changing field. What was the thinking and motivations of people who in the 1960 and 1970s created concepts and practical techniques that underlie contemporary media software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya, Final Cut and After Effects? How do their interfaces and tools shape the visual aesthetics of contemporary media and design? What happens to the idea of a 'medium' after previously media-specific tools have been simulated and extended in software? Is it still meaningful to talk about different mediums at all? Lev Manovich answers these questions and supports his theoretical arguments by detailed analysis of key media applications such as Photoshop and After Effects, popular web services such as Google Earth, and the projects in motion graphics, interactive environments, graphic design and architecture. Software Takes Command is a must for all practicing designers and media artists and scholars concerned with contemporary media.Trade ReviewThe language of new media is embodied and expressed---lent visual and interactive form---through software. Software is the agent of our every digital experience. And software is a quintessentially human artifact. The fact that it is intangible---you can’t reach out and touch it---is the least interesting thing about it. This long-researched book, which synthesizes critical theory, human-computer interaction, and media history as well as newer approaches from the digital humanities, allows software to take its place as a commanding element in our conversations about computers, and how we work, play, learn, and create. -- Matthew Kirschenbaum, Associate Professor of English and Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, University of Maryland, USWith Software Takes Command, Lev Manovich seeks to answer a central question: 'Why should humanists, social scientists, media scholars and cultural critics care about software?' His answer is a provocative, historically informed book that breaks new ground in digital humanities, in new media studies and in what Manovich defined in his earlier book The Language of New Media, as software studies. Through a theoretical analysis of the computer as cultural metamedium and a probing history of 'media software' such Photoshop and After Effects, among others, this is essential reading for anyone interested in how software has changed how we work, create, and perceive the world. -- Tanya Clement, Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Texas, Austin, USComputers haven't transformed media--they've shattered the very idea of a medium. Lev Manovich connects the dots of software society, from layers in Photoshop to layers of data, interpretation, and meaning. -- Martin Wattenberg, Software Artist and ScientistThe chapter on motion graphics is the best thing I’ve ever read on the subject, and the final version is copiously illustrated. * RoyChristopher.com *...a valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary media theory or the humanist study of software. It collects both the history of media's softwarization in the 1960's and 1970's and the cultural development of a metalanguage of motion graphics in the 1990's. In addition, it provides the theoretical framework necessary for a discussion of these histories and for future developments in media software. If it does not provide a single final answer to its catalyzing question, it is only because the use of 'media after software' is a cultural phenomenon in which we are still neck deep. -- Patrick Davison, New York University * International Journal of Communication *Currently, too many of us in education lack sophisticated and critical ways to think and talk about the role of software in our lives. Unlike previous technologies, software can push back into our worlds in unprecedented ways. In education, the danger is that software will begin to dictate pedagogy rather than the other way around. Manovich’s book can help us avoid this pitfall. The greatest value of Software Takes Command is that it helps frame the history and nature of software in a way that makes me more confident in identifying how and when to take command of software myself. -- Tom Liam Lynch, Pace University * Research in Review *The proposal involves such strength and conviction from Manovich. You have to have balls to wonder about the intellectual, philosophical, epistemological and conceptual origins of the software we use every day…This work is thus a secret history (by neglect rather than conspiracy) of the culture of software. Por eso la propuesta de Manovich conlleva tanta fuerza y convicción. Hay que tener cojones para preguntarse acerca de los orígenes intelectuales, filosóficos, epistemologicos y conceptuales del software que usamos cada día… Esta obra es pues una historia secreta (por desatención mas que por conspiración) de la cultura del software. -- Alejandro Piscitelli * Conectar Igualdad *Manovich’s book studies this management of information not so much from the overused perspective of the ‘digital revolution’, but more specifically via the analysis of software…identifying software as the new ubiquitous technology that structures everyday contemporary life – a life which has, thanks to the rise of software, become global…As such, Software Takes Command is a contribution to the emerging discipline of ‘software studies’. -- Warren Buckland, Oxford Brookes University, UK * New Review of Film and Television Studies *Today Manovich - one of the foremost authorities in research software and massive digital cultures - it comes with an even more radical and powerful theory: the software is the message, now a category imperative for new approaches to analysis and understanding of the contemporary. Hoy Manovich – una de las máximas autoridades en estudios de software y culturas digitales masivas –, viene con una teoría aún más radical y contundente: el software es el mensaje, convertida en una categoría imprescindible para los nuevos criterios de análisis y comprensión de la contemporaneidad. -- Margarita D'Amico * Toques de Contemporaneidaed *With significant contributions like Software Takes Command, software studies is sure to flourish as an area of scholarship within media studies, if not as a replacement. -- Yanni Loukissas, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University * Journal of Design History *Through a series of theoretically informed and empirically rich chapters, Manovich reflects on how different media became thoroughly infused with software, how it altered different practices, and how to make sense of software’s effects. He persuasively argues that softwarization has led to the formation of a new ‘metamedium’ in which what were previously separate media, and already existing and not-yet-invented media, become fused. -- Rob Kitchin, National University of Ireland Maynooth * Information, Communication & Society *….Manovich's work contributes as it unveils some of the invisible labour involved in media production hidden in the softwarization process, and deepens our understanding of the changing practices and aesthetics. -- Lin Yuwei * Information, Communication and Society *Reading Manovich is indeed useful, and worth putting in your toolbox of concepts along with Donald Norman’s affordance and Bruno Latour’s agency. Per leggere Manovich risulta utile infatti mettere nella propria cassetta degli attrezzi concetti quali quelli di affordance di Donald Norman e di agency di Bruno Latour. -- Tatiana Mazali, Politecnico di Torino * Mediascapes Journal *Software Takes Command shows that technical expertise can indeed lead to more intelligible technical description…Manovich’s background allows him to set priorities that resonate with the situated hierarchies of relevance that exist in every professional practice…This book focuses on some of the most fundamental features of some of the most common programs in the cultural software space and remains resolutely analytical and formalistic. In that sense, it can be considered as uncritical. There is no variant of false consciousness to be found and no bureaucratization of the creative mind through formalization or standardization. Software Takes Command is trying to understand what is, not what ought or ought not to be… Given [software’s] enormous significance for contemporary visual culture, one would expect there to be a number of published volumes that discuss Photoshop and similar programs in some depth. But besides Manovich’s work, there is preciously little…One can therefore only hope that Software Takes Command inspires others to take the approach to new domains and different types of software…Lev Manovich shows us how this could be done – and this is why Software Takes Command is such an important book. -- Bernhard Rieder, University of Amsterdam * Information, Communication and Society *The intelligence and breadth of Manovich's approach makes this book relevant for all those who, in the fields of computer science, art, design, history and theory of new media, and related disciplines, wish to understand the multiple forms and structures of interaction and manipulation encoded in the software we use in many of our creative and communicative practices. Manovich beautifully synthesizes a significant part of his work as programmer, designer and digital animator, media artist, researcher and professor, helping to strengthen and expand the field of cultural studies of software, one of the corollaries of his previous systematic analysis of the language of new media. This is an essential book in the canon, still in formation, of software studies. -- Manuel Portela * MATLIT *A broad range of examples combined with the author's own experience as a media designer, as well as his many careful observations and provocative ideas make this book a compelling and insightful take on a central pillar of digital culture. -- Martin E. Roth, Leiden University, The Netherlands * Asiascape: Digital Asia *Software Takes Command is impeccably organized and thorough, meant to be exhaustive and complete in its topology of the practices of new media production and consumption, from taking an Instagram pic of your boyfriend on holiday to the most advanced modes of graphic design, film and speculative architecture. * Red-Assiniboine Research Unit *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: Inventing Media Software Chapter 1. Alan Kay’s Universal Media Machine Chapter 2. Understanding Metamedia PART 2: Hybridization and Evolution Chapter 3: Hybridization Chapter 4. Soft Evolution PART 3: Software in Action Chapter 5. Media Design Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisDoes Adaptive Project Management make sense for you?Are you using waterfall/PMP project management and……your stakeholders expect innovation, a predictable schedule, and a fixed budget without padding?…it’s impossible to build a Work Breakdown Structure because your team doesn’t understand the solution yet?…you’re using new technology making it impossible to estimate durations accurately?Are you using agile project management and……your project includes hardware and your plan includes complex dependencies?…it takes weeks to complete and test a build?Are you trying to get a project completed without any project management and……priorities aren’t clear, so the wrong tasks are being worked on?…your delivery dates are just guesses and things are always late?…when your projects are complete the end users say “That’s not what I need or want”?If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Adaptive Project Management is for you.In Adaptive Project Management, the project manager does just enough planning to be confident that the team is working on the correct tasks. Those tasks might be risk reduction, on the critical path, or building prototypes to better understand what the end-user wants. The goal is to be constantly reducing risk and uncertainty as you move through a project, always updating the plan as you increase your knowledge. This book explains how to succeed or fail fast for projects that are too uncertain to use waterfall project management and too complex to succeed with agile project management.

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Book SynopsisIn this eagerly-awaited new book from the author of the best-selling Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh takes a fun, informative and irreverent romp through the history of more than forty pieces of personal tech, charting the successes, failures and oddities from over five decades of our obsession with gadgetry.From the Teasmade to the TomTom, mankind has been on a constant hunt for gimmicks that make life easier, faster and more entertaining, and as yesterday's 'must-haves' become today's museum pieces, there's no better time to take a nostalgic trip through tech's back catalogue.

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Book SynopsisSilicon Valley wants us to believe that technology will revolutionize our cities and the ways we move around. Autonomous vehicles will make us safer, greener, and more efficient. On-demand services like Uber and Lyft will eliminate car ownership. Micromobility devices like electric scooters will be at every corner, and drones will deliver goods and services. Meanwhile visionaries like Elon Musk promise to eliminate congestion with tunnels, and Uber help with flying cars. The future of transport is frictionless, sustainable, and according to Paris Marx, a threat to our ideas of what a society should be.Road to Nowhere exposes the problems with tech's visions of the future and argues that we cannot allow ourselves to be continually distracted by technological fantasies that delay the collective solutions we already know are effective. Technological solutions to social problems and the people who propose them must be challenged if we are to build cities and transportation systems which serve the public good.In response, Paris Marx offers a vision for a more collective way of organizing transportation systems which considers the needs of poor, marginalized, and vulnerable peoples. The book also argues that rethinking mobility can be the first step in a broader reimagining of how we organize our social, economic, and political systems to serve the many, not the few.Trade ReviewThe last decade has been a trainwreck for Silicon Valley's dreams of mobility. Paris Marx's invaluable new book explains how and why big tech's utopian transit projects crashed and burned, why these disasters will keep finding funding if they are not opposed, and what the alternative might look like. The path to a better, more equitable future of transit begins with the Road to Nowhere. -- Brian Merchant, author of The One DeviceA lively summary of the ways Big Tech has distracted us from the urgent task of making our cities work for everyone. -- Jarrett Walker, author of Human TransitAn astute and engaging critique of Silicon Valley's visions for transportation, Marx highlights the problems of technology being driven by the needs of capital and crafts a compelling vision of a world where technology is instead used to deliver social good -- Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon ValleyDraws a compelling picture of the evolution of the Western vision of mobility. -- Konrad Bleyer-Simon * Green European Journal *I recommend Road to Nowhere not only for what it says about transport, but for its approach to technologies more generally ... [it] is far ahead of the depressing pile of texts that put a 'left' gloss on techno-optimism -- Simon Pirani * Ecologist *I know it is heresy, but electric cars are still cars and they won't save us. Marx has written a wonderful book that explains why, and is persuasive about that better, more equitable future we could all have if we looked to Main Street instead of Sand Hill Road. -- Lloyd Alter * Treehugger *Road to Nowhere is a sharply rendered, compelling, and illuminating text that combines diffuse histories and complex processes into a clear narrative. Marx's work helps us better understand the past and contemplate the kind of futures we might bring about. -- Matthew Seidel * Protean Magazine *As greenhouse gas emissions ramp up, housing prices reach astronomical heights, and we all stay stuck in traffic, Paris Marx's new book Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation looks at how the quest for market share got us to this point and why visions of the future from California tech billionaires cannot solve these problems. -- Clement Nocos * Broadbent Institute *[Road to Nowhere] traces the historical echo between automakers' takeover of the North American continent and the present monopolistic powers of the tech industry. -- David A. Banks * Real Life Magazine *You may find yourself driven to drink by the events recounted in this book, but Marx is a designated driver you can count on. -- Rob Larson * Jacobin *Road to Nowhere stands as an intervention into broad discussions about the future of mobility, particularly those currently taking place on the political left. -- Zachary Loeb * Boundary2 *The most concise, well-reasoned critique of that corner of the tech industry that most directly affects cities: transportation. -- James Brasuell * Planetizen *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. How the Automobile Disrupted Mobility 9 2. Crafting the Ideology of Tech 36 3. Electric Vehicles and Their Dirty Secret 63 4. Uber's Assault on Cities and Labor 89 5. Self-Driving Cars Did Not Deliver 114 6. Carving New Paths for Cars 140 7. The Coming Fight for the Sidewalk 160 8. The Real Futures That Tech Is Building 180 9. Toward a Better Transport Future 202 Conclusion 228

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Book SynopsisQuantum computing has been hailed as a technological game-changer. But what precisely is it and what is its true potential?In this superbly insightful, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Amit Katwala tells you everything you need to know about the next computer revolution. He explains the highly complex science that lies behind it. He describes the competing efforts of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba to create a viable quantum computer, and the different routes they have taken to meet the immense technical challenges involved. He considers the technology's potential application in spheres as diverse as medicine, cyber security and clean energy. And he addresses the fundamental question: how close are we to seeing quantum computers become a widespread reality.Trade ReviewThe prose is clear, well written, not dumbed down, but equally well equipped to take you on a deep dive into the key concepts of quantum . . . A good book, thought provoking, and a glimpse of what its down the road. * Irish Tech News *It's a great intro to the present state of and prospects for quantum computing - not too technical, wasting little space on the basics but avoiding the hieroglyphics of quantum algorithms. * PC Pro *

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Book SynopsisGenome sequencing is one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past thirty years. But what precisely does it involve and how is it developing? In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Rachael Pells explains the science behind genomics. She analyses its practical applications in medical diagnosis and the treatment of conditions that range from cancer to severe allergic reactions to cystic fibrosis. She considers its potential to help with advances in agriculture and environmental science. She explores the ethics of genetic modification and the dangers involved when humans 'play God'. And she addresses the fundamental question: to what extent will future advances transform human longevity and the quality of life.

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Book SynopsisFrank N. von Hippel shares his remarkable journey as a key figure in the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, illuminating the far-reaching consequences of nuclear accidents and the devastating impact of limited nuclear war.Speakingout about the dangers of nuclear power, leading the opposition againstplutonium breeder reactors, meeting with Soviet leaders and colleagues such asMikhail Gorbachev and physicist and human rights advocate Andrei Sakharov,serving as chair of the Federation of American Scientists, von Hippel played apivotal role in the nuclear freeze movement. He was also involved inestablishing the in-country monitoring of the Soviet Union''s unilateral nucleartest moratorium in the mid-1980s. His book offers an intimate look at thecomplex world of nuclear arms control from the 1980s to the present.CONTENTS: Searching for a Way to Contribute. At Stanford During the Vietnam War. Nuclear Reactor Accidents. Consequences of Limited Nuclear War. President Carter and the Plutonium Economy. Chernobyl. Automobile Energy Efficiency. Freezing the Nuclear Arms Race. Monitoring Gorbachev''s Nuclear Test Moratorium. Andrei Sakharov and the 1987 Moscow Nuclear Disarmament Conference. End of the Nuclear Arms Race. Nuclear Warhead Detection: The Black Sea Experiment. Velikhov''s 1986 Glasnost Tour. End of the Cold War. Losing the Peace. Cleaning Up After the Cold War. Fifteen More US Nuclear Tests? Working in the White House to Secure Russia''s Nuclear Materials. Nuclear Nonproliferation and Space-Reactor Safety. Time to Rejoin the Outside World. The International Panel on Fissile Materials. Stopping the G. W. Bush Administration''s Reprocessing Initiative. Fukushima and Spent Fuel Pool Fires. Obama, China, and Iran. Looking Forward. Looking Back.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook explains Technology Roadmapping, in both its development and practice, and illustrates the underlying theory of, and empirical evidence for, technologic evolution over time afforded by this strategy. The book contains a rich set of examples and practical exercises from a wide array of domains in applied science and engineering such as transportation, energy, communications, and medicine. Professor de Weck gives a complete review of the principles, methods, and tools of technology management for organizations and technologically-enabled systems, including technology scouting, roadmapping, strategic planning, R&D project execution, intellectual property management, knowledge management, partnering and acquisition, technology transfer, innovation management, and financial technology valuation. Special topics also covered include Moore’s law, S-curves, the singularity and fundamental limits to technology. Ideal for university courses in engineering, management, and business programs, as well as self-study or online learning for professionals in a range of industries, readers of this book will learn how to develop and deploy comprehensive technology roadmaps and R&D portfolios on diverse topics of their choice. Introduces a unique framework, Advanced Technology Roadmap Architecture (ATRA), for developing quantitative technology roadmaps and competitive R&D portfolios through a lucid and rigorous step-by-step approach; Elucidates the ATRA framework through analysis which was validated on an actual $1 billion R&D portfolio at Airbus, leveraging a pedagogy significantly beyond typical university textbooks and problem sets; Reinforces concepts with in-depth case studies, practical exercises, examples, and thought experiments interwoven throughout the text; Maximizes reader competence on how to explicitly link strategy, finance, and technology. The book follows and supports the MIT Professional Education Courses “Management of Technology: Roadmapping & Development,” https://professional.mit.edu/course-catalog/management-technology-roadmapping-development and “Management of Technology: Strategy & Portfolio Analysis” https://professional.mit.edu/course-catalog/management-technology-strategy-portfolio-analysisTable of ContentsChapter 1. What is Technology?.- Chapter 2. Technological Milestones of Humanity.- Chapter 3. Technology and Nature.- Chapter 4. Quantifying Technological Progress.- Chapter 5. Patents and Intellectual Property.- Chapter 6. Case 1: The Automobile.- Chapter 7. Diffusion and Disruption of Technology.- Chapter 8. Technology Roadmaps.- Chapter 9. Case 2: The Aircraft.- Chapter 10. Technology Strategy and Competition.- Chapter 11. Systems Modeling and Technology Sensitivity.- Chapter 12. Technology Infusion Analysis.- Chapter 13. Case 3: The Deep Space Network.- Chapter 14. Technology Scouting.- Chapter 15. Knowledge Management and Technology Transfer.- Chapter 16. R&D Portfolio Management.- Chapter 17. Technology Valuation and Finance.- Chapter 18. Case 4: DNA Sequencing.- Chapter 19. Impact of Technology on Industrial Ecosystems.- Chapter 20. Military and Intelligence Technologies.- Chapter 21. Aging and Technology.- Chapter 22. The Singularity: Fiction or Reality?

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Book SynopsisLearn essentials of managing projects well and within budget, from scheduling and jobsite safety to quality and customer service in this long-anticipated revision of Basic Construction Management.Trade ReviewThis book is a must-read for anyone considering a career in construction supervision. I have not seen a better training guide in my 20 years in homebuilding. -- Ken Condit, Construction Training ManagerThis book is an essential tool for new superintendents and can help experienced superintendents polish their skills. By using the principles in Basic Construction Management, you will build higher quality projects more efficiently and safely. -- Jay Christofferson, Chair, Brigham Young University construction management program

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Book SynopsisA riveting exploration of one of the most important dilemmas of our time: will digital technology accelerate environmental degradation, or could it play a role in ecological regeneration?At the uncanny edge of the scientific frontier, Gaia’s Web explores the promise and pitfalls the Digital Age holds for the future of our planet. Instead of the Internet of Things, environmental scientist and tech entrepreneur Karen Bakker asks, why not consider the Internet of Living Things? At the surprising and inspiring confluence of our digital and ecological futures, Bakker explores how the tools of the Digital Age could be mobilized to address our most pressing environmental challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss. Interspersed with ten elegiac, enigmatic parables, each of which is based on an existing technology, Gaia’s Web evokes the conundrums we face as the World Wide Web intertwines with the Web of Life.A new generation of

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Book SynopsisHow companies like Amazon and Netflix know what “you might also like”: the history, technology, business, and social impact of online recommendation engines.Increasingly, our technologies are giving us better, faster, smarter, and more personal advice than our own families and best friends. Amazon already knows what kind of books and household goods you like and is more than eager to recommend more; YouTube and TikTok always have another video lined up to show you; Netflix has crunched the numbers of your viewing habits to suggest whole genres that you would enjoy. In this volume in the MIT Press's Essential Knowledge series, innovation expert Michael Schrage explains the origins, technologies, business applications, and increasing societal impact of recommendation engines, the systems that allow companies worldwide to know what products, services, and experiences “you might also like.”Schrage offers a history of recommendation that reaches back

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Book SynopsisWhy, surrounded by screens and smart devices, we feel a deep connection to the analog—vinyl records, fountain pens, Kodak film, and other nondigital tools.We’re surrounded by screens; our music comes in the form of digital files; we tap words into a notes app. Why do we still crave the “realness” of analog, seeking out vinyl records, fountain pens, cameras with film? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Robert Hassan explores our deep connection to analog technology. Our analog urge, he explains, is about what we’ve lost from our technological past, something that’s not there in our digital present. We’re nostalgic for what we remember indistinctly as somehow more real, more human. Surveying some of the major developments of analog technology, Hassan shows us what’s been lost with the digital. Along the way, he discusses the appeal of the 2011 silent, black-and-white Oscar-winning film

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Book SynopsisPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The long-awaited revision of the most respected resource on Internal Combustion Engines --covering the basics through advanced operation of spark-ignition and diesel engines.Written by one of the most recognized and highly regarded names in internal combustion engines this trusted educational resource and professional reference covers the key physical and chemical processes that govern internal combustion engine operation and design. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, Second Edition, has been thoroughly revised to cover recent advances, including performance enhancement, efficiency improvements, and emission reduction technologies. Highly illustrated and cross referenced, the book includes dTable of ContentsCommonly Used Symbols, Subscripts, and Abbreviations CHAPTER 1 Engine Types and Their Operation 1.1 Introduction and Historical Perspective 1.2 Engine Classifications 1.3 Engine Operating Cycles 1.4 Engine Components 1.5 Multicylinder Engines 1.6 Spark-Ignition Engine Operation 1.7 Different Types of Four-Stroke SI Engines 1.7.1 Spark-Ignition Engines with Port Fuel Injection 1.7.2 SI Engines for Hybrid Electric Vehicles 1.7.3 Boosted SI Engines 1.7.4 Direct-Injection SI Engines 1.7.5 Prechamber SI Engines 1.7.6 Rotary Engines 1.8 Compression-Ignition Engine Operation 1.9 Different Types of Diesel Engines 1.10 Two-Stroke Cycle Engine Operation 1.11 Fuels 1.11.1 Gasoline and Diesel 1.11.2 Alternative Fuels Problems References CHAPTER 2 Engine Design and Operating Parameters 2.1 Important Engine Characteristics 2.2 Geometrical Relationships for Reciprocating Engines 2.3 Forces in Reciprocating Mechanism 2.4 Brake Torque and Power 2.5 Indicated Work per Cycle 2.6 Mechanical Efficiency 2.7 Mean Effective Pressure 2.8 Specific Fuel Consumption and Efficiency 2.9 Air/Fuel and Fuel/Air Ratios 2.10 Volumetric Efficiency 2.11 Specific Power, Specific Weight, and Specific Volume 2.12 Correction Factors for Power and Volumetric Efficiency 2.13 Specific Emissions and Emissions Index 2.14 Relationships between Performance Parameters 2.15 Engine Design and Performance Data 2.16 Vehicle Power Requirements Problems References CHAPTER 3 Thermochemistry of Fuel-Air Mixtures 3.1 Characterization of Flames 3.2 Ideal Gas Model 3.3 Composition of Air and Fuels 3.4 Combustion Stoichiometry 3.5 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Combustion 3.5.1 Energy and Enthalpy Balances 3.5.2 Enthalpies of Formation 3.5.3 Heating Values 3.5.4 Adiabatic Combustion Processes 3.5.5 Combustion Efficiency of an Internal Combustion Engine 3.6 The Second Law of Thermodynamics Applied to Combustion 3.6.1 Entropy 3.6.2 Maximum Work from an Internal Combustion Engine and Efficiency 3.7 Chemically Reacting Gas Mixtures 3.7.1 Chemical Equilibrium 3.7.2 Chemical Reaction Rates Problems References CHAPTER 4 Properties of Working Fluids 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Unburned Mixture Composition 4.3 Gas Property Relationships 4.4 A Simple Analytic Ideal Gas Model 4.5 Thermodynamic Property Charts 4.5.1 Unburned Mixture Charts 4.5.2 Burned Mixture Charts 4.5.3 Relation between Unburned and Burned Mixture Charts 4.6 Tables of Properties and Composition 4.7 Computer Routines for Property and Composition Calculations 4.7.1 Unburned Mixtures 4.7.2 Burned Mixtures 4.8 Transport Properties 4.9 Exhaust Gas Composition 4.9.1 Species Concentration Data 4.9.2 Equivalence Ratio Determination from Exhaust Gas Constituents 4.9.3 Effects of Fuel/Air Ratio Nonuniformity 4.9.4 Combustion Inefficiency Problems References CHAPTER 5 Ideal Models of Engine Cycles 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Ideal Models of Engine Processes 5.3 Thermodynamic Relations for Engine Processes 5.4 Cycle Analysis with Ideal Gas Working Fluid with cv and cp Constant 5.4.1 Constant-Volume Cycle 5.4.2 Limited- and Constant-Pressure Cycles 5.4.3 Cycle Comparison 5.5 Fuel-Air Cycle Analysis 5.5.1 SI Engine Cycle Simulation 5.5.2 CI Engine Cycle Simulation 5.5.3 Results of Cycle Calculations 5.6 Overexpanded Engine Cycles 5.7 Availability Analysis of Engine Processes 5.7.1 Availability Relationships 5.7.2 Entropy Changes in Ideal Cycles 5.7.3 Availability Analysis of Ideal Cycles 5.7.4 Effect of Equivalence Ratio 5.8 Comparison with Real Engine Cycles Problems References CHAPTER 6 Gas Exchange Processes 6.1 Intake and Exhaust Processes in the Four-Stroke Cycle 6.2 Volumetric Efficiency 6.2.1 Quasi-Static Effects 6.2.2 Intake and Exhaust Flow Resistances 6.2.3 Intake and In-Cylinder Heat Transfer 6.2.4 Intake Valve Timing Effects 6.2.5 Airflow Choking at Intake Valve 6.2.6 Intake and Exhaust Tuning 6.2.7 Combined Effects: Naturally-Aspirated Engines 6.2.8 Effects of Turbocharging 6.3 Flow through Valves and Ports 6.3.1 Valve and Port Geometry and Operation 6.3.2 Flow Rates and Discharge Coefficients 6.3.3 Variable Valve Timing and Control 6.4 Residual Gas Fraction 6.5 Exhaust Gas Flow Rate and Temperature Variation 6.6 Scavenging in Two-Stroke Cycle Engines 6.6.1 Two-Stroke Engine Configurations 6.6.2 Scavenging Parameters and Models 6.6.3 Actual Scavenging Processes 6.7 Flow through Two-Stroke Engine Ports 6.8 Supercharging and Turbocharging 6.8.1 Methods of Power Boosting 6.8.2 Basic Relationships 6.8.3 Compressors 6.8.4 Turbines 6.8.5 Compressor, Engine, Turbine Matching 6.8.6 Wave-Compression Devices Problems References CHAPTER 7 Mixture Preparation in SI Engines 7.1 Spark-Ignition Engine Mixture Requirements 7.2 Fuel Metering Overview 7.2.1 Mixture Formation Approaches 7.2.2 Relevant Characteristics of Fuels 7.3 Central (Throttle-Body) Fuel Injection 7.4 Port (Multipoint) Fuel Injection 7.4.1 System Layout, Components, and Function 7.4.2 Fuel Spray Behavior 7.4.3 Reverse Flow Impacts 7.5 Air Flow Phenomena 7.5.1 Flow Past the Throttle Plate 7.5.2 Flow in Intake Manifolds 7.5.3 Air Flow Models 7.6 Fuel Flow Phenomena: Port Fuel Injection 7.6.1 Liquid Fuel Behavior 7.6.2 Transients: Fuel-Film Models 7.7 Direct Fuel Injection 7.7.1 Overview of Direct-Injection Approaches 7.7.2 DI Mixture Preparation Processes 7.7.3 DI Engine System and Components 7.8 Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensors 7.9 Fuel Supply Systems 7.10 Liquid Petroleum Gas and Natural Gas Problems References CHAPTER 8 Charge Motion within the Cylinder 8.1 Intake-Generated Flows 8.2 Mean Velocity and Turbulence Characteristics 8.2.1 Definitions of Relevant Parameters 8.2.2 Application to Engine Velocity Data 8.3 Swirl 8.3.1 Swirl Measurement 8.3.2 Swirl Generation during Induction 8.3.3 Swirl Modification within the Cylinder 8.4 Tumble 8.5 Piston-Generated Flows: Squish 8.6 Swirl, Tumble, Squish Flow Interactions 8.7 Prechamber Engine Flows 8.8 Crevice Flows and Blowby 8.9 Flows Generated by Piston Cylinder-Wall Interaction Problems References CHAPTER 9 Combustion in Spark-Ignition Engines 9.1 Essential Features of Process 9.1.1 Combustion Fundamentals 9.1.2 SI Engine Combustion Process 9.2 Thermodynamics of SI Engine Combustion 9.2.1 Burned and Unburned Mixture States 9.2.2 Analysis of Cylinder Pressure Data 9.2.3 Combustion Process Characterization 9.3 Flame Structure and Speed 9.3.1 Overall Observations 9.3.2 Flame Structure 9.3.3 Laminar Burning Speeds 9.3.4 Flame Propagation Relations 9.3.5 Combustion with Direct Fuel Injection 9.4 Cyclic Variations in Combustion, Partial Burning, and Misfire 9.4.1 Observations and Definitions 9.4.2 Causes of Cycle-by-Cycle and Cylinder-to-Cylinder Variations 9.4.3 Partial Burning, Misfire, and Engine Stability 9.5 Spark Ignition 9.5.1 Ignition Fundamentals 9.5.2 Standard Ignition Systems 9.5.3 Alternative Ignition Approaches 9.6 Abnormal Combustion: Spontaneous Ignition and Knock 9.6.1 Description of Phenomena 9.6.2 Knock Fundamentals 9.6.3 Fuel Factors 9.6.4 Sporadic Preignition and Knock 9.6.5 Knock Suppression Problems References CHAPTER 10 Combustion in Compression-Ignition Engines 10.1 Essential Features of Process 10.2 Types of Diesel Combustion Systems 10.2.1 Direct-Injection Systems 10.2.2 Other Diesel Combustion Systems 10.2.3 Comparison of Different Combustion Systems 10.3 Diesel Engine Combustion 10.3.1 Optical Studies of Diesel Combustion 10.3.2 Combustion in Direct-Injection Multi-Spray Systems 10.3.3 Heat-Release-Rate Analysis 10.3.4 Conceptual Model of DI Diesel Combustion 10.4 Fuel Spray Behavior 10.4.1 Fuel Injection 10.4.2 Overall Spray Structure 10.4.3 Atomization and Spray Development 10.4.4 Spray Penetration 10.4.5 Droplet Size Distribution 10.4.6 Spray Evaporation 10.5 Ignition Delay 10.5.1 Definition and Discussion 10.5.2 Fuel Ignition Quality 10.5.3 Autoignition and Premixed Burn 10.5.4 Physical Factors Affecting Ignition Delay 10.5.5 Effect of Fuel Properties 10.5.6 Correlations for Ignition Delay in Engines 10.6 Mixing-Controlled Combustion 10.6.1 Background 10.6.2 Spray and Flame Structure 10.6.3 Fuel-Air Mixing and Burning Rates 10.7 Alternative Compression-Ignition Combustion Approaches 10.7.1 Multiple-Injection Diesel Combustion 10.7.2 Advanced Compression-Ignition Combustion Concepts Problems References CHAPTER 11 Pollutant Formation and Control 11.1 Nature and Extent of Problem 11.2 Nitrogen Oxides 11.2.1 Kinetics of NO Formation 11.2.2 Formation of NO2 11.2.3 NO Formation in Spark-Ignition Engines 11.2.4 NOx Formation in Compression-Ignition Engine s 11.3 Carbon Monoxide 11.4 Hydrocarbon Emissions 11.4.1 Background 11.4.2 Flame Quenching and Oxidation Fundamentals 11.4.3 HC Emissions from Spark-Ignition Engines 11.4.4 Hydrocarbon Emission Mechanisms in Diesel Engine 11.5 Particulate Emissions 11.5.1 Spark-Ignition Engine Particulates 11.5.2 Characteristics of Diesel Particulates 11.5.3 Particulate Distribution within the Cylinder 11.5.4 Soot Formation Fundamentals 11.5.5 Soot Oxidation 11.5.6 Adsorption and Condensation 11.6 Exhaust Gas Treatment 11.6.1 Available Options 11.6.2 Catalyst Fundamentals 11.6.3 Catalytic Converters 11.6.4 Particulate Filters or Traps 11.6.5 Exhaust Treatment Systems Problems References CHAPTER 12 Engine Heat Transfer 12.1 Importance of Heat Transfer 12.2 Modes of Heat Transfer 12.2.1 Conduction 12.2.2 Convection 12.2.3 Radiation 12.2.4 Overall Heat-Transfer Process 12.3 Heat Transfer and Engine Energy Balance 12.4 Convective Heat Transfer 12.4.1 Dimensional Analysis 12.4.2 Correlations for Time-Averaged Heat Flux 12.4.3 Correlations for Instantaneous Spatial Average Coefficients 12.4.4 Correlations for Instantaneous Local Coefficients 12.4.5 Exhaust and Intake System Heat Transfer 12.5 Radiative Heat Transfer 12.5.1 Radiation from Gases 12.5.2 Flame Radiation 12.6 Measurements of Instantaneous Heat-Transfer Rates 12.6.1 Measurement Methods 12.6.2 Spark-Ignition Engine Measurements 12.6.3 Diesel Engine Measurements 12.6.4 Evaluation of Heat-Transfer Correlations 12.6.5 Boundary-Layer Behavior 12.7 Thermal Loading and Component Temperatures 12.7.1 Effect of Engine Variables 12.7.2 Component Temperature Distributions 12.7.3 Engine Warm-Up Problems References CHAPTER 13 Engine Friction and Lubrication 13.1 Background 13.2 Definitions 13.3 Friction Fundamentals 13.3.1 Lubricated Friction 13.3.2 Turbulent Dissipation 13.3.3 Total Friction 13.4 Measurement Methods 13.5 Engine Friction Data 13.5.1 SI Engines 13.5.2 Diesel Engines 13.6 Mechanical Friction Components 13.6.1 Motored Engine Breakdown Tests 13.6.2 Engine Lubrication System 13.6.3 Piston Assembly Friction and Lubrication 13.6.4 Crankshaft Friction 13.6.5 Valvetrain Friction 13.7 Pumping Friction 13.8 Accessory Power Requirements 13.9 Engine Friction Modeling 13.10 Oil Consumption 13.10.1 Oil Consumption Context 13.10.2 Oil Transport into the Cylinder 13.10.3 Oil Evaporation 13.10.4 Blowby and Oil Entrainment 13.11 Lubricants Problems References CHAPTER 14 Modeling Real Engine Flow and Combustion Processes 14.1 Purpose and Classification of Models 14.2 Governing Equations for an Open Thermodynamic System 14.2.1 Conservation of Mass 14.2.2 Conservation of Energy 14.3 Intake and Exhaust Flow Models 14.3.1 Background 14.3.2 Quasi-Steady Flow Models 14.3.3 Filling and Emptying Methods 14.3.4 Gas Dynamic Models 14.4 Thermodynamic-Based In-Cylinder Models 14.4.1 Background and Overall Model Structure 14.4.2 Spark-Ignition Engine Models 14.4.3 Direct-Injection Engine Models 14.4.4 Prechamber Engine Models 14.4.5 Multi-Cylinder and Complex Engine System Models 14.4.6 Second-Law Analysis of Engine Processes 14.5 Fluid-Mechanic-Based Multi-Dimensional Models 14.5.1 Basic Approach and Governing Equations 14.5.2 Turbulence Models 14.5.3 Numerical Methodology 14.5.4 Flow Field Predictions 14.5.5 Fuel Spray Modeling 14.5.6 Combustion Modeling References CHAPTER 15 Engine Operating Characteristics 15.1 Engine Design Objectives 15.2 Engine Performance 15.2.1 Basic Characteristics of SI and Diesel Engines 15.2.2 Characterizing Engine Performance 15.2.3 Torque, Power, and Mean Effective Pressure 15.2.4 Engine Performance Maps 15.3 Operating Variables That Affect SI Engine Performance, Efficiency, and Emissions 15.3.1 Spark Timing 15.3.2 Mixture Composition 15.3.3 Load and Speed 15.3.4 Compression Ratio 15.4 SI Engine Combustion System Design 15.4.1 Objectives and Options 15.4.2 Factors That Control Combustion 15.4.3 Factors That Control Performance 15.4.4 Chamber Octane Requirement 15.4.5 SI Engine Emissions 15.4.6 Optimization 15.5 Variables That Affect Diesel Engine Performance, Efficiency, and Emissions 15.5.1 Load and Speed 15.5.2 Combustion-System Design 15.5.3 Fuel Injection and EGR 15.5.4 Overall System Behavior 15.6 Two-Stroke Cycle Engines 15.6.1 Performance Parameters 15.6.2 Two-Stroke Gasoline SI Engines 15.6.3 Two-Stroke Cycle CI Engines 15.7 Noise, Vibration, and Harshness 15.7.1 Engine Noise 15.7.2 Reciprocating Mechanism Dynamics 15.7.3 Engine Balancing 15.8 Engine Performance and Fuels Summary Problems References APPENDIX A Unit Conversion Factors APPENDIX B Ideal Gas Relationships B.1 Ideal Gas Law B.2 The Mole B.3 Thermodynamic Properties B.4 Mixtures of Ideal Gases APPENDIX C Equations for Fluid Flow through a Restriction C.1 Liquid Flow C.2 Gas Flow References APPENDIX D Data on Working Fluids Index

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Book SynopsisAccomplished leadership consultant Nick Chatrath offers a revolutionary framework for how leaders in all kinds of organizations can adapt to the new age of technology, like ChatGPT—the Age of AI— by leaning into the qualities and skills that make us uniquely human. For readers of Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and Max Tegmark’s Life 3.0, The Threshold is a bold new way to think about human, emotionally intelligent leadership right now as we stand at the threshold of AI superintelligence.We are living in a new age: the Age of AI. With developments emerging every day, Artificial Intelligence will soon surpass most human competencies, and as a result drastically transform technology’s role in our day-to-day world. The solution for organizational leaders is not to become more like computers. In order for our organizations to survive as we stand at the threshold of a new era, we must tap into the qualities that make us uniquely human. In the face of increasingly intelligent technology, old models of leadership are becoming obsolete. In The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI, accomplished leadership consultant Nick Chatrath interweaves an analysis of antiquated leadership models—the ones that leave AI-Era organizations exposed and ineffective with colleagues frustrated, unmotivated, and burnt-out—with his newly developed strategies for more effective “threshold” leadership methods. Supported with anecdotes, research, and a practical toolkit, The Threshold demonstrates that adaptive, effective organizations can be built with human, emotional intelligence: cultivating stillness, nurturing independent thinking, finding rhythms of rest and performance, and raising leadership consciousness. With a basis in the ideas and practices that have shaped our organizations in the past, The Threshold illuminates how accessing advanced stages of human development can be both competitive and harmonious with AI’s growing insinuation into our working world.Trade Review“We need this book. Urgently.... If you care about not just the future of your organization, but the future of humanity, you will love this book.”—Nancy Kline, bestselling author of Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind “A candid and courageous book that addresses one of the most urgent challenges of our times.”—Surya Ramkumar, former Microsoft spokesperson for AI in the Netherlands “Filled with thought-provoking and pragmatic ideas about how AI will change society, companies, and individuals, and how leaders can prepare themselves and those around them to navigate the torrent.”—Jamie Cattell, Global Managing Partner, IBM Strategy Consulting “Paradoxically, in the age of accelerating AI and quasi-sentient machines, we must hark back to our shared humanity and embrace our uniquely human qualities. Embracing these elements can be uncomfortable, but each and every one of us must tread that path. The Threshold is a timely call to action and a wise mentor along the way."—Nicolai Chen Nielsen, bestselling author of Leadership at Scale, Return on Ambition, and From Malthus to Mars “The Threshold has grounded me with a reliable set of AI leadership resources, and allowed me to form my own hopeful view of the AI future. Chatrath is a high-intellect, high-integrity leader who is inspiring the next generation. He has provided a sophisticated, timely manual which ought to be read widely.”—Christopher North, CEO at North Parade, former Head of Asset Management at Credit Suisse Energy “With liberal use of personal stories that humanize the narrative, and advice sourced from his own rich experience working in the worlds of AI and leadership coaching, this book is both helpful and readable. As ‘a first foray into exploring what good leadership looks like in the present and coming ages of AI,’ this is a useful guide to have by your side as you venture into this brave new world.”—Matthew Evans, Adviser to the Vice Chancellor of United Arab Emirates University, former Dean of Science of the University of Hong Kong “This book needs to be read not only by our generation, but by everyone in our children’s generation too."—Mihir Warty, Director of Strategy, World Rugby“Leadership in an Age of AI is a critical area, not just for futurists or hobbyists. All sectors and geographies are now establishing AI technologies and related business practices and policies, in ways that will set a trajectory. This book is profound and practical, tackling a critical problem faced by leaders: how to stay relevant as AI gets better. This problem needs soul-searching and action from leaders across domains. I commend Nick Chatrath, a professional who has led and coached leaders at the highest levels. The world needs this book to help ensure the evolution of AI is a positive one and avoid the potential calamities that others warn of as this powerful technology continues its rapid emergence."—Andrew Luers, Partner at ProviderTrust, CEO and Cofounder at Habitat Energy “You are going to have to learn to live with and benefit from AI. This book will help you do just that. It is insightful, cogent, and learned all at once.”—Dr. Theodore Malloch, CEO, the Roosevelt Group “From how we maintain motivation and culture, even as aspects of work become automated, to how we create value in an increasingly cyborg world, Nick highlights the more solid ground that can help us step from where we are today over to the other side.Above all, Nick reminds us that we are spiritual beings, and that this side of us, which we have allowed to atrophy in decades past, now needs to be center stage. Ultimately it is here where we will come into our own, collaborating with AI and one another to forge purpose, fix broken legacies, and envision a more holistic, redemptive way ahead for our organizations, families, and societies . . . and Nick shows the way magnificently."—Lord Wei of Shoreditch, Senior Adviser, Agnus Consulting

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Book SynopsisThe exhaustion, disappointment, and listlessness experienced under digital capitalism, explored through works by contemporary artists, writers, and performers.Sometimes, interacting with digital platforms, we want to be passive—in those moments of dissociation when we scroll mindlessly rather than connecting with anyone, for example, or when our only response is a shrugging “lol.” Despite encouragement by these platforms to “be yourself,” we want to be anyone but ourselves. Tung-Hui Hu calls this state of exhaustion, disappointment, and listlessness digital lethargy. This condition permeates our lives under digital capitalism, whether we are “users,” who are what they click, or racialized workers in Asia and the Global South. Far from being a state of apathy, however, lethargy may hold the potential for social change.Hu explores digital lethargy through a series of works by contemporary artists, writers, and perfor

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Book SynopsisA concise, accessible introduction to robots, what they can do, what they can''t, and what their increasing encroachment into our lives might mean for us Since the turn of the millennium a quiet revolution has been underway. Millions of autonomous robots with some level of intelligence are now in domestic use, mainly as vacuum cleaners. Driverless cars - which are nothing less than autonomous robots - are starting to appear on our streets. There is a huge effort underway in industry and universities to develop the next generation of more intelligent, autonomous, mobile robots. Accompanying these arrivals has been a steady stream of inflammatory articles in the media raising concerns over the impending spectre of super-intelligent robots, along with stories about how most jobs will soon be lost to robots.Here, using the Question-and-Answer format, Phil Husbands gives a balanced and broad introduction to robotics and the current state of the field, analysing where it has come from, and wTrade ReviewThe book is accessible, and readers can expect to learn much from it. Husbands has given us a historically informed introduction to robotics, rooted in technological reality and dismissing futuristic hype. * Simon Balle, Metascience *the book is accessible, and readers can expect to learn much from it. Husbands has given us a historically informed introduction to robotics, rooted in technological reality and dismissing futuristic hype. * Simon Balle, Metascience *Table of ContentsPreface 1: Robots are Here 2: The Basics 3: Some History 4: Inside the Machine 5: Robot Fantasies: Robots in Popular Culture 6: Intelligence, Super-Intelligence and Cyborgs 7: Robots at Work 8: Robot Ethics 9: Robot Futures

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Book SynopsisIs there such a thing as a 'feminist technology'? If so, what makes a technology feminist? Is it in the design process, in the thing itself, in the way it is marketed, or in the way it is used by women? This title considers these questions by examining a range of products, tools, and technologies that were specifically designed for women.Trade Review"This coherent and integrated collection lays out the issues and questions of feminist technology, crossing a true range of disciplinary boundaries including science and technology studies, architecture, biology, and the social sciences."--Barbara Katz Rothman, author of Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal SocietyTable of ContentsContributors are: Jennifer Aengst, Maia Boswell-Penc, Kate Boyer, Frances Bronet, Shirley Gorenstein, Anita Hardon, Deborah G. Johnson, Linda L. Layne, Deana McDonagh, and Sharra L. Vostral

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Book SynopsisWritings by thinkers ranging from Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain to Bruno Latour that focus on the interconnections of technology, society, and values.Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. In order to influence the development of technology for the better, we must first understand how technology and society are inextricably bound together. These writings--by thinkers ranging from Bruno Latour to Francis Fukuyama--help us do just that, examining how people shape technology and how technology shapes people. This second edition updates the original significantly, offering twenty-one new essays along with fifteen from the first edition. The book first presents visions of the future that range from technological utopias to cautionary tales and then introduces several major STS theories. It examines human and social values

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Book SynopsisWhy the privatization of British Telecom signaled a pivotal moment in the rise of neoliberalism, and how it was shaped by the longer development and digitalization of Britain’s telecommunications infrastructure.When Margaret Thatcher sold British Telecom for £3.6 billion in 1984, it became not only, at the time, the largest stock flotation in history, but also a watershed moment in the rise of neoliberalism and deregulation. In Visions of a Digital Nation, Jacob Ward offers an incisive interdisciplinary perspective on how technology prefigured this pivot. Giving due consideration to the politicians, engineers, and managers who paved the way for this historic moment, Ward illustrates how the decision validated the privatization of public utilities and tied digital technology to free market rationales.In this examination of the national and, at times, global history of technology, Ward’s approach is sweeping. Utilizing infrastructure studie

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Book SynopsisHow today?s digital devices got their voices, and how we learned to listen to them.From early robots to toys like the iconic Speak & Spell to Apple?s Siri, Vox Ex Machina tells the fascinating story of how scientists and engineers developed voices for machines during the twentieth century. Sarah Bell chronicles the development of voice synthesis from buzzy electrical current and circuitry in analog components to the robotic sounds of early digital signal processing to today?s human sounding applications. Along the way, Bell also shows how the public responded to these technologies and asks whether talking machines are even good for us. Using a wide range of intriguing examples, Vox Ex Machina is embedded in a wider story about people?describing responses to voice synthesis technologies that often challenged prevailing ideas about computation and automation promoted by boosters of the Information Age. Bell helps explain why voice technologies came to sound and to operate in the way they do?influenced as they were by a combination of technical assumptions and limitations, the choices of the corporations that deploy them, and the habits that consumers developed over time.A beautifully written book that will appeal to anyone with a healthy skepticism toward Silicon Valley, Vox Ex Machina is an important and timely contribution to our cultural histories of information, computing, and media.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART 1. Introduction 1. Why plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs) are necessary 2. Terms related to PFALs 3. Role and characteristics of PFALs 4. Contribution of PFALs to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Beyond PART 2. Basics 5. Photonmetric quantities and their application 6. LED product terminology and performance description of LED luminaires 7. Photon efficacy in horticulture: turning LED packages into LED luminaires 8. Balances and use efficiencies of CO2, water and energy 9. Hydroponics 10. Aquaponics 11. Plant responses to environments PART 3. Applications 12. Productivity: Definition and application 13. How to integrate and optimize productivity 14. Emerging economics and profitability of PFALs 15. Business models and cost performance of downtown mini-plant factories 16. Indoor production of tomatoes SECTION 4. Advanced Research in PFALs and Indoor Farms 17. Toward an optimal spectrum for photosynthesis and plant morphology in LED-based crop cultivation 18. Indoor lighting effects on plant nutritional compounds and mineral elements 19. Indoor Production of Ornamental Seedlings, Vegetable Transplants, and Microgreens 20. Molecular breeding of miraculin-accumulating tomatoes with suitable traits for cultivation in PFALs and the optimization of cultivation methods 21. Environmental control of PFAL 22. Human-Centered Perspective on Urban Agriculture 23. Towards commercial production of head vegetables in plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs) 24. Concluding remarks

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Book SynopsisWith the advent of the Internet and the limitless information it contains, we''re less sure about what we know, who knows what, or even what it means to know at all. And yet, human knowledge has recently grown in previously unimaginable ways and in inconceivable directions. In Too Big to Know , David Weinberger explains that, rather than a systemic collapse, the Internet era represents a fundamental change in the methods we have for understanding the world around us. With examples from history, politics, business, philosophy, and science, Too Big to Know describes how the very foundations of knowledge have been overturned, and what this revolution means for our future.Trade ReviewMarc Benioff, chairman, CEO salesforce.com, bestselling author of Behind the Cloud "Led by the Internet, knowledge is now social, mobile, and open. Weinberger shows how to unlock the benefits." John Seely Brown, co-author of The Social Life of Information and A New Culture of Learning "Too Big to Know is a stunning and profound book on how our concept of knowledge is changing in the age of the Net. It honors the traditional social practices of knowing, where genres stay fixed, and provides a graceful way of understanding new strategies for knowing in today's rapidly evolving, networked world. I couldn't put this book down. It is a true tour-de-force written in a delightful way." Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind "With this insightful book, David Weinberger cements his status as one of the most important thinkers of the digital age. If you want to understand what it means to live in a world awash in information, Too Big to Know is the guide you've been looking for." Tony Burgess, Cofounder, CompanyCommand.com "David Weinberger's Too Big to Know is an inspiring read--especially for networked leaders who already believe that the knowledge to change the world is living and active, personal, and vastly interconnected. If, as David writes, 'Knowledge is becoming inextricable from--literally unthinkable without--the network that enables it' our great task as leaders is to design networks for the greater good. David casts the vision and gives us excellent examples of what that looks like in action, even as he warns us of the pitfalls that await us."

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Book SynopsisFrom the authors of the successful titles, The Civil Engineers and The Contractors, comes: The Consulting Engineers: The British consulting engineers who created the world's infrastructure.This beautifully illustrated full colour book tells the fascinating story of British consulting engineers for the first time. From their early beginnings, through the establishment of the profession in the 18th century, the `Railway Age' of the 1800s, their post-World War Two international boom and on to the recent commercialisation and consolidation of the industry. The authors, Hugh Ferguson and Mike Chrimes, bring their vast experience and expert subject knowledge to the book, tracking how an extraordinary group of engineers created the infrastructure of Britain, and of much of the rest of the world.The Consulting Engineers covers not just what consulting engineers do but also how their profession started and grew rapidly, and how the role has changed anTrade ReviewAs well as being a racy and entertaining read for practising engineers, this volume will appeal to anyone interested in the personalities behind the businesses that created the world’s key infrastructure. Across 340 pages can be found stirring tales of nation and empire building; battles against the odds to design transport networks, water supply projects, public health schemes, power sources, great public buildings, and the great bridges that are civil engineering’s favourite icons. The projects are all here, but, importantly, so are the human stories of the personal drive and business growth of the people behind the projects. But this is no hagiography – the authors do not flinch from describing their occasional failures and setbacks. -- Prof Gordon Masterton, OBE DL, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers 2005-06, and the chair for the ICE Panel for Historical Engineering WorksI cannot imagine how much work has gone into researching and compiling such a thorough volume, impeccably indexed and cross-referenced. The time line of Consultants is a masterpiece, something that we all need to help us keep track of who has absorbed who and what happened to all those firms that we used to do business with. This is truly a pièce de résistance, a historical record for posterity of the evolution of civil engineering design and imagination in the Britain. Magnificent! -- Michael Thorn MA MS CEng FICE, Wallingford Research ConsultancyIt covers Rail and Power, before moving onto the Two World Wars where it charts the massive increase in infrastructure building and demonstrates what manpower alone can achieve when at war and in peace time. This book explains iconic structures such as the Bridge on the River Kuai, Sidney Opera House, London Thames Barrage and the Second Severn Crossing (now the Prince of Wales Bridge) to name just a few. This is then followed by historic information on famous Consultants from the 1700’s right up to date. Once you delve into this historic volume you will see many familiar names, past and present, but too many to mention here. A thoroughly enjoyable book to dip into and immerse yourself in the history of our industry regardless of your own specialist area – definitely worth a read as you will be surprised by how much you already knew, but you will learn a lot too! -- Claudia Currie, BSc(Hons) MSc PGDip CEng CTPP FCIHT FICE FCILT FCMI PIEMA, Associate Transport Planner

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Book SynopsisThis workbook provides an easy, effective way for readers to review and confirm those valuable lessons presented in Equipment Management. Its step-by-step approach focuses on the most critical aspects of a successful maintenance management program. Each chapter challenges the reader to recall the real-world experiences and recommendations from the text.

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