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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business, and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This insightful Advanced Introduction provides a kaleidoscopic overview of key US civil liberties, including freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion, limitations on search and seizure, due process in criminal proceedings, autonomy rights, rights of equality, and democratic participation. Key Features: Discusses the historical development and current status of core civil liberties Examines the tension between libertarian and egalitarian views of civil liberties Promotes further understanding of the role of the US Supreme Court and other actors in setting levels of protection for civil liberties Provides an overview of common themes in development and interpretation of constitutionally protected civil liberties in multiple areas, including abortion Featuring examples of how key civil liberties have been shaped by historical, legal, and philosophical forces, this Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars in American studies, history, human rights, law and politics, and political science.Trade Review‘Professor Susan Herman has written a brilliant description of civil liberties in the United States. With remarkable clarity, she explains complicated legal concepts, tracing the history of civil rights in the United States and discussing important current issues. This book will be an invaluable resource for experts and non-experts alike, and will be enormously helpful to students, as well as lawyers, judges, and everyone interested in learning more about civil liberties.’ -- Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley, US‘This authoritative text is essential reading for students and practitioners of constitutional law. The author's direct experience, as President of the ACLU, adds invaluable depth and insight in confronting continuing and new constitutional challenges.’ -- Professor Emerita Geraldine Van Bueren KC, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, UK‘At a moment when rights are under threat, Herman sets out to clearly define the evolution and parameters of civil rights, civil liberties and human rights in the United States. In doing so, she does not shirk from the dark moments of US constitutional history, or from addressing how the peculiarly American approach to freedom of speech continues to present controversies around extremist speech, campus protests and campaign finance.’ -- Liam Herrick, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland‘With her extensive experience teaching Constitutional Law and as President of the ACLU, Susan Herman is the ideal person to introduce readers to U.S. civil liberties. This book provides a variety of fascinating perspectives on civil liberties generally – history, law, current conditions – and on sizzling issues ranging from abortion to voting rights.’ -- Nadine Strossen, FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), US

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Book SynopsisKaren Roehr is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex, UKGabriela Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex, UK.Table of Contents1. The Metalinguistic Dimension in L2 Learning, Karen Roehr & Gabriela Ganem-Gutierrez Part I: Cognitive Approaches to the Metalinguistic Dimension 2. Developing a Measure of Metalinguistic Awareness for Children Aged 8-11, Angela Tellier 3. Examining the Contribution of Syntactic and Metasyntactic Abilities to Reading Comprehension among Native and Non-Native Speakers, Daphnée Simard, Denis Foucambert and Marie Labelle 4. Effects of Instruction on Learners’ Acquisition of Metalinguistic Knowledge, Rosemary Erlam 5. University-Level Learners’ Beliefs about Metalinguistic Knowledge, Benjaporn Thepseenu and Karen Roehr 6. Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Phonological Acquisition, Magdalena Wrembel Part II: Sociocognitive Approaches to the Metalinguistic Dimension 7. Metalinguistic knowledge in Language-Related Episodes (LREs) with Covert Metalinguistic Activity, Xavier Gutiérrez 8. The Role of Metalanguage in the Performance of a Sequence of Collaborative Output Tasks by Five L2 Learner Dyads, Alan Fortune 9. Mediating the Development of L2 Oral Performance through DynamicAassessment: Focusing on the Metalinguistic Dimension, Gabriela Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez and Cristina Nogués Meléndez 10. The Being and Becoming of Metalinguistic Knowledge: Rules and Categories of Grammatical Description as Functional Tools of the Mind, Eduardo Negueruela Azarola Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive collection provides theoretical accounts of the grounds and phenomenon of film acting. Each section proposes novel ways of considering the recurring motifs in academic enquiries into film acting.Trade Review"This book successfully bridges the gap between the non-specialist’s experience of film acting and the film theorist’s analysis of that experience. Moreover, because the book acknowledges and respects filmgoers, it allows them, in turn, to acknowledge and respect film theorists. And this is a remarkable achievement."--Richard Brestoff, University of California, Irvine"Given the powerful influence that film acting has on our communities, Theorizing Film Acting strikes me as a moral imperative for all those wishing to encourage reflection on a cultural force that continues to shape our psyches."--Mary Angiolillo, FAMU, PragueTable of ContentsIntroduction: Acting, Casually and Theoretically Speaking, Aaron Taylor I. Aesthetics: Understanding and Interpreting Film Acting 1. Acting Matters: Noting Performance in Three Films, Brenda Austin-Smith 2. Living Meaning: The Fluency of Film Performance, Andrew Klevan 3. Play-Acting: A Theory of Comedic Performance, Alex Clayton 4. Performed Performance and The Man Who Knew Too Much, Murray Pomerance 5. Brando Sings! The Invincible Star Persona, George Toles II. Reception: Film Acting, Audiences and Communities 6. "Look at Me!": A Phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Joerg Sternagel 7. Is Acting a Form of Simulation or Being? Acting and Mirror Neurons, William Brown 8. The Bond That Unbinds By Binding: Acting Mythology and the Film Community, Kevin Esch 9. From Being to Acting: Performance in Cult Cinema, Ernest Mathijs 10. Acting and Performance in Home Movies and Amateur Films, Liz Czach III. Culture: Film History, Industry and the Vicissitudes of Star Acting 11. Story and Show: The Basic Contradiction of Film Star Acting, Paul McDonald 12. The Screen Actor’s "First Self" and "Second Self": John Wayne and Coquelin’s Acting Theory, Sharon Marie Carnicke 13. Acting Like a Star: Florence Turner, Picture Personality, Charlie Keil 14. Niche Stars and Acting "Gay," Christine Holmlund IV. Apparatus: Technology, Film Form and the Actor 15. What Becomes of the Camera in the World on Film? William Rothman 16. Sonic Bodies: Listening as Acting, Jennifer M. Barker 17. Dance of the Übermarionettes: Toward a Contemporary Screen Actor Training, Sean Aita 18. Articulating Digital Stardom, Barry King

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Book SynopsisLanguage plays a central role in human life. However, the term âlanguageâ as defined in the language sciences of the 20th century and the traditions these have drawn on, have arguably, limited our thinking about what language is and does. The two inter-linked volumes of Thibaultâs study articulate crucially important aspects of an emerging new perspective shift on language - the Distributed Language view â that is now receiving more and more attention internationally. Rejecting the classical view that the fundamental architecture of language can be localized as a number of inter-related levels of formal linguistic organization that function as the coded inputs and outputs to each other, the distributed language view argues that languaging behaviour is a bio-cultural organisation of process that is embodied, multimodal, and integrated across multiple space-time scales.Thibault argues that we need to think of human languaging as the distinctively human mode of our becoming and being selves in the extended human ecology and the kinds of experiencing that this makes possible. Paradoxically, this also means thinking about language in non-linguistic ways that break the grip of the conventional meta-languages for thinking about human languaging. Thibaultâs book grounds languaging in process theory: languaging and the forms of experience it actualizes is always an event, not a thing that we âuseâ. In taking a distinctively interdisciplinary approach, the book relates dialogical theories of human sense-making to the distributed view of human cognition, to recent thinking about distributed language, to ecological psychology, and to languaging as inter-individual affective dynamics grounded in the subjective lives of selves. In taking this approach, the book considers the coordination of selves in social encounters, the emergent forms of self-reflexivity that characterise these encounters, and the implications for how we think of and live our human sociality, not as something that is mediated by over-arching codes and systems, but as emerging from the endogenous subjectivities of selves when they seek to coordinate with other selves and with the situations, artefacts, social institutions, and technologies that populate the extended human ecology.The two volumes aim to bring our understanding of human languaging closer to human embodiment, experience, and feeling while also showing how languaging enables humans to transcend local circumstances and thus to dialogue with cultural tradition. Volume 1 focuses on the shorter timescales of bodily dynamics in languaging activity. Volume II integrates the shorter timescales of body dynamics to the longer cultural-historical timescales of the linguistic and cultural norms and patterns to which bodily dynamics are integrated.Trade ReviewWhat if we thought of language not as a system of symbols to be manipulated, but as a living process by which we more complexly embed ourselves in the social ecology around us and thereby enlarge our capacity to understand and influence it? What if we viewed language in use not as something originating in "minds" or thoughts, but in our biological processes of perception and action, exploring and being emotionally enmeshed in our social and natural environment?Paul Thibault’s Languaging offers a detailed alternative model of how language works, based on an extensive synthesis of recent and classical research and his own sophisticated insights, with numerous detailed examples and analyses. Part of a larger intellectual movement toward post-representational and enactive accounts of how we deal meaningfully with life, this major synthesis opens up many new avenues for research and inquiry. -Jay Lemke, Professor Emeritus, City University of New YorkWhat it means to become a self in a society of selves? How do we develop the capacity to participate in dialogically coordinated processes of stance-taking in and through our languaging with others? Why is human culture irreducible to subjective structures, individual agency and social interactions as emphasized in postmodernist discourse analytic, social semiotic and socio-linguistic approaches? Why can't human consciousness be explained in terms of natural processes as emphasized in recent brain sciences? What is human consciousness? One can only be impressed by the vastness and immensity of the scope and depth of Paul Thibault’s project as he takes up these tremendous questions and carve out an accessible and convincing exposition that interweaves insights and wisdom from Merleau Ponty’s phenomenology of perception, Gibson’s affordance theory, and Ingold’s process anthropology, among many others, into a theory of ‘extended human ecology’ emphasizing process, flows and movement, in-betweenness and relationality. I highly recommend this book to students and researchers in the language sciences, socio-linguistics, education, anthropology, psychology, neurosciences, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and cultural sciences. -Angel M. Y. Lin, Professor & Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Plurilingual and Intercultural Education, Simon Fraser UniversityIn the 20th century linguistics was completely dominated by abstract objectivism. Since then a paradigm shift has taken place in both theoretical and empirical studies. The new experience-based network focuses on activities and products of languaging in terms of embodiment, temporality, multimodality, heterogeneities, and multi-level sense-making. This book is the perfect guide to these new trends. Paul Thibault is one of the world´s leading experts in interdisciplinary language sciences, especially spoken languaging. Here he explains the multifarious matters with great clarity. His text is a necessary read for anybody who is interested in following the development of language studies. -Per Linell, Professor Emeritus in Communication (Gothenburg University) and in Language and Culture (Linköping University), SwedenThe modern linguistics of languages, inaugurated a hundred years ago by Saussure’s famous Cours, is principally concerned with theorising about the acquisition and use by human beings of the systems of form-meaning pairings that allegedly permit linguistic interaction among those who have such a system as their shared possession. Latterly it has become ever more obvious that such systems are ultimately the result of metalinguistically organising and regulating the decontextualised products of languaging, as conducted within an interpersonal network or speech community whose members are constrained by societal norms to aim at linguistic convergence, and that although they undeniably exist as the cultural constructs we call ‘languages’, retrojecting them on to languagers as the basis for their languaging is a fundamental conceptual error. As Paul Thibault puts it in this magnificently learned, wide-ranging survey of the prospects for forging a coherent discipline from multifarious nascent attempts to articulate and analyse the ingredients of a linguistics of languaging, "an understanding of languaging and its place in the human ecology requires a new synthesis of biology, complex systems thinking, cultural psychology, ecology, ecological psychology, the cognitive sciences, the language sciences, social theory, and much more". This book will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in contributing to that synthesis. -Nigel Love, Department of Linguistics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South AfricaIn this erudite and provocative book that deepens and extends his decades of discipline-transforming contributions, Paul Thibault cogently argues that relational entanglements connect language, culture, and biology to meaning, action, and affect. His core critique is that a linguistics premised on static formal abstractions is anemic and reductionistic, just as a shadow is to the polychromic figure casting it. In contrast, Thibault ardently argues for a theory of languaging or communicative action that is multimodal, embodied, and integrated across multiple space-time scales. As we have come to expect from Thibault’s prior research, his voraciously broad intellectual horizons allow him to artfully integrate ideas from ecological psychology, linguistics, semantics, philosophy, and distributed language approaches, among others, to create a transdisciplinary paradigm that will inform, and perhaps reform, the epistemogy, ontology, and methodology of the language sciences for decades to come. -Steven L. Thorne, Portland State University & University of GroningenThis book is by a linguist interested in gifts of imagination that lead to mastery of talk and reading. It will guide parents and teachers to enjoy the creative and emotional expressions of children, how they show purposes, experiences and feelings playfully to friends of all ages. We learn language as a tool, crafted to describe purposes and experiences of objects and events in cultural understanding. Two features of human vitality give us these special powers. From birth we use clever hands and voice to tell others stories of imagination in creative projects. And we seek to do this in love with playful friends, imitating and advising what we want to share. We discover ‘facts’ as tricks to possess and to recall what is discovered by our imagination-in-action, the affordances of ‘reality’ for enjoyment. This descriptive, psychobiological approach helps us accept the gifts of children for companionship with emotion. How we share the joys and dangers of life in our special ecology which has accumulated beliefs through thousands of years, remembered as symbols in work and art. Paul Thibault gives us a compassionate guide for parents and teachers, not just an expert review of the science of speaking and writing. -Colwyn Trevarthen, PhD, FRSE, Professor (Emeritus) of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, The University of EdinburghThis is a monumental volume that challenges the received wisdom in contemporary linguistics. The Languaging approach, comprehensively and systematically advanced in the book, emphasizes the living and experiencing process. Through many varied and real-life examples, the author demonstrates how languaging forms an integral part of the human ecology. It is a major contribution to knowledge, with far-reaching and long-lasting implications for language teaching and learning, human cognition and human sociality. -Li Wei, Chair of Applied Linguistics, University College LondonWhat if we thought of language not as a system of symbols to be manipulated, but as a living process by which we more complexly embed ourselves in the social ecology around us and thereby enlarge our capacity to understand and influence it? What if we viewed language in use not as something originating in "minds" or thoughts, but in our biological processes of perception and action, exploring and being emotionally enmeshed in our social and natural environment?Paul Thibault’s Languaging offers a detailed alternative model of how language works, based on an extensive synthesis of recent and classical research and his own sophisticated insights, with numerous detailed examples and analyses. Part of a larger intellectual movement toward post-representational and enactive accounts of how we deal meaningfully with life, this major synthesis opens up many new avenues for research and inquiry. -Jay Lemke, Professor Emeritus, City University of New YorkWhat it means to become a self in a society of selves? How do we develop the capacity to participate in dialogically coordinated processes of stance-taking in and through our languaging with others? Why is human culture irreducible to subjective structures, individual agency and social interactions as emphasized in postmodernist discourse analytic, social semiotic and socio-linguistic approaches? Why can't human consciousness be explained in terms of natural processes as emphasized in recent brain sciences? What is human consciousness? One can only be impressed by the vastness and immensity of the scope and depth of Paul Thibault’s project as he takes up these tremendous questions and carve out an accessible and convincing exposition that interweaves insights and wisdom from Merleau Ponty’s phenomenology of perception, Gibson’s affordance theory, and Ingold’s process anthropology, among many others, into a theory of ‘extended human ecology’ emphasizing process, flows and movement, in-betweenness and relationality. I highly recommend this book to students and researchers in the language sciences, socio-linguistics, education, anthropology, psychology, neurosciences, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and cultural sciences. -Angel M. Y. Lin, Professor & Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Plurilingual and Intercultural Education, Simon Fraser UniversityIn the 20th century linguistics was completely dominated by abstract objectivism. Since then a paradigm shift has taken place in both theoretical and empirical studies. The new experience-based network focuses on activities and products of languaging in terms of embodiment, temporality, multimodality, heterogeneities, and multi-level sense-making. This book is the perfect guide to these new trends. Paul Thibault is one of the world´s leading experts in interdisciplinary language sciences, especially spoken languaging. Here he explains the multifarious matters with great clarity. His text is a necessary read for anybody who is interested in following the development of language studies. -Per Linell, Professor Emeritus in Communication (Gothenburg University) and in Language and Culture (Linköping University), SwedenThe modern linguistics of languages, inaugurated a hundred years ago by Saussure’s famous Cours, is principally concerned with theorising about the acquisition and use by human beings of the systems of form-meaning pairings that allegedly permit linguistic interaction among those who have such a system as their shared possession. Latterly it has become ever more obvious that such systems are ultimately the result of metalinguistically organising and regulating the decontextualised products of languaging, as conducted within an interpersonal network or speech community whose members are constrained by societal norms to aim at linguistic convergence, and that although they undeniably exist as the cultural constructs we call ‘languages’, retrojecting them on to languagers as the basis for their languaging is a fundamental conceptual error. As Paul Thibault puts it in this magnificently learned, wide-ranging survey of the prospects for forging a coherent discipline from multifarious nascent attempts to articulate and analyse the ingredients of a linguistics of languaging, "an understanding of languaging and its place in the human ecology requires a new synthesis of biology, complex systems thinking, cultural psychology, ecology, ecological psychology, the cognitive sciences, the language sciences, social theory, and much more". This book will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in contributing to that synthesis. -Nigel Love, Department of Linguistics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South AfricaIn this erudite and provocative book that deepens and extends his decades of discipline-transforming contributions, Paul Thibault cogently argues that relational entanglements connect language, culture, and biology to meaning, action, and affect. His core critique is that a linguistics premised on static formal abstractions is anemic and reductionistic, just as a shadow is to the polychromic figure casting it. In contrast, Thibault ardently argues for a theory of languaging or communicative action that is multimodal, embodied, and integrated across multiple space-time scales. As we have come to expect from Thibault’s prior research, his voraciously broad intellectual horizons allow him to artfully integrate ideas from ecological psychology, linguistics, semantics, philosophy, and distributed language approaches, among others, to create a transdisciplinary paradigm that will inform, and perhaps reform, the epistemogy, ontology, and methodology of the language sciences for decades to come. -Steven L. Thorne, Portland State University & University of GroningenThis book is by a linguist interested in gifts of imagination that lead to mastery of talk and reading. It will guide parents and teachers to enjoy the creative and emotional expressions of children, how they show purposes, experiences and feelings playfully to friends of all ages. We learn language as a tool, crafted to describe purposes and experiences of objects and events in cultural understanding. Two features of human vitality give us these special powers. From birth we use clever hands and voice to tell others stories of imagination in creative projects. And we seek to do this in love with playful friends, imitating and advising what we want to share. We discover ‘facts’ as tricks to possess and to recall what is discovered by our imagination-in-action, the affordances of ‘reality’ for enjoyment. This descriptive, psychobiological approach helps us accept the gifts of children for companionship with emotion. How we share the joys and dangers of life in our special ecology which has accumulated beliefs through thousands of years, remembered as symbols in work and art. Paul Thibault gives us a compassionate guide for parents and teachers, not just an expert review of the science of speaking and writing. -Colwyn Trevarthen, PhD, FRSE, Professor (Emeritus) of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, The University of EdinburghThis is a monumental volume that challenges the received wisdom in contemporary linguistics. The Languaging approach, comprehensively and systematically advanced in the book, emphasizes the living and experiencing process. Through many varied and real-life examples, the author demonstrates how languaging forms an integral part of the human ecology. It is a major contribution to knowledge, with far-reaching and long-lasting implications for language teaching and learning, human cognition and human sociality. -Li Wei, Chair of Applied Linguistics, University College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Value 2. Flow 3. Melody 4. Sense-making Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book studies the increasing use of data analytics and technology in urban planning and development in developing nations. It examines the application of urban science and engineering in different sectors of urban planning and looks at the challenges involved in planning 21st-century cities, especially in India.The volume analyzes various key themes such as auditory/visual sensing, network analysis and spatial planning, and decision-making and management in the planning process. It also studies the application of big data, geographic information systems, and information and communications technology in urban planning. Finally, it provides data-driven approaches toward holistic and optimal urban solutions for challenges in transportation planning, housing, and conservation of vulnerable urban zones like coastal areas and open spaces.Well supplemented with rigorous case studies, the book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of architecture, aTable of Contents1. Urbanization and data analytics 2. Urban perception experiments: transition from traditional to advanced methods 3. Computation-driven design heuristic for environmentally sustainable compact cities 4. Coverage or response time: A study of fire station location-allocation models using network analysis 5 Applicability of Big Data for transportation planning and management 6. Capturing multitasking and the role of travel time in the digital era: Glimpses into the time-use data, surveys, and applications 7. Assimilating geospatial and decision science: Application to planning and management of urban coasts 8. Connecting users with decision-makers: A case for incorporating user perception for better management of Public Open Spaces 9. Analysing the housing condition and ventilation performance of low-income settlements: Comparing the rural–urban divide among states of India 10. Utilizing online social media for coordinating post-disaster relief in Indian cities 11. Solar PV-battery systems: The role of ICT, Big Data, and deployment strategies for consumer-centric approaches in Smart Cities 12. Access to public facilities in India: Descriptive analysis of the public healthcare facilities in urban and rural context

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a new take on the evolution of digital design theories in architecture from modernity to today, as they have been inspired both by contemporary philosophy and the emergence and access to advanced computation. It focuses on how concepts of difference in philosophy transformed architectural design theory and takes on even more significance with the introduction and ubiquitous use of computers within the discipline, changing the architectural design paradigm forever.Beginning with a presentation of American Pragmatism's push towards process, the book continues on to Husserl's influence on the modern movement, mid-century phenomenology, post-structuralist Derridean exchanges with architects, the Deleuzian influence on the smoothing of form and finally contemporary architectural references to speculative realism.Analyzing the arc of design theory as influenced by philosophical and computational logics, this book presents the transformation to conteTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. Difference in Architecture 2. Reject Difference 3. Reductive Difference 4. Deconstructive Difference 5. Differentiation 6. Multiplicity and the Heterogeneous 7. Synthetic Difference Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe book begins with an introductory chapter to provide you with background knowledge of the different types of steel frames. The following chapter introduces the elastic stiffness equation for beam element, both general and special form is explained, before providing you with application examples of the equation.Table of ContentsPreface xi Symbols xiii Part One Advanced Analysis of Steel Frames 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Type of Steel Frames 3 1.2 Type of Components for Steel Frames 3 1.3 Type of Beam–Column Connections 7 1.4 Deformation of Joint Panel 7 1.5 Analysis Tasks and Method for Steel Frame Design 8 1.6 Definition of Elements in Steel Frames 9 Chapter 2 Elastic Stiffness Equation of Prismatic Beam Element 11 2.1 General Form of Equation 11 2.1.1 Beam Element in Tension 11 2.1.2 Beam Element in Compression 16 2.1.3 Series Expansion of Stiffness Equations 16 2.1.4 Beam Element with Initial Geometric Imperfection 17 2.2 Special Forms of Elemental Equations 19 2.2.1 Neglecting Effect of Shear Deformation 19 2.2.2 Neglecting Effect of Axial Force 21 2.2.3 Neglecting Effects of Shear Deformation and Axial Force 22 2.3 Examples 22 2.3.1 Bent Frame 22 2.3.2 Simply Supported Beam 24 Chapter 3 Elastic Stiffness Equation of Tapered Beam Element 25 3.1 Tapered Beam Element 25 3.1.1 Differential Equilibrium Equation 25 3.1.2 Stiffness Equation 27 3.2 Numerical Verification 29 3.2.1 Symmetry of Stiffness Matrix 29 3.2.2 Static Deflection 30 3.2.3 Elastic Critical Load 30 3.2.4 Frequency of Free Vibration 30 3.2.5 Effect of Term Number Truncated in Polynomial Series 31 3.2.6 Steel Portal Frame 31 3.3 Appendix 33 3.3.1 Chebyshev Polynomial Approach (Rice, 1992) 33 3.3.2 Expression of Elements in Equation (3.23) 34 Chapter 4 Elastic Stiffness Equation of Composite Beam Element 35 4.1 Characteristics and Classification of Composite Beam 35 4.2 Effects of Composite Action on Elastic Stiffness of Composite Beam 37 4.2.1 Beam without Composite Action 37 4.2.2 Beam with Full Composite Action 38 4.2.3 Beam with Partial Composite Action 39 4.3 Elastic Stiffness Equation of Steel–Concrete Composite Beam Element 40 4.3.1 Basic Assumptions 40 4.3.2 Differential Equilibrium Equation of Partially Composite Beam 41 4.3.3 Stiffness Equation of Composite Beam Element 42 4.3.4 Equivalent Nodal Load Vector 46 4.4 Example 49 4.5 Problems in Present Work 51 Chapter 5 Sectional Yielding and Hysteretic Model of Steel Beam Columns 53 5.1 Yielding of Beam Section Subjected to Uniaxial Bending 53 5.2 Yielding of Column Section Subjected to Uniaxial Bending 53 5.3 Yielding of Column Section Subjected to Biaxial Bending 56 5.3.1 Equation of Initial Yielding Surface 56 5.3.2 Equation of Ultimate Yielding Surface 56 5.3.3 Approximate Expression of Ultimate Yielding Surface 61 5.3.4 Effects of Torsion Moment 62 5.4 Hysteretic Model 64 5.4.1 Cyclic Loading and Hysteretic Behaviour 64 5.4.2 Hysteretic Model of Beam Section 65 5.4.3 Hysteretic Model of Column Section Subjected to Uniaxial Bending 67 5.4.4 Hysteretic Model of Column Section Subjected to Biaxial Bending 67 5.5 Determination of Loading and Deformation States of Beam–Column Sections 68 Chapter 6 Hysteretic Behaviour of Composite Beams 71 6.1 Hysteretic Model of Steel and Concrete Material Under Cyclic Loading 71 6.1.1 Hysteretic Model of Steel Stress–Strain Relationship 71 6.1.2 Hysteretic Model of Concrete Stress–Strain Relationship 71 6.2 Numerical Method for Moment–Curvature Hysteretic Curves 75 6.2.1 Assumptions 75 6.2.2 Sectional Division 75 6.2.3 Calculation Procedure of Moment–Curvature Relationship 76 6.3 Hysteretic Characteristics of Moment–Curvature Relationships 77 6.3.1 Characteristics of Hysteretic Curves 77 6.3.2 Typical Phases 78 6.4 Parametric Studies 79 6.4.1 Height of Concrete Flange hc 79 6.4.2 Width of Concrete Flange Bc 79 6.4.3 Height of Steel Beam hs 80 6.4.4 Strength Ratio g 83 6.4.5 Yielding Strength of Steel fy 84 6.4.6 Compressive Strength of Concrete fck 84 6.4.7 Summary of Parametric Studies 85 6.5 Simplified Hysteretic Model 86 6.5.1 Skeletal Curve 86 6.5.2 Hysteresis Model 89 Chapter 7 Elasto-Plastic Stiffness Equation of Beam Element 93 7.1 Plastic Hinge Theory 93 7.1.1 Hinge Formed at One End of Element 94 7.1.2 Hinge Formed at Both Ends of Element 97 7.2 Clough Model 97 7.3 Generalized Clough Model 98 7.4 Elasto-Plastic Hinge Model 99 7.4.1 Both Ends Yielding 102 7.4.2 Only End 1 Yielding 103 7.4.3 Only End 2 Yielding 103 7.4.4 Summary 104 7.5 Comparison Between Elasto-Plastic Hinge Model and Generalized Clough Model 104 7.5.1 Only End 1 Yielding 104 7.5.2 Both Ends Yielding 105 7.5.3 Numerical Example 106 7.6 Effects of Residual Stresses and Treatment of Tapered Element 107 7.6.1 Effects of Residual Stresses on Plasticity Spread Along Element Section 107 7.6.2 Effects of Residual Stresses on Plasticity Spread Along Element Length 109 7.6.3 Treatment of Tapered Element 110 7.7 Beam Element with Plastic Hinge Between Two Ends 110 7.8 Subdivided Model with Variable Stiffness for Composite Beam Element 113 7.8.1 Subdivided Model 113 7.8.2 Stiffness Equation of Composite Beam Element 114 7.9 Examples 117 7.9.1 A Steel Portal Frame with Prismatic Members 117 7.9.2 A Steel Portal Frame with Tapered Members 118 7.9.3 Vogel Portal Frame 119 7.9.4 Vogel Six-Storey Frame 120 7.9.5 A Single-Storey Frame with Mid-Span Concentrated Load 121 7.9.6 A Single-Storey Frame with Distributed Load 123 7.9.7 A Four-Storey Frame with Mid-Span Concentrated Load 124 7.9.8 A Two-Span Three-Storey Composite Frame 126 Chapter 8 Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Stiffness Equations of Column Element 127 8.1 Force and Deformation of Column Element 127 8.2 Elastic Stiffness Equation of Column Element Subjected to Biaxial Bending 127 8.3 Elasto-Plastic Stiffness Equations of Column Element Subjected to Biaxial Bending 129 8.3.1 Both Ends Yielding 131 8.3.2 Only End 1 Yielding 132 8.3.3 Only End 2 Yielding 133 8.3.4 Summary 133 8.4 Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Stiffness Equations of Column Element Subjected to Uniaxial Bending 134 8.5 Axial Stiffness of Tapered Column Element 135 8.5.1 Elastic Stiffness 135 8.5.2 Elasto-Plastic Stiffness 135 8.6 Experiment Verification 136 8.6.1 Experiment Specimen 136 8.6.2 Set-Up and Instrumentation 139 8.6.3 Horizontal Loading Scheme 140 8.6.4 Theoretical Predictions of Experiments 141 8.6.5 Comparison of Analytical and Tested Results 144 Chapter 9 Effects of Joint Panel and Beam–Column Connection 147 9.1 Behaviour of Joint Panel 147 9.1.1 Elastic Stiffness of Joint Panel 147 9.1.2 Elasto-Plastic Stiffness of Joint Panel 149 9.2 Effect of Shear Deformation of Joint Panel on Beam/Column Stiffness 150 9.2.1 Stiffness Equation of Beam Element with Joint Panel 150 9.2.2 Stiffness Equation of Column Element with Joint Panel Subjected to Uniaxial Bending 153 9.2.3 Stiffness Equation of Column Element with Joint Panel Subjected to Biaxial Bending 154 9.3 Behaviour of Beam–Column Connections 155 9.3.1 Moment–Rotation Relationship 156 9.3.2 Hysteretic Behaviour 161 9.4 Effect of Deformation of Beam–Column Connection on Beam Stiffness 163 9.4.1 Stiffness Equation of Beam Element with Beam–Column Connections 164 9.4.2 Stiffness Equation of Beam Element with Connections and Joint Panels 166 9.5 Examples 166 9.5.1 Effect of Joint Panel 166 9.5.2 Effect of Beam–Column Connection 170 Chapter 10 Brace Element and its Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Stiffness Equations 175 10.1 Hysteretic Behaviour of Braces 175 10.2 Theoretical Analysis of Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Stiffnesses of Brace Element 175 10.3 Hysteretic Model of Ordinary Braces 181 10.4 Hysteretic Characteristics and Model of Buckling-Restrained Brace 183 10.5 Stiffness Equation of Brace Element 185 Chapter 11 Shear Beam and its Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Stiffness Equations 187 11.1 Eccentrically Braced Frame and Shear Beam 187 11.1.1 Eccentrically Braced Frame 187 11.1.2 Condition of Shear Beam 187 11.2 Hysteretic Model of Shear Beam 189 11.3 Stiffness Equation of Shear Beam 190 Chapter 12 Elastic Stability Analysis of Planar Steel Frames 193 12.1 General 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Effect 226 13.2.1 Formulation 226 13.2.2 Example 227 13.3 Simplified Analysis Model Considering P_D Effect 228 13.3.1 Development of Simplified Model 228 13.3.2 Example 231 Chapter 14 Seismic Response Analysis of Planar Steel Frames 233 14.1 General Analysis Method 233 14.1.1 Kinetic Differential Equation 233 14.1.2 Solution of Kinetic Differential Equation 235 14.1.3 Determination of Mass, Stiffness and Damping Matrices 238 14.1.4 Numerical Example 240 14.2 Half-Frame Model 241 14.2.1 Assumption and Principle of Half-Frame 241 14.2.2 Stiffness Equation of Beam Element in Half-Frame 244 14.2.3 Numerical Examples 244 14.3 Shear-Bending Storey Model 248 14.3.1 Equivalent Stiffness 248 14.3.2 Inter-Storey Shear Yielding Parameters 251 14.3.3 Examples 252 14.4 Simplified Model for Braced Frame 255 14.4.1 Decomposition and Simplification of Braced Frame 255 14.4.2 Stiffness Matrix of Pure Frame 256 14.4.3 Stiffness Matrix of Pure Bracing System 257 14.4.4 Example 258 Chapter 15 Analysis Model for Space Steel Frames 259 15.1 Space Bar Model 259 15.1.1 Transformation from Local to Global Coordinates 259 15.1.2 Requirement of Rigid Floor 264 15.1.3 Global Stiffness Equation of Frame and Static Condensation 267 15.2 Planar Substructure Model 268 15.2.1 Stiffness Equation of Planar Substructure in Global Coordinates 268 15.2.2 Global Stiffness Equation of Spatial Frame 271 15.2.3 Numerical Example 272 15.3 Component Mode Synthesis Method 274 15.3.1 Principle of Component Mode Synthesis Method 274 15.3.2 Analysis of Generalized Elements 276 15.3.3 Stiffness Equation of Generalized Structure 281 15.3.4 Structural Analysis Procedure 282 15.3.5 Numerical Example 283 Part Two Advanced Design of Steel Frames 287 Chapter 16 Development of Structural Design Approach 289 16.1 Deterministic Design Approach 289 16.1.1 Allowable Stress Design (ASD) (AISC, 1989) 289 16.1.2 Plastic Design (PD) (AISC, 1978) 290 16.2 Reliability Design Approach Based on Limit States of Structural Members 290 16.3 Structural System Reliability Design Approach 292 Chapter 17 Structural System Reliability Calculation 293 17.1 Fundamentals of Structural Reliability Theory 293 17.1.1 Performance Requirements of Structures 293 17.1.2 Performance Function of Structures 293 17.1.3 Limit State of Structures 294 17.1.4 Structural Reliability 294 17.1.5 Reliability Index 296 17.2 The First-Order Second-Moment (FOSM) Methods for Structural Reliability Assessment 297 17.2.1 Central Point Method 298 17.2.2 Design Point Method 299 17.3 Effects of Correlation Among Random Variables 302 17.4 Structural System Reliability and Boundary Theory 302 17.4.1 Basic Concepts 302 17.4.2 Upper–Lower Boundary Method 305 17.5 Semi-Analytical Simulation Method for System Reliability 306 17.5.1 General Principle 306 17.5.2 Random Sampling 307 17.5.3 Exponential Polynomial Method (EPM) 309 17.6 Example 309 17.6.1 A Steel Beam Section 309 17.6.2 A Steel Portal Frame 313 Chapter 18 System Reliability Assessment of Steel Frames 317 18.1 Randomness of Steel Frame Resistance 317 18.2 Randomness of Loads 318 18.3 System Reliability Evaluation of Typical Steel Frames 319 18.3.1 Effect of Correlation Among Random Variables 319 18.3.2 Evaluation of Structural System Reliability Under Vertical Loads 320 18.3.3 Evaluation of Structural System Reliability Under Horizontal and Vertical Loads 323 18.4 Comparison of System Reliability Evaluation 325 Chapter 19 Reliability-Based Advanced Design of Steel Frames 327 19.1 Structural Design Based on System Reliability 327 19.1.1 Target Reliability of Design 327 19.1.2 Load and Load Combination 329 19.1.3 Practical Design Formula 329 19.2 Effect of Correlation on Load and Resistance Factors 335 19.3 Comparison of Different Design Methods 337 19.3.1 For Steel Portal Frames 337 19.3.2 For Multi-Storey Steel Frames 340 References/Bibliography 345 Author Index 363 Subject Index 365

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles are now integral to business and investment decision-making. As environmental concerns intensify and societal expectations evolve, the adoption of Green Finance and ESG strategies has become essential for sustainable growth. Digital Project Practice for Green Finance and ESG Innovation explores the foundations of ESG and Green Finance, their increasing relevance, and their integration into corporate strategies that drive sustainable investments and manage climate-related risks.Managing ESG data is complex because of evolving regulatory frameworks and fragmented standards. As technological advancements are reshaping the landscape, creating both challenges and opportunities for established corporations and innovative startups alike, the book focuses on the latest technological developments in the financial sector and their implications for ESG practices. It is rooted in both practical experience and rigorous academic research, offering insights into how organizations can adapt to the changing ESG landscape. Presenting practical guidance for professionals navigating these transformations, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving trends in ESG and Green Innovation. Highlights include: ESG frameworks that can guide organizations in aligning with global sustainability expectations. Digital tools that can be leveraged to strengthen corporate ESG strategies. Practical strategies for integrating climate risk assessments into lending decisions. A roadmap for small fund managers to integrate ESG into their investment strategies. Written to promote reflection and meaningful discussions within organizations, the book provides diverse perspectives from industry leaders and researchers about real-world applications in ESG, banking, and finance.

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Book SynopsisFor anyone who wants to become a more effective writer, a more perceptive reader, and a more precise thinker, an understanding of English sentence structure is indispensable. This book shows you how to begin. Using clear and engaging examples from English, it introduces the basic concepts of syntactic structure to readers with no background in linguistics. Starting with simple, familiar phrases, and progressing to more complex sentences, it builds on what we already intuitively know, to provide a step-by-step account of why we understand these examples as we do. It then shows how that understanding can be applied to writing, helping us to avoid some of the common hallmarks of ''bad writing'', such as ambiguity, redundancy, and vagueness. A unique and valuable resource, this book will enrich your understanding of English in ways that will make you a more effective user of the language. Publisher''s note: The e-book edition of this title, like the print editions, contains color. For thosTrade Review'Deeply informed and engagingly presented, these compelling adventures succeed admirably in achieving the author's intention to reveal 'something of the hidden depth and abstract nature of our knowledge of the language we speak' and to show how 'endlessly fascinating' language is – its structure and how we can use it effectively.' Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Arizona'Professor Freidin's book takes the reader on a delightful journey through the intricacies and idiosyncracies of English syntax, while at the same time providing a lucid, non-technical and painless introduction to current syntactic theory. The book should go a long way towards bridging the gap between linguistic theory and the study of English, greatly enriching both areas of study.' Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge'Overall, the book is inspiring for readers with or without linguistic knowledge. For readers without a linguistic background, the book approaches good/bad writing with concrete and detailed syntactic analysis using tree diagrams and color-coded text, which visually helps the readers realize and comprehend the vertical way of decomposing a sentence. For readers with some linguistic background …' Difei Zhang, Linguist List'A marvelous book that should become a classic of the linguistic literature for beginners, but also for those who enjoy discovering new, original and stimulating perspectives on things they believe they know or think they understand. The adventure starts with considerations about familiar and deceptively simple English phrases, such as coordination structures, and progresses to more complex syntactic areas, like questions and ellipsis. When discussing linguistic phenomena, the author is cautious to start from what we intuitively know, developing an extremely careful analysis that explains why the phrases and sentences analyzed are understood as they are. This book is unique in that it helps the reader to get familiar with the subtleties of English syntax and to acquire a basic knowledge of linguistic theory and, at the same time, is intensely pleasurable. I cannot imagine anyone not thinking after reading it, 'I want to be a syntactician' or 'I should have been a syntactician'.' Alain Rouveret, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Paris-Diderot University'This is a great book. Very clear, very well argued. … for writers in training, it would be extremely valuable. I could easily see this becoming required reading in writing classes at the undergraduate level.' Michael D. Lemonick, Freelance science journalist and Lecturer, Princeton UniversityTable of Contents1. One fish two fish: an adventure in ambiguity; 2. Exceptional students and teachers; 3. Introduction to language and linguistics; 4. A review of a book by two philosophers; 5. Bob is certain to succeed; 6. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife; 7. Does every politician who cheats instinctively lie?; 8. Inferior defenses could then, as now, be tackled, as Vernon did at Porto Bello, Exmouth at Algiers, and Seymour at Alexandria; Concluding comment.

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business, and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction to Social Capital provides an overview of cutting-edge research on social capital. Karen Cook highlights the networks, norms, and trust involved in social capital that facilitate cooperation, strengthen civil society, and contribute to social order, indicating how each contributes to the collective good and provides resources of value to individuals, organizations, and institutions. Key Features: Cross-cultural comparisons of the role of social networks in a number of domains of activity A critical focus on the importance of tolerance and the reaffirmation of democratic principles and practices An understanding of current social and political challenges related to polarization, such as inequality and trust limitations This timely Advanced Introduction is crucial reading for students and researchers in sociology and political science who are looking for an overview of social capital. It will also be an inspiring read for scholars of public policy, particularly those concerned with public management and its impact on social capital.Trade Review‘Cook (Stanford Univ.) brings decades of scholarship on social capital and trust to her contribution to the Elgar Advanced Introduction series—slim volumes that present theory, empirical research, and current directions in social science for scholars seeking an introduction to important topics, such as social capital. Beginning with the work of Émile Durkheim, sociologists have posed the transcendental question: how is social solidarity possible in complex urban social structures? Robert Putnam’s pioneering work Bowling Alone (2000) identifies the decline in we-oriented action, community participation, the legitimacy of societal institutions, and trust, all of which threatens democracy. Cook considers recent events from the 2016 election, the January 6 insurrection, the polarization of political discourse that demonizes opposition, and the climate crisis as exacerbating the trends that Putnam identified. She investigates three dimensions of social capital with respective chapters on networks, norms, and trust. Those seeking a framework for societal reform will be disappointed in the concluding chapter, “Conclusions and the path forward,” which succinctly summarizes the work of Putnam and his critics and the crises of modern times but fails to offer practical solutions. A comprehensive consideration of social capital theory and research that provides an indispensable introduction to the field.’ -- J. H. Rubin, CHOICE‘Karen S. Cook, one of the most distinguished contributors to the research on trust and social capital, has done us an enormous service with her Advanced Introduction to Social Capital. Far more than an Introduction, this book is also a critical review, a presentation of new questions, and a comprehensive case for importance of studying trust, social capital, and their relation to understand just about every major aspect of contemporary society, from health, to crime, to cyberspace, to status, to social inequality. Newcomers will find a clear, engaging, and well-written summary of the field; experts will find an astute, fresh perspective that puts trust at the heart of the social order, and that somehow manages to introduce new questions to a well-established literature. Advanced Introduction to Social Capital is a fantastic and strongly-recommended book.’ -- Mario L. Small, Columbia University, US‘In recent years, the concept of social capital has become a widely cited but often misused black box deployed willy-nilly to explain any number of societal outcomes. Karen Cook’s masterful Advanced Introduction to Social Capital fills in the black box by providing much needed theoretical and substantive clarity about what social capital is, where it comes from, and how it can function for good or for ill in contemporary human societies.’ -- Douglas S. Massey, The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, US

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the advanced issues of FPGA design as the underlying theme of the work. In practice, an engineer typically needs to be mentored for several years before these principles are appropriately utilized. The topics that will be discussed in this book are essential to designing FPGA's beyond moderate complexity.Trade Review"Advanced FPGA Design is an excellent and concise reference book that is suitable for engineers already familiar with the fundamentals of FPGA design. (IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, November 2008)Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1. Architecting Speed 1 1.1 High Throughput 2 1.2 Low Latency 4 1.3 Timing 6 1.3.1 Add Register Layers 6 1.3.2 Parallel Structures 8 1.3.3 Flatten Logic Structures 10 1.3.4 Register Balancing 12 1.3.5 Reorder Paths 14 1.4 Summary of Key Points 16 2. Architecting Area 17 2.1 Rolling Up the Pipeline 18 2.2 Control-Based Logic Reuse 20 2.3 Resource Sharing 23 2.4 Impact of Reset on Area 25 2.4.1 Resources Without Reset 25 2.4.2 Resources Without Set 26 2.4.3 Resources Without Asynchronous Reset 27 2.4.4 Resetting RAM 29 2.4.5 Utilizing Set/Reset Flip-Flop Pins 31 2.5 Summary of Key Points 34 3. Architecting Power 37 3.1 Clock Control 38 3.1.1 Clock Skew 39 3.1.2 Managing Skew 40 3.2 Input Control 42 3.3 Reducing the Voltage Supply 44 3.4 Dual-Edge Triggered Flip-Flops 44 3.5 Modifying Terminations 45 3.6 Summary of Key Points 46 4. Example Design: The Advanced Encryption Standard 47 4.1 AES Architectures 47 4.1.1 One Stage for Sub-bytes 51 4.1.2 Zero Stages for Shift Rows 51 4.1.3 Two Pipeline Stages for Mix-Column 52 4.1.4 One Stage for Add Round Key 52 4.1.5 Compact Architecture 53 4.1.6 Partially Pipelined Architecture 57 4.1.7 Fully Pipelined Architecture 60 4.2 Performance Versus Area 66 4.3 Other Optimizations 67 5. High-Level Design 69 5.1 Abstract Design Techniques 69 5.2 Graphical State Machines 70 5.3 DSP Design 75 5.4 Software/Hardware Codesign 80 5.5 Summary of Key Points 81 6. Clock Domains 83 6.1 Crossing Clock Domains 84 6.1.1 Metastability 86 6.1.2 Solution 1: Phase Control 88 6.1.3 Solution 2: Double Flopping 89 6.1.4 Solution 3: FIFO Structure 92 6.1.5 Partitioning Synchronizer Blocks 97 6.2 Gated Clocks in ASIC Prototypes 97 6.2.1 Clocks Module 98 6.2.2 Gating Removal 99 6.3 Summary of Key Points 100 7. Example Design: I2S Versus SPDIF 101 7.1 I2S 101 7.1.1 Protocol 102 7.1.2 Hardware Architecture 102 7.1.3 Analysis 105 7.2 SPDIF 107 7.2.1 Protocol 107 7.2.2 Hardware Architecture 108 7.2.3 Analysis 114 8. Implementing Math Functions 117 8.1 Hardware Division 117 8.1.1 Multiply and Shift 118 8.1.2 Iterative Division 119 8.1.3 The Goldschmidt Method 120 8.2 Taylor and Maclaurin Series Expansion 122 8.3 The CORDIC Algorithm 124 8.4 Summary of Key Points 126 9. Example Design: Floating-Point Unit 127 9.1 Floating-Point Formats 127 9.2 Pipelined Architecture 128 9.2.1 Verilog Implementation 131 9.2.2 Resources and Performance 137 10. Reset Circuits 139 10.1 Asynchronous Versus Synchronous 140 10.1.1 Problems with Fully Asynchronous Resets 140 10.1.2 Fully Synchronized Resets 142 10.1.3 Asynchronous Assertion, Synchronous Deassertion 144 10.2 Mixing Reset Types 145 10.2.1 Nonresetable Flip-Flops 145 10.2.2 Internally Generated Resets 146 10.3 Multiple Clock Domains 148 10.4 Summary of Key Points 149 11. Advanced Simulation 151 11.1 Testbench Architecture 152 11.1.1 Testbench Components 152 11.1.2 Testbench Flow 153 11.1.2.1 Main Thread 153 11.1.2.2 Clocks and Resets 154 11.1.2.3 Test Cases 155 11.2 System Stimulus 157 11.2.1 MATLAB 157 11.2.2 Bus-Functional Models 158 11.3 Code Coverage 159 11.4 Gate-Level Simulations 159 11.5 Toggle Coverage 162 11.6 Run-Time Traps 165 11.6.1 Timescale 165 11.6.2 Glitch Rejection 165 11.6.3 Combinatorial Delay Modeling 166 11.7 Summary of Key Points 169 12. Coding for Synthesis 171 12.1 Decision Trees 172 12.1.1 Priority Versus Parallel 172 12.1.2 Full Conditions 176 12.1.3 Multiple Control Branches 179 12.2 Traps 180 12.2.1 Blocking Versus Nonblocking 180 12.2.2 For-Loops 183 12.2.3 Combinatorial Loops 185 12.2.4 Inferred Latches 187 12.3 Design Organization 188 12.3.1 Partitioning 188 12.3.1.1 Data Path Versus Control 188 12.3.1.2 Clock and Reset Structures 189 12.3.1.3 Multiple Instantiations 190 12.3.2 Parameterization 191 12.3.2.1 Definitions 191 12.3.2.2 Parameters 192 12.3.2.3 Parameters in Verilog-2001 194 12.4 Summary of Key Points 195 13. Example Design: The Secure Hash Algorithm 197 13.1 SHA-1 Architecture 197 13.2 Implementation Results 204 14. Synthesis Optimization 205 14.1 Speed Versus Area 206 14.2 Resource Sharing 208 14.3 Pipelining, Retiming, and Register Balancing 211 14.3.1 The Effect of Reset on Register Balancing 213 14.3.2 Resynchronization Registers 215 14.4 FSM Compilation 216 14.4.1 Removal of Unreachable States 219 14.5 Black Boxes 220 14.6 Physical Synthesis 223 14.6.1 Forward Annotation Versus Back-Annotation 224 14.6.2 Graph-Based Physical Synthesis 225 14.7 Summary of Key Points 226 15. Floorplanning 229 15.1 Design Partitioning 229 15.2 Critical-Path Floorplanning 232 15.3 Floorplanning Dangers 233 15.4 Optimal Floorplanning 234 15.4.1 Data Path 234 15.4.2 High Fan-Out 234 15.4.3 Device Structure 235 15.4.4 Reusability 238 15.5 Reducing Power Dissipation 238 15.6 Summary of Key Points 240 16. Place and Route Optimization 241 16.1 Optimal Constraints 241 16.2 Relationship between Placement and Routing 244 16.3 Logic Replication 246 16.4 Optimization across Hierarchy 247 16.5 I/O Registers 248 16.6 Pack Factor 250 16.7 Mapping Logic into RAM 251 16.8 Register Ordering 251 16.9 Placement Seed 252 16.10 Guided Place and Route 254 16.11 Summary of Key Points 254 17. Example Design: Microprocessor 257 17.1 SRC Architecture 257 17.2 Synthesis Optimizations 259 17.2.1 Speed Versus Area 260 17.2.2 Pipelining 261 17.2.3 Physical Synthesis 262 17.3 Floorplan Optimizations 262 17.3.1 Partitioned Floorplan 263 17.3.2 Critical-Path Floorplan: Abstraction 1 264 17.3.3 Critical-Path Floorplan: Abstraction 2 265 18. Static Timing Analysis 269 18.1 Standard Analysis 269 18.2 Latches 273 18.3 Asynchronous Circuits 276 18.3.1 Combinatorial Feedback 277 18.4 Summary of Key Points 278 19. PCB Issues 279 19.1 Power Supply 279 19.1.1 Supply Requirements 279 19.1.2 Regulation 283 19.2 Decoupling Capacitors 283 19.2.1 Concept 283 19.2.2 Calculating Values 285 19.2.3 Capacitor Placement 286 19.3 Summary of Key Points 288 Appendix A 289 Appendix B 303 Bibliography 319 Index 321

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Book SynopsisPhotoshop CC in easy steps 2018 edition helps the reader to master the essentials of Photoshop Creative Cloud 2018 edition, and then enjoy the full creative potential of this popular photo editing software. This book breaks down complex functions into easy-to-follow learning sequences.The continual expansion, refinement and development of Photoshop can make learning the software a daunting experience for the first time user. But there is no need to feel intimidated. The answer is simple, take it in easy steps. That''s exactly Photoshop CC in easy steps 2018 edition is designed to do. In clear, concise, simple language this book breaks down the complex and complicated into small easily digestible learning chunks. Photoshop CC in easy steps 2018 edition delivers a solid, secure and lasting foundation that you can build on as you explore Photoshop and develop more and more control over one the most creative pieces of software available today. The author's extensive knowledge and understanding of the requirements and needs of the new user is distilled in this book which is written in simple, clear language with step-by-step instructions. Covers Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 edition

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Book SynopsisControl and automation of water systems in one of the branches of fluid mechanics and hydraulics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the millions of calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with surfaces defined by boundary conditions. Advances in Control and Automation of Water Systems presents topical research in the study of control and automation of water systems.The editors use the simulation of a water hammer (or fluid hammer) as the basis for demonstrating computational techniques used for the processing and automation of water systems. The simulation shows and explains a variety of data analysis techniques and complex calculations that involve many elements of water systems, such as flow minimum and maximum pressure automation heat and mass transfer predicting failure and more. This book provides a broad understanding of the main computational techniques used for processing control and automation of water systems. The theoretical background to a number of techniques is introduced, and general data analysis techniques and examining the application of techniques in an industrial setting, including current practices and current research, are considered. The book also provides practical experience of commercially available systems and includes a small-scale water systems related projects.This book provides innovative chapters on the growth of educational, scientific, and industrial research activities among mechanical engineers and international academia in the water industry. New methods and novel applications of existing methods are discussed that further the understanding of the structural behavior of new and advanced systems. This book presents significant research reporting new methodologies and important applications in the fields of automation and control as well as the latest coverage of chemical databases and the development of new computational methods and efficient algorithms for hydraulic software and mechanical engineering.The research and development presented in the book will have significant potential applications in several disciplines of hydraulic and mechanical engineering.Table of ContentsIntroduction. A Numerical Exploration of Transient Decay Mechanisms in Water Distribution Systems. Mathematical Modeling of Hydraulic Transients in Simple Systems. Modeling One- and Two-Phase Water Hammer Flows. Water Hammer and Hydrodynamics’ Instability. Hydraulic Flow Control in Binary Mixtures. An Efficient and Accurate Shock-Capturing Scheme for Modeling Water Hammer Flows. Applied Hydraulic Transients: Automation and Advanced Control. Improved Numerical Modeling for Perturbations in Homogeneous and Stratified Flows. Computational Model for Water Hammer Disaster. Heat and Mass Transfer in Binary Mixtures: A Computational Approach.

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Book SynopsisTackle complex spatial data tasks effortlessly with this easy-to-follow guide to writing specialized Python scripts and developing tools for spatial data?in ArcGIS Pro.Advanced Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro?follows up on the topics explained in?Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro?(Esri Press, 2024) and is now updated for ArcGIS Pro 3.2.Intended for users who have a good foundation in Python, this book explores how to develop scripts into tools and notebooks to share with others, use third-party packages, and learn other more specialized tasks. By the end of this book, you'll be confident in writing more advanced scripts, developing them into tools and notebooks, and sharing them with others.The key topics you will learn include: Creating custom functions and classes Writing specialized scripts using?ArcPy Creating Python script tools and Python toolboxes Sharing scripts and tools Managing Python packages and environments Migrating scripts from Python 2 to 3 NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib Creating and using notebooks ArcGIS API for Python and?Jupyter?Notebook Helpful points to remember, key terms, and review questions are included at the end of each chapter to reinforce your understanding of Python. Companion data and tutorials are available online.Packed with advanced techniques and practical examples, Advanced Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro?is perfect for more experienced ArcGIS Pro users who are looking to upgrade their Python skills and enhance their workflows.

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Book SynopsisNew Directions in Digitalisation: An Introduction.- Part I: The Competition Dimension.- Licence to Regulate: Article 114 TFEU as Choice of Legal Basis in the Digital Single Market.- The Objectives of Regulating the Digital Economy indicate that there is a right to data in the Digital Markets Act with direct effect and applicability.- EU Digital Competition Law: Starting from Scratch.- Enough of fairness: pre-emption and the DMA.- The Power to carry out Dawn Raids under the Digital Markets Act Nothing more than a Scarecrow?.- Part II: The Fundamental Rights Dimension.- The Interaction between Free Movement and Fundamental Rights in the (Digital) Internal Market.- A reading of the Digital Markets Act in the light of fundamental rights.- Enhancing Autonomy of Online Users in the Digital Markets Act.- The Digital Markets Act and the Principle of Ne bis in idem: A Revolution in the Enforcement of EU Competition Law?.- Between Online and Offline Due Process: the Digital Services Act.- A new Framework for Limitation of Fundamental Rights in EU law?.- Part III: Future Directions in Digitalisation.- Digital constitutionalism, EU digital sovereignty ambitions and the role of the European Declaration on digital rights.- Making the Rule of Law Great Again: The Building of the Digital Rule of Law in the European Union.

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Book SynopsisComparing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the United Nations and the European Union across a range of different issue areas, this volume examines how the choice of venue and institution affects the strategies of NGOs. Despite significant differences with respect to their scope, membership as well as their institutional rules, the authors find that the UN and the EU have surprisingly similar effects on civil society organizations and regulate access in such a way that it significantly constrains the agency of NGOs. Highlights include:  A comprehensive outline of the volume's main research questions, situated within the existing literature on the topic Eight case studies of NGO involvement in the UN and the EU across a range of different areas, including human rights, the environment, socio-economic and security issues A theoretically grounded summary of case study findings, challenging the findingsTable of Contents Part 1: Introduction 1. Transnational Activism in the UN and the EU Part 2: Transnational Activism in the UN 2. Civil Society Organizations in the UN 3. Where the States are: Environmental NGOs and the UN Climate Change Negotiations 4. Human Rights NGOs at the United Nations: Developing an Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture 5. Political Opportunity Structures and Non-Sate Influence at the World Bank: Making the Case for Transparency 6. Negotiating Human Security at the UN: Transnational Civil Society, Arms Control and Disarmament Part 3: Transnational Activism in the EU 7. Institutions and Civil Society Organizations in the EU’s Multi-Level System 8. NGOs, the European Union and the Case of Environment 9. Safeguarding Asylum as a Human Right: NGOs and the European Union 10. Pan-European NGOs and Social Rights: Participatory Democracy and Civil Dialogue 11. NGOs and Security: The Case of the European Union Part 4: Conclusion 12. Worlds Apart or Worlds Together? Transnational Activism in the UN and the EU

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Book SynopsisAdvanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription, Ninth Edition With HKPropel Online Video, is the definitive resource for conducting physical fitness testing and customizing exercise programs. Now in its ninth edition, this comprehensive guide is fully updated with the latest research, the newest exercise testing and prescription guidelines, and the most up-to-date programming content. The text reflects the most recent exercise testing and prescription guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), along with physical activity recommendations from the U.S. government and American Heart Association. It highlights ACSM guidelines for physical activity and exercise testing requirements to consider before beginning exercise programs. Combining important research with practical application of testing and prescription protocols, the ninth edition also features the following: A new full-color interior to provide more detail and understanding of concepts through photos and figures New step-by-step assessment sidebars that make it easy to locate and refer to assessment procedures Modern guidelines for usage of current technology to test and monitor physical activity Demonstrations of many of the assessments and exercises, provided in 73 video clips Structured around the five physical fitness components—cardiorespiratory capacity, muscular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and balance—the text begins with an overview of physical activity, health, and chronic disease, including discussion of preliminary health screenings and risk classification. Readers will gain insight into field and laboratory assessments and testing protocols for each component, along with detailed information on properly administering the most common assessments. The 73 related video clips, delivered online through HKPropel, provide detailed instruction and demonstration for performing many of the assessments and exercises; these include functional movement assessment, pull-up and push-up testing, flywheel training, and more. Finally, readers will turn research into practice by understanding how to design personalized exercise prescription, customized for each client based on individual assessment outcomes. Information on appropriate training methods and programming considerations are presented for each component of fitness. With an unparalleled depth of coverage and clearly outlined approach, Advanced Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription bridges the gap between research and practice for students and exercise professionals alike who are eager to increase their knowledge and skill in assessing elements of fitness and designing individualized exercise programs.Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam.Note: A code for accessing online videos is included with this ebook.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Physical Activity, Health, and Chronic Disease Physical Activity, Health, and Disease: An Overview Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension Hypercholesterolemia and Dyslipidemia Tobacco Diabetes Mellitus Obesity and Overweight Metabolic Syndrome Cancer Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders Aging Cognitive Performance Exercise as Medicine Review QuestionsChapter 2. Preliminary Health Screening and Risk Classification Preliminary Health Evaluation Testing Procedures for Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Electrocardiogram Review QuestionsChapter 3. Principles of Assessment, Prescription, and Exercise Program Adherence Physical Fitness Testing Basic Principles for Exercise Program Design Exercise Program Adherence Using Technology to Promote and Monitor Physical Activity Review QuestionsChapter 4. Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness Definition of Terms Graded Exercise Testing: Guidelines and Procedures Maximal Exercise Test Protocols Submaximal Exercise Test Protocols Field Tests for Assessing Aerobic Fitness Exercise Testing for Children and Older Adults Review QuestionsChapter 5. Designing Cardiorespiratory Exercise Programs The Exercise Prescription Aerobic Training Methods and Modes Personalized Exercise Programs Review QuestionsChapter 6. Assessing Muscular Fitness Definition of Terms Static Strength and Muscular Endurance Assessment Dynamic Strength and Muscle Endurance Assessment Muscular Power Assessment Additional Considerations for Muscular Fitness Testing Muscular Fitness Testing of Older Adults Muscular Fitness Testing of Children Review QuestionsChapter 7. Designing Resistance Training Programs Types of Resistance Training Program Variables for Dynamic Resistance Training Developing Resistance Training Programs Alternative Resistance Training Strategies Other Considerations Muscular Soreness Review QuestionsChapter 8. Assessing Body Composition Classification and Uses of Body Composition Measures Body Composition Models Reference Methods for Assessing Body Composition Field Methods for Assessing Body Composition Review QuestionsChapter 9. Designing Weight Management and Body Composition Programs Obesity, Overweight, and Underweight: Definitions and Trends Obesity: Types and Causes Weight Management Principles and Practices Designing Weight Management Programs: Preliminary Steps Designing Weight Loss Programs Designing Weight Gain Programs Designing Programs to Improve Body Composition Review QuestionsChapter 10. Assessing Flexibility Basics of Flexibility Assessment of Flexibility Flexibility Testing of Older Adults Review QuestionsChapter 11. Designing Programs for Flexibility and Low Back Care Training Principles Stretching Techniques and Methods Designing Flexibility Programs: Exercise Prescription Stretching for Injury Prevention and Muscle Performance Designing Low Back Care Exercise Programs Review QuestionsChapter 12. Assessing Balance and Designing Balance Programs Definitions and Nature of Balance Factors Affecting Balance and Risk of Falling Assessment of Balance Designing Balance Training Programs Review QuestionsAppendix A. Health and Fitness Appraisal A.1 Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (Par-Q+) A.2 Electronic Physical Activity Readiness Medical Examination (ePARmed-X+) A.3 Medical History Questionnaire A.4 Risk Factors, Signs, and Symptoms of Disease A.5 Lifestyle Evaluation A.6 Fantastic Lifestyle Checklist A.7 Informed Consent A.8 Websites for Selected Professional Organizations and InstitutesAppendix B. Cardiorespiratory Assessments B.1 Summary of Graded Exercise Test and Cardiorespiratory Field Test Protocols B.2 OMNI Rating of Perceived Exertion Scales B.3 Rockport Fitness Charts B.4 Analysis of Sample Case Study in Chapter 5Appendix C. Muscular Fitness Exercises and Norms C.1 Standardized Testing Protocols for Digital Handheld Dynamometry C.2 1-RM Squat and Bench Press Norms for Adults C.3 Isometric Exercises C.4 Dynamic Resistance Training ExercisesAppendix D. Body Composition Assessments D.1 Prediction Equations for Residual Volume D.2 Standardized Sites for Skinfold Measurements D.3 Skinfold Sites for Jackson’s Generalized Skinfold Equations D.4 Standardized Sites for Circumference Measurements D.5 Standardized Sites for Bony Breadth Measurements D.6 Ashwell Body Shape ChartAppendix E. Energy Intake and Expenditure E.1 Food Record and RDA Profile E.2 Physical Activity Log E.3 Gross Energy Expenditure for Select Exercises, Sports, Recreational Activities, and Activities of Daily LivingAppendix F. Flexibility and Low Back Care Exercises F.1 Selected Flexibility Exercises F.2 Safe Exercises and Exercises to Use With Caution F.3 Exercises for Low Back Care

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