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Using scales and balances / by Metz, Lorijo.(CARDINAL)471155;
Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.What are scales and balances? -- Mass, weight, and gravity -- Measuring mass -- How to use a balance -- How to use a triple beam balance -- Spring scales -- Digital scales -- Planning an experiment -- Understanding density -- Your turn!810L
Subjects: Balances (Weighing instruments); Rulers (Instruments);
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Time / by Rand, Casey.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Introduction to measuring time -- How is time divided? -- Time zone maps -- Why does a week have seven days? -- What instruments are used to measure time? -- Building a sundial -- How much time had passed? -- Becoming a master of time measurement -- Is time travel possible? -- When did dinosaurs live? -- When did time happen? -- Answers to your questions.900LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Space and time;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Noise [large print] : a flaw in human judgment / by Kahneman, Daniel,1934-2024,author.(CARDINAL)519674; Sibony, Olivier,author.; Sunstein, Cass R.,author.(CARDINAL)201957;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-655).Introduction: Two kinds of error -- Part I: Finding noise. Crime and noisy punishment -- A noisy system -- Singular decisions -- Part II: Your mind is a measuring instrument. Matters of judgment -- Measuring error -- The analysis of noise -- Occasion noise -- How groups amplify noise -- Part III: Noise in predictive judgments. Judgments and models -- Noiseless rules -- Objective ignorance -- The valley of the normal -- Part IV: How noise happens. Heuristics, biases, and noise -- The matching operation -- Scales -- Patterns -- The sources of noise -- Part V: Improving judgments. Better judges for better judgments -- Debiasing and decision hygiene -- Sequencing information in forensic science -- Selection and aggregation in forecasting -- Guidelines in medicine -- Defining the scale in performance ratings -- Structure in hiring -- The mediating assessments protocol -- Part VI: Optimal noise. The costs of noise reduction -- Dignity -- Rules or standards? -- Review and conclusion: Taking noise seriously -- Epilogue: A less noisy world -- Appendix A: How to conduct a noise audit -- Appendix B: A checklist for a decision observer -- Appendix C: Correcting predictions.Discusses why people make bad judgements and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Large print books.; Decision making.; Reasoning (Psychology); Judgment.; Cognitive styles.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Submarines / by Reed, Jennifer,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.What are submarines? -- Parts of submarines -- Crews -- Mighty machines.Uses unique photographs and simple sentences to describe submarines and its components like a hull, propellers, tanks, and periscopes that guide them as they move in the depths of the ocean. Also contains interior instruments to measure depth, send torpedoes as well as missiles along with equipment to study objects and living creatures under the water.1.PreK-2.430LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Submarines (Ships);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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A theoretical and laboratory evaluation of a portable direct-reading particulate mass concentration instrument / by Almich, Bruce.; Soloman, Marshall.; Carson, George A.; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.(CARDINAL)142572;
Subjects: Industrial safety; Dust control.; Dust;
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Estimating weights in heteroscedastic regression models by applying least squares to squared or absolute residuals / by Carroll, Raymond J.(CARDINAL)165425; Davidian, Marie.(CARDINAL)182969; Ruppert, David,1948-(CARDINAL)165426; Spiegelman, Clifford H.(Clifford Henry)(CARDINAL)182962; University of North Carolina (System).Institute of Statistics.(CARDINAL)165205;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Mathematical statistics.; Calibration;
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Science and the instrument-maker : Michelson, Sperry, and the speed of light / by Hughes, Thomas Parke.(CARDINAL)127663;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931.; Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930.; Light; Physicists;
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Manual for measuring occupational electric and magnetic field exposures / by Bowman, Joseph D.(CARDINAL)136620; United States.Public Health Service.(CARDINAL)145345; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.(CARDINAL)142572;
Subjects: Electromagnetism; Industrial safety; Health risk assessment; Environmental health;
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ESG investing for dummies / by Bradley, Brendan,author.;
part 1. Getting to know ESG: Entering the world of ESG investing ; Back to the future : understanding the evolution and growth of ESG investing ; Give me an "E"! : defining the environmental sector in ESG ; Give me an "S"! : investigating the social aspects of ESG ; Give me a "G"! : decoding the governance component of ESG ; Highlighting corporate greenwashing -- part 2. Investing in ESG through different instruments: Approaches to ESG investing ; Analyzing equity-based instruments ; ESG and fixed income instruments ; Exploring derivative and alternative instruments ; Highlighting geographical differences in ESG investing -- part 3. Applying ESG philosophy: Creating value through ESG for corporations ; Devising an ESG policy ; Defining and measuring ESG performance and reporting ; Elaborating the ESG endgame -- part 4. The part of tens: Ten frequently asked questions for an ESG approach ; Ten issues surrounding ESG portfolio construction ; Ten factors influencing the growth of ESG investing.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Instructional and educational works.; Self-help publications.; Impact investing.; Investments; Finance, Personal;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Introduction to intrinsic safety. by Elcon Instruments, Inc.;
Subjects: Explosionproof electric apparatus and appliances.; Electrical engineering;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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