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Effective editing : how to take your writing to the next level [videorecording]/ by McCowan, Molly,speaker.; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Molly McCowan, editor and writing coach.Improve your writing skills and your love of the craft with secrets of the trade from a best-selling, award-winning author.DVD.
Subjects: Educational films.; Handbooks and manuals.; Instructional films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Authorship.; Creative writing.; Editing;
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Grand transitions : how the modern world was made / by Smil, Vaclavauthor(CARDINAL)323599;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Epochal transitions -- Populations -- Agricultures and diets -- Energies -- Economies -- Environment -- Outcomes and outlooks."The modern world was created through the combination and complex interactions of five grand transitions. First, the demographic transition changed the total numbers, dynamics, structure, and residential pattern of populations. The agricultural and dietary transition led to the emergence of highly productive cropping and animal husbandry (subsidized by fossil energies and electricity), which eliminated famines, reduced malnutrition, and improved the health of populations but also resulted in enormous foodwaste and had many environmental consequences. The energy transition brought the world from traditional biomass fuels and human and animal labor to fossil fuel, ever more efficient electricity, lights, and motors, which transformed both agricultural andindustrial production and enabled mass-scale mobility and instant communication. Economic transition has been marked by relatively high growth rates of total national and global product, by fundamental structural transformation (from farming to industriesto services) and by an increasing share of humanity living in affluent societies, enjoying unprecedented quality of life. These transitions have made many intensifying demands on the environment, resulting in ecosystemic degradation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, and eventually change on the planetary level, with global warming being the most worrisome development. This book traces the genesis of these transitions, their interactions and complicated progress as well as their outcomes and impacts, explaining how the modern world was made-and then offers a forward-thinking examination of some key unfolding transitions and appraising their challenges and possible results." --
Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Technology and civilization; Population; Economic history.; Human ecology;
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The startup community way : evolving an entrepreneurial ecosystem / by Feld, Brad,author.(CARDINAL)502334; Hathaway, Ian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. Introduction to startup communities. Why startup communities exist -- The actors -- The Factors -- Startup communities versus entrepreneurial ecosystems -- Part 2. Startup communities as complex systems. Putting the system back into ecosystem -- Unpredictable creativity -- The myth of quantity -- The illusion of control -- The absence of a blueprint -- The measurement trap -- Part 3. From the Boulder thesis to the startup community way. Simplifying complexity -- Leadership is key -- Think in generations -- Diversity is a feature, not a bug -- Be active, not passive -- Part 4. Conclusion."The Startup Community Way is a sequel to Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. It picks up where Startup Communities left off, looking at why makes startup communities thrive -- anywhere. The Startup Community Way advances the practice of startup community building in several key ways: Establishes the very notion of a startup community. Provides an intro to relevant historical frameworks: agglomeration, networks, creative class Establishes the Boulder Thesis: a governing philosophy for startup communities. Discusses the role of key stakeholders (leaders and feeders), what can go wrong (Classical Problems and Myths), why a community matters (Power of Community and Broadening), and why leaders are the key to bringing it all together (Attributes of Leadership). Offers a ton of practical advice along the way, aimed primarily at entrepreneur community builders. Expands the Boulder Thesis to benefit nascent startup communities or those in an international context. Discusses es the role of government (national, regional, local, international) in startup communities -- they can and do play a big role, particularly outside of the United States. Provides a framework or model for assessing and measuring the "maturity" of a particular startup community--"Where are we?" and "How do we get where we need to go?" Shares lessons that will be more generalizable across geographies and will tell lots of stories from around the United States and other countries. ?SCW will go deeper on other universities, other non-tech stuff, and structural dynamics (like technology transfer, patents, rules of engagement for students). It ill also develop a more robust framework for assessing and measuring a startup community (ranges from quality and types of stakeholders and assets to improving linkages and changing culture). ?Having the benefit of 6+ years to look back upon, SCW will have examples to draw upon from cities around the world -- a look back at what we have learned in the last half decade. In that regard, we'll have many more outside voices (contributors) in this book compared with SC1. ?The main new intellectual contribution of SCW is the introduction and application of "complex systems" theory into the practice of startup community building. SC1 is steeped in complexity theory, though does not go deep on explaining the implications of complex systems and how that justifies our recommendations (which differ widely from more traditional approaches). ?SCW will have a more robust/concise practitioners guide at the end"--
Subjects: Entrepreneurship.; New business enterprises; Communities;
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Dynamic stress analysis of steel girders during transit over the road : final report / by Bingham, W. L.; North Carolina.Division of Highways.(CARDINAL)162414; North Carolina State University.Highway Research Program.(CARDINAL)145110;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Girders; Steel, Structural; Iron and steel bridges.;
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Science : a do-it-yourself study guide / by Ross, Rachel Johanna,1982-author.; Ter-Mikaelian, Maria,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- A journey into science -- Earth's place in the universe -- The history of planet Earth -- The forces that shape the Earth -- Water, weather, and climate -- Earth and human activity -- From cells to organisms: structures and processes -- Ecosystems: interactions, energy, and dynamics -- Heredity: inheritance and variation of traits -- Biological evolution: unity and diversity -- Matter and its interactions -- Motion and stability: forces and interactions -- Energy -- Waves, energy, and information -- How to think like a scientist."How to Survive Middle School: Science is a highly illustrated, handy field guide that will help kids master the essential skills and lessons of middle school Science. With expert knowledge presented in a bold and fun format that's easy to read and understand, students will learn, explore, and practice terminology, techniques, and tools behind creating and testing hypotheses, ecology, chemistry, and more"--Ages 10-14Grades 5-9
Subjects: Study guides.; Science;
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Dynamic aquaria : building living ecosystems / by Adey, Walter H.(CARDINAL)328397; Loveland, Karen.(CARDINAL)328396;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Physical environment. The envelope: physical parameters and energy state - Substrate: the active role of rock, mud, and sand - Water composition: management of salinity, hardness, and evaporation - The input of solar energy: lighting requirements - The input of organic energy: particulates and feeding -- Part II. Biochemical environment. Metabolism: respiration, photosynthesis, and biological loading - Organisms and gas exchange: oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, and alkalinity - The primary nutrients - nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica: limitation and eutrophication - Biominerlization and calcification: a key to biosphere and ecosystem function - Control of the biochemical environment: filters, bacteria, and the algal turf scrubber -- Part III. Biological structure. Community structure: biodiversity in model ecosystems - Trophic structure: ecosystems and the dynamics of food chains - Primary producers: plants that grow on the bottom - Herbivors: predators of plants - Carnivores: predators of animals - Plankton and planktivores: floating plants and animals and their predators - Detritus and detritivores: the dynamics of muddy bottoms - Symbionts and other feeders -- Part IV. Ecological systems in microcosms, mesocosms, and aquaria. Models of coral reef ecosystems - A subarctic shore: the Maine coast - Estuaries: ecosystem modeling where fresh and salt waters interact - Freshwater ecosystem models -- Part V. The environment and ecological engineering. The culturing of organisms and communities for the aquarium hobby - Controlled ecosystems and wastewater management -- Part VI. Summary. Microcoms, mesocosms, and aquaria as ecosystem models: a synthesis -- Index."Dynamic Aquaria takes a unique approach by integrating ecology and aquarium science. The result is a better understanding of both ecological food webs and the limitations imposed on these webs by their compression into micro- and mesocosms." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Aquarium water.; Aquariums.;
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Negro leadership in a southern city. by Burgess, M. Elaine(Margaret Elaine)(CARDINAL)542572;
Includes bibliography.Race relations as power relations: an introduction -- The setting of biracial power -- Organization and structure in the crescent Negro community -- Identifying crescent city's Negro leadership -- Leadership in action: the dynamic processes of power -- Intergroup and intragroup communication and response -- Minority power and race leadership -- The emerging biracial structure of power.1330L
Subjects: Case studies.; African Americans; Community leadership;
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Russia against modernity / by Ėtkind, Aleksandr,1955-author.(CARDINAL)383297;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Modernity in the Anthropocene -- 2. Petrostate -- 3. Parasitic Governance -- 4. The So-Called Elite -- 5. The Public Sphere -- 6. Gender and Degeneration -- 7. Putin's War -- 8. Defederating Russia.Putin's war is a "special operation" against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukraine, but the war has a broader target: the modern world of climate awareness, energy transition and digital labor. By trading oil and gas, promoting Trump and Brexit, spreading corruption, boosting inequality and homophobia, subsidizing far-right movements and destroying Ukraine, Putin's clique aims at suppressing the ongoing transformation of modern societies. Alexander Etkind distinguishes between Russia's pompous, weaponized paleomodernity, on the one hand, and the lean, decentralized gaiamodernity of the Anthropocene, on the other. Putin's clique has used various strategies - from climate denialism and electoral interference to war and genocide - to resist and subvert modernity. Working on political, cultural and even demographic levels, social mechanisms convert the vicious energy of the oil curse into all-out aggression. Dissecting these mechanisms, Etkind's brief but rigorous analyses of social structuration, cultural dynamics and family models reveal the agency that drives the Russian war against modernity. This short, sharp critique of the Russian regime combines political economy, social history and demography to predict the decolonizing and defederating of Russia. --
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The everything parent's guide to common core science : grades 6-8 / by Bloomfield, Laurie,1964-author.(CARDINAL)607150;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What are the Common Core Standards? -- What are the Next Generation Science Standards? -- How can you help your child be successful? -- Writing science and technical subjects -- Reading in science -- The three dimensions of science -- Matter and its interactions -- Motion and stability-- forces and interactions -- Energy -- Waves and their applications -- From molecules to organisms: structures and processes -- Ecosystems: interactions, energy, and dynamics -- Heredity: inheritance and variation of trains -- Biological evolution: unite and diversity -- Earth's place in the universe -- Earth's systems -- Earth and human activity -- Engineering design -- Science fair projects.If you learned science the "old" way, you may be having a hard time understanding what your kids are bringing home from school-- and why. Bloomfield explains the new requirements for learning concepts and applying them in practical ways, as well as tips for helping your child with homework and studying.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Science; Science; Common Core State Standards (Education);
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The AASHO road test : proceedings of a conference held May 16-18, 1962, St. Louis, Mo. by Highway Research Board Conference on the AASHO Road Test(1962 :Saint Louis, Mo.); National Research Council (U.S.).Highway Research Board.(CARDINAL)141288; American Association of State Highway Officials.(CARDINAL)138447;
The test facility and the AASHO road test pavement experiments conducted are fully presented and discussed. The behavior and performance of 18 slab and beam bridges under regular test traffic and during accelerated fatigue tests are described. Also reported is an analysis of the fatigue strength of the bridge beams. Field tests and laboratory tests on the fatigue strength of the steel bridges are compared. Tests to failure of the ten test bridges are described. The behavior during the test and under failure of a noncomposite steel bridge, composite steel bridge, reinforced concrete bridge, post-tension prestressed concrete bridge and a pretensioned prestressed concrete bridge is described in detail.Includes bibliographical references.Opening remarks -- History of project -- The road test bridges: History and objectives -- Behavior of AASHO road test bridge structures under repeated overstress -- Tests to failure with increasing loads of the AASHO test bridges -- Dynamic studies of the AASHO road test bridges -- Summary report on bridge research -- Special deflection studies on flexible pavement -- Slope variance as a measure of roughness and the CHLOE profilometer -- Measuring dynamic vehicle loads -- AASHO road test vehicle operating costs related to gross weight -- Special studies -- Structural deterioration of test pavements: Flexible -- Structural deterioration of test pavements: Rigid -- Relationships of AASHO road test pavement performance to design and load factors -- Fractional factorial analysis for flexible pavement performance data -- Prediction of flexible pavement performance from deflection measurements -- AASHO road test principal relationships: Performance with stress, rigid pavements -- Performance of treated and untreated aggregate bases -- Prepared and spontaneous discussions including road test staff comments -- Opening remarks by Mr. Johnson -- New York State Thruway use of road test findings -- Application of road test formulas in structural design of pavement -- Road test findings utilized in analysis of Texas triaxial method of pavement design -- Application of AASHO road test equations to mixed traffic -- Use of road test equations in pavement cost allocation -- Use of road test findings by AASHO Design Committee -- Use of AASHO road test findings by the AASHO Committee on Highway Transport.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Highway research; Test roads; Bridges;
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