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Design and analysis of ecological experiments / by Scheiner, Samuel M.,1956-(CARDINAL)333479; Gurevitch, Jessica.(CARDINAL)333478;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-425) and indexes.Exploratory data analysis and graphic display / Aaron M. Ellison -- ANOVA : Experiments in controlled environments / Catherine Potvin -- ANOVA and ANCOVA : Field competition experiments / Deborah E. Goldberg and Samuel M. Scheiner -- MANOVA : Multiple response variables and multispecies interactions / Samuel M. Scheiner -- Repeated-measures analysis : growth and other time-dependent measures / Carl N. von Ende -- Time-series intervention analysis : unreplicated large-scale experiments / Paul W. Rasmussen [and others] -- Nonlinear curve fitting : predation and functional response curves / Steven A. Juliano -- Multiple regression : herbivory / Thomas E. Philippi -- Path analysis : pollination / Randall J. Mitchell -- Population sampling and bootstrapping in complex designs : demographic analysis / Mark A. McPeek and Susan Kalisz -- Failure-time analysis : emergence, flowering, survivorship, and other waiting times / Gordon A. Fox -- The bootstrap and the jackknife : describing the precision of ecological indices / Philip M. Dixon -- Spatial statistics : analysis of field experiments / Jay M. Ver Hoef and Noel Cressie -- Mantel tests : spatial structure in field experiments / Marie-Josée Fortin and Jessica Gurevitch -- Model validation : optimal foraging theory / Joel S. Brown -- Meta-analysis : combining the results of independent experiments / Jessica Gurevitch and Larry V. Hedges.
Subjects: Ecology; Experimental design.;
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Improving your soil : a practical guide to soil management for the serious home gardener / by Reid, Keith,author.(CARDINAL)317853;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Seasons of the soil -- Getting started : what type of soil do you have? -- What is soil, and why is it important? -- Different soils, different challenges -- Soil texture : the bones of your soil -- Soil structure : the skeleton of your soil -- Soil water -- Irrigation basics for gardens -- A little bit of soil chemistry -- How soil holds nutrients -- Soil life and soil organic matter -- Harnessing biological cycles for our benefit -- Feeding your plants -- Sustaining the land -- Glossary of soil terms -- Appendix I. Selected laboratories for testing garden soils -- Appendix II. Agricultural and horticultural extension resources -- Appendix III. Chemical symbols and formulas.Intended for both small and medium-size gardens, Improving Your Soil reveals the steps to take to achieve the perfect soil base in which to grow plants. With directions on amending poor soil, modifying mediocre earth, aerating compacted topsoil and substrates, and testing pH levels, this book enables gardeners to nurture their plants and promote more abundant growth. The features of good soil include proper structure and nutrients that encourage healthy plant growth. Soil in "good tilth" is loamy, nutrient-rich and friable because it has an optimal mixture of sand, clay and organic matter that prevents severe compaction. Improving Your Soil shows gardeners how to improve the soil in their garden to encourage good seed bedding and a strong root system for proper nutrient disbursement throughout various soil depths.--
Subjects: Garden soils.; Soil management.; Gardening.; Sols de jardin.; Sols; Jardinage.;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 20
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Teach yourself visually web design / by Huddleston, Rob.(CARDINAL)558345;
Chapter 1: Tools Of Web Design And Planning Your Site -- Brief history of the web -- Understanding browsers -- Visual design tools -- Code-based tools -- Graphics programs -- Understanding the importance of planning your site -- Understanding your audience -- Gather your materials -- Plan your navigation structure -- Plan your file structure -- Chapter 2: Getting Started With HTML -- Introduction to HTML -- Create your first web page -- Save your web page -- Preview a page in a browser -- Declare your document type -- Add headings -- Add paragraphs -- Apply logical formatting -- Understanding URLs and file paths -- Link to other pages in your site -- Link to pages on the web -- Link within a page -- Link to an e-mail address -- Link to other document types -- Show tool tips for links -- Chapter 3: Creating Images -- Understanding image formats -- Legally acquiring stock images -- Understanding image optimization -- Download a stock image from the web -- Get to know the Photoshop interface -- Get to know the Photoshop Elements interface -- Use Photoshop to fix colors -- Crop and resize an image in Photoshop -- Save an image for the web in Photoshop -- Open an image for the web in Photoshop -- Open an image for editing in Photoshop elements -- Use Photoshop Elements to fix colors -- Rotate an image in Photoshop Elements -- Crop an image in Photoshop Elements -- Resize an image in Photoshop Elements -- Save an image for the web in Photoshop Elements -- Get to know the Fireworks interface -- Get to know the Illustrator interface -- Create a button in Fireworks -- Save an image for the web in Fireworks -- Create a logo in Illustrator -- Save an Illustrator image for the web -- Add an image to your web page -- Make your images accessible -- Use images as links -- Chapter 4: Formatting Your Pages -- Introduction to CSS -- Create an embedded style sheet -- Understanding units of measurement -- Set the font and text size on your page -- Understanding color on the web -- Determine a color scheme using Kuler -- Set text color -- Set a background color -- Add a background image -- Control background image tiling -- Position background images -- Apply additional text formatting -- Indent and align text -- Apply spacing with padding -- Control whitespace with margins -- Specify widths -- Add borders -- Chapter 5: Advanced CSS -- Style multiple elements -- Format text with spans -- Group elements with divs -- Apply styles with classes -- Apply styles with IDs -- Use contextual selectors -- Use pseudo-elements -- Use pseudo-classes -- Create an external style sheet -- Link a style sheet to a page -- Use the cascade -- Chapter 6: Laying Out Pages -- Set up your page for CSS layouts -- Float elements -- Use margins and padding to fix float problems -- Work with overflow -- Chapter 7: Adding Tables And Lists -- Add data tables -- Format tables with CSS -- Create complex tables -- Add a header row -- Add table sections -- Add an unordered list -- Add an ordered list -- Style lists -- Chapter 8: Creating A Page Visually In Dreamweaver -- Introduction to Dreamweaver's interface -- Define a site in Dreamweaver -- Create a new document -- Replace the logo placeholder -- Replace the main content -- Replace the content in the sidebar and footer -- Add navigation -- Add images -- Insert a Photoshop image -- Edit a Photoshop image in Dreamweaver -- Modify CSS -- Add new styles -- Preview the page using live view -- Preview the page in a browser -- Preview the page in other browsers using BrowserLab -- Chapter 9: Adding Interactivity And Multimedia -- Introduction to JavaScript and Ajax -- Embed JavaScript in HTML -- Write a function -- Change the visibility of an object -- Create a menu using Spry -- Create a calendar control with YUI -- Create an image gallery with jQuery -- Create animation using Flash Professional -- Publish a Flash movie -- Add a Flash movie to your page in Dreamweaver -- Convert a video to Flash video -- Add Flash video usFrom the Publisher: The mechanics of Web design made easy for visual learners. An effective Web site combines good graphic design principles with a functional user interface. This colorful, step-by-step guide shows visual learners how to plan, develop, and publish a site, all with easy-to-follow lessons. Each task is illustrated with screen shots accompanied by numbered steps. You'll learn all the tools and techniques for creating great-looking Web sites that users will love. -- Good Web design incorporates basic graphic design principles as well as the techniques required to make a site easy to navigate and user-friendly -- Those who learn best when someone shows them how will quickly get up to speed with the full-color screen shots and step-by-step illustrations in this visual guide -- Covers planning a site, creating eye-popping content with popular Adobe tools, building in functionality with HTML and CSS, testing the site, taking it live, and keeping it up to date -- Companion Web site features code and design examples for experimentation -- If you find learning easier when someone shows you how to do something, you'll quickly learn to build Web sites with Teach Yourself VISUALLY Web Design.
Subjects: Dreamweaver (Computer file); Cascading style sheets.; Relational databases.; Web site development.; Web sites; Web sites;
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The small business start-up kit : a step-by-step legal guide / by Pakroo, Peri.(CARDINAL)275231; Stewart, Marcia.(CARDINAL)202586;
From the Publisher: The best step-by-step guide to starting a business available! Many people dream of running a business of their own-but often don't know how to start. Sound familiar? This book can help. User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. It explains in plain English how to: choose the best business structure; write an effective business plan; file the right forms in the right place; price, bid and bill your projects; draft and use contracts, online and off; manage your finances; be prepared for, and file, required taxes; reach customers online. The Small Business Start-Up Kit also includes all the forms and instructions you need both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM. The 6th edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest legal information affecting small business. Additionally, it includes 1) an updated chapter on financial management, which includes information on how to use technology to manage bookkeeping and other business aspects, 2) an updated e-business chapter which covers how to use social media to promote the business and, 3) updated material on the latest search engine optimization strategies to drive traffic to the business website.
Subjects: Small business; New business enterprises;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 7
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Fundamental properties of asphalt-aggregate interactions including adhesion and absorption / by Curtis, Christine W.(CARDINAL)325433; Ensley, Keith.; Epps, Jon A.(CARDINAL)311393; Strategic Highway Research Program (U.S.)(CARDINAL)298325;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-603).Introduction: Adhesion and stripping models: Chemistry of the asphalt-aggregate bond -- Asphalt-aggregate interactions at the interface -- Chemistry and morphology of the aggregate -- Chemistry of aging and adsorption of asphalt-aggregate pairs -- Chemical and physical properties of asphalt in the structured interphase region and their influence on mix properties -- Effect of aggregate, additives and fines on asphalt-aggregate interactions -- Matching and/or modifying asphalt and aggregate properties to enhance bonding -- Test development -- Chemical composition and physical properties of asphalt used with absorptive aggregates -- Appendices -- References.This report reviews the research and key conclusions, presents the adhesion and stripping models, and presents an in-depth view of the research performed under the Strategic Highway Research Program A-003B contract. The studies elucidated the chemistry and physics of the asphalt-aggregate bond. The principal areas of research included adhesion and absorption. The impact of water and aging on adhesion was also evaluated. The products developed include the following: models of adhesion and stripping; net adsorption test; specialty tests that address specific problems involving asphalt-aggregate interactions such as the limestone reactivity test; and more complete understanding of absorption and the optimization of the Rice method.Performed under contract no.
Subjects: Aggregates (Building materials); Asphalt concrete; Pavements, Asphalt;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Optima for animals / by Alexander, R. McNeill.(CARDINAL)128639;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Mathematical optimization.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Planning optimal library spaces : principles, processes, and practices / by Moore, David R.,II,1966-author.(CARDINAL)676508; Shoaf, Eric C.,author.(CARDINAL)431512;
Introduction to master planning and the road map approach -- 2. Why the road map approach? : A case for master planning libraries -- Constant change -- Drivers of change : Technology ; Habits ; Services ; Security -- Change manifestations : Digital impact on print collections ; Material focused to people focused ; Seating variety ; Collaboration and group study ; Quiet space and individual study ; Self-service and changes in service delivery ; Library as third place ; Creation studios and makerspaces: "hands-on learning" ; Digital media studios ; Information/learning/research commons ; Specialized teaching spaces -- Inhibitors : Libraries are inherently inflexible : Remedy: adaptability ; Libraries are inherently furniture intensive : Remedy: flexible furniture ; Libraries are undersized : Remedy #1: Relocation/consolidation/cooperation; Remedy #2: Workflow efficiency/flexibility ; Libraries are financially challenged -- Traditional master planning versus the road map approach -- Benefits of the road map approach : Road maps offer flexibility and phased implementation ; Road maps create hope ; Road maps allow for adjustments along the way ; Road maps demonstrate leadership ; Road maps demonstrate sustainability -- Challenges to the road map approach : Obtaining internal buy-in ; Convincing decision makers ; Those resistant to change ; Everyone's an expert ; Who not to include ; Competing interests ; Funding the implementation -- 3. Process : Step 1. Assess/analyze : Surrounding context : Previously published visionary documents; Local zoning and planning ordinances ; Existing facility : Current building codes; Structural capacity; Accessibility requirements; Deferred maintenance issues; Presence of hazardous materials; Interior/environmental qualities ; Internal processes : Fixtures, furnishings, and equipment review; Collection management evaluation; Special collections and archives; Functionality and workflow analysis; Partners and tenants -- Step 2. Engage/listen : Why is the engagement process important? ; What does the engagement process entail? ; A typical engagement meeting outline : Introductions; Process, project, and purpose; Optional 5- to 10-minute presentation; Community conversation; Wrap-up; Participatory exercise -- Step 3. Program/define : What is a building program? ; The purpose and creation of a building program ; Print collections : Issue: What to retain?; Issue: Which collections will grow or diminish over time?; Issue: Where should retained material be located?; Issue: How should what remains be stored or displayed? ; Collection summary : Sizing the collections; Shelving the collections -- Step 4. Design/plan : Conceptual design process; Conceptual design versus final design; An iterative process -- Step 5. Phasing/strategize: Guiding principles for phasing plans -- Step 6. Estimate/budget : Total project cost : Hard costs; Soft costs -- 4. Collection storage strategies : Print collections : Traditional shelving ; Compact shelving ; High-bay storage ; Automated storage retrieval systems ; Off-site repositories ; Special collections and archives : Considerations ; Materials : University archives; Manuscript collections; Rare books -- 5. Anatomy of a library budget : Budgeting for a library project : Cost, quantity, and quality -- Total project budget : Hard costs : Line I. Total estimated construction costs (totals lines A and B) : Line A. Construction costs; Line B. Design contingency -- Soft costs : Line II. Total estimated FF&E (totals lines D.1-E.9) : Lines D.1-D.3. Furniture, shelving, and signage; Line E1. Theft detection/RFID system; Line E.2. Building security system; Line E.3. Access control system; Line E.4. Telephone system; Line E.5. Voice and data cabling; Line E.6. Audiovisual equipment; Line E.7. Computer hardware and software; Line E.8. Specialized library equipment; Line E.9. Copiers; Line E.10. Other ; Line III. Total estimated professional compensation (totals lines F.1-F5) : Line F.1. Pre-design phase expenses; Line F.2. Architectural and engineering basic design services; Line F.3. FF&E design services; Line F.4. Additional services; Line F.5. Reimbursable expenses ; Line IV. Total estimated owner expenses (totals lines G.1-G.3) : Line G.1. Pre-design phase expenses; Line G.2. Design and construction phase expenses; Line G.3.: Post-construction expenses ; Line V. Total estimated probable project cost -- 6. Getting started : Where to begin : Clean house ; Evaluate the collections ; Identify and take advantage of underutilized wall space ; Identify and repurpose underutilized space that may exist ; Identify where wrong furniture is being used and fix it ; Declutter work areas to increase efficiency -- Moving forward with a road map : RFQ versus RFP ; The selection process ; Consultant qualities : Chemistry; Involvement; Architect or not? -- Case studies : 8,000-square-foot public library ; 25,000-square-foot academic library ; 32,000-square-foot academic library ; 40,000-square-foot public library ; 180,000-square-foot academic library -- 300,000-square-foot academic library.This book demystifies library space planning, inspires creative thinking, and offers immediate steps to rectify seemingly hopeless space challenges. Featuring case studies, diagrams, example budgets, and 148 full color images, this is a must-have guide for librarians, architects, and anyone involved with library planning or building projects.
Subjects: Architectural drawings.; Handbooks and manuals.; Library buildings; Libraries; Library planning;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Low-volume roads, 2015. by National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board,issuing body.(CARDINAL)141287; International Conference on Low-volume Roads(11th :2015 :Pittsburgh, Pa.)(CARDINAL)334768;
Includes bibliographical references.Foreword -- Part 1 - Maintenance and pavements -- Markov chain modeling of pavement surfacing -- Evaluation of the use of magnesium chloride for surface stabilization and dust control on unpaved roads -- Recommendations for seal treatment rejuvenation specifications based on bending beam rheometer testing of mixture beams -- Evaluation of the effect of rural road condition on agricultural produce transportation -- Comparison of low-volume road pavement performance with results of accelerated pavement testing -- Implementation of preventive maintenance in network-level optimization: case study of the Serbian low-volume road network -- Optimized maintenance standards for unpaved road networks based on cost-effectiveness analysis -- Use of ash in hot dense mixtures: alternative to reduce environmental liabilities -- Part 2 - Geotechnical engineering -- Applying social return on investment to risk-based transportation asset management plans in low-volume bridges -- Correlations between strains in a thin asphalt pavement structure and deflection basins: Investigation by linear elastic analysis and experiments -- Performance of sand-treated clay subgrade supporting a low-volume flexible pavement -- Neural estimation of localization and classification of soils for use in low-traffic-volume roads -- Design and construction of welded wire retaining walls in the Siuslaw and Willamette national forests -- Evaluation of aggregate-surfaced roads for timber haul -- Estimation of subgrade resilient modulus for fine-grained soil from unconfined compression test -- New approach for upgrading gravel roads to a low-volume sealed standard based on the use of the dynamic cone penetrometer -- Part 3 - Stabilization -- Soil-water characteristic curves for soils stabilized with class c fly ash -- Skid resistance of magnesium chloride roads -- Stabilizing sand roads with wood products and byproducts -- Postsurcharge secondary compression characteristics of marine clay from piezocone penetration tests on a low-volume road -- Lime and cement treatments for low-volume roads: sustainability and resiliency issues -- Development of provisional specification language for chemical treatments for unpaved roads -- Effect of the use of a polymeric stabilizing additive on unconfined compressive strength of soils -- Improvement in physical and mechanical properties of soils by the addition of lime for paving roads -- Part 4- Geosynthetics -- Use of finite difference numerical technique to evaluate deep patch embankment repair with geosynthetics -- Design considerations for deep patch embankment repair with geosynthetics -- Determination of load equivalency for unpaved roads -- The long history of geosynthetics use on forest roads.Every four years, since 1975, the Transportation Research Board has collected the work, experience, and innovations of authors from six continents on the subject of low-volume roads. This 11th publication in a series of peer-reviewed volumes provides a special forum for the exchange of information and innovative ideas on the design, construction, maintenance, operations and safety of low-volume roads. Low-Volume Roads 2015 is presented in three volumes with 80 papers. This volume, Volume 2, presents 28 papers that address the following aspects of low-volume roads: maintenance and pavements, geotechnical engineering, stabilization, and geosynthetics.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Low-volume roads; Rural roads; Low-volume roads; Rural roads; Road materials.; Pavements;
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Radical uncertainty : decision-making beyond the numbers / by Kay, J. A.(John Anderson),author.(CARDINAL)134819; King, Mervyn A.,author.(CARDINAL)715687;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-511) and index.Introduction: The nature of uncertainty -- The lure of probabilities -- Making sense of uncertainty -- Economics and uncertainty -- Living with uncertainty."In a changing world, forecasts and numbers usually represent bogus quantification. Kay and King tell us how to think smarter. Radical uncertainty changes the way we should think about decision-making. For over half a century economics has assumed that people behave rationally by optimizing among well-defined choices. Behavioral economics questioned how far people are rational, pointing to the cognitive biases that seem to describe actual behavior. Radical Uncertainty is a bold, paradigm-shifting book that takes us past standard and behavioral economics, completely shifting our understanding of the role economics can play in decision-making. We can never have the information required to optimize. But the failure to come to terms with this reality has led us to build our largest financial organizations, develop major policy decisions, and create business structures on shifting sands-the false belief that the numbers provided by economic models give us the answer. They don't. The best managers in the public and private sectors rely on narratives, not numbers"--
Subjects: Economics; Consumer behavior.; Decision making;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Driven to distraction at work : how to focus and be more productive / by Hallowell, Edward M.,author.(CARDINAL)771522;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Attention deficit trait: the growing workplace problem -- pt. 1. The six most common distractions at work, and how to overcome them. Screen sucking: how to control your electronics so they don't control you -- Multitasking: how to say no when you have more to do than time to do it -- Idea hopping: how to finish what you start -- Worrying: how to turn toxic worry into problem solving -- Playing the hero: how to stop fixing everyone's problems, except your own -- Dropping the ball: how to stop underachieving at work -- pt. 2. Training your attention: how to manage and maintain your ability to focus. Flexible focus: creating the optimal state for excellence -- Harnessing the power of the body -- Harnessing the power of the mind -- Harnessing the power of the human connection -- Harnessing the power of emotion -- Harnessing the power of structure -- Distracted no more -- Appendix: A word about ADHD and medications."Hallowell, known for his work with children and adults, now identifies the underlying reasons why people really lose their ability to focus at work--where many of today's adults feel distracted and unproductive. He explains why commonly offered solutions like 'learn to manage your time better' or 'make a to-do list' just don't work because they don't address the deeper, underlying issues of mental distraction"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Distraction (Psychology); Attention.; Time management.; Psychology, Industrial.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 16
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