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Everyday engineering [videorecording]: understanding the marvels of daily life / by Ressler, Stephen J.,instructor.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;

Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391).Presenter, Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy at West Point.Look around you. Great masterpieces of engineering are everywhere. As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you are putting centuries of scientific and mechanical ingenuity to use. So familiar are these structures, inventions, and services that they are all but invisible. Yet they are just as remarkable as great works such as the Parthenon, the Eiffel Tower, and the Panama Canal. Everyday Engineering: Understanding the Marvels of Daily Life is an indispensable guide to the way things work in the world around you. Conducting this eye-opening tour is Professor Stephen Ressler of the United States Military Academy at West Point, an award-winning civil engineer and a nationally honored leader in engineering education. In 36 half-hour lectures, richly illustrated with instructive physical models, computer animations, and graphics designed by Professor Ressler himself, you start by learning how a house is put together with all its subsystems. Then you move outside to trace the origin and route of water, power, and telecommunications networks. Finally, you hit the road to discover how automobiles function and how roads and highway bridges are engineered. Along the way, Everyday Engineering investigates power plants, dams, aqueducts, railroads, communication satellites, home energy efficiency, simple machines around the house, recycling, and many other topics. No background in science or engineering is needed to follow this riveting presentation, which gives you deep insight into the underlying simplicity of the complex systems that enhance our lives.DVD.

Subjects: Filmed lectures.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Engineering.; Technology.;

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Roundabouts : an informational guide / by Robinson, Bruce W.(CARDINAL)328719; Bared, Joe Georges.(CARDINAL)314308; United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839; Kittelson & Associates.(CARDINAL)320082; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.(CARDINAL)286897;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-250).Introduction -- Policy considerations -- Planning -- Operation -- Safety -- Geometric design -- Traffic design and landscaping -- System considerations -- Bibliography -- Appendices.Informational guide book;The guidance supplied in this document, Roundabouts: an informational guide, is based on established international and U.S. practices and is supplemented by recent research. The guide is comprehensive in recognition of the diverse needs of transportation professionals and the public for introductory material through design detail, as well as the wide range of potential applications of roundabout intersections. The following topics are addressed: definition of a roundabout and what distinguishes roundabouts from traffic circles; public acceptance and legal issues associated with roundabouts; consideration of all user modes, including heavy vehicles, buses, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians; a methodology for identifying appropriate sites for roundabouts and the range of conditions for which roundabouts offer optimal performance: methodologies for estimating roundabout capacity, delays, and queues with reference to the Highway Capacity Manual; design principles and guidance on safety and geometric design, with reference to applicable national standards such as the AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets; guidelines for control features such as signing and pavement markings, with reference to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; illumination; and landscaping.Performed by Kittelson & Associates, Inc. for the Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, under contract no.

Subjects: Technical reports.; Roads; Traffic circles;

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On-line resources: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/00067/00067.pdf -- Link to full report in PDF format; http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/00067/index.cfm -- Contains links to PDF files of individual chapters;

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Green building advisor [electronic resource] / by Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology.(CARDINAL)326648; E Build, Inc.;

This program is intended to help architects, designers, planners, students, and educators design new buildings and retrofit existing buildings to be environmentally friendly.System requirements: Microsoft Windows 95/98 or Apple Mac OS 7.5 or later ; Intel 80486/Pentium or Motorola 68040/Power PC processor (100 MHz or faster recommended ; CD-ROM drive (4x or faster recommended) ; 20 MB available RAM - Monitor set to display at least 640 x 480 pixels, and at least 256 colors (High Color/Thousands of Colors preferred).

Subjects: Architectural design.; Architecture;

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The design of everyday things / by Norman, Donald A.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-330) and index."Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time. In this entertaining and insightful analysis, cognitive scientist Don Norman hails excellence of design as the most important key to regaining the competitive edge in influencing consumer behavior. Now fully expanded and updated, with a new introduction by the author, The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how-and why-some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. "--

Subjects: Industrial design; Human engineering.;

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The VR book : human-centered design for virtual reality / by Jerald, Jason,author.(CARDINAL)849970;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-566) and index.Part I. Introduction and background : What is virtual reality? : The definition of virtual reality ; VR is communication ; What is VR good for? -- A history of VR : The 1800s ; The 1900s ; The 2000s -- An overview of various realities : Forms of reality ; Reality systems -- Immersion, presence, and reality trade-offs : Immersion ; Presence ; Illusions of presence ; Reality trade-offs -- The basics: design guidelines : Introduction and background ; VR is communication ; An overview of various realities ; Immersion, presence, and reality trade-offs.Part II. Perception : Objective and subjective reality : Reality is subjective ; Perceptual illusions -- Perceptual models and processes : Distal and proximal stimuli ; Sensation vs. perception ; Bottom-up and top-down processing ; Afference and efference ; Iterative perceptual processing ; The subconscious and conscious ; Visceral, behavioral, reflective, and emotional processes ; Mental models ; Neuro-linguistic programming -- Perceptual modalities : Sight ; Hearing ; Touch ; Proprioception ; Balance and physical motion ; Smell and taste ; Multimodal perceptions -- Perception of space and time : Space perception ; Time perception ; Motion perception -- Perceptual stability, attention, and action : Perceptual constancies ; Adaptation ; Attention ; Action -- Perception: design guidelines : Objective and subjective reality ; Perceptual models and processes ; Perceptual modalities ; Perception of space and time ; Perceptual stability, attention, and action.Part III. Adverse health effects : Motion sickness : Scene motion ; Motion sickness and vection ; Theories of motion sickness ; A unified model of motion sickness -- Eye strain, seizures, and aftereffects : Accommodation-vergence conflict ; Binocular-occlusion conflict ; Flicker ; Aftereffects -- Hardware challenges : Physical fatigue ; Headset fit ; Injury ; Hygiene -- Latency : Negative effects of latency ; Latency thresholds ; Delayed perception as a function of dark adaptation ; Sources of delay ; Timing analysis -- Measuring sickness : The Kennedy simulator sickness questionnaire ; Postural stability ; Physiological measures -- Summary of factors that contribute to adverse effects : System factors ; Individual user factors ; Application design factors ; Presence vs. motion sickness -- Examples of reducing adverse effects : Optimize adaptation ; Real-world stabilized cues ; Manipulate the world as an object ; Leading indicators ; Minimize visual accelerations and rotations ; Ratcheting ; Delay compensation ; Motion platforms ; Reducing gorilla arm ; Warning grids and fade-outs ; Medication -- Adverse health effects: design guidelines : Hardware ; System calibration ; Latency reduction ; General design ; Motion design ; Interaction design ; Usage ; Measuring sickness.Part IV. Content creation : High-level concepts of content creation : Experiencing the story ; The core experience ; Conceptual integrity ; Gestalt perceptual organization -- Environmental design : The scene ; Color and lighting ; Audio ; Sampling and aliasing ; Environmental wayfinding aids ; Real-world content -- Affecting behavior : Personal wayfinding aids ; Center of action ; Field of view ; Casual vs. high-end VR ; Characters, avatars, and social networking -- Transitioning to VR content creation : Paradigm shifts from traditional development to VR development ; Reusing existing content -- Content creation: design guidelines : High-level concepts of content creation ; Environmental design ; Affecting behavior ; Transitioning to VR content creation.Part V. Interaction : Human-centered interaction : Intuitiveness ; Norman's principles of interaction design ; Direct vs. indirect interaction ; The cycle of interaction ; The human hands -- VR interaction concepts : Interaction fidelity ; Proprioceptive and egocentric interaction ; Reference frames ; Speech and gestures ; Modes and flow ; Multimodal interaction ; Beware of sickness and fatigue ; Visual-physical conflict and sensory substitution -- Input devices : Input device characteristics ; Classes of hand input devices ; Classes of non-hand input devices -- Interaction patterns and techniques : Selection patterns ; Manipulation patterns ; Viewpoint control patterns ; Indirect control patterns ; Compound patterns -- Interaction: design guidelines : Human-centered interaction ; VR interaction concepts ; Input devices ; Interaction patterns and techniques.Part VI. Iterative design : Philosophy of iterative design : VR is both an art and a science ; Human-centered design ; Continuous discovery through iteration ; There is no one way, processes are project dependent ; Teams -- The define stage : The vision ; Questions ; Assessment and feasibility ; High-level design considerations ; Objectives ; Key players ; Time and costs ; Risks ; Assumptions ; Project constraints ; Personas ; User stories ; Storyboards ; Scope ; Requirements -- The make stage : Task analysis ; Design specification ; System considerations ; Simulation ; Networked environments ; Prototypes ; Final production ; Delivery -- The learn stage : Communication and attitude ; Research concepts ; Constructivist approaches ; The scientific method ; Data analysis -- Iterative design: design guidelines : Philosophy of iterative design ; The define stage ; The make stage ; The learn stage.Part VII. The future starts now : The present and future state of VR : Selling VR to the masses ; Culture of the VR community ; Communication ; Standards and open source ; Hardware ; The convergence of AR and VR -- Getting started -- Appendix A. Example questionnaire -- Appendix B. Example interview guidelines -- Glossary.Virtual reality (VR) can provide our minds with direct access to digital media in a way that seemingly has no limits. However, creating compelling VR experiences is an incredibly complex challenge. When VR is done well, the results are brilliant and pleasurable experiences that go beyond what we can do in the real world. When VR is done badly, not only do users get frustrated, but they can get sick. There are many causes of bad VR; some failures come from the limitations of technology, but many come from a lack of understanding perception, interaction, design principles, and real users. This book discusses these issues by emphasizing the human element of VR. The fact is, if we do not get the human element correct, then no amount of technology will make VR anything more than an interesting tool confined to research laboratories. Even when VR principles are fully understood, the first implementation is rarely novel and almost never ideal due to the complex nature of VR and the countless possibilities that can be created. The VR principles discussed in this book will enable readers to intelligently experiment with the rules and iteratively design toward innovative experiences.

Subjects: Human-computer interaction.; Virtual reality.;

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Information skills integration strategies support document for elementary media coordinators and classroom teachers / by North Carolina.Department of Public Instruction.(CARDINAL)143029;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Instructional materials centers; Information literacy;

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Techniques for predicting high-risk drivers for alcohol countermeasures : user manual. by Council, Forrest M.(CARDINAL)161091; Lacey, John H.(CARDINAL)163000; Stewart, J. Richard.(CARDINAL)162654; United States.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.(CARDINAL)140309; University of North Carolina (System).Highway Safety Research Center.(CARDINAL)161140;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Drinking and traffic accidents; Drinking and traffic accidents; Drunk driving.;

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Landscapes of change : innovative designs and reinvented sites / by Thoren, Roxi,author.(CARDINAL)613520;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Infrastructure: rethinking public works -- Marco Polo Airport Car Park, Mestre, Italy -- Moses Bridge at Fort de Roovere, Halsteren, the Netherlands -- Queens Plaza, Queens, New York -- Solar Strand, University at Buffalo north campus, Amherst, New York -- Coastal levees and Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area, Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Postindustrial landscapes: reclaiming sites of industry -- Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Sydney, Australia -- Jaffa Landfill Park, Tel Aviv, Israel -- Salvation Army Kroc Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Haute Deûle River Banks, Lille, France -- Northala Fields, London borough of Ealing, England -- Vegetated architecture: living roofs and walls -- European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark -- Hypar Pavilion, New York, New York -- Park TMB, Barcelona, Spain -- Essent Roofgardens, Den Bosch, the Netherlands -- Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant, Vancouver, British Columbia -- Ecological urbanism: design informed by natural systems -- Teardrop Park, New York, New York -- Péage Sauvage, Nantes, France -- Buffalo Bayou Promenade, Houston, Texas -- Wijkeroogpark, Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands -- Kokkedal Climate Adaptation Plan, Kokkedal, Denmark -- Edible landscapes: agriculture in the city -- Gary Comer Youth Center Roof Garden, Chicago, Illinois -- Beacon Food Forest, Seattle, Washington -- Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin, Germany -- Public Farm 1, Queens, New York -- Grünewald Public Orchard, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.Landscape architecture projects have always begun with the site. As the practice of landscape architecture has changed so have the types of sites that designers are taking on. Projects now have to help connect neighborhoods, manage stormwater, cool urban centers, and provide wildlife habitats. In Landscapes of Change, Roxi Thoren, associate professor at the University of Oregon, examines how these new types of sites drive the design process and result in innovative and groundbreaking work that serve the needs of a wide variety of users. With twenty-six case studies from around the world, the book explores how the site can serve as the design generator, describing each project through the physical, material, ecological, and cultural processes that have shaped the site historically and continue to shape the current projects. Case studies include Queens Plaza in Queens, New York; the Buffalo Bayou Promenade in Houston, Texas; and the Jaffa Landfill Park in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Subjects: Case studies.; Landscape architecture; Reclamation of land;

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Windows 10 : the missing manual® / by Pogue, David,1963-author.(CARDINAL)279095;

The Windows desktop. Desktop & start menu ; File explorer, taskbar & action center ; Organizing & finding your files ; Redesigning the desktop ; Cortana, your voice assistant -- The programs of Windows 10. Programs & documents ; Settings & control panel ; The windows starter apps -- Windows online. Getting online ; The edge browser ; Mail ; Security & privacy -- Hardware and peripherals. Tablets, laptops & hybrids ; Printing, fonts & PDFs ; Hardware & drivers ; Maintenance, speed & troubleshooting ; Backups & file history ; The disk chapter -- The Windows network. Accounts (and logging on) ; Setting up a small network ; Sharing files on the network -- Appendixes. Appendix A. Installing & upgrading to Windows 10 ; Appendix B. Where'd it go? ; Appendix C. Master list of keyboard shortcuts & gestures.Windows 10 (a free update to users of Windows 8 or Windows 7) fixes a number of the problems introduced by the revolution in Windows 8 and offers plenty of new features along, such as the new Spartan web browser, Cortana voice-activated "personal assistant," new universal apps (that run on tablet, phone, and computer), and more. But to really get the most out of the new operating system, you're going to need a guide. Windows 10: The Missing Manual is designed to accommodate readers at every technical level (except system administrators, who will be happier with a very different sort of book).

Subjects: Microsoft Windows (Computer file); Operating systems (Computers);

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Fast-track paving : concrete temperature control and traffic opening criteria for bonded concrete overlays / by McCullough, B. Frank.(CARDINAL)314176; United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839; Transtec Group, Inc.(CARDINAL)286957; Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.(CARDINAL)286897;

v. 1. Final report -- v. 2. HIPERPAV user's manual -- v. 3. Addendum to the HIPERPAV user's manual.Final report;This research focuses on modeling early-age behavior of both concrete pavements and bonded concrete overlays (BCOs) subjected to stresses from moisture and thermal changes. It includes the development of a two-part, versatile, comprehensive set of guidelines that provide direction in the proper selection of design and construction variables to minimize early-age damage to the portland cement concrete pavement (PCCP) and BCO.Sponsored by Office of Infrastructure R&D, Federal Highway Administration, under grant no.System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Pentium (tm) P5 (80586) -- 100 MHz processor or better, SVGA or higher resolution monitor, Windows 95/98/NT operation system.

Subjects: Technical reports.; Pavements, Concrete; Pavements, Concrete; Portland cement;

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