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Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids. Olga Ravn's prose is chilling, crackling, exhilarating, and foreboding. The Employees probes into what makes us human, while delivering a hilariously stinging critique of life governed by the logic of productivity.
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• 1. Introduction PART I: HEAT ENGINES
• 2. A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
• 3. Mechanical Heat Engines
• 4. Ocean Thermal Energy Converters
• 5. Thermoelectricity
• 6. Thermionics
• 7. AMTEC
• 8. Radio-Noise Generators PART II: THE WORLD OF HYDROGEN
• 9. Fuel Cells
• 10. Hydrogen Production
• 11. Hydrogen Storage PART III: ENERGY FROM THE SUN
• 12. Solar Radiation
• 13. Biomass
• 14. Photovoltaic Converters PART IV: WIND AND WATER
• 15. Wind Energy
• 16. Ocean Engines PART V: LAND AND BEYOND
• 17. Nuclear Energy
• 18. Storage of Energy.
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Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Fourth Edition provides accessible coverage of clean, safe alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aldo da Rosa's classic and comprehensive resource has provided thousands of engineers, scientists, students and professionals alike with a thorough grounding in the scientific principles underlying the complex world of renewable energy technologies. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised by new author Juan Ordonez, Director of the Energy and Sustainability Center at Florida State University, and includes new worked examples, more exercises, and more illustrations to help facilitate student learning.
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• Introduction: Breaking Dawn / by Janelle Monáe
• The Memory Librarian / by Janelle Monáe & Alaya Dawn Johnson
• Nevermind / by Janelle Monáe & Danny Lore
• Timebox / by Janelle Monáe & Eve L. Ewing
• Save Changes / by Janelle Monáe & Yohanca Delgado
• Timebox Altar(ed) / by Janelle Monáe & Sheree Renee Thomas

In The Memory Librarian music, fashion, film and futurist icon Janelle Monae returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, Dirty Computer, to explore how different threads of liberation - queerness, race, gender plurality, love - become tangled in a totalitarian landscape... and to discover costs of unravelling them. Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monae and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monae such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts - as a means of self-conception - could be controlled or erased by a select few. And whether human, A.I., or other, your life and sentience was dictated by those who'd convinced themselves they had the right to decide your fate. That was until Jane 57821 decided to remember and break free. Expanding from that mythos, these stories fully explore what it's like to live in such a totalitarian existence... and what it takes to get out of it. Building off the traditions of speculative writers such as Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang, Becky Chambers, and Nnedi Okorafor-and filled with the artistic genius and powerful themes that have made Monae a worldwide icon in the first place - The Memory Librarian serves readers tales grounded in the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, but also reaching through to the worlds of memory and time within, and the stakes and power that exists there.
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• 1. Earth and Its Atmosphere.
• 2. Energy: Warming and Cooling Earth and the Atmosphere.
• 3. Seasonal and Daily Temperatures.
• 4. Atmospheric Humidity.
• 5. Condensation: Dew, Fog and Clouds.
• 6. Stability and Cloud Development.
• 7. Precipitation.
• 8. Air Pressure and Winds.
• 9. Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems.
• 10. Wind: Global Systems.
• 11. Air Masses and Fronts.
• 12. Middle-Latitude Cyclones.
• 13. Weather Forecasting.
• 14. Thunderstorms.
• 15. Tornadoes.
• 16. Hurricanes.
• 17. Earth's Changing Climate.
• 18. Global Climate.
• 19. Air Pollution.
• 20. Light, Color and Atmospheric Optics.
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Written by meteorologists C. Donald Ahrens and Robert Henson and grounded in the scientific method, METEOROLOGY TODAY: AN INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER, CLIMATE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 13th edition, shows you how to observe, calculate and synthesize weather information as a scientist. Packed with engaging visuals, it provides the latest information on climate change, ozone depletion, air quality, El Nino and other key topics as well as discussions of recent high-profile weather events, including droughts, heat waves, tornado outbreaks and hurricanes. "Focus On" boxes help you delve deeper into meteorological observation methods and environmental issues, while case studies provide direct access to academic and newsworthy papers on recent developments. The MindTap for Meteorology digital platform includes concept check activities, animations and videos, and a variety of hands-on activities.
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• Preface to the SI edition
• Preface
• MindTap online course
• About the authors
• 1. Geotechnical engineering – a historical perspective
• 2. Origins of Soil and Grain Size
• 3. Weight-Volume Relationships
• 4. Plasticity and Structure of Soil
• 5. Engineering Classification of Soil
• 6. Soil Compaction
• 7. Permeability
• 8. Seepage
• 9. In Situ Stresses
• 10. Stresses in a Soil Mass
• 11. Compressibility of Soil
• 12. Consolidation 13. Shear Strength of Soil
• 14. Lateral Earth Pressure: At-Rest, Rankine, and Coulomb
• 15. Lateral Earth Pressure: Curved Failure Surface
• 16. Slope Stability
• 17. Soil-Bearing Capacity for Shallow Foundations
• 18. Subsoil Exploration
• 19. An Introduction to Geosynthetics
• Answers to Selected Problems
• Index

Gain a solid understanding of soil mechanics and soil properties as Das' PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, 10th Edition introduces these topics together with coverage of the latest field practices and basic civil engineering procedures. This book provides the important foundation you need for future design-oriented courses as well as professional practice. Updates address seepage, vertical stress in soil mass, lateral earth pressure and earthquake forces, elastic settlement, shear strength of soil, unit weights of soil and plasticity. This practical approach combines comprehensive discussions and detailed explanations with almost 200 new or updated example problems to help ensure your understanding. Expanded and updated end-of-chapter problems provide opportunities to apply your knowledge. This edition also offers more figures and worked-out problems than any other book in the market to further your skills and understanding.
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• Preface
• 1. What problems are we trying to solve?
• 2. Wind-water-solar (WWS) and storage solution
• 3. Technologies not needed or not helpful
• 4. Electricity basics
• 5. Photovoltaics and solar radiation
• 6. Onshore and offshore wind energy
• 7. Steps in developing 100 percent all-sector WWS and storage roadmaps
• 8. Matching electricity, heat, cold, and hydrogen demand continuously with 100 percent WWS supply, storage, and demand response
• 9. Evolution of the 100 percent movement and policies needed for a WWS solution
• Glossary of acronyms
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix
• References.
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Numerous laws - including the Green New Deal - have been proposed or passed in cities, states, and countries to transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean, renewable energy in order to address climate change, air pollution, and energy insecurity. This textbook lays out the science, technology, economics, policy, and social aspects of such transitions. It discusses the renewable electricity and heat generating technologies needed; the electricity, heat, cold, and hydrogen storage technologies required; how to keep the electric power grid stable; and how to address non-energy sources of emissions. It discusses the history of the 100% Movement, which evolved from a collaboration among scientists, cultural leaders, business people, and community leaders. Finally, it discusses current progress in transitioning to 100% renewables, and the new policies needed to complete the transition. Online course supplements include lecture slides, answers to the end-of-chapter student exercises, and a list of extra resources.
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• Cellular networks: Concepts and evolution
• 5G standards and specifications
• Overview of 5G use cases and architecture
• Enhanced mobile broadband
• Massive machine type communications
• Ultra-reliable and low latency communicaitons
• Software-defined networking
• Network functions virtualization
• Core network functionality, QoS, and network slicing
• Multi-access edge computing
• Wireless transmission
• Antennas
• Air interface physical layer
• Air interface channel coding
• 5G radio access network

Gain a Deep, Practical Understanding of 5G Technology, Applications, Architecture, Standards, and Ecosystem The 5G ultra-high-speed wireless communication standard is a major technological leap forward--substantially increasing speed and capacity, enhancing current use cases, and making many new applications practical. For technical professionals, managers, and students, 5G requires significant new knowledge and expertise. In 5G Wireless: A Comprehensive Introduction, renowned information technology author William Stallings presents a comprehensive and unified explanation of 5G's key applications, technologies, and standards. Like Stallings' other award-winning texts, this guide will help you quickly find the information and gain the mastery to succeed with critical new technology. Stallings first explains how cellular networks have evolved through 4G and now 5G, and surveys 5G's application areas and use cases. Next, he thoroughly introduces the 5G core network, covering SDN, NFV, network slicing, QoS, and edge computing--and provides a detailed coverage of the 5G air interface and radio access network. Throughout, key concepts are illuminated through realistic examples, review questions help you test your understanding, and references support further exploration. Understand the 5G ecosystem, its building blocks, standards, and R&D roadmaps Explore the Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) use case, where 5G enhances 4G in applications such as smart offices and dense urban communications Learn how Massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC) and Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLCC) support new applications such as fog, IoT, and cloud Discover how 5G NextGen core (backbone) networks serve and interconnect wireless access networks that connect user devices Master key 5G NR Air Interface and Radio Access Network (RAN) concepts, including millimeter-wave transmission, MIMO antennas, and OFDM multiplexing.
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"In post-climate disaster Alberta, a woman infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether to pursue a rare opportunity far from home or stay and help rebuild her community The world is nothing like it once was: climate disasters have wracked the continent, causing food shortages, ending industry, and leaving little behind. Then came Cad, mysterious mind-altering fungi that invade the bodies of the now scattered citizenry. Reid, a young woman who carries this parasite, has been given a chance to get away -- to move to one of the last remnants of pre-disaster society -- but she can't bring herself to abandon her mother and the community that relies on her. When she's offered a coveted place on a dangerous and profitable mission, she jumps at the opportunity to set her family up for life, but how can Reid ask people to put their trust in her when she can't even trust her own mind? With keen insight and biting prose, Premee Mohamed delivers a deeply personal tale in this post-apocalyptic hopepunk novella that reflects on the meaning of community and asks what we owe to those who have lifted us up."-- Provided by publisher

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Intelligent Agents
• 3. Solving Problems by Searching
• 4. Search in Complex Environments
• 5. Adversarial Search and Games
• 6. Constraint Satisfaction Problems
• 7. Logical Agents
• 8. First-Order Logic
• 9. Inference in First-Order Logic
• 10. Knowledge Representation
• 11. Automated Planning
• 12. Quantifying Uncertainty
• 13. Probabilistic Reasoning
• 14. Probabilistic Reasoning over Time
• 15. Probabilistic Programming
• 16. Making Simple Decisions
• 17. Making Complex Decisions
• 18. Multiagent Decision Making
• 19. Learning from Examples
• 20. Learning Probabilistic Models
• 21. Deep Learning
• 22. Reinforcement Learning
• 23. Natural Language Processing
• 24. Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing
• 25. Robotics
• 26. Philosophy and Ethics of AI
• 27. The Future of AI.
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The most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence The long-anticipated revision of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach explores the full breadth and depth of the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The 4th Edition brings readers up to date on the latest technologies, presents concepts in a more unified manner, and offers new or expanded coverage of machine learning, deep learning, transfer learning, multiagent systems, robotics, natural language processing, causality, probabilistic programming, privacy, fairness, and safe AI.
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• Let's play dead / Senaa Ahmad
• Survival guide / Karin Lowachee
• Tiger's feast / KT Bryski
• The pill / Meg Elison
• Crawfather / Mel Kassel
• How to pay reparations : a documentary / Tochi Onyebuchi
• Our language / Yohanca Delgado
• Schrodinger's catastrophe / Gene Doucette
• The cleaners / Ken Liu
• Beyond the dragon's gate / Yoon Ha Lee
• And this is how to stay alive / Shingai Njeri Kagunda
• The beast adjoins / Ted Kosmatka
• The long walk / Kate Elliott
• One time, a reluctant traveler / A. T. Greenblatt
• Glass bottle dancer / Celeste Rita Baker
• Skipping stones in the dark / Amman Sabet
• The plague doctors / Karen Lord
• Two truths and a lie / Sarah Pinsker
• Brother rifle / Daryl Gregory
• The rat / Yohanca Delgado

The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2021, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Veronica Roth. This year's selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, showcases a crop of authors that are willing to experiment and tantalize readers with new takes on classic themes and by exchanging the ordinary for the avant-garde. Folktales and lore come alive, the dead rise, the depths of space are traversed, and magic threads itself through singular moments of love and loss, illuminating the circulatory nature of life, death, the in-between, and the hereafter. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 captures the all-too-real cataclysm of human nature, claiming its place in the series with compelling prose, lyrical composition, and curiosity's never-ending pursuit of discovering the unknown

• 1. Computer Abstractions and Technology
• 2. Instructions: Language of the Computer
• 3. Arithmetic for Computers
• 4. The RISC-V Processor
• 5. Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
• 6. Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud Appendix A. The Basics of Logic Design B. Graphics and Computing GPUs C. Mapping Control to Hardware D. A Survey of RISC Architectures.
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Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface, Second Edition, the award-winning textbook from Patterson and Hennessy that is used by more than 40,000 students per year, continues to present the most comprehensive and readable introduction to this core computer science topic. This version of the book features the RISC-V open source instruction set architecture, the first open source architecture designed for use in modern computing environments such as cloud computing, mobile devices, and other embedded systems. Readers will enjoy an online companion website that provides advanced content for further study, appendices, glossary, references, links to software tools, and more.
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• 1. Computer Abstractions and Technology
• 2. Instructions: Language of the Computer
• 3. Arithmetic for Computers
• 4. The Processor
• 5. Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
• 6. Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud Appendix A. Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM Simulator B. The Basics of Logic Design C. Graphics and Computing GPUs D. Mapping Control to Hardware E. A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers.
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Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Sixth Edition, the leading, award-winning textbook from Patterson and Hennessy used by more than 40,000 students per year, continues to present the most comprehensive and readable introduction to this core computer science topic. Improvements to this new release include new sections in each chapter on Domain Specific Architectures (DSA) and updates on all real-world examples that keep it fresh and relevant for a new generation of students.
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A straightforward overview of the fundamentals of steel structure design This hands-on structural engineering guide provides concise, easy-to-understand explanations of the design and behavior of steel columns, beams, members, and connections. Ideal for preparing you for the field, Design of Steel Structures includes real-world examples that demonstrate practical applications of AISC 360 specifications. You will get an introduction to more advanced topics, including connections, composite members, plate girders, and torsion. This textbook also includes access to companion online videos that help connect theory to practice. Coverage includes: Structural systems and elements Design considerations Tension members Design of columns AISC design requirements Design of beams Torsion Stress analysis and design considerations Beam-columns Connections Plate girders Intermediate transverse and bearing stiffeners .
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• Preface
• 1. Signals and systems
• 2. Impulse response
• 3. Discrete-time Fourier transform
• 4. z-transform
• 5. Frequency response
• 6. A/D and D/A conversion
• 7. Finite impulse response systems
• 8. Infinite impulse response systems
• 9. Filter architecture
• 10. Discrete Fourier transform
• 11. Fast Fourier transform
• 12. Discrete cosine transform
• 13. Multirate and multistage systems
• 14. Spectral analysis
• Appendices
• Index.
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Combining clear explanations of elementary principles, advanced topics and applications with step-by-step mathematical derivations, this textbook provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to digital signal processing. All the key topics are covered, including discrete-time Fourier transform, z-transform, discrete Fourier transform and FFT, A/D conversion, and FIR and IIR filtering algorithms, as well as more advanced topics such as multirate systems, the discrete cosine transform and spectral signal processing. Over 600 full-color illustrations, 200 fully worked examples, hundreds of end-of-chapter homework problems and detailed computational examples of DSP algorithms implemented in MATLAB (R) and C aid understanding, and help put knowledge into practice. A wealth of supplementary material accompanies the book online, including interactive programs for instructors, a full set of solutions and MATLAB (R) laboratory exercises, making this the ideal text for senior undergraduate and graduate courses on digital signal processing.
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• Introduction
• Computer arithmetic
• Finite impulse response (FIR) digital filters
• Infinite impulse response (IIR) digital filters
• Multirate signal processing
• Fourier transforms
• Communication systems
• Adaptive systems
• Microprocessor design
• Image and video processing
• Correction to: Digital signal processing with field programmable gate arrays
• Verilog code of design examples
• Design examples synthesis results
• VHDL and verilog coding keywords
• CD-ROM content
• Glossary
• References
• Index

"Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are revolutionizing digital signal processing. The efficient implementation of front-end digital signal processing algorithms is the main goal of this book. It starts with an overview of today's FPGA technology, devices, and tools for designing state-of-the-art DSP systems. A case study in the first chapter is the basis for more than 40 design examples throughout. The following chapters deal with computer arithmetic concepts, theory and the implementation of FIR and IIR filters, multirate digital signal processing systems, DFT and FFT algorithms, advanced algorithms with high future potential, and adaptive filters. Each chapter contains exercises. The VERILOG source code and a glossary are given in the appendices"--Page 4 of cover

"Earthquake Design Practice for Buildings covers the main principles and design rules that are used to design buildings to resist the effect of earthquakes. It offers comprehensive, practical and easy to read advice on the technical issues that have to be considered in the seismic design of buildings. This indispensable guide outlines the principles of structural dynamics used to establish how a building and its foundations respond to strong ground shaking. Extensive advice is provided on the choice and design of structural forms and materials which produce practical, affordable and attractive buildings which are resilient to earthquakes."--Back cover

• Preface
• Notation
• Part I. Introduction and Overview: 1. Introduction
• 2. Mathematical background
• 3. Overview of a pattern recognition system
• 4. Evaluation
• Part II. Domain-Independent Feature Extraction: 5. Principal component analysis
• 6. Fisher's linear discriminant
• Part III. Classifiers and Tools: 7. Support vector machines
• 8. Probabilistic methods
• 9. Distance metrics and data transformations
• 10. Information theory and decision trees
• Part IV. Handling Diverse Data Formats: 11. Sparse and misaligned data
• 12. Hidden Markov model
• Part V. Advanced Topics: 13. The normal distribution
• 14. The basic idea behind expectation-maximization
• 15. Convolutional neural networks
• References
• Index.
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This textbook introduces fundamental concepts, major models, and popular applications of pattern recognition for a one-semester undergraduate course. To ensure student understanding, the text focuses on a relatively small number of core concepts with an abundance of illustrations and examples. Concepts are reinforced with hands-on exercises to nurture the student's skill in problem solving. New concepts and algorithms are framed by real-world context and established as part of the big picture introduced in an early chapter. A problem-solving strategy is employed in several chapters to equip students with an approach for new problems in pattern recognition. This text also points out common errors that a new player in pattern recognition may encounter, and fosters the ability for readers to find useful resources and independently solve a new pattern recognition task through various working examples. Students with an undergraduate understanding of mathematical analysis, linear algebra, and probability will be well prepared to master the concepts and mathematical analysis presented here.
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