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Skills Drills & Strategies for Badminton

Skills Drills & Strategies for Badminton

This book is part of the Teach Coach Play series emphasizing a systematic learning approach to sports and activities. Both visual and verbal information are presented so that readers can easily understand the material and improve performance. Built-in learning aids help readers master each skill in a step-by-step manner. Using the cues summaries skills drills and illustrations will help build a solid foundation for safe and effective participation now and in the future. The basic approach in all of the Teach Coach Play activity titles is to help readers improve their skills and performance by building mastery from simple to increasingly complex levels. The books strive to illustrate correct techniques and demonstrate how to achieve optimal results. The basic organization in each book is as follows: Section 1 overviews history organizations and publications conditioning activities safety warm up suggestions and equipment. Section 2 covers exercise or skills participants action involved rules facility or field scoring and etiquette. Section 3 focuses on skills and drills or program design. Section 4 addresses a broad range of strategies specifically designed to improve performance now and in the future. Section 5 provides a convenient glossary of terms. | Skills Drills & Strategies for Badminton

GBP 145.00
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Net Zero Energy Building Predicted and Unintended Consequences

Net Zero Energy Building Predicted and Unintended Consequences

What do we mean by net zero energy? Zero operating energy? Zero energy costs? Zero emissions? There is no one answer: approaches to net zero building vary widely across the globe and are influenced by different environmental and cultural contexts. Net Zero Energy Building: Predicted and Unintended Consequences presents a comprehensive overview of variations in 'net zero' building practices. Drawing on examples from countries such as the United States United Kingdom Germany Japan Hong Kong and China Ming Hu examines diverse approaches to net zero and reveals their intended and unintended consequences. Existing approaches often focus on operating energy: how to make buildings more efficient by reducing the energy consumed by climate control lighting and appliances. Hu goes beyond this by analyzing overall energy consumption and environmental impact across the entire life cycle of a building—ranging from the manufacture of building materials to transportation renovation and demolition. Is net zero building still achievable once we look at these factors? With clear implications for future practice this is key reading for professionals in building design architecture and construction as well as students on sustainable and green architecture courses. | Net Zero Energy Building Predicted and Unintended Consequences

GBP 34.99
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Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport

Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport

The transport sector continues to shift towards alternative powertrains particularly with the UK Government’s announcement to end the sale of petrol and diesel passenger cars by 2030 and increasing support for alternatives. Despite this announcement the internal combustion continues to play a significant role both in the passenger car market through the use of hybrids and sustainable low carbon fuels as well as a key role in other sectors such as heavy-duty vehicles and off-highway applications across the globe. Building on the industry-leading IC Engines conference the 2021 Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport conference (7-8 December 2021 London UK) focussed on the internal combustion engine’s role in Net-Zero transport as well as covered developments in the wide range of propulsion systems available (electric fuel cell sustainable fuels etc) and their associated powertrains. To achieve the net-zero transport across the globe the life-cycle analysis of future powertrain and energy was also discussed. Powertrain Systems for Net-Zero Transport provided a forum for engine fuels e-machine fuel cell and powertrain experts to look closely at developments in powertrain technology required to meet the demands of the net-zero future and global competition in all sectors of the road transportation off-highway and stationary power industries.

GBP 69.99
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The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050. With GHG emissions currently predicted to triple by the middle of the century the fashion industry is far off course to reach Net Zero as set out in the Paris Agreement. With misinformation and greenwashing representing an ever-growing barrier to potential solutions the book aims to demystify the source of GHG emissions from the industry breaking down in detail their origin while identifying the steps that can be taken when designing and sourcing new products. Detailing the market drivers and trends in fashion consumption it argues that change should be guided by science-based quantitative principles. Accessibly written with key insights at the end of each chapter this book will enable the reader to understand the tactics to tackle decarbonisation and ultimately outline five main strategies that can be deployed by the fashion and textile industries to align with the Paris Agreement. This book serves as a practical guide for designers buyers and the fashion industry in general to develop and understand approaches and strategies to reduce energy consumption and the resulting GHG emissions to reach Net Zero. | The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

GBP 31.99
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Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

This book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions nothing short of a revolution is required in our use of land our farming practices and our diet. Taking a historical approach the book examines the evolution of agriculture and the food system in the UK over the last century and discusses the implications of tackling climate change for food farming and land use setting the UK situation in an international context. The chapters analyse the key challenges for this transition including dietary change and food waste afforestation and energy crops and low-emission farming practices. This historical perspective helps develop an understanding of how our food farming and land use system has evolved to be the way that it is and draws lessons for how the agri-food system could evolve further to support the transition to net zero and avoid catastrophic climate change. Written in a clear and accessible style this book will be essential reading to students and scholars of food agriculture and the environment as well as policymakers and professionals involved climate change policy and the agriculture and food industry. | Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

GBP 35.99
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Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers presents a comprehensive introduction to the latest resources and technologies used in high performance and net zero energy buildings with a practical focus on the design and integration of these systems. This textbook and convenient reference offers a single-source guide to renewable technologies balancing broad knowledge with the details of implementation crucial for successful sustainable design. It equips students and professionals with foundations and critical information needed to confidently plan for and meet the highest standards of energy efficiency in new construction and retrofitted buildings. Part I of the book establishes key principles of renewable systems power production and design for climate introducing energy modeling and measurements of performance. Part II focuses in more depth on renewable energy systems including photovoltaics heat pumps solar thermal and more. Dedicated chapters break down the fundamental concepts behind each renewable technology and present guidelines for configuration and installation including system requirements equipment specification sizing and location of components. Part III discusses topics relevant across renewable systems including energy storage control and monitoring and cost/payback calculation. Part IV comprises case studies of exemplary renewable energy projects. Features: Covers resources and technologies including photovoltaics solar thermal hot water heat pumps biomass wind and microhydro turbines marine renewable energy deep cycle rechargeable batteries and system controllers. Compiles up-to-date essential information on designing with renewable systems in one location organized by technology for easy reference. Presents clear explanations of all concepts and system aspects using US/SI units and full-color diagrams and illustrations throughout. Features case studies of renewable energy systems in completed projects demonstrating a range of climate specific applications. Includes study questions a comprehensive guide to terminology and acronyms spreadsheets for calculations system sizing worksheets and additional online resources. Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers: Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design will serve as an essential introduction and enduring reference for students of architecture engineering construction and building science. Equally valuable as a professional resource it will quickly become the go-to guide for energy efficient design for practitioners in these areas. | Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

GBP 89.99
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Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

This book presents a methodology for the design construction monitoring optimization and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describes the steps tools and methods developed during the project providing practical information for the energy and construction sector that will be of interest to students engineers architects developers and professionals working around high performance architecture and sustainable communities. Through the ZERO-PLUS project a consortium of 32 partners from eight countries including academic institutions technology providers architects and construction companies designed four communities covering completely different geo-climatic regions construction practices and cultural backgrounds in Cyprus Italy France and the UK. The communities were designed optimized constructed monitored handed over to tenants post-occupancy evaluated and troubleshooted through a system of continuous collaboration and data acquisition. This book presents these case studies and shows how the project targets of reducing electricity consumption below 20 kWh/m2/y increasing electricity production from Renewable Energy Systems to over 50 kWh/m2/y and at cheaper costs when compared to current zero-energy buildings were reached and surpassed. These cases demonstrate that a holistic and interactive approach to design and construction can bring communities a high standard of sustainability. The key features of the book include: Practical guidance drawn from the interdisciplinary international and remote cooperation between experts from academia and industry across the construction sector A survey of the state-of-the-art on net-zero and positive-energy communities including the experience and the lessons learned from previous projects and from the ZERO-PLUS project Descriptions of novel emerging renewable energy technologies integrated into real case study communities to achieve the energy generation target of the communities A comprehensive set of approaches tools guidelines best practices challenges and lessons learned from the five-year ZERO-PLUS project and the completion of four residential case studies to inform the reader of how to achieve affordable net-zero energy communities Four typologies of residential communities located in different climatic conditions are presented touching on the critical aspects of the design construction monitoring and occupancy phase A discussion of future trends for developing communities that are more liveable accessible and sustainable and which can comply with new energy policies in a way that is affordable for the owners and residents. | Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

GBP 49.99
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NET Programming with Visual C++ Tutorial Reference and Immediate Solutions

NET Programming with Visual C++ Tutorial Reference and Immediate Solutions

Given the increasing role of intellectual property (IP) in academic research it is important for academic scientists to gain greater awareness and knowledge of the various issues involved with IP resulting from their research and inventions. In addition the line between academic and industrial research has been blurred and a large amount of crossover exists due to corporate funding of academic research and collaborations between company and university laboratories. These and other factors have complicated the push toward technology transfer in universities. As commercialization has become inseparable from university research there is now an essential need for academics to have a greater understanding of the processes involved. Intellectual Property in Academia: A Practical Guide for Scientists and Engineers fills this need providing an indispensable source of information for researchers in academia. You�ve Just Invented a Gadget � What Now? Written by a select team of IP professionals most of whom also have years of experience as scientists this volume addresses IP issues relevant to the academic community�including ways to efficiently deal with the structural constraints inherent in the university environment. Scientists and engineers will benefit from the authors� insights and their advice on how to establish good communication with university Offices of Technology Transfer. This perspective affords a common language and facilitates a smoother path through IP procedures. The book covers the best approaches to determine invention novelty by prior art searching and gives step-by-step guidance in using the best modern electronic patent databases. It presents a unique practical approach for assessing the monetary value of ideas and provides software for invention valuation which can be used even during the early stages of an invention�s development. The book also discusses invention ownership which | NET Programming with Visual C++ Tutorial Reference and Immediate Solutions

GBP 175.00
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Climate Positive Business How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero

Climate Positive Business How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero

This is the decade for climate action. Internal and external stakeholders demand action. How we choose to act in the next ten years will determine our foreseeable future. Businesses hold a critical role for climate futures. The need for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint is now unquestioned but how to achieve reductions in a credible way is neither clear nor easy once you’ve tackled the obvious energy culprits. Climate Positive Business lays out the path of business climate strategy highlighting how your business must set goals measure impact and improve performance. Greenhouse gas protocols can instruct you on the core accounting process that lies at the heart of climate strategy. At least as important to success are the details that protocols don’t tell you: the sticking points; the areas of controversy and the best practices. Rooted in real experience and written in an entertaining and engaging style this book provides you with the tips tools and techniques to tackle your company’s carbon footprint and it helps you do so in a way that is credible and appropriately ambitious to meet stakeholder expectations. The book will equip you with tools to think critically about GHG reduction carbon offsets and carbon removal as well as help ensure we collectively implement real solutions to slow and eventually reverse the climate crisis. It includes lessons learned from real-world consulting projects and provides a plan of action for readers to implement. A go-to book for business looking to understand manage and reduce their carbon footprint it is an invaluable resource for sustainable business practitioners consultants and those aspiring to become climate champions. | Climate Positive Business How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero

GBP 31.99
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London Patidars A Case Study in Urban Ethnicity

London Patidars A Case Study in Urban Ethnicity

First Published in 1980 London Patidars presents the case study of the Patidars a landowning caste from the Indian state of Gujarat in London. Patidars being the landowning caste has taken over much of the ideology of the merchant castes. This ‘merchant ideal’ is a central part of their self-image. It is an incitement to initiative in business and to some extent their actual economic behaviour does reflect the ideal. But the cases studied do not all conform to this ideal and they pose questions: How does this particular type of ethnic boundary relate to the opportunities of the individual Patidar? Why and how is this boundary maintained? Harald Tambs-Lyche concludes that the form given to the ethnic boundary is advantageous to many Patidars but not to all in the same degree. This raises problems which potentially could change the present pattern. Other potential problems relate to their relationship with the English. As successful merchants they risk becoming objects of envy like formerly the Jewish community. This book is a must read for scholars of ethnic and race relations and sociology. | London Patidars A Case Study in Urban Ethnicity

GBP 85.00
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Edu.net Globalisation and Education Policy Mobility

Edu.net Globalisation and Education Policy Mobility

Edu. net builds upon and extends a series of research studies of education policy networks and global policy mobilities. It draws on comprehensive data resulting from a Leverhulme Trust research study focused on Africa and a study funded by the British Academy focused on India which explored the way in which global actors and organisations bring policy ideas to bear and are joined up in a global education policy network. This timely and cutting-edge new work develops concepts analyses and methods deployed in Education Plc (2008) Networks New Governance and Education (2012) and Global Education Inc. (2012). The research is framed by an elaboration of Network Ethnography an innovative method of policy research. Edu. net presents the substantive findings of the authors’ research by focusing on various kinds of policy movement – people ideas practices methods money. The book is about both global education policy and ways of researching policy in a global setting. It is an essential read for policy analysts educational academic researchers and postgraduate education students alike. | Edu. net Globalisation and Education Policy Mobility

GBP 36.99
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Prevention of Accidents at Work Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) October 3

Prevention of Accidents at Work Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) October 3

Prevention of Accidents at Work collects papers presented at the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) held in Prague Czech Republic on October 3-6 2017 organized by the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. The conference on current issues within occupational safety is organized under the umbrella of Workingonsafety. net (WOS. net). WOS. net is an international network of decision-makers researchers and professionals responsible for the prevention of accidents and trauma at work. The network aims to bring accident prevention experts together in order to facilitate the exchange of experience new findings and best practices between different countries and sectors. WOS. net is supported by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). The overall theme is safety management complexity in a changing society with the motto: Do we need a holistic approach? Underlying topics include: Foundations of safety science: theories principles methods and tools; Research to practice: achievements lessons learned and challenges; Risk management and safety culture: case studies best practices and further needs; Safety regulation: reasonable practicable approach; Education and training: prerequisite for safety; Complexity and safety: multidisciplinarity and inter-stakeholder views. Prevention of Accidents at Work should be valuable to researchers policy makers safety professionals labor inspectors labor administrators and other experts in the prevention of occupational accidents. | Prevention of Accidents at Work Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Prevention of Accidents at Work (WOS 2017) October 3

GBP 180.00
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Game-Based Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sports Designing Rich Learning Environments

Game-Based Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sports Designing Rich Learning Environments

Using a pedagogical concept similar to game-based approaches such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and Game Sense this book explores the teaching and learning of modified games in physical education and sports. It includes examples of innovative games designed to create a rich learning environment. The book presents a pedagogical model that structures game design to fit the needs of every specific group of students enabling physical educators and coaches to design their own games and teach within a game-based approach. The book focuses on eight sports – soccer basketball handball rugby volleyball badminton softball and cricket – and for each sport it introduces a series of learning conditions that gradually increase in technical and tactical complexity. These conditions are supported with commonly seen game play scenarios providing meaningful opportunities for developing awareness of technical and tactical solutions. Game-Based Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sports is a vital read for students of physical education teacher education (PETE) sport coaching and sports pedagogy. It is also a valuable resource for physical educators and coaches. | Game-Based Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sports Designing Rich Learning Environments

GBP 34.99
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Social Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Social Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

This book investigates the origins current state and fundamental value of social safety nets in developing countries as well as their effectiveness in these settings. Social safety net programs (SSNPs) are critical because they keep those who are already vulnerable from falling deeper into poverty. Analysing how social safety nets benefit the most disadvantaged and marginalized members of society by allowing those in need to become financially stable more resilient and open up more opportunities for themselves this book shows that social safety nets (SSNs) are a collection of social services designed to protect people from the effects of economic and emotional hardship. Showing that the purpose of the safety net is not to provide permanent financial security but rather to provide temporary financial security during periodic shocks and how this applies in South Asia and also in parts of Africa this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy sociology social work and Global South politics more generally. | Social Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

GBP 130.00
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Doing Public Good? Private Actors Evaluation and Public Value

Doing Public Good? Private Actors Evaluation and Public Value

This book examines the contributions of non-public organizations such as foundations philanthropies charities non-governmental organizations private businesses and entrepreneurs to public goods and services. Too often the impact of the contributions of such private actors are overlooked. However they are playing an increasing role in meeting societal needs across the developing world. Doing Public Good? lays out key elements that need to be considered in evaluating the net results achieved by these private actors. It uses case studies and analysis to show how to answer such questions as: Is it working? How do they and the public know they are doing good? And how to improve? Such questions are particularly important since little is known about the net results of private avenues for delivering public value. The contributors conclude that doing good organizations need to be more transparent and accountable regarding their operations and achievements. The book suggests perspectives on how better monitoring and evaluation systems can improve their accountability. | Doing Public Good? Private Actors Evaluation and Public Value

GBP 35.99
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Automating SOLIDWORKS 2021 Using Macros A guide to creating VSTA macros using the Visual Basic.NET Language

Automating SOLIDWORKS 2021 Using Macros A guide to creating VSTA macros using the Visual Basic.NET Language

Engineers working with SOLIDWORKS are often faced with tedious repetitive work that can consume a lot of time but it doesn’t have to be this way. One of the most exciting aspects of SOLIDWORKS is its robust programming interface or API. The SOLIDWORKS API allows you to write code that can perform almost any series of actions for you. SOLIDWORKS was built from the ground up to automate and in this book you will learn how to take advantage of these powerful tools to speed up your work. Automating SOLIDWORKS 2021 Using Macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for SOLIDWORKS. Experience with programming isn’t required. The book starts with a new chapter on the fundamentals of Visual Basic. NET and the SOLIDWORKS API to make the learning process easier for beginners. The rest of the book introduces you to developing macros using the SOLIDWORKS API. The book concludes with a chapter dedicated to some of the author’s favorite source code for you to use as the basis for typical automation procedures. The focus of this book is primarily on the Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) macro interface. It covers many of the major API functions through practical use cases. It will teach you the fundamentals of Visual Basic. NET as well as SOLIDWORKS SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional SOLIDWORKS Document Manager and Excel API functions. Author Mike Spens has been professionally developing macros for SOLIDWORKS for more than a decade. He has helped numerous companies develop their own programs and streamline their workflows. If you want to learn how to develop your own macros for SOLIDWORKS following best practices and using well written code then this is the perfect book for you. | Automating SOLIDWORKS 2021 Using Macros A guide to creating VSTA macros using the Visual Basic. NET Language

GBP 57.00
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The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture Reception and Legacy

The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture Reception and Legacy

Today nearly a century after the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy questions about the built legacy of the regime provoke polemics among architects and scholars. Mussolini’s government constructed thousands of new buildings across the Italian Peninsula and islands and in colonial territories. From hospitals post offices and stadia to housing summer camps Fascist Party Headquarters ceremonial spaces roads railways and bridges the physical traces of the regime have a presence in nearly every Italian town. The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture investigates what has become of the architectural and urban projects of Italian fascism how sites have been transformed or adapted and what constitutes the meaning of these buildings and cities today. The essays include a rich array of new arguments by both senior and early career scholars from Italy and beyond. They examine the reception of fascist architecture through studies of destruction and adaptation debates over reuse artistic interventions and even routine daily practices which may slowly alter collective understandings of such places. Paolo Portoghesi sheds light on the subject from his internal perspective while Harald Bodenschatz situates Italy among period totalitarian authorities and their symbols across Europe. Section editors frame synthesize and moderate essays that explore fascism’s afterlife; how the physical legacy of the regime has been altered and preserved and what it means now. This critical history of interpretations of fascist-era architecture and urban projects broadens our understanding of the relationships among politics identity memory and place. This companion will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields including Italian history architectural history cultural studies visual sociology political science and art history. | The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture Reception and Legacy

GBP 42.99
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Automating SOLIDWORKS 2023 Using Macros A guide to creating VSTA macros using the Visual Basic.NET Language

Automating SOLIDWORKS 2023 Using Macros A guide to creating VSTA macros using the Visual Basic.NET Language

Engineers working with SOLIDWORKS are often faced with tedious repetitive work that can consume a lot of time but it doesn’t have to be this way. One of the most exciting aspects of SOLIDWORKS is its robust programming interface or API. The SOLIDWORKS API allows you to write code that can perform almost any series of actions for you. SOLIDWORKS was built from the ground up to automate and in this book you will learn how to take advantage of these powerful tools to speed up your work. Automating SOLIDWORKS 2023 Using Macros is designed as a tutorial to help beginner to intermediate programmers develop macros for SOLIDWORKS. Experience with programming isn’t required. The book starts with a chapter on the fundamentals of Visual Basic. NET and the SOLIDWORKS API to make the learning process easier for beginners. The rest of the book introduces you to developing macros using the SOLIDWORKS API. The book concludes with a chapter dedicated to some of the author’s favorite source code for you to use as the basis for typical automation procedures. The focus of this book is primarily on the Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) macro interface. It covers many of the major API functions through practical use cases. It will teach you the fundamentals of Visual Basic. NET as well as SOLIDWORKS SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional SOLIDWORKS Document Manager and Excel API functions. Author Mike Spens has been professionally developing macros for SOLIDWORKS for more than a decade. He has helped numerous companies develop their own programs and streamline their workflows. If you want to learn how to develop your own macros for SOLIDWORKS following best practices and using well written code then this is the perfect book for you. What you'll learn Record macros Control Custom Properties Create parts and features Build assemblies Batch create drawings Extract information from PDM Create add-ins from macros Create many other time saving utilities | Automating SOLIDWORKS 2023 Using Macros A guide to creating VSTA macros using the Visual Basic. NET Language

GBP 59.99
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Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Improvement for Existing Homes An Engineering Approach

Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Improvement for Existing Homes An Engineering Approach

Providing a proven set of energy efficiency measures and opportunities for saving energy and reducing operating costs for existing homes this volume presents general tools and procedures for performing home weatherization such as insulation improvements as well as methods to reduce air leakage. The author describes several techniques and technologies that can reduce energy use or operating costs including methods to retrofit existing homes to be net-zero energy buildings. Each chapter contains simplified calculation methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of various efficiency measures. The final chapter offers a series of case studies including examples of weatherized homes. | Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Improvement for Existing Homes An Engineering Approach

GBP 56.99
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Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

The Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands-a peaceful haven for land and sea birds and once a profitable paradise for whalers and seal hunters-erupted into the headlines on April 2 1982. The armed conflict between Britain and Argentina that continued during the following two months was but one more stage in a long-standing struggle over the sovereignty of the islands a conflict dating back to colonial times. The issues much discussed remain unresolved. In this book the Hoffmanns present the background to the confrontation between Argentina and Britain as well as an analysis of the present situation. Clarifying the importance of the seemingly insignificant remote islands in the South Atlantic over which European nations nearly went to war several times and which Britain wrested from Argentina in the 1830s the authors trace the history of the dispute the involvement of the United States and the impact of the recent war on inter-American relations. | Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

GBP 36.99
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The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies

The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies

Originally published in 1979 The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies provides a critical analysis of the investment policy of the life insurance industry for the period of 1962-76 and attempts to construct an econometric model of the investment behaviour. It looks at the portfolio composition of life funds and their position in the markets for securities in terms of their gross purchases and sales and net acquisitions. It also considers the principles on which life offices appear to operate the principles on which life offices appear to operate in respect of investing their ‘reserves’ to meet future contingent liabilities. This book will appeal to those working in the field of economic and business.

GBP 31.99
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Multiple Scales of Suspended Sediment Dynamics in a Complex Geometry Estuary

Multiple Scales of Suspended Sediment Dynamics in a Complex Geometry Estuary

Many estuaries are located in urbanized highly engineered environments. Cohesive sediment plays an important role due to its link with estuarine health and ecology. An important ecological parameter is the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) translated into turbidity levels and sediment budget. This study contributes to investigate and forecast turbidity levels and sediment budget variability at San Francisco Bay-Delta system at a variety of spatial and temporal scales applying a flexible mesh process-based model (Delft3D FM). It is possible to have a robust sediment model which reproduces 90% of the yearly data derived sediment budget with simple model settings like applying one mud fraction and a simple bottom sediment distribution. This finding opens the horizon for modeling less monitored estuaries. Comparing two case studies i. e. the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Alviso Slough a classification for estuaries regarding the main sediment dynamic forcing is proposed: event-driven estuary (Delta) and tide-driven estuary (Alviso Slough). In the event-driven estuaries the rivers are the main sediment source and the tides have minor impact in the net sediment transport. In the tide-driven estuaries the main sediment source is the bottom sediment and the tide asymmetry defines the net sediment transport. This research also makes advances in connecting different scientific fields and developing a managerial tool to support decision making. It provides the basis to a chain of models which goes from the hydrodynamics to suspended sediment to phytoplankton to fish clams and marshes. | Multiple Scales of Suspended Sediment Dynamics in a Complex Geometry Estuary

GBP 150.00
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