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Motor Neurone Disease

Motor Neurone Disease

Motor Neurone Disease is one of the most difficult conditions to manage medically and socially. A disease which leads to the loss of control of most muscle systems of the body it has no known cause and no cure. For this reason clinicians have traditionally been reluctant to reveal the diagnosis to sufferers or their families and the condition has become known as one of the best kept secrets of medical practice. However in recent years a number of organizations have set up to support sufferers and their families and consequently the public profile of the condition has changed dramatically. Motor Neurone Disease provides an extremely helpful guide to the medical facts relating to the condition and considers the psycho-social effects on sufferers and those who care for them. It will be essential reading for doctors nurses social workers physio- speech and occupational therapists as well as all those suffering from Motor Neurone Disease their families and carers.

GBP 130.00
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A Holter for Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms: STAT-On

A Holter for Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms: STAT-On

A new information and communication technology (ICT) has been deployed in the battle against Parkinson’s disease a neurodegenerative disorder that is both progressive and disabling with significant impact on quality of life. This book explains the experience following from the achieved results in the REMPARK project on Parkinson’s disease management up to the launch of a new medical product to the European market STAT-ON™. The new medical device STAT-ON™ is a real Holter for the motor symptoms associated to PD. It provides objective information about the severity and distribution of PD motor symptoms and their fluctuations in daily life allowing for an unbiased and correct monitoring of the patient. This real-time remote monitoring solution gives additional information to neurologists opening up new possibilities for more effective treatment more accurate control in clinical trials and for early detection of motor complications. The number of PD patients is continuously rising adding complexity especially in the management at the level of public health. It is an incurable disease with a symptomatic treatment that tries to alleviate the associated symptoms through a correct adjustment of the medication. For this reason it is also very important to be aware of changes in the manifestation of the symptoms which may indicate the need for an adjustment or even a change in the therapy strategy. The intensive complementary use of STAT-ON™ by neurologists health professionals and researchers will increase the independence and quality of life of patients improving their disease management and contributing to a deeper understanding of the nature of the disease. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC)] 4. 0 license. | A Holter for Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms: STAT-On™

GBP 94.99
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Control Strategies of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles

Control Strategies of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles

To reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses and maintain environmental sustainability electric vehicles play a vital role in a modern energy-efficient environment. Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are widely employed in electric vehicle technology due to their high dynamic response better torque-speed characteristics noiseless operation high power density high efficiency and power factor as compared to other conventional motor drives. This book demonstrates the development of various control strategies and illustrates the dynamic performance intensification of a PMSM drive. To ensure the faster dynamic behaviour and flexibility in control under various operating conditions the performance of a PMSM drive has been explained. Finally control strategies have been executed through mathematical modelling and illustration of several case studies for optimal operation. Features: Introduces performance indicators in a self-controlled PMSM machine to justify the dynamic behaviour Discusses comparative performance study and optimization of the drive performance Provides a detailed comparative performance analysis between classical and fuzzy logic controllers in a PMSM drive Includes illustrations and case studies using mathematical modelling and real-time test results Discusses the state of the art in solar-powered energy-efficient PMSM drives with various issues This book is aimed at researchers graduate students and libraries in electrical engineering with specialization in electric vehicles. | Control Strategies of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles

GBP 140.00
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Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors

Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors

This Second Edition of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors provides in-depth knowledge of design methods and developments of electric motors in the context of rapid increases in energy consumption and emphasis on environmental protection alongside new technology in 3D printing robots nanotechnology and digital techniques and the challenges these pose to the motor industry. From motor classification and design of motor components to model setup and material and bearing selections this comprehensive text covers the fundamentals of practical design and design-related issues modeling and simulation engineering analysis manufacturing processes testing procedures and performance characteristics of electric motors today. This Second Edition adds three brand new chapters on motor breaks motor sensors and power transmission and gearing systems. Using a practical approach with a focus on innovative design and applications the book contains a thorough discussion of major components and subsystems such as rotors shafts stators and frames alongside various cooling techniques including natural and forced air direct- and indirect-liquid phase change and other newly-emerged innovative cooling methods. It also analyzes the calculation of motor power losses motor vibration and acoustic noise issues and presents engineering analysis methods and case-study results. While suitable for motor engineers designers manufacturers and end users the book will also be of interest to maintenance personnel undergraduate and graduate students and academic researchers.

GBP 160.00
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Power Electronics Drives and Advanced Applications

Power Electronics Drives and Advanced Applications

Concern for reliable power supply and energy-efficient system design has led to usage of power electronics-based systems including efficient electric power conversion and power semiconductor devices. This book provides integration of complete fundamental theory design simulation and application of power electronics and drives covering up-to-date subject components. It contains twenty-one chapters arranged in four sections on power semiconductor devices basic power electronic converters advanced power electronics converters power supplies electrical drives and advanced applications. Aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in electrical engineering and power electronics including related professionals this book • Includes electrical drives such as DC motor AC motor special motor high performance motor drives solar electrical/hybrid vehicle and fuel cell drives • Reviews advances in renewable energy technologies (wind PV hybrid power systems) and their integration • Explores topics like distributed generation microgrid and wireless power transfer system • Includes simulation examples using MATLAB®/Simulink and over four hundred solved unsolved and review problems | Power Electronics Drives and Advanced Applications

GBP 150.00
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Condition Monitoring and Faults Diagnosis of Induction Motors Electrical Signature Analysis

Condition Monitoring and Faults Diagnosis of Induction Motors Electrical Signature Analysis

The book covers various issues related to machinery condition monitoring signal processing and conditioning instrumentation and measurements faults for induction motors failures new trends in condition monitoring and the fault identification process using motor currents electrical signature analysis. It aims to present a new non-invasive and non-intrusive condition monitoring system which has the capability to detect various defects in induction motor at incipient stages within an arbitrary noise conditions. The performance of the developed system has been analyzed theoretically and experimentally under various loading conditions of the motor. Covers current and new approaches applied to fault diagnosis and condition monitoring. Integrates concepts and practical implementation of electrical signature analysis. Utilizes LabVIEW tool for condition monitoring problems. Incorporates real-world case studies. Paves way a technology potentially for prescriptive maintenance via IIoT. | Condition Monitoring and Faults Diagnosis of Induction Motors Electrical Signature Analysis

GBP 140.00
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Induction Machines Handbook Transients Control Principles Design and Testing

Induction Machines Handbook Transients Control Principles Design and Testing

Induction Machines Handbook: Transients Control Principles Design and Testing presents a practical up-to-date treatment of intricate issues with induction machines (IM) required for design and testing in both rather constant- and variable-speed (with power electronics) drives. It contains ready-to-use industrial design and testing knowledge with numerous case studies to facilitate a thorough assimilation of new knowledge. Individual Chapters 1 through 14 discuss in detail the following: Three- and multiphase IM transients Single-phase source IM transients Super-high-frequency models and behavior of IM Motor specifications and design principles IM design below 100 kW and constant V1 and f1 IM design above 100 kW and constant V1 and f1 IM design principles for variable speed Optimization design Single-phase IM design Three-phase IM generators Single-phase IM generators Linear induction motors Testing of three-phase IMs Single-phase IM testing Fully revised and amply updated to add the new knowledge of the last decade this third edition includes special sections on Multiphase IM models for transients Doubly fed IMs models for transients Cage-rotor synchronized reluctance motors Cage-rotor PM synchronous motor Transient operation of self-excited induction generator Brushless doubly fed induction motor/generators Doubly fed induction generators with D. C. output Linear induction motor control with end effect Recent trends in IM testing with power electronics Cage-PM rotor line-start IM testing Linear induction motor (LIM) testing This up-to-date book discusses in detail the transients control principles and design and testing of various IMs for line-start and variable-speed applications in various topologies with numerous case studies. It will be of direct assistance to academia and industry in conceiving designing fabricating and testing IMs (for the future) of various industries from home appliances through robotics e-transport and renewable energy conversion. | Induction Machines Handbook Transients Control Principles Design and Testing

GBP 140.00
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Introduction to Green Chemistry

Introduction to Green Chemistry

Interest in green chemistry and clean processes has grown so much in recent years that topics such as fluorous biphasic catalysis metal organic frameworks and process intensification which were barely mentioned in the First Edition have become major areas of research. In addition government funding has ramped up the development of fuel cells and biofuels. This reflects the evolving focus from pollution remediation to pollution prevention. Copiously illustrated with more than 800 figures the Third Edition provides an update from the frontiers of the field. It features supplementary exercises at the end of each chapter relevant to the chemical examples introduced in each chapter. Particular attention is paid to a new concluding chapter on the use of green metrics as an objective tool to demonstrate proof of synthesis plan efficiency and to identify where further improvements can be made through fully worked examples relevant to the chemical industry. NEW AND EXPANDED RESEARCH TOPICS Metal-organic frameworks Metrics Solid acids for alkylation of isobutene by butanes Carbon molecular sieves Mixed micro- and mesoporous solids Organocatalysis Process intensification and gas phase enzymatic reactions Hydrogen storage for fuel cells Reactive distillation Catalysts in action on an atomic scale UPDATED AND EXPANDED CURRENT EVENTS TOPICS Industry resistance to inherently safer chemistry Nuclear power Removal of mercury from vaccines Removal of mercury and lead from primary explosives Biofuels Uses for surplus glycerol New hard materials to reduce wear Electronic waste Smart growth The book covers traditional green chemistry topics including catalysis benign solvents and alternative feedstocks. It also discusses relevant but less frequently covered topics with chapters such as Chemistry of Long Wear and Population and the Environment. This coverage highlights the importance of chemistry to everyday life and demonstrates the benefits the expanded exploitation of green chemistry can have for society. | Introduction to Green Chemistry

GBP 130.00
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Toyota Kaizen Methods Six Steps to Improvement

Toyota Kaizen Methods Six Steps to Improvement

Toyota Kaizen Methods: Six Steps to Improvement focuses on the skills and techniques practiced inside Toyota Motor Corporation during the past decades. This workbook focuses on the actual training course concepts and methods used by Toyota to develop employee skill level a core element of Toyota‘s success. It is not a book about holding Western-style five-day Kaizen events which were in reality quite rare during the development of Toyota‘s production system and are virtually nonexistent today inside Toyota. Written by two of Toyota‘s most revered and experienced trainers the book Traces the origins of Kaizen since the inception of Toyota Motor Corporation Articulates the basic six-step Kaizen improvement skills pattern taught inside Toyota Helps practitioners of Kaizen improve their own skill level and confidence by simplifying concepts and removing any mystery in the process Provides homework assignments and a wealth of forms for analyzing work processes If you take the time to study the concepts detailed here you will be reviewing the same methods and techniques that were harnessed by generations of Toyota supervisors managers and engineers. These techniques are not the secret ingredient of Lean manufacturing; however mastery of these timeless techniques will improve your ability to conduct improvement in almost any setting and generate improvement results for your organization. | Toyota Kaizen Methods Six Steps to Improvement

GBP 170.00
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Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook

Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook

K347191 BCC Drinking water quality is a sensitive issue and the public is constantly barraged by contaminant reports now routinely at parts-per-trillion. Protection from microbial disease risks from drinking water must always be predominant; trace chemicals usually fall farther down the scale of possible health risks but even negligible detections raise public concerns. Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook presents information and guidance on drinking water quality and regulatory issues reflecting experiences and judgments from the author’s more than 43 years of extensive experience. It contains digested comprehensive information on important chemical microbial and radionuclide water contaminants and discussions of several drinking water-related policy issues. Information is presented for long-standing regulated contaminants and chemicals of emerging concern in understandable terms for professionals and non-experts alike. Dossiers contain readily accessed information on sources physical and chemical properties toxicity analytical methodology water treatment technology regulations and health advisories and also include World Health Organization Guidelines. Aesthetic and acceptance factors such as water hardness and salinity that influence public perceptions of drinking water quality are also addressed. Features: Compiles and interprets essential information on numerous key chemical microbial and radionuclide water contaminants Provides standardized entries for each contaminant including occurrence health analytical water treatment regulations and World Health Organization guidance and recommendations with source citations Examines many water-related topics including fracking potable water reuse desalination boil water notices bottled water foodborne and waterborne disease and public perceptions about public drinking water quality Provides essential information and the basis for management of many long-standing contaminants such as lead mercury disinfection by-products E. coli and also emerging issues such as legionella glyphosate BPA and more

GBP 105.00
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Automotive Technician Training: Practical Worksheets Level 2

Automotive Technician Training: Practical Worksheets Level 2

Automotive practical worksheets and assessments for students at Level 2 This Level 2 Student Worksheets book contains tasks that help you develop practical skills and prepare you for assessment. The tasks also reinforce the automotive theory that you will learn online and in the classroom. Each worksheet covers individual topics in a step-by-step manner detailing how to carry out all of the most important tasks contained within the syllabus. Alongside each of these worksheets is a job card that can be filled in and used as evidence towards your qualification. Endorsed by the Institute of the Motor Industry for all of their Level 2 automotive courses. Step-by-step guides to the practical tasks required at all Level 2 qualifications. Job sheets for students to complete and feedback sheets for assessors to complete. | Automotive Technician Training: Practical Worksheets Level 2

GBP 175.00
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Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Emerging Technologies and Developments

Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Emerging Technologies and Developments

This text will help readers to gain knowledge about designing power electronic converters and their control for electric vehicles. It discusses the ways in which power from electric vehicle batteries is transferred to an electric motor the technology used for charging electric vehicle batteries and energy storage. The text covers case studies and real-life examples related to electric vehicles. The book • Discusses the latest advances and developments in the field of electric vehicles • Examines the challenges associated with the integration of renewable energy sources with electric vehicles • Highlights basic understanding of the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles • Covers concepts including the reliability of power converters in electric vehicles and battery management systems. This book discusses the challenges emerging technologies and recent development of power electronics for electric vehicles. It will serve as an ideal reference text for graduate students and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering electronics and communication engineering environmental engineering automotive engineering and computer science. | Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Emerging Technologies and Developments

GBP 120.00
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Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power Second Edition

Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power Second Edition

An examination of all of the multidisciplinary aspects of medium- and high-power converter systems including basic power electronics digital control and hardware sensors analog preprocessing of signals protection devices and fault management and pulse-width-modulation (PWM) algorithms Switching Power Converters: Medium and High Power Second Edition discusses the actual use of industrial technology and its related subassemblies and components covering facets of implementation otherwise overlooked by theoretical textbooks. The updated Second Edition contains many new figures as well as new and/or improved chapters on: Thermal management and reliability Intelligent power modules AC/DC and DC/AC current source converters Multilevel converters Use of IPM within a network of switches concept Power semiconductors Matrix converters Practical aspects in building power converters Providing the latest research and development information along with numerous examples of successful home appliance aviation naval automotive electronics industrial motor drive and grid interface for renewable energy products this edition highlights advancements in packaging technologies tackles the advent of hybrid circuits able to incorporate control and power stages within the same package and examines design for reliability from the system level perspective. | Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power Second Edition

GBP 94.99
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The Medium Format Advantage

The Medium Format Advantage

Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of medium-format operations including SLR twin lens panoramic rangefinder wide angle press and view cameras. Also explained and illustrated are lenses and their accessories motor drives films flashes filters slides and slide projectors and more. Includes black and white and color photographs and drawings to illustrate proper use of equipment and various techniques effects and possibilities that produce successful photographs with the best possible image quality. The medium format is truly the format in the middle. It combines many of the benefits of 35 mm photography with those of the large format making a medium format system an excellent choice for almost all types of photography from candid action with a hand-held camera to critical studio work from a tripod. Special chapters are devoted to these different applications and the type of equipment that most likely meets your photography needs. This book explains clearly the medium format's benefits advantages and disadvantages and provides a comparison of the medium format to other formats so you can decide whether it is right for you and your photography. | The Medium Format Advantage

GBP 175.00
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Turbo Flow Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain

Turbo Flow Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain

A Plan for Every Part (PFEP) is all about determining the right part at the right time in the quantity needed. Turbo Flow: Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain explains how to take this detailed inventory plan from the manufacturing arena and apply it to boost performance and cost efficiencies in your supply chain. It explains how to use PFEP to improve management of your raw materials WIP and finished goods inventories. Tapping into two decades of combined experience at Toyota Motor Manufacturing the authors explains how to use PFEP to determine how much you need to build the proper frequency for deliveries how often you need to pick up from suppliers and how much inventory you require. Presents an overview of PFEP for finished goods Discusses internal route planning and design using PFEP data Details external logistics and synchronization of manufacturing logistics and inventory cycles For those willing to fundamentally change the way they do business this book will light the path to more efficient and profitable supply chain management. | Turbo Flow Using Plan for Every Part (PFEP) to Turbo Charge Your Supply Chain

GBP 170.00
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Missionaries and the Colonial State Radicalism and Governance in Rwanda and Burundi 1900-1972

Missionaries and the Colonial State Radicalism and Governance in Rwanda and Burundi 1900-1972

Catholic and Protestant missionaries followed their own competing agendas rather than those of the colonial state. This volume unravels these agendas and challenges received wisdom on the histories of Rwanda and Burundi as well as the colonial relationship between state and mission. The archives of the White Fathers Catholic missionary order in Rome and Paris are read alongside primary sources produced by the British Protestant Church Missionary Society to analyse their impact between 1900 and 1972 in Rwanda and Burundi. The colonial state was weaker than often assumed and permeable by external radical influences. Denominational competition between Catholic and Protestant missionaries was a key motor of this radicalism. The colonial state in both kingdoms was a weak reactive agent rather than a structuring form of power. This volume shows that missionaries were more committed and influential actors but their inability to manage the mass demand for the education that they sought and delivered finally undermined the achievement of their aims. Missionaries and the Colonial State is a resource for historians of Christianity Belgian Africa specialists and scholars of colonialism. | Missionaries and the Colonial State Radicalism and Governance in Rwanda and Burundi 1900-1972

GBP 130.00
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The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

First published in 1978 The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages the Horsleys and Clandons close to London but isolated and protected from it by the Green Belt. Towards the end of the last century a period of rapid change began in rural England as a new way of life centred on the nearby towns and cities replaced a traditional rural village life. Estates were broken up agricultural life declined village schools and parish councils were set up and the pervasive influence of the village squire disappeared. But the coming of the railway and later the motor car provoked the most fundamental changes for the isolation of the village was ended. The railway linked the villages of Surrey with London. In exclusive housing estates of detached homes in culs-de-sac the exceptionally high status of the village was enhanced by the efforts of the newcomers to protect their new style of life through the most comprehensive countryside protection system in Britain. This is a must read for students and scholars interested in British history and sociology. | The End of Tradition Country Life in Central Surrey

GBP 90.00
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Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

Learning and Memory provides a balanced review of the core methods and the latest research on animal learning and human memory. Topical coverage ranges from the basic and central processes of learning including classical and instrumental conditioning and encoding and storage in long-term memory to topics not traditionally covered such as spatial learning motor skills and implicit memory. The general rules of learning are reviewed along with the exceptions limitations and best applications of these rules. Alternative approaches to learning and memory including cognitive neuroscientific functional and behavioral are also discussed. Individual differences in age gender learning abilities and social and cultural background are explored throughout the text and presented in a dedicated chapter. The relevance of basic principles is highlighted throughout the text with everyday examples that ignite reader interest in addition to more traditional examples from human and animal laboratory studies. Research examples are drawn from education neuropsychology psychiatry nursing and ecological (or everyday) memory. Each chapter begins with an outline and concludes with a detailed summary. Applications and extensions are showcased in text boxes as well as in distinct applications sections in every chapter and review and recapitulation sections are interspersed throughout the chapters. | Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

GBP 140.00
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Advanced Controls for Wind Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generators

Advanced Controls for Wind Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generators

Advanced Controls for Wind Driven Doubly Fed Induction Generators discusses the most advanced control algorithms used for enhancing the dynamics of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) operating at fixed and variable speeds and which are used for different utilization purposes (standalone and grid connection). Extensive generator performance analysis has been introduced using various control topologies. Features: Presents modeling of wind energy conversion systems (WECS) including a wind turbine as a prime mover a DFIG as a generation unit for electrical energy and a three-phase induction motor as an isolated load Explores a detailed description for the presented control algorithms in order to visualize the base principle of each method Introduces a comprehensive performance analysis for the DFIG using the formulated predictive voltage control scheme and other control techniques under different operating conditions Examines the formulation of new control approaches which overcome the shortages present in previous DFIG control schemes Presents a detailed comparison between different control topologies for the DFIG to outline the most effective procedure in terms of dynamic response structure simplicity ripples total harmonic distortion and computational burdens The book is written for researchers and academics working on advanced control systems and those interested in areas such as machine drives renewable energy systems 'adaptive control' modeling of WECS and optimization theory.

GBP 110.00
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The High Cost of Free Parking Updated Edition

The High Cost of Free Parking Updated Edition

One of the American Planning Association‘s most popular and influential books is finally in paperback with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence rapid urban sprawl extravagant energy use and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices debasing urban design damaging the economy and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why our cities sprawl on a scale fit more for cars than for people and why American motor vehicles now consume one-eighth of the world's total oil production. But it doesn't have to be this way. Shoup proposes new ways for cities to regulate parking namely charge fair market prices for curb parking use the resulting revenue to pay for services in the neighborhoods that generate it and remove zoning requirements for off-street parking. Such measures according to the Yale-trained economist and UCLA planning professor will make parking easier and driving less necessary. Join the swelling ranks of Shoupistas by picking up this book today. You'll never look at a parking spot the same way again. | The High Cost of Free Parking Updated Edition

GBP 130.00
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The Montessori Method

The Montessori Method

Maria Montessori's method of educating children which she details in this book is based on a conception of liberty for the pupil; it entails formal training of separate sensory motor and mental capacities; and leads to rapid and substantial mastery of the elements of reading writing and arithmetic. The Montessori Method is important because it springs from a combination of sympathy and intuition social outlook scientific training intensive study of educational problems and the author's unusual experience as a teacher and educational leader. Following opening statements from J. McV. Hunt and Jaan Valsiner Maria Montessori discusses topics including pedagogical methods used in the children's houses discipline diet gymnastics manual labor education of the senses intellectual education methods of teaching reading and writing language in childhood and teaching of numeration. This classic volume in the education of children takes on urgent relevance for parents teachers and administrators in all parts of our society. The suburban mother seeking an environment of structured freedom for an imaginative quick-learning pre-schooler; the educator jolted into awareness that slum children are irreparably handicapped by cultural impoverishment before the age of six; explorers of new techniques of teaching reading of programmed instruction and learning by conditioning and reinforcement-by-approval all these are instructed by Maria Montessori's theory and the reports of her work in the Casa dei Bambini in the slum quarter of Rome.

GBP 130.00
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The Ideal of the University

The Ideal of the University

The Ideal of the University is a lucid comprehensive analysis of the rationale principles and presuppositions that make contemporary universities what they are. The book begins with four sharp carefully delineated models of a university. After analyzing such controversial issues as the role of grading in the university and the myth of value neutrality. Wolff turns to the crucial question of how the university should be governed. He argues for a radical reconstruction based on a social contract that would place ultimate authority in the hands of the faculty and students. The book concludes with a series of practical proposals for Utopian reform including such provocative recommendations as a variable-length ungraded undergraduate program and elimination of the Ph. D. degree. In his introduction to this new edition Wolff expands upon his original speculations to argue in substantive detail for the liberating potential of the liberal arts. Drawing upon Freud and Marcuse Wolff proposes that literature art and philosophy embody a promise of gratification that engenders a negative critique of the social and cultural status quo. The rationale for the liberal arts university is society's need for a reservoir of critical thinking that is the motor of social economic and political progress. Elegantly written and passionately argued; The Ideal of the University is essential reading for educators and sociologists.

GBP 130.00
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Neuromuscular Fundamentals How Our Musculature is Controlled

Neuromuscular Fundamentals How Our Musculature is Controlled

This book is rather unique in its approach and coverage. The approach is essentially that of an engineering textbook emphasizing the quantitative aspects and highlighting the fundamentals and basic concepts involved. The coverage progresses in a logical and systematic manner from the subcellular starting with the electrophysiology of the cell membrane then proceeding to synapses neurons and muscle before considering neuronal motor ensembles and the neuromuscular system as a whole. Simple clear and comprehensive explanations are given throughout. After an introductory chapter on some background material in biology biophysics and chemical kinetics a substantial part of the book (Chapters 2-8) necessarily covers in considerable detail the basic components and processes that underlie the electrical and associated activities of the nervous system. The remaining chapters of the book (Chapters 9-13) focus on the neuromuscular system starting with the structure of muscle cells the generation of force by muscular contraction and muscle receptors. The last chapter examines aspects of the control of movement motor learning and memory the maintenance of posture and locomotion and critically examines some of the theories that have been advanced to explain how movement is controlled. The book is intended for undergraduate or graduate students in the natural sciences mathematics or engineering who seek a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of neuroscience and the somatomotor system in accordance with the aforementioned objectives. The book can serve as a textbook for a one-semester course on the neuromuscular system or as a reference in a more general course on neuroscience. Provides a thorough analytical treatment of membrane electrophysiology starting from the first principles Emphasizes strongly the basic and fundamental concepts throughout Discusses thoroughly the essential features and properties of the basic constituents of the nervous system that is neurons and synapses including the neuromuscular junction Explains the main aspects of posture locomotion and control of movement Includes practice problems throughout the text and a solutions manual will be available for adopting professors Nassir Sabah is professor of biomedical engineering in the electrical and computer engineering department at the American University of Beirut Lebanon. He received his B. Sc. (Hons. Class I) and his M. Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Birmingham U. K. and his Ph. D. in biophysical sciences from the State University of New York (SUNY/Buffalo). He has served as Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department Director of the Institute of Computer Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut. In these capacities he was responsible for the development of programs curricula and courses in electrical biomedical communications and computer engineering. Professor Sabah has extensive professional experience in the fields of electrical engineering electronics and computer systems with more than 35 years’ teaching experience in neuroengineering biomedical engineering electronics and electric circuits. He has over 100 technical publications mainly in neurophysiology biophysics and biomedical instrumentation. He has served on numerous committees and panels in Lebanon and the region. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET U. K. ) a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). | Neuromuscular Fundamentals How Our Musculature is Controlled

GBP 130.00
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