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  • Synopsis of Paediatrics

    • 1st Edition
    • Alex Habel
    • English

  • Case Presentations in Paediatrics

    • 2nd Edition
    • Vanda Joss + 1 more
    • English

  • Design of Flood Storage Reservoirs

    • 1st Edition
    • M J Hall + 2 more
    • English

  • Team Roles at Work

    • 1st Edition
    • Meredith Belbin
    • English

  • VMEbus

    A Practical Companion
    • 1st Edition
    • Steve Heath
    • English

  • MRPII: Integrating the Business

    A Practical Guide for Managers
    • 1st Edition
    • Martyn Luscombe
    • English

  • Private Security Law

    Case Studies
    • 1st Edition
    • David Maxwell
    • English
    Private Security Law: Case Studies is uniquely designed for the special needs of private security practitioners, students, and instructors. Part One of the book encompasses negligence, intentional torts, agency contracts, alarms, and damages. Part Two covers authority of the private citizen, deprivation of rights, and entrapment.The factual cases presented in this book touch on the everyday duties of persons associated with the private security industry. Private Security Law: Case Studies provides a basic orientation to problems capable of inciting litigation. The information presented through case laws comes from cases chosen for their factual, realistic, and practical connection to the private security industry. This focused approach addresses specific problem areas of the industry and provides information necessary to a security manager to avert future loss.

  • Radar and Arpa Manual

    • 1st Edition
    • Alan G. Bole + 2 more
    • English
    Radar and ARPA Manual has been planned not only as a comprehensive practical reference for mariners on board ship and managers ashore, but also to provide all essential information for candidates following ENS, radar observer and professional certificate courses.Recent years have seen significant changes in the design of basic radar systems: ARPA features are now almost entirely integrated with the radar display. This new manual covers the complete radar/ARPA installation, bringing together a body of practical information on equipment and techniques which will both serve the observer using traditional systems and provide reliable guidance for the use of newer equipment.The recent changes in radar displays that are likely to be of greatest significance to the observer are the developments in signal processing and the advent of raster-scan displays; these receive exhaustive treatment. The effects of changes in shipboard operations, such as false echoes from containers, are also dealt with.Throughout the book the operational significance of the IMO Performance Standards is stressed, as is the role of radar and ARPA in navigation and collision avoidance.

  • Weeds

    An Illustrated Botanical Guide to the Weeds of Australia
    • 1st Edition
    • Elizabeth Mead
    • English

  • Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chemistry

    • 4th Edition
    • Duncan J. Shaw
    • English
    This thoroughly updated edition continues to provide a concise overall coverage of colloid and surface chemistry, intermediate between the brief accounts in physical chemistry textbooks and the comprehensive coverage in specialized treatises.New information is included on the composition and structure of solid surfaces, dynamic light scattering, micro emulsions and colloid stability control. The book provides a sound, but easy to follow theoretical framework. It outlines relevant research techniques and considers technological applications. A basic knowledge of the principles of physical chemistry is assumed. It will appeal to a wide readership, both undergraduate and postgraduate students at universities and colleges of technology as well as scientists in industry who need a broad background in the subject.

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