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Free Download Here Be Monsters: Is Technology Reducing Our Humanity?
by Richard King
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1922633380 | 288 Pages | True ePUB | 5.12 MB

Free Download Reducing the Effects of Climate Change Using Building-Integrated and Building-Applied Photovoltaics in the Power Supply
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031425839 | 430 Pages | PDF (True) | 43 MB
This book looks at the success and continuing potential of photovoltaic (PV) technology in combating climate change by harnessing solar energy through building-integrated (BIPV) and building-applied photovoltaics (BAPV). With PV global capacity soaring from 940 GW in 2021 to 1100 GW in 2022 and projected to reach 1456 GW by the end of 2023, the world is witnessing an unprecedented shift towards renewable energy solutions. Today, no single country exists without some form of PV installation, driven by reduced costs and abundant free sunshine. The book’s chapters delve into the advancements in PV technology, exploring its integration as an essential building material by examining 14 countries and regions – Brazil, The Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Argentina, Iran, Germany, Malaysia, Oman, Bahrain, India, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Egypt – and providing a comprehensive overview of their successful adoption of PV for electricity generation. Whether you’re an architect, builder, engineer, or climate advocate, this vital resource offers insights, international case studies, and a path to a greener future.

Free Download Reducing the Effects of Climate Change Using Building-Integrated and Building-Applied Photovoltaics in the Power Supply
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031425839 | 430 Pages | PDF (True) | 43 MB
This book looks at the success and continuing potential of photovoltaic (PV) technology in combating climate change by harnessing solar energy through building-integrated (BIPV) and building-applied photovoltaics (BAPV). With PV global capacity soaring from 940 GW in 2021 to 1100 GW in 2022 and projected to reach 1456 GW by the end of 2023, the world is witnessing an unprecedented shift towards renewable energy solutions. Today, no single country exists without some form of PV installation, driven by reduced costs and abundant free sunshine. The book’s chapters delve into the advancements in PV technology, exploring its integration as an essential building material by examining 14 countries and regions – Brazil, The Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Argentina, Iran, Germany, Malaysia, Oman, Bahrain, India, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Egypt – and providing a comprehensive overview of their successful adoption of PV for electricity generation. Whether you’re an architect, builder, engineer, or climate advocate, this vital resource offers insights, international case studies, and a path to a greener future.

Free Download Stephany De Scisciolo, "Reducing Race Differences in Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising: The Case for Regulation"
English | ISBN: 1498574165 | 2018 | 140 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Reducing health disparities by increasing access to health information is a national health policy priority. Evidence exists that direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCA) is effective in educating consumers about health issues. However, racial disparities exist in such advertising. In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a report that included recommendations for enhancing the ability of DTCA to reach disadvantaged populations, including racial and ethnic minorities. Reducing Race Differences in Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising compares the pharmaceutical advertisements placed in five popular women’s magazines published prior to and following the 2009 FDA report to assess the impact of these recommendations on the content and appearance of advertisements placed in magazines of differing racial orientation. From a health policy perspective, the results are disappointing. The FDA recommendations had no impact on the frequency or content of the DTCA appearing in White-oriented versus Black-oriented magazines. In fact, far fewer drugs used to treat life-threatening conditions were advertised in Black-oriented magazines after the 2009 FDA recommendations. The book concludes that enhancing the educational and motivational value of DTCA will require more than a set of recommendations. The results shed light on the pharmaceutical industry’s compliance with both hard and soft regulation. Neither federal recommendations nor industry guidelines resulted in the changes to DTCA envisioned by the FDA. Regulatory action is necessary to ensure that pharmaceutical companies develop advertising campaigns that not only promote their products, but also positively impact the health outcomes of those who read their ads.

Free Download Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting: Reducing Stigma and Improving Outcomes by Jean-Victor P. Wittenberg, Daniel F. Becker, Lois T. Flaherty
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 189 Pages | ISBN : 3031425014 | 4.6 MB
This book focuses on the impact of social stigma on adolescents who are at high risk of teen pregnancy. It describes and discusses personal and social factors that predispose them to becoming pregnant and having babies; factors that may subsequently protect or more often, compromise outcomes for both parents and children. The authors, who represent a range of social roles and perspectives, describe the pathways from stigma and its unfounded beliefs about disadvantaged adolescents, to the ways stress burdens teen parents and their children. They note that successful teen parents often go unrecognized and wonder how many more are hobbled by stigma. They recognize the lifespan impacts of stress as described in the ACE studies; stress that has psychological, health and economic implications at individual and social levels. They examine the impact of stigma on parent-child relationships and the attachment system, a stress management system, learned in infancy and persisting into adulthood. The book describes how stigma finds its way into daily interpersonal encounters, systemic policies and practices, and even into healthcare research and services.

Free Download Design Methods for Reducing Failure Probabilities with Examples from Electrical Engineering
English | 2023 | ISBN: 303137018X | 153 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 17 MB
This book deals with efficient estimation and optimization methods to improve the design of electrotechnical devices under uncertainty. Uncertainties caused by manufacturing imperfections, natural material variations, or unpredictable environmental influences, may lead, in turn, to deviations in operation. This book describes two novel methods for yield (or failure probability) estimation. Both are hybrid methods that combine the accuracy of Monte Carlo with the efficiency of surrogate models. The SC-Hybrid approach uses stochastic collocation and adjoint error indicators. The non-intrusive GPR-Hybrid approach consists of a Gaussian process regression that allows surrogate model updates on the fly. Furthermore, the book proposes an adaptive Newton-Monte-Carlo (Newton-MC) method for efficient yield optimization. In turn, to solve optimization problems with mixed gradient information, two novel Hermite-type optimization methods are described. All the proposed methods have been numerically evaluated on two benchmark problems, such as a rectangular waveguide and a permanent magnet synchronous machine. Results showed that the new methods can significantly reduce the computational effort of yield estimation, and of single- and multi-objective yield optimization under uncertainty. All in all, this book presents novel strategies for quantification of uncertainty and optimization under uncertainty, with practical details to improve the design of electrotechnical devices, yet the methods can be used for any design process affected by uncertainties.

Free Download Predictive Safety Analytics; Reducing Risk through Modeling and Machine Learning
by Robert Stevens
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032424389 | 99 pages | True PDF | 3.83 MB

Free Download Reducing Business Jet Carbon Footprint
by Johnson, Dr. Thomas F.;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 163698097X | 160 pages | True EPUB | 6.33 MB
When using the electric taxi system, pilots will be able to load up their passengers, taxi to the runway run up area, and start their engines-all without using fuel.

Free Download Reducing Natural Resource Dependency for Economic Growth in Resource Rich Countries
English | 2023 | ISBN: 981993639X | 324 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 4 MB
This book examines the reduction of natural resource revenue dependency in resource-rich countries. Such countries experience lower economic growth due to factors of high volatility in commodity prices, reduction in accountability, undermining of the competitiveness of other economic sectors, and weak power of institutions. The analysis is based on an identified gap in the literature regarding how private sector development and public sector development affect the degree of dependency on resource revenue in natural resource-rich countries.

Released: 05/2023
Duration: 51m | .MP4 1280×720, 30 fps(r) | AAC, 48000 Hz, 2ch | 148 MB
Level: General | Genre: eLearning | Language: English
If you own or manage a business, there’s so much you have to keep in check. From balance sheets and overhead to product procurement, demand, and delivery, you’re responsible for ensuring growth and profitability while also finding ways to cut costs. But what’s the secret to effectively reducing your costs? You need to start shaping your demand.