The new competitive challenge from Chinese businesses is like nothing seen by Western companies since the Japanese arrived twenty years ago with their cars and consumer electronics. To fend off these fierce competitors, managers must forget yesterday's image of Chinese companies as producers of chea[...]
Specifically dedicated to polymer and biopolymer systems, Polymer Adhesion, Friction, and Lubrication guides readers to the scratch, wear, and lubrication properties of polymers and the engineering applications, from biomedical research to automotive engineering.[...]
Suitable for engineers and researchers in power system, lightning protection, and grounding, this title covers various topics related to power system grounding. It presents fundaments and theories of grounding systems and balances technology and methodology related to grounding system design.[...]
Explains the general principles of how wireless systems work, how mobility is supported, what the underlying infrastructure is and what interactions are needed among different functional components. This title focuses on qualitative descriptions and the realistic explanations of relationships betwee[...]
Microlenses and microlens arrays are a vital part of modern optical systems with applications in MEMS and sensor systems. This book explores the physics and optical properties of a range of microlenses, along with their fabrication, tuning, and applications in various fields. Although focusing on li[...]
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a dominant orthodoxy in education systems around the world. To many it is a panacea; to others it is a waste of time and resources. This important new book provides the first in-depth, authoritative and balanced examination of the critical issues pervading the[...]
Inspired by the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy and Compassion, Kuan Yin Oracle guides you to a place of inner peace and beauty. Kuan Yin's gentle energy reaches out to you from each of the 44 cards in this radiant deck. The messages contain her wisdom and provide a guiding presence to help you live an en[...]
These volumes will provide an unprecedented level of information on the organisation of the Luftwaffe's Bomber Forces. Some 50 bomber Geschwader are covered in this volume and the next together with their component Staff Flights and Gruppen. The book will also cover pre-war formations, designations [...]
The two authors, who are well-known and highly respected as experts in their field, have spent some twenty years compiling the most comprehensive and detailed history and listing of all the Luftwaffe's bomber units. This is the second volume that covers some of the fifty bomber Geschwader, together [...]
The first in this two-volume series will provide all aviation historians with an exhaustive reference work on all the Luftwaffe's dive-bomber and ground-attack units, including information on operations. All 16 Stuka Geschwader, 17 ground-attack and 20 night-harassment units are covered along with t[...]
The second in this two-volume series will provide aviation historians with an exhaustive reference work on all the Luftwaffe's dive-bomber and ground-attack units, including information on operations. All 16 Stuka Geschwader, 17 ground-attack and 20 night-harassment units are covered along with thei[...]