L?Annabel troba una capsa màgica plena de llana sense fi, i amb els seus colors transformarà el seu poble gris i trist? A partir de 4 anys.

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis. Theory, Methods and Applications contains the papers presented at the joint ESREL (European Safety and Reliability) and SRA-Europe (Society for Risk Analysis Europe) Conference (Valencia, Spain, 22-25 September 2008), and will be of interest for academics and professionals working in a wide range of industrial and governmental sectors, including Aeronautics and Aerospace, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information Technology and Telecommunications, Insurance and Finance, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Policy Making and Public Planning.
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Health & Safety
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Updated with Stata, R, and WinBUGS code as well as three new chapters on Bayesian analysis, this new edition of a bestseller continues to provide a cohesive framework for statistical modeling. Emphasizing numerical and graphical methods, it enables readers to understand the unifying structure that underpins GLMs. The text discusses common concepts and principles of advanced GLMs, including nominal and ordinal regression, survival analysis, and longitudinal analysis. It contains numerous examples from business, medicine, engineering, and the social sciences and offers the data sets and solutions to the exercises online.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science
Statistical Theory & Methods
Statistics for the Biological Sciences
Statistics & Probability
Textbook
Undergraduate

Compilado por uno de los especialistas en enseñanza superior más reputados internacionalmente, este volumen reúne a autores de Europa, América y Australia con una serie de estudios originales de gran rigurosidad y relevancia académica a la hora de tratar la cuestión principal de la reforma de los sistemas contemporáneos de enseñanza superior: la relación entre la docencia y la investigación, problemática que no puede ser analizada seriamente sin tener en cuenta un enorme desierto de cuestiones contiguas, como hace este libro dirigido por Ronald Barnett que, de forma realmente práctica, pretende aportar fundamentos viables para valorar las posibilidades de transformar la Universidad. Como manifiesta, con una metáfora espacial vigorosa, la investigación y la docencia son dos placas tectónicas situadas en el espacio total que representa la muy centenaria institución universitaria, cuya vida cotidiana está sometida a un número muy concreto de mitos, hoy todavía muy vigentes y generados en su recreación a partir del siglo XIX en aras de convertirse, de hecho, en la institución axial de la modernidad. Ahora es el tiempo de recrear nuevamente la Universidad, pero teniendo muy presente tres tipos de espacios orientadores de imprescindible reflexión, reforma e innovación: el Espacio pedagógico y curricular, el Espacio del saber y el Espacio intelectual y discursivo.

Edited by one of the scientists who developed what is still considered the key solution to the quantum phase operator problem, this volume brings together important historic and modern papers that chart the development of phase and angle operators from their first appearance to modern theory. It presents the ideas that led to the current theory of the phase operator and provides a complete picture of the progress that has followed since then. With introductions by the editors to put the papers in context and unify the content of the book, each section focuses on a different aspect of phase operators.
• Series in Optics and Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Quantum Mechanics
Optics & optoelectronics
Reference
Professional

This book addresses the biological and environmental factors relevant to the quality of wood and its use within two of the world's major industries - the structural timber industry and the pulp/papermaking industry. The text also includes a chapter on the chemical constituents of wood and the factors inducing variability.
• Sheffield Biological Siences
Botany
Forestry
Reference
Professional

In many respects, orbital and spin angular momentum behave similarly, but the orbital variety offers exciting possibilities with respect to the optical manipulation of matter and in the study of the photon entanglement. Bringing together 44 landmark papers, Optical Angular Momentum offers the first comprehensive overview of the subject as it has developed. It chronicles the first decade of this important subject and gives a definitive statement of the current status of all aspects of optical angular momentum. In each chapter the editors include a concise introduction that puts the selected papers into context and outlines the key articles.
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Optoelectronics
Optics & optoelectronics
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Professional

With contributions from more than 75 international experts, this second edition focuses on toxic substances and how they effect ecosystems worldwide. It presents methods for quantifying and measuring ecotoxicological effects in the field and in the lab, as well as methods for estimating, predicting, and modeling in ecotoxicology studies. Topics include exposure and sensitivity of amphibians to environmental contaminants, endocrine disrupters, the role of environmental contaminants in species endangerment, nutrient and contaminant interactions, QSARs, selenium, indirect effects of pesticides on wildlife, genetic effects of contaminant exposure, and ecological risk assessment examples.
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Environmental & Ecological Toxicology
Natural Hazards & Risk
Reference
Professional

Coronas, festones y aros decorativos.

Intense discussion exists concerning what constitutes professional conduct for scientists whose decisions in the laboratory can mean death for someone in the courtroom. Ethics in Forensic Science advances this topic by reviewing the rationale for a code of ethics, making recommendations for appropriate scientist/advocate relations, and providing examples of practical application of ethics in forensic science. This book describes the development of alternative ethical codes that have been adopted by various forensic science organizations and explores the strengths and weaknesses of these codes.
• Protocols in Forensic Science
Forensic Science - Law
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Professional