MISERY TO MIRTH :RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND

The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies, and died. This book seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580–1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, Misery to Mirth shows tha…

MIGRAINE :A HISTORY

For centuries, people have talked of a powerful bodily disorder called migraine, which currently affects about a billion people around the world. Yet until now, the rich history of this condition has barely been told. In Migraine, award-winning historian Katherine Foxhall reveals the ideas and methods that ordinary people and medical professionals have used to describe, explain, and treat migra…

MANIPULATING PRACTICES :A CRITICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY READER

"Manipulating practices is the first ever collection of critical physiotherapy studies and comes at a time of unprecedented change in the profession. Written as a collaboration between 20 authors, many members of the Critical Physiotherapy Network (CPN), the book uncovers the growing body of critical thinking now emerging in physiotherapy. From topics as diverse as 21st century education, ethic…

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY

This Special Issue addresses a topic of great relevance. In developed countries, there is a higher prevalence of people choosing to spend time indoors. Data show that the time a person spends at home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping, though this varies depending on the individual. Taking into account these data, indoor residential environments have a dir…

MEDICINE AND MEMORY IN TIBET :AMCHI PHYSICIANS IN THE AGE OF REFORM

Only fifty years ago, Tibetan medicine, now seen in China as a vibrant aspect of Tibetan culture, was considered a feudal vestige to be eliminated through government-led social transformation. Medicine and Memory in Tibet examines medical revivalism on the geographic and sociopolitical margins both of China and of Tibet’s medical establishment in Lhasa, exploring the work of medical practitio…

THE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF HOUSING PREFERENCE AND CHOICE

What are the current trends in housing? Is my planned project commercially viable? What should be my marketing and advertisement strategies? These are just some of the questions real estate agents, landlords and developers ask researchers to answer. But to find the answers, researchers are faced with a wide variety of methods that measure housing preferences and choices. To select and value a v…

OVERWHELMED BY OVERFLOWS? :HOW PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS CREATE AND MANAGE EXCESS

This transdisciplinary volume investigates the ways in which people and organisations deal with the overflow of information, goods or choices. It explores two main themes: the emergence of overflows and the management of overflows, in the sense of either controlling or coping with them. Individual chapters show the management of overflows taking place in various social settings, periods and pol…

A FLOURISHING PRACTICE?

Peter Toon is the leading writer on primary care virtue ethics and this thought-provoking book builds on the thinking of philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. A Flourishing Practice? looks at the moral problems that currently seem prevalent in health care. Common moral dilemmas highlighted by the media include threats to continuity of care, inappropriate care at the end of life, problems associated w…

AGEING AND TECHNOLOGY:PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficie…

PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI TEPAT GUNA DALAM PENERAPAN CLEANER PRODUCTION:DI INDU…

Industri kecil pengolahan pangan, khususnya pengolahan tahu, memanfaatkan air cukup banyak, namun juga menghasilkan limbah cair dan limbah padat sehingga mencemari lingkungan sekitar industri. Kajian terhadap peluang pemanfaatan teknologi tepat guna ini dikaitkan dengan penerapan konsep produksi bersih di industri kecil pengolahan tahu, khususnya industri kecil pengolahan tahu di Subang dan Sum…

APA SIH NANOTEKNOLOGI ITU?

Nanoteknologi itu ilmu pengetahuan tentang benda yang sangat kecil, bahkan lebih kecil dari semut. Nanoteknologi sudah digunakan dalam berbagai teknologi kuno dan masih dipelajari sampai saat ini. Nanoteknologi juga sudah banyak kita gunakan, lho. Mulai dari plester, pembersih lantai, pupuk tanaman, vitamin, hingga bahan bangunan dan handphone. Dimasa depan, nanoteknologi akan semakin berkemban…

RARAK SAHABAT BUMI

Tahukah kalian? Ada buah yang sudah turun-temurun digunakan untuk merawat batik-batik juga pusaka keraton. Buah itu bernama lerak. Wah, mengapa lerak ya? Bagaimana caranya? Mari kita berkenalan dengan Rarak! Rarak si buah lerak tahu jawabannya. Dalam cergam ini, Rarak juga akan bercerita tentang pohon lerak, lho! Adakah manfaat lainnya? Yuk, kita baca!

PETUALANGAN KLARA DI TERNATE

Klara hendak melihat pohon di Taman Margasatwa Ragunan bersama Bunda. Namun, rencana Klara gagal. Bunda mendadak harus berangkat dinas ke Singapura. Padahal Klara ingin sekali melihat pohon. Akhirnya Klara ikut Ayah ke Ternate. Awalnya Klara enggan berangkat. Di Ternate, Klara bertemu Vendo, seorang anak pemandu wisata lokal. Bersama Vendo, ternyata Klara malah mengalami petualangan seru di kak…

Gasifikasi batubara bawah tanah:teknologi non konvensional pertambangan batubara

Batubara merupakan salah satu sumber energi potensial yang dapat menggantikan minyak dan gas bumi di masa depan. Dengan makin menipisnya kondisi cadangan minyak dan gas bumi Indonesia, diversifikasi dalam pemanfaatan energi perlu mendapat perhatian yang serius. Terkait hal tersebut, buku ini memperkenalkan metode baru penyediaan energi dari batubara tanpa melakukan penambangan terbuka, tetapi m…

Product Development within Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Legal Risk :Ex…

This open-access-book synthesizes a supportive developer checklist considering sustainable Team and agile Project Management in the challenge of Artificial Intelligence and limits of image recognition. The study bases on technical, ethical, and legal requirements with examples concerning autonomous vehicles. As the first of its kind, it analyzes all reported car accidents state wide (1.28 milli…

PERANCANGAN GEOMETRIK JALAN: STANDAR DAN DASAR-DASAR PERANCANGAN

Buku Perancangan Geometrik Jalan merupakan buku penunjang perkuliahan dan praktik mahasiswa program diploma (D-III), sarjana terapan (D-IV), maupun sarjana (S-1) bidang ilmu teknik sipil guna melengkapi khazanah sumber pembelajaran pada bidang ilmu teknik sipil di kalangan perguruan tinggi di Indonesia. Materi perancangan geometrik jalan merupakan muatan wajib bagi mahasiswa jenjang diploma mau…

KELISTRIKAN BODI OTOMOTIF

Buku Kelistrikan Bodi Otomotif ini mengacu pada konsep pendekatan kurikulum berbasis kompetensi di Politeknik Indonusa Surakarta. Sesuai perkembangan paradigma yang selalu terjadi. Diharapkan peserta didik dapat belajar secara mandiri dan dinamis sesuai dengan kecepatan belajar masing-masing peserta didik untuk mencapai kompetensi yang diharapkan. Buku ini terdiri dari enam bab, masing-masin…

AUTOMOBILE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

The third edition of Automobile Mechanical and Electrical Systems concentrates on core technologies to provide the essential information required to understand how different vehicle systems work. It gives a complete overview of the components and workings of a vehicle from the engine through to the chassis and electronics. It also explains the necessary tools and equipment needed in effective c…

PERAWATAN DAN PERBAIKAN SISTEM SUSPENSI MOBIL

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DASAR LISTRIK DAN ELEKTRONIKA

Buku ini terdiri dari beberapa bab. Bab pertama membahas tentang dasar kelistrikan, bab dua tentang komponen elektronika, bab tiga tentang konsep dasar rangkaian elektronika, dan bab empat tentang menggambar teknik elektronika menggunakan komputer. Adapaun bab lima tentang alat ukur listrik, bab enam tentang pengujian komponen elektronika dengan multimeter, dan yang terakhir adalah bab tujuh…

PANDUAN TEKNIK SEPEDA MOTOR

Dalam buku ini dijelaskan mengenai komponen-komponen sepeda motor, bagaimana cara kerja sepeda motor, sistem kelistrikan sepeda motor dan cara memperbaikinya bila ada salah satu komponen yang rusak. Belajar teknik sepeda motor akan lebih mudah dengan buku ini karena dilengkapi dengan soal-soal uji kompetensi. Soal-soal ini akan menguji kemampuan dalam memahami teknik sepeda motor. Kunci jawaban…

DISTRIBUTING CARBON REVENUES FROM SHIPPING

International shipping accounts for nearly three percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. If no further action is taken, these emissions are set to grow significantly. Apart from reducing emissions, there is a strong call for shipping’s decarbonization to be equitable. In this light, the International Maritime Organization is considering a price on carbon. This could raise $40 to $60 b…

THE DECARBONIZATION OF LOGISTICS IN LOWER INCOME COUNTRIES

This report aims to explore the extent to which the logistics decarbonization approaches in countries in Europe and North America—and to a lesser extent, China—need to be adapted to the needs, opportunities, and constraints of LMICs and supplemented by local initiatives. It takes a macro-logistics look at the subject viewing it mainly from the standpoint of countries or national governments…

THE ROLE OF LNG IN THE TRANSITION TOWARD LOW- AND ZERO-CARBON SHIPPING

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) used as a bunker fuel has the potential to offer important reductions in atmospheric pollution—that is, air pollutants and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions - from ships. Compared to traditional oil-derived bunker fuels such as heavy fuel oil (HFO), LNG clearly emits significantly lower quantities of sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and particulate matter (…

THE POTENTIAL OF ZERO-CARBON BUNKER FUELS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Across the maritime industry, there is general agreement that shipping must undergo a rapid energy transition. This implies a shift from fossil bunker fuels, such as the predominant heavy fuel oil (HFO), to a new generation of alternative bunker fuels. These alternative fuels are known to produce very low, and ultimately zero, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during their production, distribution…

TEKNOLOGI SENSOR OTOMOTIF

Buku ini menyajikan pengetahuan terkait teknologi yang baik sadar maupun tidak sadar sering kita jumpai saat berkendara, yaitu teknologi sensor otomotif. Terkadang, karena kurangnya rasa ingin tahu kita atau rasa nyaman sebagai end-user pasif, sensor otomotif menjadi hal yang awam bagi para pengendara. Pada era modern saat ini, sebuah kendaraan sangat erat berkaitan dengan sensor-sensor, bahkan…

TEORI DAN REPARASI SISTEM PENGISIAN DAN STARTER MOBIL

Sistem pengisian merupakan bagian dari sistem kelistrikan kendaraan khususnya mobil, dan sistem pengisian ini memenuhi kebutuhan kelistrikan kendaraan. Seperti yang Anda ketahui, pada kendaraan, alat yang digunakan untuk menyimpan daya bernama baterai atau akumulator. Karena aki berfungsi untuk mentenagai kendaraan, apa jadinya jika aki habis? Apakah baterai harus diganti setiap kali habis? …

TEKNOLOGI KENYAMANAN KENDARAAN

Keamanan dan kenyamanan adalah menu utama yang harus disajikan dalam kendaraan. Keduanya dapat mempermudah serta menjamin keselamatan pengemudi dan penumpang. Melalui buku Teknologi Kenyamanan Kendaraan ini, Anda akan menemukan berbagai ragam teknologi otomotif terkini lainnya, mengingat teknologi yang dipasang pada otomotif terkini mencakup safety (keamanan), performa, dan comfortable (kenyama…

PERALATAN & KESELAMATAN DALAM PEKERJAAN DASAR OTOMOTIF

Setiap melakukan pekerjaan di bengkel,memiliki resiko kecelakaan atau bahaya lainnya.Selain menimpa pada mekanik itu sendiri,bisa saja bahaya itu berimbas pada pihak lain atau pun bengkel itu sendiri.Semua itu dapat dihindari dengan upaya-upaya tertentu.Satu hal yang utama adalah bagaimana menggunakan peralatan-peralatan dalam pekerjaan otomotif tersebut sehingga sesuai dengan standar ope…

TEKNOLOGI OTOMOTIF

Perkembangan teknologi otomotif yang begitu pesat merupakan dorongan sekaligus tantangan bagi masyarakat penggemar otomotif, mahasiswa, para pemakai serta peneliti di bidang otomotif. Buku ini mengungkap secara komprehensif komponen-komponen utama yang meliputi konsep analisa dan perkembangan teknologinya, dinamika dan stabilitas arah kendaraan meliputi hingga analisa tentang kecelakaan dari ke…

KENDARAAN LISTRIK : TEKNOLOGI UNTUK BANGSA

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MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS

Kegiatan membaca buku merupakan salah satu kegiatan paling bermanfaat untuk melatih otak dalam berpikir kritis dan menambah ilmu pengetahuan terkait buku yang sedang dibaca. Tidak hanya itu saja, buku mampu menjadikan pembaca semakin teliti dan cerdas dalam menjalani aktivitas sehari-hari. Buku yang paling diminati oleh kalangan pembaca saat ini adalah buku tentang pengembangan diri atau sering…

MIGRAINE : A HISTORY

For centuries, people have talked of a powerful bodily disorder called migraine, which currently affects about a billion people around the world. Yet until now, the rich history of this condition has barely been told. In Migraine, award-winning historian Katherine Foxhall reveals the ideas and methods that ordinary people and medical professionals have used to describe, explain, and treat migra…

MISERY TO MIRTH : RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND

The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies, and died. This book seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580–1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, Misery to Mirth shows tha…

TELAAH ILMIAH DAN PATOLOGI PAPARAN ASAP ROKOK TERHADAP PENYAKIT JANTUNG

Asap rokok pasif adalah sebuah permasalahan kesehatan global yang menyebabkan lebih dari 41.000 kematian di seluruh dunia per tahunnya. Hal ini disebabkan oleh sejumlah penyakit mematikan yang dapat disebabkan oleh asap rokok pasif, antara lain penyakit jantung, kanker paru, serta stroke. Berbagai penelitian mengemukakan bahwa sedikit apapun paparan asap rokok, tetap dapat meningkatkan risiko p…

ACHIEVING THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT GOALS : PART 2 : SCIENCE-BASED TARGET S…

This open access book is designed as a continuation of the editor’s 2019 book Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of industry sectors globally, and its purpose is to present emission reduction targets in 5-year steps (2025 to 2050) for the main twelve finance sectors per the Global Industry Classification System. This scientific analysis aims…

WOHNEN UND GESUNDHEIT IM ALTER

Vor dem Hintergrund der demographischen Entwicklung unserer Gesellschaft nimmt der Open-Access-Sammelband die Wohnsituation älterer Menschen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der gesundheitlichen Situation in den Blick. Lebensqualität, Wohlbefinden, Teilhabe sowie Autonomie und Selbstbestimmung älterer Menschen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt.

EVOLUTION, MONITORING AND PREDICTING MODELS OF ROCKBURST : PRECURSOR INFORMAT…

This open access book focuses on investigating predicting precursor information and key points of rockburst in mining engineering through laboratory experiment, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and case studies. Understanding the evolution patterns for the microstructure instability of rock is a prerequisite for rockburst prediction. The book provides a guide for readers seeking to un…

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR ENHANCING NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY, SAFEGUARDS …

This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and nonproliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. Current challenges are discussed and attempts made to identify possible solutions and future improvements, considering …

HUMAN AND ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS : PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES FOR A CHANGING WORLD

This open access book addresses several questions regarding the implementation of human and organisational factors (HOF) so that recent improvements in industrial safety can be built upon. It addresses sources of frustration in senior management with high expectations of operational recommendations and disquiet on the part of HOF specialists struggling to have an impact on high-level decision m…

EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS AND NUCLEAR RISKS : PREDICTION AND ASSESSMENT BEYOND TH…

This book covers seismic probabilistic risk assessment (S-PRA) and related studies which have become more important to increase the safety of nuclear facilities against earthquakes and tsunamis in the face of the many uncertainties after the Fukushima accident. The topics are (1) Active faults and active tectonics important for seismic hazard assessment of nuclear facilities,(2) Seismic source …

THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MEAT AND CURED MEATS IN ITALY : NUTRITIONAL ASPECT, FOO…

From the mid-1980s, meat consumption in Italy and the western world have stabilised and, in the face of a well-established food security, we have witnessed a changed sensitivity for ethical issues, such as animal welfare and environmental impacts of farms. Analysing the sustainability of meat and cured meats means studying in the most objective way possible different topics concerning both the …

BEYOND SAFETY TRAINING:EMBEDDING SAFETY IN PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

This book investigates why, despite more and more resources devoted to safety training, expectations are not entirely met, particularly in the industrial sectors that have already achieved a high safety level. It not only reflects the most precious viewpoints of experts from different disciplines, different countries, with experiences in various industrial fields at the cutting edge of theories…

THE ILLUSION OF RISK CONTROL : WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO LIVE WITH UNCERTAINTY?

This book explores the implications of acknowledging uncertainty and black swans for regulation of high-hazard technologies, for stakeholder acceptability of potentially hazardous activities and for risk governance. The conventional approach to risk assessment, which combines the likelihood of an event and the severity of its consequences, is poorly suited to situations where uncertainty and am…

RESILIENCE : A NEW PARADIGM OF NUCLEAR SAFETY : FROM ACCIDENT MITIGATION TO R…

This book summarizes presentations and discussions from the two-day international workshop held at UC Berkeley in March 2015, and derives questions to be addressed in multi-disciplinary research toward a new paradigm of nuclear safety. The consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in March 2011 have fuelled the debate on nuclear safety: while there were no casualties due to radiati…

TEXTBOOK OF PATIENT SAFETY AND CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care enviro…

SNOW SPORTS TRAUMA AND SAFETY : CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL S…

This book covers the latest in snow sport epidemiology, snow sport injuries and treatment, and biomechanical/mechanical engineering related to snow sports injuries (mechanisms of injury, injury prevention by equipment design, injury prevention by design of resort features, and more). It brings together a collection of papers from the International Congress on Ski Trauma and Safety (the biennal …

ADVANCES IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES

Electrical machines and drives dominate our everyday lives. This is due to their numerous applications in industry, power production, home appliances, and transportation systems such as electric and hybrid electric vehicles, ships, and aircrafts. Their development follows rapid advances in science, engineering, and technology. Researchers around the world are extensively investigating electrica…

ANNALS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY FOR ASSEMBLY, HANDLING AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS

This Open Access proceedings presents a good overview of the current research landscape of industrial robots. The objective of MHI Colloquium is the successful networking at both academic and management level. Thereby, the colloquium focuses an academic exchange at a high level in order to distribute the obtained research results, to determine synergy effects and trends, to connect the actors i…

PROGRESS IN GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE

There has been a remarkable difference in the research and development regarding gas turbine technology for transportation and power generation. The former remains substantially florid and unaltered with respect to the past as the superiority of air-breathing engines compared to other technologies is by far immense. On the other hand, the world of gas turbines (GTs) for power generation is inde…