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…
This third edition of Contemporary Issues in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour has been revised and updated to reflect the fast-changing world we live in. The new state of the art chapter on digital marketing digs deeply into two new frontiers of marketing which have significant impact on contemporary social life: influencer marketing, and online gaming. Other new topics help us to understand ho…
Mesin diesel sudah ditemukan pada akhir abad 19 oleh seorang berkebangsaan Jerman, Rudolf Diesel. Pada awalnya bahan bakar motor diesel disuplai ke mesin dengan udara bertekanan tinggi, akan tetapi beberapa waktu kemudian metode tersebut telah mengalami beberapa perbaikan, salah satunya dengan menginjeksikan bahan bakar langsung ke dalam ruang bakar. Motor bakar tersebut didesain tanpa mengg…
“Jalan merupakan prasarana vital. Jalan memberikan akses dan menghubungkan antar kawasan ataupun daerah. Jalan melayani dan mendorong peningkatan sektor-sektor ekonomi. Jalan juga membantu interaksi sosial, politik, budaya serta memfasilitasi pertahanan dan keamanan. Perbaikan akses jalan membantu pemulihan pasca bencana. Jalan berbayar juga memberikan profit finansial. Konstruksi jalan haru…
“Buku “Material Perkerasan Jalan” menjelaskan nilai bahan konstruksi dan pemeliharaan jalan. Buku ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana material perkerasan jalan menjaga infrastruktur transportasi tetap aman dan berfungsi. Dalam buku ini pembaca akan mempelajari material perkerasan jalan seperti agregat, aspal, beton, dan material emerging. Kekuatan, kinerja, dan ketahanan jalan terhadap beban ken…
Engineering Fundamental An Introducion To Engineering merupakan buku penunjang belajar yang sangat direkomendasikan untuk para akademisi yang sedang mengenyam studi di bidang teknik. Buku ini dituliskan oleh Moaveni. Engineering adalah ilmu keteknikan yang muncul dalam kehidupan untuk memudahkan pekerja manusia dalam mengelola sesuatu. Ilmu itu sendiri dapat digunakan untuk mengatasi masalah-ma…
Buku ini menyajikan teknologi pengukuran dan pemetaan teristris yang dibutuhkan bagi keperluan tersebut di atas dengan bahasa yang lugas serta mudah dipahami. Buku ini akan memperkaya khazanah pustaka yang masih terbatas di masyarakat, selain untuk memenuhi kebutuhan bagi para akademisi, praktisi, maupun pemerhati di bidang surveying.
Penguasaan bahasa Inggris dalam komunikasi lisan dan tulisan merupakan hal yang mutlak di era digital. Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa internasional akan memudahkan siapa pun yang menguasainya untuk mengakses informasi yang berkualitas dari sumber yang akurat dan terpercaya. Buku Bahasa Inggris Teknik Listrik yang merupakan Bahasa Inggris yang didesain untuk mahasiswa Teknik Listrik akan memudahk…
Berbagai masalah transportasi di sejumlah kota besar telah berada pada tahap kritis, antara lain masalah kemacetan, tundaan, serta polusi suara dan udara. Untuk menanggulanginya, perlu dipelajari dan dipahami pola keterkaitan antara berbagai faktor penyebabnya. Buku Perecanaan dan Pemodelan transportasi ini menjelaskan pola keterkaitan tersebut, masalah yang dihadapi, serta konsep perencanaan d…
Istilah ergonomi berasal dari kata ergos dan nomos yang memiliki arti "kerja" dan "aturan atau kaidah", dari dua kata tersebut secara pengerrtian bebas sesuai dengan perkembangannya, yaitu suatu aturan atau kaidah yang ditaati dalam lingkungan pekerjaan. Tema yang menjadi perhatian utama dari materi buku ini adalah posisi ergonomi dalam tugas vokasi di industri, hubungan ergonomi dengan kesehat…
Bagaimanakah agar seorang manajer atau supervisor mampu menata sistem kerjanya lebih efektif, produktif, aman dan sehat? Tentunya dengan terlebih dahulu memiliki pemahaman ergonomi yang baik. Buku ini dapat dijadikan referensi utama untuk mengetahui ergonomi secara lengkap – konsep dasar, contoh penerapan dengan kasus industri di Indonesia, dan perkembangan penelitian ergonomi di Indonesia…
Budaya keselamatan lalu lintas dapat menggambarkan budaya buruk dan sadar berlalu lintas. Kebaikan dan keburukan dalam budaya keselamatan dalam kegiatan bertransportasi dapat dilakukan oleh orang-orang dewasa dan diturunkan secara sadar atau tidak sadar kepada anak-anaknya. Rencana Umum Nasional Keselamatan (RUNK) tahun 2020-2040 pada pilar ke-4 mempunyai target pengguna jalan yang berkeselamat…
Buku Perancangan Perkerasan Jalan dan Penyelidikan Tanah Edisi ke-3 ini merupakan penyempurnaan dan' buku edisi ke-2 yang telah terbit sebelumnya. Penyempurnaan meliputi beberapa penjeiasan yang lebih rinci terkait dengan cara perancangan perkerasan lentur dan perkerasan _.kaku terutama terkait dengan cara penyambungan pelat beton. Bab l : membahas tentang fungsi. kIasifikasi. dan tipe-t…
Kemajuan teknologi menjadi bagian yang tak terpisahkan di zaman sekarang ini. Begitu juga dengan teknologi otomotif. Banyak inovasi baru di dalam dunia otomotif. Inovasi tersebut menjadikan konsep perawatan dan perbaikan berkembang. Buku ini merupakan pelengkap bagi Anda yang ingin mengembangkan perawatan dan perbaikan otomotif. Buku ini akan memandu Anda untuk mengenal berbagai alat yang digun…
Saat ini dan kedepan, sebuah mobil berjalan melalui sebuah kontrol elektronik yang terintegrasi. Engine Management System (EMS), Antilock Brake System (ABS), Transmission Control System (TCS), SRS airbag, dan Body Control Module (BCM) dikendalikan secara elektronik oleh komponen-komponen semikonduktor dengan informasi yang dikirim oleh tranduser yang terpasang untuk merekam seluruh perilaku mes…
This report examines the opportunities to decouple growth in logistics activity from growth in GHG emissions, synthesizing existing evidence on potential GHG mitigation measures. It focuses on nonurban logistics. Urban logistics is covered in a companion report on decarbonizing urban transport. Chapters 2 to 5 cover the main types of interventions available to reduce GHG emission. Chapter 2 exa…
Consumers trust is a key factor in dealing with rising concerns about food safety and food quality, but only few studies have dealt with consumer attitudes and none of them has tried to model the process of consumer response. This book reports the main findings of an european project aimed at analysing trust along the food chain and its relationship with food risk communication. The papers coll…
This open access book reflects on matters of social and ethical concern raised in the daily practices of those working in and around precision oncology. Each chapter addresses the experiences, concerns and issues at stake for people who work in settings where precision oncology is practiced, enacted, imagined or discussed. It subsequently discusses and analyses bioethical dilemmas, scientific c…
This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their…
Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa offers new and critical perspectives on the causes and consequences of recent epidemiological changes in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly on the increasing incidence of so-called ‘non-communicable’ and chronic conditions. Historians, social anthropologists, public health experts and social epidemiologists present important ins…
This open access book provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the relevant literature on the legibility of different kinds of typefaces, which goes back over 140 years in the case of reading from paper and more than 50 years in the case of reading from screens. It describes the origins of serif and sans serif styles in ancient inscriptions, their adoption in modern printing techniques, an…
This open access book is an outcome of several years of research, practice, and teaching experience of the authors on the challenges that underpin the successful switch to services for manufacturing firms. Ideal for a student as well as a practitioner, the book describes the industrial services ecosystem, the barriers and challenges, and a roadmap for building service excellence. Curated cases …
This book explores the nature of the socially responsible organization, specifically the role of crisis management in creating a socially responsible organization. It applies the Myers-Briggs Personality Typology (MBPTI) and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Framework to issues such as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, regulation of tech companies, and infrastructure. Dr. Mitroff lists the major ar…
This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, and multidisciplinary perspective. The book facilitates a conversation across diverse disciplinary…
This open access book offers a cross-sectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climate-smart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensive analysis on forest issues, facilitating the implementation of climate objectives. This book includes structured summaries of each chapter. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, CLIMO has brought togethe…
This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights provided are presented with reference to the relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs), hoping that scientists, technicians and decision makers will find them as a valid suppo…
By the end of the 1950s, Hungary became an unlikely leader in what we now call global health. Only three years after Soviet tanks crushed the revolution of 1956, Hungary became one of the first countries to introduce the Sabin vaccine into its national vaccination programme. This immunization campaign was built on years of scientific collaboration between East and West, in which scientists, spe…
Allan E. S. Lumba explores how the United States used monetary policy and banking systems to justify racial and class hierarchies, enforce capitalist exploitation, and counter movements for decolonization in the American colonial Philippines.
This open access book describes strategies and experiences of highly skilled professionals in improving oncology care worldwide. The book is structured into three main sections with several chapters each, reflecting the authors' individual, real-life experiences. It explores ways to improve oncology education and scientific training, how to set up and run a clinical research facility ethically…
Cancer screening is a prominent strategy in cancer control in the United States, yet the ability to correctly interpret cancer screening data eludes many researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This open access primer rectifies that situation by teaching readers, in simple language and with straightforward examples, why and how the population-level cancer burden changes when screening is im…
This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project “Connecting Austria,” illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort cons…
Many leading experts contribute to this follow-up to An Introduction to Reservoir Simulation using MATLAB/GNU Octave: User Guide for the MATLAB Reservoir Simulation Toolbox (MRST). It introduces more advanced functionality that has been recently added to the open-source MRST software. It is however a self-contained introduction to a variety of modern numerical methods for simulating multiphase …
Between 1525 and 1640, a remarkable phenomenon occurred in the world of print: England saw the production of more than two dozen editions identified by their imprints or by contemporaries as 'herbals'. Sarah Neville explains how this genre grew from a series of tiny anonymous octavos to authoritative folio tomes with thousands of woodcuts, and how these curious works quickly became valuable com…
The family of technologies collectively known as additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, and often called 3D-printing technologies, is rapidly revolutionizing industrial production. AM’s potential to produce intricate and customized parts starting from a digital 3D model makes it one of the main pillars for the forthcoming Industry 4.0. Thanks to its advantages over traditional manufacturin…
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is predicted to radically change teaching and learning in both schools and industry causing radical disruption of work. AI can support well-being initiatives and lifelong learning but educational institutions and companies need to take the changing technology into account. Moving towards AI supported by digital tools requires a dramatic shift in the concept of learn…
Pengetahuan bahan makanan ternak merupakan salah satu ilmu yang harus dimiliki oleh mahasiswa peternakan. Ilmu pengetahuan bahan makanan ternak menjadi dasar dalam melakukan evaluasi kualitas makanan ternak. Oleh karena itu, buku ini dapat menjadi salah satu media pendukung yang tepat bagi mahasiswa ataupun khalayak yang ingin mempelajari dasar-dasar dalam mengetahui bahan makanan ternak sebelu…
Sebagai negara agraris, sektor pertanian dan perkebunan menjadi salah satu sektor yang sangat vital di Indonesia. Oleh karena itu, manajemen air dan sistem pengairan untuk kepentingan agraris harus mendapat perhatian yang lebih mengingat pasokan air yang seringkali mengalami defisit dan kelangkaan. Inovasi teknologi dan efisiensi sistem irigasi menjadi ujung tombak keberhasilan industri pertani…
Tersedianya beraneka ragam pangan yang aman, terjangkau, dan bergizi merupakan ciri masyarakat yang sejahtera. Namun, populasi yang terus bertambah membuat tekanan pada pasokan pangan sehingga diperlukan teknologi digital dalam sistem rantai pasok pangan agar menjadi lebih terintegrasi secara global. Selain itu, karena terintegrasi secara global, penting untuk memastikan bahwa pasokan pangan da…
This open access book focuses on the molecular mechanism of congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, offering new insights into the development of pulmonary circulation and the ductus arteriosus. It describes in detail the molecular mechanisms involved in the development and morphogenesis of the heart, lungs and ductus arteriosus, covering a range of topics such as gene functions, g…
Buku ini mengupas sepenggal kisah bagian awal perjalanan teknologi nuklir. Pembahasannya dimulai dari perjalanan sejarah upaya manusia memburu atom. Pembaca akan dibawa untuk mengenali atom beserta fenomena-fenomena fisika yang dapat terjadi di dalamnya. Selanjutnya pembaca akan diperkenalkan dengan sejarah awal kelahiran teknologi nuklir hingga situasi politik dunia yang mendorong lahirnya sen…
Orlin Ara Atanau, si murid baru dari Sumba mengajak teman-temannya mencari Cendana dan Gaharu yang sudah langka. Mereka menjelajah tanah di bawah angin, mengikuti jalur rempah yang pada berabad-abad lalu dilakukan oleh para pelaut. Akankah mereka menemukan rajanya parfum ini?
The main purpose of this book is to focus on the computational complexity theory of lattice ciphers, especially the reduction principle of Ajtai, in order to fill the gap that post-quantum ciphers focus on the implementation of encryption and decryption algorithms, but the theoretical proof is insufficient. In Chapter 3, Chapter 4 and Chapter 6, author introduces the theory and technology of LW…
Buku ini mengulas tentang pengasuhan keluarga, makanan, dan tradisi pencipta sehat di tiga wilayah Sulawesi Tenggara. Sekalipun masyarakatnya berada pada keadaan miskin dan tradisional namun tetap mengedepankan pengasuhan keluarga di atas segalanya. Semua pola pengasuhan, pengarusutamaan menu makanan, dan tradisi pencipta sehat terhadap kelompok prioritas benar-benar tampak pada keluarga khusus…
This open access volume presents a novel computational framework for understanding how collections of excitable cells work. The key approach in the text is to model excitable tissue by representing the individual cells constituting the tissue. This is in stark contrast to the common approach where homogenization is used to develop models where the cells are not explicitly present. The approach …
All organizations, institutions, business processes, markets and strategies have one aim in common: the reduction of transaction costs. This aim is pursued relentlessly in practice, and has been perceived to bring about drastic changes, especially in the recent global market and the cyber economy. This book analyzes and describes “transactions” as a model, on the basis of which organization…
There are thousands of indicators produced to understand and govern our societies. Studies about the way indicators are used in technological innovation are significantly rare, despite the centrality of these decisions to promote growth in our technology-intensive civilization. This book presents what is known and what was discovered in a doctoral research, which analysed innovative business le…
Fault detection, control, and forecasting have a vital role in renewable energy systems (Photovoltaics (PV) and wind turbines (WTs)) to improve their productivity, ef?ciency, and safety, and to avoid expensive maintenance. For instance, the main crucial and challenging issue in solar and wind energy production is the volatility of intermittent power generation due mainly to weather conditions. …