Russian village prose the radiant past / by Parthé, Kathleen, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, ProQuest (Firm)

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Free Space Optical Systems Engineering : Design and Analysis. by Stotts, Larry B., ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…4.2 Basic Geometrical Definitions -- 4.3 Radiometric Parameters -- 4.3.1 Radiant Flux (Radiant Power) -- 4.3.2 Radiant Intensity -- 4.3.3 Radiance -- 4.3.4 Étendue -- 4.3.5 Radiant Flux Density (Irradiance and Radiant Exitance) -- 4.3.6 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function -- 4.3.7 Directional Hemispheric Reflectance -- 4.3.8 Specular Surfaces -- 4.4 Lambertian Surfaces and Albedo -- 4.5 Spectral Radiant Emittance and Power -- 4.6 Irradiance from a Lambertian Source -- 4.7 The Radiometry of Images -- 4.8 Blackbody Radiation Sources -- 4.9 Problems -- References…”
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Transformations thinking after Heidegger / by Stenstad, Gail, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, ProQuest (Firm)

Table of Contents: “…Opening a way : the question of being -- Thinking : engaging language's way-making -- Timing-spacing-thinking -- Thinking as dwelling -- The radiant emptiness of be-ing -- Staying with opening.…”
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Gran Mediterraneo Project Process Progress. by Tajchman, David, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Too Beautiful -- Future Collectivism -- The White City, Curves and Concrete -- High-Rises and Contemporary Architecture in the White City -- Kibbutz Collectivism -- Public Shared Vehicles -- Carchitecture -- Radiant Cities -- Vertical (Car) Park -- Loci Plasticity -- Circular Landscape Urbanism -- Endlesness -- Form Finding -- Digital Translation -- Vertical Kibbutz -- Drawings -- Programme -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements…”
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Shimmering screens making media in an aboriginal community / by Deger, Jennifer, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, ProQuest (Firm)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Culture and complicities : an indigenous media research project -- (In)visible difference : framing questions of culture, media, and technology -- Tuning in : mediated imaginaries and problems of deafness and forgetting -- On the "mimetic faculty" and the refractions of culture -- Taking pictures : media technologies and a Yolngu politics of presencing -- Flowers and photographs : death, memory, and techno mimetics -- Technology, techne, and Yolngu videomaking -- Shimmering verisimilitudes : making video, managing images, manifesting truths -- Worlding a Yolngu world : radiant visions and the flash of recognition -- Conclusion.…”
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Energy transfers by radiation / by Benallou, Abdelhanine, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Origin of Radiation -- Magnitudes Used in Radiation -- Analysis of Radiative Energy Transfers: Black-body Radiation -- Radiant Properties of Real Surfaces -- Radiation Balances between Real Surfaces Separated by a Transparent Medium -- Practical Determination of Shape Factors -- Balances of Radiative Energy Transfers between Black Surfaces -- Balances on Radiative Energy Transfers between Gray Surfaces -- Electrical Analogies in Radiation -- Reduction of Radiating Energy Transfers through Filtering -- Radiative Energy Transfers in Semi-transparent Media -- Exercises and Solutions.…”
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The Hunger games and philosophy a critique of pure treason / by ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, ProQuest (Firm)

Table of Contents: “…"We're fickle, stupid beings": hungering for morality in an immoral world -- pt. 3. "I am as radiant as the sun": the natural, the unnatural, and not-so-weird science -- pt. 4. …”
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The best-laid plans how government planning harms your quality of life, your pocketbook, and your future / by O'Toole, Randal, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, Cato Institute, ProQuest (Firm)

Table of Contents: “…-- Smart growth as oppression -- Homeownership -- Housing affordability -- Housing bubbles -- It's supply, not demand -- Portland housing -- Smart growth and crime -- Portland planning implodes -- Why planners fail -- The planning profession -- The history of planning -- The ideal communist city -- Urban renewal in the United States -- From radiant city to smart growth -- Typical planning methods -- Transportation planning -- Planning vs. chaos -- The benefits of the automobile -- Costs exaggerated -- The panic over peak oil -- Planning for congestion -- Building auto-hostile streets -- The rail transit hoax -- Transportation myths -- Why government fails -- Power and rationality -- Legislators: seeking reelection -- Special interests: looking for handouts -- Bureaucrats: maximizing budgets -- The executive: distracted by detail -- Courts and voters: the last lines of defense -- Instead of planning -- 246 varieties of cheese -- Make the market work -- Turn open-access resources into property -- Protect public goods with trusts -- Understand government's limits -- Reforming public land management -- Reforming transportation -- Reforming land use -- The American dream.…”
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Tornado : poems / by Lardner, Ted, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 1 by Sakho, Ibrahima, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Thermal Radiation; 1.1. Radiation; 1.2. Radiant flux; 1.3. Black body emission spectrum; 1.4. …”
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Green Building Illustrated. by Ching, Francis D. K., ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Pitched Roofs -- Floors -- 8 Unconditioned Spaces -- Basements -- Attics -- Crawlspaces -- Garages -- Unrecognized Unconditioned Spaces -- Corridors, Stairwells, and Other Spaces -- Further Removing Conditioning from Rooms -- Locating Storage -- Controlling Temperatures in Unconditioned Spaces -- Unconditioned Spaces-Summary -- 9 Inner Envelope -- Vulnerabilities -- Solutions -- Thermal Mass -- Finishes -- Thermal and Radiant Properties of Finishes -- Lighting Reflectance -- 10 Thermal Zoning and Compartmentalization -- Thermal Zoning -- Compartmentalization…”
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Climate Change And The Cargo Cult : a Geographic Perspective. by Cunningham, Chris, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Intro; About the Author; Copyright Information; Foreword; Notes:; Part I: Weather, Climate and Human Habitats; Chapter One: Introducing the Problem; Old-fashioned geographers and accumulation of information about weather; Weather folklore; People and climate change; Changes in measurement of weather and climate; The economic issues; Notes: Chapter One; Chapter Two: Weather; Introduction: Radiant Energy; The Earth among the planets 1; Composition of the atmosphere; Energy and the sun; The adiabatic effect; The heat engine; Circulation of the atmosphere…”
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Readings in Planning Theory. by Fainstein, Susan S., ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…-- Our Approach to Planning Theory -- Debates within Planning Theory -- The Continuing Evolution of Planning Theory -- The Readings -- References -- Part I: The Development of Planning Theory -- 1 Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- Ebenezer Howard: The Ideal City Made Practicable -- Ebenezer Howard: Design for Cooperation -- Le Corbusier: The Radiant City -- 2 Co-evolutions of Planning and Design -- Introduction -- Planning -- Design…”
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Energy Conservation in Buildings : the Achievement of 50% Energy Saving, an Environmental Challenge? - International Conference Proceedings. by Sayigh, A. A. M., ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Evaluationconclusions; references; chapter 8. the significance of thermal thresholds in the performance of some traditional technologies: the ice-houses of britain and the windcatchers of the middle east; abstract; keywords; references; chapter 9. the optimum selection of the window shading levels and of the indoor ventilation rates as a design strategy for bioclimatic commercial buildings; abstract; keywords; introduction; an optimum comfort mix; the radiant load; window opening level; conclusions; references.…”
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Heating, Cooling, Lighting : Sustainable Design Methods for Architects. by Lechner, Norbert, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…3.5 Evaporative Cooling -- 3.6 Convection -- 3.7 Transport -- 3.8 Energy-Transfer Mediums -- 3.9 Radiation -- 3.10 Greenhouse Effect -- 3.11 Equilibrium Temperature of a Surface -- 3.12 Mean Radiant Temperature -- 3.13 Heat Flow -- 3.14 Heat Sink -- 3.15 Heat Capacity -- 3.16 Thermal Resistance -- 3.17 Heat-Flow Coefficient -- 3.18 Time Lag -- 3.19 Insulating Effect of Mass -- 3.20 Energy Conversion -- 3.21 Combined Heat and Power -- 3.22 Fuel Cells -- 3.23 Embodied Energy -- 3.24 Conclusion -- Key Ideas of Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: Thermal Comfort -- 4.1 Biological Machine -- 4.2 Thermal Barriers…”
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Air conditioning system design / by Legg, Roger, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Adiabatic Humidifiers: No Recirculation of Spray WaterSteam Humidifiers; Direct Steam Injection; Pan Steam Humidifier; Adiabatic Dehumidification; Air Conditioned Space: Room Process Lines; Room Ratio Lines; Chapter 3: Indoor Design Conditions; Thermal Comfort; Indices of Thermal Comfort; Comfort Requirements; The Comfort Equation; Other considerations; Pleasant Indoor Environments; Dry-bulb Temperature; Relative Humidity; Air Movement; Mean Radiant Temperature; Space Conditions for Other Requirements; Indoor Design Condition Envelopes; Measurement of Space Conditions; References…”
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Fundamental principles of heat transfer / by Whitaker, Stephen, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

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Carolina beach music encyclopedia / by Simmons, Rick, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Harold Melvin and the BluenotesBob Meyer and the Rivieras; Amos Milburn; Percy Milem; Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters; The MOB; The Monzas; Jackie Moore; Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces; New York City; Billy Ocean; Lenny O'Henry; The O'Jays; The O'Kaysions; Patty & the Emblems; Freda Payne; Teddy Pendergrass; The Penguins; The Platters; The Poets; Tower of Power; Lloyd Price; Louis Prima and Keely Smith; James & Bobby Purify; The Radiants; Lou Rawls; Jimmy Ricks and the Ravens; John Roberts; Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; Rose Colored Glass; Jackie Ross; Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye…”
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The Black presidency : Barack Obama and the politics of race in America / by Dyson, Michael Eric, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

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What really causes global warming? : greenhouse gases or ozone depletion? / by Ward, Peter Langdon, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…; Why Can't Thermal Energy Propagate as Photons?; Potential Radiant Temperature and the Amplitude of Oscillation; Thermal Energy Is a Spectrum of Frequencies; Chapter 5 How Does the Atmosphere Protect Earth From Sun's "Hottest" Radiation?…”
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