Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mum leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions - the topic of India is permanently closed.

Core Grammar for higher education is bestemd voor studenten in het hoger onderwijs die op een professioneel niveau kennis van het Engels nodig hebben voor de uitoefening van het latere beroep. De onderwerpen die aan bod komen zijn gebaseerd op de vraag in hoeverre deze voor Nederlandstaligen problemen kunnen opleveren. Studenten leren grammatica toe te passen via de 'exercises', met gevarieerde Engelstalige oefeningen, een aantal vertaalzinnen, een 'error analysis' en tot slot opdrachten bij ...

Sterkteleer is een standaardwerk op het gebied van de mechanica. Het geeft een duidelijke en grondige introductie in de theorie en de toepassingen van de sterkteleer. Techniekstudenten krijgen inzicht in de materie doordat het fysische gedrag van materialen onder belasting wordt verklaard. Vervolgens wordt dit gedrag gemodelleerd en kan de theorie worden afgeleid. De nadruk ligt hierbij op evenwicht, compatibiliteit van de vervormingen en de eisen die aan het materiaal moeten worden gesteld.

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Practical skills form the cornerstone of chemistry. However, the diversity of skills required in the laboratory means that a student's experience may be limited. While some techniques do require specific skills, many of them are transferable generic skills that are required throughout the subject area.

Limited time constraints of the modern curriculum often preclude or minimise laboratory time. Practical Skills in Chemistry 3rd edition provides a general guidance for use in and out of practic...

Offers a concise yet thorough presentation of engineering mechanics theory and application. The material is reinforced with numerous examples to illustrate principles and imaginative, well-illustrated problems of varying degrees of difficulty. The book is committed to developing users' problem-solving skills. Features Photorealistc figures (over 400) that have been rendered in often 3D photo quality detail to appeal to visual learners. Presents a thorough combination of both static and dynami...

Bij het ontwerpen van een installatie wordt vooral de NEN 1010 als leidraad gebruikt, want hierin staan de belangrijkste ontwerprichtlijnen. In de praktijk ontstaan er echter steeds meer kostbare power quality-problemen rond de kwaliteit van de aangeboden spanning, de stroom die diverse toestellen vragen, de immuniteit van toestellen en de impedanties in net en installatie. Als een nieuwe installatie goed wordt ontworpen, kunnen onnodige kosten worden voorkomen. Bovendien kan bij bestaande in...

Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice.#1...

Get started in the rapidly expanding field of computer vision with this practical guide. Written by Adrian Kaehler and Gary Bradski, creator of the open source OpenCV library, this book provides a thorough introduction for developers, academics, roboticists, and hobbyists. You'll learn what it takes to build applications that enable computers to "see" and make decisions based on that data.

With over 500 functions that span many areas in vision, OpenCV is used for commercial applications such ...

For courses in General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Active learning, an increased focus on clinical examples, updates based on current teaching and research findings, and digital innovations designed to engage and personalize students' experience make Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry simply the best choice for students with a future in allied health. With the 8th Edition, the authors make learning chemistry a more active experience through features designed to ...