Selecting recruits who complete their term of enlistment is very important for both maintaining Army readiness and minimizing cost. This report describes a tool that enables the Army to identify potential changes to selection of youth based on a variety of attributes in order to expand supply smartly or to decrease the rates of targeted adverse outcomes and related costs.
This unique text provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the theory and practice of mobile data networks. Covering basic design principles as well as analytical tools for network performance evaluation, and with a focus on system-level resource management, you will learn how state-of-the-art network design can enable you flexibly and efficiently to manage and trade-off various resources such as spectrum, energy, and infrastructure investments. Topics covered range from traditional elements such as medium access, cell deployment, capacity, handover, and interference management, to more recent cutting-edge topics such as heterogeneous networks, energy and cost-efficient network design, and a detailed introduction to LTE (4G). Numerous worked examples and exercises illustrate the key theoretical concepts and help you put your knowledge into practice, making this an essential resource whether you are a student, researcher, or practicing engineer.
""The Symbols of Yi King: Or Symbols of the Chinese Logic of Changes"" is a comprehensive guide to the ancient Chinese divination system known as the Yi Jing (or I Ching). Written by Z.D. Sung, this book explores the symbolic language and complex philosophical concepts that underpin the Yi Jing. The book provides a detailed analysis of the 64 hexagrams, which are the fundamental building blocks of the Yi Jing, and explains how they can be used to gain insight into the patterns of life and the universe. Sung also explores the history and cultural significance of the Yi Jing, and provides practical guidance on how to interpret and apply its teachings in daily life. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in Chinese philosophy, divination, or personal growth and development.This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Lawrence K. (Harbor Medical Center Wang; Mu-Hao Sung (American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)) Wang; Nazih K. (Lenox Institute of Water Technology) Shammas
WATER and WASTEWATER ENGINEERING The classic guide to water and wastewater engineering returns Water and wastewater engineering is a crucial branch of civil engineering, dealing with water resources and with the challenges posed by water and wastewater. Generations of engineers have developed techniques for purifying, desalinating, and transforming water and wastewater, techniques which have only grown more critical as climate change and global population growth create new challenges and opportunities. There has never been a more urgent need for a comprehensive guide to the management of water and its various engineering subdisciplines. Water and Wastewater Engineering: Hydraulics, Hydrology and Management, 4th edition offers key fundamentals in a practical context to engineers and engineering students. Updated to address growing urbanization and industrialization, with corresponding stress on water and wastewater systems, this vital textbook has been fully revised to reflect the latest research and case studies. This volume focuses primarily with hydrology and hydraulics, along with chapters treating groundwater and surface water sources. Readers of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Management will also find: Coverage of water supply, water sources, water distribution, and more Detailed treatment of both sanitary sewer and urban stormwater drainage In-depth analysis of infrastructure issues with respect to water resources, pumping, and handling This textbook is ideal for advanced students in civil, environmental, and chemical engineering departments, as well as for early career engineers, plant managers, and urban and regional planners.
In this paper, the authors study matrix functions of bounded type from the viewpoint of describing an interplay between function theory and operator theory. They first establish a criterion on the coprime-ness of two singular inner functions and obtain several properties of the Douglas-Shapiro-Shields factorizations of matrix functions of bounded type. They propose a new notion of tensored-scalar singularity, and then answer questions on Hankel operators with matrix-valued bounded type symbols. They also examine an interpolation problem related to a certain functional equation on matrix functions of bounded type; this can be seen as an extension of the classical Hermite-Fejer Interpolation Problem for matrix rational functions.The authors then extend the $H^\infty$-functional calculus to an $\overline{H^\infty}+H^\infty$-functional calculus for the compressions of the shift. Next, the authors consider the subnormality of Toeplitz operators with matrix-valued bounded type symbols and, in particular, the matrix-valued version of Halmos's Problem 5 and then establish a matrix-valued version of Abrahamse's Theorem. They also solve a subnormal Toeplitz completion problem of $2\times 2$ partial block Toeplitz matrices. Further, they establish a characterization of hyponormal Toeplitz pairs with matrix-valued bounded type symbols and then derive rank formulae for the self-commutators of hyponormal Toeplitz pairs.
Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen is the untold story of the brave Korean men who took to the skies more than twenty years before the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II. The tale of the Willows Aviation School connects Korean, American, and Korean American aviation history. The book also correctly identifies the first Korean aviator and ties the origin of the Korean Air Force to the Korean American community who started the Willows Aviation School in 1920.
Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen is the untold story of the brave Korean men who took to the skies more than twenty years before the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II. The tale of the Willows Aviation School connects Korean, American, and Korean American aviation history. The book also correctly identifies the first Korean aviator and ties the origin of the Korean Air Force to the Korean American community who started the Willows Aviation School in 1920.
This book showcases the work of John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK), a Los Angeles-based architecture practice recognized for its creation of iconic, experiential environments that are reflective of culture and context and expressive of inclusivity and identity. Founded by John Friedman and Alice Kimm, JFAK is an American architecture firm in Los Angeles, California, USA that serves clients ranging from small nightclub operators and homeowners to developers, universities, and cities. JFAK's distinct formal landscapes are the result of an inquisitive design process that mines the possibilities and complexities of our contemporary, heterogeneous society. As such, the firm's wide-ranging body of work rejects adherence to diagram, at once represents and redefines the City of Los Angeles, and through its integration of technology and narrative captures a global zeitgeist.This book illustrates, through drawings, photos, and narratives not only of the work but of outside inspirations, the influences that form and define the underlying design logic of JFAK's projects.
This book examines the associated experiences of school bullying and violence among vulnerable and marginalized youth. It discusses the effects of diversity and disparities in youth’s experiences with bullying. Among these are socioeconomic and social status, family cohesion and interactions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, immigration, religion, and disabilities and special health needs. The book describes the ways in which a social-ecological framework can inform the problem and address school bullying. It addresses not only individual, intrapersonal, and environmental factors of bullying, but also discusses distal level factors and conditions that are specifically relevant to youth (e.g., culture and law). In addition, this volume contextualizes relevant multilevel factors that foster or inhibit bullying victimization among vulnerable and historically marginalized children and adolescents who are faced with cumulative social stratification. Key areas of coverage include: The role of the family (parents and guardians, siblings) – its cohesion and interactions – in school bullying.Race, ethnicity, immigration, and religion and school bullying of marginalized and at-risk youth.Victimization of students with physical, emotional, and learning disorders.Bullying and victimization of vulnerable youth in the court systems. School Bullying is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians and other practitioners, graduate students, and policymakers across such disciplines as child and school psychology, social work and counseling, pediatrics and school nursing, educational policy and politics, and all interrelated disciplines.
This book examines the associated experiences of school bullying and violence among vulnerable and marginalized youth. It discusses the effects of diversity and disparities in youth’s experiences with bullying. Among these are socioeconomic and social status, family cohesion and interactions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, immigration, religion, and disabilities and special health needs. The book describes the ways in which a social-ecological framework can inform the problem and address school bullying. It addresses not only individual, intrapersonal, and environmental factors of bullying, but also discusses distal level factors and conditions that are specifically relevant to youth (e.g., culture and law). In addition, this volume contextualizes relevant multilevel factors that foster or inhibit bullying victimization among vulnerable and historically marginalized children and adolescents who are faced with cumulative social stratification. Key areas of coverage include: The role of the family (parents and guardians, siblings) – its cohesion and interactions – in school bullying.Race, ethnicity, immigration, and religion and school bullying of marginalized and at-risk youth.Victimization of students with physical, emotional, and learning disorders.Bullying and victimization of vulnerable youth in the court systems. School Bullying is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians and other practitioners, graduate students, and policymakers across such disciplines as child and school psychology, social work and counseling, pediatrics and school nursing, educational policy and politics, and all interrelated disciplines.
Dieses Buch untersucht die damit verbundenen Erfahrungen mit Mobbing und Gewalt in der Schule bei gefährdeten und marginalisierten Jugendlichen. Es erörtert die Auswirkungen von Diversität und Ungleichheiten in den Erfahrungen von Jugendlichen mit Mobbing. Dazu gehören sozioökonomischer und sozialer Status, familiärer Zusammenhalt und Interaktionen, Geschlecht, sexuelle Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität und -ausdruck, Rasse, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Einwanderung, Religion sowie Behinderungen und besondere gesundheitliche Bedürfnisse. Das Buch beschreibt die Art und Weise, wie ein sozial-ökologischer Rahmen über das Problem informieren und Mobbing an Schulen angehen kann. Es befasst sich nicht nur mit den individuellen, intrapersonellen und umweltbedingten Faktoren von Mobbing, sondern erörtert auch Faktoren auf der distalen Ebene und Bedingungen, die speziell fürJugendliche relevant sind (z. B. Kultur und Recht). Darüber hinaus kontextualisiert dieser Band relevante Mehrebenenfaktoren, die die Viktimisierung durch Mobbing bei gefährdeten und historisch marginalisierten Kindern und Jugendlichen, die mit einer kumulativen sozialen Schichtung konfrontiert sind, fördern oder verhindern.Zu den wichtigsten Themenbereichen gehören:· Die Rolle der Familie (Eltern und Erziehungsberechtigte, Geschwister) - ihr Zusammenhalt und ihre Interaktionen - bei Mobbing in der Schule.· Rasse, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Einwanderung und Religion sowie Mobbing in der Schule bei marginalisierten und gefährdeten Jugendlichen.· Viktimisierung von Schülern mit körperlichen, emotionalen und Lernstörungen.· Mobbing und Viktimisierung gefährdeter Jugendlicher in den Gerichtssystemen.Mobbing in der Schule ist ein unverzichtbares Hilfsmittel für Forscher, Kliniker und andere Praktiker, Studenten und politische Entscheidungsträger in Disziplinen wie Kinder- und Schulpsychologie, Sozialarbeit und Beratung, Pädiatrie und Schulpflege, Bildungspolitik undPolitik sowie in allen miteinander verbundenen Disziplinen.
This textbook teaches control theory for multi-agent systems. Readers will learn the basics of linear algebra and graph theory, which are then developed to describe and solve multi-agent control problems. The authors address important and fundamental problems including: • consensus control; • coverage control; • formation control; • distributed optimization; and • the viral spreading phenomenon. Students' understanding of the core theory for multi-agent control is enhanced through worked examples and programs in the popular Python language. End-of-chapter exercises are provided to help assess learning progress. Instructors who adopt the book for their courses can download a solutions manual and the figures in the book for lecture slides. Additionally, the Python programs are available for download and can be used for experiments by students in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses based on this text. The broad spectrum of applications relevant to this material includes the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, robot swarms, communications networks, smart grids, and truck platooning. Additionally, in the spheres of social science and public health, it applies to opinion dynamics and the spreading of viruses in social networks. Students interested in learning about such applications, or in pursuing further research in multi-agent systems from a theoretical perspective, will find much to gain from Control of Multi-agent Systems. Instructors wishing to teach the subject will also find it beneficial.
H.C. Andersen har sat markante spor i litteraturen, i Danmark og i verden. Han var på mange måder forud for sin tid og skrev om emner, der også optager nutidens læsere. Blandt andet om naturen, identitet, kærlighed og social uretfærdighed. Især hans eventyr har inspireret mange forfattere gennem tiden. Det gælder også de otte modige forfattere, som i denne bog på hver sin måde bringer H.C. Andersens arv ind i nutiden. Forfatterne er Kim Fupz Aakeson, Mette Vedsø, Søren Jessen, Malene Sølvsten, Mads Ananda Lodahl, Sanne Munk Jensen, Jesper Wung-Sung og Cecilie Eken Trine May har skrevet efterord samt forslag til brug af eventyrene i undervisningen. Adam O. har stået for bogens fine vignetter. Bogen udkommer i 150-året for H.C. Andersens død.
