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Decentralized frameworks for future power systems operation, planning and control perspectives by ScienceDirect (Online service)

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Managing downside risk in financial markets : theory, practice and implementation by ScienceDirect (Online service)

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Hospital and healthcare security Sixth edition. by York, Tony W.

Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Categories of Healthcare -- Types of Hospitals -- Nonhospital Side of Healthcare -- Diverse Stakeholders -- Staffing the Medical Care Facility -- The Healthcare Security Administrator -- The Joint Commission -- Design and Implementation -- Organization Surveys -- Scoring of Standards -- The Environment of Care Committee -- The Sentinel Event -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- DNV -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -- References -- Defining Healthcare Security -- Basic Rationale of Healthcare Security -- Evolution of Healthcare Security -- Progression of Hospital Security in the United States -- Security, Risk Management, Safety -- Safety Services -- Risk Management -- Developing the Security System -- Psychological Deterrents -- Security Safeguards Relating to the Individual Decision-Making Process -- Security Patrols -- False Security Expectations -- Basic Security Program Objectives -- Internal Forces -- External Forces -- The Joint Commission -- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety -- ASIS International -- National Fire Protection Association -- Facility Guidelines Institute -- State Health Departments/Legislation/Ordinances -- External Influencing Agencies (Non-U.S.) -- Body of Knowledge -- Developing "The Knowledge" -- Accessing "The Knowledge" -- What Are Standards? …”
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Integrated Analytical Approaches for Pesticide Management by ScienceDirect (Online service)

Contents: “…; Defining Decision Rules; Sampling Designs; Simple Random Sampling; Stratified Sampling; Systematic Sampling; Special Case 1: Transect Sampling; Special Case 2: Grid Sampling; Cluster Sampling; Concepts of Accuracy, Bias, and Precision; Spatial and Temporal Variation; Spatial Considerations; Temporal Considerations; Field Sampling; Soil; Streams; Spray Drift.…”
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Software engineering for embedded systems : methods, practical techniques, and applications First edition. by ScienceDirect (Online service)

Contents: “…-- Certification killers -- Project planning strategies -- Strategy 1: determine the project certification scope early -- Strategy 2: determine feasibility of certification -- Strategy 3: select an independent assessor (if used) -- Strategy 4: understand your assessor's role (if used) -- Strategy 5: assessment communication is key -- Strategy 6: establish a basis of certification -- Strategy 7: establish a "fit and purpose" for your product -- Strategy 8: establish a certification block diagram -- Strategy 9: establish communication integrity objectives -- Strategy 10: identify all interfaces along the certification boundary -- Strategy 11: identify the key safety defensive strategies -- Strategy 12: define built in test (BIT) capability -- Strategy 13: define fault annunciation coverage -- Strategy 14: define reliance and expectation of the operator/user -- Strategy 15: define plan for developing software to appropriate integrity level -- Strategy 16: define artifacts to be used as evidence of compliance -- Strategy 17: plan for labor-intensive analyses -- Strategy 18: create user-level documentation -- Strategy 19: plan on residual activity -- Strategy 20: publish a well-defined certification plan -- Faults, failures, hazards, and risk analysis -- Faults, errors, and failures -- Availability and reliability -- Fault handling -- Hazard analysis -- Risk analysis -- Safety-critical architectures -- "Do-er"/"Check-er" -- Two processors -- "Voter" -- Software implementation strategies -- Strategy 1: have a well-defined, repeatable peer-review process -- Strategy 2: consider using existing safety coding standards -- Strategy 3: handle all combinations of input data -- Strategy 4: specific variable value checking -- Strategy 5: mark safety-critical code sections -- Strategy 6: timing execution checking -- Strategy 7: stale data -- Strategy 8: comparison of outputs -- Strategy 9: initialize data to least permissive state -- Strategy 10: order of execution -- Strategy 11: volatile data checking -- Strategy 12: non-volatile data checking -- Strategy 13: make sure the entire system can run -- Strategy 14: remove "dead" code -- Strategy 15: fill unused memory -- Strategy 16: static code analysis -- Background -- Is that software yours? …”
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LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METALLIC MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS by Gu, Dongdong, 1992-

Contents: “…Graphical abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Effect of laser processing parameters on manufacturing quality, microstructure, and properties of LPBF-fabricated AlSi10Mg/ ... -- 2.2.1 Effect of laser processing parameters on manufacturing quality -- 2.2.2 Effect of laser processing parameters on phase development -- 2.2.3 Effect of laser processing parameters on microstructure formation -- 2.2.4 Effect of laser processing parameters on microhardness and wear properties -- 2.3 Effect of ceramic size on manufacturing quality, microstructure, and properties of LPBF-fabricated AlSi10Mg/TiB2 composites.…”
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Experimental methods and instrumentation for chemical engineers 1st ed. by Patience, Gregory S.

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