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Ding-Ding, Han, Liu Jin-Gao, Ma Yu-Gang, Cai Xiang-Zhou, and Shen Wen-Qing. "Scale-Free Download Network for Publications." Chinese Physics Letters 21, no. 9 (August 4, 2004): 1855–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307x/21/9/051.
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Jacobs, Perke, and Gerd Gigerenzer. "Using variation between countries to estimate demand for Cochrane reviews when access is free: a cost–benefit analysis." BMJ Open 11, no. 7 (July 2021): e033310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033310.
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ObjectivesCochrane reviews are currently of limited use as many healthcare professionals and patients have no access to them. Most member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) choose not to pay for nationwide access to the reviews, possibly uncertain whether there is enough demand to warrant the costs of a national subscription. This study estimates the demand for review downloads and summary views under free access across all OECD countries.DesignThe study employs a retrospective design in analysing observational data of web traffic to Cochrane websites in 2014. Specifically, we model for each country downloads of Cochrane reviews and views of online summaries as a function of free access status and alternative sources of variation across countries. The model is then used to estimate demand if a country with restricted access were to purchase free access. We use these estimates to perform a cost-benefit analysis.ResultsFor one group of eight OECD countries, the additional downloads under free access are estimated to cost between US$4 and more than US$20 each. Three countries are expected to save money under free access, as existing institutional subscriptions would no longer be needed. For the largest group of 17 member states, free access is estimated to cost US$0.05–US$2 per additional review download. On average, the increase in review downloads does not appear to be associated with a decrease in the number of summary views. Instead, translations of plain-language summaries into national languages can serve as an additional strategy for dissemination.ConclusionsWe estimate that free access would cost less than US$2 per additional download for 20 of the 28 OECD countries without national subscriptions, including Canada, Germany and Israel. These countries may be encouraged by our findings to provide free access to their citizens.
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Hagmann, Mark, Greg Spencer, and Jeremy Wiedemeier. "Virtual Scanning Tunneling Microscope Offered as a Free-Download." Microscopy Today 26, no. 3 (May 2018): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1551929518000019.
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Sutton, Halley. "Download 7 cheap or free apps to transform your office." Campus Security Report 12, no. 6 (September 16, 2015): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casr.30093.
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Sutton, Halley. "Download 7 cheap or free apps to transform your office." Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners 18, no. 2 (October 14, 2015): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nsr.30102.
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Sutton, Halley. "Download 7 cheap or free apps to transform your office." Disability Compliance for Higher Education 21, no. 3 (September 15, 2015): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dhe.30108.
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Sutton, Halley. "Download 7 cheap or free apps to transform your office." Successful Registrar 15, no. 9 (October 18, 2015): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tsr.30122.
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Sutton, Halley. "Download 7 cheap or free apps to transform your office." Enrollment Management Report 19, no. 8 (October 26, 2015): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emt.30116.
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Stohl, Hollylynne, and Suzanne R. Harper. "Technology Tips: September 2004." Mathematics Teacher 98, no. 2 (September 2004): 136–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mt.98.2.0136.
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In this month's “Technology Tips,” we introduce readers to some of the graphing capabilities of The Geometer's Sketchpad (Version 4.05, KCP Technologies 2001). You can download a free upgrade from Version 4.0, download an Instructor Evaluation Edition (60-day trial), or purchase a licensed copy from www.keypress.com/sketchpad. If you would like an overview of the software, you can download the Workshop Guide from www.keypress.com/sketchpad/ workshop_guide.html.
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Huang, Chun Hsiung, Mu Chiun Hsu, and Huan Ming Chuang. "Influential Factors of Smartphone App Download Intention." Applied Mechanics and Materials 411-414 (September 2013): 2184–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.411-414.2184.
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The popularity of smartphones created a trend of downloading and utilizing mobile applications (apps). They are constantly used and have become one of the main applications in daily life. In both platforms of IOS and Android, free apps have the higher proportion of the software market. To explore the download intention of apps is the focus of industry and academic research. The connections, convenience, consumer experience, and other factors are critical to the users. For the convenience of sampling method, this study sent out Chinese online questionnaires to target smartphones users and their experience using apps. The author collected 76 effective samples and inferred that smartphone users download the apps due to curiosity (curiosity about the novelty of the titles), perceived values (willing to spend time on learning), and self-efficacy (bringing convenience and functional simplicity to life), but not for aesthetic reasons (appreciating the well-designed icons).
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Free download"
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Hampf, Maria-Michaela. "Free a man to fight constructing the woman soldier in the women's army corps during World War II /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://www.zb.unibe.ch/download/eldiss/06hampf_m.pdf.
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Santos, Junior Maurício Frederico dos. "Os fatores que influenciaram o download gratuito de música na Internet." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/8749.
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A disseminação do formato mp3 como padrão para arquivos de música, aliada ao crescimento da Internet, fez surgir uma poderosa rede de distribuição de música online. A extrema disponibilidade, diversidade de escolha e facilidade de acesso para quem possui banda larga em seus computadores fez crescer o download de músicas pela Internet, revolucionando o mundo fonográfico. O objetivo geral deste estudo é identificar quais fatores, na perspectiva do consumidor, têm maior influência no download gratuito de música pela Internet através de uma pesquisa exploratória de duas fases. Na primeira fase, qualitativa, foram realizadas entrevistas não estruturadas com usuários e consumidores de redes peer-to-peer de download de música pela Internet e entrevista semi-estruturada com um ex-executivo da indústria fonográfica. Na fase seguinte, quantitativa, foram aplicados questionários estruturados a pessoas que efetuam download de música pela Internet. Adotou-se a regressão linear múltipla como modelo para interpretar os dados colhidos junto à amostra e testar as hipóteses relacionadas as variáveis: acessibilidade ao produto, percepção de injustiça no preço e faixa etária. Os resultados sugerem a não rejeição das três hipóteses estudadas.
The dissemination of the mp3 format as standard for archives of music, coupled with the growth of the Internet, has shown a powerful network of online distribution of musico The extreme availability, diversity of choice and ease of access for those who have broadband on their computers grew to download songs over the Internet, revolutionizing the world phonographic. The aim of this study is to identify which factors, from the perspective of consumers, have more influence on the free download of music via the Internet through an exploratory research in two phases. In the first phase, qualitative, unstructured interviews were conducted with consumers and users of peer-to-peer downloading of music over the Internet and semistructured interview with a former executive of the music industry. In the following phase, quantitative, structured questionnaires were applied to people who download music from the Internet. It was adopted a multiple linear regression model to interpret the data collected from the sample and to test the hypotheses: product accessibility, perceptions of injustice in the price and age. The results suggest not rejecting the three studied hypotheses.
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Harris, Ainslie J. "A model of key characteristics affecting consumer attitudes toward the usage of free legitimate ad-supported music download services." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/846.
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Digital music file sharing has had a significant negative financial impact on the recorded music industry, causing multi-billion dollar losses over the past decade. In a world where file sharing is now an activity that can be carried out with ease, industry stakeholders are continuously looking for ways to profit from changing consumer behaviour. To date, literature has looked at why people illicitly download (e.g. motivations, ethical considerations), the financial impact of file sharing (e.g. lost revenue), legal approaches to combatting file sharing (e.g. what approaches work, if any), and new business models for paid services (e.g. price sensitivity, value propositions). Academic literature has thus far largely focused on how to eliminate file sharing and convert illicit downloaders to paid platforms, but has not examined the potential for converting illicit downloaders to a free legitimate, platform. This thesis is the first piece of academic literature to consider free legitimate adsupported music download services as a way of monetizing downloaders’ free consumption behaviour, specifically by identifying key service characteristics that influence consumers' attitudes toward using such services, and providing a rich contextual understanding of the perceived importance and value of such characteristics. A sequential mixed methods approach was used to explore this topic and develop and validate a conceptual model. The primary research stages consisted of in-depth interviews, group interviews, and an online survey. This thesis shows there is potential for mainstream consumer adoption of free legitimate ad-supported music download services, with the caveat that the services be as good as or better than those (free services) already used. Several characteristics were found to be important influencers of attitudes in this regard. Some characteristics were found to be very important (perception of a large enough music catalogue, freedom of use of downloaded files, delays caused by advertising not being perceived as excessive), some were found to be less important (ease of navigation/use, perceived trustworthiness of the service), and some were found to be not at all important (ability of the service to recommend music, social networking facilitation via the service). While this thesis identifies what an ‘ideal’ service looks like for consumers, it also finds that tension exists in the economic relationship between consumer behaviour and ideals, and what industry is able to viably deliver in an adsupported service. The structure and conditions of today’s marketplace are such that the fundamental economic viability of free ad-supported music download services is brought into question, irrespective of whether such a service can meet consumers’ needs. While this thesis is specifically concerned with music download services, the model developed within it could be tested for other online content services such as streaming music or video, and video download services.
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Soomro, Munawar Hussain. "Health effects of endocrine disruptors during pregnancy and childhood Exposure to heavy metals during pregnancy related to gestational diabetes mellitus in diabetes-free mothers Prenatal exposure to phthalates and the development of eczema phenotypes in male children: Results from the EDEN mother-child Cohort study." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2019. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=http://theses-intra.upmc.fr/modules/resources/download/theses/2019SORUS243.pdf.
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Les perturbateurs endocriniens (PE) sont des composés synthétiques capables de se lier aux récepteurs cellulaires et d'imiter ou de bloquer le fonctionnement des hormones naturelles, pouvant ainsi entraîner des effets néfastes sur la santé. Ces dernières années, des hypothèses ont été émises selon lesquelles les PE pourraient également contribuer au développement de maladies allergiques et respiratoires. En outre, il est probable que les PE pourraient déjà agir pendant la grossesse en provoquant un diabète gestationnel (DG) et une hypertension induite par la grossesse, pouvant également provoquer une hypertension et un diabète plus tard dans la vie. Ce travail de thèse a permis de mettre en évidence que l'exposition maternelle aux phtalates et aux métaux lourds (plomb, cadmium et manganèse) pendant la grossesse pourrait être associée au diabète gestationnel, à l'hypertension induite par la grossesse et à l'eczéma/dermatite atopique chez l'enfant. Nous avons utilisé les données de la cohorte Française de naissance mère-enfant, EDEN (Étude des déterminants pré et post-natals du développement de la santé de l’enfant) pour examiner les hypothèses de ce travail de thèse. Nos résultats apportent de nouvelles preuves potentielles sur la relation entre les perturbateurs endocriniens (phtalates et métaux lourds étudiés) et la santé de la mère et de l’enfant, selon lesquelles l’exposition prénatale à certains phtalates et métaux toxiques lourds pourrait jouer un rôle dans le développement du diabète gestationnel et de l’hypertension induite par la grossesse pendant la grossesse et, ultérieurement, un eczéma pendant la petite enfanceAll humans are exposed to chemicals in everyday life, from food, indoor environment, cosmetics and other products that surround us at home and at work. Endocrine disruptors (EDCs) are man-made compounds that can bind to cell receptors and mimic or block the functions of natural hormones potentially resulting in adverse health effects. In recent years, hypotheses have been put forward that EDCs may contribute also to the development of allergic and respiratory diseases. In addition, it is likely that EDCs could act already during pregnancy by causing gestational diabetes mellitus and pregnancy induced hypertension, which may also trigger to develop hypertension and diabetes mellitus later in life. This dissertation provides evidence that maternal exposure to phthalates and heavy metals (Lead, Cadmium and Manganese) during pregnancy may be associated with gestational diabetes mellitus, pregnancy induced hypertension and later eczema/atopic dermatitis in children. We used ongoing French EDEN-mother child cohort data for our three studies. Our results add new suggestive evidence on the relationship between EDCs (phthalates and heavy metals we studied) and maternal and children health, that prenatal exposure to certain phthalates and heavy toxic metals may play a role in the development of gestational diabetes mellitus and pregnancy induced hypertension during pregnancy and later eczema in early childhood. Future research focusing on larger populations and addressing multiple exposures assessed prenatally and postnatally are required to provide more evidence on possible contributions of emerging pollutants to study the role of phthalates and heavy metals
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Lenoir-Capello, Rachel. "Specific labeling strategies for new developments in liquid state protein NMR." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2020. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=http://theses-intra.upmc.fr/modules/resources/download/theses/2020SORUS056.pdf.
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La résonance magnétique nucléaire (RMN) fournit des informations structurelles et dynamiques précieuses à l'échelle atomique, cependant, la faible sensibilité et résolution des signaux empêchent l’étude d'objets moléculaires plus importants. Nous présentons 3 stratégies de marquage isotopique pour différentes expériences RMN des protéines en solution et démontrons leur potentiel pour l'étude structurale des biomolécules. Parmi les stratégies envisagées, 2 utilisent l'expression in vitro pour obtenir des protéines marquées sélectivement sur un groupe chimique et/ou acide aminé dans un environnement perdeutéré. Avec l’utilisation de séquences d'impulsions TROSY, ces échantillons ont permis des gains spectraux importants lorsque ils étaient spécifiquement marqués sur des groupes amide ou sur le méthylène des glycines tout en maintenant un taux de deutération élevé sur les autres fonctions chimiques des protéines. La troisième stratégie de marquage protéique utilise des protocoles in vivo pour des applications RMN innovantes: l'hyperpolarisation de noyaux en solution qui augmente leur sensibilité de plusieurs ordres de grandeur. La durée de vie de cette hyperpolarisation est régie par le temps de relaxation longitudinale des noyaux, qui est réduit pour les protéines à température ambiante. En isolant les noyaux d'intérêt dans un environnement perdeutéré, les interactions dipolaires créées par les protons voisins sont éliminées et les noyaux hyperpolarisés relaxent beaucoup plus lentement. L'hyperpolarisation d'un petit domaine protéique a été entreprise avec succès mais les conditions de dissolution doivent encore être améliorées pour conserver une phase aqueuse homogèneNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) provides valuable structural and dynamic information at the atomic scale, however, the low sensitivity and resolution of signals rapidly preclude investigations of larger molecular objects. We present three isotopic labeling strategies for different protein-solution NMR experiments and demonstrate their potential for the structural study of biomolecules in solution. Among the strategies considered, two are based on the use of in vitro protein expression to obtain selectively labeled proteins of a certain chemical group and/or amino acid in a perdeuterated environment. Perdeuteration is essential for the optimal use of Transverse Relaxation Optimized Spectroscopy pulse sequences. They allowed significant spectral gains when samples were specifically labeled on amide groups or on the methylene of glycines while maintaining a very high rate of deuteration on the other chemical functions of the proteins. The third protein labeling strategy employed is based on in vivo protocols but used in innovative NMR applications: a technique of hyperpolarization of nuclei in solution which increases their sensitivity by several orders of magnitude. The lifetime of this hyperpolarization is governed by the longitudinal relaxation time of nuclei, which are reduced for proteins at room temperature. By isolating the nuclei of interest in a perdeuterated environment, dipolar interactions created by neighboring protons were eliminated and hyperpolarized nuclei relaxed much more slowly. Hyperpolarization of a small protein domain was successfully undertaken at 1K but the dissolution conditions need to be improved in order to preserve a homogeneous aqueous phase
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YANG, XIN-CHIAO, and 楊心喬. "The relationship between Smartphone user's self-evaluation and free download intention." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23494327883297487010.
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碩士國立聯合大學
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The study focus on the relationship between smartphone user’s self-evaluation and free download intention. Explore the Core Self-evaluation and adhesion degree have impact on positive emotion and Confidence in the positive emotions. Influence of trust between the free download intent. In research methods, the use of "questionnaire survey method" explore the relationship between core smartphone user self-evaluation and intent of the free download. In this study, the Internet questionnaire form questionnaire to collect the questionnaire provided in mySurvey website (http://www.mysurvey.tw/). The URL link to questionnaire highest rates of social networking site users in Taiwan, Facebook, as well as National Taiwan University Ptt in mobile phone board "MobileComm." The subjects were smartphone users. A total of 477 valid questionnaires.The results of the study display：Core self-evaluations and adhesion will positively affect the smartphone user's positive mood. Positive emotion positive effect of trust, confidence and finally have a positive impact on the free download intent. Keywords: core self-evaluations、stickiness、positive emotion、trust、 free download intention
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Min, Lin Rui, and 林瑞敏. "The Study of Effects on Advertising Communication： A Case of LINE Free-download Sticker Sponsored by Enterprise." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08967071382851245604.
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碩士育達科技大學
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With the popularizing of smart phones and mobile network, the APPs are upsurging. Companies have invested an enormous amount of cost to publish their sponsored stickers for users to download. Even this new type of advertising is a growing trend quickly, if the sponsored stickers really can effectively achieve the advertising effectiveness desired by companies is still unknown. Therefore, this study focuses on the effect of different stickers and users’ self-image congruence on advertising communication, and the mediators. This study carried out internet surveys with multiple sets of sponsored stickers. The SPSS statistical analysis results showed that brand recall, brand recognition and brand attitude have significant differences between different stickers. Whether to download the set of stickers will result in a significant impact on users' self-image congruence, brand recall, and advertising communication effects. Confirmed by LISREL analysis results, the self-image congruence have positive impacts on advertising communication effects. The brand recognition and brand attitude have mediating impacts in the SEM.
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Chen, Shu-Hsuan, and 陳書玄. "Investigate the Impact of “From Free to Fee” and Permission Marketing on the Consumers'' Intention to Download App." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89203982834071378354.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
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The study aims to investigate the impact of “from free to fee” and permission marketing on App download intention. In order to avoid the interference comes from other external factors, the two factors between-subject design were used, and conducted as 2(from free to fee: free and fee) ×2(permission levels: high and low). There are 146 subjects to attend the experiment, include 66 males and 80 females. Additionally, we employ “from free to fee” (i.e. free to fee and fee to free) to be a between-subject experiment design which generates two situations wholly. The results show that, the free App leads higher download intention than the App with a fee, and the App with higher permission level leads higher download intention than the App with lower permission level. The interaction effect of “from free to fee” and permission marketing on App download intention is not significant. The main effect is significant, but the interaction effect is still not significant after adding gender as the moderator. The App download intention between man and woman is significantly different. Finally, this study presents the theory and managerial implications for reference in future research and industry application. Keywords: From free to fee, Permission marketing, Gender, App download intention.
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JIAN, JIA-JHENG, and 簡佳正. "A Study of Effect Factor of Corporate Sticker Sponsorship Benefits And User Free-download Intention of Corporate Sticker, LINE as an Example." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33hu72.
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A sticker worth a thousand words. With the evolution of technology, the smart phone has changed the way people communicate and has driven instant messenger boom, such as “LINE messenger” which has a staggering number of users in the world. It’s LINE sticker makes people feel that "chat could be so interesting", and "a sticker brings me a better understanding of each other's true feelings." Of course, many companies also felt the power of this new trend and have started to cooperate with designers to publish their own corporate stickers that allow users to download in order to increase companies’ visibility. Publishing corporate sticker costs several millions; however, research about users’ attitude toward corporate sticker is so little, but the latest stickers’ presentation is so different than the emoticons in the past. Most researches focused mostly on the communication effectiveness up until now. Therefore, this study conducted by interviews to collect users' opinions on the corporate sticker, and to sort the opinions with experts and scholars, and to redefine similar statements. Through statistical methods to extract five factors that affect cognition of corporate sticker, including "corporate imagine", "design style", "emotion expression ", "corporate identity" and "self-congruence." To verify the stability of the scale, this study conducted three times of exploratory factor analysis on the corporate sticker cognition scale. Three samples for analysis are independent subjects. Based on reliability and validity criteria to modify and delete questions. Thus, this scale has good reliability and validity. In addition, according to stimulus-organism-response theory to verity user’s attitude toward corporate sticker, corporate sponsorship benefits _ corporate memories and perception, and download intention. The results showed that "design style", "emotion expression", "self-congruence" significance "users’ attitude toward corporate sticker"; " corporate imagine", "corporate identity", and “users’ attitude toward corporate sticker” significance "corporate sponsorship effect _ corporate memories and perception "; " users’ attitude toward corporate sticker " significance " download intention." Furthermore, during the interviews also found that when new stickers publish, users will want to know who the designer is. In summary, this study develops a user’s cognition scale toward corporate stickers which assists designers and corporate to have a theoretical basis as a reference to design practical and amazing stickers.
Books on the topic "Free download"
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Free Kindle books: Where to find and download free books for Kindle. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 2010.
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Ordway, Lynn. Almost a free lunch: SAS to STATA download procedure. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1989.
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Antalya and Environs FREE eBook: FREE eBook Antalya and Environs for download-ebookturkey com. Çankaya, Ankara: Ekonomist Yayınevi, 2001.
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Tosques, Edward. Writing in English for the Workplace. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-030-6.
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Writing in English for the Workplace is an eLearning work for the acquisition of profession-oriented writing skills in English. It consists of tutorials and interactive exercise materials on a variety of text types, as well as on all stylistic aspects related to writing. The text-types cover the four major areas of mass communications, business, research and technology. The work is being published in installments, of which the Interactive Grammar is the first. The others will be added at regular intervals, to form an interlocking whole. These interactive learning materials were programmed with Macromedia Authorware. To read them over the internet you must first download/install, free of charge, the appropriate Authorware Web Player.
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Schneider, Jörg, and Ton Vrouwenvelder. Introduction to safety and reliability of structures. 3rd ed. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/sed005.
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<p>Society expects that buildings and other structures are safe for the people who use them or who are near them. The failure of a building or structure is expected to be an extremely rare event. Thus, society implicitly relies on the expertise of the professionals involved in the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the structures it uses.<p>Structural engineers devote all their effort to meeting society’s expectations effi ciently. Engineers and scientists work together to develop solutions to structural problems. Given that nothing is absolutely and eternally safe, the goal is to attain an acceptably small probability of failure for a structure, a facility, or a situation. Reliability analysis is part of the science and practice of engineering today, not only with respect to the safety of structures, but also for questions of serviceability and other requirements of technical systems that might be impacted by some probability.<p>The present volume takes a rather broad approach to safety and reliability in Structural Engineering. It treats the underlying concepts of safety, reliability and risk and introduces the reader in a fi rst chapter to the main concepts and strategies for dealing with hazards. The next chapter is devoted to the processing of data into information that is relevant for applying reliability theory. Two following chapters deal with the modelling of structures and with methods of reliability analysis. Another chapter focuses on problems related to establishing target reliabilities, assessing existing structures, and on effective strategies against human error. The last chapter presents an outlook to more advanced applications. The Appendix supports the application of the methods proposed and refers readers to a number of related computer programs.<p>This book is aimed at both students and practicing engineers. It presents the concepts and procedures of reliability analysis in a straightforward, understandable way, making use of simple examples, rather than extended theoretical discussion. It is hoped that this approach serves to advance the application of safety and reliability analysis in engineering practice.<p>The book is amended with a free access to an educational version of a Variables Processor computer program. FreeVaP can be downloaded free of charge and supports the understanding of the subjects treated in this book.
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[PDF ][FREE DOWNLOAD] An Introduction to Policing BOOK ONLINE. http://extrabook.firstmagazine.biz/?book=, 2018.
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Yasin, Muhammad, Muhammad Arif Wahla, and Firdous Kausar. "Analysis of Free Download Manager for Forensic Artefacts." In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 59–68. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11534-9_6.
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Schnackenberg, Heidi Lee. "Open Source." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition, 6245–52. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch543.
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The phrase “open source” is not something often heard in everyday conversation. However, the idea of downloadable, free, software, particularly mobile applications, or “apps,” has become quite commonplace. Individuals often download free products, grateful that they are available, and will potentially work well, without thinking where they originate or why they even exist. Not so long ago, most things associated with computers available to the general population came at a cost and were available from only a few vendors. Presently, this is no longer the case thanks to the ever-increasing availability and popularity of open source software, operating systems, and applications.
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Schnackenberg, Heidi Lee. "Open Source." In Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering, 1067–75. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7598-6.ch078.
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The phrase “open source” is not something often heard in everyday conversation. However, the idea of downloadable, free software, particularly mobile applications, or “apps,” has become quite commonplace. Individuals often download free products, grateful that they are available and will potentially work well, without thinking where they originate or why they even exist. Not so long ago, most things associated with computers available to the general population came at a cost and were available from only a few vendors. This is no longer the case thanks to the ever-increasing availability and popularity of open source software, operating systems, and applications.
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Hai-Jew, Shalin. "Selectively Employing Open-Source Resources for Online Learning." In Open-Source Technologies for Maximizing the Creation, Deployment, and Use of Digital Resources and Information, 300–308. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2205-0.ch017.
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Those who work in instructional technologies and design have long been turning to the usages of open-source resources (learning / course management systems, software tools and apps, authoring tools, digital learning objects, simulations, games, and virtual spaces) for online learning—for many reasons—their easy availability (through download), the often-free price-tag, the popularity of open-source resources among learners, and the savings in terms of development (not maintenance) costs. This chapter examines the selective adoption of open-source resources for online learning and the practical considerations that inform this decision.
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Vogel, Dominik. "Cardiovascular Medicine." In Oxford Assess and Progress: Clinical Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812968.003.0008.
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The field of cardiovascular medicine is an inexhaustible source for clinical trials (→ OHCM 10th edition:). The most feasible way of keeping up to date is referring to guidelines. In addition to those made available by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) provides very useful Clinical Practice Guidelines that are accessible via: https://www.escardio.org/ Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines. If you don’t manage to read the full text of each of the provided guidelines, you might find the ‘summary cards’ useful that you can download for free using the same link.
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Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura, Anna M. Palau, and Luz Muñoz Màrquez. "Agenda Dynamics in Spain." In Comparative Policy Agendas, 152–59. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198835332.003.0017.
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The main goal of the Policy Agendas Project in Spain is to promote a comprehensive theoretical and empirical understanding of agenda dynamics across time, issues, and levels of governance. The project establishes a link between policy dynamics research and other areas of concern within political science, mainly media studies, political representation, and the quality of democracy in multilevel systems of governance. It also provides a new tool for the development of quantitative measurements of policy dynamics. Over the last few years comprehensive and far-reaching datasets about Spanish political and media agendas (following the methodology of the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP)) have been created, which are free and accessible to download from the webpage: www.q-dem.com.
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Pournelle, Jerry. "Multimedia and You." In 1001 Computer Words You Need to Know. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195167757.003.0017.
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While we haven’t yet reached the age of true interactive Internet, there are many video, audio and multimedia formats you will encounter that can enrich your computing experience. The big three are Windows Media Player, Quicktime, and RealPlayer. All three are compatible with Macintosh and Windows, although you may have to download them. Each handles streaming audio and video, and downloadable formats such as MP3 and MPEG. All three programs will automatically download software, if available, when they need it to play a file, and each has plugins which are automatically installed for use by your web browser, so you can play multimedia content directly from a web page. Be aware that the three programs will battle for control over which program plays which files. All three have preference settings which will allow you to make that program the default player for your chosen formats. However, each also handles a couple of proprietary formats which the others do not, so it’s good to have all three. Besides playing audio and video, the latest versions of Windows Media Player (http://windowsmedia.com/) can help you make audio CDs or import music from CDs to your hard drive. Be aware that if you rip music from your CD collection to certain Windows Media formats, those files might not be playable on other computers. WMP plays files ending in the suffixes .wmv and .wma, among others. Quicktime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/) and iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/) together handle audio and video playing, as well as advanced functions of CD-burning and music-importing. iTunes also offers the ability to share song lists over your local network—even between Macs and PCs—to convert music to MP3s, and to interface with an iPod. Quicktime plays files ending in the suffix .mov, among others. RealOne (http://www.real.com/) is the latest version of RealPlayer, which plays its own proprietary streaming formats, as well as many of the standard formats. It comes in free and pay versions, although you may have to dig for the free version. RealOne plays files ending with the suffixes .rm and .ram, among others.
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Elkins, Evan. "Digital Music." In Locked Out, 95–118. NYU Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479830572.003.0005.
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Chapter 4 analyzes regional lockout in digital music platforms. This chapter shows that regional lockout in music is a relatively recent phenomenon, having grown out of the record industry’s increasing reliance on digital download stores and streaming platforms at the expense of the region-free compact disc format. The chapter focuses on the case study of Swedish streaming music service Spotify. Built around a brand promoting music “everywhere” and “for everyone,” the platform has instead been central to debates over regional lockout. Spotify and other similar streaming music platforms belie their geoblocked condition by presenting themselves as services offering global, omnipresent, and customizable listening experiences. Chapter 4 argues that streaming music platforms’ promises of easily accessible music, mobility, and cosmopolitan interconnection in part mask their inconsistent global availability and mechanisms of geolocative back-end control. In doing so, they conflate mobility in an individualized, experiential sense with a global erasure of borders.
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Mansukhani, Marcus, He Ye, and Ma Zhaoran. "Exploiting P2P in New Media Distribution." In Digital Rights Management, 479–87. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2136-7.ch022.
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P2P is currently the most contentious area of Interactive Digital Media on the Internet. It continues to grow in popularity at a phenomenal rate while media producers are seemingly stuck in a cycle of who needs to be prosecuted to prevent this form of piracy, and the majority feel that content should be paid for either to own or to rent with a Digital Rights Management time bomb. An alternative method of paying for the licence to download is presented by two self styled media futurists, and they conclude that it is easier for the industry to adapt to a market based on something that continues to feel like free rather than trying to enforce a model that is clearly not working at the moment and brands hundreds of millions of Internet users criminals. One proposal is that a US$5 monthly licence would produce an income of US$3 billion to the music industry. We explore how this could be extended to the digital media.
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Mansukhani, Marcus, He Ye, and Ma Zhaoran. "Exploiting P2P in New Media Distribution." In Understanding the Interactive Digital Media Marketplace, 142–50. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-147-4.ch014.
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P2P is currently the most contentious area of Interactive Digital Media on the Internet. It continues to grow in popularity at a phenomenal rate while media producers are seemingly stuck in a cycle of who needs to be prosecuted to prevent this form of piracy, and the majority feel that content should be paid for either to own or to rent with a Digital Rights Management time bomb. An alternative method of paying for the licence to download is presented by two self styled media futurists, and they conclude that it is easier for the industry to adapt to a market based on something that continues to feel like free rather than trying to enforce a model that is clearly not working at the moment and brands hundreds of millions of Internet users criminals. One proposal is that a US$5 monthly licence would produce an income of US$3 billion to the music industry. We explore how this could be extended to the digital media.
Conference papers on the topic "Free download"
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Molina, Miguel, Angelo Vera, Carolina Molina, and Priscila Garzon. "Design of a VOIP Services Portfolio for Small Businesses Based on Free Download Software Tools." In 2018 9th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/uemcon.2018.8796790.
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Luini, L., C. Capsoni, and R. Nebuloni. "Free space optics to enable high data rate download from LEO satellites: The impact of clouds." In 2014 3rd International Workshop in Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iwow.2014.6950772.
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Anderson, Steven W., and Chris J. H. King. "A FREE-TO-DOWNLOAD GEOSCIENCE TEXTBOOK FOR PRE-UNIVERSITY TO INTRODUCTORY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN YOUR REGION." In GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019. Geological Society of America, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019am-338482.
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Nash, Susan. "Mobile Learning Cognitive Architecture and the Study of Literature." In InSITE 2007: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3179.
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The growing popularity of mobile devices, coupled with the ever-increasing number of high-quality e-books available for free download is causing a re-examination of core curriculum and instructional philosophies. Perhaps the most - making “great books” programs available and accessible - newly interesting, despite misgivings and political correctness of the last few decades. Distance learning via mobile devices, which incorporate some of the techniques of television and film, has made the classics of literature available and allowed people to have access to classics at a very low cost. At the same time, it has re-animated debates about the nature of study of comparative literature in a globalized world.
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González-Martel, Christian, José M. Cazorla-Artiles, and Carlos J. Pérez-González. "Access and analysis of ISTAC data through the use of R and Shiny." In CARMA 2018 - 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carma2018.2018.8345.
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The increasing availability of open data resources provides opportunities for research and data science. It is necessary to develope tools that take advantage of the full potential of new information resources. In this work we developed the package for R istacr that provides a collection of eurostat functions to be able to consult and discard the data that Eurostat, including functions to retrieve, download and manipulate the data set available through the ISTAC BASE API of the Canary Institute of Statistics (ISTAC). In addition, A Shiny app was designed for a responsive visulization of the data. This develope is part of the growing demand for open data and ecosystems dedicated to reproducible research in computational social science and digital humanities. With this interest, this package has been included within rOpenSpain, a project that aims to promote transparent research methods mainly through the use of free software and open data in Spain.
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González, Arturo, Kun Feng, and Miguel Casero. "Numerical analysis of techniques to extract bridge dynamic features from short records of acceleration." In IABSE Symposium, Guimarães 2019: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1148.
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<p>The use of drones in structural health monitoring to charge sensors mounted on a bridge and download their data has gained an increasing interest over recent years. In contrast to traditional approaches relying on long records to assess the condition of a structure, the scenario envisioned here may only have access to short amounts of data. The treatment of undesired edge effects, which become more significant as the signal duration decreases, is a key aspect in the analysis of short data bursts. Hence, this paper tests the suitability of the synchrosqueezed wavelet transform to extract the frequency from the acceleration response of a simply supported beam with a very good road profile due to the crossing of a quarter-car model. Relatively short signals of 1 s in forced vibration and 1 s in free vibration are considered without and with noise. The focus is placed upon the effectiveness of several padding techniques in mitigating edge effects.</p>
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Viswanathan, Savin, and Christian Holden. "Towards the Development of an Ocean Engineering Library for OpenModelica." In ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2019-95054.
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Abstract The development of component models to populate a proposed OpenModelica standard library for the ocean engineering domain is described through the process of modelling the response of catenary-moored wave-energy converters in the ‘free-to-use’ OpenModelica simulation environment and its associated OMEdit graphical user interface. A wave energy conversion concept is presented, followed by the implementation of Modelica component models and functions to simulate wave, current, and mooring loads on a cylindrical floating object. The irregular sea surface is specified using the Pierson-Moskowitz spectrum and the heave force on the buoy is determined based on the Froude-Krylov formulation. Mooring load formulation is based on the catenary theory. Combined wave and current loads on the buoy and on the mooring chain are arrived at using the Morison equation. The results are verified with the commercial software Orcaflex, and the preliminary OceanEngineering library is made available for download. The integrated simulation of the multiphysical wave energy buoy system is then carried out to determine the energy harvest potential, and results discussed. An alternative design is then suggested and simulated to demonstrate the advantages of using the component-based approach.
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Nylén, P., I. Fransson, A. Wretland, and N. Mårtensson. "Coating Thickness Prediction and Robot Trajectory Generation of Thermal Sprayed Coatings." In ITSC 1996, edited by C. C. Berndt. ASM International, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.itsc1996p0693.
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Abstract Off-line programming (OLP) techniques can be used to reduce programming time and to be able to better control process parameters, such as spray distance and nozzle orientation. This paper presents a simulation method to predict coating thickness build-up on complex geometries. Discretization in time and space is done by using a finite difference model. The model starts with an empirical deposit rate function, which calculates the thickness on a flat surface normal to the spray cone. This model is integrated into a commercial robot simulation program (IGRIP) where discretization of a free form surface into planar polygons is carried out. The thickness is then calculated by stepping the process in increments of time. A robot trajectory is calculated, maintaining spraying distance and normal orientation to the surface. This trajectory is optimized numerically giving a collision free path and a uniform coating thickness. Devices are then programmed, the programs are translated and finally downloaded to the robot controller.
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Rajagopalan, Ramesh, R. M. H. Cheng, and Gilles Huard. "Multi-Axis Motion Controllers for Robots and AGVs." In ASME 1991 International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/cie1991-0153.
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Abstract A micro computer based multi-axis motion controller for servo control of d.c. motors for robotic applications is presented in this paper. The motion controller interface uses LM628 precision motion controller chips. The design presented in this paper facilitates control of four motors from a single PC board consisting of four LM628 chips. The motion controller board has provisions to issue commands to all or some chips simultaneously. The presence of LM628 chips relieves the host computer of the responsibility of feedback control and it is free to perform other tasks once the necessary commands are downloaded to the motion controller board. The motion controller chips perform the closed loop control to drive the motors to the desired positions and/or to run at the desired velocity. The motion controller board also has safety features to stop the motors in case of problems and provide self diagnostics. This motion controller is used to control a prototype Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) and a five axis robot. The performance of the motion controller board is observed to be satisfactory.
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Fumo, N., P. J. Mago, and J. D. Spencer. "Screening Tool for the Evaluation of Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems in Existing Office Buildings." In ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2012 10th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2012-91023.
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Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) systems have been widely recognized as a key alternative for heat and electricity generation because of their ability to consume fuel more efficiently, which translates into a reduction in carbon dioxide emission, considered the main factor contributing to global warming. However, economic analyses do not always favor the implementation of this technology. Even though CCHP systems offer other benefits such as power reliability, power quality, and fuel source flexibility, they are often negated as a feasible alternative because of these poor economic indicators. Therefore, a more comprehensive evaluation of the system should be considered. This is particularly true in an environment where economic, environmental, political, and logistical problems associated with increasing centralized electrical power production are becoming more difficult to overcome. In addition, as consumers continue to be more involved and to develop a better understanding of energy choices, the demand for technology that better meets their energy needs is increasing. To promote the development of CCHP projects, it is important to facilitate, without any cost, a first order analysis of this technology to determine if a more cost intensive, in-depth analysis should be performed. This analysis can be done by using screening tools such as the CCHP Screening Tool for Existing Office Buildings (CCHP-ST-EOB) proposed in this study. Screening tools should be as accurate as possible while maintaining the simplicity of their data input in order to make it easy to use by a broad audience that may include building owners and managers without engineering background. In this sense, the CCHP-ST-EOB uses a methodology that translates energy consumption from utility bills as input into hourly energy consumption for a more accurate analysis of the matching between the demand and supply sides. This tool takes into consideration partial load efficiencies for the power generation unit and absorption chiller for a more realistic simulation of the system performance. Results are presented in terms of cost, primary energy consumption, and CO2 emission. The tool is available to be downloaded free of charge at http://microchp.msstate.edu/thankyou.html.
Reports on the topic "Free download"
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Kempgen, Sebastian. RomanCyrillic Std v. 9 - Online Documentation. Otto-Friedrich-Universität, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.20378/irb-48951.
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Schlossberg, Marc, Rebecca Lewis, Aliza Whalen, Clare Haley, Danielle Lewis, Natalie Kataoka, and John Larson-Friend. Rethinking Streets for Physical Distancing. Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/trec.257.
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This report summarizes the primary output of this project, a book of COVID-era street reconfiguration case studies called Rethinking Streets During COVID-19: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Quick Redesigns for Physical Distancing, Public Use, and Spatial Equity. COVID-era needs have accelerated the process that many communities use to make street transformations due to: a need to remain physically distanced from others outside our immediate household; a need for more outdoor space close to home in every part of every community to access and enjoy; a need for more space to provide efficient mobility for essential workers in particular; and a need for more space for local businesses as they try to remain open safely. This project is the third in a series of NITC-supported case study books on best practices in street reconfigurations for more active, sustainable, and in this case, COVID-supportive uses. The full, 154-page book is available for free download from the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC).
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Wurl, Oliver. Biofilm-like habitat at the sea-surface: A mesocosm study, Cruise No. POS537, 14.09.2019 – 04.10.2019, Malaga (Spain) – Cartagena (Spain) - BIOFILM. University of Oldenburg, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3289/cr_pos537.
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OceanRep OceanRep Startseite Kontakt Schnellsuche Einfache Suche Erweiterte Suche Blättern Autor Forschungsbereich Publikationsart Jahr Studiengang Neuzugänge Artikel – begutachtet Alle Über uns GEOMAR Bibliothek Open Access Policies Grundsätze Hilfe FAQs Statistik Impressum Biofilm-like habitat at the sea-surface: A mesocosm study, Cruise No. POS537, 14.09.2019 – 04.10.2019, Malaga (Spain) – Cartagena (Spain) - BIOFILM . Logged in as Heidi Düpow Einträge verwaltenManage recordsManage shelvesProfilGespeicherte SuchenBegutachtungAdminLogout - Tools Wurl, Oliver, Mustaffa, Nur Ili Hamizah, Robinson, Tiera-Brandy, Hoppe, Jennifer, Jaeger, Leonie, Striebel, Maren, Heinrichs, Anna-Lena, Hennings, Laura Margarethe, Goncalves, Rodrigo, Ruiz Gazulla, Carlota und Ferrera, Isabel (2020) Biofilm-like habitat at the sea-surface: A mesocosm study, Cruise No. POS537, 14.09.2019 – 04.10.2019, Malaga (Spain) – Cartagena (Spain) - BIOFILM . Open Access . POSEIDON Berichte . University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 35 pp. [img] Text Cruise_Reports_POS537_final.pdf - publizierte Version Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0. Download (2417Kb) | Vorschau Abstract Biofilm-like properties can form on sea surfaces, but an understanding of the underlying processes leading to the development of these biofilms is not available. We used approaches to study the development of biofilm-like properties at the sea surface, i.e. the number, abundance and diversity of bacterial communities and phytoplankton, the accumulation of gel-like particles and dissolved tracers. During the expedition POS537 we used newly developed and free drifting mesocosms and performed incubation experiments. With these approaches we aim to investigate the role of light and UV radiation as well as the microbes themselves, which lead to the formation of biofilms. With unique microbial interactions and photochemical reactions, sea surface biofilms could be biochemical reactors with significant implications for ocean and climate research, e.g. with respect to the marine carbon cycle, diversity of organisms and oceanatmosphere interactions.
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Screening Tool for Energy Evaluation of Projects: A Reference Guide for Assessing Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Systems. Asian Development Bank, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/tim210090-2.
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The Screening Tool for Energy Evaluation of Projects (STEEP) is designed to help improve energy use efficiency in water and wastewater treatment systems. This publication provides a detailed overview of STEEP and guides users on how to apply it during energy use assessments of proposed or existing water supply and wastewater systems. Since 2017, STEEP has been under continuous development based on pilot assessments carried out in various projects financed by the Asian Development Bank. STEEP is available online and can be downloaded for free.